Mary Lennox is a sour-faced 10-year-old girl, who is born in India to selfish wealthy British parents who had not wanted her and were too wrapped up in their own lives. She was taken care of primarily by servants, who pacify her as much as possible to keep her out of the way. Spoiled and with a temper, she is unaffectionate, angry, rude and obstinate. Later, there is a cholera epidemic which hits India and kills her mother, father and all the servants. She is discovered alone but alive after the house is empty. She is sent to Yorkshire, England to live with her uncle, Archibald Craven at his home called Misselthwaite Manor.

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.

Az 1889-ben írt A beszél? k?nt?s jellegzetesen mikszáthi t?rténelmi idill. A három részre szakadt ország korát idézi vissza; a helyszín Kecskemét, a ?kül?nleges státusú” város nehezen meg?rz?tt szabadsága miatt szenved hol ett?l, hol attól a félt?l. Bár Mikszáth t?bb helyütt is hivatkozik a t?rténet hitelességére, témája mégsem a t?rténelmi konfliktusokra épül, ?mert a mese benne a f?, a t?rténelmi események csak mint színek bukkannak f?l m?g?tte”. A t?rténet h?se a kecskeméti f?bíró, Lestyák Mihály – akinek már megválasztása is tündéri módon megy végbe – a népmesék ifjú h?seinek furfangjával próbálja megmenteni Kecskemétet a portyázó hadak dúlásától. A csodakaftán f?lfoghatatlan t?r?kszelidít? hatalma meg is hozza a várt eredményt, Kecskemét virágzik, Lestyákot, mint szabadítót ünneplik. Az idill még Mikszáth tündérvilágában sem tarthat sokáig: a kaftánt kicserélik, Lestyák szépséges szerelmét lefejezni viszik a város elárulása miatt, maga Lestyák is elt?nik. A boldog vég mégsem marad el: ha nem is kecskeméti f?bíróként, de boldog lesz Lestyák és mátkája. A romantikus t?rténet fiataloknak és id?sebbeknek egyaránt kedves, kellemes, színvonalasan szórakoztató olvasmánya.

You're a bad lot, Bernard Brooks. I don't think I ever knew a wuss boy." "Thank you for the compliment, Mr. Snowdon. Let me suggest, however, that wuss is hardly correct English." The speaker was fifteen years of age, but as tall as most boys of seventeen. He had a bold, aggressive manner, which he only assumed with those he thought were hostile or unfriendly. He could be a devoted friend, and a loyal subordinate to one who gained his good will. Mr. Snowdon he did not look upon as a friend, though he had been placed in his charge two months before by a cousin of his deceased father. Ezekiel Snowdon, a man of perhaps sixty, tall and with stooping shoulders, colored with anger at the boy's sarcastic words. He claimed to have been educated at a small Wes-tern college, and on the strength of it had established himself in the country and advertised for private pupils at a low rate. These were mostly young, and not competent to see his deficiencies, but Bernard was old enough and well enough educated to perceive and comment on them. This greatly annoyed Mr. Snowdon, who felt that the boy did not treat him with proper respect. "Quit your impudence!" said Snowdon with a vicious look in his greenish lived eyes. "I don't need no criticisms from a whipper snapper like you." "I intended it for your benefit, Mr. Snowdon," said Bernard demurely. "Besides, you criticise me. You called me a bad lot." "And so you are. A wuss—a worse boy I never seen." "Saw would be more correct, Mr. Snowdon." "Young man, you'd better look out. I won't submit to your aggravating impudence. Besides, you are ignorant of the fact that Chaucer and Spenser use seen for saw. Them are my favorite poets, so it is not strange that I should occasionally make use of their diction." "Thank you for the information, Mr. Snowdon. I did not know that you had such high authority. I have read a little of Chaucer and Spenser, and I never observed the word you mention." "Perhaps you have not read the same works as I," said Mr. Snowdon. "Very likely," remarked Bernard, struggling to suppress a smile.

Vicces, lendületes, habk?nny? szórakozás. Elcserélnéd az életed máséval? Ne kívánd, mert megkapod! Casey és Rachel gyerekkoruk óta legjobb barátn?k, pedig nagyon kül?nb?z?en alakult az életük. Casey munkamániás televíziós. Sikeres pletykam?sorában a legnagyobb sztárokkal beszélget és karrierje egyre magasabbra ível. Esténként viszont üres luxuslakás várja és magánéletét egy remeterák is túl sivárnak tartaná. Rachel háromgyerekes háziasszony. Idejét kit?lti a gyereknevelés és a család egyéb ügyes-bajos dolga. Már nem emlékszik rá, mikor volt utoljára kozmetikusnál, moziban, vagy a férjével kettesben egy étteremben. A húszéves érettségi találkozón vitatkozni kezdenek, kinek az élete sikerült jobban. A vitát azonban nem ?k, hanem egy kéretlen csoda d?nti el: másnap reggel egymás testében ébrednek. Jill Mansell, Lindsey Kelk és Jennifer Weiner rajongóinak!

A New York trilógia az ezredforduló egyik legelismertebb amerikai írójának világszerte legsikeresebb regénye. Ha akarom, három ?nálló, mégis ?sszefügg? klasszikus detektívt?rténet, ha akarom, a modern egzisztencialista regény csúcsteljesítménye, Kafka és Borges k?vet?je. Mert mik?zben a detektív a nyomokat k?veti, valójában azt deríti fel, mit jelent emberi lénynek lenni.? Auster hosszú évek óta a Nobel-díj várományosa, számtalan irodalmi díj birtokosa, k?nyveit harminc nyelvre fordították le. M?vei most a 21. Század Kiadó új életm?sorozatában jelennek meg. ?A New York trilógia az amerikai irodalom új kezdete.” The Observer ?Az egyetlen író, aki Samuel Becketthez mérhet?.” Guardian ?Elképeszt?en olvasmányos és titokzatos. Auster új dimenziókat ad a modern irodalomnak és – ami még fontosabb – új perspektívákat a bolygónknak.” The Boston Globe

Aki lúdb?r?ztet? katarzisra vágyik, olvassa el Borbély Szilárd Halotti Pompa cím? versk?tetét, de vigyázzon: az utóbbi évtized legmegrázóbb k?nyvével lesz dolga. A k?lt? szuggesztív és hipnotikus erej? versekben állít emléket egy anyának; egy anyának, aki brutális gyilkosság áldozata lett. A Halotti Pompa a téboly határáig jutó fájdalom k?nyve, s az olvasó még hetek múlva is azon kapja magát, hogy valami ?sszeszorul benne, ha felidézi ezeket a liturgikus sz?vegeket.

Ez van… Vagyis, hogy volt. Mára még színtelenebbé vált a világ – a vadászatban is. Szerencsémre még elcsíptem azt az utolsó ?t-hat évet, amikor csak az ment, akit igazán érdekelt. Vagy, akinek kellett valami. Hazaj?vünk, nappal lesz. Megyünk dolgozni, kommunikálunk, a család. Folynak az évek… Mennyi titkot hordozunk magunkban! Mert, majd’ mindegyiknek nyoma van, hivatalosan. De ki tudja, hogy miként is volt valóján azon az éjszakán. Csak mi. Magunkban hordjuk. Elképedek tisztázva a régi sz?vegeket. Ez én voltam? ?t?dét se vállalnám be már. Mások se. Változunk. A világ is. Denaturált lett. (Mint Afrika.) De még itt, az van. Azt mesélem… Nem viszem a sírba.

Egy találkozás. Régi álmok. ?j emlékek. Nem mindennapiak.Két élet, ami egy ember emlékezetében keresztezi egymást.Már átélt j?v?beli pillanatok...még meg nem t?rtént emlékek...Te hinnél nekik?Mire gondolnál, ha álmodban néha másvalaki lennél? Más b?rben, más korban. Az ? hangulatait érzed, az ? csatáit vívod.?gy emlékszel minden részletre, mintha veled t?rtént volna.Kíváncsi lennél, hogy ki ?, és miért éppen te látod?Mit tennél, ha egy nap ráj?nnél, hogy már majdnem az egész életét leélted? Kivéve a végét. Ha véget ért egyáltalán...

BOJG?S AZ VIL?GBA M?G M?S MIND?NF?LE VAGYIS E ZA NYOTZADIK K?NYVEM, DE ?GY IS VAGYOK ?N M?N EVVEL MINT AKINEK A NY?TZADIK GYERM?KE SZ?LETIK, HOGY ASZONDI EZ L?GY?N A ZUT?S? IRTAM ?N MAGAM AZ SALY?T KEZEMMEL G?RE G?BOR BIR? ?R EBB?L A K?NYVB?L EZ M?N A NY?TZADIK ERESZT?S MER M?- GEN ELFOGYOTT NYOMTATT?K EBBE A ZESZTEND?BE DANTE ?R K?NYVESP?TZ?RUL KAPKODHAT? M?G MIND?N K?NYVES B?TBUL

A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well, it ranks among the most famous works in the history of fictional literature. The novel depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same time period. It follows the lives of several protagonists through these events. The most notable are Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton. Darnay is a former French aristocrat who falls victim to the indiscriminate wrath of the revolution despite his virtuous nature, and Carton is a dissipated English barrister who endeavors to redeem his ill-spent life out of his unrequited love for Darnay's wife.. This is the Illustrated and Prefaced & Introduced Book of The novel -"A Tale of Two Cities-" depicts the plight of the French peasantry demoralized by the French aristocracy in the years leading up to the revolution, the corresponding brutality demonstrated by the revolutionaries toward the former aristocrats in the early years of the revolution, and many unflattering social parallels with life in London during the same time period. It follows the lives of several protagonists through these events. The most notable are Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton. Darnay is a former French aristocrat who falls victim to the indiscriminate wrath of the revolution despite his virtuous nature, and Carton is a dissipated English barrister who endeavors to redeem his ill-spent life out of his unrequited love for Darnay's wife. The novel was 45-chapters, weekly installments in Dickens' new literary periodical titled All the Year Round.Dickens' previous novels. "..Two other passengers, besides the one, were plodding up the hill by the side of the mail. All three were wrapped to the cheekbones and over the ears, and wore jack-boots. Not one of the three could have said, from anything he saw, what either of the other two was like; and each was hidden under almost as many wrappers from the eyes of the mind, as from the eyes of the body, of his two companions. In those days, travellers were very shy of being confidential on a short notice, for anybody on the road might be a robber or in league with robbers. As to the latter, when every posting-house and ale-house could produce somebody in "the Captain's" pay, ranging from the landlord to the lowest stable non-descript, it was the likeliest thing upon the cards. So the guard of the Dover mail thought to himself, that Friday night in November, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-five, lumbering up Shooter's Hill, as he stood on his own particular perch behind the mail, beating his feet, and keeping an eye and a hand on the arm-chest before him, where a loaded blunderbuss lay at the top of six or eight loaded horse-pistols, deposited on a substratum of cutlass..." Introductionand Illustrated by Murat Ukray, by e-Kitap Projesi..

"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.?

The heart-stopping new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of 15 Seconds and Reckless. Perfect for fans of James Patterson. A chance encounter with a stranger in a New York hotel ends in a shooting. Wendy Gould was an average mother – now she’s the sole witness to the murder she’s being framed for. YOU CAN RUN What she saw makes Wendy the top target for a deadly network of powerful men. They want her silence. They will take no prisoners. How can she clear her name? YOU CAN HIDE Lauritzia Velez is a suburban nanny with a tragic past – and a terrifying future. After another attempt on her life, she once again leaves everything she loves behind to go on the run. THERE IS NO WAY BACK Both women know too much – except how to escape from this nightmare alive. To survive, they must find each other fast, or there will be no way back…

SPECIAL PRICE FOR ONE MONTH ONLY. A jaw-dropping thriller from the co-author of five No. 1 James Patterson bestsellers including Judge and Jury and Lifeguard, and the hit thrillers The Blue Zone and Reckless. A young man’s suicide. An elderly woman’s murder. A conspiracy stretching back decades. Dr. Jay Erlich’s life is perfect: a wife and children he loves; a successful career. But a call comes that changes everything. His troubled nephew, Evan, has killed himself and Jay’s brother is in despair. Jay flies to California to help out, and is soon convinced Evan’s death was no suicide. The police want him to leave the matter alone but he is determined to dig deeper. When his investigation takes him on a journey into his brother’s shady past, Jay finds himself caught up in a world of dangerous secrets and ruthless killers…

THE MAN IN THE MOON.THE Man in the MoonCame tumbling down,And asked his way to Norwich;They told him south,And he burnt his mouthWith eating cold pease-porridge. TO MARKET, TO MARKET.TO market, to market, to buy a fat Pig;Home again, home again, dancing a jig. The Man In the Moon.To Market, to Market.There Was a Man.The Lion and the Unicorn.Little Miss Muffet.Oranges and Lemons.Goosey, Goosey Gander.Humpty Dumpty.Baa, Baa, Black Sheep.The Three Wise Men of Gotham. STORIES: - The Man In the Moon.- To Market, to Market.- There Was a Man.- The Lion and the Unicorn.- Little Miss Muffet.- Oranges and Lemons.- Goosey, Goosey Gander.- Humpty Dumpty.- Baa, Baa, Black Sheep.- The Three Wise Men of Gotham.

This is the Illustrated version of the "A Journal of the Plague Year", A work that is often read as if it were non-fiction is his account of the Great Plague of London in 1665: A Journal of the Plague Year, a complex historical novel published in 1722. Bring out your dead! The ceaseless chant of doom echoed through a city of emptied streets and filled grave pits. For this was London in the year of 1665, the Year of the Great Plague....In 1721, when the Black Death again threatened the European Continent, Daniel Defoe wrote "A Journal of the Plague Year" to alert an indifferent populace to the horror that was almost upon them. Through the eyes of a saddler who had chosen to remain while multitudes fled, the master realist vividly depicted a plague-stricken city. He re-enacted the terror of a helpless people caught in a tragedy they could not comprehend: the weak preying on the dying, the strong administering to the sick, the sinful orgies of the cynical, the quiet faith of the pious. With dramatic insight he captured for all time the death throes of a great city. In this Illustrated book, Noted all of Defoe's pamphlet writing was political. One pamphlet (originally published anonymously) entitled "A True Relation of the Apparition of One Mrs. Veal the Next Day after her Death to One Mrs. Bargrave at Canterbury the 8th of September, 1705," deals with interaction between the spiritual realm and the physical realm. It was most likely written in support of Charles Drelincourt's The Christian Defense against the Fears of Death (1651). It describes Mrs. Bargrave's encounter with an old friend Mrs. Veal, after she had died. It is clear from this piece and other writings, that while the political portion of Defoe's life was fairly dominant, it was by no means the only aspect: "Wherever God erects a house of prayerthe Devil always builds a chapel there;And 't will be found, upon examination,the latter has the largest congregation."— Defoe's The True-Born Englishman, 1701 Copyright & Illustrated by e-Kitap Projesi ABOUT AUTHOR: Daniel Defoe ( 1660 – 1731), born Daniel Foe, was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer, and spy, now most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe.

An epic historical adventure set in an alternate 8th century China, from the author of the 2008 World Fantasy winner, Ysabel. Under Heaven is a novel of heroes, assassins, concubines and emperors set against a majestic and unforgiving landscape. Honour is beyond measure But its price may be an empire… For two years Shen Tai has mourned his celebrated father and lived like a hermit beyond the borders of the Kitan Empire. There, by a mountain lake, the bones of the soldiers killed in great battles between the Kitai and the Tagurans lie unburied and their wailing ghosts strike terror into the living. Tai has laboured alone, laying to rest the mingled dead of both empires, until a letter arrives. It contains the promise of a poisoned chalice: Tai will be given two hundred and fifty Sardian horses by the Tagurans, legendary steeds from the far west, as a reward for his courage and piety. Now, Tai must try to return alive from solitude to a glittering, dangerous court. For to give a man even one of the famed Sardians is to honour him greatly; to give him so many is a reward which would overwhelm an emperor, and could be Tai's death warrant.

A classic World War II novel from the bestselling thriller writer Derek Lambert. For the beleaguered German and Russian armies there is no war beyond the carnage in the city’s grim skeleton, and the terrible winter at their heels. Desperate men need heroes to boost their morale: orders come from the very top for a duel between champion snipers Antonov the Russian, and Meister the German – a contest each must win. For the two marksmen there is now no war but the race to pin the other in their sights. And no other companion, either, than the stranger whose mind each must read. Dead heroes or living legends? Only time will tell. ‘The book is perfect. The horror of war is captured by the spare prose; the tension mounts, and the inevitable confrontation is uplifting in its outcome’ Daily Telegraph ‘Told me more than all the military historians ever could about the greatest battle of World War Two’ Daily Mail ‘Tense and gripping … a most effective chiller’ British Book News ‘One is reminded of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness … For those who like to be in the thick of it, this book is a must’ Surrey and South Middlesex Times ‘A good war story’ Kirkus Reviews ‘A unique tour de force … poignant, cogent, a strong novel, suspenseful and fascinating, a novel not easily forgotten’ Florida Sun News

From one of the most important chroniclers of our time, come two extended excerpts from her never-before-seen notebooks–writings that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary writer. Joan Didion has always kept notebooks: of overheard dialogue, observations, interviews, drafts of essays and articles Here is one such draft that traces a road trip she took with her husband, John Gregory Dunne, in June 1970, through Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. She interviews prominent local figures, describes motels, diners, a deserted reptile farm, a visit with Walker Percy, a ladies' brunch at the Mississippi Broadcasters' Convention. She writes about the stifling heat, the almost viscous pace of life, the sulfurous light, and the preoccupation with race, class, and heritage she finds in the small towns they pass through. And from a different notebook: the "California Notes" that began as an assignment from Rolling Stone on the Patty Hearst trial of 1976. Though Didion never wrote the piece, watching the trial and being in San Francisco triggered thoughts about the city, its social hierarchy, the Hearsts, and her own upbringing in Sacramento. Here, too, is the beginning of her thinking about the West, its landscape, the western women who were heroic for her, and her own lineage.

A classic Cold War spy story from the bestselling thriller writer Derek Lambert. Moscow treated defectors from the West with kid-gloves. That is, until they had outlived their usefulness. But the American Robert Calder was different. He had defected to Russia with information so explosive that even the iron-clad regime of the Kremlin shook with fear. It had kept him alive. Until now. For Calder is desperately keen to return to the West. So they place the ruthless and scheming Spandarian on his trail, a KGB chief with a mind as sharp as the cold steel of an ice pick. And as a back-up they unleash Tokarev, a professional assassin who kills for pleasure… ‘Certainly puts Lambert up there with today’s top suspense writers’ Book Browsing ‘Mr Lambert’s Moscow experience comes chillingly through’ Sunday Telegraph ‘This terrific novel puts Lambert in a league with the best espionage writers of the day’ United Press International ‘Another winner’ Pittsburgh Press ‘Lambert is at the top of the class’ UPI ‘Splendid stuff. Mr Lambert’s scenes have the clear reality of a Moscow winter, his people are three-dimensional and affecting and best of all he spins a fast story’ Baltimore Sun ‘A white-knuckle number … Lambert produces straight-ahead, foot-to-the-floor excitement’ New York, New York ‘Superior espionage fiction’ Waterbury Ct. Republican

In an altered America where machines no longer work and magic holds sway, former lawyer-turned-visionary leader Cal Griffin guides his small band on a quest toward the Source of the Change -- following a trail he hopes will reunite him with his abducted sister, Christina, transformed into one of the powerful, enigmatic beings called "flares." Armed with little more than compassion and a determination to heal the world, Cal, the warrior Colleen Brooks, Russian physician Doc Lysenko, and bipolar street wizard Herman "Goldie" Goldman encounter old foes and new friends in a landscape of unimaginable beauties and magnificent horrors -- forced to confront the frightful secrets of an emissary from a dread region and to trust in a brilliant triumvirate of grad students who could get things running again ... at a terrible cost—as the final moves in humankind's ultimate nightmare are played out in the depths of the Ghostlands.