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1651 Persian Letters. Шарль Луи Монтескье
In their letters home they report on visits to the theatre and scientific societies, and observe the manners and flirtations of polite society, the structures of power and the hypocrisy of religion. Two Persian travellers, Usbek and Rica, arrive in
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1652 On Liberty and Other Essays. John Stuart Mill
Contrary to the common view, these essays show Mill to be a systematic and consistent thinker rather than the muddled eclectic of traditional interpretations. The four essays here collected, for the first time, in a single volume, show Mill
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1653 Late Victorian Gothic Tales. Генри Джеймс, Артур Конан Дойл, Оскар Уайльд, Редьярд Джозеф Киплинг
This heady brew was caught nowhere better than in the revival of the Gothic tale in the late Victorian age, where the undead walked and evil curses, foul murder, doomed inheritance and sexual menace played on the stretched nerves of the new mass
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1654 John Barleycorn: "Alcoholic Memoirs". Джек Лондон
But throughout his colorful life–from his teenage years as an oyster pirate to his various incarnations as a well-traveled seaman, Yukon gold prospector, waterfront brawler, unemployed vagrant, impassioned socialist, and celebrated writer–he
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1655 The Monk. Мэтью Грегори Льюис
The struggle between maintaining monastic vows and fulfilling personal ambitions leads its main character, the monk Ambrosio, to temptation and the breaking of his vows, then to sexual obsession and rape, and finally to murder in order to conceal
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1656 Daodejing. Лао-цзы
It encapsulates the main tenets of Daoism, and upholds a way of being as well as a philosophy and a religion. "The best-loved of all the classical books of China and the most universally popular, the Daodejing or Classic of the Way and the
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1657 Lancelot Of The Lake. Corin F. V. Corley
Из серии: Oxford World`s Classics 2008. Translated for the first time into English, the Old French prose poem is a classic of European literature and has influenced such diverse figures as Dante, T.H. White, and the makers of the 1967 film
539 руб
1658 Les Liaisons dangereuses. Шодерло де Лакло
Its prime movers, the Vicomte de Valmont and the Marquise de Merteuil--gifted, wealthy, and bored--form an unholy alliance and turn seduction into a game. The complex moral ambiguities of seduction and revenge make Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782)
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1659 Kim. Редьярд Джозеф Киплинг
Deeply devoted to an old Tibetan lama but involved in a secret mission for the British, Kim struggles to weave the strands of his life into a single pattern. Kimball O’Hara grows up an orphan in the walled city of Lahore, India. Из серии:
345 руб
1660 Ulysses. Джеймс Джойс, James Joyce
In a series of episodes covering the course of a single day, 16 June 1904, the novel traces the movements of Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus through the streets of Dublin. Ulysses, one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century, has had a
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1661 The Awkward Age. Генри Джеймс
Из серии: Oxford World`s Classics 2009. Henry James had arrived at such mastery of the forms and uses of fiction by the time he published The Awkward Age in 1899 that this story of a young girl introduced into a casually corrupt circle of
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1662 The Aspern Papers and Other Stories. Генри Джеймс
Into their lives comes and unscrupulous critic, hell-bent on discovering the papers of the late Jeffrey Aspern, a world-famous American poet and, some sixty years before, the lover of Miss Juliana. Venice in the 1880s: the Misses Bordereau have
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1663 Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion & The Natural History of Religion. Давид Юм
No philosopher is more important for his careful, critical, and deeply perceptive examination of the grounds for belief in divine powers and for his sceptical accounts of the causes and consequences of religious belief, expressed most powerfully in
230 руб
1664 The Woodlanders. Томас Гарди
2009. In The Woodlanders, his favorite among his own novels, Thomas Hardy created a chain of characters linked by misunderstanding, infidelity and requited love.
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1665 The Mayor of Casterbridge. Томас Гарди
When they return to Casterbridge some nineteen years later, Henchard—having gained power and success as the mayor—finds he cannot erase the past or the guilt that consumes him. One of Hardy’s most powerful novels, The Mayor of Casterbridge
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1666 Jonathan Wild. Генри Филдинг
Even during his lifetime his achievements attracted attention; after his death balladeers sang of his exploits, and satirists made connections between his success and the triumph of corruption in high places. The real-life Jonathan Wild, gangland
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1667 The Count of Monte Cristo. Alexandre Dumas
His daring escape, recovery of Monte Cristo`s fabulous treasure, and revenge on his enemies make this one of the great thrillers of all time. The young sailor Edmond Dantes is arrested on his wedding day and imprisoned in the island fortress of the
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1668 Sherlock Holmes: Selected Stories. Артур Конан Дойл
Из серии: Oxford World`s Classics 2008. This volume includes Silver Blaze, The Speckled Band, The Sign of Four, A Scandal of Bohemia, The Naval Treaty, The Blue Carbuncle, The Greek Interpreter, The Red-Headed League, The Empty House, The
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1669 A Tale of Two Cities. Чарльз Диккенс
With his sublime parting words, "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done. " Sidney Carton joins that exhalted group of Dickensian characters who have earned a permanent place in the popular literary imagination. A masterful
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1670 Under Western Eyes. Джозеф Конрад
It deals with topical moral issues such as the defensibility of terrorist resistance to tyranny and the loss of individual privacy in a surveillance society. Under Western Eyes traces the experiences of Razumov, a young Russian student caught up in
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1671 The Analects. Конфуций
Из серии: Oxford World`s Classics 2008. This lively new translation with clear explanatory notes by one of the foremost scholars of classical Chinese provides the ideal introduction to the Analects for readers who have no previous knowledge
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1672 The Woman in White. Уильям Уилки Коллинз, Wilkie Collins
A gripping tale of murder, intrigue, madness, and mistaken identity, Collins’s psychological thriller has never been out of print in the 140 years since its publication. Generally considered the first English sensation novel, The Woman in White
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1673 The Moonstone. Уильям Уилки Коллинз
And when the Moonstone disappears, what seems like a simple case turns into a masterpiece of detection and suspense. A fabulous yellow diamond--an ancient talisman which had been looted from the holy Hindu city of Somnauth--becomes the dangerous
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1674 The Law and the Lady. Уильям Уилки Коллинз
Из серии: Oxford World`s Classics 2008. In a full-length novel with a woman detective as the heroine, "The Law and the Lady" is a fascinating story of a tangled web of peculiar incidents that follow Valeria Woodvile after she signs her name
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1675 Armadale. Уильям Уилки Коллинз
This traditional melodrama also considers the modern theme of the role of women in society. Armadale tells the devastating story of the independent, murderous, and adulterous Lydia Gwilt. Из серии: Oxford World`s Classics 2008.
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1676 Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure. Джон Клеланд
Из серии: Oxford World`s Classics 2008. Peter Sabor presents both the first critical edition and the first accurate, wholly unexpurgated text of the most famous erotic novel in English, better known as Fanny Hill.
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1677 Troilus and Criseyde. Джеффри Чосер
Later, with the help Pandarus- one of the first great character studies in our literature-Troilus wins her love, only to be betrayed. During the great siege of Troy, Troilus, the son of Priam, sees Criseyde and falls in love with her. Из
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1678 The Thirty-nine Steps. Джон Бучан
" Из серии: Oxford World`s Classics 2008. "He told me some queer things that explained a lot that had puzzled me - things that happened in the Balkan War, how one state suddenly came out on top, why alliances were made and broken, why certain
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1679 Huntingtower. Джон Бучан
Here, Buchan introduces some of his best-loved characters and paints a remarkable picture of a man rejuvenated by joining much younger comrades in a fight against tyranny and fear. This modern fairy-tale is also the gripping adventure story about
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1680 The Professor. Шарлотта Бронте
Rejected by the publisher who took on the work of her sisters in 1846 Из серии: Oxford World`s Classics 2008. The Professor was the first novel that Charlotte Bronte completed.
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1681 Aurora Floyd. Элизабет Брэддон Мэри
But in Aurora Floyd, and in many of the novels written in imitation of it, bigamy is little more than a euphemism, a device to enable the heroine, and vicariously the reader, to enjoy the forbidden sweets of adultery without adulterous intentions.
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1682 Six French Poets of the Nineteenth Century. Виктор Гюго, Шарль Бодлер, Стефан Малларме, Поль Мари Верлен, Артюр Рембо
At once sacred and profane, passionate and satirical, these remarkable and innovative poems explore the complexities of human emotion and ponder the great questions of religion and art. The active and colourful lives of the poets of
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1683 The Bhagavad Gita
The nature of its authorship and the means by which it acquired its present form are uncertain, although from internal evidence it is attributed, like the rest of the epic, to the prototypical seer, Vyasa. The Bhagavad Gita is a self-contained
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1684 The Rover and Other Plays. Бен Афра
This edition brings together her most important comedies in a single volume: The Rover, her best-known play; The Feigned Courtesans, a lively comedy of intrigue; The Lucky Chance, a comedy with a bitter edge, which takes a satirical look at
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1685 Oroonoko, and Other Writings. Бен Афра
The works included--The Fair Jilt, Memoirs of the Court of the King of Bantam, The History of the Nun, The Adventure of the Black Lady, and The Unfortunate Bride--are complemented by a generous selection of her poetry from public political verse to
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1686 Eugenie Grandet. Оноре де Бальзак
Из серии: Oxford World`s Classics 2009. The love of money and a passionate pursuit of it are seen as a driving force in post-Revolutionary France, and are studied in detail in the character of Grandet.
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1687 The Golden Ass. Луций Апулей
It tells the story of Lucius, whose curiosity and fascination for sex and magic result in his transformation into an ass. The Golden Ass is a unique, entertaining, and thoroughly readable Latin novel - the only work of fiction in Latin to have
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1688 The Oxford Guide to Plays. Michael Patterson
The Oxford Dictionary of Plays provides essential information on the 1000 best-known, best-loved, and most important plays in world theatre. Anyone with an academic, professional, amateur, or recreational interest in the theatre is likely to want
862 руб
1689 The Oxford Dictionary of the Classical World
An approachable, user-friendly abridgement of the highly acclaimed Oxford Classical Dictionary, this book offers over 2,500 A-Z entries on aspects of life in the classical world, from politics, medicine, philosophy, art, and architecture, to
698 руб
1690 A Dictionary of World History. Edmund Wright
Over 4,000 clear, concise entries include biographies of key figures in world history, seperate entries for every country in the world (summarising key historical events), and subject entries on religious and political movements, international
736 руб
1691 A Dictionary of Psychology. Andrew M. Colman
It features comprehensive coverage of key areas, for example, cognition, sensation and perception, emotion and motivation, learning and skills, language, mental disorder, and research methods. With over 11,000 authoritative and up-to-date entries,
663 руб
1692 Oxford Book Wormsrary 5: Sense And Sensibility Pack 3E. Jane Austen
Elinor is all calmness and reason, and can be relied upon for practical, common sense opinions. Sometimes the Dashwood girls do not seem like sisters. She has no time for dull common sense - or for middle-aged men of thirty-five, long past the age
402 руб
1693 William Shakespeare. Stage 2 (700 headwords). Jennifer Bassett
Born April 1564, at Stratford-upon-Avon. William Shakespeare. Married Anne Hathaway: two daughters, one son. Dies April 1616. Wrote nearly forty plays. Actor, poet, famous playwright. Из серии: Oxford Bookworms ELT 2008.
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1694 Cries From the Heart. Stories from Around the World. Stage 2 (700 headwords). Jennifer Bassett
Children, wives, mothers, husbands,friends all have the same feelings of fear and pain, happiness and sadness. From Botswana to New Zealand, from Jamaica to Nigeria, from Uganda toMalaysia, from India to South Africa, these moving stories show us
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1695 White Death. Tim Vicary
At the airport, they find heroin in her bag. Sarah Harland is nineteen, and she is in prison. If the court decides that it was her heroin, then she must die. So, now she is waiting to go to court. But if she did not, who did? Only two people can
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1696 Oxford Bookworms Collection From the Cradle to The Grave. Clare West
It is a collection exploring the trials of life from youth to old age, featuring stories by Evelyn Waugh, Saki, Roald Dahl, Susan Hill, Raymond Carver and Frank Sargeson. This reader is aimed at students with an advanced knowledge of the English
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1697 The Eye Of Childhood
The texts are neither graded nor adapted. The titles in this series are collections of short stories by well-known authors. Из серии: Oxford Bookworms Collection 2000. Each book contains biographical information about the authors, notes on
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1698 Popism. Энди Уорхол, Пэт Хакетт
Andy knew everybody (from the cultural commissioner of New York to drug-driven drag queens) and everybody knew Andy. A cultural storm swept through the 1960s - Pop Art, Bob Dylan, psychedelia, underground movies - and at its centre sat a bemused
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1699 Up Dike The Widows Of Eastwick. John Updike
But what was then a center of license and liberation is now a “haven of wholesomeness” populated by hockey moms and househusbands primly rebelling against their absent, reckless, self-involved parents. More than three decades after the events
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1700 Queen Camilla. Сью Таунсенд
The Royal Family exiled to an Exclusion Zone with the other villains and spongers. What if being Royal was a crime? The UK has come over all republican. Yet Prince Charles is more interested in root vegetables than reigning … unless his wife
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