Leo: 1933 books

This collection contains the following classic Russian novels: - Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol - Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov - Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev - Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina by LeoTolstoy - The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Mother by Maxim Gorky

Leo Tolstoy (September 9, 1828 – November 20, 1910) was a Russian writer who earned fame and global renown for his novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Writing during the late 19th century, Tolstoy lived during a literary period in which Realism flourished, and today his two novels are considered...

Wie eine Deutschlehrerin ein Symbol für Satire und gleichzeitig eine Allegorie auf die Komik sein kann. Leo Fischer widmet sich der Analyse des linken Denkens und der Gestalt und Aufgabe der Satire. "Die beste Satire spricht immer das aus, was alle zu denken glauben, und entlarvt es dadurch als reines Nichtdenken."

This collection contains the following classic Russian novels: - Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol - Oblomov by Ivan Goncharov - Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev - Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy - Anna Karenina by LeoTolstoy - The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Mother by Maxim Gorky

When the Nottinghamshire alchemist Thomas Rempstone, cuts a deal with Mait' Carrefour, voodoo god of dark magic, on behalf of the Horned One, an ancient, twisted spirit from Britain's dark past, the consequences promise to be dark and serious business. Rempstone, steeped in hubris, doesn't...

Leo Tolstoy began his trilogy, Childhood; Boyhood; Youth, in his early twenties. Although he would in his old age famously dismiss it as an 'awkward mixture of fact and fiction', generations of readers have not agreed, finding the novel to be a charming and insightful portrait of inner growth against...

Simple words and colorful paintings tell the warm, engaging story of new parents who buy a rocking chair when they are expecting a baby. Bright, sunny illustrations show the precious intimacy between parents and their children; the new mother glows with affection, and the new father reads aloud to...

"Schneller als die Angst" – herausgegeben von Erich Weidinger – umfasst neun spannende Krimi-Geschichten von insgesamt elf verschiedenen AutorInnen. Darunter Erich Weidinger selbst, Lena Avanzini, Anni Bürkl, Herbert Dutzler, Koytek und Stein, Beate Maxian, Jutta Siorpaes, Leo Zimnitz,...

Una famiglia unita contro una dittatura. Nel 1926 il regime fascista inaugura un giro di vite per la persecuzione del dissenso. A farne le spese, tra gli altri, lo storico e saggista Guglielmo Ferrero, cui viene lentamente stretto attorno un cappio fatto di controllo poliziesco e tentativi di impedirgli...

Relationships, careers, personal tastes—few things ever truly stay the same. Rarely does that maxim apply to one's whole body all at once. What follows are four stories of characters who find their physical forms and identities in a state of flux. Kaiya finds that demonic possession is not...

Four short stories featuring off-beat heroines making their way in the world and finding ways to become their true selves. In Pebble Pet, an autistic teacher recalls her childhood, and the misunderstandings which led to her being underestimated; Nina finds herself rendered invisible by middle age...

This book tells Elizabeth's side to the story of Pride & Prejudice & Assassinations. The original story was purposely written from Mr. Darcy's point of view in order to reveal several aspects of his life while keeping Elizabeth's personality and actions in the shadows. In this novel,...

Ranging in scope from lengthy novellas to fables and folktales only a few pages long, Leo Tolstoy’s short fiction provides a marvelous opportunity to become closely acquainted with Russia’s great novelist. Volume 2 of the Collected Shorter Fiction reveals howTolstoy’s growing spiritual...

"A Lost Opportunity" by Russian writer Leo Tolstoy leads in with a quote from the King James Bible, St. Matthew’s “The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant”. Written as a fable, "A Lost Opportunity" follows two neighbouring families who are, at first, loving and respectful of one another. They...