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В этой книге на реальных событиях автор, погружаясь в историю своего нелёгкого прошлого, рисует сюжеты своей жизни и окружающих его людей.Где каждый новый человек, посланный в её судьбу, несёт новое свидетельство о Божьей любви в его жизни. Героиня книги, вынуждена покинуть свой дом, чтобы столкнуться лицом к лицу с реальной жизнью. Потерять всё, чтобы заново возродиться. Пройти длинный путь, чтобы снова приобрести всё то сокровенное, что по праву принадлежит ей.

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Мечтали ли вы о бессмертии? О том, как бы было хорошо жить вечно. Ведь можно попробовать много всего, открыть бизнес, а то и три, сделать то, чего не смог бы сделать живя столько, сколько отведено обычному человеку. А думали ли о другой стороне проблемы?Будучи проклятым самой Смертью, живя в жестоком мире не одну сотню лет, Кай однозначно знает ответ на все вопросы о бессмертии…

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"First published in the United States Magazine and Democratic Review, XIV (January, 1844), “The Christmas Banquet” shares its subtitle—”from the unpublished “Allegories of the Heart”—with “Egotism; or the Bosom-Serpent,” another Hawthorne story of the period. “The Christmas Banquet” is an allegory composed by Elliston and read aloud to his wife Rosina (and an old friend) after their reunion. The allegory presents the plight of the most unfortunate of men—more unfortunate even than the man with a bosom-serpent—the man who has no human connection to his own life, the man who can feel nothing at all. The Christmas Banquet mentioned in the title is an annual feast, funded by an old misanthrope, in which the ten most miserable people who can be found are gathered together for the holiday. Year after year, the most unfortunate ones gather—a suffer from constant depression, a victim of heart disease, a hypochondriac, a woman whose children has died when she was far from home, etc.—to vie for the banquet prize: a wreath for the most miserable one of all. Each year the guests chosen are different, but Gervaise Hastings, a man unafflicted by any obvious misfortune, is included year after year. "

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The Prince is a 16th-century political treatise by the Italian diplomat and political theorist Niccolo Machiavelli. From correspondence a version appears to have been distributed in 1513, using a Latin title, De Principatibus (Of Principalities). However, the printed version was not published until 1532, five years after Machiavelli's death. This was done with the permission of the Medici pope Clement VII, but «long before then, in fact since the first appearance of The Prince in manuscript, controversy had swirled about his writings». Although it was written as if it were a traditional work in the mirrors for princes style, it is generally agreed that it was especially innovative.

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"This audiobook collects a magnificent set of works by Russian classical authors: Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Gogol, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Anton Chekhov, Leo Tolstoy, Mikhail Bulgakov, Leonid Andreyev, Maxim Gorky, Ivan Turgenev, Aleksandr Kuprin. Each original story, springing from a common creative heritage, delivers a glimpse of the immortal Russian Soul and has influenced modern literary trends. These stories are interesting to their core and will bring pleasure to readers and listener alike. Get ready to immerse yourself within these immortal works that have long been counted among the best of classic world literature. Fyodor Dostoyevsky – THE DREAM OF A RIDICULOUS MAN NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND THE WEDDING Ivan Turgenev – MUMU FIRST LOVE THE DISTRICT DOCTOR Aleksandr Kuprin – THE OUTRAGE Alexander Pushkin - THE QUEEN OF SPADES Leo Tolstoy – A LETTER TO A HINDU THE DEATH OF IVAN ILYICH GOD SEES THE TRUTH, BUT WAITS A RUSSIAN CHRISTMAS PARTY Anton Chekhov – THE WIFE THE SLANDER THE HORSE-STEALERS THE PETCHENYEG A DEAD BODY A HAPPY ENDING THE LOOKING-GLASS OLD AGE DARKNESS THE BEGGAR IN TROUBLE FROST MINDS IN FERMENT GONE ASTRAY THE AVENGER THE JEUNE PREMIER A DEFENCELESS CREATURE AN ENIGMATIC NATURE A HAPPY MAN A TROUBLESOME VISITOR AN ACTOR'S END VANKA A COUNTRY COTTAGE FAT AND THIN NERVES THE DOCTOR ABOUT LOVE A LOTTERY TICKET Leonid Andreyev – THE LITTLE ANGEL LAZARUS Maxim Gorky – ONE AUTUMN NIGHT HER LOVER Mikhail Bulgakov – THE EMBROIDERED TOWEL Nikolai Gogol – CHRISTMAS EVE THE NOSE A MAY NIGHT THE CLOAK THE VIY"

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""«Self-Reliance»" is an 1841 essay written by American transcendentalist philosopher and essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson. It contains the most thorough statement of one of Emerson's recurrent themes: the need for each individual to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his own instincts and ideas. It is the source of one of Emerson's most famous quotations: «„A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.“» This essay is an analysis into the nature of the “aboriginal self on which a universal reliance may be grounded. The first hint of the philosophy that would become «„Self-Reliance“» was presented by Ralph Waldo Emerson as part of a sermon in September 1830 a month after his first marriage. His wife Ellen was sick with tuberculosis and, as Emerson's biographer Robert D. Richardson wrote, «„Immortality had never been stronger or more desperately needed!“» From 1836 into 1837, Emerson presented a series of lectures on the philosophy of history at Boston's Masonic Temple. These lectures were never published separately, but many of his thoughts in these were later used in «„Self-Reliance“» and several other essays. Later lectures – such as «„The American Scholar“» and the Divinity School Address – by Emerson led to public censure of his radical views, the staunch defense of individualism in «„Self-Reliance“» being a possible reaction to that censure. Emerson wrote on individualism, personal responsibility, and nonconformity. Famous Individual essays of the author Ralph Waldo Emerson: ""Nature"«, „„Self-Reliance““, „„Compensation““, „„The Over-Soul““, „„Circles““, „„The Poet““, „„Experience““, „„Politics““, „„Saadi““ in the Atlantic Monthly, „„The American Scholar““, „„New England Reformers““.»

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"The favorite story of the Dutch settlement of Sleepy Hollow, New York, is an ominous ghost story. A headless horseman is waiting for belated travelers. Ikabod Crane, who believes in everything beyond, cares for Katharina Van Tassel, the blonde beauty, the daughter of a wealthy landowner, Baltus van Tassel. Late in the autumn night, when the superstitious bridegroom was returning from a party in the bride's house, he began to be haunted by the same ghost, searching at night for his lost head in battle. Since then, no one has seen Ikabod Crane. The beautiful Katarina Van Tassel married Abraham Van Brant, who with all his appearance makes it clear that he knows the secret of the missing Ikabod. Washington Irving is also famous for such stories as «„Rip Van Winkle“», «„The Devil and Tom Walker“», «„The Adventure of the German Student“», «„Tales of the Alhambra“» etc."

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"William Blake an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age. His prophetic poetry has been said to form «„what is in proportion to its merits the least read body of poetry in the English language“». His visual artistry has led one contemporary art critic to proclaim him «„far and away the greatest artist Britain has ever produced“». Although he lived in London his entire life except for three years spent in Felpham he produced a diverse and symbolically rich corpus, which embraced the imagination as «„the body of God“», or «„Human existence itself“». Famous poems of the author William Blake: «„A Poison Tree“», «„The Tyger Tyger! Tyger!“», «„Of Innocence“», «„The Angel“», «„A Divine Image“», «„Love's Secret“», «„A Cradle Song“», «„A Dream“», «„London“», «„A Little Girl Lost“», «„A War Song To Englishmen“», «„A Little Boy Lost“», «„A Song“»."

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"William Dean Howells (March 1, 1837 – May 11, 1920) was an American realist novelist, literary critic, and playwright, nicknamed «„The Dean of American Letters“». He was particularly known for his tenure as editor of The Atlantic Monthly, as well as for his own prolific writings, including the Christmas story «„Christmas Every Day“» and the novels The Rise of Silas Lapham and A Traveler from Altruria. This collection includes the works of William Dean Howells: Wild Flowers of the Asphalt Christmas Every Day The Pony Engine and the Pacific Express"

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"Short story “The Blue Cross” is Chesterton's first Father Brown mystery. It introduces the characters Flambeau and Valentin. It is unique among the Father Brown mysteries in that it does not follow the actions of the Father himself, but rather those of Valentin. Brown has been committing acts to draw the attention of the police (throwing soup, knocking over apples, smashing a window) and leaving an obvious trail for them to follow. Valentin takes this opportunity to emerge from hiding with the policemen and arrest Flambeau. Both Flambeau and Valentin bow to Father Brown's superior detective skills. "

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