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"Niebezpieczne związki" to słynna powieść Pierre'a Choderlosa de Laclosa, francuskiego generał i pisarz, któremu rozgłos przyniósł właśnie ten utwór.U źródeł intrygi leży urażona ambicja pięknej markizy de Merteuil. Aby zemścić się na mężczyźnie, który przedłożył nad jej wdzięki świeżość i niewinność wychowanego w klasztorze dziewczęcia, namawia swojego dawnego kochanka, wicehrabiego de Valmont, aby uwiódł Cecylię de Volanges – właśnie ową cnotliwą i naiwną pannę....

Годфри Морган больше всего на свете мечтает отправиться в путешествие. Но его богатый и расчетливый дядя, мистер Кольдеруп, считает, что все это несерьезно и что молодому человеку пора подумать о женитьбе. Упрямый Годфри готов принять условие дяди, но перед этим он все же хочет совершить кругосветное путешествие. Мистер Кольдеруп соглашается на эту авантюру. Ведь он знает, что такое приключение навсегда изменит легкомысленного юношу... («Школа Робинзонов») Журналист Клодиус Б...

Однажды доктор Самуэль Фергюссон вместе со слугой Джо и другом Диком Кеннеди решаются на рискованное путешествие на воздушном шаре. Полет над неизведанными пустынными территориями Африки, исследование истоков Нила, схватки с туземцами, нападения огромных кондоров и даже спасение французского миссионера от дикарей — героев ждут опасности и захватывающее приключение…

Настало время, когда сникли от страха самые могучие и смелые охотники. Они укрылись в своих иглу, боясь высунуть нос. Температура опустилась до отметки 50 градусов ниже нуля, и воздух стал сухим и острым. Тогда началось путешествие Молниеносного, волка, в чьих жилах текла также кровь дога, его далекого предка. Его путь разделил с ним друг — лесной волк Мистик. Этих двоих ждет долгий переход, сквозь метель и бурю, высокие снега и опасные ледники. Туда, в самое сердце Арктическ...

Дик — младший матрос, который мечтает о путешествиях по бескрайним морским просторам. И вот ему, простому юнге, выпадает возможность стать... капитаном! Настоящим капитаном китобойной шхуны «Пилигрим». Теперь он, пятнадцатилетний парень, должен проявить себя в опасных приключениях, заглянуть в лицо смертельной опасности, победить капризную стихию и козни злых людей и сохранить жизни экипажа…

Zniszczenie… budzi mroczne siły, które powrócą po zemstę. Czy Głównemu Czyścicielowi uda się odkryć, kto stoi za przebudzoną mocą? Czy fala zabójstw zostanie powstrzymana, zanim rozszerzy się na całe Cesarstwo? I czy śmiertelnik jest w stanie skutecznie walczyć z demonami? A może by zwyciężyć, będzie musiał… stać się jednym z nich? Dziedzictwo przodków jest potężne – jednoczy ludzi, daje im nadzieję i wspólny cel. Dlatego Cesarstwo, podbijając coraz to nowsze ziemie, w pierws...

It is historical fiction set during the Revolutionary War in northern New England. The protagonist has been a spy in New York for a long time and then uses his intimate knowledge of Native American Indians to aid the war effort during the latter part of the war.

A former American football star, Boyd Emerson has failed in several businesses. He did all this in order to get the hand of his rich lover, but failure seems to haunt him at every turn. Now he is trying his hand at salmon fishing in Alaska.

This is a story of political intrigue in which brave US government agents team up with a squad of young ladies with psychic powers to fight the Bolsheviks. This conspiracy was set up to overthrow the Western world.

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.

This is a gothic classic. Very atmospheric. This amazing and attractive story, written in the highest times of our Faustian civilization, the majestic poetics of romanticism, and today, in these godforsaken times of fate and despair, shines with mysterious darkness.

The protagonist is Roy Glenister, a young and ambitious man who has been exploring for three years with his partner, an elderly man named Dextri. Their Midas mine is one of the richest in the area. Returning by boat from Seattle, where they spent the winter, they learn that their lawsuit is being contested in court, and until the lawsuit is settled, Midas is under the control of lawyer Alec McNamara.

It is a good gothic thriller. Sir Giles Mompesson is a gloomy and all-powerful villain who sows destruction and suffering with the help of the Star Chamber court, it seems, just like that.

Kanpur has a marble angel, which is located in a very quiet garden and fenced off even from trees and flowers by a wall. The angel looks down, miserable sorrow stands next to her, that no one wants to touch her with words. People just come, look and silently leave. Sonni Sahib’s father believed that everything he could learn during his lifetime about the fate of his wife and young son was written there.

With the exception of Westgard, all other employees began migrating to the monthly conference, returning one by one from the mysterious financial jungle, popularly known as „Downtown”. This is a fascinating story that will keep you in suspense until the very end.

This story is about love, about love for many people. The main character was thirty-three years old, it was pleasant to look at him, he was very developed. Mr. Keynes is a detective with an uncanny knack for solving strange disappearances.

A collection of poignant stories about art and artists, about those who love them and those who don’t. 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.

Young Pierce Phillips, green, naive, opinionated and with little money, ends up in Daya, Alaska. Soon he is separated from the money by eloquent players. Now penniless, hungry and unable to reach the Klondike, he is forced to take a job delivering supplies to other would-be prospectors across the perilous Chilkoot Pass.

This is one of Chambers’ most popular novels. It has been translated into several other languages around the world. The story begins with who Selwyn is. Lots of questions, lots of mysteries. But that just makes it more interesting to read.

This story is about the Crown Prince. Most of the world is against him and what he stands for. He expresses surprise at the position of the United States. This attitude is the natural result of various causes, among which are the following: Distrust of any aggressor on the part of a peace-minded nation.

A classic historical novel set in and around Windsor Castle during the time of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. Historical events are sharply aggravated by the appearance of the forest demon Hern the Hunter.

The stories in this collection mostly take place in New York and Boston, and are all about artists–writers, musicians, sculptors–and their relationship to society. There are stories of brilliance, inspiration and expectations. All of them are wonderful.

At that festival time, when the days are the shortest and the nights the longest, and when, therefore, it is the invariable practice of all intelligent men to turn night into day; when the ratio of business and pleasure is clearly in favor of the latter; when a magnificent carnival is held in London, and everything testifies to the predominance and influence of good humor.

This is a novel about how the British colonizers of late Victoria in Calcutta fall in love with the wrong people. Hilda Howe is a travel-loving actress clearly on her way to the top of her profession before she meets Stephen Arnold, a Catholic priest.