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When Stepan Ivanovitch Kutsyn, the mayor of a town, learns that a Persian magnate is visiting, he instantly becomes intrigued. The mayor had already received various medals and badges, such as the badge of the Red Cross and the badge of the Society of Saving from Drowning. He also had made an impressive looking badge for himself to add to his jacket. The presence of the Persian magnate, Rahat-Helam, created the possibility that the mayor could receive the order of the Lion and the Sun, without having to perform any of the services generally required to receive such an honor.

Las vivencias recogidas en este tercer volumen de la serie iniciada con Entre limones y El loro en el limonero -que no sólo cosecharon un enorme éxito en España, sino que también suman más de un millón de ejemplares vendidos en Reino Unido- reflejan el particular talante de una persona con una incorregible tendencia a actuar movida por cierta visión idealista de las cosas.

When we read or listen, words can have a transforming effect. Our mood can alter in the space of a few sentences from joy to sadness. And not just our mood. These words can affect us physically, they can engage our emotions and even in their sadness bring a lump to our throat and tears to our eyes. Sometimes the relief can be palpable. Our authors, from Anton Chekhov, Stephen Crane, Willa Cather, Katherine Mansfield and a wealth of others, are well aware of what their talents will evoke. Genius has many names.

El maestro irlandés, ganador del Premio Príncipe de Asturias, vuelve a sorprender con una magistral entrega de Quirke.

Loss in any form seems to burden us with more weight than anything that can possibly be gained or learnt from. The loss of a person, a loved one, is often overwhelming. Lives so interwoven that the severing or loss of one life leaves the other weakened, unable to function for some time. Recovery comes in a myriad of forms but is usually debilitating, slow and, in the end, we are not as whole as we once were.It is a subject that authors return to again and again.

Rashin joined the others in the recitation they always said before they ate: “We are the invisible hand of justice, the caretakers of humanity, the voice of reason when the world becomes unreasonable.” Rashin believed in those words.

A prosecuting attorney faces his most formidable opponent: his precocious seven-year-old son. Chekhov's warm and insightful short story is a meditation on fatherhood and the difficulties of being a single parent.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was one of the greatest writers of all time. Today he is remembered both as a brilliant playwright and one of the masters of the short story. "Typhus" and "Terror" are prime examples.

"Cuando salió de su casa, el viajero a través del tiempo desconocía su condición; aún faltaban unas horas para que fuera consciente de esa imposible certeza." Imagina que pudieras saltar hacia atrás en el tiempo y volver al punto en el que has tomado cualquier decisión de tu vida. ¿Tratarías de recuperar un amor perdido? ¿Usarías tu poder para hacerte rico? ¿Intentarías mejorar el mundo? Víctor Piñol, un tipo solitario marcado por un trauma adolescente, verá cómo su anodina vida de redactor en los informativos de un canal de televisión se convierte en una trepidante odisea el día de su treinta y cinco cumpleaños.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904) was a Russian playwright, writer, and doctor. Known best for his plays, he had also written a great multitude of short stories for and about people of all ages and all walks of life. Life as It Happens is a selection of just such stories and novellas. From sad to ridiculous, to dramatic, to funny, by way of tragic or bittersweet - there is something here for everyone.

Anton Chekhov belongs to the cohort of the most prominent Russian classics, together with Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Turgenev and Pushkin. The rankings of the most read authors, comprising the 'golden fund' of the world's literature, persistently include Chekhov alongside Charles Dickens, the Bronte Sisters, Mark Twain... Chekhov's plays, such as Three Sisters, The Cherry Orchard, and the short stories of this collection, are featured in the curriculum of faculties of philology of top global universities, such as University of Oxford, Harvard University and many more.

The Darling is a short story by Russian author Anton Chekhov, first published in the No.1, 1899, issue of Semya (Family) magazine, on January 3, in Moscow. Later, Chekhov included it into Volume 9 of his Collected Works, published by Adolf Marks. The story follows the life of a woman who is referred to by others as "darling" for her generosity and submissive nature.

London, 1938. As the festive season approaches at the luxurious Buckingham Hotel, romance is in the air. The hotel staff are preparing for a once-in-a-lifetime event—the marriage of chambermaid Nancy Nettleton to debonair demonstration dancer Raymond de Guise. As wreaths are hung and carols are sung, life at the hotel is busier than ever. Guests arrive from around the world, seeking comfort, relaxation, and refuge as tensions build across Europe and whispered rumors of war grow louder.

Seit die Menschheit ins All aufgebrochen ist, hat sie eine aufregende, wechselvolle Geschichte erlebt: Die Terraner - wie sich die Angehörigen der geeinten Menschheit nennen - haben nicht nur seit Jahrtausenden die eigene Galaxis erkundigt, sie sind längst in ferne Sterneninseln vorgestoßen. Immer wieder treffen Perry Rhodan und seine Gefährten auf raumfahrende Zivilisationen - und auf die Spur kosmischer Mächte, die das Geschehen im Universum beeinflussen.

In der Milchstraße schreibt man das Jahr 1469 NGZ. Perry Rhodan und seine unsterblichen Gefährten wollen die Einigung der Galaxis weiter voranbringen; die uralten Konflikte zwischen den Zivilisationen sollen der Vergangenheit angehören. Dabei soll die phänomenale Transport-Technologie des Polyport-Netzes behilflich sein. Mithilfe dieser Technologie bestehen Kontakte zu weit entfernten Sterneninseln, allen voraus der Galaxis Anthuresta, wo sich die Stardust-Menschheit weiter entwickelt.

Im Frühjahr 1346 Neuer Galaktischer Zeitrechnung steht die Menschheit vor der größten Bedrohung ihrer Geschichte: Mit einer gigantischen Übermacht hat die Terminale Kolonne TRAITOR die Milchstraße besetzt und alle bewohnten Planeten unter ihre Kontrolle gebracht. Die gigantische Raumflotte steht im Dienst der sogenannten Chaotarchen. Ihr Ziel ist, die Ressourcen der Milchstraße auszubeuten, um die Existenz der Negasphäre abzusichern.

General-leytenant Anton Ivanovich Denikin (1872-1947) voshyol v istoriyu ne tol'ko kak voennyy i obshchestvenno politicheskiy deyatel' Rossiyskoy imperii, Belogo dvizheniya i russkoy ehmigracii, no i ostavil posle sebya obshirnoe literaturnoe nasledie, kotoroe izuchaetsya issledovatelyami.

This audiobook contains condensed versions of 20 literary works intended for the study of literature in the eighth grade. Russian literature is here represented by: Anton Chekhov, "Dva rasskaza"; Alexandr Pushkin, "Arap Petra Velikogo", "Kapitanskaya dochka"; Alexandr Kuprin, "Sobachie schastie"; Alexandr Belyayev, "Chelovek, nashedshy svoe litso"; Aleksey Tolstoy, "Knyaz Serebrany"; Aleksey Tolstoy, "Petr Pervy"; Ivan Bunin, "Lapti", "Preobrazhenie"; Maksim Gorky, "V lyudyakh"; and many more.

Inizia con questo audiolibro la pubblicazione della raccolta, in otto volumi, di tutti i racconti, ordinati cronologicamente, dello scrittore russo Anton P. Cechov. Questi volumi propongono una lettura introduttiva di Lalla Romano. Il primo volume raccoglie i racconti giovanili di Cechov del periodo che va dal 1880 al 1884, tra cui alcuni capolavori come "Fiori tardivi", "Il fiammifero svedese", "Trifon", "Maschera", ma anche altri meno noti.

Uno de los más alabados cuentos cortos de Chéjov, "La dama del perrito" cuenta la historia de cómo un hombre en un matrimonio infeliz y sin propósito en la vida encuentra la razón para vivir en una mujer casada. El amor no correspondido florecerá entre ellos pero sus vidas no permitirán que estén juntos por mucho tiempo. Atrévete a escuchar la perfecta captura de la infelicidad y la silenciosa desesperación de nuestros protagonistas por encontrarse en un mundo que ha puesto un impenetrable obstáculo entre ellos, sus vidas cotidianas.