"Не, Калигула не е мъртъв. Той е тук, и тук, и тук. Той е във всеки от вас. Ако ви бъде дадена власт, ако имате сърце, ако обичате живота, ще го видите как се развихря - като чудовище или като ангел. нашето време умира, защото повярва в ценностите, а също и че нещата могат да са прекрасни и вече да не бъдат абсурдни." Албер Камю ... |
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Наричан бащата на атомната бомба, Робърт Опенхаймер е сред най-иконичните фигури на миналия век - харизматичен физик, който след края на Втората световна война се превръща в най-популярния учен на планетата... а впоследствие и в най-знаковата жертва на антикомунистическата истерия в САЩ. Опенхаймер ръководи гигантския проект за създаване на атомната бомба, но след бомбардировките над Хирошима и Нагасаки се възправя с целия си авторитет срещу собственото си творение и зове убедително за международен контрол над ядреното оръжие. Противопоставя се яростно срещу вдигането на залозите с разработването на водородната бомба и ... |
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Антология. ... Литературното приключение продължава. Очаквайте нещо ново - но в същия дух. Очаквайте среща с познати творци, класици и съвременни автори, добрите стари майстори и някои нови имена. Не се опитвайте да отгатнете финала. Доверете се на фабулата. Не се лишавайте от удоволствието. Очаквайте неочакваното. Очаквайте обрата. Затегнете коланите. Спускането започва сега! В книгата ще прочетете разкази на: Едгар Алан По Александър Пушкин Михаил Лермонтов Ги дьо Мопасан О. Хенри Едит Уортън Кейт Шопен Хърбърт Уелс Амброуз Биърс Вирджиния Улф Рабиндранат Тагор Стюарт Едуард Уайт Шърли ... |
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Носител на "Pulitzer Prize 2017". Носител на "National Book Award 2016". ... Подземна железница през XIX век са наричали мрежата от скривалища и помагачи, по която робите в Америка бягали към свободните щати. В книгата си Колсън Уайтхед създава реална, изскочила от виденията на ретрофантастиката, подземна железница, чиито релси водят в мрака на непознатото. Между историческото и фантастичното, между миналото и съвремието, американският писател не просто разказва за премеждията на робиня, бягаща от южняшка плантация, а методично рисува панорама на потисничеството, страха и жестокостта, залегнали според ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... In one of his most energetic and enjoyable novels, Charles Dickens tells the life story of David Copperfield, from his birth in Suffolk, through the various struggles of his childhood, to his successful career as a novelist. The early scenes are particularly masterful, depicting the world as seen from the perspective of a fatherless small boy, whose idyllic life with his mother is ruined when she marries again, this time to a domineering and cruel man. David Copperfield is partly modelled on Dickens' own experiences, and one of the great joys of the ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... The richness of Oscar Wilde 's way with words and ideas is given full range in this sparkling collection of short stories written between 1887 and 1891. From the comic tales of "The Canterville Ghost" and "Lord Arthur Savile's Crime" to the marvelous fairy stories and fantasies of "The Selfish Giant", "The Happy Prince" and "The Star Child", we are treated to the extravagance and dexterity of Wilde's exceptional wit, in stories that will appeal to both adults and children. Beautifully ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... The orphaned Jane Eyre is no beauty but her plain appearance belies an indomitable spirit, sharp wit and great courage. As a child she suffers under cruel guardians, harsh schooling and a rigid social order but when she goes to Thornfield Hall to work as a governess for the mysterious Mr Rochester, the stage is set for one of literature's most enduring romances. A beloved classic and undisputed masterpiece, Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" explores class, society, love and religion through the eyes of one of fiction's most unique and ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Roger Chillingworth arrives in New England after two years' separation from his wife, Hester Prynne, to find her on trial for adultery. She refuses to reveal her lover and is sentenced to wear a scarlet letter 'A' sewn onto her clothes. Resolving to discover the man's identity, Roger sets out to destroy his rival, while Hester desperately tries to protect her illegitimate daughter from a society determined to condemn them both. A smash hit in its day, The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne is the gripping tale of three New England ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... A novel of social and moral themes, "Hard Times" is the archetypal Dickens novel, filled with family difficulties, estrangement, rotten values and unhappiness. Published in 1854, it is set in the imaginary Coketown, an industrial city inspired by Preston, and tells the story of the family of Thomas Gradgrind, a man obsessed with misguided "Utilitarian" values that make him trust facts, statistics and practicality over emotion. Based on James Mill (the Utilitarian leader), Gradgrind raises his own children, Louisa and Tom, in line with ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... One wild, snowy night on the Yorkshire moors, a gentleman asks about Wuthering Heights, the remote farmhouse inhabited by his mysterious landlord. He is told about the tragic romance of the beautiful, headstrong Cathy and the orphan Heathcliff, who - although desperately in love her - is rejected in favor of a rich suitor. But Cathy cannot forget him, and he develops a lust for revenge that will take over his life as he attempts to win her back, and to destroy everyone, and everything, he considers responsible for his loss. One of the great novels of the ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Oft-copied but never bettered, Jane Austen's "Emma" is a remarkable comedy of manners that follows the charming but insensitive Emma Woodhouse as she sets out on an ill-fated career of match-making in the little town of Highbury. Taking the pretty but dreary Harriet Smith as her subject, Emma creates misunderstandings and chaos as she tries to find Harriet a suitor, until she begins to realize it isn't the lives of others she must try to transform. Gorgeously illustrated by the celebrated Hugh Thomson, this "Macmillan Collector' ... |
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Complete and unabridged with an afterword by David Stuard Davies. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes" contains Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's final twelve stories about his great fictional detective. Featuring crypts at midnight, strange bones in a furnace and a blood-sucking vampire, these tales explore the darker side of human nature and involve betrayal, violence and the terrible consequences of infidelity. This "Macmillan Collector's Library" edition features an afterword by David Stuart Davies - a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund and an authority on ... |