Saga Egmont
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James Baldwin
Klasická literatúra
Fifty Famous Stories Retold (EN)
James Baldwin: Includes fifty legendary tales depicting certain romantic episodes in the lives of well known heroes and famous men, or in the history of a people. Children naturally take a deep interest in such stories. The reading of them will not only give pleasure
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Charles Nordhoff, James Norman Hall
Klasická literatúra
Faery Lands of the South Seas (EN)
Charles Nordhoff,James Norman Hall: James Norman Hall (USA, 1887-1951) and Charles Nordhoff (USA, 1887-1947) Faery Lands of the South Seas (1920) Reader: Mike Vendetti Returning from the horrors of World War I James Hall and Charles Nordhoff follow a dream to tour the South Pacific. They l
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Jonathan Swift
Humor, satira
A Modest Proposal (EN)
Jonathan Swift: In a time when poor Irish families struggled to feed their children, Jonathan Swift wrote an essay, which he published anonymously, making a few suggestions. He called it `A Modest Proposal‘ (1729) or `A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of P
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Dobrodružné romány
Kidnapped (EN)
Robert Louis Stevenson: Recently orphaned 17-year-old David leaves his home on the Scottish countryside to seek out a rich uncle he has never met. The uncle, as it turns out, is paranoid and unpleasant, and before David can claim his inheritance he is knocked out and taken to s
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Myrtle Reed
Klasická literatúra
Lavender and Old Lace (EN)
Myrtle Reed: Lavender and Old Lace is a Victorian romance novel written by Myrtle Reed and published Sep. , 1902. It tells the story of some remarkable women, each of whom have a unique experience with love. The book follows in Reed’s long history of inciting laught
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Frances Hodgson Burnett
Klasická literatúra
Little Lord Fauntleroy (EN)
Frances Hodgson Burnett: Little Lord Fauntleroy is the first children’s novel written by English playwright and author Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was originally published as a serial in the St. Nicholas Magazine between November 1885 and October 1886, then as a book by Scribne
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Joseph Conrad
Klasická literatúra
Lord Jim (EN)
Joseph Conrad: Lord Jim is a novel by Joseph Conrad originally published as a serial in Blackwood’s Magazine from October 1899 to November 1900. An early and primary event is the abandonment of a ship in distress by its crew including the young British seaman Jim. He
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G. K. Chesterton
Klasická literatúra
Manalive (EN)
G. K. Chesterton: Manalive (1912) is a book by G. K. Chesterton detailing a popular theme both in his own philosophy, and in Christianity, of the ‘holy fool’, such as in Dostoevsky’s The Idiot and Cervantes’ Don Quixote.
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Jacob Abbot
Klasická literatúra
Margaret of Anjou (EN)
Jacob Abbot: Margaret of Anjou, wife of England’s Henry VI, played a key role in launching the storied War of the Roses – the 30 year civil conflict fuelled by the Lancasters and the Yorks, each vying for the British throne in the 15th century. Margaret of Anjou is o
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Mary Shelley
Klasická literatúra
Mathilda (EN)
Mary Shelley: On her deathbed, Mathilda writes a letter to her only friend, revealing the dark secret of her past, a secret so shameful, she can only manage it now because her time is running out. Written between 1819 and 1820, author Mary Shelley unfortunately never
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William Blake
Klasická literatúra
Milton, a poem (EN)
William Blake: Milton is an epic poem by William Blake, written and illustrated between 1804 and 1810. Its hero is John Milton, who returns from Heaven and unites with Blake to explore the relationship between living writers and their predecessors, and to undergo a mys
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G. K. Chesterton
Klasická literatúra
Eugenics and Other Evils (EN)
G. K. Chesterton: Most Eugenists are Euphemists. I mean merely that short words startle them, while long words soothe them. And they are utterly incapable of translating the one into the other, however obviously they mean the same thing. Say to them “The persuasive and
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John Kendrick Bangs
Klasická literatúra
Ghosts I have Met and Some Others (EN)
John Kendrick Bangs: New York born John Kendrick Bangs was associate editor and then editor of Life and Harper magazines, eventually finding his way into the Humour department. Here he began to write his own satire and humour. Ghosts I Have Met and Some Others is a delightf
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Natalie Sumner Lincoln
Klasická literatúra
The Red Seal (EN)
Natalie Sumner Lincoln: Nothing is what it seems to be as events unfold in this entertaining mystery by Natalie Sumner Lincoln. Red seals and red herrings abound and will keep you guessing all the way through the final chapter!.
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Myrtle Reed
Klasická literatúra
Old Rose and Silver (EN)
Myrtle Reed: Old Rose and Silver is a novel by Myrtle Reed first published in 1909. The novel follows the lives of Rose and her widowed Aunt, Madame Francesca Bernard, along with young visitor and cousin Isabel, whose lives are changed by the return of an old friend
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Charles Dickens
Klasická literatúra
Oliver Twist (EN)
Charles Dickens: “Please, sir, I want some more,” Oliver says, holding out his bowl for more gruel, a Dickens scene recognisable to most. A young orphan, Oliver Twist has only ever seen the tough side of life and having to suddenly live on the streets does not make survi
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Anna Katharine Green
Detektívky
The Amethyst Box (EN)
Anna Katharine Green: On the night before his wedding, Sinclair finds that his precious amethyst box containing a tiny flask of deadly poison is missing. And he knows it can only have been taken by either of two people: his soon-to-be wife or her cousin. Together with his fr
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Henry James
Roderick Hudson (EN)
Henry James: Originally published in 1875 as a serial in The Atlantic Monthly, Roderick Hudson is a One has the money but not the talent. One has the talent but not the money. It would seem that Rowland Mallet and Roderick Hudson were meant to meet. A rich and sens
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Henry James
Washington Square (EN)
Henry James: Catherine is well on her way to becoming a spinster. She‘s 21 and part of New York‘s upper-class society, but she has never had a flirt and is plain-looking without the sparkling personality to make up for it. Or so her father thinks. Because when
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L. Frank Baum
Deti a mládež
Ozma of Oz (EN)
L. Frank Baum: Good news for those who found themselves missing the original heroine of Oz in the second book because in `Ozma of Oz‘ (1907), Dorothy is back! Traveling to Australia with her uncle, Dorothy is once again caught up in a natural disaster – a huge storm
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William Blake
Klasická literatúra
Poems of William Blake (EN)
William Blake: Poems of William Blake includes; Songs of Innocence, Songs of Experience and The Book of Thel. All three are books of poetry by the English poet and painter, William Blake. The Book of Thel is a poem by William Blake, dated 1789 and probably worked on i
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Katherine Mansfield
Iné
Prelude (EN)
Katherine Mansfield: “There was not an inch of room for Lottie and Kezia in the buggy. When Pat swung them on top of the luggage they wobbled; the grandmother‘s lap was full and Linda Burnell could not possibly have held a lump of a child on hers for any distance. ” The se
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Jane Austen
Pride and Prejudice (EN)
Jane Austen: It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife. ` So opens Jane Austens second novel Pride and Prejudice, which was first published in 1813. It follows the story of Mr and Mrs Bennet an
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sci-fi, fantasy, horory
The Poison Belt (EN)
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: “Bring oxygen – Challenger. ” The gang from `The Lost World‘ is back together, but the reunion is much more dramatic than they had hoped. As Professor Challenger has predicted, the Earth is moving into a belt of poisonous ether and their only chance