Treasure Island is an adventure novel by Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, narrating a tale of "buccaneers and buried gold". First published as a book on 23 May 1883, it was originally serialized in the children's magazine Young Folks between 1881 and 1882 under the title Treasure Island or, the mutiny of the Hispaniola with Stevenson adopting the pseudonym Captain George North. Traditionally considered a coming-of-age story, Treasure Island is a tale known for its atmosphere, characters and action, and also as a wry commentary on the ambiguity of morality — as seen in Long John Silver — unusual for children's literature now and then. It is one of the most frequently dramatized of all novels. The influence of Treasure Island on popular perceptions of pirates is enormous, including treasure maps marked with an "X", schooners, the Black Spot, tropical islands, and one-legged seamen carrying parrots on their shoulders. Short Summary of the Book:The novel is divided into six parts and 34 chapters: The novel opens in the seaside village of Black Hill Cove in south-west England (to Stevenson, in his letters and in the related fictional play Admiral Guinea, near Barnstaple, Devon) in the mid-18th century. The narrator, James "Jim" Hawkins, is the young son of the owners of the Admiral Benbow Inn. An old drunken seaman named Billy Bones becomes a long-term lodger at the inn, only paying for about the first week of his stay. Jim quickly realizes that Bones is in hiding, and that he particularly dreads meeting an unidentified seafaring man with one leg. Some months later, Bones is visited by a mysterious sailor named Black Dog. Their meeting turns violent, Black Dog flees and Bones suffers a stroke. While Jim cares for him, Bones confesses that he was once the mate of a notorious late pirate, Captain Flint, and that his old crewmates want Bones' sea chest. Some time later, another of Bones' crew mates, a blind man named Pew, appears at the inn and forces Jim to lead him to Bones. Pew gives Bones a paper. After Pew leaves, Bones opens the paper to discover it is marked with the Black Spot, a pirate summons, with the warning that he has until ten o'clock to meet their demands. Bones drops dead of apoplexy (in this context, a stroke) on the spot. Jim and his mother open Bones' sea chest to collect the amount due to them for Bones' room and board, but before they can count out the money that they are owed, they hear pirates approaching the inn and are forced to flee and hide, Jim taking with him a mysterious oilskin packet from the chest. The pirates, led by Pew, find the sea chest and the money, but are frustrated that there is no sign of "Flint's fist". Customs men approach and the pirates escape to their vessel (all except for Pew, who is accidentally run down and killed by the agents' horses).

n már elz életemben sem hittem a reinkarnációban, de ennek ellenére azt kívánom, trténeteim olvasása által sikerüljn újjászületned azokban a kapcsolatokban, melyeken változtatni szeretnél, de nem mersz, vagy úgy érzed, nem tudsz lépni igazán. Legyen az párkapcsolati kuszaság, gyermeke(i)ddel való rendezetlenség, akár lelki, akár testi eredet bonyodalom nmagaddal, azaz: nem bírok a tükrbe nézni” szindróma. Természetesen annak is rülk, ha egyszeren csak szerzek néhány gondtalan percet. Ezeket a sztorikat a fantázia diktálta nekem; ha valamelyikben ráismersz valakire, ne hagyd magad megtéveszteni, az csakis és kizárólag a véletlen mve lehet.

A Szvetséges sidk óta kztünk jár és építi birodalmát. Nem egy embert kell legyznünk. Hanem egy legendát.” A mindig harcra kész Lyrna királynnek Alltor véres ostroma után ssze kell gyjtenie csapatait, hogy visszafoglalja a fvárost a volári megszállóktól, és kivívja az Egységes Királyság függetlenségét. Céljai érdekében kénytelen a Hetedik Renddel szvetkezni: olyan férfiakkal és nkkel, akiknek szrny ereje a Stétség rémiszt hatalmától ered. Vaelin Al Sorna ismét a legfbb hadúr szerepében találja magát, és felismeri, hogy csak a voláriak titokzatos Szvetségesének leleplezésével fordíthatja meg a háború menetét. Ehhez pedig mélyen be kell hatolnia a jégpáncélba zárt északi fldekre, hogy rátaláljon valakire, akit szinte lehetetlen legyzni, hiszen halhatatlan. Ráadásul mindezt immár a vér énekének segédlete nélkül, amely baljósan hallgat… Ryan mindent hoz,ami csak jó a fantasyben: stét trténet, si mágia, kegyetlen sszeesküvések, kérdéses hség és vér. Patakokban.” – Publishers Weekly

Tanara Oriana moare intr-un accident, chiar in ziua nuntii ei. Pentru oricine, acesta ar parea sfarsitul. Nu si pentru ea. Se intoarce ca recuperator de suflete, insa nu la vechea viata si familie, pentru care trebuie sa ramana moarta, ci la una cu totul noua. Rasfatul si confortul, considerate garantate mai inainte, se duc acum pe Apa Sambetei. Va trebui sa lupte pentru a-i salva pe ceilalti, dar si pe sine. Apar noi prieteni, noi dusmani si… prima iubire? Exista viata dupa moarte? Unii vor spune ca da, altii ca nu. Dar exista un raspuns la care cu siguranta nu v-ati gandit. Exista recuperatorii de suflete. Smulsi din existentele lor, sunt aruncati in altele, neintrebati de nimeni, fara sa li se ceara acceptul. Trebuie doar sa se supuna legilor celor de Dincolo. Iar unii aleg razvratirea…In volumul 2, relatia ei cu Marc, dar si cu ingerii, se aprofundeaza si o determina sa reevalueze tot ce simtea fata de fiecare dintre ei.Aventura se inteteste, atragand cititorul intr-un vartej din care nu mai poate, si nu mai vrea, sa iasa.

Tanara Oriana moare intr-un accident, chiar in ziua nuntii ei. Pentru oricine, acesta ar parea sfarsitul. Nu si pentru ea. Se intoarce ca recuperator de suflete, insa nu la vechea viata si familie, pentru care trebuie sa ramana moarta, ci la una cu totul noua. Rasfatul si confortul, considerate garantate mai inainte, se duc acum pe Apa Sambetei. Va trebui sa lupte pentru a-i salva pe ceilalti, dar si pe sine. Apar noi prieteni, noi dusmani si… prima iubire? Exista viata dupa moarte? Unii vor spune ca da, altii ca nu. Dar exista un raspuns la care cu siguranta nu v-ati gandit. Exista recuperatorii de suflete. Smulsi din existentele lor, sunt aruncati in altele, neintrebati de nimeni, fara sa li se ceara acceptul. Trebuie doar sa se supuna legilor celor de Dincolo. Iar unii aleg razvratirea…In volumul 3, lucrurile iau o intorsatura la care nimeni nu s-ar fi gandit. Ce este Dincolo? Indiferent cu ti-ai imaginat tu, cititorule ca e, nimic din ce ai trait pana acum ne te-a pregatit pentru ce vei afla.Ai curaj? Atunci, continua aventura alaturi de Oriana si ingerii ei.

Aviatoarea Sure Vanay porneste in cea mai importanta misiune a vietii sale, care o poate propulsa spre un nivel mai inalt in randul aviatorilor din Naram. Misiunea stranie pe care o primeste, de a livra un mesaj la o adresa nestiuta de nimeni, aflata la baza muntelui Histo, o trimite pe Sure intr-o calatorie de neuitat. Curiozitatea si curajul o imping spre limitele dintre spatiu si timp, facand-o sa se piarda chiar inainte de a ajunge la destinatie. Locurile pe care le vede, oamenii pe care ii intalneste si speranta nebuna de a-si revedea fratele disparut, o poarta intr-o lume cu totul noua si misterioasa. Incepe o aventura de neuitat alaturi de Sure Vanay, aviatoarea neinfricata si decopera o lume plina de emotie, in care razboiul sta sa inceapa la fiecare pas, in care dragostea pare imposibila si timpul devine relativ.

Mit ér az emlékezés, ha senki nem kíváncsi arra, ami elmúlt? B?n-e a hallgatás, ha védeni akarjuk szeretteinket a múlt sz?rny?ségeit?l? Mit tehetünk, ha a t?rténelem megismételni látszik ?nmagát?? Egy újságíró és egy sokat megélt nyolcvannégy éves h?lgy találkozása régi sebeket tép fel. Mélyen eltemetett emlékek kerülnek felszínre: A remény és a hit a kegyetlenséggel szemben, emberek az embertelenségben, és üzleti érdekek, melyek a pokol káoszát irányítják. Mi k?ti ?ssze egy kislány, egy náci tiszt, egy szovjet ezredes és egy m?fordító sorsát hetven év távlatából? ?Ez a t?rténet...

Snt fericit de aceast regsire n literatur a lui InimRea, cum snt bucuros c, din ntmplare, i-am fost cumva un martor privilegiat, publicnd acum aproape patru ani n Timpul primele pagini din Cas pe pmnt i susinnd publicarea celor Cteva idei despre fericire la Editura T. Iar acum, Adenium i reediteaz unul din romanele deja publicate, care va fi, cum am scris deja c sper, urmat de altele. Cum nc mai trim n era Navigatorului, i urez lui InimRea vnt bun la pup!“ – Liviu Antonesei

Karinthy legismertebb, legnépszer?bb m?ve mindmáig az ?gy írtok ti. Ez a m? hozta meg számára az ismertséget, ezzel a k?nyvével aratta els? igazi, nagy sikerét. A kávéházi játékokból, nemzedéktársainak kigúnyolásából alakult karikatúrasorozat id?vel tudatos enciklopédiává b?vült, s nemcsak a magyar szerz?k arcképcsarnoka teljesedett ki, hanem világirodalmi és m?faji tematikával is gazdagodott. Máig ható sikerének titka, hogy Karinthy a célba vett írói egyéniség egész karakterét, az alkotói modor és modorosság torzképét rajzolta meg. K?tetünk a Még mindig így írtok ti méltán híres gy?jteményén túl a korabeli lapokban megjelent k?zlések legjobb gúnyrajzait is tartalmazza.

Huckleberry Finn is a wonderful story filled with adventure and unforgettable characters that no one who has read it will ever forget.?The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River. Set in a Southern antebellum society that had ceased to exist about twenty years before the work was published, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an often scathing satire on entrenched attitudes, particularly racism.

"A Doll's House" is a three-act play in prose by Henrik Ibsen. It premiered at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 21 December 1879, having been published earlier that month. List of characters of the Book: ? ? Nora Helmer – wife of Torvald, mother of three, living out the ideal of the 19th century wife, but leaves her family at the end of the play. ? ? Torvald Helmer – Nora's husband, a newly promoted bank manager, suffocates but professes to be enamoured of his wife. ? ? Dr. Rank – Rich family friend, who is secretly in love with Nora. He is terminally ill, and it is implied that his "tuberculosis of the spine" originates from a venereal disease contracted by his father. ? ? Kristine Linde – Nora's old school friend, widowed, seeking employment (named Kristine in the original Norwegian text). ? ? Nils Krogstad – Employee at Torvald's bank, single father, pushed to desperation. A supposed scoundrel, he is revealed to be a long-lost lover of Kristine. ? ? The Children – Ivar, Bobby and Emmy? ? Anne Marie – Nora's former nanny, now cares for the children.? ? Helene – The Helmers' maid? ? The Porter – Delivers a Christmas Tree to the Helmer household at the beginning of the play. We must come to a final settlement, Torvald. During eight whole years. . . We have never exchanged one serious word about serious things.Nora, in Ibsen's A Doll's House (1879) ABOUT AUTHOR: Henrik Johan Ibsen (Norwegian; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of realism" and is one of the founders of Modernism in theatre.?

"When Jesus arrives, Hades bids his servants to bolt and lock the doors, but to no avail; Jesus shatters the gates and enters. He seizes Satan and binds him in iron chains, then consigning him into Hades’s keeping until the second coming. Jesus next turns his attention to the patriarchs. He raises up Adam, along with all the prophets and the saints. Together, they all depart up out of Hades, and ascend into Paradise.) The “Harrowing of Hell” portion of that Gospel was widely circulated in other compilations of religious literature, most notably in the Golden Legend of the lives of the saints, compiled by Jacob of Voragine in the 13th century." The literary versions of the “Harrowing of Hell” in turn gave rise to many works of art, including the “mystery play” tradition of medieval religious drama. Most commonly, however, people would learn about Jesus’s descent into the underworld from the artwork which decorated the churches and cathedrals of Europe. A Dialogue in Hades, this illlustrated version of the book, gives a many perspective to the readers, With WELL ILLUSTRATIONS BY MURAT UKRAY {E-KITAP PROJESI}..

Când o feti?? este g?sit? moart?, înecat?, dup? ce s-a l?udat c? a v?zut o crim?, faimoasa scriitoare de romane poli?iste Ariadne Oliver îl cheam? pe vechiul s?u prieten Hercule Poirot pentru a-l descoperi pe uciga?. Cine ?i de ce ar fi avut motiv s? omoare un copil nevinovat? Poate c? povestea spus? de Joyce nu era, pân? la urm?, una dintre obi?nuitele ei minciuni, menite a-i impresiona pe ceilal?i? Poirot va trebui s? fac? apel la toat? ingeniozitatea sa pentru a descâlci misterul unor decese ?i al unei dispari?ii suspecte, dar mai ales pentru a împiedica s?vâr?irea altor crime.

O serie de infrac?iuni minore comise într-un c?min de studen?i nu par, în mod normal, genul de caz de care se ocup? Hercule Poirot. Un pantof, un inel cu diamant, o pereche de pantaloni vechi, un stetoscop ?i alte m?run?i?uri furate, o e?arf? ?i un rucsac t?iate în buc??i – delicte prea neînsemnate pentru a fi anun?at? poli?ia ?i chiar mai pu?in demne de geniul lui Poirot. Totu?i, lista acestor lucruri este atât de bizar?, încât îi treze?te interesul celebrului detectiv. Din nou intui?ia lui se dovede?te corect?, c?ci un simplu caz de cleptomanie paveaz? drumul c?tre crim?...

The more I know of the world, the more am I convinced that I shall never see a man whom I can really love. I require so much!'Marianne Dashwood wears her heart on her sleeve, and when she falls in love with the dashing but unsuitable John Willoughby she ignores her sister Elinor's warning that her impulsive behaviour leaves her open to gossip and innuendo. Meanwhile Elinor, always sensitive to social convention, is struggling to conceal her own romantic disappointment, even from those closest to her. Through their parallel experience of love—and its threatened loss—the sisters learn that sense must mix with sensibility if they are to find personal happiness in a society where status and money govern the rules of love.This edition includes explanatory notes, textual variants between the first and second editions, and Tony Tanner's introduction to the original Penguin Classic edition.

"A Daughter of the Snows" is Jack London's first novel. The novel features a strong female heroine, Frona Welse. Frona was born into a wealthy family and educated at Stanford but she takes to the Yukon trail after upsetting her father and his wealthy community of friends with her out-spoken ways and her innocent friendship with the town's prostitute. "All ready, Miss Welse, though I'm sorry we can't spare one of the steamer's boats." Frona Welse arose with alacrity and came to the first officer's side. "We're so busy," he explained, "and gold-rushers are such perishable freight, at least—" "I understand," she interrupted, "and I, too, am behaving as though I were perishable. And I am sorry for the trouble I am giving you, but—but—" She turned quickly and pointed to the shore. "Do you see that big log-house Between the clump of pines and the river I was born there." "Guess I'd be in a hurry myself," he muttered, sympathetically, as he piloted her along the crowded deck.Everybody was in everybody else's way; nor was there one who failed to proclaim it at the top of his lungs. A thousand gold-seekers were clamoring for the immediate landing of their outfits. Each hatchway gaped wide open, and from the lower depths the shrieking donkey-engines were hurrying the misassorted outfits skyward. On either side of the steamer, rows of scows received the flying cargo, and on each of these scows a sweating mob of men charged the descending slings and heaved bales and boxes about in frantic search. Men waved shipping receipts and shouted over the steamer-rails to them. Sometimes two and three identified the same article, and war arose. The "two-circle" and the "circle-and-dot" brands caused endless jangling, while every whipsaw discovered a dozen claimants. "The purser insists that he is going mad," the first officer said, as he helped Frona Welse down the gangway to the landing stage, "and the freight clerks have turned the cargo over to the passengers and quit work. But we're not so unlucky as the Star of Bethlehem," he reassured her, pointing to a steamship at anchor a quarter of a mile away. "Half of her passengers have pack-horses for Skaguay and White Pass, and the other half are bound over the Chilcoot. So they've mutinied and everything's at a standstill." "Hey, you!" he cried, beckoning to a Whitehall which hovered discreetly on the outer rim of the floating confusion. A tiny launch, pulling heroically at a huge tow-barge, attempted to pass between; but the boatman shot nervily across her bow, and just as he was clear, unfortunately, caught a crab. This slewed the boat around and brought it to a stop. "Watch out!" the first officer shouted. ABOUT AUTHOR: John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney, January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American author, journalist, and social activist, Authors of; "The Pearls of Parlay" and "The Heathen", and of the San Francisco Bay area in The Sea Wolf. And also; as his dystopian novel The Iron Heel, his non-fiction exposé The People of the Abyss, and The War of the Classes.

Alegorie moral? ?i autobiografie spiritual?, Micul prin?, cea mai tradus? carte din literatura francez?, înf??i?eaz? cu un farmec nepieritor povestea unui b?ie?el care î?i abandoneaz? micu?a planet? pentru a c?l?tori prin univers. Odiseea sa, în care descoper? ciud??eniile adul?ilor printr-o serie de întâlniri extraordinare, culmineaz? cu aventurile pe planeta P?mânt.

Holmes and Watson are faced with their most terrifying case yet. The legend of the devil-beast that haunts the moors around the Baskerville families home warns the descendants of that ancient clan never to venture out in those dark hours when the power of evil is exalted. Now, the most recent Baskerville, Sir Charles, is dead and the footprints of a giant hound have been found near his body. Will the new heir meet the same fate?

Cavalerii Pardaillan - Vol. 5. Intrigi, comploturi, pove?ti pline de suspans ?i r?sturn?ri spectaculoase de situa?ie. În 1588, Fran?a este marea scen? pe care regele Henric al III-lea ?i mama sa, Caterina de Medici, lupt? cu ducele de Guise ?i cu Liga Sfânt? pentru tron ?i putere. Cavalerul de Pardaillan e nevoit s? fac? fa?? numeroaselor capcane pe care cumplita Fausta i le întinde în încercarea de a elimina un adversar considerat periculos pentru planurile sale de cucerire a Fran?ei ?i a Italiei, dar ?i pentru inima ei. În aceast? înfruntare dintre curaj ?i viclenie, loialitate ?i tr?dare, onoare ?i infamie, cavalerul va ie?i din nou înving?tor. Dar va reu?i el s? doboare o dat? pentru totdeauna for?a r?ului din spiritul Faustei?

Cavalerii Pardaillan - Vol. 7. Intrigi, comploturi, pove?ti pline de suspans ?i r?sturn?ri spectaculoase de situa?ie. Numit ambasador extraordinar al Fran?ei în Spania, Pardaillan se treze?te implicat în intrigi ?i lupte în care se joac? soarta celor dou? regate. De aceast? dat?, cavalerul îi ia sub protec?ia sa pe frumoasa ?iganc? Giralda ?i pe logodnicul ei, don César, nimeni altul decât nepotul secret ?i persecutat al regelui spaniol. Astfel ajunge s? îi înfrunte din nou pe puternicii s?i du?mani: Fausta, Filip al II-lea ?i Marele Inchizitor Espinosa. Sprijinit de Chico, un pitic cu inim? mare, ?i de iubita acestuia, micu?a hangi?? Juana, Pardaillan va dejuca îns? toate comploturile, salvând pentru a doua oar? coroana regelui Henric al IV-lea.

Cavalerii Pardaillan - Vol. 8. Intrigi, comploturi, pove?ti pline de suspans ?i r?sturn?ri spectaculoase de situa?ie. Cavalerul Pardaillan întâlne?te un tân?r punga? care îi treze?te simpatia, Jehan cel Brav, de fapt, nimeni altul decât fiul lui ?i al Faustei. Jehan se îndr?goste?te de Bertille de Saugis, fiica natural? a lui Henric al IV-lea, ?i pentru a-?i ap?ra iubita ?i pe tat?l ei, intr? în conflict cu to?i cei care îi doresc moartea regelui. Cavalerul Pardaillan lupt? de partea fiului s?u, atât pentru a-l observa, cât ?i pentru a-l proteja pe rege. Îns? Fausta a ascuns cândva, în Montmartre, o comoar? fabuloas? la care râvne?te toat? lumea – iezui?ii, familia Concini, chiar ?i ministrul regelui, Sully. Bertille este singura care cunoa?te secretul acestei ascunz?tori...