Sibella Denton
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Klasická literatúra
It Happened in Egypt (EN)
Charles Norris Williamson,Alice Muriel Williamson: “For some moments distant Vesuvius had beguiled my thoughts from the still more distant mountain of the secret, when suddenly a white girl in a white hood and a long white cloak passed me on the white deck: whereupon I forgot mountains of reality and drea
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Won by Crime (EN)
A. Frank. Pinkerton: “‘It is no use!’ she cried, at last, pushing back the mass of thick black hair falling over her white brow; ‘I shall never be able to get India by heart, unless I can see the places. I wish papa would let us go reconnoitering amongst the ruined temples a
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Detektívky
Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express (EN)
A. Frank. Pinkerton: In this High Victorian detective novel, Dyke Darrel investigates the robbery of the Central Railroad’s midnight express, during which Dyke’s friend Arnold Nicholson, a messenger, was murdered. He is helped by his sister Nell, with whom he was suppose
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Four Great Americans (EN)
James Baldwin: An engaging introduction to four of the greatest Americans George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Webster, and Abraham Lincoln. Their lives are set forth in a simple manner, yet with many interesting details, and a glimpse is given of the trials an
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Klasická literatúra
Cranford (EN)
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell: The humour in `Cranford‘ (1853) is so sly it is can be difficult to believe it was written over 150 years ago. Originally published in instalments and edited by Charles Dickens, the novel follows a delightful group of women in a small town who are unit