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Britain, 1940, the world is at war and 10-year-old twins Harry and Sophie are evacuated from London to live with their Great Uncle. The twins immediately miss home and perhaps most of all for Harry, the tearoom where their mum works, and Harry spends hours watching the professional dancers – secretly dreaming of the day he might do the same.

They have been with us throughout the ages: the "Invisible College" of wisdom and their adversaries, the destroyers. Naples, Italy, circa 1764: A young aristocrat is about to stumble onto one piece of the great pattern. As witness to a vicious assassination and victim of his passion for the beautiful daughter of his enemy, young Sigismundo Celine is forced to begin a mystical odyssey amidst an ageless clash of Freemasons, Mafia, and the Illuminati.

This collection contains the following works: Medea by Sophocles Antigone by Sophocles Agamemnon by Aeschylus Eumenides by Aeschylus The Choephori by Aeschylus The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice by William Shakespeare The Tragedy of Romeo And Juliet by William Shakespeare The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark by William Shakespeare The Tragedy of Macbeth by William Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare The Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare.

From sweeping tales of war and philosophy to darkly comic journeys through bureaucracy and haunting visions of dystopia, this collection gathers some of the most profound and provocative works ever written. Each novel offers a unique window into the complexities of the human condition, set against the backdrop of Russia's rich and turbulent history.

In Anton Chekhov’s haunting short story Gooseberries, a rain-soaked evening in the Russian countryside becomes the backdrop for a quietly devastating tale of comfort, delusion, and moral awakening.

Keen to rehearse, the company heads to the Seagate Theatre under the tutelage of the company's owner, Ed Forsyth. This is Ed's last hoorah before retiring and he's keen to leave on a high. But his son, Cal, has absconded, leaving his twin sister, Evie, to help manage the company after their mother's death. Hoping to display her best trapeze performance ever, she's also desperate that the entire troupe should succeed. If only her father hadn't brought in another old-timer...

This volume of Chekhov stories offers a unique selection, each touching upon fundamentally important subjects such as the purpose and value of life, what it takes to be human, eternal life and higher objectives of human life, happiness, guilt and romance.

Es ist das Jahr 1312 Neuer Galaktischer Zeitrechnung. Eine dunkle Macht überzieht die friedliebenden Zivilisationen in Andromeda mit Terror und Verwüstung. Gemeinsam mit einer Handvoll treuer Gefährten eilt der Terraner Perry Rhodan zu Hilfe. Doch in der Nachbargalaxis trifft er auf eine Gefahr, die jede Vorstellungskraft übersteigt... Alle sechs Hörbücher in einem Paket - ein Ereignis für alle SF-Fans.

Aragon Urrea ist der Kopf eines großen Drogenhandelsunternehmens in Südtexas. Er ist auch der Mäzen der Region - er bietet Arbeitsplätze in legalen Geschäften, Hilfe für die Hilflosen, grobe Gerechtigkeit für die Unterdrückten und eine Zukunft für ein Volk, das normalerweise wenig Hoffnung hat. Er ist kompliziert - ein nicht ganz so guter Mensch, der aus oft guten Gründen schlechte Dinge tut.

Summer, 1941: London evacuees Harry and Rosie Morton are looking forward to a summer exploring the Lancashire coast with their new friends – and learning to tango as a surprise for Mum’s birthday. Until the twins learn two things: their awful cousin, Jasper, is coming to stay. Worse still: Dad is returning to the Western Front.

Margaret and Anton undertake painstaking dissections of the media your friends are sick of hearing you talk about. Our first series tackles a show near and dear to our hearts (and the whole reason this podcasts exists), the Swedish Netflix original series Young Royals. Let's start a revolution, baby!

Die Gefahr ist persönlicher, als er es sich je hätte vorstellen können. Denn Blut fließt tief... Evan Smoak, ehemals Orphan X, ein Attentäter der Regierung, hat sich von dem Programm losgesagt und hilft nun als Nowhere Man verzweifelten Menschen. Doch seine Vergangenheit holt ihn ein, als ihm eine angebliche Mutter einen völlig Fremden anvertraut, dessen Leben aus den Fugen geraten ist. Andrew Duran ist zufällig zur falschen Zeit am falschen Ort und Evan muss seine geheimen Aktivitäten einstellen, um ihn zu beschützen.

"Chayka" - radiospektakl' Moskovskogo teatra im. M.Gor'kogo po odnoimennoy p'ese. Rezhisser Oleg Efremov. V rolyah: I.Smoktunovskiy, A.Vertinskaya, A.Myagkov i dr.

Irine, mladshej iz trjoh sestjor Prozorovyh, ispolnjaetsja dvadcat' let. «Na dvore solnechno, veselo», a v zale nakryvaetsja stol, zhdut gostej - oficerov raskvartirovannoj v gorode artillerijskoj batarei i novogo ejo komandira podpolkovnika Vershinina. Vse polny radostnyh ozhidanij i nadezhd.

Que Ursula Todd muera a las pocas horas de nacer en una casa de campo inglesa a principios de 1910 y que, a la vez, el médico llegue a tiempo para salvarla son dos hechos perfectamente compatibles en Una y otra vez, una novela que ofrece siempre dos alternativas a su protagonista. Así, Ursula tendrá varias oportunidades de cambiar su destino, el de su familia e incluso el de toda Europa. Y no se trata solo de vivir una nueva vida, sino de hacer algo con lo que la mayoría hemos soñado alguna vez: borrar los episodios del pasado que hablan mal de nosotros.

Here are 11 short stories and one novella by Anton Chekhov, one of the finest masters of what is acknowledged as a difficult genre. There is the richly comic "Oh! The Public" about a hassled ticket inspector, a wry look at morals and manners in "The Chorus Girl", and the melancholic tale of a cab driver in "Misery".

Nina Argenta doesn’t want the traditional life of a rural Italian woman. The daughter of a strong-willed midwife, she is determined to define her own destiny. But when her brother emigrates to America, she promises her mother to never leave. When childhood friend Pietro Pante briefly returns to their mountain town, passion between them ignites while Mussolini forces political tensions to rise. Just as their romance deepens, Pietro must leave again for work in the coal mines of America. Nina is torn between joining him and her commitment to Italy and her mother.

The Symphony of "8" Short Stories! by Daniel A. Novak is a joyful, imaginative collection of children's tales and is now available in both English and Spanish! These unique stories invite listeners of all ages into a world with creativity, courage, kindness, and curiosity at the center.

"The Horse-Stealers" - a story by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. Written in 1890, first published in the magazine "New Time" No. 5061, April 1, 1890, signed Anton Chekhov.

"About Love" is an 1898 short story by Anton Chekhov. The third and final part of the Little Trilogy, started by "The Man in the Case" and continued by "Gooseberries". The story begins with the love affair between the cook of the house, Nikanor and servant (beautiful woman) Pelageya. Nikanor, who is a drunkard, often verbally abuses and even beats his lover Pelageya when he is drunk. So Pelageya only wants to live with him without getting married. On the other hand, Nikanor doesn't want to be with her without getting married.