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In the final installment of the Tales of the Otori, the young Takeo meets his destiny, fulfilling the prophesy: "You were born into the Hidden, but your life...is no longer your own."

Plantaganet Palliser, Prime Minister of England - a man of power and prestige, with all the breeding and inherited wealth that goes with it - is appalled at the inexorable rise of Ferdinand Lopez. An exotic impostor, seemingly from nowhere, Lopez has society at his feet, while well-connected ladies vie with each other to exert influence on his behalf - even Palliser’s own wife, Lady Glencora.

"I am a sick man.... I am a spiteful man", a nameless voice cries out. And so, from underground, emerge the passionate confessions of a suffering man; the painful self-examination of a tormented soul; the bristling scorn of a lonely individual who has become one of the greatest anti-heroes in all literature.

Often considered to be one of the most famous pieces by Edgar Allan Poe, 'The Raven' is a poem recounting the descent into madness of a young man lamenting the loss of his lover. This spellbinding performance by Dominic West (The Wire, The Affair) lures the listener into the depths of the protagonist’s despair.

The backbone of Mansfield Park is based around the marriages of sisters Lady Bertram, Mrs. Norris, and Mrs. Price. Each of these sisters marries a man from a different social class. Lady Bertram marries an extremely wealthy baronet, Sir Thomas Bertram; Mrs. Norris marries a clergyman who makes a decent living; and Mrs. Price marries a naval lieutenant who is injured shortly after they marry, causing his career to end with living in poverty.

Exploding from the pages of Horror, Humor, and Heroes, Volume One - it’s the full length adventures of the one and only Mechani-Cal! So grab your battlesuit and prepare to get a little nasty.

I never expected a one-night stand with a stranger to nearly get me killed. I discovered my boyfriend was unfaithful so naturally I went out with my best friend to dance the blues away. Cue the sexy guy watching me intently from across the room. An unexpected night of passion left me feeling confused and vulnerable. Thinking perhaps I had been too impulsive, I tossed the piece of paper containing his phone number in the trash. The next semester of classes began and I was mortified to find the silver fox with the captivating eyes was my new literature professor. We began to play a game of ...

Cold, fine drops of rain fall softly on Evie's cheeks as she emerges from the darkness of the ship's interior to the gray, overcast sky of the main deck. Pulling her dark peacoat tighter to her body, the wind lifts red tendrils of her hair. She walks slowly to the railing overlooking the water. She catches her first sight of the Irish coastline; its craggy landscape makes her shiver in dread. She finds it difficult to imagine now how the Gancanagh had made this their home for so long without anyone realizing it.

A literary icon sometimes seen as a bridge between the Beat Generation and the hippies, Ken Kesey scored an unexpected hit with his first novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. His successful follow-up, Sometimes a Great Notion, was also transformed into a major motion picture, directed by and starring Paul Newman. Here, Oregon’s Stamper family does what it can to survive a bitter strike dividing their tiny logging community. And as tensions rise, delicate family bonds begin to fray and unravel.

Published in 1945, Cannery Row focuses on the acceptance of life as it is: both the exuberance of community and the loneliness of the individual. Drawing on his memories of the real inhabitants of Monterey, California, Steinbeck interweaves the stories of Doc, Henri, Mack and his boys, and the other characters in this world where only the fittest survive, to create a novel that is at once one of his most humorous and most poignant works.

Said to cure almost any illness, the new street drug Glow has attained almost mythical status in America. The key ingredient in Glow is the Living Blood, which courses through the veins of 17-year-old Washington state resident Fana Wolde. Distrustful of her parents and eager to share her healing powers via an elaborate underground network, Fana sets out on her own. But what she doesn't know is she's being hunted by a mysterious and homicidal group with ties to the Vatican.

Los hermanos Karamazov de Fiodor Dostoyevski es una obra maestra que profundiza en temas como la fe, la duda, el libre albedrío y la naturaleza del mal, a través de la compleja relación entre los miembros de la familia Karamazov en la Rusia del siglo XIX. Dostoyevski, uno de los más grandes escritores de la literatura universal, utiliza esta novela para explorar las luchas morales y los conflictos internos, ofreciendo una rica reflexión sobre la condición humana, la moralidad y la búsqueda de la verdad en un contexto de intensos debates filosóficos y teológicos.

Long considered one of the best American novels of our time, A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable tale of an American ambulance driver and his passionate affair with a beautiful English nurse. Set against the backdrop of World War I, this gripping semi-autobiographical work captures the harsh realities of war as only Hemingway can. A story of love and pain, loyalty and desertion, A Farewell to Arms paints an intimate portrait of the pain and intensity of a love overshadowed by the inexorable creep of global war.

In James Weldon Johnson’s “The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man,” the line between black and white blurs into an unforgettable story of identity and survival. This electrifying and timeless classic takes you on a journey through the complexities of race, identity, and the human spirit in early 20th century America.

One of postwar France’s most influential writers, Albert Camus was fêted for his masterful exploration of the absurdity of the human condition. Included here are adaptations of his three iconic existential novels – The Plague, The Outsider and The Fall – alongside four bonus pieces shining a light on the man and his work.

Новеллы Стефана Цвейга. Золотая классика европейского психологического реализма начала XX века. Их экранизировали гении европейского и американского кино времен его "золотого века": Роберт Ланд и Макс Офюльс, Этьен Перье и Роберт Сьодмак. На них выросли поколения европейских и российских читателей. Каждая из этих новелл и сейчас восхищает, повергает в ярость, заставляет спорить с автором и его героями, любить их и ненавидеть, осуждать и прощать. Секрет подобного "нестарения" новелл Цвейга прост — автор неизменно писал о страсти...

Новеллы Стефана Цвейга. Золотая классика европейского психологического реализма начала XX века. Их экранизировали гении европейского и американского кино времен его «золотого века»: Роберт Ланд и Макс Офюльс, Этьен Перье и Роберт Сьодмак. На них выросли поколения европейских и российских читателей. Каждая из этих новелл и сейчас восхищает, повергает в ярость, заставляет спорить с автором и его героями, любить их и ненавидеть, осуждать и прощать.Секрет подобного «нестарения» новелл Цвейга прост — автор неизменно писал о страсти.

Новеллы Стефана Цвейга. Золотая классика европейского психологического реализма начала XX века. Их экранизировали гении европейского и американского кино времен его "золотого века": Роберт Ланд и Макс Офюльс, Этьен Перье и Роберт Сьодмак. На них выросли поколения европейских и российских читателей. Каждая из этих новелл и сейчас восхищает, повергает в ярость, заставляет спорить с автором и его героями, любить их и ненавидеть, осуждать и прощать. Секрет подобного "нестарения" новелл Цвейга прост — автор неизменно писал о страсти.

В собрание сочинений вошли одни из самых значимых и известных произведений выдающегося английского писателя и драматурга Оскара Уайльда: "Портрет Дориана Грея", "Кентервильское привидение", сказки: "Молодой король", "День рождения Инфанты", "Великан-эгоист", "Принц и ласточка", "Кичливая ракета", "Соловей и роза". На страницах своих произведений Оскар Уайльд обличает лицемерие и несправедливость общественной морали, холодную расчетливость и корыстность большинства людей. Его настоящие герои искренни, способны на высокие чувства и поступки.

Новеллы Стефана Цвейга. Золотая классика европейского психологического реализма начала XX века. Их экранизировали гении европейского и американского кино времен его "золотого века": Роберт Ланд и Макс Офюльс, Этьен Перье и Роберт Сьодмак. На них выросли поколения европейских и российских читателей. Каждая из этих новелл и сейчас восхищает, повергает в ярость, заставляет спорить с автором и его героями, любить их и ненавидеть, осуждать и прощать. Секрет подобного "нестарения" новелл Цвейга прост — автор неизменно писал о страсти.