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The Prince and the Pauper – ebook
Mark Twain
Tom Canty is a poor boy in the London slums. His birth only brings more poverty to his already dirt poor family. Edward VI is the long awaited heir to the English throne. They are born on the same day and look so alike they can’t believe it. They exchange clothes and Edward VI ends up being thrown out of the palace by guards who think he is the poor boy he looks to be. Both boys have difficulty fitting...Data dostępności:
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A Country Doctor – ebook
Franz Kafka
" A Country Doctor " is a short story written in 1917 by Franz Kafka. The plot follows a country doctor's hapless struggle to attend a sick young boy on a cold winter's night. A series of surreal events occur in the process, including the appearance of a mysterious groom (stablehand) in a pig shed.Data dostępności:
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The Magic Walking Stick – ebook
John Buchan
„The Magic Walking Stick” is a children’s short story by John Buchan. Our hero is a teenage boy who buys a walking stick from a beggar – a magic walking stick that allows the boy to visit many places at his command... It is a fantastical story about a pair of magical walking sticks; one that will cease to function if it is used for any practical purpose, and another that will cease to function if it...Data dostępności:
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – ebook
Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer is the story of a young, mischievous boy and his comrades in the antebellum south. Tom (and Huck Finn, who you’ve also probably heard of before reading the books) gets himself into all sorts of shenanigans before ultimately becoming the most popular boy in town after accidentally witnessing a murder and finding a bunch of stolen money. He has a love interest, gets into some fights and annoys...Data dostępności:
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The Boy Who Found Christmas – ebook
George Owen Baxter
Renowned Western writer Max Brand does it again in the eminently enjoyable Adventure Classics "The Boy Who Found Christmas ". Packed with enough action and romance to please even the most die-hard fans of the genre, the work also addresses a wide range of important themes with insight and sensitivity. This classic’s appeal extends far beyond the core audience for Westerns - give it to a yet-to-be-won-over...Data dostępności:
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Rodney Stone – ebook
Arthur Conan Doyle
As well as penning some of the most popular detective fiction, Conan Doyle also wrote thrilling adventure stories. „Rodney Stone” is a combination of both. Nelson, Beau Brummell, Fox and King George III himself appear in a tale at the heart of which is, as one character says, „a pretty conspiracy – a criminal, an actress and a prize-fighter, all playing their parts”. The book is narrated by Rodney,...Data dostępności:
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Flaming Irons – ebook
Max Brand
From the popular author of „Destry Rides Again” comes an exciting saga of adventure, romance, honor, and danger, in the Old West. Les Tarron was just a boy when five strangers rode into his life and changed it forever. Years later – jailed, hunted and betrayed – Les felt the hatred burning inside him like a fever and set out, determinedance and death. The plot is well constructed with well drawn subsidiary...Data dostępności:
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W poszukiwaniu straconego czasu. Tom V: Uwięziona – audiobook
Marcel Proust
Uwięziona to piąta część cyklu „W poszukiwaniu straconego czasu” Marcela Prousta. Zarazem pierwsza, która ukazała się po śmierci autora. Jest to studium związku z kobietą ,a także rozważanie zawiłości relacji damsko - męskich, damsko - damskich i męsko - męskich. (…) Proust lekceważy sobie to, co zazwyczaj stanowi siłę i urok powieści: fabułę, wikłanie przygód. Nigdy nie ślizga się...Data dostępności:
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Boy with Toy. Harleyem przez Amerykę – ebook
André van der Wenden
Holender André van der Wenden, od dzieciństwa zafascynowany wszystkim co amerykańskie, podejmuje wyprawę do USA. Spełniając swoje chłopięce marzenie, ma świadomość, że konfrontacja wiedzy i wrażeń gromadzonych przez lata z realnym obrazem Ameryki niesie ze sobą dużą porcję emocjonalnego ryzyka. Czuje jednak, że musi to ryzyko podjąć. A czym przemierzać amerykańskie drogi, jeśli nie harleyem? W...Data dostępności:
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man – ebook
James Joyce
James Joyce first wrote Portrait as a one-thousand page novel, full of well-developed scenes and long explanations of Stephen’s motives, but he decided to trim it into a short book with a new sort of style. The novel tells the story of the first twenty years of Stephen Dedalus – a young Catholic boy growing up in late 19th century Ireland. As the title suggests, this is the story not just of a young...Data dostępności:
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