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audioknihaOscar WildeBiografie a texty
De Profundis (EN)
Oscar Wilde: “But it is a very unimaginative nature that only cares for people on their pedestals. A pedestal may be a very unreal thing. A pillory is a terrific reality. ” Thus wrote Oscar Wilde in a farewell letter to his lover Lord Alfred Douglas (Bosie) in 1897
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audioknihaThornton W. Burgess
Deti a mládež
Old Mother West Wind (EN)
Thornton W. Burgess: A racoon awakes from his winter nap to find his tree being chopped down. An old frog decides that now is the time to see more of the world. A mouse gets upset because his tail is short – and because an owl wants to eat him for dinner. With his love a
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audioknihaG. K. Chesterton
Klasická literatúra
The Trees of Pride (EN)
G. K. Chesterton: Three trees, known as the Peacock trees, are blamed by the peasants for the fever that has killed many. Squire Vane scoffs at this legend as superstition. To prove them wrong, once and for all, he takes a bet to spend the night in the trees. In the mor
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audioknihaMark Twain
Dobrodružné romány
Tom Sawyer Abroad (EN)
Mark Twain: Tom, Huck, and Jim set sail to Africa in a futuristic hot air balloon, where they survive encounters with robbers, lions and fleas to see some of the world’s greatest wonders, including the Pyramids and the Sphinx. Tom Sawyer Abroad is a novel by Mark Tw
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audioknihaMark Twain
Dobrodružné romány
Tom Sawyer, Detective (EN)
Mark Twain: Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn attempts to solve a mysterious murder which takes them onboard a steamboat back to Arkansas, gets them tangled up with diamond thieves and the ghost of a missing burglar. In this burlesque of the immensely popular detectiv
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audioknihaVictor Appleton
Klasická literatúra
Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout (EN)
Victor Appleton: Tom Swift and His Electric Runabout, or, The Speediest Car on the Road, is Volume 5 in the original Tom Swift novel series published by Grosset & Dunlap. Tom Swift enters an upcoming race with his specially designed prototype electric race car. But as h
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audioknihaSigmund Freud
Klasická literatúra
Totem and Taboo (EN)
Sigmund Freud: Totem and Taboo: Resemblances Between the Mental Lives of Savages and Neurotics is a book by Sigmund Freud, published in German in 1913. It is a collection of four essays first published in the journal Imago (1912-13), employing the application of psycho
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audioknihaRobert Louis Stevenson
Dobrodružné romány
Treasure Island (EN)
Robert Louis Stevenson: When an old sea captain dies mysteriously in his parent‘s inn, young Jim Hawkins finds a treasure map in the captain‘s possessions that will spark a wild and adventures treasure hunt. Joined by a handful of untrustworthy pirates, he meets the antagon
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audioknihaHerman Melville
Dobrodružné romány
Typee (EN)
Herman Melville: The young adventurous sailors, Tommo and Toby, abandon ship and flee into the jungle of an island in French Polynesia. But their feelings of victory will be short-lived. Because they are about to run straight into the hands of the Typee, the most feared
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audioknihaEdith Wharton
Klasická literatúra
Summer (EN)
Edith Wharton: Wharton’s 1917 novella Summer, like her more famous work Ethan Frome, is set in a very small rural New England town. Charity Royall longs to escape the claustrophobic confines of North Dormer and the inappropriate advances of her guardian Mr. Royall, wh
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audioknihaSusan Coolidge
Deti a mládež
What Katy Did (EN)
Susan Coolidge: “To-morrow I will begin, thought Katy. ” Twelve-year-old Katy Carr desperately wants to be good. But being a wild and hot-headed tomboy, it seems so much easier to start being good tomorrow than it does today. Even when her kind and patient invalid cous
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audioknihaHenry James
Klasická literatúra
What Maisie Knew (EN)
Henry James: `What Maise Knew‘ (1897) should perhaps have been titled `Divorce for Dummies` instead. In this tense and clever novel, Henry James lays out with perfect clarity what not to do when your child becomes one of divorce, as in do the absolute opposite of e
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audioknihaAugusta Huiell Seaman
Klasická literatúra
The Slipper-point Mystery (EN)
Augusta Huiell Seaman: When fourteen year old Sally Carter decides to share the secret she has discovered on Slipper Point with her new friend Doris Craig, she couldn’t possibly imagine where the solution to this intriguing mystery will lead them!.
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audioknihaG. A. Henty
Klasická literatúra
On the Irrawaddy, A Story of the First Burmese War (EN)
G. A. Henty: With the exception of the terrible retreat from Afghanistan, none of England’s many little wars have been so fatal in proportion to the number of those engaged as our first expedition to Burma. The Burman policy of carrying off every boat on the river, l
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audioknihaCharlotte Brontë
Jane Eyre (EN)
Charlotte Brontë: Jane Eyre accepts a position as governess at Thornfield Hall and meets Mr. Rochester, the moody and cynical master of the manor. Growing up an unwanted orphan, Jane has known very little love in her life, but in spite of this, she has always been though
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audioknihaLouisa May Alcott
Rose in Bloom (EN)
Louisa May Alcott: After traveling around the world for several years, Rose Campbell returns home to find her boy cousins all grown up. In this upbeat sequel to Eight Cousins, Rose has become an attractive heiress and is now drawing the attention of several male suiters.
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audioknihaJoseph Conrad
Klasická literatúra
Youth, a Narrative (EN)
Joseph Conrad: Youth’ is an autobiographical short story by Joseph Conrad. It was written in 1898, first published in Blackwood’s Magazine, and included as the first story in the 1902 volume Youth, a Narrative, and Two Other Stories. The volume also included Heart of
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audioknihaBarbara Cartland
An Unexpected Love (Barbara Cartland’s Pink Collection 33) (EN)
Barbara Cartland: “Protected by loving parents, young, beautiful and happy, Lady Ravina Ashley has the world at her feet. Unused to harsh words, she is taken aback when a stranger at a ball in London takes her to task for her behaviour towards a clumsy suitor. But Ravina
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audioknihaBarbara Cartland
For Ever and Ever (Barbara Cartland’s Pink Collection 32) (EN)
Barbara Cartland: “Viola Brookfield has not a care in the world until the awful day when her parents are tragically killed in a road accident, leaving her all alone in the world. So when her Aunt Mary, Lady Wakefield, writes to invite her to come and live with her in Indi
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audioknihaBarbara Cartland
The Richness of Love (Barbara Cartland’s Pink Collection 31) (EN)
Barbara Cartland: “There is nothing for it – we will have marry for money! The Strathcarrons have lived in splendour in Lednock Castle in Scotland for many generations, but the family fall on hard times when their fortunes become depleted. An American guest, Larry Harwo
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audioknihaBarbara Cartland
The Heart Of Love (Barbara Cartland’s Pink Collection 30) (EN)
Barbara Cartland: “” I will not marry a man I do not love! ” When Lady Verena’s widowed father suddenly remarries, she finds that her stepmother is anxious to make a match of convenience for her new stepdaughter and produces a suitor whorepels her. Verena has always swo
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audioknihaBarbara Cartland
A Kiss in the Desert (Barbara Cartland’s Pink Collection 29) (EN)
Barbara Cartland: “The Earl of Bracken is meeting his good friend Captain Charles Kenwood at his Club in St. James’s Street. He has just returned from a visit to Syria where he had been introduced to Sheik Abu Hamid, the owner of the most magnificent Arab horses the Ea
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audioknihaBarbara Cartland
Journey to Happiness (Barbara Cartland’s Pink Collection 28) (EN)
Barbara Cartland: “Martina knew that Sir Hugh Faversham adored her. She was uncertain how she felt about him, but she knew she could always turn to him for help. So when her friend, Harriet, begged her for help to avoid a forced marriage, Martina went straight to Sir Hug
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audioknihaChristopher Glyn
Náboženstvo
The Old Testament 19 – Psalms (EN)
Christopher Glyn: The genre of Psalms is Songs and Poetry of all kinds. It is written by multiple authors; David wrote 73, Asaph wrote 12, the sons of Korah wrote 9, Solomon wrote 3, Ethan, and Moses each wrote one (Ps. 90), and 51 of the Psalms are anonymous. They were
