"Better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven." Blind, broken by the death of his wife and bitterly disappointed by the Restoration, Milton dictated his sweeping biblical epic Paradise Lost to a series of helpers. While the struggle between God and Satan rages across the cosmos, the human tragedy of Adam and Eve - the temptation and fall - is movingly depicted in language unsurpassed in its musicality and beauty. A staggering and audacious undertaking - seeking, in Milton's words, to justify the ways of God to men - Paradise Lost has been revered since its initial publication, inspiring writers from Mary ... |
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Comparisons and interactions within/across cultures from Ludmila Kostova, Iona Sarieva and Mihaela Irimia. ... |
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...because everyone deserve a fresh start. ... Smart and funny Ruth Hogan, author of The Keeper of Lost Things The first step was learning to read, but if she really wants to turn her life around, Maggsie is going to have to trust other people - and that might just be the hardest lesson she’s ever faced... Small and dyslexic, with a short fuse, bad teeth, a prison record and something to prove, Marguerite McNaughton - Maggsie - doesn't need anybody or anything, thank you very much. She's more than capable of looking after herself. She's also about to discover that everyone needs someone, sometimes. Even her. ... |
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Complete and unabridged. ... As well as being one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century and the recipient of the 1923 Nobel Prize for Literature, William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939) is the greatest lyric poet that Ireland has produced. His early work includes the beguiling When You are Old, The Cloths of Heaven and The Lake Isle of Innisfree but, unusually for a poet, Yeats's later works, including Parnell's Funeral, surpass even those of his youth. All are present in this volume, which reproduces the 1933 edition of W. B. Yeats's Collected Poems and also contains an illuminating ... |
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In an alternate version of 1893 America, New York is part of the Free States, where people may live and love as they please (or so it seems). In a 1993 Manhattan besieged by the AIDS epidemic, a young Hawaiian man lives with his much older, wealthier partner, hiding his troubled childhood and the fate of his father. In 2093, in a world torn apart by plagues and governed by totalitarian rule, a powerful scientist's damaged granddaughter tries to navigate life without him – and solve the mystery of her husband's disappearance. What unites these characters, and these Americas, are their reckonings with the qualities ... |
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Неудовлетворен от празното си Сизифово съществуване в Ню Йорк, където се е отказал от творческите си мечти и ги е заменил с работа в рекламната индустрия, един високо ерудиран млад композитор решава да преобрази из корен живота си. Много скоро той намира начин да го направи: включва се в експедиция, тръгнала да търси в Южна Америка музикални инструменти на местното население и озовала се в едно от малкото места по света, недокоснати от цивилизацията. Поел по следите на времето, той прекосява заедно с любовницата си земи, които сякаш са извън историята, и търси не просто музика, а в крайна сметка самия себе си и загърбва ... |
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4 All-New Adventures! A collection of four all-new strange stories from the sleepy town of Gravity Falls in one original New York Times bestselling graphic novel. Written by Alex Hirsch. As told by Shmebulock. The first story, Face It, is about Pacifica summoning a monster who steals Mabel's face. The second story, Comix Up, is about Stan getting trapped in a world of comics. In Don't Dimension It, Mabel gets pulled into a multi-verse filled with many different Mabels. And in Pines Brothers: The Jersey Devil's in the Details, a young Stan and Ford attempt to catch a supernatural jewel thief. ... |
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Някои тайни би трябвало да останат скрити... Бен Хоуп е в Италия на гости на стар приятел. Случайна среща отвежда бившия майор от британските специални части в известна галерия близо до Рим, където за минути се разиграва истинска драма. Маскирани убийци са готови на всичко, за да се сдобият с открита наскоро творба на Гоя. А Бен е изправен пред най-опасната си мисия досега - да спаси заложниците и да отблъсне похитителите. След кръвопролитието пресата го възхвалява като герой, но... не за дълго. Несправедливо обвинен за убийството на италиански политик, Бен се превръща в беглец, преследван от полицията в цяла Европа. В ... |
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Нови истории от Ресторант Камогава. Скрит в малка уличка в Киото, се намира необикновеният ресторант Камогава. Това уникално място се управлява от баща и дъщеря, които предлагат нещо повече от изкушаващи ястия. Двамата се преоткриват като хранителни детективи, предоставяйки услуга, която надхвърля традиционното хранене. Чрез своето кулинарно разследване те възстановяват любими ястия от спомените на своите клиенти, създавайки връзка със скъпи моменти от миналото. Сред хората, които търсят среща с тях, са поп певица с един-единствен хит, готова най-сетне да напусне Токио и да се откаже от музикалната си кариера, която ... |
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Long ago, Andrew made a childhood wish, and kept it in a silver box. When it finally comes true, he wishes he hadn't. Long ago, Ben made a promise and had a dream: to travel to Africa to volunteer at a lion reserve. When he finally makes it, it isn't for reason he imagined... Ben and Andrew keep meeting in unexpected places, and the intense relationship that develops seems to be guided by fate. Or is it? What if the very thing that drwas them together is tainted by past secrets that threaten everything? A dark, consuming drama that shifts from Zimbabwe to England, and then back into the past, "The Lion ... |
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Based on the story of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Text adaptation by Susan Kingsley. ... "You said that you wanted danger, didn't you?" says McArdle, the editor of the Daily Gazette. And he sends his young reporter, Malone, on a strange journey into South America with the famous Professor Challenger. Challenger believes he can find a lost world full of dinosaurs in the middle of the Amazon forest. But this world is dangerous to reach, and, once the Professor and his small group of explorers arrive, things get even more dangerous for them. Will they return alive? Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive ... |
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Life is good for Magnus Bane and Alec Lightwood. That is, until the night that two old acquaintances break into Magnus's apartment and steal the powerful Book of the White. Now Magnus and Alec will have to drop everything to follow the thieves to Shanghai. And Magnus has been stabbed with a strange magical weapon that is changing the very nature of his powers. Fortunately, they have backup in the form of Clary, Jace, Isabelle and Simon. In Shanghai, they learn that a much darker threat awaits them. Magnus's magic is growing unstable, and if they can't stop the demons flooding into the city, they might have ... |
