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Soldier Stories – ebook
Rudyard Kipling
Three Soldiers is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling. Three soldiers of this title - Leroid, Mulvani and Orteris, who also previously appeared in the collection "Simple Tales from the Hills." Books reveal the side of British Tommy in Afghanistan, rarely seen in the Twilight of the British Empire. The soldiers comment on their improvements, act fools, but right against the backdrop of...Data dostępności:
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The Inheritors – ebook
Joseph Conrad Ford Madox Hueffer
„The Inheritors” is a little-known book of two main British writers. The plot is based on a political scheme to undermine the British Empire, based on a Congo-like colonial enterprise and manipulated by journalists. The main character claims that she is from the Fourth Dimension and works to replace the human race.Data dostępności:
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Burmese Days – ebook
George Orwell
“Burmese Days“ is a novel by George Orwell, an English novelist, essayist, and journalist. He is best known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. Burmese Days is the first novel by English writer George Orwell, published in 1934. Set in British Burma during the waning days of the empire, when Burma was ruled from Delhi as part of British India,...Data dostępności:
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Smithy – ebook
Edgar Wallace
A collection of 23 stories from every-day life in the British military, centered around the characters of „Smithy” and „Nobby”. Edgar Wallace, who is also famous for his own stories of colonial life – the Sanders stories – was principally a writer of crime and detective fiction. However, he was well aware that the irrepressible spirit of Kipling’s famous rankers would live on, and he wrote his own...Data dostępności:
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Tongue twisters – ebook
Mariusz Szwonder Magdalena Sobiech Nadezhda Popova
Ponad 700 unikatowych łamańców językowych. A do tego bezpłatny audiobook, w którym ćwiczenia prowadzą najlepsi z najlepszych: Andy Edwins (British Council Polska) oraz Agnieszka Fajlhauer (aktorka teatralna i dubbingowa). Czy potrzeba lepszej zachęty do kontynuowania przygody z językiem angielskim?Data dostępności:
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Rewards and Fairies – ebook
Rudyard Kipling
A year has passed. Dan and Una have matured and again return to the village for the summer. There, Pak is already waiting for them with new stories and acquaintances, to again lead the children into the intricate labyrinth of British history, mythology and folklore.Data dostępności:
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Angielski Discover Great Britain – audiokurs + ebook
EDGARD
Audio Kurs Angielski Discover Great Britain dla średnio zaawansowanych i zaawansowanych Prawie wszystko, co musisz wiedzieć o Wielkiej Brytanii! Seria Discover to wyjątkowe kompendium wiedzy o Wielkiej Brytanii i USA. Opracowano ją specjalnie z myślą o osobach, które chcą doskonalić rozumienie ze słuchu oraz poznać i poszerzyć słownictwo związane z życiem codziennym, stereotypami, tradycją, polityką...Data dostępności:
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The Drum – ebook
A.E.W. Mason
Best known for „The Four Feathers” and the Hanaud detective novels, A.E.W. Mason wrote many novels. „The Drum” is an adventure novel by this British writer which was first published in 1937. This story is a rousing, Kipling-like adventure set in contemporary India, dealing with uprising and rebellion and a native prince caught between two worlds and forced into hiding. In it, murder and intrigue in...Data dostępności:
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The Fox Prowls – ebook
Valentine Williams
A hard boiled mystery and suspense thriller set in Ukraine. A rich American magnate Stephen Selmar and his daughter Melissa are lured into Rumania by an arms dealer, the sinister Barm de Bahl „"The Fox"”, as part of a plot to boost the arms industry by fomenting a war between Rumania and Russia. Enter the British Secret Service... „"The Fox Prowls"” by Valentine Williams is a fine bunch of villains...Data dostępności:
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Charles Rex – ebook
Ethel M. Dell
A romance originally published in 1922 that holds up very well into the 21st century. „Charles Rex” is a sequel of „The Hundredth Chance” written by Ethel May Dell (1881-1939) who was a British writer of popular romance novels. Her stories are often full of passion and love and are set in India and other British colonial possessions. Not being a family man, Charles Rex travels widely and to some point...Data dostępności:
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