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WITH A NEW AFTERWORD BY GARY YOUNGE'[Native Son] possesses an artistry, penetration of thought, and sheer emotional power that places it into the front rank of American fiction' Ralph Ellison'The most important and celebrated novel of Negro life to h ..

A new translation by Meredith McKinney.

Kniha Nature of Middle-earth autora John Ronald Reuel Tolkien vydaná v nakladatelství HarperCollins Publishers v roce 2023, jazyk: Angličtina, vazba: Brožovaná, počet stran: 464, ISBN-13: 9780008387945, zařazení do kategorie: Klasická beletrie.

A message from a dead acquaintance prompts a bus tour to an unknown crime…

Voulant fuir Adrienne, belle actrice parisienne, et avec elle le monde illusoire du théâtre, le narrateur, qui n'est autre que Nerval, se tourne vers Sylvie, jeune campagnarde qu'il a jadis aimée. Mais le rêve fait place au désenchantement : le retou ..

„Netochka Nezvanova – A Nameless Nobody“ – tells the story of a childhood dominated by her stepfather, Efimov, a failed musician who believes he is a neglected genius. The young girl is strangely drawn to this drunken ruin of a man, who exploits her ..

"With an increasing distance from the twentieth century the New England poet, author, essayist, and stunningly profuse epistolary Howard Phillips Lovecraft is beginning to emerge as one of that tumultuous period s most critically fascinating and yet ..

„The New York Trilogy“ is an astonishing and original book: three cleverly interconnected novels that exploit the elements of standard detective fiction and achieve a new genre that is all the more gripping for its starkness. In each story the search ..

For more than 400 years, „The Prince“ has been the basic handbook of politics, statesmanship, and power. Witty, informative, and devilishly shrewd, it has long been required reading for anyone interested in politics and power. This edition features a new Introduction and Afterword. Revised reissue.

The volume includes: „Youth“; „The Secret Sharer“; „The Lagoon“; „An Outpost of Progress“; „Il Conde“; and, „The Duel“. The intention is a range of settings – we move from the sea to the colonial world, the Far East and Africa to England and then the Continent.

'His body was pressed against the wall at the head of the bed, and the face was a mask of agonised horror and fruitless entreaty. But the eyes were already glazed in death, and before Francis could reach the bed the body had toppled over and lay iner ..

Japanese fairy tales – enchanting, enigmatic stories of animals, human beings and the great natural world. Dark and innocent, sublime and whimsical, Miyazawa's stories have the ageless feel of the best fairy tales. There are animal allegories such a ..