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Название: MY ANTONIA
Автор: Cather Willa
Издательство: Dover Publications
Год: 2008 Страниц: 176 Формат: PDF
Размер: 6.16 mb
Жанр: Dover Publications
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One of Cather's earliest novels — written in 1918 — is the story of Antonia Shimerda, who arrives on the Nebraska frontier as part of a family of Bohemian emigrants. In quiet, probing depth, the story commemorates the spirit and courage of the immigrant pioneers whose persistence and strength helped build America.
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Название: THE DUCHESS OF MALFI
Автор: Webster John
Издательство: Dover Publications
Год: 2008 Страниц: 96 Формат: PDF (текст изображением)
Размер: 3.36 mb
Жанр: Dover Publications
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The evils of greed and ambition overwhelm love, innocence, and the bonds of kinship in this dark tragedy concerning the secret marriage of a noblewoman and a commoner. John Webster's great Jacobean drama detailing the fiendish schemes of two brothers who desire their wealthy sister's title and estates ends with a bloody and horrifying climax.
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Автор: eagle
:: Просмотров: 1520
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Название: RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE
Автор: Grey Zane
Издательство: Dover Publications
Год: 2008 Страниц: 245 Формат: PDF
Размер: 8.58 mb
Жанр: Dover Publications
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The first of Zane Grey's many bestsellers, this stirring tale of adventure and romance established the prototype for western novels. A proud young heroine stands alone against the villains who rustle and stampede her cattle — until a stranger rides into the territory. Classic of American frontier fiction, teeming with color, authenticity, thrills.
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Название: SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY
Автор: Masters Edgar Lee
Издательство: Dover Publications
Год: 2008 Страниц: 144 Формат: DjVu
Размер: 1.00 mb
Жанр: Dover Publications
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A landmark of 20th-century American literature: a series of over 200 compelling free-verse monologues in which former citizens of a mythical Midwestern town speak touchingly from the grave of the thwarted hopes and dreams of their lives. Reprinted from the authoritative 1915 edition.
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Автор: slavik
:: Просмотров: 912
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Название: CORNHUSKERS
Автор: Sandburg Carl
Издательство: Dover Publications
Год: 2008 Страниц: 147 Формат: PDF (текст изображением)
Размер: 5.15 mb
Жанр: Dover Publications
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«Over 100 classic poems from Sandburg's second book, which came out two years after Chicago Poems (1916). Includes «Grass», «Prayers of Steel», «Flanders», «Prairie», «Shenandoah», many more.»
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Название: HENRY IV, PART I
Автор: Shakespeare William
Издательство: Dover Publications
Год: 2008 Страниц: 96 Формат: PDF (текст изображением)
Размер: 3.36 mb
Жанр: Dover Publications
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«Memorable historical drama concerns rebellion against King Henry led by Harry Percy («Hotspur») and other nobles, complicated by the king's difficulties with his wayward son, Prince Hal. Superb blend of courtly intrigue, battlefield action, and low comedy featuring Sir John Falstaff, all expressed in fine blank verse and stirring prose.»
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Название: THE WINTER'S TALE
Автор: Shakespeare William
Издательство: Dover Publications
Год: 2008 Страниц: 128 Формат: PDF (текст изображением)
Размер: 4.48 mb
Жанр: Dover Publications
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Running an emotional gamut from betrayal and broken hearts to romance and reconciliation, this 1611 tragicomedy begins with the tyrannical actions of a jealous king, whose baseless suspicions destroy his own family. The play's second half takes place 16 years later, when the lively plot takes a lighthearted turn, abounding in song and dance.
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Автор: kimon
:: Просмотров: 1291
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Название: THE INSIDIOUS DR: FU-MANCHU
Автор: Rohmer Sax
Издательство: Dover Publications
Год: 2008 Страниц: 208 Формат: PDF
Размер: 7.28 mb
Жанр: Dover Publications
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The first in the popular Fu-Manchu mystery series introduces English sleuth Denis Nayland Smith and his companion, Dr. Petrie, to the satanic Dr. Fu-Manchu, a cunning Chinese criminal mastermind who means to rule the world. Flavorful atmosphere, fast-paced action, and colorful characters enliven this 1913 classic.
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Автор: sams1
:: Просмотров: 99
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Название: ART NOUVEAU STAINED GLASS: COLORING BOOK
Автор: Sibbett Ed
Издательство: Dover Publications
Год: 2008 Страниц: 16 Формат: PDF
Размер: 0.56 mb
Жанр: Dover Publications
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The swirling, organic forms of Art Nouveau have been adapted into 16 designs for this coloring book. Including women, flowers, birds, and animals, these designs are printed on translucent paper so that you can mount them on your windows after coloring and obtain an effect much like stained glass.
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Название: FRENCH ARCHITECTURAL ORNAMENT: FROM VERSAILLES, FONTAINEBLEU AND OTHER PALACES
Автор: Rouyer Eugene
Издательство: Dover Publications
Год: 2008 Страниц: 96 Формат: PDF (текст изображением)
Размер: 3.36 mb
Жанр: Dover Publications
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From floor to ceiling, and spanning grand facades, supremely rich ornament and detail envelops the enduring landmarks of France. Take a visual tour through royal salons, war rooms, and ballrooms in this illustrated survey that presents decorative elements from palatial doors, walls, fireplaces, cabinets, consoles, friezes, and more. It includes 161 colour and black-and-white illustrations. It is a Dover original selection from L'Art Architectural en France, Noblet et Baudry, Libraires-Editeurs, 1863.
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Название: JAPANESE WOODBLOCK FLOWER PRINTS
Автор: Konan Tanigami
Издательство: Dover Publications
Год: 2008 Страниц: 128 Формат: PDF (текст изображением)
Размер: 4.48 mb
Жанр: Dover Publications
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Combining the perennial appeal of flowers with that of Japanese wood block print, this extraordinary collection showcases brilliant illustrations by a well-known artist. Skilfully reprinted in rich, lovely colours from a rare and costly edition, these 90 plates feature realistic images of poppies, daffodils, tulips, and other familiar and unusual flowers.
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Название: 3 BY SHAKESPEARE: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, ROMEO AND JULIET AND RICHARD III
Автор: Shakespeare
Издательство: Dover Publications
Год: 2008 Страниц: 288 Формат: PDF
Размер: 10.08 mb
Жанр: Dover Publications
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Comedy, tragedy, and history are masterfully represented in this anthology of Shakespeare's works. Features A Midsummer Night's Dream, a celebration of the imaginative powers of love; Romeo and Juliet, a gripping and passionate romantic drama; and Richard III, a portrait of a villain who seduces, betrays, and murders his way to the throne. Includes informative footnotes.
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Название: WASHINGTON SQUARE
Автор: James H.
Издательство: Dover Publications
Год: 2008 Страниц: 176 Формат: PDF
Размер: 6.16 mb
Жанр: Dover Publications
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The shy and sweet daughter of a well-to-do physician, Catherine Sloper seems destined for lifelong spinsterhood until the sudden appearance of a dashing suitor who proposes marriage. Her adored father suspects the would-be fiance of fortune-hunting and threatens her with disinheritance, forcing Catherine to choose between lover and father.
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Автор: admin
:: Просмотров: 496
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Название: UBU ROI
Автор: Jarry Alfred
Издательство: Dover Publications
Год: 2008 Страниц: 80 Формат: PDF
Размер: 2.80 mb
Жанр: Dover Publications
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A stunning, controversial work that immediately outraged audiences with its scatological references during the 1896 premiere, the farce satirizes the tendency of the successful bourgeois to abuse his authority and become irresponsibly complacent. Championed as the first absurdist drama, Ubu Roi features a main character that is cruel, gluttonous, and grotesque.
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Название: THREE GREAT PLAYS: THE EMPEROR JONES, ANNA CHRISTIE AND THE HAIRY APE
Автор: O'Neill
Издательство: Dover Publications
Год: 2008 Страниц: 144 Формат: DjVu
Размер: 1.00 mb
Жанр: Dover Publications
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Winner of the Nobel prize for literature and 4 Pulitzer prizes, Eugene O'Neill is generally acknowledged as America's greatest playwright. The Emperor Jones is an expressionistic play much-admired for its powerful psychological portrayal of brute power, fear, and madness. The Hairy Ape combines elements of class struggle and surreal tragedy. Also includes Anna Christie.
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Автор: studnn
:: Просмотров: 198
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Название: WILLIAM BLAKE STAINED GLASS COLOURING BOOK
Автор: Blake
Издательство: Dover Publications
Год: 2008 Страниц: 32 Формат: PDF
Размер: 1.12 mb
Жанр: Dover Publications
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From one of England's great poets and painters — 16 of his finest and most expressive paintings, skillfully rendered by Marty Noble. Illustrations from the author's popular poems, his interpretations of Bible stories, and other literary works can be brought to glowing life with a touch of color and light.
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Название: IDYLLS OF THE KING
Автор: Tennyson Alfred
Издательство: Dover Publications
Год: 2008 Страниц: 304 Формат: DOC
Размер: 7.60 mb
Жанр: Dover Publications
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Tennyson interprets the Arthurian myth as an epic poem, and his tales of Camelot soar to remarkable imaginative heights to trace the birth of a king; the founding, fellowship, and decline of the Round Table; and the king's inevitable departure. Encompassing romance, heroism, duty, and conflict, Tennyson's poetry charts the rise and fall of a legendary society.
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Название: THE ETERNAL HUSBAND
Автор: Dostoyevsky Fyodor
Издательство: Dover Publications
Год: 2008 Страниц: 128 Формат: PDF (текст изображением)
Размер: 4.48 mb
Жанр: Dover Publications
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A rich and idle man confronts his dead mistress's husband in this psychological novel of duality. One of the esteemed Russian author's most powerful and accessible tales, it employs his favorite themes of mental torture and neurosis. Captivating and highly revealing, it explores love, guilt, and hatred.
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Название: THE WIT AND WISDOM OF MARK TWAIN: A BOOK OF QUOTATIONS
Автор: Twain Mark
Издательство: Dover Publications
Год: 2008 Страниц: 64 Формат: PDF
Размер: 2.24 mb
Жанр: Dover Publications
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Includes hundreds of Twain's most memorable quips and comments on life, love, history, culture, travel, and diverse other topics, among them. He is now fast rising from affluence to poverty. Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please; and more than one cigar at a time is excessive smoking.
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Автор: braind
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Название: THE DORE BIBLE ILLUSTRATIONS
Автор: Dore Gustave
Издательство: Dover Publications
Год: 2008 Страниц: 241 Формат: PDF
Размер: 8.44 mb
Жанр: Dover Publications
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Detailed plates from the Bible: the Creation scenes, Adam and Eve, horrifying visions of the Flood, the battle sequences with their monumental crowds, depictions of the life of Jesus and visions of the new Jerusalem. Each of the 241 plates is accompanied by the appropriate verses from the King James version of the Bible.
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