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Sci-fi, fantasy, horory
Outer Red: Part One (EN)
Jeff Walker: A fantastic new science fiction/fantasy spin on a classic fable. Enter a world where a young female ship captain is sent to retrieve information vital to the Galactic Kingdom; a new threat has emerged and the galaxy is in danger. Can she and her compute
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Klasická literatúra
Dubliners (EN)
James Joyce: “Dubliners” is a collection of 15 short stories by James Joyce, which was first published in 1914. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century. The initial stories in the coll
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Klasická literatúra
War of the Worlds (EN)
H. G. Wells: This classic, early 19th century science fiction masterpiece serves as both a wonderful period presentation of the time as well as a cautionary tale. Called by many a “chilling novel account of a Martian invasion of London in the nineteenth century – a
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Klasická literatúra
Oedipus: The King (EN)
– Sophocles,F. L. Light: Aristotle’s assertion that in Greek tragedy there is no loftier work than “Oedipus the King” cannot be lightly contradicted. This drama is endued fearfully with nature, as she works against the conscientiousness of measure found in man. Heretofore no tr
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História
Army of God (EN)
Dennis Bailey: History and suspense are combined in this Biblical account of Noah’s Ark, creating a heart-pounding page-turner that will stay with you long after the flood waters have receded.
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História
The Earp Brothers (EN)
Charles Rivers: “The Earp Brothers” weaves the lives of the Earp brothers into one entertaining and educational narrative. It explains the origins of the Gunfight at the O. K. Corral and the controversial details that continue to be debated today. Of all the colorful
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Purgatory of the Werewolf (EN)
Brian S. Ference: What’s worse than realizing you’re a werewolf? Being chased by a monster hunter with a demon eye. Dorian survived being eaten alive, but time is running out to save himself and his loved ones before the full moon. He flees England and enlists with the R
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Náboženstvo
Inner Treasures (EN)
Brahma Khumaris: The basic principles of Raja Yoga can been used to give the listener an experience of different qualities of the spiritual self. This series of five meditation commentaries cover the themes of peace, serenity, Supreme Love, light and immortality. These
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Dobrodružné romány
The Path (EN)
Malcolm McKay: The Path is the story of a group of international travellers who walk the Camino de Santiago, the ancient eight hundred kilometre pilgrimage from the Pyrenees to the remains of the apostle Saint James in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostella in Norther
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Detektívky
Nemesis (EN)
Vincent Cobb: What really happens to the “lost children” of this world and what really goes on in the mind of a serial killer. Nemesis links a young psychic girl’s vision to a pedophile serial killer’s seven young victims and her efforts to identify the murderer t
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Biografie a texty
A Magical Sense (EN)
Sue Chambers: Sue has been living with MS (Multiple Sclerosis) since 1985. In this very personal audiobook, she explores how MS has affected her, physically and mentally, and provides valuable advice for others in the same position. Throughout the book, Sue’s humour
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Marketing
Sales Power 1 (EN)
Randy Charach: Improve your Sales skills with this self-hypnosis program. Gain more self-confidence, become a better salesperson, and win all the sales awards. “Remove the arbitrary barriers and limitations imposed upon your success by yourself or those around you. I
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Klasická literatúra
Kim (EN)
Rudyard Kipling: “Kim” is a fabulous adventure story set in India during the British Empire, around the time of the Second Afghan War. It tells the story of the street-wise orphan Kimball O’Hara, a highly moral Irish-Indian boy who becomes enmeshed in the “Great Game” (a
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Just So Stories for Little Children (EN)
Rudyard Kipling: The “Just So Stories for Little Children” is among Kipling’s best known and loved work. The stories focus on different animals, and how they got their distinctive features. You will for example discover why the elephant’s trunk is so very long, and how
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Klasická literatúra
The Secret Agent (EN)
Joseph Conrad: Adolf Verlof runs a sex shop in 1880’s London, but his real profession is even shadier. He’s a so-called “agent provocateur” for the Embassy, whose mission it is to infiltrate and spy on a relatively harmless group of anarchists. His employers are i
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Klasická literatúra
Almayer’s Folly (EN)
Joseph Conrad: “Almayer’s Folly” (1895) is Joseph Conrad’s debut novel. It centers on the Dutch trader Kaspar Almayer, who comes to Borneo with a suitcaseful of dreams. He settles on the exotic island among the Malays and mainly deals in river trade. His half-Mal
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The Wouldbegoods (EN)
Edith Nesbit: The Bastable children, which some readers may remember from “The Treasure Seekers,” are sent to stay in the countryside. The children (and Pincher the dog) have every intention of being well-behaved. but is the country really large enough to contain the
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The Story of the Amulet (EN)
Edith Nesbit: Cyril, Anthea, Robert and Jane are “the sort of people that wonderful things happen to. ” And the children have yet more adventures ahead of them. Following up on “Five Children and It” and “The Phoenix and the Carpet”, they once again meet the wish-gran
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The Railway Children (EN)
Edith Nesbit: When Roberta, Peter and Phyllis’ dad is suddenly and unexpectedly sent to prison, the children are suddenly pulled away from their comfortable suburban life. They move with their mother to the “Three Chimneys,” a countryside house that sits near the ra
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Five Children and It (EN)
Edith Nesbit: A family of five children moves from London to the English countryside. While playing in a gravel pit soon after the move, the children discover an ancient and rather grumpy, sand-fairy known as the Psammead. The magical being agrees to grant one wish o
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Klasická literatúra
The Princess Passes (EN)
Charles Norris Williamson,Alice Muriel Williamson: “The girl’s reputation as a beauty had marched before her, blowing trumpets. She was the prettiest girl in Davos, as she had been the prettiest in London; and I shared with other normal, self-respecting men the amiable weakness of wishing to monopolise t
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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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Is Mars Habitable? (EN)
Alfred Russel Wallace: “Few persons except astronomers fully realise that of all the planets of the Solar system the only one whose solid surface has been seen with certainty is Mars. ” In 1907, Alfred Russel Wallace wrote the short book “Is Mars Habitable?” in response to Prof
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Dobrodružné romány
Lad: A Dog (EN)
Albert Payson Terhune: “Lad: A God” was first published in 1919. It is made up of twelve short-stories, inspired by Terhune’s real-life Rough Collie, Lad. Through his dog’s fictional adventures, Terhune expresses his opinions on breeding and parenting. The book was a maj