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From the creator of the iconic "Cathy" comic strip comes her first collection of funny, wise, poignant, and incredibly honest essays about being a woman in what she lovingly calls "the panini generation." As the creator of "Cathy," Cathy Guisewite found her way into the hearts of readers more...

"The Fables" of Jean de La Fontaine were issued in several volumes from 1668 to 1694. They are classics of French literature. "The Fables" supply delights to three different ages: the child rejoices in the freshness and vividness of the story, the eager student of literature in the consummate art with which it is told, the experienced man of the world in the subtle reflections on character and life which it conveys. "The Fables" were regarded as providing an excellent education in morals for children, and the first edition was dedicated to the six-year old Dauphin, the Eldest Son of the King.

In 1951, chemist Rosalind Franklin (Anna Chlumsky) works relentlessly in her King’s College London lab, closing in on a major discovery that could unlock the mysteries of the DNA molecule. Undermined by her colleague Maurice Wilkins (Omar Metwally), she struggles to compete with rival team Watson and Crick (David Corenswet and Aasif Mandvi) as pressure intensifies to produce results.

This book collects a magnificent set of works by Russian classical authors: Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Gogol, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Anton Chekhov, Leo Tolstoy, Mikhail Bulgakov. Each original story, springing from a common creative heritage, delivers a glimpse of the immortal Russian Soul and has influenced modern literary trends. These stories are interesting to their core and will bring pleasure to readers. Get ready to immerse yourself within these immortal works that have long been counted among the best of classic world literature: Fyodor Dostoevsky.

Ein Roadtrip durch deutsche Land- und Leidenschaften.

What does Jane Austen mean when she writes approvingly of a character's 'gentility' and ‘delicacy’, or critically of another's 'indolence' and 'impertinence’? What are her characters doing when they take the measure of a person's 'air' and 'address'? These questions and more are answered in this Janeite treasure trove, which examines the distinctive language woven through Austen’s signature stories. Maria Frawley takes 50 of those words - words that are integral to the fabric of Austen's fiction - and explores them in short, accessible and lively entries.

Guy de Maupassant war ein brillanter Erzähler, weil er so gut beobachtete. Er schaute dem Volk aufs Maul, er sah die kleinen Dinge, die so viel bedeuten. Und schrieb sie auf, fieberhaft. 50 seiner schönsten Geschichten werden in dieser Sammlung präsentiert - fünfzig mal zeitlose Einsichten, gekleidet in Geschichten, wie sie nur Maupassant erzählen konnte! Mit dabei: Ein Idyll, Der Horla, Fettklößchen, Das Haus Tellier, Der Ertrunkene, Die Maske, Marroca, Kirchhofsliebe, Zwei Freunde, Mondschein, Fräulein Fifi - und viele mehr.

Новая книга литературного критика, культуртрегера, и, наверное, уже можно сказать — историка литературы, Алексея Колобродова — широкое и разнообразное полотно литературной жизни последних десятилетий, убедительный и многоцветный очерк литературных имён и нравов. Когда потоком шли печальные констатации о кризисе и скором конце русской литературной критики, Алексей создавал свою панораму, не забывая вспоминать по актуальным поводам классиков и звёзд минувших дней, сводил в глубоких и парадоксальных эссе Василия Шукшина и Роберта Л.

Young Adam, who has been raised in Harlem by his white father, George, and Black mother, Thelma, goes back to his parents' home state of Alabama to participate in the voting rights campaign, only to be brutalized in the Bloody Sunday melee. He is still recovering from this when he is struck a heavy emotional blow, learning for the first time—and in the cruelest way imaginable—of a family secret that sends him spiraling and plunging further into danger. To save him, and any hope for their relationship, Thelma is drawn back, for the first time in twenty years, to the South.

Ennio Miraglia è un eroe dai sogni spezzati. Ha amato la musica fino a quando le canzoni dei Beatles non hanno fatto naufragare la sua carriera di sassofonista. Ha cercato il riscatto in televisione, ha fatto il venditore, il padre e il ribelle, ha creduto nel comunismo finché non è crollato con le sue speranze. Ora è un latitante in fuga dai suoi errori e dai suoi doveri, frequenta night club e sezioni di partito con le stesse cattive compagnie, cercando le ombre del miracolo italiano in cui aveva investito tutto se stesso.

Across fifty poems our classic poets including Christina Georgina Rossetti, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Thomas Hardy & Dante Gabriel Rossetti find verse and tender words to match the occasion. Their descriptions of nature’s ever-evolving landscape and humanity’s ever-changing lives emblazon the page with the lively ink that shapes us all.

The beautiful island of Ireland has endured a history that is pock-marked with struggle and oppression, with religious division and self-serving administrations. It has sacrificed its youth in wars, its generations in famines and emigration, but it has never forsaken its calling that Ireland is a beacon of dignity, humanity and a home for words and literature of every description. Across the centuries, whatever its joys or torments, its poets have assembled verse that speaks from its soul.

Développez votre culture générale, profitez des plaisirs de la poésie, découvrez ou redécouvrez les piliers de la littérature ou faites-les découvrir autour de vous, avec cette sélection de 50 poèmes parmi les plus grands classiques. Baudelaire, Verlaine, Mallarmé, Victor Hugo, Alfred de Musset, Leconte de l'Isle, Charles Cros, Arthur Rimbaud, Jean de La Fontaine, André Chenier, Ronsard, Alfred de Vigny, Gérard de Nerval, Tristan Corbières, José Maria de Heredia, François de Malherbe, Pierre Corneille : les voici tous réunis pour votre plaisir et votre enrichissement.

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Fifty-five Ways to Survive offers a bilingual collection of graphic poetry tracing a journey from despair to resilience and spiritual connection. Queer artist Laurier Tiernan blends ethereal insights with human experiences, creating a deeply personal exploration of resilience.

Fifty years after the end of the Vietnam War, literary voices of the Vietnamese-American diaspora, as well as Vietnam-based authors, speak to the experience of those who left and those who stayed in THE COLORS OF APRIL, a collection of new short fiction curated by award-winning translators and editors Quan Manh Ha and Cab Tran.

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Märchen bildet in China kein streng gesondertes Gebiet. Von den Ammengeschichten und Fabeln bis zu Göttermythen, Sagen und Novellen sind die Grenzen durchaus schwankend. Das Wunderbare gehört für China noch zum natürlichen Weltlauf, so dass hier sich keine scharfe Grenze ziehen lässt.
Es war einmal ein Mann, der mit einigen neugierigen Freunden zusammen Klopfgeister rief. Eines Tages hatte sich ein berühmter Doktor aus dem Mittelalter eingestellt.

Der große Vater Hu ist ein Fuchsgeist. Wenn die Füchse mit der Bereitung des Lebenselixiers beinahe fertig sind, so können sie Wunder tun. Sie werden dann in die kaiserlichen Opferlisten eingetragen. Als die Mandschus nach China kamen, da machten sie Mukden zu ihrem Ahnensitz und errichteten daselbst einen großen Tempel, der einem hohen Würdenträger zum Schutze anvertraut wurde. Alles ist genauso wie an dem kaiserlichen Tempel in Peking.

いつか来たときの列車で向いの席にいた声の美しい女性の葉子は、駒子の家の若い病人を看病していたが、その病人も亡くなった。その後毎日、墓に参っていた。葉子は、湯に入るといつも澄んだ声で歌うのだった。駒子の使いでやって来た葉子と話すと、いずれ東京にいくので一緒に連れて行ってほしいという。ある日の早朝、駒子は宿の裏の坂を上ってそっと島村の部屋にやってきた。その夜も泥酔して島村の宿に立ち寄った。「君はいい女だね」という言葉に突然怒りだす。島村は、いつか駒子が通ってくるのを心待つにする気持ちになりながら、他方で自分のわがままに呵責が募るのであった。もうこれからは来られないだろうと思いながら長逗留を続けた晩秋のある日、島村の乗る車に飛び乗ってきた駒子と街を歩く。そこに突然、半鐘が鳴り出した。映画上映が行われている繭倉が火事だという。二人は駆けだした・・・。