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Kingdom by the Sea Penguin Books
Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna
Award winning writer Paul Theroux embarks on a journey that, though closer to home than most of his expeditions, uncovers some surprising truths about Britain and the British people in the '80s in "The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain". Paul Theroux's round-Britain travelogue is funny, perceptive and 'best avoided by patriots with high blood pressure...' After eleven years living as an American in London, Paul Theroux set out to travel clockwise round the coast and find out what Britain and the British are really like. It was 1982, the summer of the Falklands War, the ideal time, he found, to surprise the British into talking about themselves. The result makes superbly vivid and engaging reading. "A sharp and funny descriptive writer. One of his golden talents, perhaps because he is American and therefore classless in British eyes, is the ability to chat up and get on with all sorts and conditions of British...Theroux is a good companion". ("The Times"). "Filled with history, insights, landscape, epiphanies, meditations, celebrations and laments". ("The New York Times")."Few of us have seen the entirety of the coast and I for one am grateful to Mr Theroux for making my journey unnecessary. He describes it all brilliantly and honestly". (Anthony Burgess, "Observer"). American travel writer Paul Theroux is known for the rich descriptions of people and places that is often streaked with his distinctive sense of irony; his other non-fiction titles, "Riding the Iron Rooster", "The Happy Isles of Oceania", "Sunrise with Seamonsters", "The Tao of Travel", "Ghost Train to the Eastern Star", "The Old Patagonian Express", "The Great Railway Bazaar", "Dark Star Safari", "Fresh-air Fiend", "Sir Vidia's Shadow", "The Pillars of Hercules", and his novels and collections of short stories, including the James Tait Black Memorial Prize winner "The Mosquito Coast" are available from Penguin.
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Edgar Allen Poe: Tales of Mystery and Macabre: Illustrated Edition Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Edgar Allen Poe (1809 - 1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic best known for his gothic short stories and poetry. TALES OF MYSTERY & MACABRE is a collection of his best known writings, accompanied by illustrations and publication notes.
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Men Without Women arrow
Literatura piękna>Opowiadania
Men Without Women was a milestone in Hemingway's career. Fiesta had already established him as a novelist of exceptional power, but with these short stories, his second collection, he showed that it is possible, within the space of a few pages, to recreate a scene with absolute truth, bringing to life details observed only by the eye of a uniquely gifted artist.Hemingway's men are bullfighters and boxers, hired hands and hard drinkers, gangsters and gunmen. Each of their stories deals with masculine toughness unsoftened by woman's hand. Incisive, hard-edged, pared down to the bare minimum, they are classic Hemingway territory - they helped establish him as one of the great literary authors of the twentieth century, and one of the best American authors of all time....
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Społeczno-obyczajowaOpowiadania i miniatury literackie
Men Without Women was a milestone in Hemingway's career. Fiesta had already established him as a novelist of exceptional power, but with these short stories, his second collection, he showed that it is possible, within the space of a few pages, to recreate a scene with absolute truth, bringing to life details observed only by the eye of a uniquely gifted artist.Hemingway's men are bullfighters and boxers, hired hands and hard drinkers, gangsters and gunmen. Each of their stories deals with masculine toughness unsoftened by woman's hand. Incisive, hard-edged, pared down to the bare minimum, they are classic Hemingway territory - they helped establish him as one of the great literary authors of the twentieth century, and one of the best American authors of all time.
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Tales of Mystery and Imagination HarperCollins Publishers
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HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Yet I am not more sure that my soul lives, than I am that perverseness is one of the primitive impulses of the human heart - one of the indivisible primary faculties, or sentiments, which gives direction to the character of Man.' Including Poe's most terrifying, grotesque and haunting short stories, Tales of Mystery and Imagination is the ultimate collection of the infamous author's macabre works. Considered to be one of the earliest American writers to encapsulate the genre of detective-fiction, the collection features some of his most popular tales.'The Gold-Bug' is the only tale that was popular in his lifetime, whereas 'The Black Cat', 'The Pit and the Pendulum' and 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' became more widely read after his death. Focussing on the internal conflict of individuals, the power of the dead over the living, and psychological explorations of darker human emotion that appear to anticipate Sigmund Freud's later theories on the psyche, Poe's Gothic terror stories are considered masterpieces the world over.
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The king in yellow (1895) By: Robert W. Chambers (Original Version) Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 - December 16, 1933) was an American artist and fiction writer, best known for his book of short stories entitled The King in Yellow, published in 1895.The King in Yellow is a book of mysteries and supernatural stories
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Mastering Arabic Through Literature The American University in Cairo Press
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In an innovative concept in the teaching of Modern Standard Arabic, this new content-based book aims to bolster study for advanced students in both linguistic skills and literary appreciation through the reading of short stories in the original Arabic by four great but very different writers: Mahmoud Taher Lashin, Naguib Mahfouz, Yusuf Idris, and Tayeb Salih. Creative reading tasks and exercises focus on the writing and literary styles of the four writers, while grammar is reinforced through text analysis and writing assignments, with an emphasis on building vocabulary and idiomatic expressions, as well as developing a deeper understanding of cultural issues. With an integrated skills approach, al-Rubaa contains not only reading but also writing, listening, and speaking activities. The stories included in the book are: ullet by Mahmoud Taher Lashin: "From the Diaries of Noah," "That's Right"ullet by Naguib Mahfouz: Stories 26 and 29 from Tales of Our Alley, Dream 6 from Dreams of Convalescenceullet by Yusuf Idris: "House of Flesh," "In Passing"ullet by Tayeb Salih: "A Song of Love," "A Step Forward," "Yours until Death"
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History of Love Penguin Books
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This book is short-listed for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2006 and winner of the 2006 Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger, The History of Love explores the lasting power of the written word and the lasting power of love. Published as a Penguin Essential for the first time. 'When I was born my mother named me after every girl in a book my father gave her called The History of Love...' Fourteen-year-old Alma Singer is trying to find a cure for her mother's loneliness. Believing she might discover it in an old book her mother is lovingly translating, she sets out in search of its author. Across New York an old man called Leo Gursky is trying to survive a little bit longer. He spends his days dreaming of the love lost that sixty years ago in Poland inspired him to write a book. And although he doesn't know it yet, that book also survived: crossing oceans and generations, and changing lives..."Wonderfully affecting...brilliant, touching and remarkably poised." (Sunday Telegraph). "A tender tribute to human valiance. Who could be unmoved by a cast of characters whose daily battles are etched on out mind in such diamond-cut prose?" (Independent on Sunday). "Devastating...one of the most passionate vindications of the written word in recent fiction.It takes one's breath away." (Spectator). Nicole Krauss is an American best selling author who has received international critical acclaim for her first three novels: Great House (short-listed for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2011), The History of Love and Man Walks into a Room (short-listed for the LA Times Book Award), all of which are available in Penguin paperback.
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Złote sidła. The Golden Snare Armoryka
Literatura piękna
James Oliver Curwood : Złote sidła. The Golden Snare . Książka w dwóch wersjach językowych: polskiej i angielskiej. A dual Polish-English language edition. James Olivier Curwood (1878-1927)
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Men Without Women ARROW
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Men Without Women was a milestone in Hemingway's career. Fiesta had already established him as a novelist of exceptional power, but with these short stories, his second collection, he showed that it is possible, within the space of a few pages, to recreate a scene with absolute truth, bringing to life details observed only by the eye of a uniquely gifted artist. Hemingway's men are bullfighters and boxers, hired hands and hard drinkers, gangsters and gunmen. Each of their stories deals with masculine toughness unsoftened by woman's hand. Incisive, hard-edged, pared down to the bare minimum, they are classic Hemingway territory - they helped establish him as one of the great literary authors of the twentieth century, and one of the best American authors of all time.
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Ile z gór tych złota Echa Echa
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Elektryzujący debiut osadzony w czasach amerykańskiej gorączki złota. Ba umiera w nocy. Osierocone dzieci imigrantów, Lucy i Sam, nagle zostają same w kraju, który nie uznaje ich istnienia. Zmuszone do ucieczki z górniczego miasta, wyruszają, by ostatni raz pożegnać z ojcem i uwolnić się od przeszłości. Podróż wiedzie je przez opustoszały widmowy krajobraz pełen kości gigantycznych bawołów i odcisków tygrysich łap. Rodzinne sekrety wychodzą na jaw, a relacja między rodzeństwem zostaje wystawiona na próbę. Ile z gór tych złota to przejmująca powieść przygodowa i zapowiedź oszałamiającego nowego głosu w literaturze. Epicka i intymna, łączy chińską symbolikę z niesamowicie oryginalnym językiem i wyjątkowym sposobem opowiadania historii, z którego na każdej stronie przebija tęsknota za domem. Zhang przygląda się również kwestii rasowej, pytając o to, gdzie tak naprawdę jest miejsce dla imigrantów. Nominowana do Nagrody Bookera 2020 Na liście ulubionych książek Baracka Obamy roku 2020 Zdobywczyni Nagrody Literackiej Asian/Pacific Zdobywczyni Nagrody Academy of Arts and Letters Rosenthal Award Finalistka Nagrody PEN/Hemingway Wciągająca, piękna. The New York Times Błyskotliwy debiut Ta powieść jest jednocześnie ekscytującą przygodą, czułą opowieścią o dojrzewaniu, obaleniem mitu otaczającego amerykański zachód i pojawieniem się wielkiego talentu literackiego. Esquire Chociaż książka przedstawia kontrnarrację wobec konwencjonalnych opowieści o początkach Ameryki, to jednocześnie bada bardziej intymne wymiary przynależności i pamięci, zadając w kółko pytanie: Co sprawia, że dom jest domem? The New Yorker Wyjątkowa Zhang robi coś więcej niż tylko przeciwstawia się narracji kowboja, ona odsuwa ją na bok. Jednocześnie wywrotowa i poszukująca. The Washington Post C Pam Zhang urodzona w Pekinie, wychowała się w Stanach Zjednoczonych. Autorka książki Ile z gór tych złota, zdobywczyni Rosenthal Award Academy of Arts and Letters i Nagrody Literackiej Asian/Pacific, nominowana do Nagrody Bookera i Nagrody PEN/Hemingway. Publikuje m.in. w Best American Short Stories, The Cut, McSweeney's Quarterly, The New Yorker i The New York Times. Jest laureatką National Book Foundation 5 Under 35.
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Signed, Picpus Penguin Books
Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna
Maigret dismantles an intricate network of lies stretching from Paris to Nice in book twenty-three of the new Penguin Maigret series. Mechanically, he had put his pince-nez down on the blotter and looked at it there with his large, short-sighted eyes. It is at that moment that the strange thing happens. One of the lenses, acting as a mirror, reflected the criss-cross, hatched ink marks which had dried on the blotter and he could just make out a couple of words. Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in previous translations as To Any Lengths and Maigret and the Fortuneteller. "Compelling, remorseless, brilliant." (John Gray). "One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century...Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories." (Guardian). "A supreme writer...unforgettable vividness." (Independent). Georges Simenon was born in Liege, Belgium, in 1903. Best known in Britain as the author of the Maigret books, his prolific output of over 400 novels and short stories have made him a household name in continental Europe.He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he had lived for the latter part of his life.
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Judge's House Penguin Books
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Exiled from Paris, Maigret discovers some disturbing secrets in a sleepy coastal town in this new translation, book twenty two in the new Penguin Maigret series. A short, sprightly man appeared in the doorway, looked left and right, and went back into the passage. A moment later, the improbable happened. The little man reappeared, bent over, clinging to a long mass that he now started dragging through the mud. It must have been heavy. After four metres, he stopped to catch his breath. The front door of the house had been left open. The sea was still twenty or thirty metres away. Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels in new translations. This novel has been published in a previous translation as Maigret in Exile. "Compelling, remorseless, brilliant." (John Gray). "One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century...Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories." (Guardian). "A supreme writer...unforgettable vividness." (Independent). Georges Simenon was born in Liege, Belgium, in 1903.Best known in Britain as the author of the Maigret books, his prolific output of over 400 novels and short stories have made him a household name in continental Europe. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he had lived for the latter part of his life.
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ILE Z GÓR TYCH ZŁOTA C PAM ZHANG NOWA WYDAWCA
Książki > Literatura piękna, popularna i faktu
ILE Z GÓR TYCH ZŁOTA C PAM ZHANG NOWA\ Elektryzujący debiut osadzony w czasach amerykańskiej gorączki złota. Ba umiera w nocy. Osierocone dzieci imigrantów, Lucy i Sam, nagle zostają same w kraju, który nie uznaje ich istnienia. Zmuszone do ucieczki z górniczego miasta, wyruszają, by ostatni raz pożegnać z ojcem i uwolnić się od przeszłości. Podróż wiedzie je przez opustoszały widmowy krajobraz pełen kości gigantycznych bawołów i odcisków tygrysich łap. Rodzinne sekrety wychodzą na jaw, a relacja między rodzeństwem zostaje wystawiona na próbę. Ile z gór tych złota to przejmująca powieść przygodowa i zapowiedź oszałamiającego nowego głosu w literaturze. Epicka i intymna, łączy chińską symbolikę z niesamowicie oryginalnym językiem i wyjątkowym sposobem opowiadania historii, z którego na każdej stronie przebija tęsknota za domem. Zhang przygląda się również kwestii rasowej, pytając o to, gdzie tak naprawdę jest miejsce dla imigrantów. Nominowana do Nagrody Bookera 2020 Na liście ulubionych książek Baracka Obamy roku 2020 Zdobywczyni Nagrody Literackiej Asian/Pacific Zdobywczyni Nagrody Academy of Arts and Letters Rosenthal Award Finalistka Nagrody PEN/Hemingway Wciągająca, piękna.
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Aura by Carlos Fuentes (Book Analysis) BrightSummaries.com
Książki / Literatura obcojęzyczna
Unlock the more straightforward side of Aura with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!This engaging summary presents an analysis of Aura by Carlos Fuentes, which blends elements of magical realism, fantasy and the Gothic novel to create a highly original and disorienting narrative. It follows a young historian called Felipe Montero, who has just been hired by the eccentric widow Consuelo Llorente to work on her late husband's memoirs. As the narrative progresses, he slowly begins to unravel the bizarre relationship between Consuelo and her beautiful niece Aura, with consequences that he could never have imagined. Carlos Fuentes was one of the most influential Latin American writers of the 20th century, and his novels, essays and short stories, which often engage with the politics and history of his country, represent an essential landmark in Mexican literature.Find out everything you need to know about Aura in a fraction of the time!This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you:
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