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O Relojoeiro um conto (Edi??o Portuguesa)
O Relojoeiro um conto (Edi??o Portuguesa)
Anna Erishkigal
¥8.09
Portugues do Brasil! —Quer saber como ganhar uma hora a mais em sua vida?— . Marae O'Conaire tinha problemas muito mais sérios do que o fato de seu relógio ter parado às 3:57 da tarde. Ao levar seu relógio até um simpático relojoeiro, ela descobriu que havia ganhado um prêmio surpreendente! Simplesmente, ela ganhara uma hora a mais em sua vida! Mas o Destino tem regras muito rígidas sobre como se pode interferir no passado, incluindo a advertência de que n?o se deve fazer nada que provoque um paradoxo no tempo. Será que Marae vai conseguir fazer as pazes com o maior erro da sua vida, aquele do qual ela mais se arrepende??? . "Um conto pungente. Ter a chance de refazer alguma atitude da qual você se arrepende profundamente é uma oportunidade em um milh?o!" – Comentário do Leitor . "Uma história muito emocionante e dramática... Se realmente tivéssemos a chance de mudar nosso passado, o que faríamos?" - Comentário do Leitor . "Um conto comovente, baseado na mitologia dos Países Nórdicos. O tempo é um presente e, às vezes, é a nossa última chance..." - Dale Amidei, Autor . E se você pudesse fazer tudo de novo?
Diev? kalavijas (Lietuvi? kalba): Prie?istor?s serijos ?Diev? kalavijas“ U?sakyt
Diev? kalavijas (Lietuvi? kalba): Prie?istor?s serijos ?Diev? kalavijas“ U?sakyt
Anna Erishkigal
¥8.09
Laiko prad?ioje dvi j?gos kovojo d?l ?sivie?patavimo ?em?je. Vienas ?mogus i?dr?so stoti ?monijos pus?n. Karys, kurio vard? pamename iki ?iol… Angeli?k?j? Speciali?j? paj?g? pulkininkas Mikhailas Mannuki‘ilis pabunda mirtinai su?eistas savo sudu?usiame erdv?laivyje. Moteris, i?gelb?jusi jo gyvyb?, turi sugeb?jim?, kurie atrodo pa??stami. Bet, prarad?s atminti, Mikhailas nebegali prisiminti, kod?l! Ninsianos tautoje sklando prana?yst?s apie sparnuot? kovotoj? – Diev? Kalavij?, kuris i?gelb?s j? ir visa taut? nuo Blogojo. Mikhailas neigia es?s pusdievis, bet jo i?skirtiniai kovos sugeb?jimai kalba u? save. Blogis ?nib?da niūriam princui ausin. Mir?tanti rū?is bando i?vengti i?nykimo. Du imperatoriai, apsikas? senov?s ideologijomis, nepastebi didesnio pavojaus ?iame mokslin?s fantastikos kūrinyje, perpasakojan?iame didingiausi? ?monijos istorij?, kurioje susikauna g?ris ir blogis, imperijos ir ideologijos, o viso to sūkuryje – did?iausias superherojus kada nors ?eng?s ?em?s pavir?iumi – Arkangelas Mikhailas. ?i istorija N?RA religin? fantastika!YPATINGAS PASI?LYMAS! Pridedama prad?ios istorijos novel? – Senov?s didvyriai. Prie?istor?s serijos ?Diev? kalavijas“ U?sakyti 1 & 2 Lietuvi? kalba - Lithuanian language.
Espada de los Dioses (Edición en Espa?ol): Libro 1 de la saga “Espada de los Dio
Espada de los Dioses (Edición en Espa?ol): Libro 1 de la saga “Espada de los Dio
Anna Erishkigal
¥8.09
En los albores del tiempo, dos antiguos adversarios lucharon por el control de la Tierra. Un hombre se puso de pie al lado de la humanidad. Un soldado cuyo nombre recordamos hasta el día de hoy... El Coronel de las Fuerzas Especiales Angelicales, Mikhail Mannuki'ili, despierta, herido mortalmente en su nave estrellada. La mujer que salvó su vida tiene habilidades que le parecen familiares pero, sin recuerdos de su pasado, ?no puede recordar por qué! Las profecías del pueblo de Ninsianna describen a un campeón alado, una Espada de los Dioses que defenderá a su pueblo contra un Maligno. Mikhail insiste en que no es ningún demi-dios, pero su extra?a habilidad para matar dice lo contrario. El mal susurra a un príncipe malhumorado. Una especie agonizante busca evitar la extinción. Y dos emperadores, atrincherados en sus antiguas ideologías, no pueden ver la amenaza más grande en este relato de ciencia-fantasía de la historia más épica de la humanidad sobre la batalla entre el bien y el mal, el choque de imperios e ideologías y el superhéroe más grande en caminar por la Tierra, El Arcángel Mikhail. ?BONO ESPECIAL! Incluye la novela que relata el origen de la historia, Héroes de la Antigüedad, Episodio 1x01. ?Este libro NO es ficción religiosa! Orden de lectura "Espada de los Dioses"—Héroes de la antigüedad: Episodio 1x01—Espada de los dioses (contiene "Héroes de la antigüedad")—No hay lugar para los ángeles caídos—Fruto prohibido (próximamente) Lengua espa?ola - Spanish language
Alexander Pope Complete Works – World’s Best Collection
Alexander Pope Complete Works – World’s Best Collection
Alexander Pope, Leslie Stephen
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Alexander Pope Complete Works World's Best Collection This is the world’s best Alexander Pope collection, including the most complete set of Pope’s works available plus many free bonus materials. Alexander Pope Alexander Pope was an 18th-century English poet, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer. After Shakespeare and Tennyson, he is the third-most frequently quoted writer in The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. The ‘Must-Have’ Complete Collection In this irresistible collection you get a full set of Pope’s work, All his poems, All his plays, All his legendary translations, Famous satires, Rarities and all his other works. Plus a bonus biography. Works Included: An Essay On Criticism An Essay On Man Moral Essays To Several Persons Satires Poems?Including: The Rape Of The LockOde On Solitude The Temple Of Fame Translations From Ovid Sappho To Phaon The Dying Christian To His Soul Elegy To The Memory Of An Unfortunate Lady Messiah To A Lady, With The Temple Of Fame The Looking-Glass Poems Suggested By Gulliver Epitaphs On Two Lovers Struck Dead By Lightning Universal Prayer Longer Works?Including: The Dunciad The Iliad The Odyssey Three Hours After Marriage Your Free Special Bonus Alexander Pope Biography - a full length biography about Pope’s intriguing and fascinating life. Get This Collection Right Now This is the best Pope collection you can get, so get it now and start enjoying and being inspired by his world like never before!
Chaucer Complete Works – World’s Best Collection: 120+ Works
Chaucer Complete Works – World’s Best Collection: 120+ Works
Geoffrey Chaucer, Grace Eleanor Hadow, Sir Adolphus William Ward, Walter William Skeat
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Geoffrey Chaucer Complete Works World's Best Collection This is the world’s best Chaucer collection, including the most complete set of Chaucer’s works available plus many free bonus materials. Geoffrey Chaucer Geoffrey Chaucer is known as the Father of English literature, considered one the greatest English poets and a dominant figure in developing the legitimacy of the common Middle English as literature at a time when the dominant literary languages in England were French and Latin The ‘Must-Have’ Complete Collection In this irresistible collection you get a full set of Chaucer’s work, with more than 100 different works - All Chaucer’s poetry, All his tales and stories, All major and minor works Plus Complete annotations and explanations for all of Chaucer’s work. And a full length biography. As well as Free Bonus material, including other Chaucerian works. Works Included: Chaucer And His Times -?A biography of Chaucer’s intriguing life, in historical context. The Canterbury Tales -?The complete set of all Chaucer’s magnificent tales and stories, including, among many others: The Knight’s Tale The Miller’s Tale The Cook’s Tale The Monk’s Tale The Romaunt Of The Rose The Minor Poems-?A complete set of all of Chaucer’s smaller poems, written in his inimitable style, including among others: Troilus And Criseyde The Hous Of Fame The Legend Of Good Women Boece – Chaucer’s Rare Translation Of Boethius’s “The Consolation Of Philosophy” A Treatise On The Astrolabe The Flower And The Leaf Other Chaucerian Works & Bonus material included in this collection -?These are other works either sometimes attributed to Chaucer or works of the same or later period, imitating his style. Not only poetic and beautiful in their own right, historically, these other Chaucerian works are important to any study of or interest in Chaucer. Notes And Annotations on Chaucer’s Works And On Other Chaucerian Works Notes On Chaucer’s Use Of ‘E’ Get This Collection Right Now This is the best Chaucer collection you can get, so get it now and start enjoying and being inspired by his world like never before!
Robert Burns Complete Works – World’s Best Collection
Robert Burns Complete Works – World’s Best Collection
Robert Burns, Principal Shairp, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Allan Cunningham, Charles Kingsley
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Robert Burns Complete Works World's Best Collection This is the world's best Robert Burns collection, including the most complete set of Burns' works available plus many free bonus materials. Robert Burns Robert Burns, also known as the Scotland's Favorite Son, the Bard of Ayrshire and the Ploughman Poet, was a Scottish poet and lyricist, widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland. He is regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic movement, and after his death he became a great source of inspiration to the founders of both liberalism and socialism The ‘Must-Have' Complete Collection In this irresistible collection you get a full set of Burns' work, with more than 300 works - All his poems, All poetry, All his songs, ballads, rarities, epigrams; and a full length biography. Plus a rare collection of his letters and bonus extra material. There are countless must reads, ranging from the well-known pieces to fantastic and startling new works to discover.. Works Included: Poetical Works -?Over 300 Poems, songs, epigrams and ballads, including among others: A Red, Red Rose A Man's A Man for A' That To a Louse To a Mouse The Battle of Sherramuir Tam o' Shanter Ae Fond Kiss Full Collection Of Burns' Letters Life Of Robert Burns -?A fascinating, ful length biography of Scotland's favourite son, detailing his life from childhood. Your Free Bonuses Glossary?- A glossary of all the terms, phrases and words used in Burns' work Burns And His School?- Literary essay from Charles Kinglsey Historical Context and Literary Context Notes?- Detailed explanations of the Regency Era and Romanticism, written specially for this collection Robert Burns?- the poem about Burns written by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Get This Collection Right Now This is the best Burns collection you can get, so get it now and start enjoying and being inspired by his words like never before.
William Wordsworth Complete Works – World’s Best Collection: 300+ Works
William Wordsworth Complete Works – World’s Best Collection: 300+ Works
William Wordsworth, FWH Myers, AC Bradley
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William Wordsworth Complete Works World's Best Collection This is the world's best William Wordsworth collection, including the most complete set of Wordsworth's works available plus many free bonus materials. William Wordsworth William Wordsworth was a major English Romantic poet. He, together with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the entire Romantic Age in English literature with their joint publication Lyrical Ballads. In addition, Wordsworth was Britain's poet laureate from 1843 until his death The ‘Must-Have' Complete Collection In this irresistible collection you get a full set of Wordsworth work, with more than 300 works - All his poems, All poetry, All his prose works, and a full length biography. Plus Free Bonus material. Works Included: Poetical Work?Including, among many others: The Recluse The Excursion All Sonnets All Minor And Major Poetry. Including: I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud She Was A Phantom Of Delight Strange Fits Of Pasion Have I Known The Idiot Boy The Russian Fugitive The Prelude - Wordsworth's Magnum Opus, Autobiographical Poem Prose Work?Including works such as: Apology For The French Revolution Advice For The Young Poetry As A Study Of Poetic Diction Your Free Special Bonuses Selections From Oxford Lecture Series On Poetry?- An intriguing selection of a an Oxford lecture series. These selections cover Wordsworth and his poetry in detail. Wordsworth?– Comprehensive biography written by F W H Myers Historical Context and Literary Context Notes?- Detailed explanations of the Regency Era and Romanticism, written specially for this collection. Get This Collection Right Now This is the best Wordsworth collection you can get, so get it now and start enjoying and being inspired by his words like never before.
George Eliot Complete Works – World’s Best Collection: 50+ Works - All Books, No
George Eliot Complete Works – World’s Best Collection: 50+ Works - All Books, No
George Eliot, John Crombie Brown, George Willis Cooke
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George Eliot Complete Works World's Best Collection This is the world’s best George Eliot collection, including the most complete set of Eliot’s works available plus many free bonus materials. George Eliot Mary Anne (alternatively Mary Ann or Marian) Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880), known by her pen name George Eliot (as was the convention of the time) was an English novelist, journalist, and translator and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era The ‘Must-Have’ Complete Collection In this irresistible collection you get all of George Eliot’s work, with All her books, All her novels, and All her rare poems. This collection also in includes a biography so you can experience the life of the woman behind the words. Plus this collection also includes bonus materials. Works Included: Novels Silas Marner The Weaver Of Raveloe Middlemarch The Mill On The Floss Impressions Of Theophrastus Such The Lifted Veil Romola Scenes Of Clerical Life Felix Holt, The Radical Daniel Deronda Brother Jacob Adam Bede The Poetry Of George Eliot?Inlcuding: How Anna Loved The King O May I Join The Choir Invisibile All The Essays Of George Eliot Your Free Special Bonuses Ethics Of George Eliot’s Work By John Crombie Brown George Eliot: A Critical Study Of Her Life, Writings And Philosophy by George Willis Cooke Historical Context and Literary Context Notes?- Detailed explanations of the Victorian Era and Victorian Literature written specially for this collection. Get This Collection Right Now This is the best George Eliot collection you can get, so get it now and start enjoying and being inspired by her world like never before!
Out of the Light
Out of the Light
Douglas Smith
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Jan Mirocek used to be a hunter. A very special hunter. Once, he had hunted the things that haunt the forests of the night in every culture of the world. The kallikantzari of Greece. The loup-garou of France. The kitsune of Japan. Were-beasts. Shape-shifters. Until one night, Jan made a mistake, and the woman he loved died. Now he shuns the dark and his own past, hiding in a big city. For the were-beasts never come here. Or do they? People are dying in Toronto, and all signs point to a shifter. But can Jan conquer his own fears to track down the killer? And what kind of shape shifter would be at home in a modern city? "A creature-hunter tale that kept me guessing until the very last paragraphs. I was on edge throughout the whole story!" —Melissa Minners, Global Pop Culture reviews "A police officer skilled in hunting supernatural entities encounters a new breed of shape-shifter specifically adapted to the urban environment." — Innsmouth Free Press
Spirit Dance
Spirit Dance
Douglas Smith
¥8.09
AURORA AWARD WINNER A Heroka story.? The Heroka are an ancient race of shape shifters, drawing vitality from their animal totems. Gwyn Blaidd, a Heroka of the wolf totem, has been a recluse ever since a deadly battle with the Tainchel, the covert government agency that hunts his kind—a battle that cost him the woman he loved. But to save an old friend, Gwyn must again face the Tainchel—and his own dark past. “A vivid and wonderfully written tale about Native Canadian spirits, in the vein of Thomas King.” —Challenging Destiny “Draws on North American Indian myths, particularly the idea of shapeshifters... Smith once more creates a credible and sympathetic protagonist, Gwyn Blaidd, [who] returns to his old stomping ground to help out some fellow shapeshifters who have become embroiled in a conflict with a large logging concern.” —The Fix
What's in a Name
What's in a Name
Douglas Smith
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Hari is the greatest thief that Taryaryo has ever known. Well, at least he was until he tried to steal a certain jewel from the most powerful wizard in the land. The theft went, uh, less than perfectly. Instead of the jewel, Hari finds he has stolen a curse. Now Hari has to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. All the time. Kind of career limiting for a thief. But Hari has a plan to win the jewel and rid himself of the curse. A plan that is also going less than perfectly. The wizard that Hari hired has just been killed by the demon that the wizard summoned, and that demon is about to eat Hari. At least things can’t get any worse. Can they?
Fiddleheads
Fiddleheads
Douglas Smith
¥8.09
Twelve-year-old Andy Pembleton's younger brother disappeared two years ago.?The loss tore Andy's world apart. His father left. His mother withdrew into guilt, all but ignoring Andy. But Andy is going to change all of that. He has a plan to find his brother—a deeply disturbing one. " …about every parent’s worst nightmare. This was a gripping tale and goes to show that not only parents suffer when a child goes missing and how it can warp a child." —Bitten By Books
El Arbol de Drago
El Arbol de Drago
Isobel Blackthorn
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Ella quería olvidar, permitir a este ambiente de tremendo aislamiento consumirla. Perseguida por los demonios del pasado y el presente, la geóloga Ann Salter busca refugio en la exótica isla de Lanzarote. Allí conoce al carismático escritor Richard Parry y al alfarero nativo Domingo y juntos explorar la isla. Ann se encuentra con tesoros ocultos de la isla que caen en un viaje profundo dentro de ella misma, se esfuerza para comprender quién fue ella, quién es ella, y quién ella quiere ser. El ?rbol de Drago es una anécdota intrigante de traición, conquista y amor en todas sus formas, establecida en contraste al panorama dramático de la isla y la historia colonial espa?ola.
Going Harvey in the Big House
Going Harvey in the Big House
Douglas Smith
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Aurora Award Finalist. The Builders had made the House generations ago, to shelter the remnants of humanity from the poisons of the Outside. The Inners, the direct descendants of the Builders, now rule the House. The House protects the People, and the Inners protect the House. And Smoothers are the arms and legs of that protection. Big G is a Smoother, ensuring that the daily activities of the House are not interrupted by "Harveys," citizens who suffer violent mental breakdowns in the claustrophobic House. But when Big G discovers a strange photograph of blue and white swirls of nothingness during a Harvey call, it leads him to world within the world he thought he knew—and a world outside it as well. "I first read this story in a workshop nearly a decade ago. Since then, Doug sold it to a number of different markets and it was a finalist for Canada’s prestigious Aurora Award. Now it’s out in e-book format. I read a lot, as you can tell, and I don’t remember most stories the next day, let alone decades later. The images and the power of the story have stayed with me all this time. That’s one of the strongest recommendations I can give."—Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Recommended Reading List, Aug 2011 "Hands down, my favourite story … I’ve always been fascinated by the concept of a city that encompasses what we know of the known world. … Smith’s version, the ‘House,’ is well conceived, but as always, it’s his characters that drive the story. Big G is pitch perfect. Every aspect of his personality is just spot on. Though he’s not a completely accessible character, portrayed as being not as intelligent as a more usual protagonist, he is completely there and three-dimensional and his reactions and motivations are plausible. It works! The ending is just right. It couldn’t have been any other way..." —SF Crowsnest Reviews "Going Harvey in the Big House" fed into my natural fears, suspicions, and all-round disillusionment with authority. Thereafter, I began an inquiry. I read Orwell’s 1984, Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, Zamyatin’s We, Huxley’s Brave New World… "Going Harvey in the Big House" led me to places I thought I’d never be, culminating eventually in sweat-soaked nightmares about a post-apocalyptic world." —Cicada
Memories of the Dead Man
Memories of the Dead Man
Douglas Smith
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Mary and her teenage son, Jase, survive by their own wits in a post-plague Earth. On the run from a vicious gang, they are saved by Bishop, a man with mysterious powers who just may be the Dead Man, the legendary hero of the Fall of Earth. But Bishop’s dark past catches up with them all, forcing Bishop to choose between his love for Mary and Jase, or revenge against the men who killed his family. "All that you want in a sf short story is here from powerful characters, to action, mysterious happenings, and a dark, violent, but excellent tale. … A bittersweet ending adds to the power of the story. (A++)" —Fantasy Book Critic "…again shows off Smith's flair for the cinematic. … In his preface to the story, Smith announces his plan to write a novel about the Dead Man…I do look forward to reading it." —Strange Horizons "…has echoes of Stephen King wandering about its post-apocalyptic narrative." —Quill and Quire "…a wonderful example of the places this author is unafraid to go." —SF Crowsnest Reviews "…would make a great movie…a unique, post-apocalyptic blend of The Road Warrior and X-Men. … It was very well done." —Tangent Online "I liked the style and subtleties of the storytelling that kept me firmly on the edge of my seat. … The characters were what really impressed me, though—by a few lines into meeting each one you had a clear and definable presence in your mind." —SF Crowsnest Reviews
New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve
Douglas Smith
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Aurora Award Finalist The year is 1999. The world awaits a new millennium with a mixture of anticipation and dread. The fear stems from the much-hyped Y2K computer problem, the so-called millennium bug, which could cause uncorrected programs to fail all over the world. PCWare is the world’s largest software company. John Dunne is team leader for the company’s newest operating system, the first with a virtual reality user interface, complete with virtual human agents. But on Millennium Eve, John has problems. A Y2K bug has been discovered in the software…and John’s virtual girlfriend has become far too real. "The story deals with the Y2k bug, and although that might seem dated now, the story is not, since its ideas continue to be relevant today." —Bibliopolis
Radio Nowhere
Radio Nowhere
Douglas Smith
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Aurora Award Finalist. On the anniversary of his wife’s death, Liam makes a startling discovery. The particle accelerator experiments that he is conducting for the university are capable of opening a window back in time. Can he tune that window to the night his wife died? Can he actually go back in time to save her? But what of the strange radio broadcasts he keeps hearing? Broadcasts that warn that changing the past could produce a very dark future for the world—or no future at all. How much is Liam willing to risk to bring back the only woman he ever loved? "A very human story of a man hung up on the past for far too long, and a woman who can't make him realize her true feelings. ... The resolution is a key moment of personal growth for our protagonist, and that's really what I ask for in a story." —Scientifically Bookish "This is a great story, that connects [the reader} with the emotional pain and trauma [of the characters]." —Contemplating the Cosmos
State of Disorder
State of Disorder
Douglas Smith
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Aurora Award Finalist When James Mackaby, respected scholar, husband and father, accepts a dinner invitation from an old rival who has fallen on hard times, he has no idea that revenge is on the menu. During this singular evening, three very separate and very different dinners will take place, all at the same time, all in the same place, all with the same guests. And by the end of the last course, no one’s life will ever be the same again. "Another standout is the masterful "State of Disorder," which contemplates the flexibility and fluidity of time." —Ideomancer Magazine "A neat twist on time travel and quantum physics." —Publishers Weekly "The claustrophobic atmosphere of this tale heightens its devilish suspense and draws favorable comparisons to Poe’s tales of trapped, desperate protagonists." —Tangent Online "A chilling story of three dinners in the same place and time, and a very satisfying ending made this another A++ story [in Chimerascope]." —Fantasy Book Critic "A stunning piece of work." —Kim Mohan, editor, Amazing Stories
Recueil des légendes de la Dame Blanche
Recueil des légendes de la Dame Blanche
Marie d'Ange
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La légende de la Dame Blanche est certainement la plus connue des légendes. Qu'elle soit protectrice, lavandière, autostoppeuse ou spectre, la Dame Blanche est présente aux quatre coins du monde. Ce recueil vous fait découvrir les différentes légendes à travers des témoignages et des histoires, comme celle de la Dame Blanche qui annon?a la mort de Sissi l'impératrice ou la Dame Blanche qui hante le ch?teau de Puymartin, la Dame Blanche du cimetière d'Easton ou encore la légende Resurrection Mary. Les chasseurs de fant?mes se régalent de la traquer, de l'identifier et de la photographier. Avec ce livre, vous pouvez aussi vous lancer dans l'aventure, car il donne les lieux précis où elle appara?t.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter
Nathaniel Hawthorne
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One of the true classics of American literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has stirred the imagination of young and old alike for over four generations.?This is probably one of the most beautiful digital version ever made of this story, containing over 100 gorgeous illustrations.?The story chronicles the adventures of a girl named Dorothy Gale in the Land of Oz. As Baum says in the introduction "It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heartaches and nightmares are left out." And it succeeds wonderfully. It is one of the best-known stories in American popular culture and has been widely translated.
Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes and Home Made Candy Recipes
Chocolate and Cocoa Recipes and Home Made Candy Recipes
Miss Parloa
¥8.09
One of the great novelist’s most popular works, Oliver Twist is also the purest distillation of Dickens’s genius. Like most of Dickens’ work, the book is used to call the public’s attention to various contemporary social evils, including the workhouse, child labour and the recruitment of children as criminals. The novel is full of sarcasm and dark humour, even as it treats its serious subject, revealing the hypocrisies of the time. This tale of the orphan who is reared in a workhouse and runs away to London is a novel of social protest, a morality tale, and a detective story. Oliver Twist presents some of the most sinister characters in Dickens: the master thief, Fagin; the leering Artful Dodger; the murderer, Bill Sikes…along with some of his most sentimental and comical characters. Only Dickens can give us nightmare and daydream together. According to George Orwell, “in Oliver Twist…Dickens attacked English institutions with a ferocity that has never since been approached. Yet he managed to do it without making himself hated, and, more than this, the very people he attacked have welcomed him so completely that he has become a national institution himself.” The novel has been the subject of numerous film and television adaptations, and the basis for a highly successful British musical, Oliver!