“England, My England” — a collection of stories by one of the leading British writers D. H. Lawrence. The author’s world views were essentially influenced by the events of the First World war which he condemned as a manifestation of the extreme insanity, trying in his works to propound the recipe of salvation. In particular, the writer reckoned that a man should defer to his own inner desires and feelings and saw the solution in setting free instinctive energy. Just because of it, all the stories of the collection are about love, initial, sensual and passionate; about relations in which “he” and “she” ...
Jeff Kinney has brought Greg Heffley back for the ninth instalment of his bestselling Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. This time, the Heffleys are off on a road trip! The chances of survival are... quite small to be honest.
Reluctant and avid readers of 7+ can't get enough of Greg and the disasters that follow him around!
The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 (Serial) (Audiobook, MP3)
In its brief existence, THE BEST AMERICAN MYSTERY STORIES has firmly established itself as a peerless suspense anthology. Marking the series' debut in audio with seven selected stories and an introduction by guest editor Ed McBain, this collection features such literary luminaries as John Updike, Lawrence Block, Joyce Carol Oates, and Brendan DuBois. The 1999 audio edition is a spectacular showcase for the high quality and broad diversity of the year's finest suspense, crime and mystery writing.
There are two love stories in this fast-moving comedy. Brave young Claudio and Leonato's pretty daughter Hero are in love and want to marry, but Don John has a wicked plan to stop their wedding. Will he succeed, or will the truth come out? Will Claudio and Hero marry, after all?
Beatrice and Benedick are always arguing with each other, but how do they really feel? Perhaps they are more interested in each other than they seem to be! Their friends work hard to bring them closer together.
Stories from the Odyssey relates three adventures of Odysseus and his crew on their ten-year journey home to Ithaca (off the western coast of mainland Greece) after the Trojan War of around 1200 BC. In the first story they are in great danger from the man-eating giant, the Cyclops. Odysseus is clever, plays a trick on the Cyclops and they escape.
