Popular Literature

Наиболее поздними по времени создания являются сказки плутовского жанра, по-видимому включенные в сборник в Египте, при его последней обработке.

Сказка - это сокровище, так как она обращена к истокам самых древних мифов и уходит своими корнями в глубокое прошлое. Сказка - это сокровище, так как она дарит надежду на счастливый финал и торжество справедливости.

The position which Allama Iqbal holds in the world of Urdu literature is equivalent to what Rabindranath Tagore means for Bengali literature. He is famous for his thought-provoking style of writing and Sufi poetry. But Iqbal stands apart from the rest of his time for the inclusion of certain unique elements in his works, like description of nature, nuances of patriotism, love for the nation and the importance of fostering religious tolerance. This book by Prakash Pandit outlines his life story and the important literary elements of his poetry.

Имя историка, литературоведа и собирателя фольклора Александра Николаевича Афанасьева известно всем. Последней объемной работой ученого стало составление сборников русских сказок, которые он разделил на детские и взрослые.

Robert Musil: Über die Dummheit Ein Vortrag, gelesen von Moritz Brendel. Robert Musil hält seinen legendären Vortrag Über die Dummheit erstmals gehalten auf Einladung des österreichischen Werkbunds am 11. März 1937 in Wien – auf den Tag genau ein Jahr vor dem Anschluss Österreichs an Nazi-Deutschland. In seiner Rede formuliert er das Paradox der Dummheit, "dass jeder, der über Dummheit sprechen oder solch einem Gespräch mit Nutzen beiwohnen will, von sich voraussetzen muss, dass er nicht dumm sei und also zur Schau trägt, dass er sich für klug halte, obwohl es allgemein für ein Zeichen von Dummheit gilt, das zu tun!"

Друзья и знакомые Фроси Евстафьевой звали ее "Фро. Муж девушки - Фёдор, большой мечтатель и романтик решил с помощью машин преобразовать мир для блага человечества. В один из дней он уехал на Дальний Восток, настраивать там таинственные электрические приборы.

Once upon a time, when her dad married Sage’s mum, Daisy was thrilled to get a bright and shiny new sister. But Sage was beautiful and poplar, everything Daisy was not, and she made sure Daisy knew it. Sage didn’t have Daisy’s smarts - she had to go back a grade to enroll in the fancy rich-kid school. So she used her popularity as a weapon, putting Daisy down to elevate herself. After the divorce, the stepsisters’ rivalry continued until the final, improbable straw: Daisy married Sage’s first love, and Sage fled California.

Daisy is the night security guard at the Manchester Museum of Social History. She takes her job very seriously, protecting the museum from teenage troublemakers. Nate works the day shift, though he'd be more suited as a museum guide the way he chats with the visitors. Daisy doesn't approve: how does he find it so easy to talk to strangers? For five minutes each day their shifts overlap at handover. He passes the torch over to Daisy - always with a smile on his face and she asks him for a full report of the day, which he gives reluctantly.

In just three short years, Willie Geist has gone from behind-the-scenes producer at MSNBC to rising on-air star, as the host of Way Too Early with Willie Geist and cohost of Morning Joe. He's fast, he's funny---something of an early-morning Jon Stewart. Now, in his first book, Geist focuses on America's ongoing parade of giant pop culture personalities, beings inflated by the Internet and twenty-four-hour cable news and tethered only loosely to the ground.

This book by Prakash Pandit reflects upon the life of an 18th-century Urdu poet named Meer Taqi Meer who lived in Mughal, India. Meer Taqi was one of the pioneers who gave shape to the Urdu language. A few of his important literary works are given in a separate section of the book. He was one of the principal poets of the Delhi school of Urdu ghazal, and most of his literature has been written under his nom de plume, Mir.

An insider and behind the scenes look at investigative reporting from an award-winning investigative reporter. First-hand intimate stories, not only about the workings of local television news, but also events and personalities that shaped the last 50 years including: Presidents Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, Ronald Reagan; my experiences in Saudi Arabia with General Norman Schwarzkopf before the First Gulf War; Klan cross burnings and a Klan riot; an insider view of Florida executions including “Old Sparky”, the electric chair.

As at home with Galileo and his daughter in Florence as he is with Diderot in Enlightenment France, William and Alice James in fin-de-siècle Boston, or the latest research on the genome, Gerald Weissmann distills the lessons of history to guide us through our troubled age. His message is clear: "Experimental science is our defense-perhaps our best defense-against humbug and the Endarkenment."

Stuck at the bottom of the social ladder at 'pretty much the lowest level of people at school who aren't paid to be here,' Maya Van Wagenen decided to begin a unique social experiment: Spend the school year following a 1950s popularity guide, written by former teen model Betty Cornell. Can curlers, girdles, Vaseline, and a strand of pearls help Maya on her quest to be popular? The real-life results are painful, funny, and include a wonderful and unexpected surprise - meeting and befriending Betty Cornell herself.

Бестселлер The New York Times. Лучшая книга года по версии Amazon. Лучшее романтическое фэнтези Young Adult. НЕ ПРИНУЖДАЙ МЕНЯ ОСТАВИТЬ ТЕБЯ И ВОЗВРАТИТЬСЯ ОТ ТЕБЯ. Лу, Рид, Коко и Ансель бегут из столицы, и их портреты висят на каждом столбе — теперь им уже нигде не спрятаться. Чтобы выжить, им нужны сильные союзники.КУДА ТЫ ПОЙДЁШЬ, ТУДА И Я ПОЙДУ. Лу хочет защитить себя и тех, кого любит, от коварных игр Морганы. В своём желании она становится всё более отчаянной — и обращается к тёмной магии.

budding butch in the Brylcreem era, Lorraine "Lon" Harris fantasizes about a South Pacific island full of women, where everyone will be free and accepting, and she'll never have to wear an eyelet blouse again. Spurned by her high school English teacher, Lon turns to a new friend, the brash, purple-haired Violet, who draws Lon into the lesbian underworld of suburban Los Angeles, to the sordid 28 Percent Club, a private bar where those with "contaminated passions" cling to each other.

Tommy, der Sohn des Bürgermeisters der Stadt Rechtsherum, ist der tollpatschigste Tollpatsch, den man sich vorstellen kann. Bis er eines Tages auf traumhafte Weise sein wahres Talent entdeckt... Dieses Buch richtet sich an Kinder und Jugendliche, die in ihrer Händigkeitsfindung noch unentschlossen sind oder bereits erste Anzeichen dafür zeigen, von ihrer natürlichen Handpräferenz abgewichen zu sein.

For generations, no second-born daughter in the Fontana family has married. Lucy desperately wants to find love, but for her cousin Emilia, their family curse is a blessing in disguise. But then their Great Aunt Poppy declares she’ll reunite with her long-lost love on her 18th birthday - and break the curse once and for all. And so the three women embark on a journey to Tuscany to fulfil Poppy’s last wish. But the secrets they uncover there could change their family forever....

Службу подпоручика Юрия Ромашова нельзя было назвать гладкой. Постоянные стычки с офицерами, насмешки, порицание и недовольство командования. Все это не добавляло оптимизма в жизнь молодого офицера. Он чувствовал себя одиноко и подавлено. Последний каплей стала гибель солдата в одной из рот.

A former English teacher at Seattle University, Lyons enhanced his love for poetry by studying the great classical poets in the original Greek and Latin. This anthology is not just for connoisseurs. It is for everyone who enjoys poetry.....

This book revolves around the life of renowned Indian Urdu poet and lyricist of films in Hindi, Majrooh Sultanpuri. This book describes his life and career as an Urdu poet, lyricist, and songwriter in the Hindi film industry. He has written lyrics for a number of Hindi–Urdu soundtracks. He was one of the most dominant figures in Indian Urdu poetry and is still considered to be one of the finest avant-garde poets of 20th-century Urdu literature.