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Three Poems: Host and Guest / Aluda Ketelauri / The Snake-Eater by Vazha-Pshavela
Rated: 4.70 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsVazha Pshavela (1861-1915) is considered one of the great poets in the fifteen-centuried Georgian literature. The three poems represented in the book are the most distinguished works of the poet... -
![Le Jardin de Gethsémani : roman by Ivan Bahrianyi]()
Le Jardin de Gethsémani : roman by Ivan Bahrianyi
Rated: 4.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsУ творі талановитого українського письменника Івана Багряного зображено потужну сталінську машину свавілля і беззаконь, яка нищила людину морально і фізично. В центрі роману образ інженера Андрія Чумака, який в роки терору потрапляє до в`язниці. Могутній дух і воля не дають зламатися йому навіть у нелюдських умовах... -
![আদর্শ হিন্দু হোটেল by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay]()
আদর্শ হিন্দু হোটেল by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsইংরেজ সময়ের পটভূমিতে এ উপন্যাসে লেখক তৎকালীন ব্রাহ্মণ সমাজের একজন 'রাঁধুনী বামুণ', হাজারী দেবশর্মার জীবনকথা সুনিপুণভাবে তুলে... -
![Scorched by Wajdi Mouawad]()
Scorched by Wajdi Mouawad
Rated: 4.39 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsTwin children Jeanne and Simon want to solve the mystery of their origins. In retracing the bitter history of their mother, who is about to die, other characters come into the story—witnesses or key players able to assist in the investigation. Carried aloft by poetic language, the inquiry pursued by Jeanne and Simon unfolds in a dreamlike atmosphere... -
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![Hellados by Nodar Dumbadze]()
Hellados by Nodar Dumbadze
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsHellados von Nodar Dumbadze erzählt über die Geschichte von zwei Teenagern aus Abchasien – Djemal und Ianguli. Als Djemal von Tiflis nach Suchumi zur Verwandtschaft umzieht, wird er mit dem Häuptling des Stadtviertels, dem griechischen Jungen Ianguli, konfrontiert. Ihre Beziehung, die am Anfang voll von Brüskierungen war, entwickelt sich langsam zur starken Freundschaft... -
![Jelena, žena koje nema by Ivo Andrić]()
Jelena, žena koje nema by Ivo Andrić
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJelena, žena koje nema (Jelena, a Woman Who's Not Here; 1962) belongs to the inter-war period. It is the expression of an abstract idea in concrete terms, suggesting the force with which quite abstract notions and vague impressions can impose themselves on the imagination, demanding to be recognized as no less real than 'reality... -
![Selected Poems and Four Plays by W.B. Yeats, Macha Louis Rosenthal]()
Selected Poems and Four Plays by W.B. Yeats, Macha Louis Rosenthal
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSince its first appearance in 1962, M. L. Rosenthal's classic selection of Yeats's poems and plays has attracted hundreds of thousands of readers. This newly revised edition includes 211 poems and 4 plays... -
![Five Novels: Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens]()
Five Novels: Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsFive Novels, Complete and Unabridged: Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, and Great Expectations...Categorized as:
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![თეთრი ბაირაღები by Nodar Dumbadze]()
თეთრი ბაირაღები by Nodar Dumbadze
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsსტუდენტ ზაზა ნაკაშიძეს, ჩხუბში მონაწილეობისთვის დააპატიმრებენ, უდანაშაულობის დამტკიცების იმედი არა აქვს. ციხის საკანში სხვადასხვა ეროვნებისა და მრწამსის დამნაშავეები შეყრილან. დროს განვლილ ცხოვრებაზე და დანაშაულის ჩადენის მიზეზებზე კამათში კლავენ. ქურდის, მკვლელის, სახელმწიფო ქონების გამფლანგველის, ყველაზე საშიში ბოროტმოქმედის სულშიც კი შეიძლება სათუთი გრძნობები იმალებოდეს... -
![Fortunata y Jacinta - Volumen I by Benito Pérez Galdós]()
Fortunata y Jacinta - Volumen I by Benito Pérez Galdós
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsPublicada en cuatro volúmenes entre enero y junio de 1887, Fortunata y Jacinta es la obra de mayor aliento de Benito Pérez Galdós (1843-1920)... -
![The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play by Wallace Stevens]()
The Palm at the End of the Mind: Selected Poems and a Play by Wallace Stevens
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA collection that all the major long poems and sequences, and every shorter poem of lasting value in Stevens' career. Edited by Holly Stevens, it includes some poems not printed in his earlier Collected Works...Categorized as:
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![Rose: A compelling story of love and family ties by Lilly Adam]()
Rose: A compelling story of love and family ties by Lilly Adam
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNorthamptonshire, 1865. The callous Sebastian Harper returns home from a hunting trip on Bushel Farm with the devastating news that his younger half-brother, Johnnie, has lost his life in a tragic accident... -
![The Hangman's Daughter by Rosie Darling]()
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![Westward Changes by Linda Bridey]()
Westward Changes by Linda Bridey
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA clean historical western cowboy romance novel about a mail order bride. Montana Mail Order Brides - Westward Series Book 14 Deena Abbott has pined for handsome ranch foreman, Eddie Baxter, for almost two years, but he barely notices her. When she hears he is looking for a mail-order-bride, she can’t resist throwing her hat in the ring... -
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![Fortunata y Jacinta - Volume 2 by Benito Pérez Galdós]()
Fortunata y Jacinta - Volume 2 by Benito Pérez Galdós
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThis is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process... -
![The Baker's Child by Eliza Lawley]()
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![Selected Poems of Miguel Hernández by Antonio A. Gómez Yebra]()
Selected Poems of Miguel Hernández by Antonio A. Gómez Yebra
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsMiguel Hernández is, along with Antonio Machado, Juan Ramón Jiménez, and Federico García Lorca, one of the greatest Spanish poets of the twentieth century... -
![Mookambikayute Swapnangal by Kota Shivarama Karanth]()
Mookambikayute Swapnangal by Kota Shivarama Karanth
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBook by sivarama... -
![Oliver Twist / A Tale of Two Cities / Great Expectations / A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens]()
Oliver Twist / A Tale of Two Cities / Great Expectations / A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsConsidered by many to be the greatest of all English novelists, this collection of four of his best and most successful books shows Charles Dickens at the height of his powers. Oliver Twist, published in 1838 and set in London's Victorian underworld, is a novel of social protest, a morality tale and detective story... -
![The Vicar's Wife by Emma Hardwick]()
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![The Complete Novels of Elizabeth Gaskell: 10 Victorian Classics: Mary Barton, The Moorland Cottage, Cranford, Ruth, North and South, ... Work, My Lady Ludlow & Cousin Phillis by Elizabeth Gaskell]()
The Complete Novels of Elizabeth Gaskell: 10 Victorian Classics: Mary Barton, The Moorland Cottage, Cranford, Ruth, North and South, ... Work, My Lady Ludlow & Cousin Phillis by Elizabeth Gaskell
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis collection includes 10 classics by this notable Victorian author, whose novels shown brutal and detailed portraits of lives of the poor, the orphans and the working class people in mid Victorian England. "Mary Barton" is set in the English city of Manchester and deals with the difficulties faced by the Victorian working class...Categorized as:
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![Westward Justice by Linda Bridey]()
Westward Justice by Linda Bridey
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA historical western cowboy romance novel about a mail order bride. ** A clean romance novel ** Sammi Jameson has seen her two best friends leave Walhalla and move to Dawson, Montana. She’s lonely and bored. So when her friend Jamie lets her know that another eligible bachelor is up for grabs in Dawson, Sammi waits for the ad to be posted and isn’t disappointed... -
![In His Touch: Blemished Brides Book 2 by Peggy L Henderson]()
In His Touch: Blemished Brides Book 2 by Peggy L Henderson
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA year has passed since a tragic event stole everything from Laura – her husband, her dreams for the future, and her sense of self-worth. Determined to run her farm alone, she resolves to never give in to the man who wants her land, or allow vicious rumors to break her spirit... -
![Collected Plays 1944-1961 by Arthur Miller]()
Collected Plays 1944-1961 by Arthur Miller
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsIn the inaugural volume of its collected edition of Miller's plays, The Library of America gathers the works from the 1940s and 1950s that electrified theatergoers and established Miller as one of the indispensable voices of the postwar era... -
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![Westward Destiny by Linda Bridey]()
Westward Destiny by Linda Bridey
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA historical western cowboy romance novel about a mail order bride. ** A clean romance novel ** Jamie Collins doesn't have much to live for in Walhalla, North Dakota. Her husband passed away two years ago and she has been working as a housekeeper on a ranch. Jamie's employers are difficult people to work for and she dreams of getting away from them and Cypress... -
![Angelique's Storm by Paula Millet]()
Angelique's Storm by Paula Millet
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsThe rain came down in heavy sheets and the wind howled around her as the angry surf churned in response. But she had battled the storms of life before, and she would not be intimidated, not by nature’s fury nor by a man, even one who once had her heart…... -
![Follies by Stephen Sondheim, James Goldman]()
Follies by Stephen Sondheim, James Goldman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOn the eve of its destruction, the once-glorious Weissman Theatre is filled with the ghosts of its past as showgirls from 40 years ago reunite to glamorize the old days and relive bygone memories of promise and splendor. For two jaded middle-aged couples, coming face-to-face with what might have been proves to be a shattering experience... -
![How I Danced With The Duke by Eva Devon]()
How I Danced With The Duke by Eva Devon
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsA Duke Determined to Avenge. . .The Duke of Wildwood has but one goal, vengeance. After seeing his sister destroyed by a wastrel, he will stop at nothing to hurt the man who ruined his sister. But when the house party he sets up, to undo the villain responsible for so much pain, begins to deviate from his plans, his frustration knows no end. .Categorized as:
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![Best of Manto: A Collection of his Short Stories by Saadat Hasan Manto]()
Best of Manto: A Collection of his Short Stories by Saadat Hasan Manto
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsEnglish translation of short stories... -
![Tennyson: Poems by Alfred Tennyson]()
Tennyson: Poems by Alfred Tennyson
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAlfred, Lord Tennyson was a more complex writer than his status as Queen Victoria’s favorite poet might suggest. Though capable of rendering rapture and delight in the most exquisite verse, in another mode Tennyson is brother in spirit to Poe and Baudelaire, the author of dark, passionate reveries... -
![Tragedias by William Shakespeare]()
Tragedias by William Shakespeare
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIn the First Folio, the plays of William Shakespeare were grouped into three categories: comedies, histories, and tragedies. Shakespeare wrote tragedies from the beginning of his career. One of his earliest plays was the Roman tragedy Titus Andronicus, which he followed a few years later with Romeo and Juliet... -
![El libro vacío / Los años falsos by Josefina Vicens]()
El libro vacío / Los años falsos by Josefina Vicens
Rated: 4.42 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsEn 1958 hizo su aparición en el panorama literario mexicano una escritora distinta a todas las demás: Josefina Vicens. Y lo hizo con El libro vacío, una obra maestra justamente comparada con La novela luminosa de Mario Levrero que no es solo una narración sobre la metafísica de la escritura, sino también sobre los deseos y las limitaciones de un hombre cualquiera... -
![Pedro and the Captain by Mario Benedetti]()
Pedro and the Captain by Mario Benedetti
Rated: 4.14 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA four act play with only two characters, Pedro, incarcerated, and the Captain, who is his torturer... -
![السقا مات by يوسف السباعي]()
السقا مات by يوسف السباعي
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsتعتبر هذه الرواية من أهم وأفضل ما قدم يوسف السباعي للمكتبة العربية، وتدور أحداثها بحارة مصرية في عشرينيات القرن الماضي حول فكرة رئيسية وهي الموت، الموت الذي اختطف زوجة البطل "المعلم شوشا السقا" فعاش بعدها حزينا على فراقها خائفاً مرتعباً من الموت، ولكن المصادقة تجعله ينقذ شخصاً لا يعرفه من الضرب وتتوثق بينهما الصداقة، لكن المعلم شوشا عندما علم أن صديقه يعمل في مجال متعلق بدفن الموتى نفر منه، غير... -
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![Το μεγάλο μας τσίρκο by Iakovos Kambanellis, Ιάκωβος Καμπανέλλης]()
Το μεγάλο μας τσίρκο by Iakovos Kambanellis, Ιάκωβος Καμπανέλλης
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsΡΩΜΙΟΣ: Αρκετά!... Και τώρα μια τελευταία διευκρίνιση. Είπα ότι το έργο μας είναι κωμωδία. Αλλά δεν είναι απλώς διότι έτσι γράφτηκε ή διότι το λέμε εμείς. Είναι κωμωδία για έναν άλλο σοβαρότερο και πολύ πιο έγκυρο λόγο: Το δηλώσαμε ως κωμωδία, το υποβάλαμε στη λογοκρισία ως κωμωδία και ενεκρίθη ως κωμωδία δια της υπ’ αριθμόν 199 αποφάσεως... -
![The Major Works by Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Sloan]()
The Major Works by Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Sloan
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPercy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) was a Romantic poet of radical imaginings, living in an age of change. His tempestuous life and friendship with Byron, and his tragically early death, at times threatened to overwhelm his legacy as a poet, but today his standing as one of the foremost English authors is assured... -
![Love Poems of Elizabeth and Robert Browning by Elizabeth Barrett Browning]()
Love Poems of Elizabeth and Robert Browning by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsFine hardcover w/nf dj w/ fold vertically on rear of dj, 1994 Barnes& Noble Books, number line is 9-6. Foreword by Louis Untermeyer. 268 pages. Cover painting courtesy of Art Resource, J.M.W. Turner Eton, from the River... -
![Trail of Destiny by Merry Farmer]()
Trail of Destiny by Merry Farmer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsYoung widow, Alice Porter, never thought she would fall in love again, and that her family’s journey along the Oregon Trail was the end of her story. Rugged militiaman, Jarvis Flint, never thought he would fall in love in the first place, even though he is determined to be a man of honor and to do his duty... -
![Rogues Like it Scot by Eva Devon]()
Rogues Like it Scot by Eva Devon
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA Lord Who Loathes London: Years ago, after having his heart and soul destroyed, Lord Damian Peterboro turned his back on society and left for parts unknown. Now, he’s returned, the rudest, most scandalous, most shocking man to come out of the wilds. An avid adventurer, determined to preserve the antiquities of the old worlds, Damian needs funds badly... -
![Bleak House, Volume I by Charles Dickens]()
Bleak House, Volume I by Charles Dickens
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience...Categorized as:
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![Plays: One by Arthur Miller]()
Plays: One by Arthur Miller
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratings(alternative cover for isbn: 0413158101)Formerly part of the World Dramatists series of play collections by classic and modern playwrights, including foreign works in workable and accurate translations, this title and seven others are reissued in a new format under the heading, World Classics... -
![Collected Poems of Thomas Hardy by Thomas Hardy]()
Collected Poems of Thomas Hardy by Thomas Hardy
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis Wordsworth Edition includes an exclusive Introduction, Bibliography and Glossary by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature University of Kent at Canterbury. Thomas Hardy started composing poetry in the heyday of Tennyson and Browning. He was still writing with unimpaired power sixty years later, when Eliot and Yeats were the leading names in the field... -
![The Ragged Lady by Hattie Finch]()
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![The Tide of Life by Catherine Cookson]()
The Tide of Life by Catherine Cookson
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSep McGilby always said that Emily Kennedy had a happy face. And at sixteen, Emily had a lot to be glad about. She loved her job as maid-of-all-work to the McGilbys, and the only cloud on her horizon was her anxiety about her delicate younger sister, Lucy... -
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![Reeds and Mud by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez]()
Reeds and Mud by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsSet in Valencia, a poverty stricken city on the coast of Spain, this novel portrays the struggle of the common man against his environment. Based on the author's first hand experience in this area, the story centres around three generations of a poor Valencian family (circa 1900) who are as divided in their views on how to get along in this hostile world as any three individuals can be... -
![In His Eyes: Blemished Brides Book 1 by Peggy L Henderson]()
In His Eyes: Blemished Brides Book 1 by Peggy L Henderson
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsCarefree and strong-willed, Katherine Montgomery is the daughter of a successful Montana horse rancher. When a tragic accident claims her father's life, Katherine is left to deal with an overbearing mother whose agenda does not include a young daughter. Fate deals her another devastating blow, leaving her to face an uncertain future far away from everything and everyone she's loved... -
![The Post Office by Rabindranath Tagore]()
The Post Office by Rabindranath Tagore
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThis vintage book contains Rabindranath Tagore's 1912 play, 'The Post Office'. The play revolves around Amal, a child confined to his adopted uncle's house by an incurable disease who, inspired by the construction of a local post office, fantasizes about receiving a letter from the king or being a postman. The play was translated into English by W. B... -
![Black Velvet Gown by Catherine Cookson]()
Black Velvet Gown by Catherine Cookson
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsThere would be times when Riah Millican came to regret that her husband had learned to read and write, and then shared his knowledge with her and their children. For this was Durham in the 1830's, when employers tended to regard the spread of education with suspicion. But now Seth Millican was dead and she was a widow with the need to find a home and a living for herself and her children... -
![Bir Süre Yere Paralel Gittikten Sonra by Barış Bıçakçı]()
Bir Süre Yere Paralel Gittikten Sonra by Barış Bıçakçı
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"Bir şey sunulmuştu bana, bir hediye, bir meyve. Ama ben o meyveden tadamadım, gök erik gibi kaldı avcumda dünya. Şimdi ben uykusuzum, yalınayağım, kendimle meşgulüm. Kapımın önünde boş peynir tenekeleri, yağmur suyu biriktiriyorum... -
![García Márquez: Crónica de una muerte anunciada by Stephen M. Hart]()
García Márquez: Crónica de una muerte anunciada by Stephen M. Hart
Rated: 4.06 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEsta Novela se basa en un hecho histórico acontecido en la tierra natal del autor. Sin embargo, en García Márquez la dialéctica entre realidad y mito es tan fecunda que eleva el hecho a categoría de metáfora universal sobre la condición humana...
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