Katina (A Roald Dahl Short Story)
By: Roald Dahl
3.96
Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition
Katina is a short, gripping story of life in wartime from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking ta…
Want to Read"Men were foolish and were made only so that they should die, while mountains and rivers went on for ever and did not notice the passing of time."-Roald Dahl, Katina (A Roald Dahl Short Story)
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1. Brave Companions: Portraits in History
By: David McCullough
4.04
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9780671792763 From Alexander von Humboldt to Charles and Anne Li… read more
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- short stories
- audiobook
"…the little known events of a given time, and people who are not in the headlines can be what matters most in the long run – and the long run is the measure of history."-David McCullough, Brave Companions: Portraits in History
"Mainly, writing means a good deal of hard thinking … yet sometimes the very struggle of getting the words down on paper does result in unexpected discoveries or clarifications."-David McCullough, Brave Companions: Portraits in History
"The problem, as Thornton Wilder said, lies in the effort to employ the past tense in such a way that it does not rob those events of their character of having occurred in freedom."-David McCullough, Brave Companions: Portraits in History
"In writing history, to catch the feeling and well as the truth of other times, it is of utmost importance … to convey the sense that things need not have happened as they did…the past, after all, is …"-David McCullough, Brave Companions: Portraits in History
2. L'Écume des jours
By: Boris Vian
3.93
Format: 351 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Chick, Alise, Chloé et Colin passent leur temps à dire des choses rigolotes, à écouter Duke Ellingt… read more
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"Per me, ciccino mio"-Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours
"Le plus clair de mon temps je le passe à l'obscurcir."-Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours
"Те се умълчаха за миг. Една кана използва настъпилата тишина, за да издаде сребрист звук, който отекна о стените."-Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours
"Le ciel bleu-vert pendait presque jusqu'au pavé et de grandes taches blanches marquaient sur le sol la place où des nuages venaient de se fracasser. (p. 220)"-Boris Vian, L'Écume des jours
3. The Red Shoes
By: Hans Christian Andersen , Barbara Bazilian
3.53
Format: 32 pages, Hardcover
Have you ever wished for something so hard that you could think of nothing else? When Karen becomes… read more
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- short stories
4. The Overcoat
By: Nikolai Gogol
4.15
Format: 57 pages, Paperback
The Overcoat which is generally acknowledged as the finest of Gogol's memorable Saint Petersburg st… read more
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- short stories
- audiobook
"In the department of...but it would be better not to say in which department."-Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
"وخلت بطرسبرغ من أكاكيڤيتش وكأنما لم يكن موجودًا فيها أبدًا، اختفى وغاب ذلك المخلوق الذي لم يكن له من يحميه، والذي لم يكن عزيزًا على أحد ولا شيقًا بالنسبة لأحد."-Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
"Así desapareció un ser humano a quien nadie defendió, a quien nadie había querido, por quien nadie se interesó… Fue un ser que soportó humildemente las burlas de sus colegas y que bajó a la tumba sin…"-Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
"Moreover, he had a peculiar knack, as he walked along the street, of arriving beneath a window just as all sorts of rubbish were being flung out of it: hence he always bore about on his hat scraps of…"-Nikolai Gogol, The Overcoat
5. Tell the Wolves I'm Home
By: Carol Rifka Brunt
3.95
Format: None pages, Hardcover
In this striking literary debut, Carol Rifka Brunt unfolds a moving story of love, grief, and renew… read more
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6. Harry Potter: A History of Magic
By: Julia Eccleshare , J.K. Rowling , Roger Highfield , Owen Davies , Tim Peake , None , Anna Pavord , Richard Coles , Lucy Mangan , Julian Harrison , Steve Backshall , Steve Kloves
4.26
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Harry Potter: A History of Magicis the official book of the exhibition, a once-in-a-lifetime collab… read more
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- audiobook
7. Poor Folk
By: Fyodor Dostoevsky
3.78
Format: 167 pages, Paperback
Poor Folk (Russian: Бедные люди, Bednye lyudi), sometimes translated as Poor People,[note] is the f… read more
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"ويقال إنّ الفتى بوكروفسكي يشبه أمه كما تشبه قطرة من الماء قطرة من الماء."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Poor Folk
"أضرع إليك مرة أخرى: لا تنفق في سبيلي كل هذا الذي تنفقه. أنا أعرف أنك تحبني كثيرًا، ولكنك لست غنيًا."-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Poor Folk
"أوهام إنه ليتفق للمرء أن يخطئ تقدير ما يشعر به هو نفسه، وأن يسترسل في ترهات سخيفة. والذنب في ذلك كله انما هو ذنب هذا الطيش في قلبنا المندفع"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Poor Folk
"لماذا تعيش النفوس الطيبة النبيلة في الشقاء والهجران، بينما لا يحتاج غيرها حتى إلى البحث عن السعادة لأن السعادة هي التي تلقي بنفسها بين ذراعيه؟"-Fyodor Dostoevsky, Poor Folk
8. The Little Match Girl
By: Hans Christian Andersen , Rachel Isadora
4.06
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
The wares of the poor little match girl illuminate her cold world, bringing some beauty to her brie… read more
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- short stories
9. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
By: Raymond Carver
3.87
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Alternate-cover edition can be found In his second collection, Carver establishes his reputation … read more
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10. Solenoid
By: Mircea Cărtărescu
3.59
Format: 83 pages, Paperback
,,Vreau sa scriu o dare de seama despre anomaliile mele. In viata mea obscura, in afara oricarei is… read more
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11. Grief is the Thing with Feathers
By: Max Porter
3.72
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In a London flat, two young boys face the unbearable sadness of their mother's sudden death. Their … read more
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12. Zen in the Art of Writing
By: Ray Bradbury
3.75
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
"Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a land mine. The land mine is me. After the explosion,… read more
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13. How Proust Can Change Your Life
By: Alain de Botton
3.76
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
For anyone who ever wondered what Marcel Proust had in mind when he wrote the one-and-a-quarter-mil… read more
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"Deprivation quickly drives us into a process of appreciation."-Alain de Botton, How Proust Can Change Your Life
"It is, unfortunately, easier to lose a lover than complete In Search of Lost Time. "-Alain de Botton, How Proust Can Change Your Life
"One cannot read a novel without ascribing to the heroine the traits of the one we love."-Alain de Botton, How Proust Can Change Your Life
"For Proust, an injection of jealousy is the only thing capable of rescuing a relationship ruined by habit."-Alain de Botton, How Proust Can Change Your Life
14. Kiss of the Spider Woman
By: Manuel Puig
4.01
Format: 281 pages, Paperback
Sometimes they talk all night long. In the still darkness of their cell, Molina re-weaves the glitt… read more
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"¿Qué pasa que a veces alguien dice algo y conquista para siempre a otra persona?"-Manuel Puig, Kiss of the Spider Woman
"--And the good thing about feeling happy, you know, Valentin? ...It's that you think it's forever, that one's never ever going to feel unhappy again."-Manuel Puig, Kiss of the Spider Woman
"– Io non ci credo alla faccenda del godi e non pensare al domani, Molina. Nessuno gode senza pensare al domani. Va bene solo per il paradiso terrestre."-Manuel Puig, Kiss of the Spider Woman
"—And what's so bad about being soft like a woman? Why is it men or whoever, some poor bastard, some queen, can't be sensitive, too, if he's got a mind to? —I don't know, but sometimes that kind of be…"-Manuel Puig, Kiss of the Spider Woman
15. The Ladies' Paradise (Les Rougon-Macquart, #11)
By: Émile Zola , Brian Nelson
3.03
Format: 234 pages, Paperback
The Ladies Paradise (Au Bonheur des Dames) recounts the rise of the modern department store in late… read more
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16. The Queen of Spades
By: Alexander Pushkin , None
2.18
Format: 166 pages, Paperback
The Queen of Spades(Russian: Pikovaya dama) is an acclaimed short story by Alexander Pushkin about … read more
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17. Boquitas pintadas
By: Manuel Puig
3.89
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
El titulo hace referencia a un fox trot, Rubias de New York, que Carlos Gardel cantaba en una pelic… read more
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18. Homage to Catalonia
By: George Orwell , Lionel Trilling
4.00
Format: 592 pages, Paperback
In 1936 Orwell went to Spain to report on the Civil War and instead joined the fight against the Fa… read more
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19. Eugene Onegin
By: Alexander Pushkin , James E. Falen
4.10
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their lite… read more
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"He's happy now, he's almost sane."-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin
"Habit is heaven's gift to us: a substitute for happiness."-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin
"My whole life has been pledged to this meeting with you..."-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin
"I'm only writing this to show That I stopped sinning long ago."-Alexander Pushkin, Eugene Onegin
20. The Young Man
By: Annie Ernaux
3.61
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE Annie Ernaux's most recent book, dazzling and breat… read more
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- audiobook
21. The Henna Wars
By: Adiba Jaigirdar
3.94
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
When Dimple Met Rishi meets Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda in this rom com about two teen girls … read more
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""-Adiba Jaigirdar, The Henna Wars
"Nishat can be anything she wants to be, exept herself."-Adiba Jaigirdar, The Henna Wars
"It’s not something that happens, Ammu. It’s something I am."-Adiba Jaigirdar, The Henna Wars
"She’s inching forward. Is there a heterosexual explanation for why she’s inching forward?"-Adiba Jaigirdar, The Henna Wars
22. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore: The Original Screenplay (Fantastic Beasts: The Original Screenplay, #3)
By: J.K. Rowling
4.06
Format: None pages, Hardcover
The official complete screenplay of Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore by J.K. Rowling & S… read more
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23. Harry Potter: A Magical Year – The Illustrations of Jim Kay
By: J.K. Rowling
4.45
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A unique and beautiful gift book celebrating the art of Jim Kay – 366 magical moments from J.K Rowl… read more
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24. Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)
By: Tomi Adeyemi
3.49
Format: 358 pages, Hardcover
New allies rise. The Blood Moon nears. Zélie faces her final enemy. The king who hunts her heart… read more
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"Do not pray to be saved; pray to be reborn."-Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)
"I like hearing your people call out to your gods- they never seem to come."-Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)
"I teach you to be warriors in the garden, so that you may never be gardeners in a war."-Tomi Adeyemi, Children of Anguish and Anarchy (Legacy of Orïsha, #3)
25. Katina (A Roald Dahl Short Story)
By: Roald Dahl
3.96
Format: 31 pages, Kindle Edition
Katina is a short, gripping story of life in wartime from Roald Dahl, the master of the shocking ta… read more
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"Men were foolish and were made only so that they should die, while mountains and rivers went on for ever and did not notice the passing of time."-Roald Dahl, Katina (A Roald Dahl Short Story)
