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Art of the Two Towers by Gary Russell
18 ratingsA companion to The Art of The Fellowship of the Ring, this authoritative and insightful book is packed with more than five hundred full-color images — many exclusive to this volume — and shows the development of the imagery in The Two Towers from concept drawings to wide-screen glory... -
Tehlikeli Oyunlar by Oğuz Atay
18 ratingsKişinin kendiyle savaşmasını ve yenmesini, kendini dönüştürmesinin hayati bir sorun olarak algılamaya çağıran, çarpıcı ve sarsıca bir roman... -
Art of the Return of the King by Gary Russell
20 ratingsWith Peter Jackson's Acadamy Award-winning epic motion picture trilogy drawing to a spectacular and triumphant close, Gary Russell's detailed research takes us back into the world of Middle-earth, to relive all the visual drama and excitement of The Return of the King... -
Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
20 ratingsEdgar Allan Poe was one of the most original writers in the history of American letters, a genius who was tragically misunderstood in his lifetime... -
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Golpo Guccho by Rabindranath Tagore
16 ratingsGolpo Guccho by Rabindranath Tagore is a popular Bengali book of Rabindranath Tagore. The book is collection of 95 Short Stories which are most popular. Tagore wrote most of the stories from Bengali Year 1298 to 1310. The books was published in Indian Publishing House in 1908 to 1909 by Five Parts... -
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Ficciones / El Aleph / El informe de Brodie by Jorge Luis Borges
10 ratingsSi hay juego en esa álgebra metafísica con que Borges captura el universo, también lo hay en la praxis de su elaboración narrativa... -
The Essential Ellison: A 50 Year Retrospective by Harlan Ellison
12 ratingsHarlan Ellison is probably best known as a script writer for sci-fi and fantasy movies and TV series such as the original Outer Limits, The Hunger, Logan's Run, and Babylon Five. But his range is much broader than that, encompassing stories, novels, essays, reviews, reminiscences, plays, even fake autobiographies... -
AGATHA CHRISTIE Premium Collection: The Mysterious Affair at Styles, The Secret Adversary, The Murder on the Links, The Cornish Mystery, Hercule Poirot's Cases by Agatha Christie
12 ratingsThis carefully crafted ebook collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: The Mysterious Affair at Styles The Secret Adversary The Murder on the Links The Affair at the Victory Ball The Curious Disappearance of the Opalsen Pearls (The Jewel Robbery at the Grand Metropolitan) The Adventure of King of Clubs The Disappearance of Mr... -
The Forbidden Forest by Mircea Eliade
14 ratingsThe Forbidden Forest (Romanian: Noaptea de Sânziene; French: Forêt interdite) is a 1955 novel by the Romanian writer Mircea Eliade. The story takes place between 1936 and 1948 in several European cities, and follows Stefan Vizeru, a Romanian man on a spiritual quest. The book was written between the years 1949 and 1954. Eliade himself considered it to be his best novel... -
Duino Elegies and The Sonnets to Orpheus by Rainer Maria Rilke, Mark Doty
14 ratingsRilke is one of the most widely read poets of the 20th century. In his poetry, Rilke addresses the problems of death, God, and "destructive time," and attempts to overcome and transform these problems into an indestructive inner world...Categorized as:
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Selected Poems by Pablo Neruda
16 ratingsThe winner of the 1971 Nobel Prize for Literature, Pablo Neruda is regarded as the greatest Latin American poet of the twentieth century. This bilingual edition makes available a major selection of his poems, both in the original Spanish and impressively rendered into English by his most enduring translator, the poet Ben Belitt (Robert Creeley)... -
Η μεγάλη χίμαιρα by M. Karagatsis, Μ. Καραγάτσης
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... -
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume II A by Ben Bova, C.M. Kornbluth
18 ratingsEleven Classic Novellas by the most honored authors of science fiction:This volume is the definitive collection of the best science fiction novellas between 1929 to 1964 and contains eleven great classics. There is no better anthology that captures the birth of science fiction as a literary field... -
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Πούσι by Nikos Kavvadias, Νίκος Καββαδίας
10 ratingsΤο Πούσι είναι η δεύτερη ποιητική συλλογή του Νίκου Καββαδία και εκδόθηκε για πρώτη φορά το 1947 από τον Α. Καραβία. Έκτοτε εκδόθηκε 4 φορές στις εκδ. Γαλαξίας (1961-1971), 16 φορές στις εκδ. Κέδρος (1975-1989) και, από τον Οκτώβριο 1989 μέχρι τον Δεκέμβριο 2000, 13 φορές στις εκδ. Άγρα... -
Песента на колелетата by Yordan Yovkov, Yordan Yovkov
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... -
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The Fourth Peshwa by Ranjit Desai, रणजित देसाई
16 ratingsThe Maratha empire that Chhatrapati Shivaji established in 1680 passed into the hands of the Peshwas in the 18th century. The empire, which spanned across large parts of Western, Central and Northern India, suffered a severe setback when the Marathas lost the third battle of Panipat to Ahmad Shah Abdali in 1761... -
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The Little Tragedies by Alexander Pushkin
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"... -
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The Grapes of Wrath and Other Writings 1936–1941: The Long Valley / The Grapes of Wrath / The Log from the Sea of Cortez / The Harvest Gypsies by John Steinbeck
10 ratingsThe second volume in the Library of America’s authoritative edition of John Steinbeck features his acknowledged masterpiece, The Grapes of Wrath. Written in an incredibly compressed five-month period, the novel had an electrifying impact upon publication in 1939, unleashing a political storm with its vision of America’s dispossessed struggling for survival... -
Collected Poems in English by Joseph Brodsky
12 ratingsOne of the greatest and grandest advocates of the literary vocation, Joseph Brodsky truly lived his life as a poet, and for it earned eighteen months of internal exile at hard labor, expulsion from his native country, and the Nobel Prize in Literature... -
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Five Great Novels (The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Martian Time-Slip, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Ubik, A Scanner Darkly) by Philip K. Dick
14 ratingsAn omnibus volume of five of the best novels by 'the most consistently brilliant SF writer in the world' (John Brunner). Dick's tales of twisted perceptions and false realities have shaped modern SF and provided the inspiration for numerous blockbuster movies.'For everyone lost in the endlessly multiplicating realities of the modern world, remember: Philip K... -
The History of the Hobbit, Part Two: Return to Bag-End by John D. Rateliff, J.R.R. Tolkien
14 ratingsFirst published in 1938, The Hobbit is a story that “grew in the telling,” and many characters and events in the published book are completely different from what Tolkien first wrote to read aloud to his young sons as part of their “fireside reads... -
95 Poems by E.E. Cummings
14 ratingsPublished in 1958, 95 Poems is the last book of new poems published in Cummings's lifetime. Remarkable for its vigor, freshness, interest in ordinary individuals, and awareness of the human life cycle, the book reflects Cummings's observations on nature and his prevailing gratitude for whatever life offers: "Time's a strange fellow: more he gives than takes... -
El amor, las mujeres y la vida by Mario Benedetti
16 ratingsAn outstanding collection of award-winning books and authors Santillana USA has compiled a selection of the most popular books in Spanish under the Alfaguara imprint. The world-renowned authors cover a range of genres including novels, short stories, anthologies, and poetry... -
A Season in Hell/Illuminations by Arthur Rimbaud
16 ratingsWritten by Rimbaud at the age of 18 in the wake of his tempestuous affair with fellow poet Paul Verlaine, "A Season in Hell" has been a touchstone for anguished poets, artists, and lovers for more than a century... -
Scrisoare de dragoste by Mihail Drumeş
16 ratings„Iubirea nu se poate cumpăra cu toate comorile pământului. De aceea, în dragoste, şi săracii pot să fie miliardari, prinţi, regi, împăraţi.“ Mihail Drumeş O poveste de dragoste în care goana după bani şi carierismul fac ravagii, cu spectaculoase răsturnări de situaţie, suspans, melodramă, vervă, ironie şi dialoguri vii – reţeta celui mai bine vândut prozator român nu dă greş... -
The Brothers Karamazov (Classic Literature) by Fyodor Dostoevsky
6 ratingsA profound novel in which Dostoevsky has searched for the truths about man, life and the existence of God. It presents the story of four brothers, each of them with the motive of murder. a gripping action that entangles its reader throughout the story. This was the authors last novel that will remain alive in the annals of history because of its language and unique literary style... -
Nossa Senhora de Paris, Vol. II by Victor Hugo, M. Correia
6 ratingsThe French title of the novel emphasizes Notre Dame's (A French memorial) role as a symbol of Paris. Primarily novel is concerned with the theme of revolution and social strife. Hugo was profoundly concerned by the class differences that set the 1789 French Revolution in motion. Hugo acknowledges that fate plays a powerful role, but implies that free will is also possible... -
Immortal Poems of the English Language by Oscar Williams
12 ratingsImmortal Poems Here is the most inclusive anthology of verse ever published at so low a price. It contains not only the best-known works of the British and American masters but also the verse of the most brillant poets of our own day. Oscar Williams, who compiled Immortal Poems, was a distinguished editor and poet in his own right, of whom Robert Lowell wrote in the Sewanee Review: "Mr... -
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Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way by Charles Bukowski
16 ratingsfrom neither Shakespeare nor Mickey Spillane young young young, only wanting the Word, going mad in the streets and in the bars, brutal fights, broken glass, crazy women screaming in your cheap room, you a familiar guest at the drunk tank, North Avenue 21, Lincoln Heights sifting through the madness for the Word, the line the way, hoping for a check from somewhere, dreaming of a letter... -
The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Three: Nebula Winners 1965-1969 by Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Silverberg
6 ratingsThe Nebula Award Winners for Best Novella, Best Novelet, and Best Short Story for the years 1965 - 1969 inclusive... -
The Art of Star Trek by Judith Reeves-Stevens, Garfield Reeves-Stevens
6 ratingsFrom the public's first glimpse of the original Starship "Enterprise" to the brave new worlds explored in Star Trek: Voyager, the never-ending phenomenon that is Star Trek has treated generations of viewers to a dazzling barrage of unforgettable images of the future... -
Lost Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
6 ratingsHere are treasures! This is no ordinary anthology of Poe items but a unique collection of tales that in most cases have not appeared in print for well over a century and that will be completely new to all but a few Poe specialists... -
Hypnos by René Char
6 ratingsHailed by the poet Paul Eluard as an "absolute masterpiece" upon its first appearance in 1946, René Char’s Hypnos is both a remarkable work of literature and a document of unique significance in the history of the French Resistance... -
Complete Works of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov
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... -
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Poe: Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
8 ratingsPoe's poems have been memorized and recited by millions. Among his best-loved works are "The Raven" with its hypnotic chant of "nevermore, " and the sensuous and lyrical "Annabel Lee." This collection includes all of Poe's most popular rhymes... -
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Samac u braku by Milica Jakovljević Mir-Jam
8 ratingsOde ljubavi i razumevanju iz pera najpopularnije srpske autorke XX veka.Mir-Jam je pokazala kako takozvana paraliteratura ne mora uvek biti dostojna prezira.Dubinom uvida njeni romani osvajaju visoke dosege, a prijemcivoscu stila nalaze put do raznovrsnih citalaca... -
The Past Through Tomorrow: Vol. 2 by Robert A. Heinlein
10 ratingsHere, in volume two of two volumes, are the other half of the stories, novelettes and novellas which make up Heinlein's famous Future History -- the rich, imaginative architecture of Man's destiny that many consider his greatest and most prophetic work. Heinlein wrote most of the Future History stories early in his career, between 1939 and 1941 and between 1945 and 1950... -
Poems by Walt Whitman by Walt Whitman
14 ratingsWalt Whitman is widely regarded as one of the masters of American poetry. Here are collected his finest poems, a perfect companion for any fan of Whitman's work... -
Betting on the Muse: Poems and Stories by Charles Bukowski
14 ratingsVirtually everything Black Sparrow publishes is worthwhile, but without Bukowski, whose 40-odd books kept Black Sparrow's bread buttered right up until his death in 1994, none of the rest of it would be possible. Fortunately, "Buk" left plenty of unpublished manuscript behind that, judging from this culling from it, is of a piece with the published stuff... -
Peter the First by Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy
14 ratingsHere, for the first time, in its final form and in a new translation, is the epic Russian novel which has sold in its native country over two million copies. Alexey Tolstoy (who was not related to the author of War and Peace) began to study the character of his hero, Peter the First, in 1917... -
Arta conversației by Ileana Vulpescu
14 ratingsArta Conversaţiei, un roman cu savuros, o lume aproape radiografiată în întregul ei, o conversaţie în doi despre viaţă...
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