Wilde's only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life, and consequence. From its provocative Preface, challenging the reader to believe in 'art for art's sake', to its sensational conclusion, the story self-consciously experiments with the notion of sin as an element of design. Yet Wilde himself underestimated the consequences of his experiment, and its capacity to outrage the Victorian establishment. Its words returned to haunt him in his court appearances in 1895, and he ... |
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Двуезични разкази на английски и български език. ... "Поредицата "Bilingual stories" на издателство "Веси" е предназначена за читатели, които са начинаещи (I - II ниво) в обучението си по английски език. Оригиналният текст е съпътстван паралелно с превод на български език. Текстът е максимално приближен до английския с цел по-добър паралел между двата езика и по-точно усвояване. Намерени са български аналози и за най-труднопреводимите думи и изрази. При наличието на по-специфични собствени имена, понятия и географски названия са дадени обяснителни бележки след всеки разказ. Чрез така поднесените ... |
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Двуезични разкази на английски и български език. ... Поредицата Bilingual stories на издателство Веси е предназначена за читатели, които са начинаещи (I - II ниво) в обучението си по английски език. Оригиналният текст е съпътстван паралелно с превод на български език. Текстът е максимално приближен до английския с цел по-добър паралел между двата езика и по-точно усвояване. Намерени са български аналози и за най-труднопреводимите думи и изрази. При наличието на по-специфични собствени имена, понятия и географски названия са дадени обяснителни бележки след всеки разказ. Чрез така поднесените класически литературни ... |
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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 ... |
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"Vlad can always take you by surprise; often amazing us with his wide spectrum of not just artistic manifestations - resembling the many faced Janus. That's how it was back in time when there was only one Bulgarian National Radio in our fatherland. Those years Vlad was frantically followed by an audience of hundreds of thousands. His night shows were something anticipated and appreciated. This continued for years. In the dark hours of the night, when the ghostly creatures of human fears and fantasies usually came to life, Vlad led the audience through the devil's curves with his restless, vibrating ... |
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This thesis is the result of research on the 13th-century dream journal of the Buddhist monk Myōe (1173 - 1232), founder and principal of Kōzan-ji temple (⾼⼭寺) in Kyoto. Why are the dream records of this Buddhist monk so important? Myōe was an influential priest in his time. However, his dream records, known under the title Yumeki 夢記, had not been accorded much attention in the past. Yet in recent years, a thorough study of the Kōzan-ji Temple's art collection has revealed evidence concerning their value in understanding the metaphysical world of this monk, as ... |
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Feyre is a huntress. And when she sees a deer in the forest being pursued by a wolf, she kills the predator and takes its prey to feed herself and her family. But the wolf was not what it seemed, and Feyre cannot predict the high price she will have to pay for its death... Dragged away from her family for the murder of a faerie, Feyre discovers that her captor, his face obscured by a jewelled mask, is hiding even more than his piercing green eyes suggest. As Feyre's feelings for Tamlin turn from hostility to passion, she learns that the faerie lands are a far more dangerous place than she realized. And Feyre must ... |
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The second book of The Powerless Trilogy. Adena and Paedyn have always been inseparable. Fate brought them together when they were young, but friendship ensured they'd always protect each other and the home they built in the slums of Loot. But now Paedyn - an Ordinary - has been selected for The Purging Trials, which means almost certain death. Now alone in Loot, Adena must fend for herself. After attempting to steal, it's a mysterious man from the market who comes to her rescue. Mak's shadowy past and secretive power set him apart from the other low-level Elites of Loot. And as the pair team up to see ... |
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This book is the result of several journeys from Sofia to Prague in the 1990s. It's based on the notes I kept during my travels. The borders had just opened, people were emigrating en masse, I stayed behind. That was my first time leaving the prison of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, and I traveled by bus. A journey out into the world and into myself. I discovered Prague, though the search for myself continues. Sometimes Prague is here, sometimes it is there, and the same is true for Sofia."Where would you like to go? Out into the world. It's not a question of the direction, but of the journey itself, ... |
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"Amar tan intensamente al otro que nos perdemos. Como un funambulista, Omar salta al vacío y en el éxtasis de estar flotando en el abismo, en el amor, la obsesión, no sabe a qué distancia están sus pies del suelo. A través de cartas escritas a su amada ideal irá encontrando poco a poco asideros en los que apoyar sus pies y entrar en contacto con la tierra y con su propio ser. La imagen proyectada por el ser amado nos devuelve, al final, la misma ternura, la misma pasión; se revela una conversación íntima e introspectiva que, más allá de dirigirse solo hacia ... |
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Darian, autobiographical novel - Roman Sakarski."Darian is a novel about one's road through life. A road that can be described with the word freedom. This is a personal story in which the past is seen but its reflections are breathing in the present. The time in which one boy becomes a man. To get in love, to fall, but to rise again and to forget about the illusions. In this debut novel, the main character Darian leaves in two different eras: the communist-led Bulgaria, and after the fall of the Iron curtain and the democratic changes in its country. Darian seeks the truth during his path to happiness. Darian is ... |
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In Kafka 's powerful and disturbing novel, an innocent man is arrested and repeatedly interrogated for a crime that is never ever explained. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library, a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is translated from German by Douglas Scott and Chris Waller, and features an afterword by David Stuart Davies. On the morning of his thirtieth birthday, a young bank official named Joseph K is arrested although he has done nothing wrong and is never ... |
