Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Anton Chekhov was one of the world's most accomplished short-story writers and this collection displays the breadth and variety of his genius. 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. In the Ravine & Other Stories are translated by Constance Garnett and selected and introduced by novelist Paul Bailey. Chekhov had an incomparable ability to write about the seemingly every ... |
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In La Vita Nuova, Italy's greatest poet recounts the famous story of his passionate love for Beatrice. The drama of their relationship unravels through stunning poetry and prose in this, one of the most celebrated love stories in history. 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. From the first time the poet sets eyes on Beatrice, he proclaims that love quite governed my soul and his devotion to her knows no end. By recalling each meeting ... |
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From the internationally bestselling and prize-winning author of The Song of Achilles and Circe , an enchanting short story that boldly re-imagines the myth of Galatea and Pygmalion. In Ancient Greece, a skilled marble sculptor has been blessed by a goddess who has given his masterpiece - the most beautiful woman the town has ever seen - the gift of life. Now his wife, he expects Galatea to please him, to be obedience and humility personified. But she has desires of her own, and yearns for independence. In a desperate bid by her obsessive husband to keep her under control, she is locked away under the constant ... |
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As variegated as the American experience itself, this original treasury reflects the vibrant role of the short story in our national literature. Fourteen outstanding tales by famous American authors unfold in settings ranging from the decaying family mansion of Edgar Allan Poe's dark psychological thriller, "The Fall of the House of Usher", to the bustling modern apartment building of John Cheever's domestic drama, "The Enormous Radio". Moods and attitudes shift from the simmering menace of a lynch mob in William Faulkner's "Dry September" to the gentle optimism of an elderly ... |
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Quick reads by great writers. This book is a special edition of "Quick Reads" series. ... "To buy books would be a good thing", observed Arthur Schopenhauer , "if we also could buy the time to read them". All devoted readers long for more time to spend with their books, and the next best thing to buying time is making the most of the available moments. "Great Short Short Stories: Quick Reads by Great Writers" offers that opportunity. An outstanding collection of 30 brilliant short stories, each just six or fewer pages in length, it provides the chance to absorb an entire story (or ... |
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This will be your third descent into the world of the Unexpected. The surprises awaiting you here, are penned again by classical and modern authors. Again, you will try to guess the ending and again will fail, and to those of you who do succeed in this, we offer an apology on behalf of the Masters of the Genre. What happens when: Two spouses hate each other and go to the mountain? A princess is attacked by a mountain lion? A high life girl meets a low-class boy? Three messengers make haste with contradictory orders for the execution of a death sentence? What do two archeologists search for in an ancient catacomb? ... |
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В англискйта версия на сборника, разказите на всички класици са запазени. За тези от вас, които са чели българските версии, ще забележете, че няколко разказа липсват, но пък са добвени няколко нови. В книгата са включени разкази на: Edgar Allan Poe Alexander Pushkin Mikhail Lermontov Guy de Maupassant O. Henry Edith Wharton Kate Chopin Ambrose Bierce Hector Hugh Munro Rabindranath Tagore Stewart Edward White Herbert G. Wells Virginia Woolf W.W. Jacobs ... |
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В англискйта версия на сборника, разказите на всички класици са запазени. За тези от вас, които са чели българските версии, ще забележете, че няколко разказа липсват, но пък са добавени няколко нови. В книгата са включени разкази на: O. Henry Katherine Mansfield Jack London Hector Hugh Munro Ambrose Bierce Frank R. Stockton Arthur Conan Doyle Oscar Wilde F. Scott Fitzgerald Anton Chekhov Kate Chopin W. W. Jacobs Rabindranath Tagore Guy de Maupassant Joseph Hall Henry Cuyler Bunner ... |
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Настоящата книга съдържа: адаптирана версия на разказите "Girl", "After Twenty Years", "The Romance of a Busy Broker", "One Thousand Dollars", "Science of Matrimony" и "While the Auto Waits" от О'Хенри на английски език превод на по-сложни думи и изрази, даден за улеснение на самото място в текста шест теста, подходящи за всички, владеещи английски език на средно ниво (B2), които се занимават интензивно с изучаването му ключ с отговорите на тестовете, който прави книгата полезна както за работа в клас под ръководството на учителя, така и за ... |
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Шест истории от майстора на късия разказ Хектор Хю Мънроу, известен с литературния си псевдоним Саки. Настоящата книга съдържа: разказите "The Lumber Room", "The Open Window", "Tobermory", "The Mouse", "The Guest" и "Laura" от Саки (Хектор Хю Мънроу) на английски език; превод на по-сложни думи и изрази; шест теста, подходящи за всички, владеещи английски език на средно ниво (B2); ключ с отговорите на тестовете. Поредицата "Language Trainer" е предназначена да помага на учащите да усъвършенстват познанията си по английски език, като: развиват ... |
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Една шокираща човешка трагедия, разкрита в история за страдание и триумф. Разказ за бягството из цяла Танзания. Тринадесетгодишният Хабо винаги е бил различен - светли очи, жълта коса и бяла кожа. Не хубавата кафява кожа, която имат останалите от семейството му, нито пък бялата кожа на туристите. Хабо е странен и самотен. Баща му, неспособен да го приеме, изоставя семейството, а майка му едва го поглежда. Братята му и другите деца никога не го викат да играе с тях. Единствено сестра му Асу го обича. Но дори и тя не може да смекчи вината, която Хабо изпитва, когато семейството е принудено да напусне дома си в малкото ... |
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A Big History of Everything from the Big Bang to the first stars, to our solar system, life on Earth, dinosaurs, homo sapiens, agriculture, an ice age, empires, fossil fuels, a Moon landing and mass globalization. And what happens next... ... "I have long been a fan of David Christian. In "Origin Story", he elegantly weaves evidence and insights from many scientific and historical disciplines into a single, accessible historical narrative." Bill Gates Most historians study the smallest silver of time. But what would it look like to study the whole of history, from the Big Bang through the present day ... |
