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Dead Souls – ebook
Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol
Dead Souls is a unique novel that has become a unique standard of ironic prose for Russian literature. The story of the ingenious businessman Chichikov, buying up the „dead souls” of serfs in a remote province, still impresses with its modernity and subtle humor.Data dostępności:
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The Dead Secret – ebook
Wilkie Collins
The mistress of the old estate – the Portgen Tower – dies, leaving a dying letter in which she makes a fatal confession. The discovery of this secret can have truly tragic consequences for all the inhabitants of the estate. But the maid, hoping to keep the peace of her masters, hides the letter in the old abandoned room of the castle – the Dead Room. Many years will pass before the Dead Room will part...Data dostępności:
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King of the Dead – ebook
Frank Aubrey
Don Lorenzo and Arnold Neville lead separate expeditions to the South American interior whereupon they encounter the exiled king of the underground world. But can Neville help him reclaim his throne when the arch-priestess, Alloyah, raises an army of the dead? The sequel to „The Devil-Tree of El Dorado” and „A Queen of Atlantis”, „King of the Dead” is a novel among the most famous „lost race” novels...Data dostępności:
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The Clue of the Dead Hand – ebook
Dick Donovan
”The Clue of the Dead Hand” novela features detective Peter Brodie and has a Scottish setting. It tells of a murder and a simultaneous mysterious disappearance at Corbie Hall, „a strange, weird sort of place...” that has „an eeriness about it... calculated to make one shudder.” As much a rationalized ghost story as a detective story, it also involves male impersonation.Data dostępności:
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Found Dead – ebook
Fred M. White
Found Dead is the story of Sir John Mortmain, who was a bum. He was a rich man, owning one of the best estates in North Devon. He was also one of the best novlist in his early years and almost made a name for himself. In a sense, he was quite popular, and yet there was a strange sensation of the abyss between him and the locals.Data dostępności:
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Punks not dead – ebook
Praca zbiorowa
Zbiór opowiadań autorów o zróżnicowanym dorobku, niejednokrotnie debiutantów, zróżnicowany jest też ich poziom artystyczny. Łączy je bunt, odrzucenie tego, co nazywamy społecznym porządkiem. Bohaterowie tych opowiadań nie mają ambicji, nie myślą o karierze, polityce, biznesie. Chcą tylko zachować tożsamość, czasem konsekwentnie dążą do autodestrukcji. W tle wydarzeń mamy ostre punkowe dźwięki i ciała...Data dostępności:
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Better Dead – ebook
J.M. Barrie
Scottish-born author and playwright Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) first established himself in the public eye as a writer of children’s books and humorous plays. He is best remembered for creating Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up, whom he based on his friends, the Llewelyn Davies boys. According to historians of Barrie’s life and work, „Better Dead”...Data dostępności:
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Dead Man Manor – ebook
Valentine Williams
There is a secret surrounding the abandoned local manuar and the death of the local miller. When a lawyer on vacation is found slaughtered, the law enters into force. One area of interest for the British reader is the different legal system and methodology used by Sergeant Biguri, who is conducting an official investigation. His personality perfectly complements and contrasts with the personality...Data dostępności:
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The Shadow of the Dead Hand – ebook
Fred M. White
Roy Kindermere hated one thing more than anything else: the business of „Man from Blankney”, whom he was forced to make a living. He had no choice because he quarreled with the last of his relatives. Mrs. Leverson is ready to pay Roy to attend her party, where guests can meet with the heir of Count Kindale. And Roy, desperate for money, readily joined this scheme.Data dostępności:
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The Hills of the Dead – ebook
Robert E. Howard
In a world ruled by piracy, stalked by vampires, peopled by cities of the inhuman, he stood tall amid the terrors of the Dark Continent. Kane, a man of savage and unconquerable courage, strode deep into the jungles, forever slashing his diamond-edged rapier as evil guided the creatures of the night toward him. Wicked whispers of death touched him. Haunted horrors of the world beyond life reached for...Data dostępności:
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