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The Mysterious Key And What It Opened
The Mysterious Key And What It Opened
Louisa May Alcott
¥8.09
The story begins with the mysterious death of Sir Richard Trevlyn. All the reader knows is that Richard's wife, Alice, who is pregnant with their first child, listens through a keyhole in the library door to a conversation Richard has with a visitor. What she hears horrifies her, she faints, and a servant, Hester, finds her and helps her to bed. Alice insists Richard not be disturbed, but Hester is worried and goes to the library anyway to tell him his wife is ill. She finds him slumped over his desk, dead. ? Twelve years later the child, Lillian, meets a stranger on the grounds, a sixteen year old boy named Paul who applies for work on the estate. He does his job well, advancing in position and earning the affection of family and servants alike. Some of the servants suspect he may be more than a mere gardener or groom, but they like him and when he leaves without a word to anyone they are confused and disappointed.
A Bitter Pill to Swallow
A Bitter Pill to Swallow
Tiffany Gholar
¥32.62
On the edge of the Chicago medical district, the Harrison School for Exceptional Youth looks like a castle in a snow globe. Janina has been there since she was ten years old, and now she's fourteen. She feels so safe inside its walls that she's afraid to leave. Devante's parents bring him there after?a tragedy leaves him depressed and suicidal. ?Even though he's in a different place, he can't escape the memories that come flooding back when he least expects them. Dr. Gail Thomas comes to work there after quitting?her medical residency. Frustrated and on the verge of giving up on her dreams, she sees becoming a counselor as her last chance to put her skills to the test. When he founded the school, Dr. Lutkin designed its unique environment to be a place that would change the students' lives. He works hard as?the keeper of other people's secrets, though he never shares any of his own.?But everything changes late in the winter of 1994 when these four characters' lives intersect in unexpected ways. ?None of them will ever be the same.
The Nature and Practice of Yoga
The Nature and Practice of Yoga
Annie Besant
¥40.79
A complete essential introduction to Yoga theory and practice designed as series of lessons covering all key elements such as nature, body, mind, spirituality, different schools of thought, yoga science, and yoga practice. The author is aiming to prepare the student to take up, for practical purposes, the Yoga sutras. The lessons, may, however, also give to the ordinary lay reader some idea of Yoga, and perhaps to allure a few towards its study.
Nicholas Nickleby
Nicholas Nickleby
Charles Dickens
¥40.79
The first of Dickens’ romances, Nicholas Nickleby is one of his most popular novels. The story follows young Nicholas who has become the head of the family after his father’s death. Penniless and desperate, he turns to his uncle for help, but this only leads the family into even more of a mess.
?λληνε? στο Λονδ?νο
?λληνε? στο Λονδ?νο
Νίκανδρος Μπούρας
¥84.20
2η επαυξημ?νη και διορθωμ?νη ?κδοση! Το βιβλ?ο αυτ? καταγρ?φει και αναλ?ει τι? πολιτισμικ?? και επιστημονικ?? δραστηρι?τητε? τη? ελληνικ?? κοιν?τητα? του Λονδ?νου, μια? κοιν?τητα? που αποτελε?ται απ? χιλι?δε? ?λληνε? φοιτητ?? και επιστ?μονε?, καθ?? και απ? σημαντικο?? επιχειρηματ?ε? και επαγγελματ?ε?. Με γλαφυρ? και απλ? τρ?πο ο συγγραφ?α? μ?? δ?νει μια γενικ? εικ?να των πολυ?ριθμων οργαν?σεων, που παρ? του? πενιχρο?? π?ρου?, κατ?ρθωσαν την περ?οδο 1974-2004 να ενεργοποι?σουν του? ?λληνε? του Λονδ?νου και να του? εντ?ξουν στον δημ?σιο χ?ρο μ?σω ποικ?λων δραστηριοτ?των - απ? διαλ?ξει? και συν?δρια μ?χρι εκθ?σει? τ?χνη? και συνεχε?? προσπ?θειε? διασ?νδεση? τη? ελληνικ?? διασπορ?? του Λονδ?νου με το εθνικ? κ?ντρο. Ιδ?ω? κατ? τι? δεκαετ?ε? του 1970 και του 1980, δηλαδ? ?ταν το μεταπολιτευτικ? κλ?μα του ενθουσιασμο? και τη? ελπ?δα? για ριζικ?? μεταρρυθμ?σει? στη χ?ρα μα? ?ταν κυρ?αρχο, βλ?πουμε ?να παρ?μοιο κλ?μα να διαμορφ?νεται και στην Αγγλ?α και κυρ?ω? στο Λονδ?νο. Ο Ν?κανδρο? Μπο?ρα? επικεντρ?νει τι? μαρτυρ?ε? του σε δρ?σει? στι? οπο?ε? ε?χε ενεργ? συμμετοχ?. Παρ’ ?λα αυτ?, ω? ενεργ? μ?λο? τη? κοιν?τητα? εξετ?ζει τι? πολ?πλοκε? διασυνδ?σει? με ?λλε? δραστηρι?τητε?, καθ?? και με τρ?χοντα γεγον?τα στον ελληνικ? χ?ρο. Κατορθ?νει ?τσι να δ?σει μια σφαιρικ? εικ?να το? τι συν?βαινε στην ελληνικ? κοιν?τητα του Λονδ?νου, μια κοιν?τητα ανοιχτ? τ?σο στην πολυπολιτισμικ?τητα τη? βρετανικ?? κοινων?α?, ?σο και στι? εξελ?ξει? στην μεταπολιτευτικ? Ελλ?δα. Το βιβλ?ο, ε?ναι γραμμ?νο με συστηματικ? και καλ? αρθρωμ?νο τρ?πο και προφαν?? δεν αφορ? μ?νο ?σου? ?λληνε? ?ζησαν στο Λονδ?νο αυτ? την περ?οδο. Αποτελε? αξι?λογη προσθ?κη σε ?σα ?χουν γραφτε? κατ? καιρο?? για την ελληνικ? διασπορ?, η οπο?α ω? γνωστ?ν, ?χει συμβ?λει με δι?φορου? τρ?που? και σε δι?φορε? εποχ??, στη διαμ?ρφωση τη? νεοελληνικ?? κοινων?α?.
The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories
The Horse-Stealers and Other Stories
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
¥8.09
Twenty-two stories deal with an insane asylum, an old, retired Army officer, superstition, a matchmaker, an architect's trip back to his home town, and a man's efforts to have his brother released from prison.
Short Stories by Anton Chekhov: Excellent People and Other Stories, Volume 4
Short Stories by Anton Chekhov: Excellent People and Other Stories, Volume 4
Anton Chekhov
¥40.79
Family dynamic, psychological insight into relationships and romance are the central themes in this collection of Chekhov stories. These stories full of insight into lives of seemingly ordinary people offer a rare opportunity to experience defining moments of lives. Unhappy in his marriage, a Moscow banker, Dmitri Gurov is vacationing in Yalta, Crimea, where he sees a young lady walking along the seafront with her small dog. They are soon engaged in an affair. In another story we meet successful literary critic and his sister trying to keep their crumbling relationship going. And a country family hoping to re-establish contact with their long lost daughter. This volume includes: Excellent People, At Christmas Time, The Lady with The Dog.
Desire Paths: Real Walks to Nonreal Places
Desire Paths: Real Walks to Nonreal Places
Roy Bayfield
¥114.37
Unpromisingly – for a walking book –? Desire Paths ?begins on a hospital gurney as the author prepares for open heart surgery. Thereafter, it dances back and forth in place and time between an array of obscurely connected walks that Roy has undertaken over the years.? Among the book’s many characters and diversions are Wetherspoons, Capt. Picard, the Navy Cut sailor, the buried ‘Spirit of Brighton’, Wendy Craig, Harrods, Buddhism’s Six Realms of Desire, ‘Things to Do...’ tourist brochures, Argleton redux, the abyss, strip-lynchets, punk residues, Milton Keynes, multiple identities and an inkling of what the future may hold for thoughtful walkers. Each chapter starts with a quote from Phil Smith's?Mythogeography, specifically from the ‘Legend’ given in that book – ‘legend’ as in a set of definitions of symbols used on maps to define landscape features. Roy uses these symbols to organise the book.? The main body of each chapter is an account of a walking journey he has done. These are not chronological: structuring the book around the mythogeography Legend has (dis)organised the walks into a sequence that wanders in and out of time.? Towards the end of each chapter, Roy reflects on a Landscape Feature that corresponds to the Legend – exploring the workability (or playability) of mythogeographical concepts and illustrating how they have manifested in his own walking.? Finally, the? Jump Over the Back Fence ?notes ?in each chapter suggest further actual walks which readers could make.?
Beyond Threat
Beyond Threat
Nelisha Wickremasinghe
¥138.99
Most workplace problems are caused by over-exposure to real/imagined threat. This activates the 'threat brain'. When combined with our 'drive brain', we fall into destructive loops of compulsive behaviour. This book explains the Trimotive Brain and shows how to identify these emotions and regulate them by being more aware of unconscious motivation.
Paradise
Paradise
Dante Alighieri
¥40.79
Beatrice guides Dante through the nine celestial spheres of Heaven. the structures of the Inferno and Purgatory were based on different classifications of sin, the structure of the Paradise is based on the four cardinal virtues and the three theological virtues. Dante's Paradise is the third book in the Divine Comedy trilogy. This book follows Dante's Inferno which inspired Dan Brown's Inferno novel, EA's computer game Dante's Inferno and an animated epic Dante's Inferno.
A Gentleman Friend
A Gentleman Friend
Anton Chekhov
¥40.79
The charming Vanda, or, as she was described in her passport, the “Honourable Citizen Nastasya Kanavkin,” found herself, on leaving the hospital, in a position she had never been in before: without a home to go to or a farthing in her pocket. What was she to do?
Fairy Tales for Adults, Volume 4
Fairy Tales for Adults, Volume 4
Oscar Wilde, Beatrix Potter
¥40.79
The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything'. Some of the most memorable Oscar Wilde epigrams come from his tales and short stories. Enjoy an eclectic collection of tales by Oscar Wilde and Beatrix Potter and live through the adventures and magic of many mysterious creatures. This volume includes: The Model Millionaire, The Remarkable Rocket by Oscar Wilde, The Roly Poly Pudding, The Tailor of Gloucester by Beatrix Potter.
Fairy Tales for Adults, Volume 5
Fairy Tales for Adults, Volume 5
Oscar Wilde, Beatrix Potter
¥40.79
The magic of Beatrix Potter's country life and wonderful characters Tom Kitten, Samuel Whiskers and Timmy Tiptoes are going to delight you in this volume of fairy tales. Those childhood memories are once again going to come to life. Enjoy an eclectic collection of tales by Oscar Wilde and Beatrix Potter and live through the adventures and magic of many mysterious creatures. This volume includes: The Selfish Giant, The Nightingale and the Rose Oscar Wilde, The Tale of Samuel Whiskers, The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes, The Tale of Tom Kitten by Beatrix Potter.
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym
Edgar Allan Poe
¥40.79
The only complete novel written by Edgar Allan Poe which follows life of the young Arthur Gordon Pym aboard a whaling ship called the Grampus. Shipwreck, mutiny, and cannibalism befall Pym, before he is saved by the crew of the Jane Guy. Aboard this vessel, Pym and a sailor named Dirk Peters continue their adventures further south.
Heart Attack for Gourmets
Heart Attack for Gourmets
Volodymyr Vakulenko-K.
¥24.44
Wariat’s Diary (Diary of a Cranky Man). Novel in 13 chapters with consequences of documentation and with elements of absurdism, adventurism, and light fantasy!) The novel was awarded - International Literary Prize. Olesya Ulyanenko in 2012! The book HEART ATTACK FOR GOURMETS by Volodymyr Vakulenko-K. Consists of 13 monologs written from the perspective of different characters that often are not named, but defined in the heading of each chapter (a baby, father, an actor…). Regarding a plot, only several monologs intersect (e.g., ‘The Heart of a Kidnapped Son’ and ‘The Heart of a Disappointed Literary Man’), while the most of them barely resonate between themselves in mood and subject, sometimes they are contrasting. It is a known fact that each writer, first and foremost, writes about himself, if not about his biographical facts, he touches upon the issues that are meaningful to him, the situations that filled his brain for some reason and images that appeared in his subconsciousness. A part of monologs by Volodymyr Vakulenko-K. (VKV) Has an autobiographic nature but there are still plenty of those not related to author’s biography. The latter contains monologs dedicated to events of 1933 in the author’s native village and a story of a woman librarian who became a maniac and later, a victim, a young monk’s story about his relations with Satanists, an elf’s story about a prolonged bloodless war… VKV tries to talk not only about himself, and he tries to write in different genres: documentation and fantasy, thriller and nonsense fiction (Maybe due to this mixture of styles the work is called an ‘experimental novel.') Would You Like To Know More? This book is Delivered Instantly to Your Reading Device Just Scroll To The Top Of The Page And Select The "Buy Now" Button! Download Your Copy Today!? ? 2017?All Rights Reserved!?
The Marvelous Land of Oz
The Marvelous Land of Oz
L. Frank Baum
¥8.09
The Marvelous Land of Oz: Being an Account of the Further Adventures of the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman, commonly shortened to The Land of Oz, published on July 5, 1904, is the second of L. Frank Baum's books set in the Land of Oz, and the sequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900). This and the next 34 Oz books of the famous 40 were illustrated by John R. Neill. The book was made into an episode of The Shirley Temple Show in 1960, and into a Canadian animated feature film of the same name in 1987. It was also adapted in comic book form by Marvel Comics, with the first issue being released in November 2009. Plot elements from The Marvelous Land of Oz are included in the 1985 Disney feature film Return to Oz.
Telepathy, Mind Reading, Clairvoyance, and Other Psychic Powers
Telepathy, Mind Reading, Clairvoyance, and Other Psychic Powers
Swami Panchadasi
¥40.79
A practical guide and training course for development of the extra physical senses of man, the telepathic sense, clairvoyance and an insight into other astral sense. The book carefully explains various techniques such as mind-reading, prevision, astral body travelling, psychic influence at a distance, and psychic and magnetic healing. A great resource for anyone interested in occult powers and sciences.
The Georgics
The Georgics
Virgil
¥40.79
Virgil was born to a farming family, and his poetic work named The Georgics comes as close to his heart as it possibly can. He dedicated this work to the land, the farming communities and the issues surrounding complex relationships and political situation of the time. Virgil's love for the earth and everything that grows and lives there makes this poem one of his most expressive and passionate.
The Eclogues
The Eclogues
Virgil
¥40.79
This Virgil's book contains ten pieces, each called an eclogue, populated by and large with herdsmen imagined conversing and singing in largely rural settings, whether suffering or embracing revolutionary change or happy or unhappy love. Performed with great success on the Roman stage, they feature a mix of visionary politics and eroticism that made Virgil a celebrity, legendary in his own lifetime.
The Magic Ring and Other Fairy Tales
The Magic Ring and Other Fairy Tales
Andrew Lang
¥40.79
Once upon a time there lived an old couple who had one son called Martin. Now when the old man’s time had come, he stretched himself out on his bed and died. Though all his life long he had toiled and moiled, he only left his widow and son two hundred florins. The old woman determined to put by the money for a rainy day; but alas! The rainy day was close at hand, for their meal was all consumed, and who is prepared to face starvation with two hundred florins at their disposal?
Japan Folklore Vol. 2 The Tale of Princess Hase-Hime
Japan Folklore Vol. 2 The Tale of Princess Hase-Hime
Xenoryu Dragonheart
¥8.09
Many, many years ago there lived in Nara, the ancient Capital of Japan, a wise State minister, by name Prince Toyonari Fujiwara. His wife was a noble, good, and beautiful woman called Princess Murasaki (Violet). They had been married by their respective families according to Japanese custom when very young, and had lived together happily ever since. They had, however, one cause for great sorrow, for as the years went by no child was born to them. This made them very unhappy, for they both longed to see a child of their own who would grow up to gladden their old age, carry on the family name, and keep up the ancestral rites when they were dead. The Prince and his lovely wife, after long consultation and much thought, determined to make a pilgrimage to the temple of Hase-no-Kwannon (Goddess of Mercy at Hase), for they believed, according to the beautiful tradition of their religion, that the Mother of Mercy, Kwannon, comes to answer the prayers of mortals in the form that they need the most. Surely after all these years of prayer she would come to them in the form of a beloved child in answer to their special pilgrimage, for that was the greatest need of their two lives. Everything else they had that this life could give them, but it was all as nothing because the cry of their hearts was unsatisfied. So the Prince Toyonari and his wife went to the temple of Kwannon at Hase and stayed there for a long time, both daily offering incense and praying to Kwannon, the Heavenly Mother, to grant them the desire of their whole lives. And their prayer was answered. A daughter was born at last to the Princess Murasaki, and great was the joy of her heart. On presenting the child to her husband, they both decided to call her Hase-Hime, or the Princess of Hase, because she was the gift of the Kwannon at that place. They both reared her with great care and tenderness, and the child grew in strength and beauty.