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Collected Dorothy Parker(2001) PARKER, DOROTHYWith a biting wit and perceptive insight, Dorothy Parker examines the social mores of her day and exposes the darkness beneath the dazzle.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Flaubert in Egypt(1996) FLAUBERT, GUSTAVEDescribes the bazaars and brothels of Cairo and down the Nile to the Red Sea.Vezava: Mehka12,61 € -
Karl Marx: Selected Writings(2000) MARX, KARLProviding a selection of Marx's writings, this book includes extracts from the whole range of Marx's most important pieces. It also includes a bibliography and editorial commentary on each document and provides the background and context of Marx's writingVezava: Mehka186,44 € -
Weekend Wodehouse(2012) WODEHOUSE, P.G.Including stories featuring all his finest creations, including Jeeves, Lord Emsworth of Blandings, Ukridge and the disreputable members of the Drones club, this collection is an ideal introduction to the writer described by Douglas Adams as ‘the greatestVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Essays(2000) ORWELL, GEORGEFeatures that illuminate the life and work of one of the most individual writers of this century. Displaying an almost unrivalled mastery of English plain prose, this essays create a literary manner from the process of thinking aloud and continue to challVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
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Job(2008) BURROUGHS, WILLIAM S.Presents the author's incisive, paranoiac, maddened and maddening worldview in interviews interspersed with stories and other writing.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
John Betjeman on Trains(2006) GLANCEY JOHNATHONJohn Betjeman (1906-1984) was not only one of the best-loved Englishmen of the twentieth century, he was also the people's favourite poet and champion of many causes linked to the preservation of Britain's heritage. This book presents his love of railwaysVezava: Trda16,98 € -
Civil War(1976) CAESAR, JULIUSRecording the events of the author's life, who is a military leader, this title depicts his struggle with Pompey over the leadership of Republican Rome - a conflict that spanned the entire Roman world, from Gaul and Spain to Asia and Africa.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Classical Literary Criticism(2008)This excellent and accessible work includes many major texts in translation: Aristotle's Poetics, Longinus' On Sublimity, Horace's Art of Poetry, Tacitus' Dialogues, and extracts from Plato and Plutarch.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
No Enemies, No Hatred(2013) LIU, XIAOBOWhen the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded in December 2010, its recipient, Liu Xiaobo, was serving an eleven-year sentence in a Chinese prison for “incitement to subvert state power.” These essays and poems not only chronicle a leading dissident’s struggle aVezava: Mehka33,35 € -
Brave New World Revisited(2004) HUXLEY, ALDOUSIn his 1932 classic dystopian novel, Brave New World, Aldous Huxley depicted a future society in thrall to science and regulated by sophisticated methods of social control.Vezava: Mehka14,01 €
