Bi-lingual, parallel text edition of the Great Gatsby.

Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed ‘Dumplin’’ by her former beauty queen mom) has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all-American beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked . . . until Will takes a job at Harpy’s, the local fast-food joint. There she meets Private...

Jakob führt den Hof der Eltern und kämpft gegen den Niedergang. Als die Künstlerin Katja sich als Praktikantin anbietet, scheinen sich die Dinge zum Guten zu wenden. Gemeinsam bauen sie eine biologische Tierhaltung auf, sie heiraten und bekommen einen Sohn. Doch Jakob findet keine Ruhe, sein grausamer Zorn bricht immer wieder hervor. Hat Katja ihn getäuscht, hat sie nur mal einen wie ihn...

Nach seinem erfolgreichen Roman ›Fremde Seele, dunkler Wald‹, der auf der Shortlist des deutschen Buchpreises stand, schreibt Reinhard Kaiser-Mühlecker über die Umbrüche unserer Gegenwart. Nach Jahren auf Reisen kehrt ein Journalist in den Ort seiner Kindheit zurück, an dem er nie heimisch war. Er schreibt für das kriselnde Lokalblatt, er beginnt eine Affäre und arbeitet auf dem Hof eines...

Winter despises her stepmother, and knows Levana won't approve of her feelings for her childhood friend-the handsome palace guard, Jacin. But Winter isn't as weak as Levana believes her to be and she's been undermining her stepmother's wishes for years. Together with the cyborg mechanic, Cinder, and her allies, Winter might even have the power to launch a revolution and win a war that's been...

'There are Russian fairy tales where the hero, some kind of Ivan the Fool, stops at the crossroads of three roads. One is to the right, the other is to the left, the third is straight. If you go to the right, you will find death, if you go to the left, you will meet love, and if you go straight, the kingdom with chests full of gold. Plus a golden toilet. What to choose: death, love or wealth?...

el centers on the Compson family, former Southern aristocrats who are struggling to deal with the dissolution of their family and its reputation. The novel is separated into four distinct sections. The first, April 7, 1928, is written from the perspective of Benjamin Benjy Compson, a 33-year-old man with severe mental handicaps. The second section, June 2, 1910, focuses on Quentin Compson,...

The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven fantasy novels for children written by C. S. Lewis. The Chronicles of Narnia presents the adventures of children who play central roles in the unfolding history of the fictional realm of Narnia, a place where animals talk, magic is common, and good battles evil. Each of the books (with the exception of The Horse and His Boy) features as its...

Одно из «краеугольных» произведений русской и мировой литературы, включенный во все школьные и университетские программы, неоднократно экранизированный роман Достоевского «Преступление и наказание» ставит перед читателем важнейшие нравственно-мировоззренческие вопросы — о вере, совести, грехе и об искуплении через страдание. Опровержение преступной «идеи-страсти», «безобразной мечты»,...

War and Peace is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. It is regarded as one of the central works of world literature. War and Peace is considered Tolstoy's finest literary achievement. The novel charts the history of the French invasion of Russia, and the impact of the Napoleonic era on Tsarist society, through the stories of five Russian aristocratic families. The novel was first...

The surest way to creative immortality is to write from the point of view of eternity. It is from this position that Chingiz Aitmatov, a classic of Russian and Kyrgyz literature, a laureate of prestigious awards, writes his prose. His books - 'And the Day Lasts More Than a Century ...', 'Scaffold' and many others have been translated into dozens of languages. These novels became the property of...

Н. А. Некрасов — одна из самых интересных и противоречивых фигур в истории русской поэзии. «Страстный к страданью поэт!..» — так отзывался о нем Достоевский. Для многих Некрасов стал пророком, утешителем, руководителем. Он был главным поэтом поколения нигилистов-шестидесятников, наследников Базарова. Он предложил новый взгляд на задачи поэта, новые поэтические темы. Некрасов действительно...