Translation of an erotic novel first published in 1686 -- describes the floating world of old Japan.
The Spartans is a compelling narrative that explores theculture and civilization of the most famous "warrior people": theSpartans of ancient Greece, by the world's leading expert in thefield. Sparta has often been described as the original Utopia--aremarkably evolved society whose warrior heroes were forbidden anyother trade, profession, or business. As a people, the Spartanswere the living exemplars of such core values as duty, discipline,the nobility of arms in a cause worth dying for, sacrificing theindividual for the greater good of the community (illustrated bytheir role in the battle of Thermopylae), and the triumph of willover seemingly insuperable obstacles--qualities that today arefrequently believed to signify the ultimate heroism. Paul Cartledgeis the distinguished scholar and historian who has long been seenas the leading international authority on ancient Sparta. He tracesthe evolution of Spartan society--the culture and the people, aswell as the tremendous influence they had on their worl
Over a century after his death, author, translator, and educator Lafcadio Hearn remains one of the best-known Westerners ever to make Japan his home. Almost more Japanese than theJapanese-- "to think with their thoughts" was his aim--his prolific writings on hings Japanese were instrumental in introducing Japanese culture to the West. In this masterful anthology, Donald Richie shows that Hearn was first and foremost a reliable and enthusiastic observer, who faithfully recorded a detailed account of the people, customs, and culture of late nineteenth-century Japan. Opening and closing with excerpts from Hearn's final book, Richie's astute selection from among "over 4,000 printed pages" not including correspondence and other writing, also reveals Hearn's later, more sober and reflec- tive attitudes to the things that he observed and wrote about. Part. One, "The Land," chronicles Hearn's early years when he wrote pri- marily about the appearance of his adopted home. Part Two, "The People," records the author's
This is the new Shardlake mystery from the No 1 bestsellingauthor of "REVELATION". Summer, 1545. England is at war. HenryVIII's invasion of France has gone badly wrong, and a massiveFrench fleet is preparing to sail across the Channel. As theEnglish fleet gathers at Portsmouth, the country raises the largestmilitia army it has ever seen. The King has debased the currency topay for the war, and England is in the grip of soaring inflationand economic crisis. Meanwhile Matthew Shardlake is given anintriguing legal case by an old servant of Queen Catherine Parr.Asked to investigate claims of 'monstrous wrongs' committed againsta young ward of the court, which have already involved onemysterious death, Shardlake and his assistant Barak journey toPortsmouth. Once arrived, Shardlake and Barak find themselves in acity preparing to become a war zone; and Shardlake takes theopportunity to also investigate the mysterious past of EllenFettipace, a young woman incarcerated in the Bedlam. The emergingmysteries around the
This Second Norton Critical Edition of one of Henry James's most important novels is that of the New York Edition (1908). In a sense, there are two distinctly separate Portraits--the 1880-81 first edition and the New York edition, which James extensively revised. The editor has meticu-lously prepared a list of textual variants, enabling comparative reading of the novel. Nina Baym, F. O. Matthiessen, and An-thony ]. Mazzella provide differing perspectives on ]ames's revi-sion process. "Henry James and the Novel" culls autobiographical excerpts from James's other writings--his Notebooks; the intentionally autobiographical A Small Boy and Others and Notes of a Son and Brother; and the travel books Italy Revised, A Roman Holiday, and Roman Rides. "Ccmtemporary Reviews and Criticism" provides both chrono-logical and critical perspective on The Portrait of a Lady. Four re-views from 1882 outline the novel's initial critical reception.Seven important essays from the period 1954-91 provide varied critical res
作者简介: J. K. (Jo) Rowling was born in Chipping Sodbury in the UK in 1965. Such a funny-sounding name for a birthplace may have contributed to her talent for collecting odd names. She was quiet, freckly, short-sighted and not very good at sports. She even broke her arm playing netball. Her favourite subject by far was English, but she also liked languages. Jo always loved writing more than anything. 'The first story that I ever wrote down, when I was five or six, was about a rabbit called Rabbit. He got the measles and was visited by his friends, including a giant bee called Miss Bee. And ever since Rabbit and Miss Bee, I have wanted to be a writer, though I rarely told anyone so. I was afraid they'd tell me I didn't have a hope.' As she got older, Jo kept writing but she never showed what she had written to anyone, except for some of her funny stories that featured her friends as heroines. Jo attended the University of Exeter in Devon where she studied French. When she was 25,
The Tin Drum, one of the great novels of the twentiethcentury, was published in Ralph Manheim's outstanding translationin 1959. It became a runaway bestseller and catapulted its youngauthor to the forefront of world literature. To mark the fiftiethanniversary of the original publication, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,along with Grass's publishers all over the world, is bringing out anew translation of this classic novel. Breon Mitchell, acclaimedtranslator and scholar, has drawn from many sources: from a wealthof detailed scholarship; from a wide range of newly-availablereference works; and from the author himself. The result is atranslation that is more faithful to Grass's style and rhythm,restores omissions, and reflects more fully the complexity of theoriginal work. After fifty years, THE TIN DRUM has, if anything,gained in power and relevance. All of Grass's amazing evocationsare still there, and still amazing: Oskar Matzerath, theindomitable drummer; his grandmother, Anna Koljaiczek; his mother,Agnes;
?" Quand j'ai compris que Mario était mort, tous les détailsme sont revenus. Les gens racontaient cela en long et en large à magrand-mère. Mario traversait le champ, un peu plus haut, à lasortie du village. Il cachait la bombe dans un sac, il courait.Peut-être qu'il s'est pris les pieds dans une motte de terre, et ilest tombé. La bombe a explosé. On n'a rien retrouvé de lui. C'étaitmerveilleux. C'était comme si Mario s'était envolé vers un autremonde, vers Ourania. Puis les années ont passé, j'ai un peu oublié.Jusqu'à ce jour, vingt ans après, où le hasard m'a réuni avec lejeune homme le plus étrange que j'aie jamais rencontré. " C'est ainsi que Daniel Sillitoe, géographe en mission au centre duMexique, découvre, gr?ce à son guide Rapha?l, la république idéalede Campos, en marge de la Vallée, capitale de la terre noire duChernozem, le rêve humaniste de l'Emporio, la zone rouge quiretient prisonnière Lili de la lagune, et l'amour pourDahlia.? J.M.G. Le Clézio. --Ce
Lisa Kleypas has enthralled millions of readers with her powerfully seductive novels. Now she delivers a story featuring her most unforgettable characters yet.... SHE’S FROM THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS Liberty Jones has dreams and determination that will take her far away from Welcome, Texas---if she can keep her wild heart from ruling her mind. Hardy Cates sees Liberty as completely off-limits. His own ambitions are bigger than Welcome, and Liberty Jones is a complication he doesn’t need. But something magical and potent draws them to each other, in a dangerous attraction that is stronger than both of them. HE’S THE ONE MAN SHE CAN’T HAVE When Hardy leaves town to pursue his plans, Liberty finds herself alone with a young sister to raise. Soon Liberty finds herself under the spell of a billionaire tycoon---a Sugar Daddy, one might say. But the relationship goes deeper than people think, and Liberty begins to discover secrets about her own family’s past. WILL THEY FI
In celebration of the tenth anniversary of its initial publication, and with a new introduction by the author, here is Sandra Cisnero's greatly admired and best-selling novel of a young girl growing up in the Latino section of Chicago. Acclaimed by critics, beloved by children and their parents and grandparents, taught everywhere from inner-city grade schools to universities across the country, and translated all over the world, The House on Mango Street has entered the canon of coming-of-age classics even as it depicts a new American landscape. Sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes deeply joyous, The House on Mango Street tells the story of Esperanza Cordero, whose neighborhood is one of harsh realities and harsh beauty. Esperanza doesn't want to belong - not to her run-down neighborhood, and not to the low expectations the world has for her. Esperanza's story is that of a young girl coming into her power, and inventing for herself what she will become. The San Francisco Chronicle has called The House on Mango
With 90 millinon cipies solk worlkwide,the Key Words with Lodybird reading scheme is the springboard to reading for life. 12 Key Words make up one quarter of all those we read and write;100 Key Words make up half of all those we read and write This essential vocabulary is carefully introduced,practised and developed throughout the scheme. The a series introduces new Key Words The b series practises Key Words The c series develops Key Words using phonics and writing skills
Roman picaresque, roman d'initiation, Voyage au bout de lanuit , signé Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Louis Destouches de sonvrai nom, a été récompensé par le prix Renaudot en 1932. ? la suited'un défilé militaire, Ferdinand Bardamu s'engage dans un régiment.Plongé dans la Grande Guerre, il fait l'expérience de l'horreur etrencontre Robinson, qu'il retrouvera tout au long de ses aventures.Blessé, rapatrié, il vit le conflit depuis l'arrière, partagé entreles conquêtes féminines et les crises de folie. Réformé, ils'embarque pour l'Afrique, travaille dans une compagnie coloniale.Malade, il gagne les ?tats-Unis, rencontre Molly, prostituée augrand coeur à Detroit tandis qu'il est ouvrier à la cha?ne. Deretour en France, médecin, installé dans un dispensaire debanlieue, il est confronté au tout-venant sordide de la misère, enmême temps qu'il rencontre ici et là des êtres sublimes degénérosité, de délicatesse infinie, "une gaieté pourl'univers"... ?popée antimilitariste, anticolonial
Obliged to leave New York City in the aftermath of his previous mission, David Trevellyan is summoned to the British Consulate in Chicago. To the same office where, just a week before, his new handler was attacked and shot by a Royal Navy Intelligence operative gone bad. Assigned the task of finding the rogue agent, and putting an end to his treacherous scheme, Trevellyan soon finds that once again his only hope of saving countless innocence lives lies not within the system, but in his instinctive believe - you're bound to do what's right, whatever the personal cost may be.
Dans ce troisième et dernier volet de Quatre générations sousun même toit, les habitants du Petit-Bercail sont pris dans latourmente de la Seconde Guerre mondiale. Le conflit s'étend. LesPékinois sont confrontés à la terrible réalité du rationnement etla famine qui sévit dans tout le pays s'abat sur la capitale. Ellen'épargne pas les plus innocents, tandis qu'elle amène les tra?tresau pays à montrer toute la noirceur de leur ?me. - L'édifice b?tipar le vieux Qi tremble sur ses bases. La famille Qi, durementtouchée, résistera-t-elle à la tourmente? - Le profond humanisme deLao She, fait d'intelligence, d'humour et de tolérance, son styleprécis et poétique, continuent à captiver le lecteur qui retrouveavec bonheur des personnages devenus familiers. --Ce texte faitréférence à l’édition Poche .
The text of this edition is based on the Wessex Edition of 1912, which was revised and corrected by the author. It has been collated with the Mellstock Edition of 1920, for which Hardy submitted final corrections. "Backgrounds and Contexts" provides new and invaluable source material on Victorian Dorset and, in particular, Dorchester, Hardy’s native home and the town upon which Casterbridge is based. Included are six of Hardy’s nonfiction writings, notably excerpts from his essay "The Dorsetshire Laboure" (1883), in which he frankly comments on the social changes he has witnessed in the county. Hardy’s Wessex is further examined in an essay by Michael Millgate, by maps of Casterbridge and Wessex, and by a key to local place names. Christine Winfield discusses the novel’s manu* and its complicated history. "Criticism" collects seventeen wide-ranging assessments of the novel-six new to the Second Edition-from both contemporary and modern critics, including Virginia Woolf, Albert J. Guerard,
Mix, un gar?on un peu perdu, pas si méchant du reste, a lasuperstition du chiffre 13. Il habite à Notting Hill, sous lescombles d’une maison délabrée, au milieu des cadavres d’insectes.Son idée fixe est Jon Christie, un tueur en série mythique qui arendu célèbre le 10 Rillington Place. Il est obsédé par une Noire,superbe mannequin, qu’il harcèle. Sa logeuse, Gwendolen Chawcer,est tout aussi recluse - elle s’enferme peu à peu dans ses livres,et dans la lecture de Charles Darwin. La ma?tresse des lieux et sonlocataire vivent dans un monde étrange, qui n’appartient qu’à eux.Mais quand Mix succombe au maléfice du chiffre 13, la violence,longtemps contenue, explose au dernier étage.
This is a fabulous opportunity to own all seven Harry Potter titles - "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets", "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban", "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire", "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix", "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" and "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" - in a fantastic boxed set.