Der seltsame Fall des "Dr. Jekyll und Mr. Hyde" ist eine der berühmtesten Kriminalgeschichten der Weltliteratur, eine spannende Doppelgänger-Erzählung, die bereits Oscar Wildes "Das Bildnis des Dorian Gray" und noch Bret Easton Ellis "American Psycho" inspirierte. Seit seiner Jugend weiß Doktor Jekyll um sein gespaltenes Ich, aber die dunkle Seite hat er zeitlebens verdrängt. Mit Hilfe eines geheimnisvollen Elixiers gelingt es ihm, seine Identität nach Belieben zu wechseln. Doch der mysteriöse Mr. Hyde wird immer mächtiger und droht das Gute zu ... |
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Complete and unabridged with an afterword by Sam Gilpin. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Henry David Thoreau is considered one of the leading figures in early American literature, and "Walden" is without doubt his most influential book. It recounts the author's experiences living in a small house in the woods around Walden Pond near Concord in Massachusetts. Thoreau constructed the house himself, with the help of a few friends, to see if he could live "deliberately" - independently and apart from society. The result is an intriguing work which blends natural history with philosophical ... |
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The Second World War began on 1 September 1939 with the German invasion in Poland and ended in August 1945 with surrender of Japan. That global military conflict involved all of the great powers and most of the world’s nations. There were two opposing alliances: the Allies (USSR, Great Britain, USA etc.) and the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan). Second World War in Europe was fought on three fronts: Eastern, Western and Italian. The most bloody and devastating fights were on the Eastern front. The war ended with the total defeat of the Axis powers. Shortly after the outbreak of the war Hitler's Germany managed ... |
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The Greek legend of Amor and Psyche is the first psychological tale of love. A tale of desire, fulfilment, pleasure and denial that takes place both in the inner world of the spirit as in the outer world of the flash. Love, after all, is a journey of joy and sorrow, to be lived with the body as well as the soul. 30 full colour cards whit dimensions 9 x 13 cm and instructions. ... |
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Featuring 19 of the finest works from the most distinguished writers in the American short-story tradition, this new compilation begins with Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1835 tale "Young Goodman Brown" and ranges across an entire century, concluding with Ernest Hemingway 's 1927 classic, "The Killers". Other selections include Poe 's "The Tell-Tale Heart", Melville's "Bartleby", Harte's "The Luck of Roaring Camp", "To Build a Fire", by Jack London, "The Real Thing" by Henry James, F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Bernice Bobs Her Hair& ... |
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As variegated as the American experience itself, this original treasury reflects the vibrant role of the short story in our national literature. Fourteen outstanding tales by famous American authors unfold in settings ranging from the decaying family mansion of Edgar Allan Poe's dark psychological thriller, "The Fall of the House of Usher", to the bustling modern apartment building of John Cheever's domestic drama, "The Enormous Radio". Moods and attitudes shift from the simmering menace of a lynch mob in William Faulkner's "Dry September" to the gentle optimism of an elderly ... |
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Editor: Phoebe Gloeckner. Series editor: Bill Kartalopoulos. ... "I love comics. Comics is (Comics are?) a perfect language, robustly evolving and expanding like any other living language," writes Phoebe Gloeckner in her Introduction to "The Best American Comics 2018". This year's collection includes work selected from the pages of graphic novels, comic books, periodicals, zines, online, and more, highlighting the kaleidoscopic diversity of the comics language today. "The Best American Comics 2018" includes: Gabrielle Bell; Tara Booth; Geof Darrow; Guy Delisle; Emil Ferris; Julia ... |
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Изданието е на американски английски (American English). За изданието на британски английски (British English) кликнете тук. ... По романа на Даниел Дефо - "Робинзон Крузо". Адаптация на класическата история на млад мъж, корабокруширал на остров. Накрая Крузо среща друг човек на острова и приятелството им му помага да избяга и да се върне в страната, която е оставил преди почти 30 години. ... |
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Изданието е на американски английски (American English). За изданието на британски английски (British English) кликнете тук. ... Том има рожден ден, но родителите му и сестра му нямат време да излязат с него. Тогава той намира чанта, а в нея - камера. Започва да прави снимки, но когато ги трие, нещо много странно се случва. ... |
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Editor: Roxane Gay, author of "Difficult women". ... "I am looking for the artful way any given story is conveyed", writes Roxane Gay in her introduction to "The Best American Short Stories 2018", "but I also love when a story has a powerful message, when a story teaches me something about the world." The artful, profound, and sometimes funny stories Gay chose for the collection transport readers from a fraught family reunion to an immigration detention center, from a psychiatric hospital to a coed class sleepover in a natural history museum. We meet a rebellious summer camper, a ... |
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Изданието е на американски английски (American English). За изданието на британски английски (British English) кликнете тук. ... Люк и Алекс са съседи и от страна на Люк - приятели по нежелание. Двамата прекарват свободното си време на пусто място, търсейки забавления. Междувременно нелегално притежавана пантера избягва от собственика си и се установява на същото място. Скоро пътищата на момчетата и пантерата ще се срещнат. ... |
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Изданието е на американски английски (American English). За изданието на британски английски (British English) кликнете тук. ... Лъчо и Ева работят заедно по проект по история. Първата стъпка е да направят схема на всичките си идеи. Но Лъчо има собствена идея и схемата му започва да расте. Тя отвежда двамата до приключение, което включва древна кражба на злато в изгубен град в джунглите на Колумбия. ... |
