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The Grandest Game. Tom 1. Największa gra
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
SIEDEM BILETÓW WYSPA MARZEŃ SZANSA ŻYCIA WITAJ W NAJWIĘKSZEJ GRZE corocznym konkursie organizowanym przez miliarderkę Avery Grambs i czterech braci Hawthorne. Przepustką do udziału jest jeden z siedmiu złotych biletów. Stawką są miliony dolarów, więc siedmioro graczy nie zawaha się przed niczym. Jednym chodzi o pieniądze. Innym o władzę. A jeszcze inni mają swoje powody. Jednak w miarę jak napięcie rośnie, a wyzwania doprowadzają graczy do granic możliwości fizycznych, psychicznych i emocjonalnych szybko staje się jasne, że nie wszyscy grają zgodnie z zasadami. Pierwszy tom nowej serii z uniwersum The Inheritance Games.
The Grandest Game. Tom 2. Godni rywale
Jennifer Lynn Barnes
Piramida tajemnic. Zerwane sojusze. Olbrzymia stawka. WITAJ PONOWNIE W NAJWIĘKSZEJ GRZE konkursie organizowanym przez miliarderkę Avery Grambs i czterech braci Hawthorneów. Kontynuacja The Grandest Game nie zawodzi rozgrywka robi się coraz ciekawsza. W grze pozostaje pięć osób, a każda ma własne sekrety i motywację, aby zgarnąć miliony. Tyle że stawką są nie tylko pieniądze, ale także miłość i przyszłość uczestników. Gracze zrobią wszystko, aby zwyciężyć w wyścigu z rywalami i z czasem, zgłębić piętrzące się tajemnice i przetrwać zwroty akcji. Stawka jest coraz wyższa, tempo coraz szybsze, a gra coraz bardziej zawiła w najnowszej książce z genialnego uniwersum The Inheritance Games.
The Happy Prince and Other Tales
Oscar Wilde
This is a collection of five short stories (The Happy Prince, The Nightingale and the Rose, The Selfish Giant, The Devoted Friend, and The Remarkable Rocket), that are fairytales like moral fables, not only for children, but drenched in subtle hints aimed at the older readers. Each little story is a beautifully told allegory touching to the heart. Each tale in this compilation is different but there is a strong lesson that could be seen in all. This is the lesson of love and friendship, how it differs in every scenario and what exactly is true love or devoted friendship. The lessons teach in these stories of good and bad, bad might not be necessarily evil but more of the selfish kind, it talked of selflessness and how true love redeems everything in the end. These tales are dark and colorful at the same time, and deal mostly with selfishness, compassion, egotism, Christianity, goodwill and love.
Kenneth Grahame
The Headswoman is an unusual little tale about the power a woman can wield. A funny, witty, intelligent story about an executioner. Along the way, Grahame takes shots at lawyers and small town officials, among others. Thoroughly delightful and well worth reading.
Ellis Parker Butler
Another lighthearted tale from American author Ellis Parker Butler (December 5, 1869 September 13, 1937) which revolves around old Peter Lane, who lives on a decrepit houseboat on the Mississippi River and mostly whiles away his time whittling with his jack-knife and not really doing much else. That is, until one night, a sickly woman knocks at his boat door holding her son in her arms. This encounter would change Peters life, as the old man befriends little Buddy and is determined to keep him and raise him as his own, provided he is able to keep a host of others from laying claim to the orphan. The two outcasts share many adventures over the storybook, enjoying a happy ending despite several difficulties.
The Last Egyptian. A Romance of the Nile
L. Frank Baum
When Gerald Winston, an English Egyptologist travelling on the Nile, meets Kara, who claims to be the last descendant of a royal Egyptian family, the scientists curiosity is sparked by the story Kara tells. Is it true that Karas ancestor Ahtka-Ra, High Priest of Ămen, ruled Rameses II as his puppet? As Winston tries to learn more about the strange Egyptian and his mysterious tale, he is drawn into Karas insidious intrigues. A complex tale of embezzlement, forgery, arranged marriages, bigotry and cheating keep the reader guessing the outcome until the last chapter. The Last Egyptian: A Romance of the Nile was the only adventure novel and the last adult work of fiction of L. Frank Baum, creator of the Wizard of Oz, published eleven years after he wrote Mother Goose in Prose which first introduced a little girl by the name of Dorothy. Enjoy this masterpiece.
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
L. Frank Baum
Every child knows about Santa Claus, the jolly man who brings gifts to all on Christmas. There are many stories that tell of his life, but the delightful version relayed in The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus is by far the most charming and original of all. Orphaned at an infant Claus is found and raised in the magical Forest of Burzee by a wood-nymph Necile, who convinces the great Ak to allow her to raise Claus for her own. As he grows older he meets his fellow humans, and sees the neglect of children. This sets him on the path to making toys and becoming the beloved Saint Nicholas we are familiar with today. Along the way we learn the origins of the Christmas tree and Christmas stockings and discover the stories behind many Christmas secrets, like why Santa slides down chimneys, how he picks his reindeer, and how he delivers all his toys in one night. Only L. Frank Baum, the man who created the wonderful land of Oz, could have told Santas tale in such rich and imaginative detail!
L. Frank Baum
Who is stealing almost all of the magical treasures of Oz including the Magic Picture, the Wizards black bag, and Glindas Book of Records? Dorothy and her friends set out to comb all of Oz, not only for magic stolen from Glinda and the Wizard, but also for the kidnapped princess, Ozma. Along the way, they explore regions never seen in other Oz books, meeting strange and interesting people and animals, and falling into peril more than once. Deep in the Winkie Country, Dorothys search party learns that Ozma is the prisoner of a mysterious villain. But if their new foe is powerful enough to steal Princess Ozma and all their magical treasures, how will they defeat him with no magic of their own? In this 1917 addition to the Oz series, L. Frank Baum delights readers of all ages with a spellbinding mystery that involves nearly every one of the amazing cast of characters that populate Americas favorite fairyland.