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The Intelligent Woman's Guide (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Published in 1928 when Shaw was seventy-two, this book draws on decades of political activity and remains one of his brilliant exercises in propaganda. It contains a... Læs mere
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Loveless Love (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A unique collection of short stories by the master of Italian modernism.
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Mlle de Scuderi (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
This unique edition, translated by critically-acclaimed translator Andrew Brown, is one of the earliest examples of the classic murder mystery and it has been an inspiration for a host of thriller and crime writers.
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Humorous Tales: Annotated Edition (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
While presenting many aspects which will be familiar to Kipling readers - rollicking adventures, exotic locales and an interest in the animal world - these Humorous Tales explore the more light-hearted and amusing side to the great master's work.
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Boris Godunov and Little Tragedies: Newly translated and Annotated - Also inclued an extract from John Wilson’s The City of the Plague. (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A drama of ambition, murder, remorse and retribution, the author charts the decline of a Russian statesman, whose dynastic aims were foiled by a guilty past and an audacious upstart.
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Pantagruel and Gargantua: Newly Translated and Annotated (Alma Classics Evergreens) (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
These bawdy and boisterous tales, with their fixation on food and faeces, are not just entertaining yarns, as Francois Rabelais parodies medieval learning, lambasts the established church authority and develops his own ideal visions for the ordering of society.
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The Duel (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Part of Alma Classics new series: 101 Pages, The Duel is an autobiographical novel which describes Casanova’s extraordinary battle to the death with a Polish Count
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Elective Affinities: Newly Translated and Annotated (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Described by Thomas Mann as 'the boldest and deepest novel of adultery produced by the moral culture of the West', Goethe's "Elective Affinities" is an early model for the modern novel.
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Cheese: Newly Translated and Annotated (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Willem Elsschot's Cheese combines comedy and pathos in its depiction of a man trying to progress beyond his limited skill set. As poignant as it is funny, Cheese will appeal to anyone who has suffered the endless indignities of office life.
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Memoirs of a Mother in Law: Annotated Edition (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Rediscovered satirical work by one of the greatest satirists of the turn of the last century. Since mothers-in-law have always been misunderstood and no one has ever taken up... Læs mere
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Eugene Onegin (Bog, Paperback / softback, Russisk)
Part of the Overture Opera Guides series in association with English National Opera, this new edition of Eugene Onegin contains new illustrations, many revised and newly commissioned... Læs mere
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Is Shakespeare Dead?: Annotated Edition (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Balancing humour, insight and vitriol, Is Shakespeare Dead? is a provocative contribution to the tradition of Shakespeare-doubting, as well as a fine example of the great American novelist's critical writing.
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