The Human Comedy

According to tradition, Cervantes first conceived his comic masterpiece in jail - his avowed intent being to debunk the romances of chivalry. From ...

Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) is one of the most important and innovative figures of the European Middle Ages. Writing his Comedy (the epithet 'Divin...

Reducere. In common with much of his other writing, this work by the eminent English novelist and essayist E. M. Forster (1879-1970) displays an unusually pe...

Reducere. "I have always loved animals. My constant encounters with both domesticated and wild, as a boy in a village, impressed me for life." Nikos Savvakis...

A Tragedy in Two Parts with The UrfaustGoethe's Faust is a classic of European literature. Based on the fable of the man who traded his soul for su...

Reducere. Homer's epic chronicle of the Greek hero Odysseus' journey home from the Trojan War has inspired writers from Virgil to James Joyce. Odysseus survi...

DescriptionThe hilarious new comic based on THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS, the award-winning animated comedy from ILLUMINATION Ever wonder what your pets...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: William ShakespeareEditor: Albert GilmanThe Signet Classics edition of William Shakespeare's comedic play about two endurin...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Marx Brothers were one of a kind. Their comedic style blends zany slapstick with wit and sarcasm. Their films date back nearly a cen...

DescriptionThis collection of scenes offers drama teachers a wide range of topics to explore through characterisation of the moment. There are scen...

Juxtaposing Prague, Geneva, Thailand and the United States, this masterly novel encompasses the extremes of comedy and tragedy, and embraces, it se...

The sequel to the award-winning Shadow Forest, from Haig, who also writes novels for adults. Features a troll who runs away from the forest to be w...

Reducere. Previously published as Diary of a Mad Brownie. Introducing The Enchanted Files--a new magical, modern-day comedy series by the master of funny fan...

The latest in Flame Tree's brand new power puzzle books, designed with large print. Organized by theme, with a wide range of delightful word search...

Reducere. Filmul nu are subtitrare in limba romana. / This movie does not have Romanian subtitles.Dark Canadian comedy drama, about two dysfunctional roommat...

When studious Nariyuki tutors two supergeniuses who are total dunces in their favorite subjects, he'll get a crash course in love Nariyuki Yuiga co...

Reducere. In a world where monsters called Yoma prey on humans and live among them in disguise, humanity's only hope is a new breed of warrior known as Claym...

Reducere. In this thought-provoking book, playwright and author Stephen Evans explores the complex human phenomenon of comedy, looking far back into prehisto...

Reducere. Sexy, sword-swinging ladies in an epic medieval mo Reads R to L (Japanese Style). In a world where monsters called Yoma prey on humans and live amo...

New, award-winning translation of Goncharov's popular masterpiece Rich in situational comedy, psychological complexity and social satire, Oblomov -...

After the death of her father, Ann Whitefield becomes the joint ward of two men: the respectable Roebuck Ramsden and John Tanner, author of 'The Re...

Swann in Love is a brilliant, devastating novella that tells of infatuation, love, and jealousy. Set against the backdrop of Paris at the end of th...

Description"This brilliant little book is clear, lucid, and easy to read. It is packed with fascinating information that I didn't know, and I suspe...

A Midsummer Night's Dream is perhaps the best loved of Shakespeare's plays. It brings together aristocrats, workers, and fairies in a wood outside ...

Reducere. The "Divine Comedy" was entitled by Dante himself merely "Commedia, " meaning a poetic composition in a style intermediate between the sustained no...

Reducere. The "Divine Comedy" was entitled by Dante himself merely "Commedia, " meaning a poetic composition in a style intermediate between the sustained no...

Reducere. Brilliant, darkly funny and utterly compelling, "The Handbook of Human Ownership" rips the curtains of propaganda from the pedestals of power, reve...

Homer Macauley wants to become the best telegram messenger in California. He works at night and goes to high school during the day. Homer is an amb...

The New Cambridge Shakespeare appeals to students worldwide for its up-to-date scholarship and emphasis on performance. The series features line-by...

One of Britain's best-loved comedy stars gives an infectiously humorous account of his life so far. Ranganathan also writes for }The Guardian{ and ...

America's Tony Hoagland is known for his provocative poetry which interrogates human nature and contemporary culture with an intimate and wild urge...

Reducere. Teresa, a powerful Claymore, saves a young girl from her bandit captors and leaves the child in the care of some villagers. But triumph quickly giv...

With their penetrating psychological insight and their emphasis on human dignity, respect and forgiveness, Dostoyevsky's early short stories contai...

DescriptionWhat fools these mortals be ?--Puck, Act III, Scene 2, 115Join Bottom the Weaver, Oberon and Titania, and the confused lovers in a serie...

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Reducere. Not-So-Kosher Stories is a fiction collection of four short romantic comedy and human-interest stories. "My-Not-So Kosher Wedding" is about a Jewis...

A mystery, a comedy, and a riveting human drama rolled into one, from the bestselling author of MIDNIGHT IN THE GARDEN OF GOOD AND EVILPublisher: H...

Reducere. "My name is Lancelot Blue Dunkquist, and the best thing about me is, when you doll me up right, I look just like the movie star, James Jansen." Mee...

DescriptionCousin Bette (1846) is considered to be Balzac's last great novel, and a key work in his Human Comedy. Set in the Paris of the 1830s and...

A sci-fi comedy thriller, Comic Potential is a play set in the foreseeable future, when everything has changed--except human natureComic Potential ...

In "Purgatorio", Dante, having described his journey into Hell, narrates his ascent of Mount Purgatory with Virgil, as he encounters penitents who ...

Reducere. A contemporary debut novel full of warmth, comedy, character and anarchic radicalism. Peterdown is an epic tale about community - our streets and h...

This is the story of three former soldiers who meet when serving lengthy prison sentences in a high security prison. Billy, Sam and Toby's friendsh...

Reducere. "One of the most technically focused on-camera manuals on the market... Morris looks at the neuroscience behind human emotions and what the camera ...

Reducere. A ravenous read. --Kirkus Reviews Shaun of the Dead meets Clueless in this hilarious YA horror comedy set at a local zombie convention--featuring a...

Reducere. Famous names and influential thinkers answer the question: What Makes Us Human? A dazzling insight into what gives meaning to our life and to us as...

Contemporary Canadian poetry got you down? This book of poems operates within the constraints of what the author terms 'synaptic syntax' - poetry t...

DescriptionJedidiah Jenkins is a farmer--but his cash crop isn't corn or soy. Jed grows fast-healing, plug-and-play human organs. Lose a finger? Ne...

'John Metcalf has written some of the very best stories ever published in Canada. He comes as close to the baffling, painful comedy of human experi...

Reducere. That man is fortunate who has the world against him.Israel Rank has many advantages and qualities which should enable an ordinary man to get throug...

Reducere. A sexy and out-of-this-world alien comedy from the creator of Yokai Girls! Yoshitake, your average company drone, is out for a drive one night when...

Photography and pop-culture buffs, get out your crayons and colored pencilsMartin Parr's colorful and tongue-in-cheek photographs--his comedy of co...

Reducere. Four stories of comedy, deception, and revenge, including one previously unpublished, from the acclaimed author of Heir to the Glimmering World. Cy...

Reducere. In 1955, with this short story collection, Flannery O'Connor firmly laid claim to her place as one of the most original and provocative writers of ...

An NYRB Classics Original Characters from every corner of society and all walks of life--lords and ladies, businessmen and military men, poor clerk...

In The School for Scandal, Sheridan's artificial world of heightened wit and heightened folly delights its audience, but at times it engages them w...

Reducere. Paolo Bacigalupi's debut collection demonstrates the power and reach of the science fiction short story. Social criticism, political parable, and e...

Reducere. AN IRREVERENT, LIBERAL, TWISTY, TIME TRAVEL COMEDY What if you could make a change to history that would eliminate the Spanish Inquisition, America...

Reducere. As a crime wave breaks in the quiet Cotswold streets, Andy Caplet, a failed reporter, is reluctantly immersed in Inspector Hobbes's investigation. ...

Reducere. Penelope Fitzgerald's novel, The Golden Child, combines a deft comedy of manners with a classic mystery set in London's most refined institution--t...

Reducere. From Ian McEwan, Booker Prize winner and international bestselling author of Atonement and The Children Act "Moving. . . . Masterly . . . provocati...

Reducere. For almost 20 years, Carlton Mellick III has been writing some of the strangest and most compelling novels the bizarro fiction genre has to offer. ...

Reducere. Years ago, Jane Weatherby had a torrid affair with John Pomfret, the husband of her best friend. Divorces ensued. World War II happened. Prewar par...

Reducere. 'I was grateful for having been born human' There's going to be trouble. Andy Caplet's wife goes away, someone is out to get him, and he loses near...

A Best Book of the Year: Time, NPR, The Village Voice, The Miami Herald, Financial Times, Minneapolis Star Tribune, BookRiot "Powerful and electric...

Reducere. Evening Plays, three new dramas by award-winning playwright Richard Maxwell are a response to Dante's Divine Comedy. The Evening centers around thr...

Reducere. This is the untold true story of one citizen's pointless torture and month-long captivity. The story, formerly mistold if not utterly overlooked, h...

Reducere. The most striking thing about Much Dithering was its peacefulness. The few people who saw it from charabancs on morning or evening or circular driv...

"As finely worked as a Swiss watch and as funny as the human condition permits..the zigzag brilliance of the text as the clunky lines of the farce-...

Reducere. A FRONT-ROW SEAT TO A YEAR'S WORTH OF MUST-SEE FILMS Director, producer, screenwriter, author, actor, and film critic, Peter Bogdanovich knows movi...