Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d'un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d'origine.

A short story written in the vein of the Gothic tradition, "The Black Monk" tells of a Kovrin, a Russian scholar, who is suffering from stress and overworking. He goes to the countryside, to an idyllic garden, where he starts seeing a ghostly apparition in the figure of a black monk. Step by step, Kovrin begins to lose his sanity and health, largely due to the influence of the black monk. Touching upon the powers of one's imagination and the hallucinations of a trouble mind, Chekhov creates a haunting story of madness, love, and the supernatural. A prolific writer of seven plays, a novel and hundreds of short stories, Anton Chekhov is considered one of the best practitioners of the short story genre in literature. True to life and painfully morbid with his miserable and realistic depictions of Russian everyday life, Chekhov's characters drift between humour, melancholy, artistic ambition, and death. Some of his best-known works include the plays "Uncle Vanya", "The Seagull", and "The Cherry Orchard", where Chekhov dramatizes and portrays social and existential problems. His short stories unearth the mysterious beneath the ordinary situations, the failure and horror present in everyday life.

Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d'un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d'origine.

Fans of Kimberley Chambers' Queenie and Martina Cole will love this unputdownable crime thriller from bestselling crime author Emma Tallon. Sometimes revenge is the only option. Anna Davies is young, smart and successful, plus she's the head of one of London's biggest crime networks. She's seen off her abusive ex-boyfriend and cut her teeth managing clubs around London's West End. But nothing could have prepared her for what's around the corner... Beautiful, rich and powerful, Sophia Ivanov has been sniffing around Anna's business empire and she's got only one thing on her mind - revenge. She's convinced Anna and her gangster boyfriend, Freddie Tyler, killed her Russian crime boss husband, Alexis, and she's determined to make them pay. When Sophia turns up at their club one night, it's clear she's not there for a friendly visit and tensions begin to flare. Anna knows Sophia is a danger to their business, but she doesn't realise how much until Freddie finds himself in unthinkable danger. Can Anna and Freddie get rid of Sophia once and for all... and what will be left when the fighting stops? What readers are saying about Ruthless Girl: `369 pages of pure gold adorned with diamonds! My heart stopped a few times. My heart broke a few times.' B for Book Review My heart was beating so fast my Fitbit thought I'd been for a run... These books should come with an addiction warning.' I Love Reading blog `Like a tube of Pringles - once you start, you can't stop.' Goodreads reviewer. This series has sold over 140,000 copies to date Emma Tallon is a British writer and mother to a young son. She started her writing career several years ago, as a freelance ghostwriter. Behind the scenes she has crafted some of the most adventurous, edgy and heart-wrenching stories you will find in bookshops today. More recently, Emma decided to step out of the literary shadows and launch the first novel under her own name, Life Game. Emma has plans for several more books in the London Underworld series.

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The humanist belief in progress is a secular version of the Christian faith that humans are different from all other animals. In reality, there is nothing that can be called progress. #2 The idea that humanity can shape its future assumes that humans are exempt from the truth that species are only governed by the same laws as other animals. If the human species is re-engineered, it will not be the result of humanity assuming a godlike control of its destiny. #3 The human population is growing, and it is causing problems for the Earth. The destruction of the natural world is not the result of global capitalism, industrialization, Western civilization, or any flaw in human institutions. It is a consequence of the evolutionary success of an exceptionally rapacious primate. #4 The impact of human activity on the planet is already changing the conditions of life for much of humankind. Climate change may be a mechanism through which the planet eases its human burden.

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 When the government interferes with the free market, resources cannot be directed to their most efficient use. If people are not allowed to do the things that they find most profitable, they lose the incentive to invest and innovate. #2 The free market doesn't exist. Every market has some rules and boundaries that restrict freedom of choice. A market appears free only because we so unconditionally accept its underlying restrictions that we fail to see them. #3 The free market is an illusion. If some markets look free, it is only because we so totally accept the regulations that are propping them up that they become invisible. #4 The free market is a bit like that. We accept the legitimacy of certain regulations so totally that we don't see them. More carefully examined, markets are revealed to be propped up by rules.

« L'Ange », de son vrai nom Edward Warency, est de retour en Angleterre où il a suivi Daniel Whisper alias Whiss, un dangereux chef de bande. Le but de ce dernier est de dérober les joyaux de la collection Dawn que vient d'acheter le diamantaire londonien David Silkerman. Avec ses hommes, il pénètre une nuit chez Silkerman et le surprend dans son bureau, une feuille à la main. Le bijoutier le prévient qu'il a déjà mis son acquisition en lieu sûr. Durant la discussion, le lapidaire déclenche l'alarme ; le bandit l'abat, se saisit du document dont une partie demeure dans le poing crispé du mort et s'enfuit. Quelques heures plus tard, « L'Ange » rivalise d'audace pour entrer en possession du bout de papier, bien déterminé, ensuite, à s'approprier le morceau manquant, persuadé que le plan ainsi reconstitué, qui représente l'architecture d'un bâtiment appelé « Maison Noire » va lui permettre de retrouver la collection Dawn...

Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d'un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d'origine.

Cet ouvrage est une réédition numérique d'un livre paru au XXe siècle, désormais indisponible dans son format d'origine.

Laujieties dabas skanam. Aiz loga auksts vejs traucas starp kokiem. Lietus ritmiski bungo pa palodzi, un laiku pa laikam taluma var sadzirdet perkona dardus. Ieksa ir silti un drosi, un dabas skanas ieaija jus miega. Petijumos pieradits, ka dabas skanu iedarbiba uz pratu var but gan relaksejosa, gan stimulejosa. "Saga Sounds" ir daudzveidigu patikamu skanu ainavu serija, ko varat klausities atpusoties, dodoties pie miera vai koncentrejoties darbam. Ipasi veidota skanu pasaule rada nomierinosu atmosferu, jeb noskanu, kurai varesiet lauties jebkura laika un jebkura vieta.