#1 New York Times bestselling author. ... Here is the first volume in George R. R. Martin's magnificent cycle of novels that includes "A Clash of Kings" and "A Storm of Swords". As a whole, this series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure fill these pages and transport us to a world unlike any we have ever experienced. Already hailed as a classic, George R. R. Martin's stunning series is destined to stand as one of the great achievements of imaginative fiction.
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Generally considered to be F. Scott Fitzgerald's finest novel, The Great Gatsby is a consummate summary of the "roaring twenties", and a devastating expose of the "Jazz Age". Through the narration of Nick Carraway, the reader is taken into the superficially glittering world of the mansions which lined the Long Island shore in the 1920s, to encounter Nick's cousin Daisy, her brash but wealthy husband Tom Buchanan, Jay Gatsby and the mystery that surrounds him.
The Great Gatsby is an undisputed classic of American literature from the period following the First World War and is one of the great ... |
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Lana's breathtaking first book solidifies her further as "the essential writer of her times" (The Atlantic). The collection features more than thirty poems, many exclusive to the book: Never to Heaven, The Land of 1 000 Fires, Past the Bushes Cypress Thriving, LA Who Am I to Love You?, Tessa DiPietro, Happy, Paradise Is Very Fragile, Bare Feet on Linoleum and many more. This beautiful hardcover edition showcases Lana's typewritten manuscript pages alongside her original photography. The result is an extraordinary poetic landscape that reflects the unguarded spirit of its creator.
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Wenn das Leben unverhofft ins Rollen kommt! Wie die ordnungsliebende Britt-Marie ausgerechnet in Borg landet, diesem abgehängten Kaff, und wie sie dort aufräumt, bis für alle die Hoffnung zurückkehrt - das erzählt dieser unglaublich berührende und witzige Roman übers Neustarten und Mitspielen. Genau wie "Ein Mann namens Ove" einfühlsam und mit einzigartigem Humor geschrieben vom schwedischen Nr.1 Bestseller-Autor Fredrik Backman. ... |
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Walt Whitman's verse gave the poetry of America a distinctive national voice. It reflects the unique vitality of the new nation, the vastness of the land and the emergence of a sometimes troubled consciousness, communicated in language and idiom regarded by many at the time as shocking.
Whitman's poems are organic and free flowing, fit into no previously defined genre and skilfully combine autobiographical, sociological and religious themes with lyrical sensuality. His verse is a fitting celebration of a new breed of American and includes "Song of Myself", "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry", the ... |
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Influential and innovative, James Joyce (1882 - 1941) led the vanguard of 20th-century fiction. Sooner or later, most undergraduates encounter him, and many scholars devote their entire careers to his exuberantly eloquent prose. Joyce's experimental use of language and stream-of-consciousness techniques continues to captivate modern readers and writers, and this anthology offers a first-rate introduction to the Irish author's fiction and poetry.
"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man", Joyce's coming-of-age novel, appears here in its entirety. Readers will also find the complete texts of the ... |
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Адаптирани разкази на руски език. ... "Поредицата "Адаптированные рассказы" на издателство "Веси" е предназначена за читатели, които са средно напреднали или напреднали (III - VI ниво) по руски език. Тук текстовете не са съкращавани или променяни - както е при обичайното адаптиране, а имат солиден помощен апарат за идиоматиката и фразеологията, обяснителни бележки, речник и упражнения.
Пушкин е сред най-бележитите поети и писатели от епохата на романтизма в Русия, считан също и за основоположник на съвременната руска литература. Ето защо избрахме неговия роман "Капитанската дъщеря" да ... |
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This collection contains fifteen of O. Henry's short stories. "The Gift of the Magi" is the most famous of his classic tales, but the stories that follow here give the reader a deeper and richer sample of O. Henry's storytelling art. The text has been simplified and made easier to read for the enjoyment of readers who study English. It is appropriate for intermediate to advanced learners.
О.Henry (1862 - 1910) was a widely popular American short story writer, famous for his dry humor, wordplay and clever surprise endings.
"O. Henry's finest work... reveal such a depth of understanding of the ... |
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Love will light the way.
Soon to be a major motion picture. ... Katie can't leave her house during the day: she has a rare disease that makes even the smallest amount of sunlight deadly. But everything changes when one evening, singing her heart out on a deserted station platform, she meets Charlie.
Before the night is out, Katie is smitten. But she hasn't told Charlie her secret. She just wants to have her normal love story, before reality kicks in. Lost in her night-time summer romance, Katie knows that love will light the way.
A heartbreaking tale of love, loss and one nearly perfect summer. ... |
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Адаптирани разкази на немски език. ... Тази книга е предназначена за читатели, които са средно напреднали или напреднали в обучението си по немски език. Оригиналният текст не е адаптиран в общия смисъл на понятието. Идиоматичните, фразеологичните и някои по-особени лексикални форми са преведени под черта. За научните понятия са дадени обяснителни бележки след всеки разказ. А всички евентуално непознати за читателите думи (често свързани с цели изрази) са извадени и събрани в речник, приложен след последния разказ. ... |
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The Best of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twenty of the very best tales from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fifty-six short stories featuring the arch sleuth. Basing his selection around the author’s own twelve personal favourites, David Stuart Davies has added a further eight sparkling stories to Conan Doyle’s "Baker Street Dozen", creating a unique volume which distils the pure essence of the world’s most famous detective.
Within these pages the reader will encounter the greatest collection of villains and the weirdest and most puzzling mysteries ever seen in print. And there at the centre, in a London ... |
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The multi-million worldwide bestseller.
"You laugh, you cry, and then you come back for more."
Markus Zusak, bestselling author of "The book thief". ... Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.
Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, "The Fault in Our Stars" is award-winning author John Green’s most ambitious and ... |
