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Hamlet
Shakespeare William 196 ₪‘There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,Than are dreamt of in our philosophy.’Arguably Shakespeare’s greatest play and certainly his most performed, Hamlet tells the impassioned story of the grief-stricken Danish prince’s revenge against his uncle, Claudius, for murdering his father in order to seize his throne and marry Hamlet’s mother.A thought-provoking study of the human psyche and familial relationships, the play has been analysed by audiences, critics and psychologists (including Sigmund Freud) alike ever since its first performance at the beginning of the 17th century.This edition is based on the First Folio and includes an extensive introduction that examines the origins of the work, the plot and the characters as well as notes on the text, a glossary and a timeline of Shakespeare’s life and work.
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Tales of King Arthur
Gilbert Henry 138 ₪Enter the thrilling world of the Knights HENRY GILBERT of the Round Table with these exciting retellings of the Arthurian legends. Henry Gilbert’s classic collection includes the adventures of Arthur, Sir Lancelot, Merlin, Gwenevere, and many other famous characters.Filled with daring quests and chivalrous deeds, these stories will enchant readers of all ages. This edition features illustrations by the renowned artist, Walter Crane.
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Peter Pan
Barrie James Matthew 262 ₪Wendy knows that all children have to grow up… all apart from the magical Peter Pan! When Peter flies through the nursery window and invites Wendy and her brothers, John and Michael, to come to Never-Never-Land, they set off on the adventure of a lifetime…With specially-commissioned cover designs by Kayla Stark, J. M. Barrie’s best-loved tale of Lost Boys, mermaids, pirates and a boy who will never grow up is sure to enchant readers aged 8 and up.
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Supernatural Short Stories
Bierce Ambrose; Стокер Брэм; Мопассан Ги де 352 ₪Unexplained terrors, magical anomalies, and a growing sense of dread fill these pages. Only the brave should risk the stories that lie within.In this collection, werewolves, vampires, and ghosts stalk their victims through the night. Incorporating elements from both horror and fantasy, these are terrifying tales filled with extraordinarily imaginative creations.These stories will both disturb and enthrall readers as they struggle to distinguish between the real villains of the world and the hallucinations of the fragile psyche.
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Anne of Green Gables
Montgomery Lucy Maud 262 ₪When Marilla and Matthew decide to adopt a boy from an orphanage they are not sure what to expect. But it’s certainly not the imaginative, red-haired little girl who arrives at Green Gables instead. Join Anne on her many adventures on Prince Edward Island in this much-loved story from Lucy Maud Montgomery. This classic tale of mischief, romance, and friendship is sure to delight readers of all ages.
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Sons and Lovers
Lawrence David Herbert 228 ₪Sons and Lovers (1913) is the semi-autobiographical story of a young man’s struggle for emotional independence.Trapped in a violent, loveless marriage to a man she considers socially inferior, Gertrude Morel devotes herself to her sons, William and Paul. When William leaves home and subsequently dies, she pours herself into the relationship with the younger son. Paul is torn between meeting Gertrude’s demands and reconciling the conflicting feelings he has for two quite different lovers, Miriam and Clara.
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Alices Adventures in Wonderland’
Carroll Lewis 262 ₪Follow Alice as she ventures down a rabbit hole and into Wonderland, a world filled with unforgettable characters such as the March Hare, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat, and the Queen of Hearts. Illustrated with John Tenniel’s iconic original drawings and containing some of literature’s most famous nonsense poems, Lewis Carroll’s classic story will enchant readers of all ages.
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Silas Marner
Eliot George 130 ₪Silas Marner (1861) is Eliot’s classic tale of an outsider. A weaver who comes to live and work alone in the Midlands village of Raveloe, Silas Marner’s sole pleasure is to count his growing hoard of gold. When it is stolen, his life ceases to have meaning — until Eppie wanders into the weaver’s cottage one snowy New Year’s Eve and falls asleep on his hearth. Eppie is two years old.Silas rears the little girl with friendly help from the villagers and she loves him as a father. Then, after sixteen years of contentment, Eppie’s true background comes to light.
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Sherlock Holmes: the Hound of the Baskervilles
Doyle Arthur Conan 131 ₪Arthur Conan Doyle’s most famous novel, The Hound of the Baskervilles, heralds the return of Sherlock Holmes after his apparent death in The Final Problem. This masterwork of crime writing expertly fuses suspense and dread with a primal terror of the weird, unfamiliar, and invisible.Set in Devonshire, the lonely moorlands and the imposing Baskerville Hall provide the sinister backdrop over which the daemonic hound casts an ominous shadow over the landscape. The sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville raises many questions. Could his death be linked to the legend of a hound that has terrorized his family for multiple generations? Only Sherlock Holmes can unravel the mystery…
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Shakespeares Tragedies’
Shakespeare William 1,118 ₪Four of the most important plays ever written, each one a masterpiece in human psychology, with a flawed yet fascinating main character at its heart.
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Anne of Green Gables
Montgomery Lucy Maud 262 ₪When Marilla and Matthew decide to adopt a boy from an orphanage they are not sure what to expect. But it’s certainly not the imaginative, red-haired little girl who arrives at Green Gables instead. Follow Anne’s adventures on Prince Edward Island in the first of L. M. Montgomery’s much-loved stories, which is guaranteed to delight readers of all ages.
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Shakespeares Sonnets’
Shakespeare William 1,268 ₪First published in 1609, Shakespeare’s Sonnets are considered as some of the most beautiful poems in the English language. Wonderful lines, such as ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day’ or ‘To me, fair friend, you can never be old’, evoke joy and tenderness, while others express deep passion and desire.Whether addressed to the Fair Youth, the Rival Poet or the Dark Lady, their universal themes of love, death, and the passage of time hold a meaning for everyone, and it is unsurprising that the sonnets have been translated into every major written language.This elegant edition contains all 154 poems and is a delightful addition to any library.
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Anne of Avonlea
Montgomery Lucy Maud 131 ₪Anne Shirley returns in the second book of this charming series. She’s now 16, and has delayed her dream of going to college to help Marilla on the farm. However, life at Avonlea is never dull — follow her adventures as she becomes a school teacher, helps raise a pair of mischievous twins and receives a lot more attention from her former enemy Gilbert Blythe…
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Sense and Sensibility (HB)
Austen Jane 335 ₪One of England’s greatest writers, Jane Austen was born on 16 December 1775 at Steventon, Hampshire, where she lived the better part of her life. With her only sister, Cassandra, she was schooled briefly by a Mrs Ann Cawley, and rounded out her education through the efforts of her older brothers and her father, an Anglican vicar.Sense and Sensibility began as Elinor and Marianne, Austen’s first full-length novel, which is thought to have been written before 1796. She returned to the work late in 1797, revising it greatly. Published in 1811, when she was 35, Sense and Sensibility was the first of Austen’s novels to appear in English bookstores. It was a well-received work, selling out its print-run in under two years, and was followed by Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816).As with her other novels, Sense and Sensibility concerns the question of suitable romantic partnerships and, ultimately, marriage. However, the author herself never wed, though she was briefly engaged — for a matter of hours — at the age of 26.Austen’s life was not a long one. In the early months of 1816, her health began to fail. Over the course of the next months she managed to revise an old novel, Northanger Abbey, and compose another, Persuasion. However, by mid-March 1817, Austen was no longer able to write. She travelled to Winchester for treatment, and died there on 18 July 1817. Northanger Abbey (1817), Persuasion (1817) and Sanditon (1925), an unfinished novel, were all published posthumously.
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To the Lighthouse
Woolf Virginia 228 ₪When I cannot see words curling like rings of smoke round me I am in darkness — I am nothing. — Virginia WoolfFirst published in 1927, Virginia Woolf’s loosely autobiographical novel features the Ramsay family and their visits to the Isle of Skye between 1910 and 1920, a period which spans World War I. Six-year old James wants to visit the lighthouse they can see from their window and his mother tells him they’ll go the next day if the weather permits…Following in the footsteps of Marcel Proust and James Joyce, To the Lighthouse is a modernist novel that uses a stream-of-consciousness technique to deal with the complexities of who and what we are and how we perceive the world as we trudge through the shifting sands of time. While the reader awaits the long-delayed trip to the lighthouse, the themes of the text are the transience of life, absence and the inevitability of death. Everything will pass but not the enduring power of art. This is a subtle, psychological masterpiece from a great writer.
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Sense and Sensibility
Austen Jane 131 ₪The Dashwood sisters — 19-year-old Elinor and Marianne, aged 17 — are left poor and homeless by their father’s death. Although kind relatives provide a roof over their heads, one way out of this misfortune is for both girls to marry well. However, impetuous Marianne and cautious Elinor find themselves having to choose between passionate romance and observing the rules of polite society.Through risky liaisons, misunderstandings and illness, two very different individuals discover, in their own-ways, that a mixture of Sense and Sensibility is the solution.
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Three Men in a Boat
Джером Джером Клапка 262 ₪‘One might have imagined that the British Empire was in danger. The Standard spoke of me as a menace to English letters; and the Morning Post as an example of the sad results to be expected from the over-education of the lower orders…’ Jerome K. JeromeWhen Three Men in a Boat, a jaunty account of a boating trip down the Thames, was first published in 1889, it became a huge overnight success with the paying public despite the barrage of criticism in the press.It’s the knockabout story of three impressionable young clerks, J., George and Harris, who climb aboard a skiff in the company of a fox-terrier called Montmorency. Originally intended to be a travel guide, it somehow turned into an outstanding comic novel and a runaway hit that still has legs. It’s never been out of print since.The good-natured jokes and comic set-pieces remain as fresh today as when they were first penned. The gags cover entirely random subjects, including hazardous towropes, the whys and wherefores of late-Victorian suburban life, and the problem of trying to get into a tin of pineapple chunks without an opener. This is a comic gem that brings to life memories of a lost era of innocence and it regularly makes lists of the funniest books of all time.
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Sense and Sensibility
Austen Jane 55 ₪The Dashwood sisters — 19-year-old Elinor and Marianne, aged 17 — are left poor and homeless by their father’s death. Although kind relatives provide a roof over their heads, one way out of this misfortune is for both girls to marry well. However, impetuous Marianne and cautious Elinor find themselves having to choose between passionate romance and observing the rules of polite society.Through risky liaisons, misunderstandings and illness, two very different individuals discover, in their own ways, that a mixture of Sense and Sensibility is the solution.
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The War of the Worlds
Wells Herbert George 131 ₪For a time I believed that mankind had been swept out of existence, and that I stood there alone, the last man left alive.In this thrilling tale of alien invasion, H. G. Wells rewrites the science fiction genre. Following the travails of an unnamed narrator, The War of the Worlds reveals the true terror of life under an implacable and enigmatic foe. Armed with terrifying killing machines, black smoke and Heat-Rays, the Martians arrive in London and quickly subdue the resistance put up by British forces. Faced with extraordinary odds and a world changed beyond all recognition, nothing less than the survival of the human race is at stake.
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Science Fiction & Fantasy Short Stories
Stilson Charles B.; Готорн Натаниель; Уэллс Герберт Джордж 559 ₪Science fiction and fantasy have gone hand-in-hand since their emergence at the end of the 19th century. Containing the best short stories of the masters of the two genres, this collection brings together the outstanding imaginations of writers such as H.G. Wells, George Griffith, Robert E. Howard and William Morris.
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The Seagull
Чехов Антон Павлович 577 ₪A play ought to be written in which people should come and go, dine, talk of the weather or play cards… because that is what happens in real life — Anton ChekhovChekhov demolished the conventions of traditional Russian theatre and created something new that proved hugely influential. His aim was to create a slice of life with naturalistic settings, mundane conversation and acting that brought the everyday on stage.The Seagull, 1895, is the first of his four major plays. The four main characters, guests on a tranquil estate in the Russian countryside, are Nina, a beautiful young actress who can’t act; Konstantin, a talentless playwright, and his mother Irina Arkadina, a fading theatrical diva; finally, there is successful writer of middling books, Boris Trigorin. Konstantin shoots a seagull and, much to her horror and disgust, gives it to Nina as the set-up becomes a recipe for romantic and artistic fallings-out, compounded when they all meet up a second time.Although Chekhov called this a comedy, there’s nothing cheerful here. By always snatching at love and success, his characters block out happiness; the author is satirizing human foibles which we soon recognize in ourselves. When the play was first performed, it was booed off stage. In 1898, after the production by Stanislavski that marked the birth of modern theatre, it became a major triumph and Chekhov took his place in history.
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Robinson Crusoe
Defoe Daniel 228 ₪«It happened one day, about noon, going towards my boat, I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a man’s naked foot on the shore…»Thus Defoe describes the heart-stopping moment when — after years of solitude — the world’s most famous shipwrecked mariner discovers that he is not totally alone on his island.From its publication in 1719, and through many translations, Robinson Crusoe has been hailed as the classic adventure story. Although the inspiration came from a real-life castaway called Alexander Selkirk, the novel can be enjoyed as a tale of survival, of spiritual awakening, or as a mythic quest.
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Secret Garden
Burnett Frances Hodgson 342 ₪Mary Lennox is an unhappy and unloved little girl. After being orphaned, she is sent from India to live at her uncle’s gloomy manor house in Yorkshire and is determined to hate her new home. But after finding an old key in a flowerbed, she unlocks a hidden garden in the manor’s grounds. This enchanting wilderness begins to weave its spell on Mary and those around her. Frances Hodgson Burnett’s best-loved story is an English classic and guaranteed to enchant readers aged 8+.
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Robinson Crusoe
Defoe Daniel 112 ₪‘It happened one day, about noon, going towards my boat, I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a man’s naked foot on the shore…’Thus Defoe describes the heart-stopping moment when — after years of solitude — the world’s most famous shipwrecked mariner discovers that he is not totally alone on his island.From its publication in 1719, and through many translations, Robinson Crusoe has been hailed as the classic adventure story. Although the inspiration came from a real-life castaway called Alexander Selkirk, the novel can be enjoyed as a tale of survival, of spiritual awakening, or as a mythic quest.
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Middlemarch
Eliot George 293 ₪Since its first appearance in 1871-2, Middlemarch has been hailed by successive generations of writers and readers for its authentic view of life in a small English town in the run-up to the Reform Bill of 1832. Addressing such themes as marriage, religion, hypocrisy and political reform, Middlemarch follows the relationships of various couples and their success or failure, placing the position of women in society at the centre of the work. In 2007, an author poll conducted by Time Magazine placed the novel as one of the 10 greatest ever written.
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Robin Hood
Gilbert Henry 69 ₪Follow the thrilling adventures of Robin Hood and his gang of Merry Men in Henry Gilbert’s famous retelling of this much-loved legend. When Robin witnesses how cruelly the peasants are being treated by the lords of the land, he decides to become and outlaw and fight against their tyranny.Featuring a cast of unforgettable characters, such as Friar Tuck, Maid Marian, and the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham, this heroic story is guaranteed to delight young readers aged 8 and up. This edition also features illustrations by the renowned artist, Walter Crane.
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Macabre Stories
Lovecraft Howard Phillips 342 ₪This collection brings together the unique stories from H. P. Lovecraft’s formative years, ranging from the petrifying ‘Dagon’ through the playful ‘Ibid’ to the subtle horror of ‘The Music of Erich Zann.’ Featuring ancient powers, long-buried secrets, and cosmic terrors, Macabre Stories demonstrates the range and depth of Lovecraft’s writing.Sometimes shocking, sometimes horrifying, but always engaging, these tales are an impressive example of the master of horror’s ability to entertain.
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Pride and Prejudice
Austen Jane 130 ₪‘It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.’The famous opening words of Pride and Prejudice carry the reader straight to the heart of the Bennet household, the home of no fewer than five marriageable daughters.Austen’s best-loved romance unfolds around the twp eldest, Jane and Elizabeth, and two eligible bachelors, Mr Bingley and his friend Mr Darcy. When the lively Elizabeth first meets the aloof, conceited Darcy she dislikes him immediately, but this is only the prelude to a classic attraction of opposites.
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His Last Bow
Doyle Arthur Conan 196 ₪A woman receives two severed ears in a cardboard box, a government-worker is found dead on the London Underground, and two men go insane in a Cornish cottage.In His Last Bow, the world’s favourite eccentric sleuth investigates a series of compelling mysteries. Taking on dastardly villains in thrilling adventures, Sherlock Holmes and his partner John Watson leave no stone unturned as they seek to unravel their opponents’ despicable plots.The concluding story in this collection presents the iconic detective’s final adventure. Set during World War I, Holmes’ cosy retirement is interrupted by a call to investigate a potential German spy. It also includes a fantastic epilogue on his life that brings closure to one of literature’s most brilliant characters.
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Pride and Prejudice
Austen Jane 228 ₪‘It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.’The famous opening words of Pride and Prejudice carry the reader straight to the heart of the Bennet household, the home of no fewer than five marriageable daughters.Austen’s best-loved romance unfolds aroundthe two eldest, Jane and Elizabeth, and two eligible bachelors, Mr Bingley and his friend Mr Darcy. When the lively Elizabeth first meets the aloof, conceited Darcy she dislikes him immediately, but this is only the prelude to a classic attraction of opposites.
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First Men in the Moon
Wells Herbert George 131 ₪In one of the earliest works of science fiction, H. G. Wells brings to life the joys of space travel and humanity’s boundless curiosity.When penniless businessman Mr Bedford moves to Kent to write a play, he meets mad scientist Mr Cavor who is developing an anti-gravity metal. This unlikely pair journey to the Moon using Mr Cavor’s new invention. But what creatures lurk beneath its cratered surface?The First Men in the Moon is a swashbuckling adventure of discovery as well as a poignant exploration of ethics in the face of scientific progress.
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Pride and Prejudice
Austen Jane 503 ₪Jane Austen’s novels concern the gentle, rural English middle class existence and conventions of the early 18th-century. The author was born into just such a lifestyle on 16 December 1775 at Steventon, a small village in Hampshire, England. Her father, a vicar who supplemented his salary through farming, provided much of her education. Austen’s talents were encouraged by her parents and siblings, who provided both a receptive and critical audience for her unpublished work.Austen began writing Pride and Prejudice in 1796, under the title First Impressions. Completed the following year, it became a family favourite. However, when her father attempted to place the work with a London publisher, it was rejected. The novel first appeared in print in 1813, after Austen had proven herself something of a commercial success with Sense and Sensibility (1811), her first published novel.Pride and Prejudice is perhaps the most comic of Austen’s novels. It concerns the considerable efforts of a couple, Mr and Mrs Bennet, to achieve suitable marriages for their five daughters. The focal point, however, is the relationship between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy, a man whom she had readily dismissed as an unfeeling aristocrat.The novel proved even more popular than its predecessor, and was followed by Mansfield Park (1814) and Emma (1816). In 1817, Austen was in the midst of composing a new novel, Sanditon (1925), when she was obliged to put down her pen due to ill-health. She died on 18 July 1817. Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, her last completed novel, were published five months later.
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Dubliners
Джойс Джеймс 196 ₪On the bleak streets of Dublin, a young boy grieves over the death of an irreligious priest, a woman elopes with her lover, and a professor considers the nature of death: these are some of the unfortunate denizens of James Joyce’s imagination.This powerful collection of short stories from one of Ireland’s greatest writers includes such brilliant tales as ‘Araby’, ‘The Sisters’ and ‘The Dead’. Gracefully written and born of deeply personal experiences, the stories in this collection are often bleak and troubling. Together they provide an unflinching portrait of the city, as Joyce lays out the brutal realities of Irish life on the eve of independence.A controversial and genre-defying depiction of the everyday, Dubliners is an essential read from one of Ireland’s most celebrated literary figures.
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Portrait of a Lady
James Henry 228 ₪In The Portrait of a Lady. (1881), spirited young Isabel Archer travels from her home in Albany, New York, eager to discover what life has to offer in Europe. Determined to shape her own destiny, she rejects two eligible suitors — one American and one English — in her pursuit of freedom.Isabel’s independence at first seems assured by a surprise legacy from her uncle but, ironically, her wealth only serves to attract the scheming Madame Merle and the cruelly possessive Gilbert Osmond. The revelations that follow Isabel’s marriage to Osmond are devastating and she is forced to confront the conflict between society’s demand for propriety and her own fierce sense of independence.
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Chekhov Selected Stories
Чехов Антон Павлович 262 ₪Anton Chekhov was one of Russian literature’s greatest short story writers. This collection brings together twenty-five of his best known, including ‘Fat and Thin’, ‘Sleepy’, ‘Rothschild’s Fiddle’, and ’The Lady with a Dog’.An acute observer of everyday life in late 19th-century Russia, Chekhov was a master of wry precision. His clear, subtle prose conjures up a diverse range of characters, whether they be small children arguing over a game, two old school friends meeting by chance, or lovers conducting an illicit affair. By turns tragic, comic, and satirical, each story paints a vivid picture that lives long in the mind.
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Peter Pan and Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
Barrie James Matthew 94 ₪When Peter Pan flies through the nursery window and invites Wendy, John and Michael to come to Never-Never-Land, they set off on the adventure of a lifetime.Prepare to be enchanted by J.M. Barrie’s much-loved tale of Lost Boys, mermaids, pirates, and a boy who will never grow up.Features original illustrations by Francis D. Bedford and Arthur Rackham.
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White Fang
Лондон Джек 187 ₪Jack London’s classic story of White Fang, a wolf-dog born wild and fierce but tamed by a human he comes to love, is brought to life in this brand new edition. Set in the harsh forests of northern Canada, this remarkable tale about the relationship between man and dog is guaranteed to captivate young readers aged 8 and up.
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Persuasion
Austen Jane 293 ₪Anne Elliot lives at the time of the Napoleonic wars, a time of accident, adventure, the making of new fortunes and alliances. A woman of no importance, she manoeuvres in her restricted circumstances as her long-time love Captain Wentworth did in the wars.
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The Call of the Wild
London Jack 245 ₪Californian family dog Buck is happy spending his days eating and sleeping. That is until he is kidnapped, and is forced to work in the frozen north of Alaska as a sledge dog. Passed from owner to owner, Buck sets out on a remarkable journey to ensure his own survival. Will he make it? And, when tested, how hard will he struggle against returning to the wild?Packed with tension and excitement, Jack London’s atmospheric story of adventure and endurance is sure to grip readers of all ages.
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Persuasion
Austen Jane 206 ₪‘l am half agony, half hope.’Anne Elliot lost the love of her life eight years earlier and the sorrow lingers on. Yet the dashing Captain Wentworth did not desert her; it was Anne who rejected him because she ‘was persuaded that she could make a better match.She never did.Suddenly, life deals them a second chance. Anne and Wentworth meet again on the social circuit. He acts coolly and even openly courts a younger woman, yet Anne remains painfully alert for the slightest hint that their love might be rekindled.Persuasion was Austen’s last novel, published posthumously in 1818.
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Twain Mark 325 ₪Tom Sawyer is a playful and mischievous boy who lives with his half-brother Sid and his Aunt Polly in Missouri. Join him on his hapless adventures around his town and beyond, as he tries to have fun without getting into trouble. Featuring a cast of amusing characters, including the famous Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain’s classic tale is sure to delight children aged 8 and up.
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Persuasion
Austen Jane 83 ₪«I am half agony, half hope.»Anne Elliot lost the love of her life eight years earlier and the sorrow lingers on. Yet the dashing Captain Wentworth did not desert her; it was Anne who rejected him because she was persuaded that she could make a better match.She never did.Suddenly, life deals them a second chance. Anne and Wentworth meet again on the social circuit. He acts coolly and even openly courts a younger woman, yet Anne remains painfully alert for the slightest hint that their love might be rekindled.Persuasion was Austen’s last novel, published posthumously in 1818
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Little Women
Alcott Louisa May 228 ₪Little Women describes the lives of the four March sisters — Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy — who live in a small New England community at the time of the American Civil War. It is a classic story of adventure, friendship and perseverance, which is perfect for children aged 8+.
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On the Origin of Species
Darwin Charles 342 ₪‘There is grandeur in this view of life … from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.’On the Origin of Species was first published to great controversy in 1859. With it Charles Darwin forever changed the way men and women thought about the natural world. In this seminal work of natural philosophy, he articulated his theory of natural selection, or survival of the fittest, that put him at the centre of a debate on evolution and the origins of mankind, the embers of which are still burning today.From the discoveries he made during his voyage on board H.M.S. Beagle, Darwin produced a scientific masterpiece.
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Heidi
Спири Йоханна 187 ₪At the young age of five, little orphan Heidi is sent to live in the Swiss Alps with her grandfather. Everyone in the village is frightened of him, yet the two of them form an unlikely bond, and Heidi loves her simple existence in the mountains. Everything is going well, until she is taken away to lead a life in the town. Isolated and unhappy, can Heidi make it back to the friends she has made, and the grandfather she adores? This classic tale, full of warmth and joy, is sure to delight readers of all ages.
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Oliver Twist
Dickens Charles 228 ₪«Please, sir, I want some more.»Oliver Twist sent out shock waves when it appeared in 1838. With a half-starved orphan for a hero, it was Dickens’ first attempt to rouse the public conscience over the social evils of his day.A parade of memorable characters drives the author’s message home: Mr Bumble, the workhouse beadle; Fagin, who runs a den of child thieves; Oliver’s streetwise friend, the Artful Dodger; Nancy, the prostitute; and her lover, brutal Bill Sikes.The adventures of the innocent Oliver — from workhouse to London’s underworld, and how he was rescued — is one of Dickens’ most popular stories.
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A Little Princess
Burnett Frances Hodgson 94 ₪When wealthy Sara Crewe arrives at Miss Minchin’s boarding school in London, she is determined to settle in and make friends. Charismatic and popular, with a big heart and a love of storytelling, she seems to be succeeding. That is until tragedy strikes, and Sara must fight harder than she thought possible to remain both strong and kind in the most difficult of circumstances …This inspirational tale of the significance of friendship, the power of the imagination, and the importance of perseverance will be adored by readers of all ages.
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Northanger Abbey
Austen Jane 228 ₪Northanger Abbey is the light-hearted account of a young girl’s first excursion into fashionable society. Catherine Morland is taken to Bath where, among a crowd of new acquaintances, she meets Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor, who invite her to stay at their family home, Northanger Abbey. Catherine, a devotee of ‘horrid’ Gothic novels, fervently hopes that the Abbey will match the haunted ruins conjured up in her imagination.While poking fun at popular fiction, Catherine’s story also exposes the difference between illusion and reality, and shows how her artless approach to people attracts true friendship and love.
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Villette
Bronte Charlotte 228 ₪Echoing the novelist’s own experience, Villette (1853) follows Lucy Snowe, a young English woman, as she takes up a teaching post in Belgium, wins the respect of the pupils and headmistress, but also becomes romantically entangled with a fellow teacher.
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Northanger Abbey
Austen Jane 83 ₪Northanger Abbey is the light-hearted account of a young girl’s first excursion into fashionable society. Catherine Morland is taken to Bath where, among a crowd of new acquaintances, she meets Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor, who invite her to stay at their family home, Northanger Abbey. Catherine, a devotee of ‘horrid’ Gothic novels, fervently hopes that the Abbey will match the haunted ruins conjured up in her imagination.While poking fun at popular fiction, Catherine’s story also exposes the difference between illusion and reality, and shows how her artless approach to people attracts true friendship and love.
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Vanity Fair
Thackeray William Makepeace 342 ₪Two young women, Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley, leave Miss Pinkerton s Academy together. They are friends, yet the witty and flirtatious Becky looks set to outdo the passive, sweet-natured Amelia with her ruthless determination to grab what she can in life. And so all kinds of battles and fortunes are won and lost against a backdrop of the Napoleonic wars.Thackeray’s satire on corruption at every level of English society is rightly subtitled a novel without a hero’, since none of its characters have improved themselves by the end.However, it was a success from its first appearance in 1847 and remains one of the greatest comic novels.
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Norse Mythology
856 ₪The myths and legends of the Norsemen have entertained both old and young alike for hundreds of years.This fascinating collection contains stories retold from the Icelandic Eddas, the principal sources of knowledge of Norse mythology, and the Sagas of the ancient world of the Vikings.Following the deeds of the powerful Norse gods, such as Odin, Thor and Loki, and filled with a host of fantastic creatures and objects containing magical properties, the tales in Norse Mythology will conjure up a world of heroism and romance that will enthrall readers.
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This Side of Paradise
Фицджеральд Фрэнсис Скотт 196 ₪Scott Fitzgerald’s debut novel, originally published in 1920, captures the feel of its era and explores themes such as the quest for success and the power of money as it tells the story of Amory Blaine’s journey from youth to maturity.
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Nicholas Nickelby
Dickens Charles 110 ₪Written in the early part of Dickens’s career, Nicholas Nickleby (1838) is a masterly piece of comic fiction that recalls the roistering picaresque novels of the previous century. Nicholas’s adventures throw him in with some of Dickens’s most memorable characters: Wackford Squeers, the sadistic one-eyed headmaster of Dotheboys Hall; poor ill-used Smike, victim of a grim family secret; and the eccentric Crummies theatre troupe, complete with their ‘Infant Phenomenon’ — her growth stunted on a diet of gin-and-water since infancy.Often regarded as the work that established Dickens as a novelist, Nicholas Nickleby has always found a delighted and devoted readership.This edition includes the original illustrations of Hahlot K. Browne (‘Phiz’).
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The Time Machine & Other Stories
Wells Herbert George 196 ₪HG Wells’s story about a machine that allows travel back and forward in time remains one of the great science fiction adventures, but when it was published in 1895, it was also a dark warning of dangers to come.
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My Friend Mr Campion & Other Mysteries
Allingham Margery 131 ₪Arcturus Crime Classics showcase unjustly neglected works by great writers from the 1930s — the so-called golden age of crime writing — through to the 1970s. From conventional whodunnits to slick thrillers, the series encompasses every facet of this ever-popular genre.Allingham’s ever-popular gentleman-detective, Albert Campion, features in all of the thrilling crime stories presented in this collection, which include the cases of The Wan with the Sack, The Old Man in the Window, The White Elephant, The Definite Article and My Friend Mr Campion, as well as one of her greatest pure mysteries, The Case of the Late Pig, the only Campion story ever told by the great sleuth himself.
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The Last of the Mohicans
Cooper James Fenimore 456 ₪Published in 1826, The Last of the Mohicans is an adventure story centred on the kinship between white frontiersman, Natty Bumppo — or ‘Hawkeye’ — and two Mohican Indians, Chingachgook and his son Uncas. The action takes place during the French and Indian War. Alice and Cora, daughters of a British fort commander, are on a perilous journey through the dark forests of western New York. Their Huron guide, Magua, turns out to be a traitorous French sympathizer who holds the sisters captive until Hawkeye and the Mohicans come to their rescue. Even then, their troubles are far from over.
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Moby Dick
Melville Herman 211 ₪Inspired by real-life events, this epic tale features a young sailor, Ishmael, who yearns for adventure aboard a whaling ship. In Nantucket, he signs up for a voyage aboard the Pequod, bound for the tropics.But what Ishmael believes will be an ordinary whale hunt turns out to be nothing less than a voyage of revenge led by the imposing «ungodly, god-like» Captain Ahab. For Ahab has already lost one of his legs to the great White Whale, Moby Dick, and this time — driven by a tremendous inner rage — he is determined to pursue him to the death.
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Tale
Фицджеральд Фрэнсис Скотт 745 ₪Benjamin Button is born as an old man, but as time passes, he gradually grows younger. As he grows up, he encounters prejudice, shock and delight as he seeks to live an ordinary live. Touching and profound, ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a uniquely moving meditation on the experience of growing up.This beautiful clothbound collection also includes several of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s stories set in the Roaring Twenties, which he termed the ‘Jazz Age’, such as ‘The Jelly Bean’, ‘May Day’ and ‘The Diamond as Big as the Ritz’. Ranging from the farcical to the insightful, Fitzgerald presents an enlightening portrait of 1920s America in these stories while always remembering that the first duty of a writer is to entertain.
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Metamorphosis
Kafka Franz 193 ₪«A book must be an ice-axe to break the seas frozen inside our soul.»Franz KafkaMetamorphosis tells the tale of Gregor Samsa, a young salesman, who wakes up one day to find he has turned into «a kind of giant bug». Samsa has been a model of virtue for years, single- handedly supporting his parents and sister, but suddenly he finds himself an outcast in his own home, facing a world in which he no longer has a place.Both harrowing and humorous, Metamorphosis is a strange, subtle and moving story which everyone should read.
