This masterful biography by one of Germanys best known journalists was the leading nonfiction bestseller in Germany. Fest shows Hitler as the receptacle of the dreads and resentments of a shaken social order, gifted with an uncanny instinct for all...Daugiau...
This fictional classic describes the factual persecution endured by the early Christians living in the catacombs beneath Rome through the character of Marellus, a captain in the Praetorian Guard and despised Christian. Penned by an anonymous nineteen...Daugiau...
Penguin Island is Anatole Frances most searching and satirical novel. A humorous critique of customs and laws, rituals and rites, its subject is human nature, but its characters are penguins in the mythical land of Penguinia. The story of the strutt...Daugiau...
In 1904, Great Britain was at the height of its prosperity; but G. K. Chesterton saw the drudgery of capitalism and bureaucracy eating away at the eccentricity and spontaneity of the human spirit. In The Napoleon of Notting Hill, his first novel, Che...Daugiau...
In 1904, Great Britain was at the height of its prosperity; but G. K. Chesterton saw the drudgery of capitalism and bureaucracy eating away at the eccentricity and spontaneity of the human spirit. In The Napoleon of Notting Hill, his first novel, Che...Daugiau...
Elliot Engel, Skyboat Media, Stefan Rudnicki, Molly Underwood, various narrators, Joan Allen, Stephanie Beacham, Frederick Davidson, Gabrielle de Cuir, Jill Eikenberry...
They are icons of the literary world whose soaring works have been discussed and analyzed in countless classrooms, homes, and pubs. Yet for most readers, the living, breathing human beings behind the classics have remained unknown-until now. In this...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 22-Oct-2013, PDF+DRM, Leidėjas: Elsevier Health Sciences, ISBN-13: 9781483281384)
Recent Advances in Ophthalmology focuses on developments in ophthalmology, including therapy, keratotomy, phototoxicity, and retinopathy. The compilation first offers information on the therapy of herpes simplex, anterior segment surgery, and use o...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 22-Oct-2013, EPUB+DRM, Leidėjas: Elsevier Health Sciences, ISBN-13: 9781483281384)
Recent Advances in Ophthalmology focuses on developments in ophthalmology, including therapy, keratotomy, phototoxicity, and retinopathy. The compilation first offers information on the therapy of herpes simplex, anterior segment surgery, and use o...Daugiau...
E. M. Forsters first novel explores the comic and tragic effects of culture clash between insular, provincial British personalities and sensual Italian culture and atmosphere.Lilia Herriton, an impulsive thirty-three-year-old widow from London, trav...Daugiau...
The Trespasser, D. H. Lawrences second novel, foreshadowed the passion of Lady Chatterleys Lover.Helena Verden, a young woman in her late twenties, and Siegmund MacNair, her violin teacher, are in love. But there is more than one obstacle on their...Daugiau...
Is evolution fact or fancy? Is natural selection an unsupported hypothesis or a confirmed mechanism of evolutionary change Darwins theory of evolution is accepted by most educated Americans as simple fact, but what if this idea is wrong? What if &qu...Daugiau...
Alfred Hitchcock said, "e;Mr. Ambler is phenomenal,"e; and Graham Greene referred to him as "e;our greatest thriller writer."e; This is an ideal title for introducing listeners to this master. Ambler brilliantly paints realistic portr...Daugiau...
Although it is little known in this country, The Belly of Paris is considered one of mile Zolas best novels. Set in the newly built food markets of Paris, it is a story of wealth and poverty set against a sumptuous banquet of food and commerce.Havin...Daugiau...
Horace Rumpole, the comic, courageous, and corpulent ;great defender of muddled and sinful humanity, is joined by a winning cast of villains and victims in this collection of six tales in which wry humor and sparkling wit deftly send up the British...Daugiau...
An Inspector Morse MysteryThe case seems so simple that Inspector Morse deems it beneath his notice. A wealthy, elderly American tourist has a heart attack in her room at Oxfords luxurious Randolph Hotel. Missing from the scene is the ladys handbag...Daugiau...
Hudson Taylor is one of the most remarkable of Christianitys heroes. A gawky, determined Yorkshire boy of commonplace origins, mediocre education, and uncertain health, Hudson Taylor lived in the assurance that under Gods direction he would someda...Daugiau...
Three young truants from a church meeting on Sunday make their way to a seashore hideaway, where they observe a huge black man muttering incantations and performing weird rites. When the man discovers the children, he chases them with a knife. In def...Daugiau...
He was a gossip columnists dream. Piccadilly Jims life was a collage of broken promises and drunken brawls.And Jims straight-laced Victorian aunt was not amused. So, she decided to reform him. Unfortunately, her reform project started at a time wh...Daugiau...
In this engaging collection of stories, Rumpole continues to deftly juggle the vagaries of law, the ambiguities of crime, and the contradictions of the human heart in his death-defying performances on behalf of justice. The irreverent, claret-swillin...Daugiau...
The history of China is as rich and strange as that of any country on earth. Yet for many, Chinas history remains unknown, or known only through the stylized images that generations in the West have cherished or reviled as truth.With his command of...Daugiau...
Colin Dexters Chief Inspector Morsethe cranky, heavy-drinking, and exasperatingly brilliant sleuth of the Thames Valley Policehas become one of the most beloved detectives in fiction. Now, with this collection of eleven short stories, we can savor c...Daugiau...
From one of the truly preeminent historians of our time, this is a landmark book chronicling the French Revolution. Simon Schama deftly refutes the contemporary notion that the French Revolution represented an uprising of the oppressed poor against a...Daugiau...
Dr. Johnson may have been correct in saying that "e;Rousseau was a very bad man,"e; but none can argue that his ideas are among the most influential in all of world history. It was Rousseau, the father of the romantic movement, who was respon...Daugiau...
"e;Dr. Mortimer looked strangely at us for an instant and his voice sank almost to a whisper as he answered, "e;Mr. Holmes, they were the footprints of a gigantic hound."e;The "e;luminous, ghostly, and spectral"e; hound of family...Daugiau...
William Wordsworth (17701850) is one of the most popular and enduring of the English poets. His poetry is beloved for its deep feeling, its use of ordinary speech, and its celebration of nature and of the beauty and poetry in the commonplace. Togethe...Daugiau...
When Jimmy Pitt bets an actor friend that any fool could burgle a house, offering to demonstrate the feat that very night, he puts his reputation on the line.Jimmy hires the services of a professional burglar, but his difficulties are increased when...Daugiau...
Although the poet John Donne lived so long ago, some phrases from his writing still linger with us today, such as "e;no man is an island,"e; "e;death be not proud,"e; and "e;for whom the bell tolls,"e; which provided the title...Daugiau...
Robert Browning was a deeply religious man who wrestled to obtain and keep his Christian faith. His conviction was that life in this world is so riddled with evil and sorrow that only a future life can make sense out of it. He viewed life as a traini...Daugiau...
G. K. Chestertons Father Brown is perhaps the most lovable amateur detective ever created. This short, shabby priest with his cherubic, round face attracts situations that baffle everyoneexcept Father Brown and his rather nave wisdom.The twelve enth...Daugiau...
Detective fans of all races and creeds, of all tastes and fancies will delight in the exploits of this wise and whimsical padre. Father Browns powers of detection allow him to sit beside the immortal Holmes, but he is also ;in all senses a most ple...Daugiau...
