As the American century draws to an uneasy close, Philip Roth gives us a novel of unqualified greatness that is an elegy for all our century`s promises of prosperity, civic order, and domestic bliss. Roth's protagonist is Swede Levov, a legendary athlete at his Newark high school, who grows up in the booming postwar years to marry a former Miss New Jersey, inherit his father`s glove factory, and move into a stone house in the idyllic hamlet of Old Rimrock. And then one day in 1968, Swede's beautiful American luck deserts him

Alice begins ger adventures when she follows the frantically late White Rabbit down a hole into the magical world of Wonderland

The world according to David Ives is a very add place, and his plays constitute a virtual stress test of the English language -- and of the audience's capacity for disorientation and delight. Ives's characters plunge into black holes called "Philadelphias," where the simplest desires are hilariously thwarted. Chimps named Milton, Swift, and Kafka are locked in a room and made to re-create Hamlet. And a con man peddles courses in a dubious language in which "hello" translates as "velcro" and "fraud" comes out as "freud"

In this collection of engaging and entertaining mini-comic books, students share in the adventures of time traveler Scooter McGinty as he celebrates Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims, rides through Lexington with Paul Revere, joins Lewis & Clark`s Corps of Discovery, supports women`s rights, and more. Includes background notes and teaching ideas

Das Buch ist für moderne Menschen, voller Geist, Witz und trockene Ironie. Ein Buch über das grosse Glück, die Schatten der Vergangenheit und über die ganz, ganz grosse Liebe

Das Buch berichtet über ein junger Mann, kann nicht mehr in seine ost-europäische Heimat zurückkehren - dort wird Krieg geführt. Er lebt am gesellschaftlichen Rand einer grossen deutschen Stadt, trauert seiner verlorenen Liebe nach und ist ein Genie im Überleben

Das Buch erzählt über die Handlungen von einem jungen Mann, der zwischen einer Künstlerexistenz und einer bürgerlichen Karriere zweigespalten ist

The book narrates a story of people who immigrated to New World. The story is based on a diary of a young girl. Good supplement material for country-study classes

В книге описана катастрофа знаменитого трансатлантического лайнера "Титаник", унесшая более 1500 человеческих жизней, На основе фактического материала автор с документальной точностью воссоздает события той трагической ночи с 14-го на 15 апреля 1912 г.

Автор книги "Судьба акробата" артист английского цирка Джим Брент написал свои воспоминания в зрелые годы, когда он оставил цирк