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B. J. Harrison Reads Xélucha (EN)
One night during his regular rambles, Mérimée stumbles upon a mysterious woman who invites him home to her place. They enter a big, dark but luxuriously furnished room and they spend the whole night having dinner and talking. However things take a turn to the strange when the eery lady starts talking about death and tombs.
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Errors of Santa Claus (EN)
This a typical Christmas story but with a classic Leacock ironic twist and a zest of humour. "The Errors of Santa Claus" is a charming tale of gift-giving and kindness. It is Christmas time and parents are getting their children’s gifts ready. But what happens when these gifts become rather interesting and lovely for the adults and start playing with them before their kids? Written with a lot of humour, irony, and light-heartedness, "The Errors of Santa Claus" is a perfect Christmas tale both for a Leacock fans but also for readers in search of some comic relief.
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B. J. Harrison Reads A Journey in Search of Christmas (EN)
Cowboy Lin McLean rides into Cheyenne, Wyoming at Christmastime. His plans quickly take an unexpected turn when he encounters the child of a person he once knew. In the spirit of Christmas, he finds himself going out of his way for the boy who has been living in harsh conditions and gives him a taste of a better life.
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B. J. Harrison Reads Thanksgiving in New York (EN)
It is Thanksgiving day. Stuffy Pete has just come out from an unexpected feast but he is now waiting for his companion, "The Old Gentleman". They only ever meet on this one day of the year, and although they do not know that much of each other, they always spend the holiday together. Stuffy Pete follows the tradition although he is so full that he cannot think of eating more food.
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B. J. Harrison Reads Merry Christmas (EN)
The First World War has left the world in agony. Disillusionment, hopelessness, and horror are rife when a despondent author gets a visit by Father Time and Father Christmas, who come to raise his spirits. He wishes for better days, but the war has taken everything, turning him into a hopeless and angry nihilist.
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B. J. Harrison Reads A Classic Tales Christmas (EN)
The stories in this collection are all about Christmas, but that does not mean that they are all happy and tranquil. Sincere and romantic ones like O. Henry’s meet the mysterious tales of Chesterton and Conan Doyle. A malevolent and nihilist gravedigger receives absolution from the most unlikely of creatures, while a poor shoemaker that has renounced God begins to look for His presence through his small window.
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B. J. Harrison Reads The Thing in the Weeds (EN)
"The Thing in the Weeds" is a short story by William Hope Hodgson from his "Sargasso Sea Stories" in which he portrays a monster lurking in the darkest recesses of the unfathomable depths of the sea. An example of Lovecraft’s major principle of "fear of the unknown", the terror in this Hodgson story is a mysterious one, despite the fact that it haunts and kills the characters.
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8,99 €
B. J. Harrison Reads The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (EN)
When a young teacher decides to come work in a secluded Dutch village, little does he know that his stay there will change his life forever. Set among tales of ghosts and supernatural beings, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a short story whose setting soon begins to play tricks on the protagonist. The chilling story of the Headless horseman is a perfect reading for Halloween or a dark and stormy night.
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Cesta slávy
Román „Cesta slávy", inspirovaný skutečnou událostí, oživuje jednu ze záhadných historických osobností, jejichž tajemství dosud přetrvává. Někteří lidé mají natolik fantastické sny, že kdyby je uskutečnili, zajistili by si tím trvalé místo v dějinách. Právě takovými jedinci byli Francis Drake, Robert Scott, Percy Fawcett, Charles Lindbergh, Amy Johnsonová, Edmund Hillary a Neil Armstrong.
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Klamný dojem
Tento poutavý příběh plný zvratů a šokujících intrik začíná v New Yorku, kde je krátce po teroristických útocích 11. září 2001 pohřešovaná Anna Petrescová. Má se za to, že je mrtvá, čehož Anna využije a uprchne z Ameriky. Jenže je pronásledována přes celý svět – z Toronta do Londýna, Hongkongu, Tokia a Bukurešti – zatímco se zoufale snaží najít odpovědi na následující otázky.
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Zlodějská čest
Jaro 1994, Washington, D. C. Zatímco Clintonova administrativa zápolí s domácí politikou, o šest tisíc mil dál v Bagdádu se rodí zlověstný plán. Sto miliónů amerických dolarů má posloužit jako návnada a prostředek ke spletení smrtící sítě korupce, podvrhu a teroru, s jejíž pomocí chce Saddám Hussajn zasadit USA konečný pomstychtivý úder.
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Harvest of Swords (EN)
Audiobook Harvest of Swords, written by Nicholas Carter, is the fourth book in the series The Shadow on the Crown. Rivalry in love and battle in this historical adventure set in the English Civil War. In the late autumn of the first year of the English Civil War, William Sparrow and Hugo Telling are again caught up in the impossible confusion tearing the country and their lives apart. This time, their greatest battles, fought on both land and sea, are with a new enemy, Lord Clavincale.
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16,99 €
The Dark Temple (EN)
Audiobook The Dark Temple, written by R.D. Shah. A brutal cult. A gruesome rite. A primal evil. At a remote farmhouse outside Turin, a mysterious religious exorcism goes horribly wrong, setting in motion a series of catastrophic events, that threatens to bring the world to its knees. Meanwhile, Professor Alex Harker is settling into his new life in the Templar Brotherhood, when he is suddenly whisked away to the Tower of London.
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Call You Right Back, Mum (EN)
Audiobook Call You Right Back, Mum written by Wanda Beemsterboer. "She did not call back. Nor will she, ever again. How I started loathing those two little words, never again. " In a heartbeat everything can change. This is the gripping, true story of how a young woman was murdered and a family lost a daughter. Like most young girls her age Nadine lives a life filled with family, friends and thoughts about the future.
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The Shadow Conspiracy (EN)
A brutal foe, an ancient mystery. The explosive new Templar thriller. Cambridge Archaeology Professor Alex Harker is drawn back into the twisted clutches of the Mithras, who are seeking to unearth a knowledge lost to humankind since the dawn of civilization. His journey will take him from the Bay of Bengal to the murky depths of the Gibraltar strait, from the Swiss Alps to an island untouched for over 30,000 years, all in pursuit of this fateful knowledge.
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K for Kara 18 - Enemies Forever (EN)
Laura, from the parallel class, accuses Rose of doing something that is not true. It makes Rose sad. Kara wants to help Rose, so everyone can see that Laura is lying. But Kara accidentally does something stupid, and suddenly Kara and Rose are enemies forever. - Line Kyed Knudsen was born in Gentofte in 1971.
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5,99 €