Kitaplar ve komşular yerlerine yerleşirken kısa bir an bekle.
Türk ve dünya şiirinden eserler. 50 eser bu rafta listeleniyor.
Juan Ramón trata de persuadir a su amigo para que pruebe los huevos verdes con jamón.
A zany but well-meaning cat brings a cheerful, exotic, and exuberant form of chaos to a household of two young children one rainy day while their mother is out.
Milk and honey is a collection of poetry and prose about survival. About the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity. The book is divided into four chapters, and each chapter serves a different purpose. Deals with a different pain. Heals a different heartache. Milk and honey takes readers through a journey of the most bitter moments in life and finds sweetness in them because there is sweetness everywhere if you are just willing to look.
Provides a digitized version of an early Persian edition from the rare book collection, Central Scientific Library of the Academy of Sciences, Republic of Tajikistan; a project supported by the United States Ambassador's Fund for Cultural Preservation.
The Prophet is a book of 26 poetic essays written in English in 1923 by the Lebanese-American artist, philosopher and writer Khalil Gibran. In the book, the prophet Almustafa who has lived in the foreign city of Orphalese for 12 years is about to board a ship which will carry him home. He is stopped by a group of people, with whom he discusses many issues of life and the human condition. The book is divided into chapters dealing with love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, houses, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death.
A rhymed telling of the life of the first African American aviator, who dreamed of flying as a child in the cotton fields of Texas, and persevered until she made that dream come true.
Brought up in the homestead of the dark magician Untamo, who killed his father, kidnapped his mother, and tried three times to kill him when he was still a boy, Kullervo is alone save for the love of his twin sister, Wanona, and the magical powers of the black dog Musti, who guards him. When Kullervo is sold into slavery he swears revenge on the magician, but he will learn that even at the point of vengeance there is no escape from the cruelest of fates. The story-- only forty pages long-- is followed by essays and commentaries on Tolkien's work, and on the source material.
A bizarre menagerie of characters--including Oyster Boy, Brie Boy, Match Girl, and Stick Boy--search for love and understanding in a world that does not comprehend oddities.
Excerpt: Since set up anew are the slip's started stays? Nor less, though the gale we have left behind, Well may the heave o' the sea remind. It irks me now, as it troubled me then, To think o' the fate in the madness o' men. If Dick was with Farragut on the night-river, When the boom-chain we burst in the fire-raft's... We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
"The Canterbury Tales and Other Poems" is a collection of literary works by Geoffrey Chaucer, one of the most important figures in English literature. Compiled in the late 14th century, Chaucer's masterpiece, "The Canterbury Tales," stands as the centerpiece of this collection. "The Canterbury Tales" is a series of stories told by a diverse group of pilgrims traveling to the shrine of Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral. Each pilgrim tells a tale that reflects their social status, personality, and worldview, offering readers a panoramic view of medieval English society. In addition to "The Canterbury Tales," Chaucer's collection includes a variety of other poems and shorter works. These range from love poems and moral allegories to dream visions and philosophical treatises, showcasing Chaucer's versatility as a poet and storyteller. Chaucer's writing is characterized by its vivid characterization, keen social observation, and mastery of poetic form. His use of Middle English vernacular, combined with rich imagery and humor, makes his work accessible and engaging for modern readers.
