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41The Meek One , Dostoevsky Fyodor (2015)
'I could see that she was still terribly afraid, but I didn't soften anything; instead, seeing that she was afraid I deliberately intensified it.'In this short story, Dostoyevsky masterfully depicts… 189 руб42A Slip Under the Microscope , H. G. Wells (2015)
I will go in, out of this dust and heat, out of this dry glitter of vanity, out of these toilsome futilities. I will go and never return. ' three disturbing, mysterious and moving stories from wells… 107 руб43The Wife of Bath , Chaucer Geoffrey (2015)
Those husbands that I had, Three of them were good and two were bad. The three that I call good were rich and old... One of the most bawdy, entertaining and popular stories from The Canterbury Tales… 101 руб44The Great Fire of London , Pepys Samuel (2015)
With one's face in the wind you were almost burned with a shower of Firedrops. A selection from Pepys'startlingly vivid and candid diary, including his famous account of the Great Fire. Introducing… 101 руб45The Figure in the Carpet , James Henry (2015)
Did she know and if she knew would she speak? The story of an unsolved literary mystery that explores what James referred to as troubled artistic consciousness. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80… 101 руб46Lord Arthur Savile's Crime , Wilde Oscar (2015)
'He was not blind to the fact that murder, like the religions of the Pagan world, requires a victim as well as a priest...'This selection includes three of Wilde's brilliant short stories, all… 91 руб47Leonardo Da Vinci , Vasari Giorgio (2015)
In this painting of Leonardo's there was a smile so pleasing that it seemed divine rather than human. Often called the first art historian, Vasari writes with delight on the lives of Leonardo and… 101 руб48The Steel Flea , Leskov Nikolay (2016)
The Steel Flea is an uproarious and alcohol-soaked shaggy-dog story from one of Russia's great comic masters. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black… 112 руб49American Legal History: A Very Short Introduction , G. Edward White (2013)
Law has played a central role in American history. From colonial times to the present, law has not just reflected the changing society in which legal decisions have been made-it has played a powerful… 493 руб50Sexuality: A Very Short Introduction , Mottier Veronique (2008)
What shapes our sexuality? Is it a product of our genes, or of society, culture, and politics? How have concepts of sexuality and sexual norms changed over time? How have feminist theories, religion… 493 руб
