Saga Egmont
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Secret Danger (Barbara Cartland’s Pink Collection 143) (EN)
Barbara Cartland: The beautiful Belinda Lanwick has not attended the dinner party given by her cousin as she is still in mourning following the death of her beloved father. However, when the guests were leaving, she saw Lord Ian Cheddington and thought him exceedingly han
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Detektívky
The Cleaner (EN)
Inger Gammelgaard Madsen: Bertram and his three friends have formed a small gang of thieves called The Ravens. He lives alone with his mom, who works as a waitress. He doesn´t remember his father much, as the latter was arrested for murder and sentenced to life imprisonment whe
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Humor, satira
B. J. Harrison Reads The Devoted Friend (EN)
Oscar Wilde: “The Devoted Friend” from the 19th century is an unconventional classic for children and adults alike. The Water-rat tells the story of Big Hugh and his friend Hans, whose friendship is not what it seems, and certainly not easy. This story within the st
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Happy Prince and Other Tales (EN)
Oscar Wilde: B. J. Harrison reads “The Happy Prince and Other Tales” which consists of various children’s stories by Oscar Wilde. Originally published in 1888, the work includes five memorable stories: “The Happy Prince”, “The Nightingale and the Rose”, “The Selfi
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Picture of Dorian Gray (EN)
Oscar Wilde: B. J. Harrison reads the classic that has puzzled and delighted readers for over two centuries. Dorian Gray is a beautiful man, who has been immortalized in a painting. As he comes to the realization that his beauty will eventually fade, he makes a wis
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Humor, satira
B. J. Harrison Reads The Canterville Ghost (EN)
Oscar Wilde: B. J. Harrison breathes life into one of Oscar Wilde’s first short stories, “The Canterville Ghost”. The American Hiram B. Otis and his family move to a castle in Canterville Chase in the English countryside. They soon discover that they are not alo
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Importance of Being Earnest (EN)
Oscar Wilde: In “The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People”, our main characters Algernon and Jack are tired of social obligations and have decided to lead a double life instead. However, nothing is simple when it comes to keeping secrets a
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Poézia
B. J. Harrison Reads The Ballad of Reading Gaol (EN)
Oscar Wilde: “Yet each man kills the thing he loves / By each let this be heard / Some do it with a bitter look / Some with a flattering word/ The coward does it with a kiss, /The brave man with a sword!” Oscar Wilde’s poem “The Ballad of Reading Gaol” depicts an ex
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Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads The Circular Staircase (EN)
Mary Roberts Rinehart: Rachel Innes is a rich lady who has been taking care of her niece and nephew since their father died. The three of them decide to rent a house in the country and although everything seems to be alright in the beginning, strange events soon begin to occur
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Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads The Diaries of Adam and Eve (EN)
Mark Twain: Have you ever read the story of Creation told in the first person and in a diary form? If not “The Diaries of Adam and Eve” would be the best choice for you. You will find out what the Garden of Eden looked like, see how Adam and Eve lived, and what thei
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Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads The Velveteen Rabbit (EN)
Margery Williams: It is Christmas and a little boy receives a gift – a velveteen rabbit. Although the other toys look down on him, the rabbit is happy to be with the boy. They are constant companions and it seems like nothing can worsen their days. But then the boy ge
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Dobrodružné romány
B. J. Harrison Reads Through the Looking-Glass (EN)
Lewis Carroll: “Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There” allows readers to return to the wondrous world of Alice. A sequel to Lewis Carroll’s “Alice in Wonderland,” this novel sees Alice visiting a fantastical world once again, this time through a mirror.
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Dobrodružné romány
B. J. Harrison Reads Alice in Wonderland (EN)
Lewis Carroll: “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” also known as “Alice in Wonderland,” is a story loved by adults and children alike throughout the world. Alice is a young girl who falls down a rabbit hole, only to find herself in a whole new world filled with speakin
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Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads The Scarlet Plague (EN)
Jack London: Sixty years ago, a plague wiped out mankind and only a handful of people managed to survive. The survivors established their own civilization and rules in the wild and destructed world. Now, sixty years later, an old man named James Howard Smith walks t
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Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads At The Mountains of Madness (EN)
H. P. Lovecraft: William Dyer is a geologist who embarks on a long expedition to the Antarctic continent. The journey is dangerous but the strange things he and his group witness and find are far from what they had expected. The discovery mission turns into a fantastica
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Door in the Wall (EN)
H. G. Wells: B. J. Harrison breathes new life into the fantastical world of “The Door in the Wall”. Wallace is a good student living in London’s West Kensington neighborhood with his family. At age five, he finds a mysterious door in the wall. When he enters, he
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Sci-fi, fantasy, horory
B. J. Harrison Reads The Island of Doctor Moreau (EN)
H. G. Wells: B. J. Harrison reads a classic science fiction novel from the late 19th century. In “The Island of Doctor Moreau”, a man is rescued from death after a shipwreck, only to face something possibly even more frightening. The island he now faces is inhabit
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Flowering of the Strange Orchid (EN)
H. G. Wells: Winter Wedderburn is an amateur collector of orchids, spending his days peacefully with his housekeeper. One day he invites more adventure into his life and buys an unknown species of orchids brought from the Andaman Islands. Little does he know that pu
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Dobrodružné romány
B. J. Harrison Reads Tarzan of the Apes (EN)
Edgar Rice Burroughs: In 1888, a young British couple are left behind in an African jungle. Seeing no other way than to make a life for themselves, they’ve soon built a cabin and had a son. When they die unexpectedly, their young boy ends up in the care of a she-ape, who cal
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Fall of the House of Usher (EN)
Edgar Allan Poe: One of the most haunting short horror stories to date is told to us by B. J. Harrison. Our narrator is invited to visit his acquaintance Roderick, who lives in a remote house with his sister when strange things begin to happen. Neither of the siblings
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Edgar Allan Poe Collection (EN)
Edgar Allan Poe: The Edgar Allan Poe Collection features a selection of works from the pioneering 19th-century poet and writer Edgar Allan Poe. Poe’s works include the dramatic short story “The Tell-Tale Heart” to his perhaps most famous poem “The Raven”. This collectio
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Klasická literatúra
B. J. Harrison Reads 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (EN)
Jules Verne: Pierre Aronnax is a famous marine biologist, who works together with his manservant Conseil and harpoonist Ned Land. The three brave men are tirelessly hunting a mysterious sea monster in the dangerous sea waters. But a great danger loom over them. Why
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Erotické romány
Sailing trip (EN)
– Cupido: There’s nothing like the fresh air in the mountains, waves lapping against the shore, the wind caressing your breast, the water touching your sex. This is a collection of erotic short stories from Cupido. The collection contains the following stories:
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Erotické romány
The Mystical Smile (EN)
– Cupido: There’s nothing like the fresh mountain air, waves lapping against the beach, the wind caressing your chest, the water touching your crotch. This is an erotic short story collection from Cupido. The collection includes the following short stories: “Sh