Author : Italo Calvino
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 23,32 MB
Release : 2014-12-16
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0544146379
A posthumously published collection of thirty-six essays offering Italo Calvino's invigorating and illuminating analysis of his most treasured literary classics.
Author : Penguin Young Readers
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 41,40 MB
Release : 2004-01-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0448434113
"Look, Jane, " said Dick. "Here is something funny. Can you guess what it is?"
Author : John Steinbeck
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 44,23 MB
Release : 1994-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1101659815
“There it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon.” Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls from the gulf beds that once brought great wealth to the Kings of Spain and now provide Kino, Juana, and their infant son with meager subsistence. Then, on a day like any other, Kino emerges from the sea with a pearl as large as a sea gull's egg, as "perfect as the moon." With the pearl comes hope, the promise of comfort and of security.... A story of classic simplicity, based on a Mexican folk tale, The Pearl explores the secrets of man's nature, the darkest depths of evil, and the luminous possibilities of love. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Author : George Orwell
Publisher : William Collins
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 33,36 MB
Release : 2021-01-07
Category :
ISBN : 9780008460983
Two modern classics in one volume.
Author : Adrian Tchaikovsky
Publisher : Tordotcom
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 31,3 MB
Release : 2021-11-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1250768713
"A Ursula Le Guin-like grace... Ten out of 10." —New York Times In Adrian Tchaikovsky's Elder Race, a junior anthropologist on a distant planet must help the locals he has sworn to study to save a planet from an unbeatable foe. Lynesse is the lowly Fourth Daughter of the queen, and always getting in the way. But a demon is terrorizing the land, and now she’s an adult (albeit barely) with responsibilities (she tells herself). Although she still gets in the way, she understands that the only way to save her people is to invoke the pact between her family and the Elder sorcerer who has inhabited the local tower for as long as her people have lived here (though none in living memory has approached it). But Elder Nyr isn’t a sorcerer, and he is forbidden to help, and his knowledge of science tells him the threat cannot possibly be a demon... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Author : Henry Eliot
Publisher : Random House
Page : 1904 pages
File Size : 35,39 MB
Release : 2019-02-21
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0141990937
**Shortlisted for Waterstones Book of the Year** The Penguin Classics Book is a reader's companion to the largest library of classic literature in the world. Spanning 4,000 years from the legends of Ancient Mesopotamia to the poetry of the First World War, with Greek tragedies, Icelandic sagas, Japanese epics and much more in between, it encompasses 500 authors and 1,200 books, bringing these to life with lively descriptions, literary connections and beautiful cover designs.
Author : Louise Cowan
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,58 MB
Release : 2006-08-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780801068102
Motivation and direction for reading and understanding the great authors and works of Western culture.
Author : Elizabeth Peters
Publisher : C & R Crime
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 23,74 MB
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 178033446X
Amelia Peabody is Elizabeth Peters' most brilliant and best-loved creation, a thoroughly Victorian feminist who takes the stuffy world of archaeology by storm with her shocking men's pants and no-nonsense attitude! In this first adventure, our headstrong heroine decides to use her substantial inheritance to see the world. On her travels, she rescues a gentlewoman in distress - Evelyn Barton-Forbes - and the two become friends. The two companions continue to Egypt where they face mysteries, mummies and the redoubtable Radcliffe Emerson, an outspoken archaeologist, who doesn't need women to help him solve mysteries -- at least that's what he thinks!
Author : Carly Stevens
Publisher :
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 46,18 MB
Release : 2019-07-15
Category :
ISBN : 9781950041015
Strong-willed Firian Kess can create reality from his imagination, which earns him a spot in the elite Tanyuin Academy. His path collides with Kiria Arioc, spirited heir to a throne of the Western Kingdom, who, despite having abilities of her own, doubts her ability to lead. To succeed, they must navigate enemies, intrigue, and their own demons.
Author : Italo Calvino
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 45,64 MB
Release : 2014-09-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0544231937
The complete collection of “nimble and often hilarious” short stories exploring the cosmos by the acclaimed author of Invisible Cities (Colin Dwyer, NPR). Italo Calvino’s beloved cosmicomics cross planets and traverse galaxies, speed up time or slow it down to the particles of an instant. Through the eyes of a “cosmic know-it-all” with the unpronounceable name of Qfwfq, Calvino explores natural phenomena and tells the story of the origins of the universe. Relating complex scientific and mathematical concepts to our everyday world, they are an indelible and delightful literary achievement. Originally published in Italian in three separate volumes—including the Asti d’Appello Prize-winning first volume, Cosmicomics—these thirty-four dazzling stories are collected here in one definitive English-language anthology. “Trying to describe such a diverse and entertaining mix, I have to admit, just as Calvino does so often, that my words fail here, too. There’s no way I—or anyone, really—can muster enough of them to quite capture the magic of these stories . . . Read this book, please.” —Colin Dwyer, NPR
