Oblomov

Ivan Goncharov; David Magarshack (Translator, Introduction by, Foreword by); Milton Ehre (Introduction by)

Roman I. A. Goncharova Oblomov - vydajushheesja proizvedenie russkoj literatury XIX v., i svoeobraznejshee ee javlenie, ibo ono, vo-pervyh, obstojatel'no i tshhatel'no raskrylo original'nyj harakter, vospitannyj nacional'noj i social'noj sredoj togo vremeni, a vo-vtoryh, vyjavilo izumitel'nuju unikal'no...

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Maurice Hall is a young man who grows up confident in his privileged status and well aware of his role in society. Modest and generally conformist, he nevertheless finds himself increasingly attracted to his own sex. Through Clive, whom he encounters at Cambridge, and through Alec, the gamekeeper on Cli...

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Mystery and excitement abound in this lively collection of fairy tales, folklore and legends, which celebrate Scotland's enormously rich oral tradition and offers a carefully chosen combination of old favorites such as Tam Lin, Thomas Rymer and Adam Bell, as well as more modern stories by master story-t...

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Tiffany Aching has finally got her wish. She is a witch (and a respected one, at that). Overworked and underpaid, that?s for certain, but a witch nonetheless. Help is at hand though. In the form of young Geoffrey and his goat. Geoffrey wants to be a witch too, and thinks he can save the world by buildin...

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Eddie Jaku

Life can be beautiful if you make it beautiful. It is up to you. Eddie Jaku always considered himself a German first, a Jew second. He was proud of his country. But all of that changed on 9 November 1938, when he was beaten, arrested and taken to a concentration camp. Over the next seven years, Eddie fa...