Tommaso Pisanti Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

Explore the transcendent world of unity and ultimate beauty in Edgar Allan Poe’s verse in this complete poetry collection. Although best known for his short stories, Edgar Allan Poe was by nature and choice a poet. From his exquisite lyric “To Helen,” to his immortal masterpieces, “Annabel Lee,” “The Bells,” and “The Raven,” Poe stands beside the celebrated English romantic poets Shelley, Byron, and Keats, and his haunting, sensuous poetic vision profoundly influenced the Victorian giants Swinburne, Tennyson, and Rossetti. Today his dark side speaks eloquently to contemporary readers in poems such as “The Haunted Palace” and “The Conqueror Worm,” with their powerful images of madness and the macabre. But even at the end of his life, Poe reached out to his art for comfort and courage, giving us in “Eldorado” a talisman to hold during our darkest moments—a timeless gift from a great American writer. Includes an Introduction by Jay Parini and an Afterword by April Bernard

IN the old fairy tales the cradles of new-born infants were visited by beneficent beings who granted special gifts of fortune, beauty, talent, though sometimes a jealous hag would slink in and by a malevolent counter- charm try to spoil the bright future. Such things have long ago ceased in commonplace England, but it is differ- ent in India; and we can hardly help believing that the power of understanding the speech of animals and birds is still occasionally conferred on fortunate mortals. Else how can one explain "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi," and "Tomai of the Elephants " ? Fortunate for special purposes is the man of one race and language who is born amid the men of another, and thus inherits two tongues and the knowledge of two peoples. Such was the good fortune of Rudyard Kipling, and it is not a mere legend that, on meeting with Indian elephants amid the tawdry surroundings of an American circus, he was able to talk and understand the mystic language of the jungle.

Azda na nijakého zo svojich hrdinov nenaložil Shakespespeare toľko utrpenia ako na kráľa Leara, ktorý – podobne ako kráľ zo slovenskej ľudovej rozprávky Soľ nad zlato – zavrhol svoju najmladšiu dcéru, hoci ho mala najradšej, a kruto sa sklamal v dvoch starších. Všetkých nás čaká posledný účet – každý z nás sa môže uvidieť v mohutnom zrkadle tejto tragédie. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) nebol len veľký dramatik – bude sa o ňom vždy hovoriť aj ako o najväčšom básnikovi divadla.

A bestseller when it was first published, The Children is a comic, bittersweet novel about the misadventures of a bachelor and a band of precocious children. The seven Wheater children, stepbrothers and stepsisters grown weary of being shuttled from parent to parent are eager for their parents' latest reconciliation to last. A chance meeting between the children and the solitary 46-year old Martin Boyne leads to a series of unforgettable encounters.

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Instead of the cross, the Albatross About my neck was hung' When an albatross leads a stricken ship out of treacherous ice, a hapless mariner shoots the bird, arousing the wrath of spirits who pursue the ship. Haunted by Death, the crew begin to perish one by one, until only the cursed mariner remains to confront his guilt. As penance for his actions he is condemned to wander the earth, telling his tale to those he meets as a warning. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is Samuel Taylor Coleridge's longest major poem and marks the beginning of the romantic movement in British literature. This edition also includes many of Coleridge's other works, including Kubla Khan, Christabel and a selection of the 'conversation' poems.

Yvette is an innocent rector's daughter. When she meets a handsome gipsy she feels him watching her, acutely aware of her virginity. Half drawn to him and half afraid, it is only when her life is endangered that she finally feels true love. United by the theme of love, the writings in the Great Loves series span over two thousand years and vastly different worlds. Readers will be introduced to love's endlessly fascinating possibilities and extremities: romantic love, platonic love, erotic love, gay love, virginal love, adulterous love, parental love, filial love, nostalgic love, unrequited love, illicit love, not to mention lost love, twisted and obsessional love . . . .

«Se desideri vedere le valli, sali sulla cima della montagna; se vuoi vedere la cima della montagna, sollevati fin sopra la nuvola; ma se cerchi di capire la nuvola, chiudi gli occhi e pensa.» Massime spirituali non è solo un’ampia raccolta di aforismi, ma include anche, in una affascinante ibridazione, alcuni brevi scritti di argomento filosofico, etico e politico. Nelle folgoranti riflessioni dell’autore sulla vita, la morte, la religione, espresse con densità e immediatezza, si riconosce la medesima ispirazione del capolavoro di Gibran, Il Profeta. Un ponte ideale tra la cultura occidentale e la spiritualità orientale, volto al superamento di tutte le differenze concettuali, ideologiche e storiche: è qui la chiave di lettura di tutta l’opera di Gibran.

Pubblicato tre anni dopo Il Profeta, il libro che ha fatto di Gibran uno dei poeti più letti del mondo occidentale, Sabbia e onda ripropone con forza la sorprendente comunicatività e la suggestiva, solenne, non di rado enigmatica densità del suo discorso. Il segreto della riuscita di Gibran risiede appunto nella capacità (perlomeno insolita nella poesia del Novecento) di conciliare una naturale tendenza all’aforisma, al «versetto» con un’altrettanto spontanea ed efficace vocazione all’affidabilità, alla chiarezza. Le pagine di Gibran hanno un fascino luminoso e senza tempo, giungono senza mediazioni al cuore del lettore per parlargli con davvero «profetica» semplicità dei grandi, eterni temi dell’esistenza spirituale e corporea.

Dvojjazyčná kniha od Nového Času ponúka čitateľom príležitosť zlepšiť svoje jazykové zručnosti v angličtine. Odborníci tvrdia, že dvojjazyčné knihy sú skvelým nástrojom na učenie sa cudzích jazykov, pretože umožňujú študentom učiť sa z textov, ktoré ich zaujímajú. Čitatelia Nového Času môžu prispieť k zvýšeniu úrovne čítania na Slovensku, kde podľa prieskumov Eurobarometra až 68 % Slovákov číta knihy. Počet titulov vydaných pod hlavičkou Nového Času bude závisieť od záujmu čitateľov. Poviedka z roku 1841 je jedným z prvých detektívnych príbehov, ktorá zavádza technický termín „záhada uzavretej miestnosti“. Príbeh sa zameriava na bezradnosť polície, ktorá prehliada stopy, zatiaľ čo ich objavuje veľký detektív C. Auguste Dupin. Vypravěč sa v Paríži stretáva s Dupinom, mladým mužom z aristokratickej rodiny, ktorý sa ocitol v ťažkej situácii. Po prečítaní článku o vražde dvoch žien v ulici Morgue, Dupin sa rozhodne očistiť priateľa obvineného políciou. Na mieste činu objaví stopy, ktoré naznačujú, že vrahom je orangutan. Po zverejnení inzerátu sa mu podarí zistiť, že orangutana si námořník priviezol ako suvenír. Po objasnení prípadu je orangutan umiestnený do zoologickej záhrady a Dupin predáva svoje poznatky polícii.

Natura, storia, fiducia in se stessi, amore, cerchi, il poeta, esperienza, doni, politica.

Il primo volume contiene: "La tempesta", "I gentiluomini di Verona", "Le allegre comari di Windsor", "Misura per misura", "La commedia degli errori", "Molto rumore per nulla", "Pene d'amor perdute", "Sogno di una notte di mezza estate", "Il mercante di Venezia", "Come vi piace", "La bisbetica domata", "Tutto è bene quel che finisce bene", "La dodicesima notte", "Il racconto d'inverno", "Enrico IV", "Enrico V", "Enrico VI".