This selection of a hundred of O. Henry's succinct tales displays the range, humour and humanity of a perennially popular short-story writer. Here Henry gives a richly colourful and exuberantly entertaining panorama of social life, ranging from thieves to tycoons, from the streets of New York to the prairies of Texas. These stories are famed for their "trick endings" or "twists in the tail": repeatedly the plot twirls adroitly, compounding ironies. Indeed, O. Henry's cunning plots surpass those of the ingenious rogues he creates. His style is genial, lively and witty, displaying a virtuoso&# ... |
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От автора на световния феномен "Крадецът на книги". ... Матю Дънбар, най-големият от петима братя, тръгва да открие всички тези неща. Едва тогава той ще може да сглоби удивителната история на своето семейство, разтърсено от трагедия и една отдавна погребана тайна.Той ще разкаже за една майка, която прекосява континенти, пътувайки към новия си дом; за един баща, който търси любовта в клавишите на старо пиано, и за един брат на име Клей, който ще се впусне в най-трудното пътуване от всички тях, за да промени живота им завинаги... А най-накрая и за едно муле, наречено Ахил, което ще стори чудо и ще спои отломките ... |
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New York Times bestselling author of Six of Crows . A Grisha novel. ... When you can't beat the odds, change the game. Kaz Brekker and his crew have just pulled off the most daring heist imaginable. But instead of divvying up a fat reward,they're fighting for their lives. As old enemies and new rivals descend on the city, a war will be waged in the streets - a battle for revenge and redemption that will decide the future of magic. "Ocean's eleven set in a Game of Thrones-esque world... electric prose." The Independent on Six of Crows ... |
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Three Men in a Boat is a comic classic. When it first appeared in 1889 it became a best seller, and has remained popular ever since. This motley novel has not only been translated into many languages but has also been staged, filmed, televised and imitated. The adventures and misfortunes on the Thames of the three English friends and their pugnacious dog, Montmorency, provide rich humour, shrewd observations, lyrical reflections, and, predominantly, genially ironic perceptions of human fallibility. The sequel, Three Men on the Bummel, reunites the three friends for their "Bummel" ("roaming or wandering& ... |
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Правете интересни, изумителни, славни, фантастични грешки. Нарушавайте правилата. Оставете света след себе си по-интересен заради вашето присъствие в него. Правете добро изкуство. Илюстрирани неподражаемо от Крис Ридъл и изписани на ръка от Дамян Дамянов , тези текстове са вдъхновяващ призив за свобода на идеите, за нуждата от изкуството и за дързостта да преследваш мечтите си. ... |
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"Забранявана и отричана, но неизменно обичана, трилогията "Петдесет нюанса" е попкултурен феномен, който завладя света!". Ню Йорк Таймс Книга втора от трилогията "Петдесет нюанса". ... "Петдесет нюанса" разбива всички рекорди! Трилогията достигна 30 млн. тираж по света – една от най-бързо продаваните поредици, като остави зад себе си романите на Дан Браун и Джоан К. Роулинг . Изплашена от ексцентричните сексуални наклонности и мрачни тайни на Крисчън, Анастейжа скъсва с него, за да започне нова кариера в американско издателство. Но копнежът продължава да владее всяка нейна ... |
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Двуезични разкази на немски и български език. ... Разказите на Карл Май са добре познати на няколко поколения българи. В старите преводи обаче, по разни причини - цензура, лични виждания на преводача, съображения на редактора и пр., умишлено са изпускани или променяни редица характерни за епохата и топографията на действието понятия, лексикални форми, чуждици и пр. На места дори липсват цели пасажи от повествованието. Ето защо ние Ви предлагаме максимално приближен до немския текст превод, граничещ с буквалния. Поредицата е предназначена за читатели, които са все още начинаещи в обучението си - 1 и 2 ниво по немски език. ... |
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Anna Karenina is one of the most loved and memorable heroines of literature. Her overwhelming charm dominates a novel of unparalleled richness and density. Tolstoy considered this book to be his first real attempt at a novel form, and it addresses the very nature of society at all levels, of destiny, death, human relationships and the irreconcilable contradictions of existence. It ends tragically, and there is much that evokes despair, yet set beside this is an abounding joy in life's many ephemeral pleasures, and a profusion of comic relief. ... |
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The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906) are world famous animal stories. Set in Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s, The Call of the Wild is about Buck, the magnificent cross-bred offspring of a St Bernard and a Scottish Collie. Stolen from his pampered life on a Californian estate and shipped to the Klondike to work as a sledge dog, he triumphs over his circumstances and becomes the leader of a wolf pack. The story records the "decivilisation" of Buck as he answers 'the call of the wild', an inherent memory of primeval origins to which he instinctively responds. In contrast, ... |
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A very special anthology that's a must for all fans of the Shadowhunter novels! ... Featuring characters from "The Mortal Instruments", "The Infernal Devices" and "The Dark Artifices" among others, this very special illustrated collection showcases beautiful portraits alongside never-before-known details about all your favourite characters from Cassandra Clare 's Shadowhunters' world. ... |
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"The New York Times" Bestseller. ... Before... Miles "Pudge" Halter is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave "the Great Perhaps" even more (Francois Rabelais, poet). He heads off to the sometimes crazy and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young. She is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge ... |
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The Best of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twenty of the very best tales from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fifty-six short stories featuring the arch sleuth. Basing his selection around the author’s own twelve personal favourites, David Stuart Davies has added a further eight sparkling stories to Conan Doyle’s "Baker Street Dozen", creating a unique volume which distils the pure essence of the world’s most famous detective. Within these pages the reader will encounter the greatest collection of villains and the weirdest and most puzzling mysteries ever seen in print. And there at the centre, in a London ... |
