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Edgar Rice Burroughs
“The Son of Tarzan“ is a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, an American fiction writer, who created such great characters as Tarzan and John Carter of Mars. This is the fourth novel in a series of twenty-four books about the title character Tarzan. The story follows Tarzan's adventures, from his childhood being raised by apes in the jungle to his eventual encounters with other humans and Western society.
Jack London
“The Son of the Wolf” is a book by Jack London, an American novelist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and an innovator in the genre that would later become known as science fiction. The Son of the Wolf is a series of short stories by Jack London. It consists of nine moving and thrilling stories such as: The Son of the Wolf, In a Far Country, The Wisdom of the Trail or The Wife of a King.
Willa Cather
Young and ambitious Thea Kronborg leaves Moonstone, a fictional city in Colorado, for Chicago to pursue her dream of becoming a pianist. The music teacher hears her voice and realizes that the girl has a gift for singing. He encourages her to continue studying vocals instead of piano.
William Shakespeare
Shakespeares sonnets cannot be overestimated; this is the best sort of poetry. How clean, voiced imagery. In general, in what language you do not read the pleasure is provided. Idealization of the beloved, ode to his beauty, magnification by his Perfection. But what is interesting the author sees the imperfections of a loved one, but literally forgives them. And nothing can darken the object of affection for him.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The tragic story of a young burgher, who could not find an answer to his feelings and rejected by society, was instantly translated into other languages and gave rise to a series of sequels and imitations the so-called Verterian. Over time, Werther, the rebellious martyr became one of the eternal images of world literature and introduced the sociopsychological phenomenon of verterism into European culture, associated with the melancholic mentality and the problem of suicide as the highest manifestation of free will.
Herbert George Wells
H.G. Wells is an English author best known as a sci-fi writer, though he is also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, but in this 1917 novel, H. G. Wells weaves a more intuitive tale, about a bishop haunted by strange dreams and visions that challenge his faith. Lyrical, poetic, and verging on stream-of-consciousness in places, this little-read work of one of the most enduringly popular writers of modern literature is like found treasure, offering a captivating and unexpected insight into Wells psyche. The Soul of a Bishop tells the story of a spiritual crisis that leads Edward Scrope, Lord Bishop of Princhester, to give up his diocese in Englands industrial heartland and leave the Anglican Church.
Robert E. Howard
The Sowers of the Thunder is a short story by Robert E. Howard (published in Oriental Stories, Winter 1932) that takes place in Outremer (the Crusader states) in the time of General Baibars and deals with the Generals friendly/adversarial relationship with Cahal Ruadh ODonnell, an Irish Crusader with a troubled past cut in the Howardian mold. Both the Siege of Jerusalem (1244) and the Battle of La Forbie feature in the plot.
Elena Armas
Sensacja Tiktoka! Aaron Blackford zaproponował Catalinie Martín, że pojedzie z nią do Hiszpanii na ślub jej siostry i będzie udawał jej chłopaka. Chociaż Catalina rozpaczliwie potrzebuje partnera (żeby nie wydało się jej kłamstwo), nie waha się nawet przez sekundę i odrzuca jego ofertę. Nigdy nie spotkała bardziej aroganckiego, irytującego i nieznośnego mężczyzny, do tego z takim uporem utrudniającego jej życie. Ale czas, który dzieli ją od ślubu siostry, topnieje w błyskawicznym tempie i determinacja Cataliny zmienia się w desperację. Im bliżej do ślubu, tym obecność Aarona Blackforda staje się bardziej pożądana. Będą mieli trzy dni, by przekonać rodzinę Cataliny, że są w sobie zakochani. W przeciwnym razie dziewczyna zostanie zdemaskowana jako kłamczucha, a pełne współczucia spojrzenia gości weselnych zawstydzą ją mocniej niż jego lodowate, niebieskie oczy Wszystko, czego szukasz w romansie, znajdziesz w tej książce. Helen Hoang, autorka książki Więcej niż pocałunek