Jonathan Swift's classic satirical narrative was first published in 1726, seven years after Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (one of its few rivals in fame and breadth of appeal). As a parody travel-memoir it reports on extraordinary lands and societies, whose names have entered the English language: notably the minute inhabitants of Lilliput, the giants of Brobdingnag, and the Yahoos in Houyhnhnmland, where talking horses are the dominant species. It spares no vested interest from its irreverent wit, and its attack on political and financial corruption, as well as abuses in science, continue to resonate in our own ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... The adventures of Lemuel Gulliver are the stuff of legend. First he is shipwrecked in a strange land, and finds himself a prisoner of the tiny inhabitants of Lilliput. Then he washes up in Brobdingnag, where the people are giants of extraordinary proportions. Further exploits see him stranded with the scientists and philosophers of Laputa, and meeting a race of talking horses who rule over bestial humans. One of the finest satires in the English language, "Gulliver's Travels" delights in the mockery of everything from government to religion ... |
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Abridged, introduced and annotated by Tim Mackintosh-Smith. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Ibn Battutah - ethnographer, biographer, anecdotal historian and occasional botanist - was just twenty-one when he set out in 1325 from his native Tangier on a pilgrimage to Mecca. He did not return to Morocco for another twenty-nine years, travelling instead through more than forty countries on the modern map, covering seventy-five thousand miles and getting as far north as the Volga, as far east as China and as far south as Tanzania. He wrote of his travels, and comes across as a superb ethnographer, biographer, ... |
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По романа на Джонатан Суифт, преразказан от Джанет Борсби и Рут Суон. ... Jonathan Swift's best known full-length work, and a classic of English literature. Gulliver is a doctor on a ship. He travels from England to many places. He meets little people and giants, he meets people from the past and horses who can talk. He also encounters pirates and terrible storms. Will he ever return home? Will he be happy in England? Книгата е част от поредицата Young Adult Readers от издателство Клет България. ... |
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Based on the story of Jonathan Swift. Retold by Clare West. ... "Soon I felt something alive moving along my leg and up my body to my face, and when I looked down, I saw a very small human being, only fifteen centimetres tall... I was so surprised that I gave a great shout." By the book But that is only the first of many surprises which Gulliver has on his travels. He visits a land of giants and a flying island, meets ghosts from the past and horses which talk... Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels ... |
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Сборник с пътеписи. ... Големият американски писател Пол Боулс започва да пътува още в младежките си години, когато се отправя към Париж, без да разкрие на никого намеренията си. В този сборник са представени текстове, описващи впечатленията му от различни места като Индия, Тайланд, Северна Африка. След Втората световна война той се заселва в Мароко, където остава до края на живота си. Поднесени с характерния му лек и увлекателен стил, тези пътеписи развеселяват, карат те да се замислиш и представят една различна гледна точка към познати и към екзотични кътчета на света. ... |
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В тази необикновена книга са описани пътешествията на доктор Лемюел Гъливер. В земите на лилипутите тай тегли с една ръка цяла кралска флота, а в страната на великаните се дуелира с оси и пие от напръстник. Фантазията на автора не само забавлява малките читатели, но и с горчива усмивка им показва сложния свят на възрастните. Джонатан Суифт (1667 - 1745) е роден в Дъблин. Завършил богословие и дълги години е свещеник на село, после и първосвещеник на Дъблинската катедрала. Опознава както бедността, така и висшето съсловие. Включва се в политическите борби на времето си с блестящи сатири и памфлети. Романът " ... |
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Романът Пътешествията на Гъливер е написан в началото на 18 век, но въпреки многобройните си издания от тогава насам не спира да ни изненадва с откритията, обществено-политическите прозрения и социални пророчества, които авторът е втъкал в сюжета, образите и ситуациите. Идеята за написването на книга, която да осмее прекомерната наукообразност на съвремието, се ражда през 1713 г., когато една вечер Джонатан Суифт и приятелите му Александър Поуп и Джон Арбътнот спорят за великото и незначителното, гигантското и дребното. 46-годишният вече утвърден публицист изтъква пред другарите си аргумента, че нищо в света не е ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. A heart-rending story of strength in adversity, A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute is a celebration of the overwhelming power of love. This Macmillan Collector's Library edition features an afterword by bestselling novelist, Jenny Colgan. Jean Paget, a young English woman, is captured by the Japanese army in Malaya during World War Two. She is ... |
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"Bulgaria of the Religions" is a high-quality volume written to the highest standards of producing a guide book, with positive attitude towards the different religions, knowledge of history and love for culture and its religious background. The book perfectly serves the purpose of introducing Bulgaria's religious heritage to the outsider. The rich and creative illustrative material, the high standard of research, the range of topics and the interdisciplinary approach makes the volume both informative and entertaining. It coves subjects as varied as archaeology, architecture and the art of Christianity, Islam, ... |
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Award-winning readers series of original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities. Dr Mark Latto travels to California USA to learn about an alternative medical treatment from Deborah Spencer. But on arrival he finds that Deborah has died and the book she was writing about the treatment has vanished. The police don't suspect murder but Mark does. ... |
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Well-informed and richly illustrated, this book is the third volume of the popular Hidden Treasures of Bulgaria series. It takes the reader to lesser or completely unknown places in Bulgaria that fully live up to the promise of being "hidden treasures". Often located off (or off-off) the beaten track, they are integral part of what makes today's Bulgaria such a fascinating travel destination. Many of the forts, urbex sites, waterfalls and traditional villages are not to be found in any guidebook, and neither are some of the events and festivals described and photographed in detail here. This book provides ... |
