The Trial is the most acclaimed of Kafka 's three novels, and is both a haunting meditation on freedom and the powerlessness of the individual in the face of state power, and an ominous prefiguration of the totalitarian excesses of the twentieth century. On his thirtieth birthday, the bank clerk Josef K. is suddenly arrested by mysterious agents for an unspecified crime. He is told that he will be set free, but must make regular appearances at a court in the attic of a tenement building while his trial proceeds. Although he never comes to know the particulars of his case, Josef K. finds his life taken over by the ... |
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Old Arkhip sits every day by the roots of a wizened, hunchbacked willow, fishing and exchanging whispered stories with the ancient tree. One of these takes Arkhip three decades back in time, to a quiet day in early spring when a strange encounter shook him momentarily from the rural bliss in which he lived, catapulting him into a world of crime, corruption, violence and murder. A quintessential example of Chekhov's artistry, The Willow is here accompanied by thirty-two other short stories - some of them never or rarely translated into English - which are representative of the three main phases of the author’s ... |
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The Second World War began on 1 September 1939 with the German invasion in Poland and ended in August 1945 with surrender of Japan. That global military conflict involved all of the great powers and most of the world’s nations. There were two opposing alliances: the Allies (USSR, Great Britain, USA etc.) and the Axis powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan). Second World War in Europe was fought on three fronts: Eastern, Western and Italian. The most bloody and devastating fights were on the Eastern front. The war ended with the total defeat of the Axis powers. Shortly after the outbreak of the war Hitler's Germany managed ... |
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The №1 International Bestseller. ... Here is a small fact - you are going to die. 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier. Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall. Some important information - this novel is narrated by Death. It's a small story, about: a girl; an accordionist; some fanatical Germans; a Jewish fist fighter; and quite a lot of thievery. ... |
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Pretending to be in love never tasted better. A wedding in Spain. The most infuriating man. Three days to convince your family you're actually in love... Catalina Martin desperately needs a date to her sister's wedding. Especially when her little white lie about her American boyfriend has spiraled out of control. Now everyone she knows - including her ex-boyfriend and his fiancée - will be there. She only has four weeks to find someone willing to cross the Atlantic for her and aid in her deception. NYC to Spain is no short flight and her family won't be easy to fool... But even then, when Aaron ... |
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The Academy Award winning actor, father of three, and bestselling author of Greenlights distills more than three decades of journaling experience to help you reflect, seek clarity, and forge your own path with this life-changing practice. Greenlights: Your journal, your journey is a guided companion to the New York Times bestselling memoir Greenlights, filled with prompts, pithy quotes, adages, outlaw wisdom, and advice on how to live with greater satisfaction from Matthew McConaughey. Matthew has been writing in journals since he was fifteen years old. His adventures have taken him from Texas to Australia, from ... |
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Be a kick-ass boss without losing your humanity. From the time we learn to speak, we're told that if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. When you become a manager, it's your job to say it-and your obligation. Author Kim Scott was an executive at Google and then Apple, where she worked with a team to develop a class on how to be a good boss. What emerged was her vital new approach to effective management, Radical Candor. Radical Candor is a simple idea: to be a good boss, you have to Care Personally at the same time that you Challenge Directly. When you challenge without caring ... |
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This stunning book is not only a sweeping document of Africa but an homage to the continent's history, people, and natural phenomena. ... Sebastiao Salgado is one the most respected photojournalists working today, his reputation forged by decades of dedication and powerful black-and-white images of dispossessed and distressed people taken in places where most wouldn't dare to go. Although he has photographed throughout South America and around the globe, his work most heavily concentrates on Africa, where he has shot more than 40 reportage works over a period of 30 years. From the Dinka tribes in Sudan and the ... |
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Step into the world of "Cambridge Little Steps", a language and early literacy course that gets very young children communicating in English while nurturing their key life competencies and human values needed to become kind, creative individuals ready to make the most of life's opportunities. Explore: beautiful stories that develop rich, natural vocabulary along with emotional competencies and values; big Questions that encourage children to investigate real-life topics from different angles; support for early literacy and basic math skills; playful activities and class projects that promote ... |
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Тапите за уши "3M" 1100 са изработени от полиуретанова пяна и са предназначени за еднократна употреба. Тези тапи за уши (антифони) са много удобни и практични. Намаляват шума и имат както удобен заоблен дизайн, който приляга на повечето ушни канали, така и гладка, устойчива на замърсяване повърхност за по-добра хигиена и издръжливост. Не са предназначени за плуване! Характеристики: защита срещу силни звуци намаляват шума и имат широко приложение заоблен дизайн, който приляга на повечето ушни канали гладка и устойчива на замърсяване повърхност за по-добра хигиена и издръжливост намаляване на звуковото ... |
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Полумаската на "3M" е за многократна употреба и позволява ползване на широка гама от двойни леки филтри със защита от пари, газове и частици, в зависимост от индивидуалните нужди. Силиконовата основа на полумаската, приляга по контурите на лицето, като по този начин осигурява комфорт за дълъг период от време. Не се препоръчва използването ѝ с брада или друго лицево окосмяване, което може да пречи на директния контакт на лицето с респиратора. Подмяната на филтрите става лесно и много бързо, а система за свързване към маската осигурява сигурност и защита. Важно: Маската се предлага без филтри и капаци. Те ... |
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Прозрачна защитна маска с оптически клас I поликарбонат, за по-добра видимост и UV защита. Има отлична устойчивост на удар и специално покритие срещу надраскване. Разполага с покритие срещу изпотяване, което ги прави удобни за продължителна работа. Могат да се използват за работа при разнообразни индустриални приложения, включително работа със шмиргел, сглобяване, пръскане на боя под налягане, обработка на метал (топла и студена), обработка с химикали. Предпазват от течни капчици, едри частици прах, стопен метал, запояване и др. Характеристики: отлична устойчивост на удар и надраскване оптически клас 1 за по-добра ... |
