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The Fortress by Meša Selimović
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsA novel on 18th century Sarajevo under Ottoman rule, featuring a soldier returned from the wars. A Muslim, he marries a Christian girl who supports him while he dabbles in politics, eventually leading a raid to rescue a friend from jail... -
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Time of Parting by Anton Donchev
Rated: 4.57 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsIn the 17th century, a Bulgarian Christian region is selected by the Ottoman rulers to serve as an example of conversion to Islam. A Janissary who was taken from the village as a boy is sent to force the reluctant inhabitants to convert. The local Turkish governor seeks a peaceful solution, but ultimately torture, violence, and rebellion break out... -
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Los pilares de la Tierra by Ken Follett
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsEl gran maestro de las novelas de acción y de suspense lleva al lector a la Edad Media para sumirlo en un fascinante mundo con reyes, damas, caballeros, pugnas feudales, castillos y ciudades amuralladas. El amor y la muerte se entrecruzan constantemente en este magistral tapiz que tiene como centro la construcción de una catedral gótica... -
![The Rogues' Trial by Ariano Suassuna]()
The Rogues' Trial by Ariano Suassuna
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThe Crimes of John Cricket and Other Rogues; Their Trial, and the Intercession of Mary, Our Lady of Mercy. A Satire on Human Frailties in the Form of a Miracle Play Based on Ballads and Folk Tales of Northeastern Brazil... -
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![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... -
![Les Miserables: Sheet Music by Claude-Michael Schonberg, Alain Boublil]()
Les Miserables: Sheet Music by Claude-Michael Schonberg, Alain Boublil
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsPiano duet arrangements of eight beautiful favorites from Les Mis: Bring Him Home * Castle on a Cloud * Do You Hear the People Sing? * A Heart Full of Love * I Dreamed a Dream * In My Life * On My Own * Stars... -
![Осъдени души by Dimitar Dimov, Димитър Димов]()
Осъдени души by Dimitar Dimov, Димитър Димов
Rated: 4.44 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsМоже ли любовта да издържи на предизвикателствата на войната?Може ли човек да открие щастие, надежда, спасение в един свят, раздиран от жестокост, фанатизъм, глад, страх и болести, в който човешкият живот сякаш е загубил стойност, а непримиримите идеологии увличат милиони във всепомитаща буря?Испания е в гражданска война... -
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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... -
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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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Znachor by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"Znachor" is a one of the best novels written by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz. It has been published in 1937... -
![Kavi by Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay]()
Kavi by Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay
Rated: 4.43 of 5 stars · 14 ratings"কাহিনী সাধারণ এক গ্রামে ডাকাত বংশে জন্মগ্রহণ করে নিচুবংশের নিতাই। তবে তার স্বভাব তার বাবা-কাকাদের মত নয়। সে সৎ থাকতে চায়, তাই ঘরবাড়ি ছেড়ে স্টেশনে গিয়ে থাকে। এখানেই তার সাথে বন্ধুত্ব হয় রাজার, যে স্টেশনে কাজ করে। সে কবিয়াল ধরণের মানুষ। বিভিন্ন স্থানে গিয়ে ইতোমধ্যেই সে কবিগান করেছে। এদিকে রাজারই এক আত্মীয়কে ঠাকুরঝি বলে ডাকত সে। বিবাহিত ঠাকুরঝি রোজ এসে দুধ বিক্রি করে যেত। একপর্যায়ে তার... -
![ثلاثية غرناطة by Radwa Ashour, رضوى عاشور]()
ثلاثية غرناطة by Radwa Ashour, رضوى عاشور
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 30 ratingsثلاثية غرناطة هي ثلاثية روائية تتكون من ثلاث روايات للكاتبة المصرية رضوى عاشور و هم على التوالي: غرناطة - مريمة - الرحيل... -
![Η μεγάλη χίμαιρα by M. Karagatsis, Μ. Καραγάτσης]()
Η μεγάλη χίμαιρα by M. Karagatsis, Μ. Καραγάτσης
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"Η μεγάλη χίμαιρα" είναι ένα λεπτομερές ψυχογράφημα. Ο συγγραφέας καταπιάνεται με ένα γυναικείο χαρακτήρα και τον αναλύει συστηματικά. Η ιστορία της Μαρίνας, μιας νεαρής Γαλλίδας που ερωτεύεται, παντρεύεται και ακολουθεί τον άνδρα της στη Σύρο, στο πατρικό του σπίτι της Επισκοπής. Εκεί ζει, κάτω από τον βαρύ, αποδοκιμαστικό ίσκιο της πεθεράς της... -
![Kabuliwala and Other Stories by Rabindranath Tagore]()
Kabuliwala and Other Stories by Rabindranath Tagore
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 16 ratings“I understood then that he was as I am, that he was a father just as I am a father.” Set in Kolkata at the turn of the 20th century, Kabuliwallah tells of the improbable friendship between a well-to-do young girl, Mini, and a traveling dried fruit seller. Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) was a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance... -
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![गोदान [Godaan] by Munshi Premchand, मुंशी प्रेमचंद]()
गोदान [Godaan] by Munshi Premchand, मुंशी प्रेमचंद
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsPremchand is the most famous Hindi novelist and Godaan is Premchand’s most celebrated novel. Economic and social conflict in a north Indian village are brilliantly captured in the story of Hori, a poor farmer and his family’s struggle for survival and self-respect. Hori does everything he can to fulfill his life’s desire: to own a cow, the peasant’s measure of wealth and well-being... -
![Gaban by Munshi Premchand]()
Gaban by Munshi Premchand
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsGaban, first published in 1931, five years before Premchard's death, is the story of Ramanath, a morally weak but physically charming youth brought to near-disaster by his beautiful wife Jalpa's inordinate craving for jewelry. This is a felicitous translation by Christopher R King and will enable many readers to appreciate Premchand's important novel, available for the first time in English... -
![Песента на колелетата by Yordan Yovkov, Yordan Yovkov]()
Песента на колелетата by Yordan Yovkov, Yordan Yovkov
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsКласическите произведения на българската литература са слънчевите стълбове, крепящи националното ни самосъзнание. Те са кристалните мостове на възторга, по които Отечеството ще премине през огън и страдания и ще пребъде в третото хилядолетие. Издателство “Захарий Стоянов” предлага специална поредица най-доброто от високата българска класика... -
![Fear by Anatoli Rybakov]()
Fear by Anatoli Rybakov
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom Publishers WeeklyIn this sequel to his international bestseller Children of the Arbat , Rybakov picks up the story of Sasha Pankratov and his friends from Moscow's fashionable Arbat district as Josef Stalin launches the reign of terror that saw millions of Soviet citizens arrested, exiled or shot for counterrevolutionary activities... -
![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... -
![Жестокий Век by Исай Калашников]()
Жестокий Век by Исай Калашников
Rated: 4.67 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsВойско Чингисхана подобно вулканической лаве сметало на своем пути все живое: истребляло народы, превращало в пепел цветущие цивилизации. Вершитель этого жесточайшего абсурда — Чингисхан — и чудовище и гениальный полководец. "Жестокий век" — это молниеносные степные переходы, дымы кочевий, необузданная, вольная жизнь, где неразлучны опасность и удача... -
![The Little Tragedies by Alexander Pushkin]()
The Little Tragedies by Alexander Pushkin
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsIn a major burst of creativity, Russian poet Alexander Pushkin during just three months in 1830 completed Eugene Onegin, composed more than thirty lyric poems, wrote several short stories and folk tales, and penned the four short dramas in verse that comprise the "little tragedies"... -
![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)... -
![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... -
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![Novecento by Alessandro Baricco]()
Novecento by Alessandro Baricco
Rated: 4.15 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsThe story was made into The Legend of 1900, a 1998 film starring Tim Roth. Told through the eyes of Novecento’s (the greatest pianist who ever played on the ocean) best friend, trumpeter Tim Tooney, Baricco’s virile text echoes heroic fables and great myths, whilst winking at the beautiful and terrible minutiae that makes up life... -
![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... -
![Complete Prose Fiction by Alexander Pushkin]()
Complete Prose Fiction by Alexander Pushkin
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsPushkin’s prose tales are the foundation stones on which the great novels of Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky were built, but they are also brilliant and fascinating in their own right. In both prose and verse, Pushkin was one of the world’s great storytellers: direct and dramatic, clear-sighted, vivid, and passionate...Categorized as:
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![Tolstoy: Anna Karenina by Anthony Thorlby]()
Tolstoy: Anna Karenina by Anthony Thorlby
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsProfessor ThorIby offers a close reading of this classic novel and explores the subtle psychology in Tolstoy's characterisation. He avoids complex terminology and assumes a readership studying the text in English translation... -
![Mookambikayute Swapnangal by Kota Shivarama Karanth]()
Mookambikayute Swapnangal by Kota Shivarama Karanth
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsBook by sivarama... -
![Mayombe by Pepetela]()
Mayombe by Pepetela
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsPepetela's novel is a fascinating study of the tensions produced by racism, tribalism, and sexual morals... -
![Her Benny by Silas Kitto Hocking]()
Her Benny by Silas Kitto Hocking
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThis book is a little gem. It was first published in 1880 by a Cornish Minister who upped sticks to bang his drum up in the 'grim North', ( including 3 years in Liverpool, which is where this story is primarily set )... -
![Complete Works of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov]()
Complete Works of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratings*Many images related to Chekhov, his works and the places he lived in* concise introductions to the texts* All 211 short stories available for the first time on the Kindle! Even rare stories like ‘Rapture’ – Chekhov’s first ever piece of fiction and available nowhere else as a digital book* the short stories have BOTH chronological and alphabetical contents tables – find that classic story... -
![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... -
![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... -
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![Love is Just a Word by Johannes Mario Simmel, Йоханес Марио Зимел]()
Love is Just a Word by Johannes Mario Simmel, Йоханес Марио Зимел
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThis is the story of Oliver and Verena, who fall in love and risk everything to keep each other.He is the son of a notorious German industrialist. She is the voluptuous, indiscreet wife of a wealthy and ruthless businessman.Apart they have been two lonely people. Half alive. Together, they are radiant... -
![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... -
![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... -
![கடல் புறா [Kadal Pura] 1 by Sandilyan]()
கடல் புறா [Kadal Pura] 1 by Sandilyan
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsகடல் புறா எழுத்தாளர் சாண்டில்யன் அவர்களால் எழுதப்பட்ட ஒரு வரலாற்றுப் புதினம். சிறீ விசய நாட்டில் இருந்து சோழர் உதவி தேடி இளவரசருக்கும் அவரது மகளுக்கும் சோழ இளவரசரான அநபாயரும் அவரது படைத்தலைவரான கருணாகர பல்லவனும் அவர்களுக்கு உதவுவது கதையின் ஒரு பகுதியாகும். இம்முயற்சிக்கு அநபாயரின் தோழரான அமீர் என்ற அராபியரும் அவரது ஆசானாகிய அகூதா என்ற சீனரும் உதவுகின்றனர்... -
![The Norton Anthology of American Literature by Robert S. Levine, Wayne Franklin]()
The Norton Anthology of American Literature by Robert S. Levine, Wayne Franklin
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe Norton Anthology of American Literature, Shorter Eighth Edition, features a diverse and balanced variety of works and thorough but judicious editorial apparatus throughout. The new edition, which also newly includes much-requested authors and selections and 130 in-text images, remains an unmatched value for students...Categorized as:
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![Pushkin: Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin by Alexander Pushkin]()
Pushkin: Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin by Alexander Pushkin
Rated: 4.11 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsThis book contains the Russian text of Pushkin's Tales of the Late Ivan Petrovich Belkin. The text is accompanied with English language introduction and notes on the text... -
![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... -
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![Louis de Bernières's Captain Corelli's Mandolin: A Reader's Guide by Con Coroneos]()
Louis de Bernières's Captain Corelli's Mandolin: A Reader's Guide by Con Coroneos
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsContinuum Contemporaries will be a wonderful source of ideas and inspiration for members of book clubs and readings groups, as well as for literature students.The aim of the series is to give readers accessible and informative introductions to 30 of the most popular, most acclaimed, and most influential novels of recent years... -
![Agrā rūsa by Elīna Zālīte]()
Agrā rūsa by Elīna Zālīte
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsGalvenās varones Elzas vēstījums meitai ir godīgs, atklāts un dziļi emocionāls jaunas sievietes “vieglās laimes” atspoguļojums. Gan grāmatā, gan latviešu mākslas filmā “Agrā rūsa” (G. Cilinska režijā) Elzas, Ķikuļa kunga, Straujupa, Italo, sabiedrības dažādu sociālo slāņu morāle un rīcība atklājas īpaši spilgti... -
![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... -
![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... -
![Fiela's Child by Dalene Matthee]()
Fiela's Child by Dalene Matthee
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsSet in nineteenth-century rural Africa, Fiela's Child tells the gripping story of Fiela Komoetie and a white, three-year old child, Benjamin, whom she finds crying on her doorstep. For nine years Fiela raises Benjamin as one of her own children. But when census takers discover Benjamin, they send him to an illiterate white family of woodcutters who claim him as their son... -
![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...
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