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Poésies Complétes
Poésies Complétes
Arthur Rimbaud
¥8.09
D'abord publié en 1895, en fran?ais. Avec des liens vers tous les poèmes de la table des matières. Selon Wikipédia: "Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (20 octobre 1854 - 10 novembre 1891) est un poète fran?ais né à Charleville, en Ardenne, qui a influencé la littérature et les arts modernes, inspiré divers musiciens et préfiguré le surréalisme. jeune homme, alors qu'il était encore à l'école primaire, et s'est arrêté complètement avant d'avoir 21 ans .Il était surtout créatif dans son adolescence (17-20) .Son ?génie, sa floraison, explosion et extinction soudaine, étonne encore?. Il a été un libertin et une ?me inquiète, il a beaucoup voyagé sur trois continents avant sa mort du cancer juste après son trente-septième anniversaire. "
Kipling & Trix
Kipling & Trix
Mary Hamer
¥40.79
As young children, Rudyard and his sister ‘Trix’ flourished in the brilliant warmth and colour of India. Their happiness ended abruptly when they were sent back to England to live with a strict and god-fearing foster family. Both became writers, although one lived in the shadow of the other’s extraordinary success. The name Rudyard Kipling is known to millions, but what became of his talented younger sister? She was careful to hide her secret life even from those closest to her. Mary Hamer’s fascinating novel brings both Kipling and Trix vividly to life. In this fictionalised account of their lives, she goes to the heart of the relationship between a difficult brother and his troubled sister. Hamer peels back the historical record to reveal the obsessions which fuelled Kipling and his sister. Was he really better equipped to deal with conflict, heartbreak and loss than his beloved Trix?
The Divided Laing: Or The Two Ronnies
The Divided Laing: Or The Two Ronnies
Patrick Marmion
¥38.62
London 1970: Experimental psychiatrist R.D. Laing is facing eviction from his pioneering asylum in the East End’s Kingsley Hall. Local residents are up in arms – and to make matters worse, Ronnie’s revolutionary colleague David Cooper is flipping out on the roof… With his personal life going down the pan and his mental state heading the same way, Ronnie takes an acid trip to the future. His mission is to save his therapeutic collective The Philadelphia Association and secure his professional legacy. Will it be a one-way ticket to madness – or can breakdown sometimes mean breakthrough?
Who Do We Think We Are?
Who Do We Think We Are?
Sonja Linden
¥38.62
A kaleidoscope of stories about war, displacement, revolution and liberation taking us on an emotional journey across three continents. Based on the actors’ personal and family experiences, the stories interweave and overlap, exploring moments of joy, sadness and laughter set against key historical events over the last hundred years. Poignant, moving, funny, inspiring, this is the first piece of work created by the Visible Ensemble, dedicated to putting older performers and their rich lives centre stage.
Six Characters In Search of an Author
Six Characters In Search of an Author
Luigi Pirandello
¥18.56
Six Characters in Search of an Author is a 1921 Italian play by Luigi Pirandello, first performed in that year. An absurdist metatheatrical play about the relationship between authors, their characters, and theatre practitioners, it premiered at the Teatro Valle in Rome to a mixed reception, with shouts from the audience of "Manicomio!" and "Incommensurabile!", a reference to the play's illogical progression. Reception improved at subsequent performances, especially after Pirandello provided for the play's third edition, published in 1925, a foreword clarifying its structure and ideas. The play had its American premiere in 1922 on Broadway at the Princess Theatre, and was performed for over a year off-Broadway at the Martinique Theatre beginning in 1963.
Mourning Becomes Electra
Mourning Becomes Electra
Eugene O'Neill
¥18.56
Mourning becomes Electra is a play cycle written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill. The play premiered on Broadway at the Guild Theatre on 26 October 1931 where it ran for 150 performances before closing in March 1932. In May 1932, it was revived at the Alvin Theatre, and in 1972 at the Circle in the Square Theatre.
Themba: a boy called Hope
Themba: a boy called Hope
Lutz van Dijk
¥40.79
Growing up in rural South Africa, Themba dreams of becoming a famous footballer. One day he leaves his village and travels with his sister in search of their mother. Life is a struggle in the city and Themba has to grow up fast. A lucky break gives him the chance to train as a footballer in the premier league. Finally he’s playing professionally and everyone wants to know about the rising young star – but Themba has a secret – should he tell the truth about his HIV and risk everything he’s ever dreamed of?
Diona und ihr Dalmatiner
Diona und ihr Dalmatiner
Barbara Cartland
¥52.40
Die Waise Diona lebt gezwungenerma?en bei ihrem Onkel, Sir Hereward Grantley, und dessen Sohn Simon. Als Erinnerung an ihren Vater ist ihr nur der Dalmatiner Sirius geblieben, den sie innig liebt. Als er get?tet werden soll, l?uft Diona weg und findet bei dem Marquis von Irchester eine Anstellung. Doch durch eine seltsame Wette droht sie ihre neue Heimat zu verlieren. Wird es ihr gelingen, ihren Hund zu beschützen?
Little Tongues of Fire
Little Tongues of Fire
Barbara Cartland
¥52.32
Still in mourning after the death of her father, Colonel Wallace, in a battle in India, the beautiful young Vina Wallace is astonished to receive news that not only had her heroic father saved the Maharajah of Kulhapur’s life, but also that the Maharajah has died and left jewels worth a small fortune to her dead father. And now, as her father’s only child, the jewels are hers. Vina is being looked after by her uncle and aunt and her aunt has grand ideas of shining in higher Society and being invited to parties at ancestral homes and by Queen Victoria to Windsor Castle. Unknown to Vina the news of her newly acquired fortune reaches the ears of the Duke of Quarington and his penniless brother Lord Edgar, who is desperate to find a way to repay his vast debts as the Duke is refusing to bail him out yet again. Fearing Vina will fall victim to fortune-hunters, her aunt and uncle plan to offer her hand in marriage to the dissolute Lord Edgar – an admirable solution to both families’ problems. The trouble is that Vina has vowed never to marry unless for love. Worse still she overhears the cynical Lord Edgar planning to marry Vina for her money and then to resume his life of debauchery and womanising! Is there no escape for Vina from a life without love?
The Nihilists
The Nihilists
Oscar Wilde
¥8.09
Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Oscar Wilde, The Nihilists. The Nihilists is a play by Oscar Wilde. It is a melodramatic tragedy set in Russia and is loosely based on the life of Vera Zasulich. It was Wilde's first play, and the first to be performed. In 1880, with only a few copies privately printed, arrangements were made with noted actresses for a production the United Kingdom, but this never materialized. The first ever public performance was in New York in 1883 at the Union Square Theatre based on revisions made by Wilde while lecturing in America in 1882. The play was not a success and folded after only one week. It is rarely revived. Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900) was an Irish author, playwright and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. He is remembered for his epigrams, his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, his plays, as well as the circumstances of his imprisonment and early death. At the height of his fame and success, while his masterpiece, The Importance of Being Earnest (1895), was still on stage in London, Wilde had the Marquess of Queensberry prosecuted for libel. The Marquess was the father of Wilde's lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. The charge carried a penalty of up to two years in prison. The trial unearthed evidence that caused Wilde to drop his charges and led to his own arrest and trial for gross indecency with other men. After two more trials he was convicted and imprisoned for two years' hard labour. In 1897, in prison, he wrote De Profundis, which was published in 1905, a long letter which discusses his spiritual journey through his trials, forming a dark counterpoint to his earlier philosophy of pleasure. Upon his release he left immediately for France, never to return to Ireland or Britain. There he wrote his last work, The Ballad of Reading Gaol (1898), a long poem commemorating the harsh rhythms of prison life. He died destitute in Paris at the age of 46.
Entscheidung des Herzens
Entscheidung des Herzens
Barbara Cartland
¥52.32
Für die junge Comtesse Lynetta de Marigny beginnt nach dem Tod ihrer Eltern ein entbehrungsreiches und gefahrvolles Leben. Auf der Flucht vor der Revolution lebt sie wie eine Gefangene in ihrem Schlo? bei Paris. Als der Earl of Charncliffe eines Tages dort erscheint, bietet sich Lynetta ein unerwarteter Auswegaus ihrem trostlosen Schicksal...
Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
Elizabeth Gaskell
¥8.09
This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Gaskell includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Gaskell’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the text Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles
Many Gods
Many Gods
Cale Young Rice
¥8.09
Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Cale Young Rice, ‘Many Gods’. Many Gods is a book of poetry written in 1910. Cale Young Rice (December 7, 1872 – January 24, 1943) was an American poet and dramatist. He was born in Dixon, Kentucky, to Laban Marchbanks Rice, a Confederate veteran and tobacco merchant, and his wife Martha Lacy. He was a younger brother of Laban Lacy Rice, a noted educator. Cale Rice grew up in Evansville, Indiana, and Louisville, Kentucky. He was educated at Cumberland University and at Harvard (A.B., 1895; A.M., 1896). He was married to the popular author Alice Hegan Rice; they worked together on several books. The marriage was childless, and Cale committed suicide by gunshot during the night of January 23–24 at his home in Louisville a year after her death due to his sorrow at losing her. His birthplace in Dixon is designated by Kentucky State Historical Marker 1508, which reads: "Birthplace of Rice brothers, Cale Young, 1872-1943, noted poet and author; Laban Lacy, 1870-1973, well-known educator and author. Lacy published The Best Poetic Works of Cale Young Rice after Cale's death. Included in famous collection is poem, "The Mystic." Cale married Alice Hegan, also a distinguished Kentucky writer. Home overlooks Memorial Garden."?
The Power-House by John Buchan - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
The Power-House by John Buchan - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
John Buchan
¥8.09
This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Power-House by John Buchan - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of John Buchan’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Buchan includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘The Power-House by John Buchan - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Buchan’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the text Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles
The Magic of Oz by L. Frank Baum - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
The Magic of Oz by L. Frank Baum - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)
L. Frank Baum
¥8.09
This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Magic of Oz by L. Frank Baum - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of L. Frank Baum’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Baum includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘The Magic of Oz by L. Frank Baum - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Baum’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the text Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles
Delphi Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne (Illustrated)
Delphi Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne (Illustrated)
Nathaniel Hawthorne
¥24.44
Nathaniel Hawthorne is a literary giant of American literature, whose works have gone on to inspire many other great writers. This eBook offers readers the unique opportunity of exploring the prolific writer’s work, as well as an assortment of bonus texts. (Current version: 2) * illustrated with many images relating to Hawthorne’s life and works * annotated with concise introductions to the novels and other works * ALL the novels – even rare unfinished novels – each with their own contents table * THE SCARLET LETTER and other works are beautiful illustrated * images of how the novels first appeared, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * the complete short story collections * separate CHRONOLOGICAL and ALPHABETICAL contents tables for the short stories – find that special story easily! * the children’s storybooks are fully illustrated * includes Hawthorne’s non-fiction works * EVEN includes Hawthorne’s extensive notebooks * boasts a special criticism section, with six works examining Hawthorne’s contribution to literature, including Henry James’ seminal work HAWTHORNE * BONUS biographies section, with no less than five biographical books * features biographies written by Hawthorne’s son Julian and his daughter Rose * scholarly ordering of texts in chronological order and literary genres, allowing easy navigation around Hawthorne’s immense oeuvre Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Novels FANSHAWE THE SCARLET LETTER THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES THE BLITHEDALE ROMANCE THE MARBLE FAUN THE DOLLIVER ROMANCE SEPTIMIUS FELTON DOCTOR GRIMSHAWE’S SECRET THE ANCESTRAL FOOTSTEP The Short Story Collections TWICE-TOLD TALES GRANDFATHER’S CHAIR MOSSES FROM AN OLD MANSE THE SNOW-IMAGE, AND OTHER TWICE-TOLD TALES A WONDER-BOOK FOR GIRLS AND BOYS TANGLEWOOD TALES THE DOLLIVER ROMANCE AND OTHER PIECES THE GHOST OF DOCTOR HARRIS The Short Stories LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF SHORT STORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Non-Fiction BIOGRAPHICAL STORIES FOR CHILDREN THE LIFE OF FRANKLIN PIERCE OUR OLD HOME CHIEFLY ABOUT WAR MATTERS The Notebooks PASSAGES FROM THE AMERICAN NOTE-BOOKS: VOLUME I & II PASSAGES FROM THE ENGLISH NOTE-BOOKS: VOLUME I & II PASSAGES FROM THE FRENCH AND ITALIAN NOTE-BOOKS: VOLUME I & II The Criticism HAWTHORNE BY HENRY JAMES EXTRACT FROM ‘MY LITERARY PASSIONS’ BY WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS EXTRACT FROM ‘ESSAYS BEFORE A SONATA’ BY CHARLES IVES EXTRACT FROM ‘ADVENTURES AMONG BOOKS’ BY ANDREW LANG EXTRACT FROM ‘HOURS IN A LIBRARY’ BY LESLIE STEPHEN EXTRACT FROM ‘FOUR AMERICANS’ BY HENRY A. BEERS The Biographies THE LIFE AND GENIUS OF NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE BY FRANK PRESTON STEARNS HAWTHORNE AND HIS CIRCLE BY JULIAN HAWTHORNE MEMORIES OF HAWTHORNE BY ROSE HAWTHORNE LATHROP NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE BY GEORGE E. WOODBERRY A STUDY OF HAWTHORNE BY GEORGE PARSONS LATHROP Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles
11 Dramen
11 Dramen
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
¥8.09
Eleven plays in the original German: Die Aufgeregten, Egmont, Faust, Goetz von Berlichingen, Iphigenie, Die Mitschuldigen, Die Naturliche Tochter Torquato Tasso, Satyros, Die Geschwister, and Die Laune des Verliebten. Wikipedia: "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (* 28. August 1749 in Frankfurt am Main; ? 22. M?rz 1832 in Weimar), geadelt 1782, war ein deutscher Dichter. Er forschte und publizierte au?erdem auf verschiedenen naturwissenschaftlichen Gebieten. Ab 1776 bekleidete er am Hof von Weimar unterschiedliche politische und administrative ?mter. Goethes literarische Produktion umfasst Gedichte, Dramen, erz?hlende Werke (in Vers und Prosa), autobiografische, ?sthetische, kunst- und literaturtheoretische sowie naturwissenschaftliche Schriften. Auch sein umfangreicher Briefwechsel ist von gro?er literarischer Bedeutung. Goethe war ein Vorreiter und der wichtigste Vertreter des Sturm und Drang. Sein Roman Die Leiden des jungen Werthers machte ihn 1774 in ganz Europa berühmt. Sp?ter wandte er sich inhaltlich und formal den Idealen der Antike zu und wurde ab den 1790er Jahren, gemeinsam mit Friedrich Schiller und im Austausch mit diesem, zum wichtigsten Vertreter der Weimarer Klassik. Im Alter galt Goethe auch im Ausland als Repr?sentant des geistigen Deutschland. W?hrend die Wertsch?tzung Goethes nach seinem Tode zun?chst abnahm, wurde er im Deutschen Kaiserreich ab 1871 ?zum Kronzeugen der nationalen Identit?t der Deutschen“ und als solcher für den deutschen Nationalismus vereinnahmt. Es setzte nun eine Verehrung nicht nur des Werks, sondern auch der Pers?nlichkeit des Dichters ein, dessen Lebensführung als vorbildlich empfunden wurde. Bis heute gilt Goethe als bedeutendster deutscher Dichter, sein Werk wird zu den H?hepunkten der Weltliteratur gez?hlt."
Delphi Complete Works of William Wordsworth (Illustrated)
Delphi Complete Works of William Wordsworth (Illustrated)
William Wordsworth
¥16.27
The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents the complete works of William Wordsworth, one of the most celebrated poets of all time, enhanced with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (8MB Version 1) Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Wordsworth's life and works * Concise introductions to the poetry collections and other works * Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * All versions of the famous 'Lyrical Ballads', including all of Coleridge's contributions * Excellent formatting of over 950 poems * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Easily locate the poems you want to read * The complete prose works, will fully working contents tables * Includes Dorothy Wordsworth's famous travel writing book - spend hours exploring Wordsworth's adventures with his sister and Coleridge * Features F. W. H. Myers's famous and detailed biography - discover Wordsworth's literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres
Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated)
Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated)
Emily Dickinson
¥16.27
This is the second volume of a new series of publications by Delphi Classics, the best-selling publisher of classical works. Many poetry collections are often poorly formatted and difficult to read on eReaders. The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature’s finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents the complete poetical works of Emily Dickinson, with beautiful illustrations and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version: 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Dickinson’s life and works * Concise introductions to the poetry and other works * For the first time in digital print, all 1775 poems by Dickinson * Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the poems * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Includes Dickinson’s letters – spend hours exploring the poet’s literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres CONTENTS: The Poetry Collections POEMS : SERIES ONE POEMS : SERIES TWO POEMS : SERIES THREE The Poems THE COMPLETE 1775 POEMS LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Letters THE LETTERS OF EMILY DICKINSON Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles
The Wild Duck
The Wild Duck
Henrik Ibsen
¥18.56
Should the truth be pursued whatever the cost? The idealistic son of a wealthy businessman seeks to expose his father's duplicity and to free his childhood friend from the lies on which his happy home life is based.
Mental and Physical Endurance: How to reach your physical and mental peak
Mental and Physical Endurance: How to reach your physical and mental peak
Alexander Stilwell
¥61.83
Most of us know that we are not exercising our minds and bodies as much as we should. The Elite Forces Manual of Mental and Physical Endurance uses techniques developed by special forces units to train their recruits to show how we can improve our mental and physical fitness. The book is a detailed examination of what it takes to become as fit as a special forces soldier, taking a holistic view of the body and mind. It is equally important to focus on diet, rest patterns and mental discipline as it is to concentrate on physical exercises. Using simple steps, the book shows the reader how they can build up their endurance over a matter of weeks and months, and how their quality of life will benefit. Like elite soldiers, top athletes need the spur of competition to achieve their greatest successes, and The Elite Forces Manual of Mental and Physical Endurance demonstrates how you can gain the psychological edge over your opponent. Whether you are competing in unarmed combat sports, running a marathon or just looking to get ahead, the book has helpful and practical advice for you. Using photographs and artworks, The Elite Forces Manual of Mental and Physical Endurance shows how special forces units such as the SAS and Delta Force stretch themselves mentally and physically, giving the reader the opportunity to train as they do in easy-to-follow steps to reach their peak of mental and physical strength.