Mark Twain
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The Innocents Abroad
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Wordsworth
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Автор: Mark Twain
Издательство: Wordsworth, 2010
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PDF, 464 страницы, 13.92 МБ
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'Who could read the programme for the excursion without longing to make one of the party'? So Mark Twain acclaims his voyage from New York City to Europe and the Holy Land in June 1867. His adventures produced The Innocents Abroad, a book so funny and provocative it made him an international star for the rest of his life. He was making his first responses to the Old World — to Paris, Milan, Florence, Venice, Pompeii, Constantinople, Sebastopol, Balaklava, Damascus, Jerusalem, Nazareth, and Bethlehem. For the first time he was seeing the great paintings and sculptures of the 'Old Masters'. He responded with wonder and amazement, but also with exasperation, irritation, disbelief. Above all he displayed the great energy of his humour, more explosive for us now than for his beguiled contemporaries.
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Autobiography of Mark Twain
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HarperCollins Publishers
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Автор: Mark Twain
Издательство: HarperCollins Publishers, 2000
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PDF, 560 страниц, 16.80 МБ
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Mark Twain's autobiography is a classic of American letters, to be ranked with the autobiographies of Benjamin Franklin and Henry Adams... It has the marks of greatness in it style, scope, imagination, laughter, tragedy. From the Introduction by Charles Neider Mark Twain was a figure larger than fife: massive in talent, eruptive in temperament, unpredictable in his actions. He crafted stories of heroism, adventure, tragedy, and comedy that reflected the changing America of the time, and he tells his own story which includes sixteen pages of photos with the same flair he brought to his fiction. Writing this autobiography on his deathbed, Twain vowed to he free and frank and unembarrassed in the recounting of his life and his experiences. Twain was more than a match for the expanding America of riverboats, gold rushes, and the vast westward movement, which provided the material for his novels and which served to inspire this beloved and uniquely American autobiography.
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18 марта 2009
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The Prince and the Pauper
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HarperCollins Publishers
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Автор: Mark Twain
Издательство: HarperCollins Publishers, 2011
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PDF, 320 страниц, 9.60 МБ
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HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'When I am king, they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books; for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved, and the heart.' Set in 16-th Century England and following the lives of two young boys, The Prince and the Pauper is a classic and timeless tale. Tom Canty, the lowly pauper is almost identical in looks to Edward Tudor, a prince. Unbeknownst to those around them, the boys strike up an unlikely friendship and when they swop clothing, they realise they could easily pass for one another. When the Prince's father dies, some of the more underhand court officials persuade the pauper to act as the Prince in order to reap the benefits of the 'mistake'. The Prince and the Pauper is a tale of friendship and growing up and one of Mark Twain's most famous works.
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19 февраля 2013
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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HarperCollins Publishers
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Автор: Mark Twain
Издательство: HarperCollins Publishers, 2011
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PDF, 320 страниц, 9.60 МБ
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HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Now he found out a new thing — namely, that to promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing.' An idyllic snapshot of a boy's childhood along the banks of the Mississippi River, Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is the author's work that comes closest to his boyhood experiences of growing up in Hannibal in the 1840s. Mischievous and full of energy, Tom enjoys childish pranks and pastimes with his friends, Huck Finn, the town outcast and Joe Harper, his best friend. However, at the town graveyard, Huck and Tom witness a murder, carried out by local vagabond Injun Joe. They vow never to tell a soul about what they have seen and so begins their journey into adulthood as Tom wrestles with his own morality, guilt and anxiety. A 'coming of age' tale, it is through Tom's adventures and relationships with others that he becomes more responsible and more aware of his own inner conflict. Through the central characters of Tom and Huck, Twain satirises the moral rigidity of society and adult hypocrisy, whilst at the same time giving a nostalgic portrayal of a young boy's journey into adulthood.
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19 февраля 2013
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The 1,000,000 Bank Note (+ Audio CD)
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CIDEB
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Автор: Mark Twain
Издательство: CIDEB, 2008
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PDF, 96 страниц, 2.88 МБ
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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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15 апреля 2012
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (+ Audio CD)
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Sterling Publishing
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Автор: Mark Twain
Издательство: Sterling Publishing, 2010
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PDF, 160 страниц, 4.80 МБ
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This title is ideal for young readers who can experience the wonder of this timeless story in an easy to read abridged format. The audio CD enables young readers to listen to the story, whilst following along with the book. It is aimed at children aged 7 to 9 years old. 'We said there was no home like a raft. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery... but you feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft'. Sail down the Mississippi with Huck Finn and the runaway slave, Jim. Twain's beloved tale, with its folksy language, creates an indelible image of antebellum America with its sleepy river towns, con men, family feuds, and colourful characters.
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26 февраля 2012
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Tom Sawyer Detective
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Daedalus Books
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Автор: Mark Twain
Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2004
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PDF, 112 страниц, 3.36 МБ
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Twain's two most famous creations, Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, are reunited for a high-spirited and engaging tale of mystery and murder in deepest Arkansas. When Tom and Huck are invited to stay on Tom's uncle's farm in Arkansas, they jump at the opportunity to escape the tedium of a long winter at home. A chance encounter on a steamboat downriver, though, leads to a complex plot of diamond heists, mistaken identity and murder, involving the two boys in a bigger adventure than even they had in mind. Huck's typical bemused and timid observation provides a poignant contrast to Tom's frenetic ingenuity, as the mystery begins tortuously to unravel, and it is in these two wryly affectionate portrayals that Twain breathes life and warmth into his charming and unjustly neglected story.
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04 июля 2009
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