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Louis Esson is considered to be the first great Australian dramatist. As with most of his work, these four plays depict life from the view of the common man and provide vivid presentations of life, both urban and rural, in Australia before the First World War.

Gogol's phantasmagorical tale about a man whose nose decides to abscond and begin living a life of its own is one of the earliest and most celebrated examples of absurdist literature. Apart from its recondite humor, it is remarkable for Gogol's skill in characterization and his ability to paint a picture of contemporary life in Russia in a few verbal brushstrokes.

The son of the Gardener to the King and the King's daughter fall in love. The King wants his daughter to marry the Prime Minister's son. So the two young men have to enter a contest: Whoever travels to a distant land and comes back first, wins the hand of the Princess.

Stephen Leacock was a prolific and brilliant writer, whose tongue-in-cheek writings have been amusing Canadian fans for decades. He first published Winsome Winnie in 1920 as part of a compendium of short stories entitled Winsome Winnie and Other New Nonsense Novels. It relates the trials and tribulations of the recently orphaned and penniless Winnifred Clair.

A rich widow finds that the man she wishes to marry is already engaged. He has just suddenly become a peer and cannot, he thinks, break his promise.

This collection contains Oscar Wilde's four best-known comedies: The Importance of Being Earnest; Lady Windermere's Fan; An Ideal Husband; and A Woman of No Importance. All of them satirize upper-class English society of the 1890s, dramatizing scandalous secrets, political and marital intrigue, and dandyish bad behavior with Wilde's trademark wit and wisdom.

Listeners are invited to sit back and enjoy this collection of classic Yuletide tales....

Franz Kafka was one of the first and greatest masters of dystopian literature. In his bleak world view, man is presented as helpless and ineffectual, his destiny determined by distant, obscure and essentially unfriendly agencies. In none of his works is this savage and unreasoning enslavement presented more vividly than in Metamorphosis, a novella in which Gregor Samsa, a respectable employee and dutiful son, wakes to find himself transformed into a gigantic insect.

A new mother is brought by her doctor husband to a summer house to relax. He has determined that she suffers from a nervous condition. She is told to rest and she must have no intellectual or social stimulation. Her child and the house are taken care of by trusted others. She surreptitiously writes when no one is around. At first she is disturbed by the yellow wallpaper in the room she is staying in. when she requests another room, she is told that it is not good for her to have her whims attended to.

Joseph Sheridan LeFanu was one of the major figures of 19th centrury supernaturalism. He helped move supernaturalist fiction away from the Gothic's emphasis on external sources of terror and toward a focus on the effects of terror, thus helping to create the psychological basis for supernaturalist and horror lit that continues today.

Beth is wanting out of her engagement to Wyatt when she meets his younger brother, Billy. But where Wyatt is suave and worldly, Billy is a hick country boy who doesn't mind getting his hands dirty. Yet there is something about Billy's gentle ways that touches her heart. Unfortunately, Beth is a born klutz. Bad luck follows her wherever she goes, and Beth is positive bad luck will continue to plague her if she allows herself to fall in love with Billy. That was before she fell into a stock tank and right into Billy's arms!

"Was ist das für ein unheimliches Gebrüll?" Leonie, Grace und Tiffy sind mit ihren Pferden in den kalifornischen Bergen unterwegs. Plötzlich hören sie ein Geräusch, das ihnen Angst macht. Sie suchen Zuflucht in einer Pension. Dort treffen sie Christina Ramirez, die versucht, dem Rätsel um ein geheimnisvolles Bild auf die Spur zu kommen. Klar, dass sich die Mädchen das näher ansehen wollen.

Written by musician/entrepreneur Dave Stewart and branding expert Mark Simmons, The Business Playground offers a revealing look at what creativity is and how to apply it in business through an inspiring mix of scientific studies, anecdotes, high-profile interviews, and thought-provoking games that you can play alone or with your co-workers.

"II" rêvait de vivre une relation de pouvoir et d'abandon totale. "Elle" cherchait simplement à pimenter sa vie sexuelle. Au gré d'une liaison adultérine qui aurait pu rester banale, ils vont vivre une aventure hors du commun... Se livrant l'un à l'autre et s'épanouissant dans la relation de domination et de soumission qui les unit, ils vont se découvrir, s'apprivoiser, s'attacher l'un à l'autre et nourrir une complicité hors normes. "Elle" se révélera dans la soumission et, par amour pour lui, dans l'obéissance et l'abnégation, elle le suivra progressivement jusqu'aux rives du sadomasochisme.

Polly always finds refuge in painting. But when the beautiful landscapes of the Maine island where she spends her summers leave her uninspired, she questions the life she's been living for the past 30 years. Will the reappearance of an old, seemingly successful friend be the spark Polly needs to get back on track, or will it derail her even further?

1717. Pour fuir un mariage arrangé et vivre auprès de l'homme qu'elle aime, Elizabeth, jeune marquise anglaise, accepte de tout quitter et de prendre le large depuis le port de Liverpool. Direction le Nouveau Monde et la nouvelle vie qu'il promet. Mais le destin sépare les deux amants dès les premiers temps du voyage. Elizabeth et Mary, sa domestique et amie de toujours, embarquée à ses côtés, se retrouvent livrées à elles-mêmes dans la promiscuité libidineuse des croisières au long cours.

Recently hired to serve in the palace stable in the great city of Alure, Dale discovers a dark secret to the fabled city and vows - even at the risk of losing his new post - to free the mystical creatures held captive inside the city's walls.

La nuit, Vanessa erre dans les rues obscures, en quête d'aventures. À son retour, elle retrouve son gentil mari. Ensemble, ils jouent à la poupée. Et c'est Vanessa, bien sûr, qui fait la poupée... Une très étrange et très vicieuse histoire d'amour. Un joyau de la plus pure pornographie. Eve Arkadine n'est pas une "pornographe de bas étage". Elle écrit pour donner du plaisir à ses lecteurs, c'est un fait, mais aussi pour s'en donner à elle-même.

When a brother or sister dies, surviving siblings often receive little support or recognition of their pain. But their grief is real, and there is a way to recover from it. Through intimate, true stories and interviews with brothers and sisters who have lost a sibling, expert on grief Katherine Fair Donnelly provides valuable insight on how to survive this traumatic experience.

Frankie Chasing Bear is caught between cultures. She wants to raise her son Harold to revere his Lakota heritage, but she knows he will need to learn the white man's ways to succeed. After the untimely death of her husband, Frankie joins the US Government's Relocation Program and moves to Arizona. There she begins sewing a Lakota Star pattern quilt for Harold with tribal wisdom sung, sewn, and prayed into it. A bed without a quilt is like a sky without stars, but neither the quilt - nor her new life - comes easily to Frankie.