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Arrested and imprisoned in a small Swiss town, a prisoner begins this book with an exclamation: ‘I’m not Stiller!’ He claims that his name is Jim White, that he has been jailed under false charges and under the wrong identity. To prove he is who he claims to be, he confesses to three unsolved murders and recalls in great detail an adventuresome life in America and Mexico among cowboys and peasants, in back alleys and docks. He is consumed by ‘the morbid impulse to convince’, but no one believes him.

This riveting history is a firsthand account of the long and arduous search for one of the greatest explorers of the 19th century. Journalist and adventurer Henry M. Stanley was known for his search for the legendary David Livingstone, and their eventual meeting led to the popular quotation "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" A real-life adventure story, How I Found Livingstone in Central Africa tells of the incredible hardships - disease, hostile natives, tribal warfare, impenetrable jungles, and other obstacles - faced by a daring explorer. This must-have account also includes a wealth of information on various African peoples.

Odin iz glavnyh romanov v istorii russkoy i mirovoy literatury, odno iz samyh slozhnyh i sovershennyh proizvedeniy F. M. Dostoevskogo. Filosofskaya i social'naya drama, oblechennaya v uvlekatel'nuyu formu kriminal'nogo romana, ne ostavlyaet ravnodushnym ni odnogo chitatelya. Chto pobezhdaet v okruzhayushchem nas beschelovechnom mire? Ehgoizm, zhestokost', zhazhda bogatstva i vlasti ili dobrota, miloserdie, raskayanie?

In this story, by American writer Dorothy Parker, a woman gives a laundry list of men she's not married to. She also convincingly states the reasons why she is not and would not want to be married to the various men. Parker's wit and humor shine through as the eccentricities and foibles of the men are described.

Serien om "Anne fra Grønnebakken" er en klassiker, der verden over læses i laser af både tweens, unge og voksne læsere. Annes elskede Gilbert er endelig blevet færdig som læge, og der bliver holdt et romantisk bryllup under frugttræerne på Grønnebakken, inden de to unge begynder livet sammen i deres eget drømmehus ved De Fire Vinde. Her møder de mange nye naboer og venner, bl.a. den rare Kaptajn Jim, fyrtårnsopsynsmanden med de mange historier fra sit liv på havet, den skrappe Miss Cornelia Bryant, som hader mænd, og den triste og smukke Leslie Moore, som Anne hjælper gennem en svær tid, men som også hjælper Anne, da hun kommer ud for en stor sorg.

Sînt o babă comunistă a fost ecranizat în regia lui Stere Gulea. În 2010, a avut loc premiera piesei de teatru Baba comunistă pe scena Teatrului Bouwkunde din Deventer, Olanda; în 2013, a avut loc premiera maghiară la Teatrul "Katona József" din Budapesta, iar la Ateneul Tătăraşi din Iaşi a avut loc premiera naţională a piesei, cu un text adaptat şi în regia lui Lucian Dan Teodorovici.

Montague Rhodes James is cited as perhaps the greatest English writer of ghost stories, an opinion few would disagree with. His classic story ‘Whistle and I’ll Come to You My Lad’ exquisitely reveals how a young professor on holiday chances on a buried whistle and folklore becomes terrifying fact.