Born a Parsi in Bombay, sent to university and medical school in Vienna, Dr Farrokh Daruwalla is a Canadian citizen - a 59-year-old orthopedic surgeon, living in Toronto. Periodically, the doctor returns to India; in Bombay, most of his patients are crippled children. Once, twenty years ago, Dr Daruwalla was the examining physician of two murder victims in Goa. Now, twenty years later, the doctor will be reacquainted with the murderer.
Mr Noon is a sardonic tale about the amorous adventures of Gilbert Noon, a young schoolmaster in Lawrence's home county of Nottinghamshire who gets entangled with a girl, loses his job, and decides to leave the country to escape the narrow provincial middle-class morality. It was first known as a long story posthumously published in A Modern Lover (1934) and collected in the volume called Phoenix II (1968). Lawrence in fact wrote a long continuation of the novel, but the manuscript disappeared for many years. The Cambridge edition brought the two parts together for the first time. It is like a sequel to Sons and Lovers, but much more straightforwardly autobiographical. The publication of the complete work added a new work of major importance to the canon of a great writer, and was widely hailed as a major literary event.
Klasyka literatury młodzieżowej, porównywana do dzieł J.R.R. Tolkiena i C.S. Lewisa, w nowym wydaniu Mieszkańcy królikarni Sandleford czują niepokój Ich ukochane miejsce życia ma się wkrótce, z woli ludzi, zmienić nie do poznania, być może nawet zniknąć, trzeba więc uciekać, póki jeszcze czas Grupa królików pod przewodnictwem braci, Piątka i Leszczynka, podejmuje trudną decyzję o opuszczeniu domu i wyrusza w długą, pełną przygód, niebezpieczeństw, ale i pięknych chwil oraz wzruszeń podróż w poszukiwaniu nowego, być może jeszcze lepszego miejsca - Wodnikowego Wzgórza. Czytelnicy zaś odbywają tę drogę wraz z nimi, poznając przy tym obyczaje, mitologię i język króliczej społeczności, a także wspaniałą przyrodę - mistrzowsko odmalowane słowem. Powieść Richarda Adamsa to światowy bestseller, literatura najwyższej próby i uniwersalna opowieść, która porusza zarówno dzieci jak i dorosłych. W 2018 powstała adaptacja książki wyprodukowana przez platformę Netflix.
Transformed by Don Juan from a bent, gray-haired old woman into a sensual sorceress whose mission is to test Castaneda, Dona Soledad turns her mysterious and awesome powers against Castaneda in a struggle that nearly consumes him.
When a ten-year-old boy finds an old book of magic in a bookshop in Ireland, the forces of good and evil gather to do battle over it.
ALL'INIZIO... ... era F.lli Arnold (1905), il Grande Magazzino. Era la casa dei niomi, come si chiamano loro stessi, che avevano abbandonato la vita di campagna e si erano stabiliti sotto i pavimenti dell'umanità. Non che avessero niente a che fare con gli umani. Gli umani sono grossi, lenti e stupidi. I niomi vivono rapidamente. Per loro dieci anni sono come un secolo. Dato che vivevano nel Grande Magazzino da più di ottant'anni, si erano dimenticati che c'erano cose come il Sole, la Pioggia o il Vento. C'era solo l'Emporio, fondato dal leggendario F.lli Arnold (dal 1905) perché i niomi vi abitassero. Le loro piccole, rapide vite erano regolate dall'orario di chiusura e apertura. Le stagioni dell'anno erano i Saldi Invernali, le Collezioni Primavera, le Occasioni Estive e il Natale. E nell'Emporio arrivarono un giorno gli ultimi niomi che vivevano fuori. Loro sapevano che cos'erano il vento e la pioggia. Lo sapevano bene. Per questo cercavano di non averci più niente a che fare... Narratore appassionante, grande umorista, lucido osservatore delle contraddizioni del consumismo e della vita moderna, Terry Pratchett sarà una rivelazione per i lettori di tutte le età.
This is an Intermediate Level story in a series of ELT readers comprising a wide range of titles - some original and some simplified - from modern and classic novels, and designed to appeal to all age-groups, tastes and cultures. The books are divided into five levels: Starter Level, with about 300 basic words; Beginner Level (600 basic words); Elementary Level (1100); Intermediate Level (1600); and Upper Level (2200). Some of the titles are also available on cassette.
Because he spends so much time perfecting his flying form instead of concentrating on getting food, a seagull is ostracized by the rest of the flock
"Una straordinaria meditazione sulla morte e un'amara riflessione sulla perdita di tradizioni e valori antichissimi, nel racconto di un grande rappresentante della letteratura contemporanea." [dalla pagina web di Bompiani]
The story of friendship between four African American women who lean on each other while "waiting to exhale": waiting for that man who will take their breath away.
John le Carré 's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge, and have earned him unprecedented worldwide acclaim. At a small British trade fair in Moscow, a message of global importance is made up of three very fragile human links: a Soviet physicist (code name Bluebird) burdened with a secret knowledge; a beautiful young Russian woman to whom the papers are entrusted; and Barley Blair, a bewildered English publisher pressed into service by British Intelligence to ferret out the source of the document. A magnificent story of love, betrayal, and courage, "The Russia House" catches history in the act.
Gill Gamesh, John Baal, Rupert Mundys: If you've never heard of them, it's because of the Communist plot, and the capitalist scandal, that expunged the entire Patriot League from baseball memory. This novel turns baseball's status as national passtime and myth into an occasion for unfettered picturesque heroism and perfidy, and ebullient wordplay.
Corde, a Professor of Journalism and Dean at a Chicago university, faces a life-altering experience while accompanying his wife Minna, an esteemed astronomer, to Eastern Europe. Minna's mother has suffered a stroke and is hospitalized, prompting them to navigate an unfamiliar bureaucracy and adapt to life in her small apartment. As Corde supports Minna, he receives troubling news from Chicago: a student has been murdered, and family members pressure him to abandon his investigation. Additionally, articles he's writing for a magazine offend influential Chicagoans he once considered friends. A childhood companion, now a television pundit, reveals unexpected facets of Corde's character, forcing him to confront his own beliefs and values. As the narrative unfolds, it becomes evident that this trip is not merely a temporary escape but a pivotal moment that will irrevocably alter Corde's life. Blending Bellow's signature wit and erudition with a new sense of urgency and tension, the story captivates readers, offering a fresh perspective while maintaining the rich language and depth characteristic of his previous works.
In 1941, Henry Miller, the author of Tropic of Cancer, was commissioned by a Los Angeles bookseller to write an erotic novel for a dollar a page. Under the Roofs of Paris (originally published as Opus Pistorum) is that book. Here one finds Miller’s characteristic candor, wit, self-mockery, and celebration of the good life. From Marcelle to Tania, to Alexandra, to Anna, and from the Left Bank to Pigalle, Miller sweeps us up in his odyssey in search of the perfect job, the perfect woman, and the perfect experience.
Po trzydziestu trzech latach i ponad dziesięciu milionach sprzedanych egzemplarzy historia wraca. Yossarian powraca — starszy, choć niekoniecznie mądrzejszy — aby stawić czoła nowemu wrogowi. Joseph Heller w swoim dziele "Paragraf 22 bis" ponownie wykorzystuje postacie z "Paragrafu 22", aby z satyrą ukazać rzeczywistość i mity Ameryki w pół wieku po II wojnie światowej. W "Ostatnim rozdziale" Heller w sposób komiczny obnaża iluzje naszej narodowej świadomości — absurdy polityki, upadek społeczeństwa i wielkich miast, chciwość i hipokryzję biznesu oraz kultury — z tą samą zjadliwą ironią, jaką stosował wobec tradycyjnego postrzegania wojny. Powracają znane postacie, w tym Yossarian i Milo Minderbinder, kapelan oraz mały Sammy Singer, którzy stają w obliczu końca swoich żyć i wieku — wszyscy połączeni w niepewnym pokoju i starości... walcząc nie z Niemcami, ale z Końcem. "Ostatni rozdział" jest jednocześnie absurdalnie zabawny i całkowicie poważny, a jego błyskotliwość i sukces dorównują "Paragrafowi 22".
