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51Anna Karenina , Tolstoy Lev (2003)
‘Everything is finished. I have nothing but you now. Remember that’. Anna Karenina seems to have everything – beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son. But she feels that her life is empty… 716 руб52The Picture of Dorian Gray , Oscar Wilde (1992)
Wilde's only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life, and… 212 руб53An Introduction to the Literature of the Old Testament , S. R. Driver (1916)
1916. From the Preface: The aim of the present volume is to furnish an account, at once descriptive and historical, of the Literature of the Old Testament. It is not, I ought perhaps to explain, an… 1324 руб54On the Study and Difficulties of Mathematics , Augustus De Morgan (1910)
1910. Augustus De Morgan was an important innovator in the field of logic. In addition, he made many contributions to the field of mathematics and the chronicling of the history of mathematics. He… 1311 руб55The Story of the Paris Churches , Jetta S. Wolff (1919)
1919. Wolff writes in the Preface: Paris Churches, many of them, have an entrancing historical as well as a precious architectural interest. Curiousold legends are often connected with their… 1775 руб56A Handbook of Greek Constitutional History , A. H. J. Greenidge (1914)
1914. Greenidge writes in the Preface that this little book is meant to be of assistance to those who find difficulty in mastering what he has oftenregarded as the least attractive (probably because… 1311 руб57A History of Christianity in the Apostolic Age , Arthur Cushman McGiffert (1903)
1903. McGiffert writes in the Preface: It has been my endeavor in writing a history of Christianity in the Apostolic Age to treat the theme as a unit, and to trace the development so far as possible… 1329 руб58Count Frontenac and New France Under Louis XIV , Francis Parkman (1900)
1900. Parkman, American historian, studied and wrote about the history of Canada and the early Northwest. Parkman writes in the preface that the events recounted in this book group themselves in the… 1318 руб59Critique of Pure Reason , Immanuel Kant (1890)
1890. Translated by J. M. D. Meiklejohn. Considered to be one of the best translations, this edition includes Kant's original preface to the second edition of 1787. This was his foundational work on… 1484 руб60The Reckoning , Robert W. Chambers (1905)
1905. Chambers, American artist and writer, later turned to writing romantic fiction to earn a living. According to some estimates, Chambers had oneof the most successful literary careers of his… 1778 руб
