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1) 1984
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"Written in 1948, [this book] was George Orwell's chilling prophecy about the future. And while [the year] 1984 has come and gone, his dystopian vision of a government that will do anything to control the narrative is timelier than ever... Winston Smith toes the Party line, rewriting history to satisfy the demands of the Ministry of Truth. With each lie he writes, Winston grows to hate the Party that seeks power for its own sake and persecutes...
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A new edition of Heart of Darkness, the 1899 masterpiece by Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad about a voyage up the Congo River into the Heart of Africa. The story is narrated by Charles Marlow, recalling his obsessive quest to locate the ivory trader Kurtz, who has become ensconced deep in the jungle managing a remote outpost. As he ventures further and further down the Congo, Marlow finds himself and his surroundings become increasingly untethered....
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Task force X has been in constant service, but also must constantly recruit new members as the Suicide Squad lives up to its name. For a mission on the island of Corto Maltese, only Waller knows what Colonel Flag and his cons from Belle Reve will face, but team is in for a surprise -- and an enemy -- of epic proportions.
4) Aladdin
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Aladdin is an orphan living on the streets of the city of Agrabah, continually outwitting and avoiding local law enforcement. One day he meets a young girl--also hiding from the guards--who is actually Princess Jasmine, seeking to escape from a disagreement with her father the Sultan about her marriage. He gallantly conceals her, and promptly falls in love. Soon, the Grand Vizier Jafar divines that Aladdin represents the key to his plans, and tricks...
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"Gdy Maryla i Mateusz Cuthbertowie decydują się przygarnąć chłopca z sierocińca, nie maja pojęcia, że od tej pory ich życie wypełnią niespodzianki. Zaczyna się od tego, że na Zielone Wzgórze w Avonleaprzybywa nie chłopiec, lecz jedenastoletnia rudowłosa dziewczynka. Ania to osóbka o nieprzeciętnym temperamencie i wybujałej fantazji. Jej obecność wywróci życie mieszkańców Avonlea do góry nogami, a Zielone Wzgórze nigdy nie...
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Master nad margaret is not only the most important novel of the twentieth century, but one of the most mysterious works of world literature, full of puzzles, symbols, understatements. It might seen that everything has been said about Bulgakov's masterpieces. Afer 50 years since the publication of the book, Grzegorz Przebinda, together with his wife Leokadia and son Igor, prove with their new transation that is not true. They discover new layersof...
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"Anna Karenina wiedzie dostatnie, ale nudne życie u boku męża. Piękna kobieta spełnia się jako matka, jednak nie stroni od przyjęć na petersburskich salonach. Aleksy Wroński to przystojny, wykształcony i bogaty hrabia. Elegancki oficer, przed którym rysuje się obiecująca kariera wojskowa. Połączy ich ognisty romans, który całkowicie odmieni życie kochanków. Choć Anna straci wszystko, ani przez chwilę nie będzie żałowała swojej...
11) Pogromca lwów
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"Styczeń, mroźna Fjällbacka. Z lasu wprost pod koła nadjeżdżającego samochodu wybiega półnaga dziewczyna. Kierowca nie jest w stanie jej wyminąć. Nastolatka ginie na miejscu. Prowadzący sledźtwo Patrik Hedström szybko ustala, że ofiara to Victoria, która cztery miesiące wcześniej zaginęła, wracając do domu ze szkółki jeździeckiej. Z przerażeniem odkrywa też, że dziewczynkę poddano okrutnym torturom. W tym samym czasie Erica...
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Claudio Magris's searing new novel ruthlessly confronts the human obsession with war and its savagery in every age and every country. His tale centers on a man whose maniacal devotion to the creation of a Museum of War involves both a horrible secret and the hope of redemption. Luisa Brooks, his museum's curator, a descendant of victims of Jewish exile and of black slavery, has a complex dilemma: will the collections she exhibits save humanity from...
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