Maison d'édition: anamsaleem
In this uproarious satire from Jacobean playwright Ben Jonson, the clever Venetian gentleman Volpone hatches an outrageous scheme to dupe a greedy trio of hangers-on who are after his fortune. A ragtag cast of characters, including a dwarf, a eunuch, and a hermaphrodite, get caught up in the plot along the way.
Mark Twain's lively tale of the scrapes and adventures of boyhood is set in Missouri, where Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn have the kinds of adventures many boys can only imagine along with trying to impress girls, especially Becky Thatcher, with fights and stunts in the schoolyard, getting lost (and saved) in a cave, and playing on the Mississippi River.Voir livre
This book of Hermetic Philosophy claims to be the essence of the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus. One of the foundations of the book is the dedication to the Seven Principles and there is a complete chapter describing each one in detail. Each one of the Seven Principles brings to light a number of ways to become more familiar with your self and become a better and more enlightened individual.Voir livre
This audio book contains the following short stories: 1) To Build a Fire (Jack London) 2) In the Penal Colony (Franz Kafka) 3) White Nights (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) 4) The Chimes (Charles Dickens) 5) What Men Live By (Leo Tolstoy) 6) To Build a Fire (Jack London)Voir livre
When Mademoiselle Aurelie's neighbour appears and asks her to take care of her four children in an emergency, she accepts the challenge very reluctantly. Mademoiselle Aurelie knows nothing about children and cares even less for them. But over the following weeks, the children become a part of her life...until the day when their mother reappears to reclaim them.Voir livre
Tom, a mistreated young chimney sweep finds himself transported into a fantastic underwater world where he becomes a water baby. A vivid and exciting story that created serious issues about children's working hours in Victorian Britain.Voir livre
In this intense and brilliant book, Bowles focuses on Morocco, condensing experience, emotion, and the whole history of a people into a series of short, insightful vignettes. He distills for us the very essence of Moroccan culture. With extraordinary immediacy, he takes the reader on a journey through the Moroccan centuries, pausing at points along the way to create resonant images of the country, it's landscapes, and the beliefs and characteristics of its inhabitants. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.Voir livre
