James Joyce's astonishing masterpiece, Ulysses, tells of the diverse events which befall Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus in Dublin on 16 June 1904, during which Bloom's voluptuous wife, Molly, commits adultery. Initially deemed obscene in England and the USA, this richly-allusive novel, revolutionary in its Modernistic experimentalism, was hailed as a work of genius by W. B. Yeats, T. S. Eliot and Ernest Hemingway. Scandalously frank, wittily erudite, mercurially eloquent, resourcefully comic and generously humane, Ulysses offers the reader a life-changing experience. ... |
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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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The production of this Reader in the 20th century British literature is a result of years of lecturing on the subject of English literature to the English Students undergraduates at the South Western University, and the cooperation of my students and colleagues as well as the support of the faculty bodies and administration. ... |
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Award-winning readers series of original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Alex Forley had everything: good looks, money, a beautiful house in London, an attractive girlfriend and a close group of friends. But now he is dead - an apparent case of suicide. Detective Inspector Rod Eliot isn't sure Alex killed himself and he wants the answers to two simple questions.Was it murder? And if so, who did it? ... |
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With an introduction by Jenifer Egan. Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... One of BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World. An eternal masterpiece of candid observation, emotional insight and transcending humour, "Middlemarch" is a truly monumental novel. Endlessly appealing to modern readers, "Middlemarch" has been adapted as BBC Radio 4 drama. Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. This edition ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... With precise plotting underpinned by a wise understanding of human nature, George Eliot's most autobiographical novel gives a wonderful evocation of rural life and the complicated relationship between siblings. 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 of "The Mill on the Floss" features an introduction by Professor Kathryn Hughes. Maggie Tulliver and ... |
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Although the shortest of George Eliot's novels, Silas Marner is one of her most admired and loved works. It tells the sad story of the unjustly exiled Silas Marner - a handloom linen weaver of Raveloe in the agricultural heartland of England - and how he is restored to life by the unlikely means of the orphan child Eppie. Silas Marner is a tender and moving tale of sin and repentance set in a vanished rural world and holds the reader's attention until the last page as Eppie's bonds of affection for Silas are put to the test. ... |
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Illustrated by Roberto Tomei. ... "The rain was still falling against the windows and the wind was blowing strongly. Inside the library, there was silence. Dorothea sat down on a couch in the middle of the room. Will sat down beside her and help her hand. "Oh, it is impossible!" Will cried. "We love each other, but we can never be married!" From the Book "Middlemarch" is George Eliot 's classic story of the lives and loves of people living in a small English town. The idealistic Dorothea, unhappy and bored with her marriage, begins a sensitive friendship with her husband's ... |
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This book is in British English. ... England - 1828 to 1840. Maggie Tulliver is beautiful and intelligent. But she is lonely and unhappy. Philip Wakem loves her. But she cannot meet him. The Tullivers and the Wakems are enemies. Then Maggie meets Stephen Guest. They fall in love. But Stephen is going to be married to Maggie's cousin. There are exercises at the end of the book. Included CD contains audio versions of all the chapters of the book. ... |
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"Отнеха ми твърде много. Оставиха ми твърде малко. Нямах какво да губя... докато не се появи той."Лана Майерс е богата наследница, но живее простичко. Единствената ѝ цел е да въздаде дълго чакано възмездие и да елиминира хората, отнели бъдещето ѝ. Методично. Хладнокръвно. По списък. Срещата ѝ с агент Логан Бенет е неочаквана, а привличането им - мигновено. Единственият проблем е, че той разследва серийни убийци... и по всяка вероятност тя е сред тях. Но Логан кара кътчета от душата ѝ, които тя смята за отдавна загубени, да греят отново. Появата на жесток сериен убиец добавя ново ... |
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Невидимото влияние на изкуствения интелект върху живота ви и как да си върнете контрола. Изпълнителният директор на Big Tech открехва завесата за невидимите сили, които ви маркират, следят и активират - определят възможностите ви за работа, качеството на живот и дори дали да живеете или да умрете - защото това, което не знаете за тях, може да ви навреди. Вероятно не знаете, че поради скритата си природа системите с изкуствен интелект са навсякъде около вас и засягат някои от най-важните области на живота ви - работата, заемите, децата, психичното здраве, взаимоотношенията, свободите и дори решенията в областта на ... |
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Посрещнете Клод - обикновено куче с необикновен живот, пълен с приключения! Разходката в парка се превръща в ходене по опънато въже, когато Клод става цирков артист, който се замерва с торти и се превръща в звездата на представлението! С ярките си и изразителни персонажи поредицата Клод насърчава уменията за самостоятелно четене. Историите за Клод са подходящи както за начинаещи читатели, така и за споделено четене. Илюстрациите са остроумни и елегантни, изпълнени с фин хумор и забавен рисунък. Алекс Т. Смит е автор и илюстратор на детски книги, носител на множество награди. Поредицата му Клод е преведена на над 16 ... |
