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Sir Terence Rattigan was one of Britain's greatest playwrights, renowned for his well-crafted dramas of upper-class manners and repressed sexuality. He was hugely popular throughout the 1940s and early '50s, and had the rare distinction of having plays running in three West End theatres simultaneously. Having fallen out of fashion in the '60s, his work is now enjoying a huge revival. Included here are some of his most esteemed plays, adapted for radio and brought together in chronological order in one statement collection.

В очередном сборнике Классика русского рассказа вас ждут аудиоверсии следующих произведений: К.М. Станюкевич "Максимка"; В.А. Гиляровский "В туннеле артезианского колодца"; Шолом-Алейхем "Еврейская месть"; А.П. Чехов "Дипломат"; А.Ф. Кошко "Мечта любви"; А.И. Куприн "Мирное житие"; С.В.

Jimmy Santiago Baca's brilliantly received memoir, A Place to Stand, earned him the prestigious International Prize and offered a keyhole view into the brutal personal history that shaped - and continues to inform - his raw, incisive voice. In C-Train and Thirteen Mexicans, he trains his hallmark lyrical intensity on the dark underbelly of addiction and takes us on an unforgettable guided tour of the darkest corners of a brutal, unjust world.

Для Гайдэ нет ничего важнее, чем обязательства перед своей землей и обещание, данное королю Валлиона. Даже оказавшись бог знает где, она всей душой стремится вернуться на Во-Аллар, ставший ей настоящим домом.

№13-Дом Эльпит Рабкоммуна — рассказ знаменитого русского писателя, драматурга и театрального деятеля Михаила Афанасьевича Булгакова (1891–1940). Другими известными произведениями Михаила Булгакова являются "Чаша жизни", "Шансон д'Этэ", "Стальное горло", "Дни Турбиных", "Зойкина квартира", "Бенефис лорда Керзона", "Москва краснокаменная", "Кабала святош", "Я убил", "Похождения Чичикова". Многие произведения Михаила Булгакова были запрещены советской цензурой, и уже сам этот факт характеризует его как свободномыслящего человека.

Take a trip to Blessings, Georgia, where bestselling author Sharon Sala welcomes you with a touching small-town romance. Ruby Butterman and her husband, Peanut, cannot have children, but they're given a second chance at a family when eight-year-old orphan Carlie is left in their care. It's a challenge for Carlie to adapt to a new town, a new school, and a new family, and when she gets bullied at school, Ruby and Peanut discover how to step up as parents, and how to make a forever family for their beloved little girl.

When Gabriel Du Pré's precocious granddaughter, Pallas, returns from her studies in Washington, D.C., the entire clan in Toussaint, Montana, is happy to see her. Except Du Pré, that is, because the crotchety old fiddlin' cowboy knows that where Pallas goes, trouble is likely to follow. A van full of praying, protesting fundamentalist Christians has arrived in Toussaint at just about the same time. A young soldier follows, just back from Iraq, missing a leg, an eye, and his grip on reality. Du Pré suspects that he's going to have his hands full for the foreseeable future.

Hören Sie dreizehn lustige Kurzgeschichten des Großmeisters für Humor und Satire: Wie man einen Schnupfen kuriert, Tot oder lebendig, Herrn Blokes eingesandter Artikel, Der berühmte Springfrosch von Calaveras County, Die Ameise, Was mir der Professor erzählte, Die Schrecken der deutschen Sprache, Eine schlaflose Nacht in Heilbronn, Es ist gefährlich im Bette zu liegen, Meine Uhr, Adams Tagebuch, Wie Mark Twain in Newark angeführt wurde, Die Eine-Million-Pfundnote.

Eino Leino (1878-1926) - oikealta nimeltään Armas Einar Leopold Lönnbohm - on ollut merkittävimpiä suomalaisia runoilijoita ja kirjailijoita, jonka tuotantoon kuuluu myös mm. romaaneja, suomennoksia. Hänen runoutensa on tullut tutuksi myös monien säveltäjien - kuten Heino Kasken, Toivo Kuulan, Leevi Madetojan ja Oskar Merikannon teoksissa. Näille Kauneimpia runoja -sarjan äänikirjoille on koottu yhteen sointuvia runoja.