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audioknihaPeter GotthardtDeti a mládež
The Fate of the Elves 4: The Enchanted Flute (EN)
Peter Gotthardt: A mighty enemy has arrived in the land of the Elves. He wishes to enslave everyone who lives there. If the Elves are going to survive, they will need both courage and hope. Silktongue, the Witch, has captured Daisy and the entire army of the Elves. Ev
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audioknihaPeter Gotthardt
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The Fate of the Elves 3: The Forgotten Tombs (EN)
Peter Gotthardt: A mighty enemy has arrived in the land of the Elves. He wishes to enslave everyone who lives there. If the Elves are going to survive, they will need both courage and hope. Somewhere deep inside the mountain is the divining rod which can defeat King Va
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audioknihaPeter Gotthardt
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The Fate of the Elves 2: The Heart of Stone (EN)
Peter Gotthardt: A mighty enemy has arrived in the land of the Elves. He wishes to enslave everyone who lives there. If the Elves are going to survive, they will need both courage and hope. Bramble wants to help in the fight against the enemies of the Elves. But Daisy
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audioknihaPeter Gotthardt
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The Fate of the Elves 1: The Ironclad Warriors (EN)
Peter Gotthardt: A mighty enemy has arrived in the land of the Elves. He wishes to enslave everyone who lives there. If the Elves are going to survive, they will need both courage and hope. The Elves are fleeing the army of their enemy, and are forced to hide in the fo
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audioknihaWashington Irving
Klasická literatúra
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (EN)
Washington Irving: “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” is a short story by Washington Irving contained in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. , written while he was living in Birmingham, and first published in 1820. With Irving’s companion piece “Rip Van Win
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audioknihaAmbrose Bierce
Klasická literatúra
Can such things be? (EN)
Ambrose Bierce: 24 short stories in fairly typical Bierce fashion ghostly, spooky, to be read (or listened to) in the dark, perhaps with a light crackling fire burning dimly in the background. Stories of ghosts, apparitions, and strange, inexplicable occurrences are pre
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audioknihaElizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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The Grey Woman (EN)
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell: Anna, a German mill-owner‘s daughter, marries a French aristocrat and moves to France. She discovers that her husband killed his previous wife and that he is trying to kill her as well. Quick, intriguing, and with an extremely interesting plot, `The G
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audioknihaCharles Dickens
Klasická literatúra
A Christmas Carol (EN)
Charles Dickens: One night at Christmas, Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean and greedy man, gets a visit from the ghost of his dead business partner. The ghost warns him about the awful punishment that awaits if he continues to live his life selfishly. The next three nights, Scro
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audioknihaNathaniel Hawthorne
Klasická literatúra
The Great Stone Face and Other Tales of the White Mountains (EN)
Nathaniel Hawthorne: A collection of four short stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the common theme of which is New Hampshire’s White Mountains. Consists of: The Great Stone Face, written in 1850 and revolves around the ‘Old Man of the Mountain (Cannon Mtn. ) in New Hampshire w
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audioknihaEdith Nesbit
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The Book of Dragons (EN)
Edith Nesbit: A princess is locked away on a remote island guarded by a dragon. Many suitors try and fail to save her, but one day a clever boy arrives. So begins `The Island of Nine Whirlpools`, one of Edith Nesbitt‘s eight dragon stories in `The Book of Dragons
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audioknihaL. Frank Baum
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The Enchanted Island of Yew (EN)
L. Frank Baum: Three young girls wander into an enchanted forest at meet a fairy woman, who is bored with her perfect, immortal life. She convinces them to turn her into a human and decides to become a prince because boys have more fun. His/her new existence exploring
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audioknihaOscar Wilde
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A House of Pomegranates (EN)
Oscar Wilde: Oscar Wilde supposedly said that these fables were “intended neither for the British child nor the British public”. A follow-up to his first popular fairy-tale collection (`The Happy Prince and Other Tales‘), `A House of Pomegranates‘ (1891) is indee
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audioknihaFrances Hodgson Burnett
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A Little Princess (EN)
Frances Hodgson Burnett: Sara Crewe is devastated when the news of her beloved father‘s death in India reaches her at her boarding school in London. Miss Minchin, the heartless and greedy headmistress, immediately moves Sara to the attic and forces her to become her servant.
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audioknihaEdgar Wallace
Klasická literatúra
The Green Rust (EN)
Edgar Wallace: A millionaire is taken suddenly ill, and sensing his mortality, he asks his attorney to do him one last favor – to find and secretly watch over his missing niece, the daughter of his profligate deceased sister. This niece at the appropriate time would be
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audioknihaEdgar Rice Burroughs
Klasická literatúra
A Princess of Mars (EN)
Edgar Rice Burroughs: A Princess of Mars (1912) is a science fantasy novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the first of his Barsoom series. Full of swordplay and daring feats, the novel is considered a classic example of 20th century pulp fiction. It is also a seminal instance of t
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audioknihaAnna Katharine Green
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The Millionaire Baby (EN)
Anna Katharine Green: Five thousand dollars is offered in reward to whomever finds the six-year-old heiress, Gwendolen Ocumpaugh, who has disappeared mysteriously from her home. Mr. Trevitt, a private detective, is on the case and when he discovers two lost shoes in the surr
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audioknihaEdgar Wallace
Klasická literatúra
The Secret House (EN)
Edgar Wallace: A stranger and foreigner arrives at the offices of a small publication in London only to be faced by the “editor” whose face is completely swathed in a veil. Nothing is as it seems, and it quickly becomes evident that both are bent on more than lively go
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audioknihaSir Arthur Conan Doyle
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A Study in Scarlet (EN)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Returning to London from war, an injured Dr John Watson is in acute need of a place to live. An acquaintance introduces him to the eccentric “consultant detective” Sherlock Holmes, and Watson soon finds himself pulled into an alluring world of crime solv
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audioknihaCharles Dickens
Klasická literatúra
A Tale of Two Cities (EN)
Charles Dickens: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,” writes Charles Dickens in the opening of this dark and meaningful classic novel. It is the year 1775 and Jarvis Lorry is tasked with a secret mission for his employer. 17-year-old Lucie Manette join
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audioknihaGeorge MacDonald
Klasická literatúra
Phantastes (EN)
George MacDonald: A young man named Anodos experiences dream like adventures in Fairy Land, where he meets tree spirits, endures the presence of the overwhelming shadow, journeys to the palace of the fairy queen, and searches for the spirit of the earth. The story conveys
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audioknihaMark Twain
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (EN)
Mark Twain: When Huckleberry Finn (Huck) runs away from his abusive father with his companion, the runaway slave Jim, he begins a long and frequently interrupted expedition down the Mississippi River on a raft. During the journey Huck encounters a variety of charact
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audioknihaLewis Carroll
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Alice s Adventures in Wonderland (EN)
Lewis Carroll: “Off with her head!” yells the Queen of Hearts, one of the many peculiar creatures Alice encounters after falling down a rabbit hole and into an absurd fantasy world of Mad Tea Parties, nonsensical trials, and talking animals. Published In 1865, Alice’s
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audioknihaAllan Pinkerton
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The Expressman and the Detective (EN)
Allan Pinkerton: “All history proves that no one can hug a secret to his breast and live (. ) This is especially noticeable in persons who have committed criminal acts. ” When a trusted employee is suspected of stealing from the Adams Express Company in Alabama, the organ
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audioknihaHenry Rider Haggard
Klasická literatúra
Allan Quartermain (EN)
Henry Rider Haggard: Allan Quatermain is the protagonist of H. Rider Haggard’s 1885 novel King Solomon’s Mines and its various prequels and sequels. Allan Quatermain was also the title of a book in this sequence. H. Rider Haggard’s Quatermain, adventure hero of King Solom
