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Elas kord mees, kes oli puruvaene ja rikas samaaegselt. Tal oli nii palju lapsi, kes talle rõõmu tõid, aga ilmaski ei jõudnud ta piisavalt raha teenida, et neid kõik ära toita. Seetõttu lahkus ta kodunt, et minna tööle kauge maa kuninga teenistusse.
| Автор | Eesti muinasjutt |
Sisukord: 1. Kilpkonn ja pardid 2. Hunt ja kitsetall 3. Lind, kes ei tahtnud lennata 4. Väikese halli hiire toodud õnn 5. Väike hiireke ja koletis 6. Rebane ja vares 7. Rohutirts ja sipelgad 8. Rott ja elevant 9. Pistrik ja kana 10. Ahv ja kilpkonn (õudne muinasjutt) 11. Bunnyyarli kärbsed ja Wurrunnunnah’ mesilased
| Автор | Muinasjutukogumik |
Arthur Conan Doyle'i kunagi oma lõbuks kirjutatud lood on tänapäeval klassikaks saanud. Tema kangelased Sherlock Holmes ja doktor Watson on paljudele lugejatele sedavõrd omaseks saanud, et Holmesi nimele tuleb veel praegugi kirju, kus talt palutakse abi. Käesolevas raamatus kuulete lugu «Sherlock Holmesi memuaarid». Loeb Tambet Tuisk.
| Автор | Arthur Conan Doyle |
A stellar line-up of fiction writers envision the terrors of impending climate change. The size and severity of the global climate crisis is such that even the most committed environmentalists are liable to live in a state of denial. The award-winning writers collected here have made it their task to shake off this nagging disbelief, bringing the incomprehensible within our grasp and shaping an emotional response to the deterioration of our global habitat. From T. C. Boyle’s account of early...
| Автор | Группа авторов |
Ann may have been a product of her times–she was certainly, if possibly unwittingly, a product of her grandmother Isabelle. While Ann may have been molded by external forces, Isabelle was a force unto herself–a pacesetter, an indomitable woman of her times. Isabelle forged avenues that were often not taken by women of her day, even foreshadowing changes in perception that were still years away. Yet, in spite of her often avant-garde actions, her prejudices were unwavering and largely myopic....
| Автор | John Moehl |
Grief can do terrible things to us. It can hold us still in time and skew our perspective. That is the case with William Maldonado, who grieves the loss of his father as a child to war; the loss of his mother as a young adult to an illness; the loss of an opportunity to pursue a doctoral degree, and the loss of his professional reputation to an accusation of committing insurance fraud. Subterranean sorrow leads Maldonado to make wrong-minded decisions that eventually lead him to prison and then...
| Автор | Luis Reinaldo Perez Rosario |
Not everyone is surprised at the rumor suggesting that Karl Wolfe, Dean of The University School, recently told Rebecca Swingle, new professor at the school, that a promotion could be more easily attained were she to sleep with him. Certainly those least surprised were several female students who had been the target of the Dean's amorous behavior. But the question remains–who might stand and suggest that such behavior should not occur in a divinity school, of all places? The Dean's...
| Автор | Richard Fletcher |
Stjuardessina alustanud Laura teeb lennukompaniis karjääri ning satub keerulisse armukolmnurka, mis sunnib teda silmitsi seisma sügavamate küsimustega, kes ta on ja mida elult tahab. Otsides vastuseid, mida ja keda ta kõige rohkem armastab ning milline mees talle sobib, avastab noor naine perekonnas läbi mitme põlvkonna edasi kandunud käitumismustri. Saatusel on aga tema jaoks veel palju põnevat varuks… muu hulgas rohkelt reise, pidusid, glamuuri, seiklusi ja rõõmu.
| Автор | Katariina Tammert |
A wry, affecting tale set in a small town on the Indonesian coast, Man Tiger tells the story of two interlinked and tormented families and of Margio, a young man ordinary in all particulars except that he conceals within himself a supernatural female white tiger. The inequities and betrayals of family life coalesce around and torment this magical being. An explosive act of violence follows, and its mysterious cause is unraveled as events progress toward a heartbreaking revelation. Lyrical and...
| Автор | Eka Kurniawan |
From the beginning the bright and articulate English teacher and the tall, strong, and equally bright minister sense they are different, but they assume they can still enjoy a friendship. And they do; Mary Kerrigan and Walter Macdonald play and probe and spar. Then the unanticipated happens: friendship deepens into love, and differences that were intriguing when they were just friends become ominous. She's irreverent; he's traditional. She's unfettered; he's committed....
| Автор | Douglas Alan Walrath |
Leading thinkers’ critiques of award-winning Postcolonial Theory, as well as the author’s responses and reformulations Vivek Chibber’s Postcolonial Theory and the Specter of Capital was hailed on publication as “without any doubt … a bomb,” and “the most substantive effort to dismantle the field through historical reasoning published to date.” It immediately unleashed one of the most important recent debates in social theory, ranging across the humanities and social sciences, on the status of...
| Автор | Rosie Warren |
Vermin. Vandalism. Violence. A foul stench pollutes the atmosphere within St. Aloysius Episcopal Church. Reverend Silas DeBassompierre is a young clergyman with a lot of enemies within his congregation; and he trusts no one, not even his capable and devoted administrative assistant, Grace. Is Satan responsible for the strange phenomena at St. Aloysius, or is a force far more subtle and sinister at work to sabotage the reverend's ministry? More than what meets the eye will inevitably be...
| Автор | David L. Carter |
Explosive novel of Italy’s revolutionary 1969 by leading Italian novelist It was 1969, and temperatures were rising across the factories of the north as workers demanded better pay and conditions. Soon, discontent would erupt in what became known as Italy’s “Hot Autumn.” A young worker from the impoverished south arrives at Fiat’s Mirafiori factory in Turin, where his darker complexion begins to fade from the fourteen-hour workdays in sweltering industrial heat. He is frequently late for work,...
| Автор | Nanni Balestrini |
Vaiksesse Londoni eeslinna saabub salapärane avantüristist aristokraat, kes on äsja üle noatera pääsenud maffia küüsist. Juba sõlmub huvitav armuintriig, aga ookeani tagant on kohale jõudnud ka mõrvar…
| Автор | Edgar Wallace |
Suur on sõpruse vägi, mis paneb meid kaaslase nimel raskusi taluma ja end ohtu seadma. Sageli peame oma heaolu tühiseks ja elu õlekõrreks, kui saame need teiste heaks anda. Seda õpetavad meile mõistulood ja ajalugu on neist juhtumitest tulvil. Selles loos toon teile näite, mida vanaema minuga seostada tavatses. Avage siis oma kõrvad, sulgege suu ja kuulake, mis mul teile öelda on.
| Автор | Itaalia muinasjutt |
Southern Discomfort tells the story of Masey Bumgarner, recently widowed, who returns from her summer vacation to discover that her town, Pineville, North Carolina, has decided to pave a four-lane highway through her front yard . . . without her permission or even sufficient advance notice. After consultation with her pastor, she decides to contest the location of this project in court. Along the way, her lawyer and his detective discover all sorts of shady dealings. Southern Discomfort...
| Автор | Ben Witherington III |
Niniane Westvane wants to make the world a better place . . . especially for non-human animals. So when a chicken on her aunt's farm develops the ability to read and write, Niniane is certain that she's found in Charlie the perfect «spokes-chicken» for the animal liberation movement. But, as Charlie's own interests develop along unforeseen lines that lead to theological study and ultimately to the Vatican, Charlie, Niniane, and eventually the Church, become entangled in thorny...
| Автор | David L. Carter |
Zeno Hintermeier is a scientist working as a travel guide on an Antarctic cruise ship, encouraging the wealthy to marvel at the least explored continent and to open their eyes to its rapid degradation. It is a troubling turn in the life of an idealistic glaciologist. Now in his early sixties, Zeno bewails the loss of his beloved glaciers, the disintegration of his marriage, and the foundering of his increasingly irrelevant career. Troubled in conscience and goaded by the smug complacency of the...
| Автор | Ilija Trojanow |
In these stories of magic and memory, clustered around a resort hotel in a small Virginia community, Cary Holladay takes the reader on an excursion through the changes wrought by time on the community and its visitors. From the quiet of a rural forest to the rhythms of rock and roll, The Quick-Change Artist is at once whimsical and hard-edged, dizzying in its matter-of-fact delivery of the fantastic. Romance, a sense of place and belonging, and the supernatural—especially in the lives of...
| Автор | Cary Holladay |