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First published in 1945, Animal Farm is one of the most powerful political allegories ever written. What begins as a hopeful rebellion of farm animals against human tyranny gradually transforms into a chilling portrait of corruption, manipulation, and absolute power.Through the rise of the pigs and the transformation of revolutionary ideals into authoritarian control, Orwell exposes how language, propaganda, and fear can reshape truth itself. Beneath its deceptively simple fable lies a razor-sharp critique of totalitarianism, ideological betrayal, and the cyclical nature of oppression.Brilliantly concise and devastatingly clear, Animal Farm remains an essential modern classican enduring warning about power, leadership, and the fragility of equality.

A Tale of a Tub by Jonathan Swift is one of the most daring and inventive satirical works in English literature. First published in 1704, this brilliant and unconventional book combines sharp humor, philosophical reflection, and imaginative storytelling to critique religious disputes, intellectual pretension, and the excesses of fashionable thinking in Swifts time.At the center of the narrative is an allegorical story about three brothersPeter, Martin, and Jackwho each inherit a coat from their father along with strict instructions that it must never be altered. Over time, however, each brother modifies his coat in different ways, symbolizing the development and divisions of major branches of Western Christianity. Through this clever allegory, Swift examines how religious institutions can stray from their original principles through pride, ambition, and misinterpretation.Surrounding this central tale are a series of digressions in which the narrator humorously explores a wide range of topics, including philosophy, scholarship, literature, and the intellectual fashions of the early eighteenth century. These digressions mimic the style of learned essays and treatises, allowing Swift to parody the pretentious language and exaggerated claims of certain writers and thinkers of his era.Swifts wit is sharp, playful, and often deliberately outrageous. By blending absurdity with careful reasoning, he exposes the contradictions and excesses that arise when institutions and individuals place vanity and dogma above wisdom and humility. The result is a work that is both entertaining and intellectually provocative.Though written more than three centuries ago, A Tale of a Tub remains remarkably lively and relevant. Its satire on ideological conflict, academic vanity, and the misuse of authority continues to resonate with modern readers who recognize the timeless nature of these human tendencies.Bold, imaginative, and richly layered, A Tale of a Tub stands as one of Jonathan Swifts most original creationsa dazzling example of literary satire that challenges readers to question authority, examine tradition, and laugh at the follies of human pride.

One of our very best authors ... Very funny, very moving novel The New WorldCharming portrait of friendship and lonelinessDaily MailDeeply comforting GuardianFunny, inventive and beautifully heart-breaking Irish TimesHave you ever been curious about how people live when nobody is watching? Have you wondered whether theres more going on than meets the eye?Eric and Carl live in Dorset in a small white cottage under the shadow of a big cliff. Eric sells old records and antiques. Carl cooks, cleans and crochets. Nearing seventy, Eric is a lifelong accumulator of obscure objects whose easygoing, chaotic approach to life masks some of the unaddressed sadness of his past. The significantly younger Carl is an old soul who has a sophisticated emotional intelligence and likes swimming, mid-century female novelists, fibre arts and Dolly Parton. If you passed them on a walk, you may not pay them much attention. Most likely you would see Carls long floppy ears, tail and fur and mistake him for a dog.The story of Eric and Carls friendship spans twenty-one years: a constant anchor in a changing world. During that time they adopt an eccentric, unlikely gang of fellow travellers. Their wanderings through South West England unfold against a backdrop of lived, local folklore and hints at future apocalypse. All the while, Carls true nature remains a closely guarded secret.Tom Coxs third novel is a rare gem, centred around the importance of friendship, the power of landscape and the joy of accepting the unusual. Everything Will Swallow You will make you think deeply about the place you occupy in the grand scheme of things and give fresh perspectives on how to live and love in the present moment.

Benji is an imaginative eight-year-old boy, living with his parents in a mining village in Nottinghamshire amidst the spoil heaps and chip shops that characterise the last industrially bruised outposts of the Midlands, just before Northern England begins. His family are the eccentric neighbours on a street where all the houses are set on a tilt, slowly subsiding into the excavated space below. Told through Benjis voice and a colourful variety of others over a deeply joyful and strange twelve-month period, its a story about growing up, the oddness beneath the everyday, what we once believed the future would be, and those times in life when anything seems possible.1983 is steeped in the distinctive character of a setting far weirder than it might at first appear: from robots living next door, and a school caretaker who is not all he seems, to missing memories and the aliens Benji is certain are trying to abduct him.

Inspired by our native landscapes, saturated by the shadows beneath trees and behind doors, listening to the run of water and half-heard voices, Tom Cox s first collection of short stories is a series of evocative and unsettling trips into worlds previously visited by the likes of M. R. James and E. F. Benson.Railway tunnels, the lanes and hills of the Peak District, family homes, old stones, shreds fluttering on barbed wire, night drawing in, something that might be an animal shifting on the other side of a hedge: Tom has drawn on his life-long love of weird fiction, folklore and nature s unregarded corners to write a collection of stories that will delight fans old and new, and leave them very uneasy about turning the reading lamp off.

A hill is not a mountain. You climb it for you, then you put it quietly inside you, in a cupboard marked Quite A Lot Of Hills where it makes its infinitesimal mark on who you are. Ring the Hill is a book written around, and about, hills: it includes a northern hill, a hill that never ends and the smallest hill in England. Each chapter takes a type of hill - whether its a knoll, cap, cliff, tor or even a mere bump - as a starting point for one of Toms characteristically unpredictable and wide-ranging explorations. Toms lyrical, candid prose roams from an intimate relationship with a particular cove on the south coast, to meditations on his great-grandmother and a lesson on what goes into the mapping of hills themselves. Because a good walk in the hills is never just about the hills: you never know where it might lead.

In the twelve stories of Heart Lamp, Banu Mushtaq exquisitely captures the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in southern India. Published originally in the Kannada language between 1990 and 2023, praised for their dry and gentle humour, these portraits of family and community tensions have garnered both censure from conservative quarters as well Indias most prestigious literary awards. This is a collection sure to be read for years to come.

From the author of When We Cease to Understand the World: a dazzling, kaleidoscopic book about the destructive chaos lurking in the history of computing and AIJohnny von Neumann was an enigma. As a young man, he stunned those around him with his monomaniacal pursuit of the unshakeable foundations of mathematics. But when his faith in this all-encompassing system crumbled, he began to put his prodigious intellect to use for those in power. As he designed unfathomable computer systems and aided the development of the atomic bomb, his work pushed increasingly into areas that were beyond human comprehension and control - and that threatened human destruction.In The MANIAC, Benjamin Labatut braids fact with fiction in a scintillating journey to the very fringes of rational thought, right to the point where it tips over into chaos. Stretching back to early twentieth-century conflict over contradictions in physics and up to advances in artificial intelligence that outpace the human, this is a mind-bending story of the mad dreams of reason.

From the bestselling author, Claire Keegan, an exquisitely written story which finds an unsatisfied man on his bus journey home reflect on the love that got away.AN IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARA DUA LIPA BOOK CLUB PICKA genuine once-in-a-generation writer.The TimesEvery word is the right word in the right place, and the effect is resonant and deeply moving.Hilary MantelClaire Keegan makes her moments real - and then she makes them matter.Colm ToibinAfter an uneventful Friday at the Dublin office, Cathal faces into the long weekend and takes the bus home. There, his mind agitates over a woman named Sabine with whom he could have spent his life, had he acted differently. All evening, with only the television and a bottle of champagne for company, thoughts of this woman and others intrude - and the true significance of this particular date is revealed. From one of the finest writers working today, Keegans new story asks if a lack of generosity might ruin what could be between men and women. Claire Keegans book So Late in the Day was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 02-09-2023--------Readers love So Late in the Day: Youll finish this novella in one sitting, but you will be hooked to the author for life! Claire Keegan is a master of the English language and able to conjure so much in so little. Keegan is a genius. All her stories are little gems to brighten the way. You can see everything that Claire describes so clearly, her writing is mesmerising.Keegan really does know how to capture the imagination of readers.

Meet James Bond, the worlds most famous spy.An international diamond-smuggling pipeline has opened up and theBritish Treasury wants to know whos controlling it. Impersonating a captured courier named Peter Franks, Bond infiltrates the criminal ring and finds an unlikely ally in Tiffany Case. As the rings stateside go-between, she may be just another link in the chain, but Tiffany is also Bonds best shot at finding the elusive figure at the head of the operation - a syndicate boss known only by the initials "ABC." But if Bonds cover gets blown, hell find that the only thing harder than a diamond is surviving the payback of a pair of murderous henchmen.With a sparkling trail of smuggled gems as bait, Diamonds Are Forever leads Bond on a globe-hopping mission where deadly assassins lurk behind every corner.

In 1855, Walt Whitman published at his own expense the first edition of Leaves of Grass, a visionary volume of twelve poems. Showing the influence of a uniquely American form of mysticism known as Transcendentalism, which eschewed the general society and culture of the time, the writing is distinguished by an explosively innovative free verse style and previously unmentionable subject matter. Exalting nature, celebrating the human body, and praising the senses and sexual love, the monumental work was condemned as "immoral." Whitman continued evolving Leaves of Grass despite the controversy, growing his influential work decades after its first appearance by adding new poems with each new printing.This edition presents the original twelve poems from Whitmans premier 1855 publication of Leaves of Grass. Included are some of the greatest poems of modern times: "Song of Myself,""I Sing the Body Electric," and "There Was a Child Went Forth," works that continue to upset conventional notions of beauty and originality even today.

The Leavenworth Case - Anna Katharine Green - The Leavenworth Case is the first novel of Anna Katharine Green, an American poet and novelist, who was one of the first writers of detective fiction in America, and distinguished herself for writing well plotted, accurate legal thrillers.Green is credited with many firsts. With the character Ebenezer Gryce of the New York Metropolitan Police Force, Green developed the series detective. Amelia Butterworth, a nosy society spinster who assists Gryce in three novels, is the prototype for Miss Marple, Miss Silver and other similar mystery solving female characters. And with Violet Strange, a debutante with a secret life as a sleuth, she invented the girl detective.The Leavenworth Case predates the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes by nine years, yet it feels much more modern. Although it bears the romantic sentimentalism of its time, the story possesses a never seen before mastery of detection.

Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize, Cursed Bunny is a genre-defying collection of short stories by Korean author Bora Chung. Blurring the lines between magical realism, horror, and science-fiction, Chung uses elements of the fantastic and surreal to address the very real horrors and cruelties of patriarchy and capitalism in modern society. Anton Hurs translation skilfully captures the way Chungs prose effortlessly glides from being terrifying to wryly humorous.

Succeeds in inspiring a mysterious terror better than any other writer M.R. JamesIn an isolated castle deep in the Austrian forest, Laura leads a solitary life with only her ailing father for company. Until one moonlit night, a horse-drawn carriage crashes into view, carrying an unexpected guest - the beautiful Carmilla.So begins a feverish friendship between Laura and her mysterious, entrancing companion. But as Carmilla becomes increasingly strange and volatile, prone to eerie nocturnal wanderings, Laura finds herself tormented by nightmares and growing weaker by the day...Pre-dating Dracula by twenty-six years, Carmilla is the original vampire story, steeped in sexual tension and gothic romance.

THE MULTIMILLION COPY BESTSELLER** Read the modern classic behind the Bafta-winning series. **The literary phenomenon of the decade.GuardianThe book that defined a generation.StylistA Tube stop-missing, escalator-reading tale.Evening Standard Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in the west of Ireland, but the similarities end there. In school, Connell is popular and well-liked, while Marianne is a loner. But when the two strike up a conversation - awkward but electrifying - something life-changing begins.Normal People is a story of mutual fascination, friendship and love. It takes us from that first conversation to the years beyond, in the company of two people who try to stay apart but find they cant.Tender and devastating.GuardianA book to cancel plans for.GraziaA classic coming-of-age love story.VogueReaders love Normal People:An emotional rollercoaster from cover to cover. Claire It will stay with me for a long time. Linny The hype is entirely justified. Caitlin This is a book to cherish, to keep and be thankful for. Celestine A masterpiece, pure and simple. JamieSally Rooneys book Normal People was a #1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2018-12-24

This ebook contains all of Oscar Wildes plays (including the fragments), his only novel, his fairy tales and short stories, the poems, all of his essays, lectures, reviews, and other newspaper articles, based on the 1909 edition of his works.For easier navigation, there are tables of contents for each section and one for the whole volume. At the end of each text there are links bringing you back to the respective contents tables. I have also added an alphabetical index for the poems and a combined one for all the essays, lectures, articles, and reviews.-------------------------------------Contents:THE PLAYS.Vera or the Nihilists, The Duchess of Padua, Lady Windermeres Fan, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, The Importance of Being Earnest, Salome (the French original and Bosies translation, and the fragments of La Sainte Courtisane and A Florentine Tragedy.THE NOVEL.The Picture of Dorian Gray.THE STORIES.All the stories and tales from The Happy Prince and Other Tales, Lord Arthur Saviles Crime and Other Stories (incl. The Portrait of Mr. W.H.), and A House of Pomegranates.THE POEMS.The Collected Poems of O.W.THE ESSAYS etc.The four essays from Intentions, The Soul of Man under Socialism, De Profundis (the unabridged version!), The Rise of Historical Criticism, the lectures (The English Renaissance in Art, House Decoration, Art and the Handicraftsman, Lecture to Art Students)

In Jane Austens novel, Sense and Sensibility, the author explores the themes of love, marriage, and societal expectations with a keen eye for irony and social commentary. Set in early 19th-century England, the book follows the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, as they navigate the challenges of finding suitable husbands while facing financial instability. Austens writing style is characterized by her wit, subtle humor, and insightful observations of human nature, making Sense and Sensibility a classic of English literature. The novel is a prime example of the Regency-era literature, known for its focus on manners, morality, and the role of women in society. Austens nuanced portrayal of her characters and their romantic pursuits offers readers a rich and engaging narrative that continues to captivate audiences today.

"Middlemarch" es una novela clásica escrita por George Eliot, seudónimo de la autora británica Mary Ann Evans. Publicada entre 1871 y 1872, la historia retrata la vida de personajes en una ciudad ficticia, abordando temas como el matrimonio, la politica y el estatus social. George Eliot es conocida por su estilo de escritura realista y su profunda exploracion psicologica, desafiando las normas sociales al utilizar un seudonimo masculino. "Middlemarch" se considera una de las grandes obras de la literatura inglesa. y forma parte de la famosa coleccion "1001 libros que que hay que leer antes de morir"

Revisados y actualizados, contienen un índice de contenidos al inicio del libro que permite acceder a cada tíltulo de forma fácil y directa.El retrato de Dorian Gray por Oscar Wilde Mujercitas por Louisa May Alcott Hombrecitos por Louisa May Alcott Orgullo y Prejuicio por Jane Austen Peter Pan por J.M. Barrie Trilogia de Caspak 1. La Tierra Olvidada por el Tiempo por Edgar Rice Burroughs Trilogia de Caspak 2. Los Pueblos que el Tiempo Olvido por Edgar Rice Burroughs Trilogia de Caspak 3. Desde el Abismo del Tiempo por Edgar Rice Burroughs Desde mi celda por Gustavo Adolfo Becquer La Historia de Tristan e Isolda por Joseph Bedier Fuente Ovejuna por Felix Lope de Vega y Carpio El Perro del Hortelano por Felix Lope de Vega y Carpio El Hombre que Fue Jueves por G. K. Chesterton La Ley y la Dama por Wilkie Collins España Contemporanea por Ruben Dario Crimen y Castigo por Fedor Mikhailovitch Dostoievski El Sabueso de los Baskerville por Arthur Conan Doyle Las Aventuras de Sherlock Holmes por Arthur Conan Doyle Veinte Años Despues por Alexandre Dumas Agua de nieve por Concha Espina El Curioso Caso de Benjamin Button por Francis Scott Fitzgerald El Profeta por Kahlil Gibran Antologia Poetica por Miguel Hernandez La Odisea por Homero Los Cuatro Jinetes del Apocalipsis I por Vicente Blasco Ibañez Los Cuatro Jinetes del Apocalipsis II por Vicente Blasco Ibañez Tres Hombres en una Barca por Jerome K. Jerome La Metamorfosis por Franz Kafka Cartas a Milena por Franz Kafka Ideario Español por Mariano Jose de Larra El Casarse Pronto y Mal por Mariano Jose de Larra La Quimera del Oro por Jack London Romancero Gitano por Federico Garcia Lorca El Rey Arturo y los Caballeros de la Mesa Redonda por Thomas Malory Lo Que el Viento se Llevo por Margaret Mitchell El Avaro por Moliere Lolita por Vladimir Nabokov La Republica por Platon La Caida de la Casa de Usher por Edgar Allan Poe La Divina Comedia por Dante Alighieri Metafisica por Aristoteles Sentido y Sensibiildad por Jane Austen Las Flores del Mal por Charles Baudelaire El Decameron por Giovanni Boccaccio Agnes Grey (Español) por Anne Bronte Las Aventuras de Pinocho por C. Collodi El Ultimo Mohicano por James Fenimore Cooper Noches Blancas por Fedor Mikhailovitch Dostoievski Estudio en Escarlata por Arthur Conan Doyle El Signo de los Cuatro por Arthur Conan Doyle Los Tres Mosqueteros por Alexandre Dumas Cancion del Pirata por Jose de Espronceda Madame Bovary I por Gustave Flaubert Psicologia de las Masas y Analisis del Yo por Sigmund Freud Bailen por Benito Perez Galdos El Jardin del Profeta por Kahlil Gibran Fausto Parte I por Johann Wolfgang Goethe. Fausto Parte II por Johann Wolfgang von Goethe LOS MISERABLES por Victor Hugo Y MUCHOS MAS.

En TRAICIONADA (Libro #3 del Diario de un Vampiro), Caitlin Paine despierta después de estar en un coma profundo, para descubrir que ha sido transformada. Convertida en una verdadera vampiro, se sorprende con sus nuevos poderes, incluyendo su capacidad para volar y su fuerza sobrehumana. Se da cuenta de que su verdadero amor, Caleb, sigue a su lado, esperando pacientemente que se recupere. Ella tiene todo lo que podria soñar. Hasta que de pronto, las cosas salen terriblemente mal. Caitlin se horroriza al descubrir a Caleb con su ex esposa, Sera, y antes que de el tenga la oportunidad de explicar, Caitlin le pide que se vaya. Descorazonada, confundida, Caitlin quiere morir, su unico consuelo es su lobezna, Rose. Caitlin tambien encuentra consuelo en su nuevo entorno. Se da cuenta de que ha sido llevada a una isla escondida en medio del rio Hudson: Pollepel, entre una cofradia de vampiros adolescentes de elite, chicos y chicas, 24 en total, incluyendola a ella. Se da cuenta de que este lugar es para marginados, al igual que ella Conoce a su nueva mejor amiga, Polly, y empieza a ser entrenada para el combate de vampiros de elite, y se da cuenta de que por fin ha encontrado un lugar que puede ser su hogar. Pero una guerra de vampiros se avecina, y su hermano Sam sigue ahi afuera, secuestrado por Samantha. El malvado Kyle, tambien, ahora empuñando la mitica Espada, todavia esta en pie de guerra y no se detendra ante nada para acabar con Nueva York. Caitlin, a pesar de su nuevo hogar, y a pesar de haber encontrado un nuevo amor en el vampiro escurridizo, Blake, sabe que solo puede permanecer en esta isla el tiempo necesario antes de ser llamada por su destino. Despues de todo, ella sigue siendo la "Elegida" y las miradas todavia estan sobre ella para encontrar a su padre y al arma que podria salvarlos a todos. Dividida entre sus nuevos amigos y sus persistentes sentimientos hacia Caleb, ella debe llegar a decidir donde estan sus verdaderas lealtades y si ella esta dispuesta a arriesgarlo todo para tratar de encontrar a Caleb y tenerlo en su vida una vez mas. TRAICIONADA tambien se destaca como una novela independiente. TRAICIONADA tiene mas de 60,000 palabras- Los Libros # 4 -- # 10 de DIARIO DE UN VAMPIRO¡ahora tambien estan disponibles! "TRAICIONADA es una nueva entrega gran de esta saga. Morgan Rice realmente ha llegado con un ganador en esta serie. De ritmo rapido, llena de accion, amor, suspenso e intriga. Si usted no ha leido sus dos primeras novelas, lealas y luego ponga en sus manos TRAICIONADA. He leido estos libros en orden, pero cada uno de estos libros tambien estan diseñados para leerse de forma independiente; por lo que incluso, si usted no ha leido los dos primeros, puede leer TRAICIONADA. Estoy seguro de que va a terminar consiguiendo los dos primeros vale la pena leerlos ¡o releerlos!" --VampireBookSite "El final de gran suspenso de TRAICIONADA dejara al lector pidiendo por mas. TRAICIONADA recibe un diez de calificacion por su ritmo de lectura, y por su imaginativa historia". --The Dallas Examiner El Bestseller # 1 de Morgan Rice, de la saga LA TRILOGIA DE SUPERVIVENCIA, un thriller distopico, pos apocaliptico, ahora tambien esta disponible a la venta Y el Bestseller # 1 de Morgan Rice, de la saga de fantasia, EL ANILLO DEL HECHICERO, que comprende diez libros (y siguen llegando) ya esta disponible tambienempezando con el Libro #1, LA SENDA DE LOS HEROES!