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- Monkey - W. Ch'Eng-En
Monkey - W. Ch'Eng-En
- Ch\'eng-En, Wu
- anglické
- Penguin Books
- 352
- 1973
Monkey depicts the adventures of Prince Tripitaka, a young Buddhist priest on a dangerous pilgrimage to India to retrieve sacred scriptures accompanied by his three unruly...
- The Confessions - J. Rousseau
The Confessions - J. Rousseau
- Rousseau, Jean-Jacques
- Penguin Books
- 608
- 1973
Widely regarded as the first modern autobiography, The Confessions is an astonishing work of acute psychological insight. Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) argued passionately...
- Elephant and the Bad Baby
Elephant and the Bad Baby
- Raymond Briggs
- anglické
- Penguin Books
- 32
- 1973
"The Elephant and the Bad Baby" is the classic story from Elfrida Vipont and Raymond Briggs. The Elephant takes the Bad Baby for a ride and they go 'rumpeta, rumpeta, rumpeta...
- The Dhammapada - J. Mascaro, T. Wyatt
The Dhammapada - J. Mascaro, T. Wyatt
- Penguin Books
- 96
- 1973
One of the best-known and best-loved works of Buddhist literature, the Dhammapada forms part of the oldest surviving body of Buddhist writings, and is traditionally regarded as...
- The Story of the Ston - C. Xueqin, H. Ts'Ao, X. Cao
The Story of the Ston - C. Xueqin, H. Ts'Ao, X. Cao
- Cao, Xueqin
- Penguin Books
- 544
- 1973
The Story of the Stone (c. 1760), also known by the title of The Dream of the Red Chamber, is the great novel of manners in Chinese literature. Divided into five volumes, The...
- The Theban Plays - Sophocles
The Theban Plays - Sophocles
- Sophocles
- anglické
- Penguin Books
- 176
- 1973
'O Light May I never look on you again, Revealed as I am, sinful in my begetting, Sinful in marriage, sinful in shedding of blood ' The legends surrounding the royal house...
- The Cay - Puffin Modern Classics - Theodore Taylor
The Cay - Puffin Modern Classics - Theodore Taylor
- Taylor, Theodore
- Penguin Books
- 112
- 1973
A Puffin Book - stories that last a lifetime. Puffin Modern Classics are relaunched under a new logo: A Puffin Book. There are 20 titles to collect in the series, listed below,...
- Oresteian Trilogy
Oresteian Trilogy
- Aeschylus
- Penguin Books
- 208
- 1973
The only surviving trilogy from ancient times - a story of murder, madness and justice Aeschylus (525-c.456 bc) set his great trilogy in the immediate aftermath of the Fall of...
- Poems
Poems
- Li Po;Tu Fu
- Penguin Books
- 256
- 1973
Li Po (AD 701-62) and Tu Fu (AD 712-70) were devoted friends who are traditionally considered to be among China's greatest poets. Li Po, a legendary carouser, was an itinerant...
- Pudd'nhead Wilson - Mark Twain And Those Extraordi
Pudd'nhead Wilson - Mark Twain And Those Extraordi
- Mark Twain
- Penguin Books
- 336
- 1973
At the beginning of Pudd'nhead Wilson a young slave woman, fearing for her infant's son's life, exchanges her light-skinned child with her master's. From this rather simple...
- Jim and the Beanstalk
Jim and the Beanstalk
- Raymond Briggs
- anglické
- Penguin Books
- 40
- 1973
A re-telling of the classic children's story by the author and illustrator of the best-selling Snowman. Jim finds a beanstalk growing outside his window one morning, and...
- The Bacchae and Other Plays - Euripides
The Bacchae and Other Plays - Euripides
- Eurípidés
- anglické
- Penguin Books
- 256
- 1973
The plays of Euripides have stimulated audiences since the fifth century BC. This volume, containing Phoenician Women, Bacchae, Iphigenia at Aulis, Orestes, and Rhesus...
- Celtic Miscellany
Celtic Miscellany
- Jackson Kenneth Hurlstone
- anglické
- Penguin Books
- 352
- 1973
Including works from Welsh, Irish and Scottish Gaelic, Cornish, Breton, and Manx, this work offers poetry and prose from the eighth to the nineteenth century, and provides a...
- Discourse on Method & Meditati
Discourse on Method & Meditati
- René Descartes
- anglické
- Penguin Books
- 192
- 1973
Rene Descartes was a central figure in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. In his Discourse on Method he outlined the contrast between mathematics and...
- I'm the King of the Castle
I'm the King of the Castle
- Susan Hill
- anglické
- Penguin Books
- 208
- 1973
'I didn't want you to come here.' So says the note that the boy Edmund Hooper passes to Charles Kingshaw upon his arrival at Warings. But, young Kingshaw and his mother have...
- Nana
Nana
- Zola, Emile
- slovenské
- Penguin Books
- 480
- 1973
Born to drunken parents in the slums of Paris, Nana lives in squalor until she is discovered at the Theatre des Varietes. She soon rises from the streets to set the city alight...
- Three Restoration Comedies Etherege Sir George
Three Restoration Comedies Etherege Sir George
- Etherege, Sir George;Wycherley, William;Congreve, William
- Penguin Books
- 368
- 1973
The three plays collected here mirror the era after King Charles II. In Etherege's "The Man of Mode", Dorimant meets his match. In Wycherley's "The Country Wife", Horner fakes...
- Tales from the 1.001 Nights Dawood, N J trans
Tales from the 1.001 Nights Dawood, N J trans
- Penguin Books
- 416
- 1973
The tales told by Scheherazade over a thousand and one nights to delay her execution by the vengeful King Shahryar have become among the most popular in both Eastern and...
- The Annals of Imperial Rome - C. Tacitus
The Annals of Imperial Rome - C. Tacitus
- Tacitus
- Penguin Books
- 464
- 1973
Tacitus' "Annals of Imperial Rome" recount the major historical events from the years shortly before the death of Augustus up to the death of Nero in AD 68. With clarity and...
- Medea and Other Plays
Medea and Other Plays
- Eurípidés
- anglické
- Penguin Books
- 208
- 1973
This title features four plays which exemplify his interest in flawed, characters who defy the expectations of Greek society, Euripides' "Medea and Other Plays" is translated...
- Cicero M. Cicero Selected Political Speeches
Cicero M. Cicero Selected Political Speeches
- Cicero, Marcus Tullius
- Penguin Books
- 336
- 1973
As the Roman Republic lurched to its close, amid corruption, ruthless power struggles and gross inequality, Cicero produced some of the most stirring and eloquent speeches ever...
- Prometheus Bound - Prometheus Bound and Other Plays
Prometheus Bound - Prometheus Bound and Other Plays
- Aeschylus
- anglické
- Penguin Books
- 160
- 1973
Aeschylus (525-456 BC) brought a new grandeur and epic sweep to the drama of classical Athens, raising it to the status of high art. In "Prometheus Bound", the defiant Titan...
- French Short Stories 1 - Parallel Text
French Short Stories 1 - Parallel Text
- Penguin Books
- 272
- 1973
Originally written to entertain, move or chill, the eight short stories in this collection accompanied by parallel English translations now also help students gain deeper...
- Nine Greek Lives - The Rise and Fall of Athens
Nine Greek Lives - The Rise and Fall of Athens
- Plutarch
- Penguin Books
- 320
- 1973
Nine Greek biographies illustrate the rise and fall of Athens, from the legendary days of Theseus, the city's founder, through Solon, Themistocles, Aristides, Cimon, Pericles,...