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The House of the Dead / The Gambler
(Paperback)
Fyodor Dostoevsky; Translated by Constance Garnett; Introduction by A.D.P. Briggs; Series edited by Keith Carabine
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Translated by Constance Garnett with an introduction by Anthony
Briggs. Dostoevsky's fascination for mental breakdown and violence
(20 murders in his four main novels) was based on his own life, and
these two unmistakably autobiographical works bear this out. The
House of the Dead is fiction, but based on his four years in a
Siberian prison. An educated upper-class man is condemned to live
among criminals and brutal guards, with arbitrary punishments,
lousy food, disgusting living conditions, hard toil and many
floggings. Somehow he avoids bitterness and recrimination; faith in
humanity survives. With its breadth of characterisation, acute
sense of detail and strong narrative interest, this work can still
shock, entertain and inspire. In The Gambler we see the Russian
community in a German spa town. Drawn to the casino, Alexey becomes
obsessed with roulette. In a gripping story, full of psychological
interest, his growing mania eclipses even his interest in Polina, a
heroine of demonic and vibrant sexuality. Dostoevsky himself was
rescued from a similar gambling obsession by the young stenographer
who took down this work at his dictation and married him soon
afterwards.
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The Survivor
(Paperback)
Shelley Shepard Gray
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R349
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Mattie's body has healed from the cancer that nearly took her
life . . . but can she find the man who can mend her lonely
heart?
Mattie has faced more in her twenty-three years than she ever
imagined possible. Having successfully battled cancer, she's ready
to reenter the world with hopes for her future. But while she was
in and out of hospitals, other Amish girls her age were courting
and finding the men they would marry. The only man who's ever made
her heart beat faster is Graham Weaver, her best friend, who has
always been there to comfort her, in good times and bad. Is it
finally time for their friendship to become something more?
But cruel gossip is spreading, claiming that Graham's the
father of the baby Jenna Yoder's carrying. Will Mattie's dreams of
a happily-ever-after be crushed before they've left the ground?
Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History is one of the classics of early
Christianity and of equal stature with the works of Flavius
Josephus. Eusebius chronicles the events of the first three
centuries of the Christian church in such a way as to record a vast
number of vital facts about early Christianity that can be learned
from no other ancient source. When Eusebius wrote his
Ecclesiastical History, his vital concern was to record facts
before they disappeared, and before eye-witnesses were killed and
libraries were burned and destroyed in persecutions by Rome. He
faithfully transcribed the most important existing documents of his
day so that future generations would have a collection of factual
data to interpret. Thus Eusebius (c. A.D. 260-340) richly deserves
the title "father of Church history."
"More readable." This is the only full edition of "Eusebius'
Ecclesiastical History" that has been retypeset in modern,
easy-to-read type. Archaic words have been modernized and the
punctuation has been updated according to contemporary
standards.
"Easier to use." The Loeb numbering system (now the standard way
to cite "Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History)" has been added to make
it easier to locate passages referred to in other reference works.
Also, all citations and cross-references have been updated from
Roman numerals to the modern form of citation.
"More complete." The complete text of all ten books of Eusebius
is included. Also included is "Historical View of the Council of
Nicea" as well as translations of related documents.
Her quest to repair what's been broken leads to imminent
danger--and soon it's more than her own life on the line. After
accidentally destroying the intricately carved chalice her people
have treasured for over a hundred years, Charlotte Durand sets out
in search of a skilled artisan who can repair the damage. What she
expected to be a two-day trek becomes much more daunting when a
treacherous snowstorm sets in. Searching for solitude and respite
from his troubling past, the last thing Damien Levette needs in the
middle of a mountain blizzard is to tend to another person, but he
can't leave behind the mysterious woman he finds half frozen at the
edge of a mountain lake. As they battle both the elements and their
distrust of each other, Charlotte and Damien must work together to
survive the peril of the mountains--or it could be the downfall of
them both. Praise for Misty M. Beller "Beller has provided a
splendid escape for us."--Fresh Fiction on Hope's Highest Mountain
"A romantic mountain saga."--Publishers Weekly on Faith's Mountain
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Old Wrestler
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Jeon Sungtae; Translated by Sora Kim-Russell
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Jennie
(Paperback)
Paul Gallico
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"If in doubt, wash!" What is it like to be a cat? Find out in this
classic animal story from the renowned writer Paul Gallico. Peter
Brown longs for a pet cat. One day, he is following a stray cat
through the streets when he is knocked down and seriously hurt. On
waking, he is astonished to find that he has turned into a cat...
The world is a dangerous place for him, but luckily he is rescued
and befriended by Jennie, a kindly stray tabby who has been
abandoned by her owners. Adventures wait around every corner for
the two new friends, as Jennie teaches Peter all about life as a
cat. Humorous and touching, and packed with acutely observed feline
behaviour, this is a beloved classic that's essential for any
cat-lover.
Harcourt is proud to introduce new annotated editions of three
Virginia Woolf classics, ideal for the college classroom and
beyond. For the first time, students reading these books will have
the resources at hand to help them understand the text as well as
the reasons and methods behind Woolf's writing. We've commissioned
the best-known Woolf scholars in the field to provide invaluable
introductions, editing, critical analysis, and suggestions for
further reading. These much-awaited volumes are the first of many
annotated Woolf editions Harcourt plans on publishing in the coming
years.
This brilliant novel explores the hidden springs of thought and
action in one day of a woman's life. Direct and vivid in her
account of the details of Clarissa Dalloway's preparations for a
party she is to give that evening, Woolf ultimately managed to
reveal much more; for it is the feeling behind these daily events
that gives Mrs. Dalloway its texture and richness and makes it so
memorable.
Annotated and with an introduction by Bonnie Scott
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Divorce
(Pamphlet)
Kim Soom; Translated by Emily Yae Won
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For the first time ever, a beautiful slipcased edition of the
forerunner to The Lord of the Rings, illustrated throughout in
colour by J.R.R. Tolkien himself, with the complete text printed in
two colours and with many bonus features unique to this edition.
The Silmarilli were three perfect jewels, fashioned by Feanor, most
gifted of the Elves, and within them was imprisoned the last Light
of the Two Trees of Valinor. But the first Dark Lord, Morgoth,
stole the jewels and set them within his iron crown, guarded in the
impenetrable fortress of Angband in the north of Middle-earth. The
Silmarillion is the history of the rebellion of Feanor and his
kindred against the gods, their exile from Valinor and return to
Middle-earth, and their war, hopeless despite all the heroism,
against the great Enemy. It is the ancient drama to which the
characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events
some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part. The book also
includes several shorter works: the Ainulindale, a myth of the
Creation, and the Valaquenta, in which the nature and powers of
each of the gods is described. The Akallabeth recounts the downfall
of the great island kingdom of Numenor at the end of the Second
Age, and Of the Rings of Power tells of the great events at the end
of the Third Age, as narrated in The Lord of the Rings. This deluxe
slipcased edition contains the complete text, which is printed in
two colours and features, for the very first time, more than 50
colour paintings, illustrations and designs drawn by J.R.R. Tolkien
himself as he composed this epic work. Unique to this edition are
two poster-size, fold-out maps revealing all the detail of
Beleriand as the tales grew, an illustrated booklet featuring 'A
Brief Account of The Silmarillion and its Making' by Christopher
Tolkien, and a printed art card reproducing 'Taniquetil'. It is
additionally quarterbound in blue leather, with raised ribs on the
spine, stamped in three foils on black cloth boards, and housed in
a custom-built clothbound slipcase. The pages are edged in silver
and include a ribbon marker.
The quintessential novel of the Lost Generation, "The Sun Also
Rises" is one of Ernest Hemingway's masterpieces and a classic
example of his spare but powerful writing style. A poignant look at
the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation,
the novel introduces two of Hemingway's most unforgettable
characters: Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley. The story follows
the flamboyant Brett and the hapless Jake as they journey from the
wild nightlife of 1920s Paris to the brutal bullfighting rings of
Spain with a motley group of expatriates. It is an age of moral
bankruptcy, spiritual dissolution, unrealized love, and vanishing
illusions. First published in 1926, "The Sun Also Rises" helped to
establish Hemingway as one of the greatest writers of the twentieth
century
Though best known for "The Red Badge of Courage," his classic
novel of men at war, in his tragically brief life and career
Stephen Crane produced a wealth of stories--among them "The
Monster," "The Upturned Face," "The Open Boat," and the title
story--that stand among the most acclaimed and enduring in the
history of American fiction. This superb volume collects stories of
unique power and variety in which impressionistic, hallucinatory,
and realistic situations alike are brilliantly conveyed through the
cold, sometimes brutal irony of Crane's narrative voice.
HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved,
essential classics. 'The reaches opened before us and closed
behind, as if the forest had stepped leisurely across the water to
bar the way for our return. We penetrated deeper and deeper into
the heart of darkness.' When Charles Marlow agrees to captain a
steamer up the Congo in search of the elusive ivory trader Mr
Kurtz, it becomes a terrifying journey into both the unknown and
his own subconscious. As he travels deeper and deeper into the
dense jungle, he begins to sense the presence of this extraordinary
and terrible man, and to question the horrifying realities of
European imperialism and of human nature itself. Originally
published as a three-part story in 1899, Conrad's masterpiece has
inspired many further works, including Francis Ford Coppola's
Apocalypse Now, and remains a thought-provoking text to this day.
The pinnacle of Fuster's essay writing, Final Judgements is a book
of aphorisms that, used to teach moral and/or philosophical truths,
reveal things that are relevant to the universal human experience.
As Adam Gopnick of The New Yorker puts it, "the aphorism is, in its
algebraic abbreviation, a micro-model of empirical inquiry." And
Fuster uses the aphoristic tradition, less to establish truths than
to undermine them, to question the conceits contained in the
established truism. Despite the seriousness of its subject matter,
however, this book is laugh-out-loud funny, Fuster's wit revealing
that the best aphorisms are based in stripping language of its
artifice and revealing its contradictions, and the cumulative
effect is a quintessentially Mediterranean kind of playfulness.
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Kew Gardens
(Paperback)
Virginia Woolf
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First published in 1921 as part of her ground-breaking short-story
collection Monday or Tuesday, Kew Gardens follows the thoughts of a
set of characters walking past a flower bed in the royal botanic
garden on a hot July day. Interweaving the thoughts of the
characters with depictions of the natural world surrounding them,
the narrative flows from mind to mind, from the tranquil flower bed
to the bustling city outside. Written in Woolf's trademark style,
brimming with keen observation and rich language, Kew Gardens is
both a paean to the natural world and an empathetic exploration of
human experience. 'The light fell either upon the smooth, grey back
of a pebble or the shell of a snail with its brown, circular veins,
or, falling into a raindrop, it expanded with such intensity of
red, blue and yellow the thin walls of water that one expected them
to burst and disappear... Then the breeze stirred rather more
briskly overhead and the colour was flashed into the air above,
into the eyes of the men and women who walk in Kew Gardens in
July.'
He was locked inside an abandoned house. But he's not the only one
. . . When a dead man is found locked in the basement of an
abandoned house, deep in the woods, there is no evidence of what
happened beyond his name - scratched into the wall before he died.
The regional police can't find anyone who knew him. But no-one
knows the locals like Detective Eira Sjoedin. When her expert
knowledge of her home town is again called in, she knows one of
them must have seen something. Then, a shock: before she can
uncover the truth, someone close to her disappears. Has he fallen
victim to the same criminal they've been chasing? And can Eira put
the pieces together in time to save him? **AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER
NOW** PRAISE FOR WE KNOW YOU REMEMBER 'Intensely gripping.' CHRIS
WHITAKER 'Strong characters, a great sense of place and plot twists
galore.' SUNDAY TIMES CRIME CLUB 'A terrific twisting rollercoaster
of a thriller.' PETER JAMES 'A police procedural with panache.' O,
THE OPRAH MAGAZINE 'Atmospheric, immersive and utterly compelling.'
M. W. CRAVEN WHAT READERS THINK 'Breathtaking!' 5* review 'There
are twists and turns and dead ends galore!' 5* review 'A brilliant
story with a very likeable police detective.' 5* review 'Really
loved this Scandi crime story. Had me guessing to the end!' 5*
review **WE KNOW YOU REMEMBER, the first in this unputdownable,
prize-winning series, is out now**
Will their dreams fall apart when confronted with all that is
stacked against them? Delphinium Nielsen and her sisters have
accomplished much in the past year, traveling west and settling in
Nebraska. They are on their way to building a garden in dedication
to their mother and working against the forces of nature to make
their farm thrive. However, none of that can mask their concern
that they are quickly running out of money. Del's work teaching in
their booming town offers hope, not only to support her sisters
financially, but also to better her students' lives. Not all of the
town sees it that way, though, with the rebuilding of the
schoolhouse continually neglected and her brightest student's
father demanding he work the farm instead of attend class. When
their brother Anders arrives with his war-wounded and heartbroken
friend RJ, Anders sees the strength of the sisters' idea to start a
boardinghouse and decides to invest in it. Del finds RJ barely
polite and wants nothing to do with him. But despite Del and her
sisters' best-laid plans, the future--and RJ--might surprise them
all. "Snelling's thorough research pays off in her vivid evocation
of frontier-era Nebraska . . . The result is a transportive
historical worth getting lost in."--Publishers Weekly
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