Inspiring, brilliantly written, cantankerous and funny - Walden is both a very specific story about one man's attempt to live the simple life in the wilderness, and the great, founding text both for the environmental movement and the entire ... Zobraziť viac
Considered one the masterpieces of realist fiction, George Eliot's novel, Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life, explores a fictional nineteenth-century Midlands town in the midst of modern changes. The quiet drama of ordinary lives and... Zobraziť viac
Podiyi tsiyeyi chudovoyi knyhy vidbuvayutʹsya v dalekiy Kanadi, na ostrovi Pryntsa Eduarda. Starshi brat i sestra Metʹyu i Marilla Katbert zhyvutʹ na fermi Zelenyy dakh. Odnoho razu vony vyrishyly vzyaty khloptsya z dytbudynku... Zobraziť viac
Into his story of a simple but beatiful country girls seduction by another man which causes her husband to leave her on their wedding night and thereby precipitates a course of events that ends in murder, Hardy wove a luminous tenderness and longing. Zobraziť viac
Isma is free. After years spent raising her twin siblings in the wake of their mother's death, she is finally studying in... Zobraziť viac
'A sharp, scary, gorgeously evocative tale of love, art and obsession' Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train. The Doll Factory, the debut novel by Elizabeth Macneal, is an intoxicating story of art, obsession and possession. London. 1850... Zobraziť viac
Louisiana, 1875: In the tumultuous aftermath of Reconstruction, three young women set off as unwilling companions on a perilous quest. For heiresses Lavinia and Juneau Jane, the journey is one of inheritance and financial desperation... Zobraziť viac
In one of his most energetic and enjoyable novels, Charles Dickens tells the life story of David Copperfield, from his birth in Suffolk, through the various struggles of his childhood, to his successful career as a novelist. The early scenes are... Zobraziť viac
Shy, lonely and introverted Fuyuko lives alone and fills her days with her job as a freelance proofreader. About to turn thirty-five, she cannot imagine ever having any emotional or successful relationship in her life as it currently stands... Zobraziť viac
Aleph Décider. Changer. Se réinventer. Agir. Expérimenter. Réussir. Oser. Rêver. Gagner. Découvrir. Éloigner. S'engager. Penser. Croire. Grandir. Appartenir. S'éveiller. Nous avons parfois besoin de redonner un sens à notre vie... Zobraziť viac
Best friends and sisters, the four Padvano girls are thought of as inseparable by everyone in their close-knit Chicago neighbourhood. Julia, the eldest, is a planner... Zobraziť viac
These Royals will ruin you… Ella Harper is a survivor-a pragmatic optimist. She’s spent her whole life moving from town to... Zobraziť viac
The Salpêtrière asylum, 1885. All of Paris is in thrall to Doctor Charcot and his displays of hypnotism on women who have been deemed mad or hysterical, outcasts from society. But the truth is much more complicated - for these women are often... Zobraziť viac
"Don´t you think there is a certain resemblance between the mystery of the Mass and what I am trying to do?...To give... Zobraziť viac
In <i>The Canterbury Tales</i> Chaucer created one of the great touchstones of English literature, a masterly collection of chivalric romances, moral allegories and low farce... Zobraziť viac
Sie sind siebzehn und verlieben sich auf den ersten Blick ineinander. Einen wunderschönen, scheinbar endlosen Sommer haben Allie und Noah gemeinsam. Dann muss Allie mit ihrer Familie den verträumten Urlaubsort verlassen ... Zobraziť viac
Cannery Row in Monterey in California is a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, nostalgia, and a dream. Meet the gamblers, whores, drunks, bums and artists of Cannery Row in Monterey, California, ... Zobraziť viac
The statutes disappeared the same way they appeared, in an instant. While they were on Earth, they caused confusion and destruction without ever lifting a finger. Well, that's not exactly true. Part of their impact was the untimely death ... Zobraziť viac
Landon Carter would never have dreamed of asking Jamie Sullivan out, but a twist of fate throws them together. In the months that follow, Landon breaks down Jamie's natural reserve and begins to get to know her - and to fall in love... Zobraziť viac
Short listed for the Richard & Judy Book Club 2007. An uplifting story set in Los Angeles about one man's effort to bring himself back to life... Zobraziť viac
