The Gambler and The House of the Dead

Translated by Constance Garnett With an introduction by A. D. P. Briggs. The House of the Dead is a stark account of Dostoyevsky's own experience o...

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In this almost documentary account of his own experiences of penal servitude in Serbia, Dostoevsky describes the physical and mental suffering of t...

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'The Gambler, ' about a young tutor in the employ of a Russian general, was written under a strict deadline so Dostoyevsky could pay off his roulet...

This volume provides a striking account of the life, destruction, rediscovery, and cultural significance of the Roman town of Herculaneum and its g...

The epitome of effervescence and centerpiece of celebration, Champagne has become a universal emblem of good fortune, and few can resist its sparkl...

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The seventeenth-century house of the seven gables shelters an old curse and a terrible secret. The lives of the Pyncheon family are ruined by greed...

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We begin - at the turn of the century, in an unnamed South American country - in the childhood home of the woman who will be the mother and grandmo...

Publisher: Olympia PublishersAuthor(s): Dr. Serge ValcourtNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 140 x 204 x 25Cover type: Paperback...

Reducere. When Jean-François Champollion rediscovered how to translate the Egyptian hieroglyphs in the early nineteenth century he described them as "....a c...

Charles Dickens and the House of Fallen Women vividly portrays the lot of the poor in mid-nineteenth century London and some of the people who were...

Reducere. Aurora West is on the verge of solving the mystery of her mother's death, but it's hard keeping her efforts a secret from her grieving father, the ...

Publisher: CaneloAuthor(s): Paul DohertyNumber of pages: 304Collection: The Brother Athelstan MysteriesPublication date: 2021Dimensions: 129 x 198 ...

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DescriptionHigh above the steamy jungle of the Amazon basin, rise the flat plateaus known as the Tepui, the House of the Gods. Lost worlds of unkno...

DescriptionDCI Paul Stark discovers that the bitter legacy of WWI casts a long shadow in the second of this intriguing historical mystery series. L...

Reducere. The concept of eternal life after death through the belief of Christ's ressurection is a cornerstone of the Christian faith. The Gospel of Mark sta...

At its height Renaissance Florence was a centre of wealth, power and influence. A republican city-state funded by trade and banking, its bloody pol...

Reducere. This Brief History tells the story of The House of Windsor. Starting with George V and going through Charles, Prince of Wales, all the way to Queen...

Scotland, 1477: Nicholas de Fleury, former banker and merchant, has re-appeared in the land that, four years earlier, he had brought very close to ...

This book is the only one of its kind, providing a clear and exhaustive analysis of the different approaches to the future of Britain's second cham...

Reducere. The internationally bestselling author of The Rose Labyrinth returns with a love story of magic and healing that takes readers from the heartache o...

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Publisher: Random HouseAuthor(s): Jonathan KellermanPublication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 270 x 28Cover type: PaperbackRedescopera farmecul lectu...

In letter written at the end of 1960, J. R. R. Tolkien wrote that, while parts of The Lord of the Rings, "owe something to Northern France after th...

Reducere. The unforgettable first novel that established Isabel Allende as one of the world's most gifted and imaginative storytellers. The House of the Spir...

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Reducere. The conclusion to the critically acclaimed Obsidian and Blood trilogy: The year is Three Rabbit, and the storm is coming. The Mexica Empire now has...

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Publisher: Penguin Random House AustraliaAuthor(s): Stuart WilsonNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 130 x 196 x 24Cover type: Pa...

Reducere. A revelatory new portrait of the courageous woman who saved Dostoyevsky's life--and became a pioneer in Russian literary history In the fall of 186...

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Reducere. For fans of Downton Abbey, a real-life American version of the Crawley family--Fortune's Children is an enthralling true story that recreates the d...

"The most original genius that America has produced." —Alfred, Lord TennysonEdgar Allan Poe was a writer of uncommon talent; in The Murders in the ...

A thrilling family story of aristocratic decadence and decline at the heart of 18th century British empire.

Reducere. The Prince of the House of David By J. H. Ingraham is the daughter of a Jew who resides in Alexandria, Egypt. Adina, the suppositious writer of the...

With the bravura storytelling and pungent authenticity of detail she brought to her acclaimed Lymond Chronicles, Dorothy Dunnett, grande dame of th...

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DescriptionThe sermons in this book were written with so much help from other people that I can hardly claim to be the author. Most every day I am ...

Contributor(s): Author: P. C. CastAuthor: Colette Baron-ReidFor the fans of the best-selling House of Night series, the Wisdom of the House of Nigh...

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