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Willa Cather
A collection of poignant stories about art and artists, about those who love them and those who dont. Every story in this book is about artists and disappointment. Three stories are Western, two of them set in Kansas and Wyoming, and the third is about a woman from Nebraska traveling through Boston.
Thomas Hardy
Hardys historical novel against the backdrop of the grandest Napoleonic wars tells about the love and sorrows of ordinary people who found themselves in unusual times. When the expected invasion brings several regiments to her small rural community, the young maid Anna Garland is looked after by three people in uniform: faithful trumpet major John Loveday, his sailor brother Bob, and the cowardly Festus Derriman of the cavalry of Yomanria.
Julia Fiedorczuk
Julia Fiedorczuk Tlen część trzecia: Miejsca The truth is out there czyli na powierzchni kreślimy znaki na skórze nie jest tylko jasne kto jest adresatem co byś nie wpisał zawsze wikipedia sens życia to jedno z podstawowych zagadnień różnych systemów filozoficznych i religijn... Julia Fiedorczuk ur. 23 lutego 1975 Najważniejsze dzieła: Listopad nad Narwią (2000), Bio (2004), Planeta rzeczy zagubionych (2006), Tlen (2009), tuż-tuż (2012) , Biała Ofelia (2013), Nieważkość (2015), Psalmy (2018) Poetka, wykładowczyni akademicka, badaczka literatury amerykańskiej. Prozaiczka, autorka opowiadań oraz powieści Biała Ofelia (2013) i Nieważkość (2015, nominowana do Nagrody Literackiej Nike). Jako tłumaczka przełożyła m.in. zbiór esejów Johna Ashberyego Inne tradycje oraz teksty amerykańskiej poetki, muzyczki i performerki Laurie Anderson. Główna propagatorka i reprezentantka ekopoezji na gruncie polskim. Autorka esejów o ekopoetyce, które ukazały się w zbiorze Cyborg w ogrodzie (2015). Wraz z Gerardo Beltránem, zamieszkałym w Polsce meksykańskim poetą i tłumaczem, wydała też programową książkę zatytułowaną Ekopoetyka. W poetyckiej praktyce Julii Fiedorczuk ekopoetyka oznacza przede wszystkim odmowę stawiania człowieka na pierwszym miejscu, zwrot w stronę przyrody znajduje zaś niekiedy swoje dopełnienie w odwołaniach do języka nauki. W 2018 roku została laureatką Nagrody Poetyckiej im. Wisławy Szymborskiej za tom poetycki Psalmy. Kupując książkę wspierasz fundację Nowoczesna Polska, która propaguje ideę wolnej kultury. Wolne Lektury to biblioteka internetowa, rozwijana pod patronatem Ministerstwa Edukacji Narodowej. W jej zbiorach znajduje się kilka tysięcy utworów, w tym wiele lektur szkolnych zalecanych do użytku przez MEN, które trafiły już do domeny publicznej. Wszystkie dzieła są odpowiednio opracowane - opatrzone przypisami oraz motywami.
Henry James
The book opens with an unnamed narrators description of a party held one Christmas Eve in England at which some friends have gathered to share ghost stories. One of the partygoers, Douglas, says that he knows a particularly sinister ghost story about a governesss time spent taking care of a wealthy Londoners niece and nephew at a country estate haunted by two ghosts.The story is that a governess goes to an English country house to take charge of two orphaned children, Miles and Flora. The governess is told she must manage everything herself and not disturb the childrens uncle, who is their guardian. Soon the governess is alarmed when she sees an unknown man and woman around the estate, and the housekeeper informs her that the couple used to work there, but both died. The governess suspects that the children know more about these ghosts than they will admit to her, and fears for their safety.
Fred M. White
An old-fashioned frivolous firm for a long time, which more progressive competitors talk about with good-natured contempt, they were still in the markets of the business world. They called themselves ordinary merchants selling mixed goods from all over the world, and, as people say, Mortimer Croot, the current sole owner, was considered a person of integrity and being. He had been manager and confidential clerk to an ailing owner, and when the latter was no more Croot quite naturally stepped into all there was left of the once great concern, together with the freehold house in Great Bower Street where the business was carried on.
Jack London
“The Turtles of Tasman” 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 Turtles of Tasman is a series of short stories and plays by Jack London. It consists of eight moving and thrilling stories such as: By the Turtles of the Tasman, The Hobo and the Fairy or The First Poet.
Jack London
The twelfth volume of the Complete Works by the prominent American writer Jack London includes the famous Tesman Turtles short story book. This book, written by the hand of a mature master, was the last work published during his lifetime. The stories included in the collection are characterized by a sharp, exciting plot, paradoxical, unexpected outcomes, and at the same time lyricism, understanding of life lived all this for which millions of readers around the world love the writers works.
Edgar Wallace
Edgar Wallaces The Twister, published in 1928, is a tale of murder, high finance, and intrigue. Lord Frensham knows exactly whos swindling him in the stock market Anthony Tony Braid, who many call The Twister. And hes not about to believe Braids crazy notion that his own nephew, his flesh and blood, is behind the embezzlement... Then Frensham is found dead in his office, but Inspector Elk of the Scotland Yard knows its not suicide, no matter the elaborate scheme the murderer invented. But who is the murderer? It is a highly entertaining little thriller. The characters are broadly drawn but vivid, the plot movers along at a breakneck pace, and its rather luridly sensationalistic for its era.