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'A masterpiece of poignant brilliance . . . heartbreaking' Guardian Charlie Gordon, a floor sweeper born with an unusually low IQ, has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that doctors hope will increase his intelligence - a procedure that has been highly successful...

Celebrate the fortieth anniversary of the enduring gothic masterpiece Flowers in the Attic—the unforgettable forbidden love story that earned V.C. Andrews a fiercely devoted fan base and became an international cult classic. At the top of the stairs there are four secrets hidden—blond...

Scandal hits the staid publishing house of Barnabas when one of the directors is found dead in the strong-room. Suspicion immediately falls on his wife's lover, the junior partner in the firm. But how does an unpublished Restoration comedy come to feature in the tragedy? And what of the odd disappearance of another director twenty years before?

Sensual, macabre, joyous and liberating, The Flowers of Evil, or Les Fleurs du Mal, is a beautifully debauched reflection on dreams, sin, life, and death. With subjects ranging from travel to drugs, sex to faith, sleep to contemplation, Baudelaire finds new beauty in the most sinister and corrupt of situations. His morbid and nightmarish Romanticism was completely unique: cynical and bleak, but also inspiring. The book was highly controversial upon its release and Napoleon III’s government prosecuted Baudelaire for "an insult to public decency".

El elegante París y la tranquila localidad balnearia de Balbec son los dos grandes escenarios en los que se mueve A la sombra de las muchachas en flor, relato centrado en la iniciación del narrador en asuntos amorosos y pasionales, así como en la vívida descripción de sus primeros contactos con el arte y el acto creativo.

古旧的历史底片上，无数的文人骚客高咏低唱着精致典雅的诗篇匆匆走过，他们那清丽隽永的诗行背后，曾经留下过怎样的诗词故事……古舊的歷史底片上，無數的文人騷客高詠低唱著精緻典雅的詩篇匆匆走過，他們那清麗雋永的詩行背後，曾經留下過怎樣的詩詞故事……

Laid low by a tropical disease and an accompanying malaise, Crispin Clare returns to his ancestral home in East Anglia. Local folklore seeps into his fever dreams and into his writing, and the lines between reality and myth soon start to blur. In this finely woven tale of illness and recovery, family and fable, Randolph Stow creates a unique, imaginative landscape, populated by figures from old English myths and legends, and from Clare’s present.

Born as an undersized runt puppy, Arara has been constantly bullied by the bigger pups in her pack. As far as she is concerned, her life is horrible and it's not going to change anytime soon. However, during a hunt, Arara discovers that she can move things with her mind. Armed with this new power, Arara convinces another bullied puppy to help her take down Kerka - the biggest, baddest pup in town. But when things go wrong and a life is put in danger, Arara must face her fears before it is too late.

本有声书精心选取宋词精品之作，从词中的用字、用典细致讲起，旁征博引，结合词人生平经历阐述词作意境，对中国古诗词意象、风骨、内涵、感悟进行鉴赏解读……本有聲書精心選取宋詞精品之作，從詞中的用字、用典細緻講起，旁徵博引，結合詞人生平經歷闡述詞作意境，對中國古詩詞意象、風骨、內涵、感悟進行鑑賞解讀……

Doctor Lynn Davis is kidnapped by handsome Lord Kyle von Talion and taken to a far off planet where she must fulfill her destiny to save the kingdom of Saldiora.

Alexa, princess of Byzantium, was destined to rule with her devoted brother Marric until the evil forces cast dark magic upon her and made her betray him. Thus, Marric feels under assault, a usurper has seized the throne and, by means both magical and moral, defeated Alexa. Saved by warrior allies, Alexa has been taken to an unfamiliar northern land. Convinced of Marric's death, she is consumed by guilt and fear. Even from afar, the usurper's power reaches out to trap her.

A relevant work as we try to find light in these challenging times, famed author of Little Women (1868) Louisa May Alcott wrote this collection of fairy tales for her childhood friend, Ellen Emerson. Flower Fables was, in fact, her very first publication.

The Flower Princess is an enchanting fairy tale by Abbie Farwell Brown that tells the story of Princess Fleurette, a radiant young royal who lives in a magical garden teeming with blossoms and beauty. Suitors come from far and wide to win her heart, but none can succeed until they solve her playful challenge: to discover her favorite flower, hidden among the thousands in her enchanted realm.

First published in 1857, The Flowers of Evil (Les Fleurs du Mal) is a poetry collection by Charles Baudelaire. In 1909, Cyril Scott published a translation of 54 of the poems, which is the subject of this recording.

"V izdanie voshli izvestnye proizvedenija pisatelja, sredi kotoryh "Cvety zapozdalye", "Skvernaja istorija ", "Jarmarka" i dr. "Cvety zapozdalye" - povest' Antona Pavlovicha Chehova o nerazdeljonnoj ljubvi i zapozdalom prozrenii. Glavnaja geroinja knjazhna Marija Priklonskaja, dovol'no simpatichnaja devushka, ljubit mat' i brata Egorushku. Brat zhe okazyvaetsja gluboko porochnym chelovekom, ne zhelajushhim izbavljat'sja ot vrednyh privychek. Vskore pojavljaetsja v povestvovanii i doktor Toporkov.

Becca has lived all her life underground, kept safe from the brutal war on the surface by the magic of the stone men and the mysterious woman who dreams in her crystal coffin. When the woman dreams that Becca must travel topside, she has no choice but to go. Her mission: pluck one special little boy from the jaws of death and bring him back with her. If she finds the boy in time - if they survive the journey - the fate that awaits him may be worse than death.

Little Ida liked the student, who always had a tale to tell, a lot. So, one morning, when little Ida's flowers had all withered, she asked the student what could have happened to them.

Jeśli wydaje wam się, że kwiaty są tylko ozdobą w wazonie, to się mylicie. Kiedy dzieci śpią rośliny te pod osłoną nocy ożywają i w rytm muzyki zaczynają wirować w tanecznym korowodzie. Świadkiem tego zdarzenia jest mała dziewczynka Idalka, która pewnej nocy postanowiła to sprawdzić.