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51Love That Moves the Sun and Other Stars , Alighieri Dante (2016)
Happiness beyond all words! A life of peace and love, entire and whole! This is a collection of cantos from Paradiso, the most original and experimental part of the Divina Commedia. It is one of 46… 101 руб52Lady Susan , Austen Jane (2016)
Of what a mistake were you guilty in marrying a Man of his age! - just old enough to be formal, ungovernable and to have the Gout - too old to be agreable, and too young to die. The scheming and… 178 руб53Seven Hanged , Andreyev Leonid (2016)
It was like walking along the knife-edge of the highest possible mountain range, seeing life on one side and death on the other in the form of two deep, gorgeous and gleaming seascapes. This… 192 руб54The Rule of Benedict (2016)
Idleness is the enemy of the soul. Saint Benedict's advice to monks - on everything from correct posture to the value of silence - has offered spiritual guidance to many for fifteen centuries. One of… 173 руб55The Yellow Book (2016)
She's an adventuress. Yes, an adventuress, but an end-of-the-century one. She doesn't travel for profit, but for pleasure. Offering an entertaining introduction to the fin-de-siecle, this selection… 192 руб56Anecdotes of the Cynics (2016)
It's you who are the dogs... What makes us happy? For over 800 years the Cynic philosophers of ancient Greece and Rome argued that the answer lay in a simple, self-sufficient life. This is one of 46… 91 руб57The Suffragettes (2016)
Once they are aroused, once they are determined, nothing on earth and nothing in heaven will make women give way; it is impossible. It is a potted history of the women who pioneered feminism and… 101 руб58The Book of Tea , Okakura K.
'Meanwhile, let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing of the pines is heard in our kettle.'In this charming book… 192 руб59Kidnapped , Equiano O.
'Cut iron with iron, What makes iron valuable, Big kuku tree and big silk-cotton tree, Fari and Kaunju -'Told and retold since the fourteenth century, this West African epic chronicles the story of… 162 руб60Nonsense , Lear E. (2016)
'You elegant fowl!'Exuberant and ingenious, Lear's best-loved poems tell of jumblies, quangle wangles and luminous noses. This is one of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series… 91 руб
