According to Wikipedia: "Korosko was a 19th-century settlement on the Nile River in Sudan. It was located 118 miles (190 km) south of Aswan and served as the point of departure for caravans avoiding the Dongola bend in the river by striking out directly across the desert to Abu Hamad. It was replaced in this function by Wadi Halfa after the construction of the Sudan Military Railroad during the 1890s amid the Mahdi War. Although the railway employed a different gauge and was not connected to the Egyptian system, the two networks were connected directly by steamboat and Korosko, between them, diminished in importance. Its former location was flooded by Lake Nasser upon the completion of the Aswan High Dam."

According to Wikipedia: "The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people and peaking in Europe in the years 1346–53. Although there were several competing theories as to the etiology of the Black Death, analysis of DNA from victims in northern and southern Europe published in 2010 and 2011 indicates that the pathogen responsible was the Yersinia pestis bacterium, probably causing several forms of plague. The Black Death is thought to have originated in the arid plains of central Asia, where it then travelled along the Silk Road, reaching the Crimea by 1346.[citation needed][6] From there, it was most likely carried by Oriental rat fleas living on the black rats that were regular passengers on merchant ships. Spreading throughout the Mediterranean and Europe, the Black Death is estimated to have killed 30–60% of Europe's total population. All in all, the plague reduced the world population from an estimated 450 million down to 350–375 million in the 14th century. The aftermath of the plague created a series of religious, social, and economic upheavals, which had profound effects on the course of European history. It took 150 years for Europe's population to recover. The plague recurred occasionally in Europe until the 19th century."

The Path of the King is a travel through historic events that traces a band of gold as it is passed from a young Viking to Abraham Lincoln. The following is a quotation from its original publication (AL BURT COMPANY PUBLISHERS, 1921): "We wonder that so great a man as Abraham Lincoln should spring from humble people but who knows what his more distant ancestry might have been In a series of dramatic chapters Mr Buchan tells what he imagines to have been the ancestry of Lincoln The worthy son of a northern chieftain who had come down with his people into Normandy, a Norman knight who fought under Duke William and settled in England, a French knight emissary of Saint Louis to Kubla Khan, a proud demoiselle friend to Jeanne d Arc, a French gentleman who went with Columbus on his second voyage, an avenger of Saint Bartholomew's Day, a friend to Sir Walter Raleigh, a supporter of Cromwell, a soldier of fortune under Marlborough, a mighty hunter in Virginia, all these says Mr Buchan were Lincoln's forebears Their blood ran in his veins and made him in James Russell Lowell's phrase the last of the kings." According to Wikipedia, "John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada. Buchan's 100 works include nearly thirty novels, seven collections of short stories and biographies of Sir Walter Scott, Caesar Augustus, and Oliver Cromwell. Buchan's most famous of his books were the spy thrillers (including) The 39 Steps (which was converted to a play as well as an Alfred Hitchcock movie starring Robert Donat as Richard Hannay, though with Buchan's story much altered.) The "last Buchan" (as Graham Greene entitled his appreciative review) was the 1941 novel Sick Heart River (American title: Mountain Meadow), in which a dying protagonist confronts in the Canadian wilderness the questions of the meaning of life. The insightful quotation "It's a great life, if you don't weaken" is famously attributed to Buchan, as is "No great cause is ever lost or won, The battle must always be renewed, And the creed must always be restated."

According to Wikipedia: "Jacob Abbott (November 14, 1803 – October 31, 1879) was an American writer of children's books. Abbott was born at Hallowell, Maine to Jacob and Betsey Abbott. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1820; studied at Andover Theological Seminary in 1821, 1822, and 1824; was tutor in 1824-1825, and from 1825 to 1829 was professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Amherst College; was licensed to preach by the Hampshire Association in 1826; founded the Mount Vernon School for Young Ladies in Boston in 1829, and was principal of it in 1829-1833; was pastor of Eliot Congregational Church (which he founded), at Roxbury, Massachusetts in 1834-1835; and was, with his brothers, a founder, and in 1843-1851 a principal of Abbott's Institute, and in 1845-1848 of the Mount Vernon School for Boys, in New York City. He was a prolific author, writing juvenile fiction, brief histories, biographies, religious books for the general reader, and a few works in popular science. He died in Farmington, Maine, where he had spent part of his time after 1839, and where his brother, Samuel Phillips Abbott, founded the Abbott School."

This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Touchstone by Edith Wharton - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Edith Wharton’. 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 Wharton 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 Touchstone by Edith Wharton - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Wharton’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

This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Captive by Marcel Proust - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Marcel Proust’. 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 Proust 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 Captive by Marcel Proust - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Proust’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 psychology of religious belief. "If the inquiry be psychological, not religious institutions, but rather religious feelings and religious impulses must be its subject, and I must confine myself to those more developed subjective phenomena recorded in literature produced by articulate and fully self-conscious men, in works of piety and autobiography." According to Wikipedia: "William James (1842 – 1910) was a pioneering American psychologist and philosopher trained as a medical doctor. He wrote influential books on the young science of psychology, educational psychology, psychology of religious experience and mysticism, and the philosophy of pragmatism. He was the brother of novelist Henry James and of diarist Alice James. William James was born at the Astor House in New York City. He was the son of Henry James Sr., an independently wealthy and notoriously eccentric Swedenborgian theologian well acquainted with the literary and intellectual elites of his day. The intellectual brilliance of the James family milieu and the remarkable epistolary talents of several of its members have made them a subject of continuing interest to historians, biographers, and critics."

This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Dolliver Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne’. 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 Hawthorne 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 Dolliver Romance by Nathaniel Hawthorne - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Hawthorne’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

This file includes four books: Poetics, Ethics, Politics, and Categories. According to Wikipedia: "Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC)[1] was a Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology. Together with Plato and Socrates (Plato's teacher), Aristotle is one of the most important founding figures in Western philosophy. Aristotle's writings were the first to create a comprehensive system of Western philosophy, encompassing morality, aesthetics, logic, science, politics, and metaphysics."

Fredé hasznos asszony, a j?v? letéteményese. Olyasmire képes, amire csupán a n?k t?redéke: gyermeket szülni. Gileád állama kül?n?s figyelmet fordít arra, hogy ? és társai megértsék, a szülés életük egyetlen célja és értelme. A vallási fundamentalista alapokon kormányzott ország átnevel?k?zpontokban készíti fel a termékeny n?ket, hogy aztán az uralkodó elithez tartozó családokhoz kerülve két éven belül teherbe essenek a ház urától – a féltékeny, ám gyermekre vágyó Feleségek irigy pillantásaitól kísérve. Fredé a Parancsnok házában igyekszik belesimulni a hétk?znapokba, megfelelni a dogmatikus vallási el?írásoknak és mindenekel?tt megfoganni. Ha eltévelyedik, felakasztják a Falra, vagy ki?zik a Telepekre a Nemn?k k?zé hullákat égetni. A Parancsnok azonban egy este a szobájába hívatja, a szigorú tiltás ellenére teljesen egyedül, amire Fredé akkor sem mondhatna nemet, ha akarna. Margaret Atwood disztópiája megrázó vízió egy olyan világról, ahol a n?k egyetlen szerepe, hogy a vallás, az állam és a szaporodás szolgálatában állnak. A szerz? ?ellenjóslat”-nak nevezte regényét, mondván, ha ez a j?v? részletesen leírható, talán nem fog bek?vetkezni. A mára klasszikussá vált kultuszregényt 1986-ban Booker-díjra jel?lték, 1987-ben pedig megnyerte az els? Arthur C. Clarke-díjat; t?bb mint negyven nyelvre lefordították, és számos filmes és színházi feldolgozás után 2017-ben tévésorozatot is bemutattak bel?le. Majd el?veszem azt a kis vajdarabot, melyet vacsora után a jobb cip?m orrába dugtam… Mi nem kaphatunk sem kéz-, sem arckrémeket. Manapság minden ilyesmi haszontalanságnak tekintend?. Tárolóedények vagyunk, csupán a bels? szerveink fontosak számukra. A küls?nk fel?lük kiszikkadhat, megráncosodhat, akár a dió héja. A Feleségek rendeletben sz?gezték le, hogy nekünk ne járjanak testápoló szerek. Nem akarják, hogy vonzók legyünk. ?pp elég nehéz nekik így is…

In 1984, London is a grim city where Big Brother is always watching you, and Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together, with his beloved Julia, he hazards life in a deadly match against the powers that be.

A Trónok harca lebilincsel? fantasy, amely klasszikus lovagkirályságot tár az olvasó elé: Westeros f?l?tt valaha a sárkánykirályok uralkodtak, ám a Targaryen-dinasztiát 15 évvel ezel?tt el?zték, és most Robert Baratheon uralkodik h? barátai, Jon Arryn, majd Eddard Stark segítségével. A konfliktus k?zéppontjában Deres urai, a Starkok állnak. Olyanok, mint a f?ld, ahol születtek: makacs, kemény jellem? család. Szemünk el?tt h?s?k, gazemberek és egy gonosz hatalom t?rténete elevenedik meg. ?m hamar rá kell ébrednünk, hogy ebben a világban mégsem egyszer?en jók és gonoszok kerülnek szembe egymással, hanem mesterien ábrázolt jellemek bontakoznak ki el?ttünk kül?nb?z? vágyakkal, célokkal, félelmekkel és sebekkel. Martin legnagyobb er?ssége hogy meg tudja újítani, élettel t?lti fel azt a m?fajt, amit a sok populáris Tolkien-imitáció évtizedeken át klisék sorozatába fojtva ismételgetett. A t?z és jég dalának els? k?tete egy világteremt? fantasy eposz nagyszabású felütése.

P?n? ?i cea mai puternic? femeie din Anglia are un punct slab… Pentru ?nalta societate, este doar Lady Georgiana, sora unui duce, cu reputa?ia distrus? ?n urma celui mai groaznic scandal posibil, ?nainte de debutul ?n primul ei sezon. Dar adev?rul este mult mai ?ocant – ?n lumea ?ntunecat? a jocurilor de noroc din Londra, ea este enigmaticul Chase, unul dintre fondatorii ?ngerului C?zut, cel mai vestit cazinou din ora?. Ani la r?nd, a r?mas un mister pentru toat? lumea ?i niciodat? nu i-a fost descoperit? dubla identitate… p?n? acum. Sclipitor, tenace, tulbur?tor de chipe?, Duncan West este intrigat de frumoasa femeie cu reputa?ia p?tat? care are leg?turi de ne?n?eles cu aceast? lume a promiscuit??ii ?i p?catului. ?tie c? ea este mai mult dec?t pare ?i jur? s? descopere secretele Georgianei, dezv?luindu-i trecutul, amenin??ndu-i prezentul ?i pun?nd ?n pericol tot ce are mai drag… inclusiv inima ei. ?Aparen?e ?n?el?toare“ ?ncheie incredibila serie a lui Sarah MacLean, aflat? pe lista de bestselleruri din The New York Times, spun?nd povestea ultimului dintre fondatorii clubului ??ngerul C?zut“.

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How to master English Lots of intermediate English speakers tend to get trapped using the same vocabulary over and over again. They often only speak about subjects they know the words for and avoid anything outside of their ???comfort zone???. The problem with this is that even though they sound ok, they never really get any better. If you really want to improve, you need to be able to speak about a wide range of topics. For this, you will need to learn the special vocabulary connected to these topics. What are the benefits of using this book? You will learn 235 useful words and phrases. You will be able to speak about 12 new topics with confidence. This will greatly improve your English conversational ability. All new words and phrases are introduced in fun and interesting articles and stories. So you will learn naturally. Everything is explained in easy to understand English, so you can get used to ???thinking in English???. There are 100???s of example sentences to help you understand how these words and phrases are used in everyday language. For each topic I have listed useful television shows and YouTube channels to help you practice your new vocabulary.

Nel Abbott este moart?. E ultima dintr-un lung ?ir de femei ?nghi?ite de apele ?ntunecate ale r?ului.Sora ei, Jules, e m?cinat? de regretul c? i-a ignorat strig?tul de ajutor ?i are certitudinea c? Nel nu s-a sinucis. Fere?te-te de apele lini?tite. Nu ?tii niciodat? ce ascund."Te ?ntrebi dac? ?n ape ad?nci poate fi la fel de bun ca Fata din tren? E ?i mai bun. O capodoper?." - Clare Mackintosh, autoarea bestsellerului Te las s? pleci Paula Hawkins vine cu un thriller alert, provocator, ce analizeaz? caracterul iluzoriu al emo?iei ?i al amintirii, precum ?i modul tulbur?tor ?n care trecutul se poate insinua ?n prezent.Fiindc? a?a ?ncepe: cu ?notul vr?jitoarelor – proba de ap?. Acolo, la bulboana mea, ?n acel lini?tit col? de paradis aflat la mai pu?in de o mil? de unde sunt ?n clipa asta, aici le aduceau, le legau ?i le aruncau ?n r?u, ca s? se scufunde sau s? ?noate.Se spune c? femeile au l?sat ceva din ele ?n ap?, se spune c? apa p?streaz? ceva din puterile lor, fiindc? de atunci, le-a atras spre ??rmurile sale pe cele f?r? noroc, pe cele disperate, pe nefericite, pe r?t?cite. Vin aici ca s? ?noate cu surorile lor."?

n irul romanelor de mai trziu, dar mai cu seam n Viaa la ar […], n care temperamentul lui stilistic ajunge la formele unui clasicism plin de msur i claritate, Duiliu Zamfirescu renun n cea mai mare parte la manierismul trecutului. Analistul naturalist al strilor sufleteti struie, ba chiar se dezvolt n el, fr s mai simt nevoia apelului la nomenclatura i dialectica tiinei. Lirismul capt o pedal grav i simpl, i reflecia general ader parc mai adnc la impresia direct. […] Numeroase sunt pasagiile Vieii la ar n care amnuntul realist, umoristic sau graios, d via i adevr tablourilor.[…] ntocmai ca mai toi scriitorii realiti romni, pn cnd un Alexandru Macedonski cucerete sectoare noi ale artei descriptive, Duiliu Zamfirescu este mai ales un pictor al omului i al peisagiului, mai mult dect al lucrurilor i al interioarelor, care apar totui uneori n paginile lui. Remarcabil este apoi sub pana autorului Vieii la ar sau Tnase Scatiu pictura strilor de mulime, cu atta vreme nainte ca L. Rebreanu s dezvolte larg posibilitile acestui motiv. Vrednic de atenie este i evocarea vieii interioare, cu afundri ntr-o lume de imagini construite dup alte legi dect acele ale ateniei voluntare […]. Caracterul att de modern al procedeului nu poate scpa nimnui i el alctuiete punctul cel mai naintat al artei de analist a lui Duiliu Zamfirescu, atent la enigmele vieii sufleteti.“ – Tudor Vianu

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Ez a t?rténet d?bbenetes, eddig nem látott mélységekben mutatja be a Playboy-villa bizarr, bels? világát és a titkait is annak a férfinak, akinél a villa kulcsa van.Az oregoni kisvárosból származó Holly Sue Cullent egy huszonegy éves korában meghozott spontán d?ntés változtatta Holly Madisonná, Hugh Hefner els? számú barátn?jévé. De miután beveti magát a nyuszi üregébe, Alice Csodaországához hasonlóan a Playboy-villa kívülr?l tündérmeseszer?nek t?n? életér?l beleértve a leghíresebb sztárokkal rendezett bulikat és a saját négy évig tartó valóságshow-ját is gyorsan kiderül, hogy ez a világ nem más, mint a szigorú szabályok, a manipuláció és az ambiciózus, álnok nyuszilányokkal folytatott csaták színtere. Az élet a hírhedt villában messze nem álom, inkább rémálom. ?s miután mindent elveszít, nem marad reménye másban, csak az ?ngyilkosságban. De ahelyett, hogy eldobná az életét, úgy d?nt, hogy inkább a kezébe veszi.Holly ?szintesége megd?bbent? és megindító egyben. Vallomása a villában t?lt?tt id?r?l, a drogokról, a szexr?l, a lelki és testi abúzusról, a hírhedt bulikról a fels? tízezer színfalak m?g?tt zajló valódi életér?l letaglózó olvasmány.Nem véletlenül szerepelt a The New York Times, az Amazon és szinte minden más sikerlista élén, hónapokon át, és adtak el bel?le t?bb millió példányt.

Pl?cerea de a citi Olive Kitteridge vine dintr-o identificare intens? a cititorului cu situa?ii, cu personaje nu icirc;ntotdeauna demne de admirat... Nu e nimic ieftin sau siropos icirc;n aceast? carte. (The New York Times Book Review) Amuzant?, r?ut?cioas? ?i plin? de remu?c?ri, doamna Kitteridge este o for??, un caracter autentic. Cacircnd nu e icircn scen?, icirci a?tept?m cu ner?bdare icircntoarcerea. Paginile c?r?ii se icirc;ntorc datorit? ei... (San Francisco Chronicle) Un portret r?v??itor ?i profund al oamenilor din Maine, tr?indu-?i vie?ile de suferin?? t?cut? icircmpletit? cu izbucniri de apropiere uman?... Aceast? culegere se cite?te u?or ?i e imposibil de uitat. (Publishers Weekly) Intuitiv?, profund empatic? ?i totu?i plin? de defecte, Olive este axa icircn jurul c?reia graviteaz? treisprezece povestiri complexe, profund umane, alc?tuind un veritabil roman. (O Magazine)

El Principito habita un pequeísimo asteroide, que comparte con una flor caprichosa y tres volcanes. Pero tiene “problemas” con la flor y empieza a experimentar la soledad. Hasta que decide abandonar el planeta en busca de un amigo. Buscando esa amistad recorre varios planetas, habitados sucesivamente por un rey, un vanidoso, un borracho, un hombre de negocios, un farolero, un geógrafo… El concepto de “seriedad” que tienen estas “personas mayores” le deja perplejo y confuso. Prosiguiendo su búsqueda llega al planeta Tierra, pero, en su enorme extensión y vaciedad, siente más que nunca la soledad. Una serpiente le da su versión pesimista sobre los hombres y lo poco que se puede esperar de ellos. Tampoco el zorro contribuye a mejorar su opinión, pero en cambio le ensea el modo de hacerse amigos: hay que crear lazos, hay que dejarse “domesticar”. Y al final le regala su secreto: “Sólo se ve bien con el corazón. Lo esencial es invisible a los ojos”. De pronto el Principito se da cuenta de que su flor le ha “domesticado” y decide regresar a su planeta valiéndose de los medios expeditivos que le ofrece la serpiente. Y es entonces cuando entra en contacto con el aviador, también el hombre habrá encontrado un amigo… Cuando yo tenía seis aos vi en un libro sobre la selva virgen que se titulaba "Historias vividas", una magnífica lámina. Representaba una serpiente boa que se tragaba a una fiera. Esta es la copia del dibujo.En el libro se afirmaba: "La serpiente boa se traga su presa entera, sin masticarla. Luego ya no puede moverse y duerme durante los seis meses que dura su digestión". Reflexioné mucho en ese momento sobre las aventuras de la jungla y a mi vez logré trazar con un lápiz de colores mi primer dibujo. Mi dibujo número uno era de esta manera: Enseé mi obra de arte a las personas mayores y les pregunté si mi dibujo les daba miedo.-por qué habría de asustar un sombrero - me respondieron.Mi dibujo no representaba un sombrero. Representaba una serpiente boa que digiere un elefante. Dibujé entonces el interior de la serpiente boa a fin de que las personas mayores pudieran comprender. Siempre estas personas tienen necesidad de explicaciones. Mi dibujo número dos era así: Las personas mayores me aconsejaron abandonar el dibujo de serpientes boas, ya fueran abiertas o cerradas, y poner más interés en la geografía, la historia, el cálculo y la gramática. De esta manera a la edad de seis aos abandoné una magnífica carrera de pintor. Había quedado desilusionado por el fracaso de mis dibujos número uno y número dos. Las personas mayores nunca pueden comprender algo por sí solas y es muy aburrido para los nios tener que darles una y otra vez explicaciones.