Through the Magic Door (1907) is an essay by Arthur Conan Doyle: his subject is the charisma and charm of books. Doyle invites readers to enjoy the greatest minds of all times through what they have left behind and argues that, when we read, the selfishness and hopelessness of the world can be left behind.

Andrew Lang's Fairy Books — also known as Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's Fairy Books of Many Colors — are a series of twelve collections of fairy tales, published between 1889 and 1910.

Anna Benz aminte?te de Karenina, combin?nd ?n plus senzualitatea periculoas? din 50 de umbre ale lui Grey ?i disperarea Doamnei Bovary.Anna Benz, o americanc? ?n v?rst? de aproape 40 de ani, locuie?te cu so?ul s?u elve?ian, Bruno – care este bancher – ?i cei trei copii mici ai lor ?ntr-un or??el lini?tit de l?ng? Zürich. De?i duce o via?? prosper? ?i a?ezat?, Anna simte c? e ?n pragul unui colaps mental. ?n deriv? ?i incapabil? s? comunice cu so?ul ei ?i s?-?i ?n?eleag? propriile g?nduri ?i sentimente, Anna ?ncearc? s?-?i reg?seasc? entuziasmul cu ajutorul unor experien?e noi: cursuri de german?, analiz? jungian? ?i o serie de aventuri sexuale ?n care intr? cu o non?alan?? ce o uime?te p?n? ?i pe ea.Dar situa?ia devine tot mai ap?s?toare ?i v?rtejul de minciuni ?i scap? de sub control.Pentru c? a trecut dincolo de limitele moralei, Anna va descoperi c? nu mai exist? ?ntoarcere.“Un roman de debut despre Anna, o casnic? plictisit? care, asemenea eroinei cu acela?i nume din romanul lui Tolstoi, se arunc? ?ntr-o aventur? psihologic? ?i sexual? a autocunoa?terii.“ - The Oprah MaMagazine“Senzual ?i profund, acest roman extraordinar de bine scris dezv?luie sufletul sf??iat al unei femei.“ - People“Cartea lui Essbaum e construit? impecabil, meticulos, iar alternan?a trecut-prezent e redat? cu mare virtuozitate.“ - Chicago Tribune“?n copil?rie visam s? ajung o romancier? faimoas?. Scriam pove?ti care erau minunate, a?a cum sunt inven?iile copil?riei, dar sunau ?ngrozitor. Mai t?rziu mi-am dat seama c? m? pricep la jocul poeziei, apoi versurile au devenit paragrafe…“ - Jill Alexanander Essbaum

In Greek mythology, Helen, better known as Helen of Sparta or Helen of Troy, was daughter of Zeus and Leda, wife of king Menelaus of Sparta and sister of Castor, Polydeuces and Clytemnestra. Her abduction by Paris brought about the Trojan War. Helen was described as having the face that launched a thousand ships. Helen or Helene is probably derived from the Greek word meaning "torch" or "corposant" or might be related to "selene" meaning "moon".

Fanii primului volum din trilogia Alb?-ca-z?pada au motive de bucurie: Lumikki Andersson, adolescenta ciudat? ?i rebel?, vine cu o nou? poveste!Lumikki c?l?tore?te la Praga, unde o cunoa?te pe Zelenka. Aceasta ?i dezv?luie c? este sora ei, iar povestea i se pare veridic? lui Lumikki.?n scen? apare ?i Jiri, reporter la canalul de ?tiri Super8. ?mpreun? cu el, Lumikki ?ncearc? s? afle adev?rul legat de secta numit? Familia Alb?, din care face parte ?i Zelenka. Liderul sectei, Adam, pune la cale sinuciderea ?n mas? a membrilor acesteia.Lucrurile se precipit?, iar finalul aduce dezv?luiri surprinz?toare ?i ?nc? o lec?ie de via?? pentru Lumikki: fiecare om are o latur? ascuns? ?i inocen?a nu e ne?ntinat? ca z?pada.?Salla Simukka e o t?n?r? autoare extraordinar de talentat?. Trilogia Alb?-ca-Z?pada poate sta al?turi de cele mai dure thrillere nordice ?i are o eroin? nonconformist? pe m?sur?. ?n tu?e de ro?u, alb ?i negru, povestea lui Lumikki are o aur? de magie ?nghe?at?.“ – Kirkus Reviews?Lumea pe care o creeaz? Salla Simukka are un farmec exotic aparte. Finlanda, cu peisajele ?i locuitorii ei, r?m?ne un ?inut misterios, ?nc?rcat de legend?.“ – Publishers Weekly?Lumikki privea acum str?lucirea soarelui ?i albul norilor, g?ndindu-se c?, de?i c?l?toria nu-i d?duse vreun r?spuns la ?ntreb?rile trecutului, g?sise indicii. Era mai sigur? ca niciodat? c? Zelenka se apropiase surprinz?tor de adev?r. Visele ?i amintirile lui Lumikki erau adev?rate. Zelenka i le trezise, prin minciuna ei. Lumikki ?tia c? nu ??i imaginase jocul de-a Alb?-ca-Z?pada ?i Ro?ie-ca-Trandafirul. Totul se ?nt?mplase cu adev?rat.C?ndva, avusese o sor?.“

And maybe I ain't. Sinclair brushed the entire argument away into a thin mist of smoke. "Now, look here, Cold Feet, I'm about to go to sleep, and when I sleep, I sure sleep sound, taking it by and large. They's times when I don't more'n close one eye all night, and they's times when you'd have to pull my eyes open, one by one, to wake me up. Understand? I'm going to sleep the second way tonight. About eight hours of the soundest sleep you ever heard tell of."

All’alba dei tempi, due antichi avversari si scontrarono per ottenere il controllo della terra. Un uomo si innalzò a difesa dell’umanità. Un soldato il cui nome ricordiamo ancora oggi… . Il colonnello delle Forze Speciali Angeliche, Mikhail Mannuki’ili, si sveglia nella sua navicella spaziale precipitata, gravemente ferito, senza alcuna memoria del passato. La donna che gli ha salvato la vita, Ninsianna, ha delle abilità speciali che gli sembrano familiari, ma non riesce a ricordare il perché! . Le profezie del popolo di Ninsianna parlano di un campione alato, una Spada degli Dei che li avrebbe difesi dal Dio del Male. Mikhail insiste nel dire di non essere un semidio, ma la sua inspiegabile abilità nell’uccidere sembra indicare altrimenti. . Il Male sussurra ad un principe tetro. Una specie morente cerca di evitare l’estinzione. E due imperatori, trincerati dietro le loro antiche ideologie non riescono a vedere la più grande minaccia che incombe su di loro: questo racconto di fantascienza parla della battaglia più epica della storia dell’umanità, quella tra bene e male; del crollo di imperi e ideologie, e del più grande supereroe mai esistito al mondo, l’Arcangelo Mikhail. .CONTENUTO SPECIALE: include il breve racconto sulla storia all’origine della saga, Gli Eroi dell’Antichità. .“Una alternativa creativa alla storia di quelli che chiamiamo angeli. Si potrebbe definire… un incrocio fra Star Trek e i miti della creazione" — Recensione del lettore .“Mikhail si risveglia” come recita la copertina “mortalmente ferito nella sua navicella spaziale precipitata” … ma questo è solo l'inizio del suo dilemma" — Cape Cod Times .“Ho apprezzato moltissimo la fusione del genere fantastico con la pura fantascienza. Unirli è tutt'altro che semplice. L'autrice vi riesce senza creare incongruenze di alcun tipo…" —Recensione del lettore . Questo libro NON è a sfondo religioso! .Ordine di lettura della serie "La Spada degli Dei": —Gli Eroi dell’Antichità: Episodio 1x01 (prequel) —La Spada degli Dei (include Gli Eroi dell'Antichità) —Non c’è posto per gli Angeli Caduti —Frutto Proibito . Lingua italiana, edizione italiana, libri italiani - Italian edition, Italian language

Henry IV, Part 1 is a history play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written no later than 1597. It is the second of Shakespeare's tetralogy that deals with the successive reigns of Richard II, Henry IV (2 plays), and Henry V. Henry IV, Part 1 depicts a span of history that begins with Hotspur's battle at Homildon against the Douglas late in 1402 and ends with the defeat of the rebels at Shrewsbury in the middle of 1403. From the start it has been an extremely popular play both with the public and the critics.

The Merry Wives of Windsor is a comedy by William Shakespeare, first published in 1602, though believed to have been written prior to 1597. It features the fat knight Sir John Falstaff, and is Shakespeare's only play to deal exclusively with contemporary Elizabethan era English middle class life. It has been adapted for the opera on occasions.

O ?nt?lnire ?nt?mpl?toare ?ntre dou? femei singure, de condi?ii diferite, duce la o poveste de dragoste pasional? ?n acest roman-cult scris de Patricia Highsmith. Therese, o t?n?r? v?nz?toare ?ntr-un mare magazin, care viseaz? la o via?? mai bun?, ?i Carol, o femeie ?nst?rit? aflat? ?n mijlocul unui divor? amar, abandoneaz? rutina ap?s?toare de zi cu zi, aleg?nd libertatea de a c?l?tori ?i dragostea neconven?ional?. Dar fericirea nou descoperit? este spulberat? atunci c?nd Carol este obligat? s? aleag? ?ntre feti?a ei ?i noua sa iubit?... ?Un roman despre c?utarea dragostei ?i a adev?ratei fericiri, scris ?ntr-un stil vibrant ?i plin de tensiune.” The Sunday Times ?O carte care pune ?n discu?ie un subiect exploziv, cu sinceritate ?i bun-gust.” New York Times ?Are tensiunea unui thriller ?i farmecul unei pove?ti de dragoste.” Val McDermid Romanul Carol a fost ecranizat de regizorul Todd Haynes ?ntr-un film de excep?ie, cu Cate Blanchett ?i Rooney Mara ?n rolurile principale.

i-a dorit o aventur. Dar nu i-a imaginat c va ajunge att de departe. Totul ncepe cu un reality-show. Doisprezece concureni sunt trimii n pdure pentru a fi supui unor provocri extrem de dure. n rstimp, lumea e devastat de o catastrof, despre care, izolai de societate, concurenii nu tiu nimic. Cnd d ntmpltor peste anumite indicii, tnra Zoo, una dintre participante, i imagineaz c totul face parte din joc. Singur i dezorientat, ea refuz totui s se dea btut. Ptrunznd tot mai adnc ntr-un teritoriu necunoscut, Zoo i testeaz toate abilitile de supravieuire. Dar, pe msur ce puterile i scad, ea ncepe s neleag c lumea real s-a schimbat n mod neateptat i c viaa ei depinde acum de capacitatea de a dezlega aceast enigm. Sofisticat i provocator, Supravieuitoarea pune n discuie rolul jucat de mass-media n mecanismul prin care desprim realitatea de nchipuire: ct de pripit emitem judeci de valoare i ct de uor ne lsm manipulai. n Supravieuitoarea, dou dintre obsesiile noastre contemporane – ameninarea unei catastrofe globale i drama reality-show-urilor – se contopesc ntr-o poveste plin de imaginaie despre psihicul uman afectat de stres. Un debut lipsit de compromisuri i provocator.” Justin Cronin Romanul Alexandrei Oliva este, la fel ca Jocurile foamei, plin de suspans i profund tulburtor.” Rosamund Lupton

The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922. The story primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion and obsession for the beautiful former debutante Daisy Buchanan. Considered to be Fitzgerald's magnum opus, The Great Gatsby explores themes of decadence, idealism, resistance to change, social upheaval, and excess, creating a portrait of the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties that has been described as a cautionary tale regarding the American Dream. Fitzgerald—inspired by the parties he had attended while visiting Long Island's north shore—began planning the novel in 1923, desiring to produce, in his words, "something new—something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned." Progress was slow, with Fitzgerald completing his first draft following a move to the French Riviera in 1924. The Great Gatsby received mixed reviews and sold poorly; in its first year, the book sold only 20,000 copies. Fitzgerald died in 1940, believing himself to be a failure and his work forgotten. However, the novel experienced a revival during World War II, and became a part of American high school curricula and numerous stage and film adaptations in the following decades. Today, The Great Gatsby is widely considered to be a literary classic and a contender for the title "Great American Novel". In 1998 the Modern Library editorial board voted it the 20th century's best American novel and second best English-language novel of the same time period.

The Scarlet Letter is an 1850 romantic work of fiction in a historical setting, written by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and is considered to be his magnum opus. Set in 17th-century Puritan Boston, Massachusetts, during the years 1642 to 1649, it tells the story of Hester Prynne, who conceives a daughter through an affair and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity. Throughout the book, Hawthorne explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt. The experience of Hester and Dimmesdale recalls the story of Adam and Eve because, in both cases, sin results in expulsion and suffering. But it also results in knowledge – specifically, in knowledge of what it means to be immoral. For Hester, the Scarlet Letter is a physical manifestation of her sin and reminder of her painful solitude. She contemplates casting it off to obtain her freedom from an oppressive society and a checkered past as well as the absence of God. Because the society excludes her, she considers the possibility that many of the traditions held up by the Puritan culture are untrue and are not designed to bring her happiness.As for Dimmesdale, the "cheating minister", his sin gives him "sympathies so intimate with the sinful brotherhood of mankind, so that his chest vibrate[s] in unison with theirs." His eloquent and powerful sermons derive from this sense of empathy. The narrative of the Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale is quite in keeping with the oldest and most fully authorized principles in Christian thought. His "Fall" is a descent from apparent grace to his own damnation; he appears to begin in purity but he ends in corruption. The subtlety is that the minister's belief is his own cheating, convincing himself at every stage of his spiritual pilgrimage that he is saved. The rose bush's beauty forms a striking contrast to all that surrounds it – as later the beautifully embroidered scarlet "A" will be held out in part as an invitation to find "some sweet moral blossom" in the ensuing, tragic tale and in part as an image that "the deep heart of nature" (perhaps God) may look more kind on the errant Hester and her child than her Puritan neighbors do. Throughout the work, the nature images contrast with the stark darkness of the Puritans and their systems.Chillingworth's misshapen body reflects (or symbolizes) the anger in his soul, which builds as the novel progresses, similar to the way Dimmesdale's illness reveals his inner turmoil. The outward man reflects the condition of the heart; an observation thought to be inspired by the deterioration of Edgar Allan Poe, whom Hawthorne "much admired".

Virginia Woolf was an English writer, and one of the foremost modernists of the twentieth century. Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a central figure in the influential Bloomsbury Group of intellectuals. Her most famous works include the novels Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse and Orlando. Rachel Vinrace leaves on her father's ship for South America and her journey of self-discovery begins. The eclectic group of passengers provides Woolf with an opportunity to poke fun at Edwardian life. The novel is the first published by Woolf and introduces Clarissa Dalloway, the central character of Woolf's later novel, Mrs. Dalloway During the interwar period, Woolf was a signifi-cant figure in London literary society and a member of the Bloomsbury Group. Her most famous works include the novels Mrs Dalloway (1925), To the Lighthouse (1927), and Orlando (1928), and the book-length essay A Room of One's Own (1929) with its famous dictum, "a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction". Other Books of V. Woolf: To the Lighthouse (1927)Mrs Dalloway (1925)A Haunted House (1921)Orlando (1928)Mrs Dalloway in Bond Street (1923)Between the Acts (1941)The Duchess and the Jeweller (1938)The New Dress (1927)The Mark on the Wall (1917)The Years (1937)

C??tig?tor al Michael L. Printz Honor Award"Cel mai bun roman pentru adolescen?i al anului 2015" - Boston Globe"Cea mai bun? carte a anului 2015" - Kirkus Reviews"Hubbard surprinde perfect toat? fr?m?ntarea primei iubiri, bucuria prieteniei ?i rela?ia complicat? dintre adolescen?i ?i adul?i." – VOYAPaul Wagoner, elev ?n ultimul an de liceu, intr? ?n ?coal? cu o arm? furat?, ??i amenin?? iubita, pe Emily Beam, apoi ??i ia via?a.Emily, furioas? ?i cople?it? de vin?, este trimis? la ?coala cu internat Amherst, unde dou? colege ciudate ?i spiritul lui Emily Dickinson ?i sar ?n ajutor.Dar Emily trebuie s? g?seasc? ?n ea ?ns??i for?a de a-?i vindeca sufletul r?nit, de a afla binele din spatele r?ului, speran?a din spatele disper?rii ?i promisiunea prim?verii, odat? cu ultima z?pad?."Gra?ioas? ca o pan? dus? de v?nt, aceast? poveste plin? de lirism vorbe?te despre experien?a vindec?rii ?n urma unei tragedii." - Kirkus Reviews"Z?pada mieilor e o mic? bijuterie. Aduce ?n scen? un personaj feminin puternic, care se str?duie?te din r?sputeri s? treac? peste un eveniment dureros din via?a ei." - School LibraryJournal"Stilul lui Hubbard e elegant ?i emo?ionant." - Publisher’s Weekly"Romanul acesta ?mbin? proza ?i poezia ?ntr-un mod aparte, iar efectul este uluitor." - Booklist

The third novel in Zola's twenty-volume series entitled "Les Rougon-Macquart," this story revolves around and within the 21-acre market Les Halles Centrales of Paris. The starving scholar Florent has escaped his unwarranted exile on Devil's Island, and he is alternately entranced and disgusted by his refuge in 'the belly of Paris.' Zola describes the market and Florent's experiences in the midst of it with his characteristically captivating comprehension, foreshadowing the total mastery of working-class speech in his later works. Florent makes a friend of Claude Lantier, a painter who explains the battle being waged in the vast Central Markets between the 'fat' burghers and 'thin' lower class, in which Florent is soon embroiled. He is a man caught between the fat and the thin, and this lack of allegiance leads to painful condemnation and Florent's ultimate disintegration. Presented here is the somewhat expurgated 1895 translation of Ernest Alfred Vizetelly, entitled "The Fat and the Thin".

Un roman din seria Vanessa Munroe?De la autoarea bestsellerului Femeia cameleon?Aventurile Vanessei Munroe continu? cu o nou? poveste plin? de adrenalin?!Cu ani ?n urm?, un b?rbat a r?pit o pe Hannah, o feti?? de cinci ani, din curtea ?colii ?i a trecut o grani?a ?n Mexic. Acolo a introdus o ?n lumea unei secte secrete – cea a Ale?ilor.?Acum ?ns? c??iva oameni vor s? dea de urma feti?ei. Oameni care au crescut ?n mijlocul sectei, dar care au reu?it, ?n ciuda suferin?ei suportate acolo, s? ?i construiasc? o via?? nou?.Supravie?uitorii ?n?eleg mecanismele mentale ?i religioase ce guverneaz? secta ?i apeleaz? la ajutorul oferit de Vanessa Munroe, ?tiind c? ea ar putea fi singura lor ?ans? de a o g?si pe Hannah."Vanessa Munroe ??i elibereaz? for?a distructiv? c?nd cei neputincio?i sunt amenin?a?i. E o eroin? cu totul special?: dur?, ne?nfricat?, dar ?n acela?i timp vulnerabil? ?i plin? de compasiune." – Publishers Weekly"Mult a?teptata continuare a seriei Vanessa Munroe… Stevens descrie foarte conving?tor lumea ?ntunecat? a manipul?rii, ?ndoctrin?rii ?i abuzului." – Booklist"Munroe love?te din nou!" – Library Journal?

The final volume of Remembrance of Things Past chronicles the years of World War I, when, as M. de Charlus reflects on a moonlit walk, Paris threatens to become another Pompeii. Years later, after the war's end, Proust's narrator returns to Paris, where Mme. Verdurin has become the Princesse de Guermantes. He reflects on time, reality, jealousy, artistic creation, and the raw material for literature-his past life.

Half way up the side of a tall tree there was a round hole in the trunk. The hole was lined with soft, dried leaves, and bits of white, fluffy cotton, from the milkweed plant. And, if you looked very carefully at the hole, you might see, peering from it, a little head, like that of a very small kitten, and a pair of very bright eyes.??But it was not a kitten that looked from the little hole in the trunk of the tree. Kitties can climb trees, but they do not like to live in them. They would rather have a warm place behind the stove, with a nice saucer of milk.??Now if I tell you that the little creatures who lived in this hole-nest had big, fluffy tails, and that they could sit up on their hind legs, and eat nuts, I am sure you can guess what they were.??Squirrels! That’s it! In the nest, half way up the big tree in the woods, lived a family of gray squirrels, and I am going to tell you about them, or, rather, more particularly, about one of the little girl squirrels whose name was Slicko.

E la mijloc un mister negru. erpuitor. Cu femei puternice, regsindu-se n albia nopilor. Cu brbai pierdui n hiurile existenei. Cu adolesceni care asist gur-casc la felul n care morii dau buzna n existena de zi cu zi. Sunt pagini dense, pe mari poriuni memorabile, de un erotism subtil, nvalnic, mpuns de botul fraged al morii care-este-pretutindeni. Madeleine Davidsohn are lejeritatea i familiaritatea lucrurilor artate la lumina zilei de creatorii obiectelor artizanale, confecionate cu o art motenit din tat n fiu, ce-i transmit reciproc secretele meseriei, trucurile tiute exclusiv de membrii clanului de meseriai.“ – Aura Christi

Russo ni se dovedeste… in aceasta opera mai renumita a lui, posesorul unui ?simt muzical?, pe care, in acelasi fel si cu aceleasi caracteristici, proza romaneasca nu-l manifestase mai inainte… Multimea conjunctiei ?si? in Cantarea Romaniei lucreaza ca un ?legatto? muzical, menit sa elimine articulatia logica si oarecum spatiala a propozitiilor si sa sublinieze continuitatea lor metodica. Nimeni mai mult ca Russo n-a folosit in proza noastra acest vechi ?si? biblic, procedeu magic si incantatoriu…“ – Tudor Vianu