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Adelajda marzy o wielkiej miłości, o tłumie wielbicieli z wyższych sfer. Kiedy umiera Antoni, dziewczyna traci kontrolę nad swymi urojeniami, staje się postacią coraz bardziej nieszczęśliwą, samotną, goźną i śmieszną....

As winter turns to spring across the red earth, acacia trees and slow green rivers of Botswana, all is not quite as it should be on Zebra Drive, home to Mma Ramotswe and her beloved husband Mr J. L. B. Matekoni. At the No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency there are the usual number of cases to be pursued, from persistent theft at Teenie Magama's printing...

As Miss Marple sat basking in the Caribbean sunshine she felt mildly discontented with life. True, the warmth eased her rheumatism, but here in paradise nothing ever happened. Eventually, her interest was aroused by an old soldier's yarn about strange coincidence. Infuriatingly, just as he was about to show her an astonishing photograph, the...

Buhlaine Sims is used to living with her unusual looks and lack of personal history. But when she discovers her father -- who she was told was lost in the Vietnam War -- is actually a local vagrant -- she has to make peace with her family, her ethnicity, and herself. Page Turners Your child will relate to Buhlaine's identity struggle as the...

A superb work of adventure ang imagination, "The Call of the Wild " tells the compelling story of Buck, part St Bernard and part Scotch shepherd dog Betrayed and sold to Northern traders, Buck is forced to pull a sledge through the frozen Yukon. He and the other dogs on the team are brutalized and beaten until they are almost dead, but Buck is...

Okres poprzedzający wydanie zbioru opowiadań i artykułów Trop c'est trop (1957) obfituje dla Blaise'a Cendrarsa w intensywne, czasem radosne, częściej jednak bolesne doświadczenia. W niebieskim zeszycie pisarz prowadzi dziennik; zapisuje w nim nawet ulotne przeżycia i wizje senne. Wspomina o cudownej chwili, kiedy może już cieszyć się plonem swej...