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Nancy Taylor

    January 1, 1947
    Nancy Taylor
    Northanger Abbey
    L.A. Confidential
    Robinson Crusoe
    Crime and Punishment
    The gift of the magi and other stories
    Schindler's List
    • 2019

      Ich sehe dich

      366 liebevolle Vaterworte für dein Herz

      Wünschst du dir, Gott würde hörbar zu dir sprechen? Mit seiner liebevollen Vaterstimme, ganz persönlich zu dir? Er tut das – auf jeder einzelnen Seite der Bibel. Lass dir seine Worte zusprechen, direkt zu deinem Herzen, jeden Tag aufs Neue. Mach dich auf eine einzigartige Entdeckungsreise durch das Buch der Bücher und zu unserem persönlichen Gott. Gott spricht zu dir – kannst du ihn hören?

      Ich sehe dich
    • 2012

      The Five People You Meet in Heaven

      • 196 pages
      • 7 hours of reading
      3.9(6033)Add rating

      Weaves three stories about 83-year-old Eddie, the head maintenance person at Ruby Point Amusement park. Eddie meets 5 individuals in heaven each with a story to share, a secret to reveal and a lesson. The have profound meanings for Eddie on the real purpose of his life.

      The Five People You Meet in Heaven
    • 2011

      William Tell

      • 32 pages
      • 2 hours of reading

      [Penguin Readers Level 1]William Tell is a good man, but his country is a dangerous place. The Swiss people don’t like the Austrian emperor or his governor in Switzerland. Can William Tell help them in their fight with the Austrians? Or is he a man of peace?

      William Tell
    • 2011

      Though Northanger Abbey is one of Jane Austen's earliest novels, it was not published until after her death--well after she'd established her reputation with works such as Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility. the novel is modeled after the day's popular romances and Gothic thrillers, which it then proceeds to ridicule. The heroine is Catherine Morland, who encounters upper-crust society at Bath, falls in love, and becomes targeted by misinformed fortune-seekers. After moving to Northanger Abbey, her imagination goes to work and dreams up mysteries that lead to various social disasters.

      Northanger Abbey
    • 2008

      O. Henry's stories are very famous. He writes about New York, Texas, Oklahoma ... Money and love are often problems. But how is a story going to finish? You never know. Readers always remember his stories -- page 4 of cover

      The gift of the magi and other stories
    • 2008

      Original / American English Michael Jordan, the Chicago Bulls' number 23, is very famous. And he can fly! Maybe he is the best basketball player of all time. But where did he come from? How did he start in basketball? Read about his life and about his love of basketball.

      Michael Jordan
    • 2008

      Dark allegory describes the narrator's journey up the Congo River and his meeting with, and fascination by, Mr. Kurtz, a mysterious personage who dominates the unruly inhabitants of the region. Masterly blend of adventure, character development, psychological penetration. Considered by many Conrad's finest, most enigmatic story.

      Heart of Darkness
    • 2008

      Set in medieval Paris, Victor Hugoʹs powerful historical romance The Hunchback of Notre-Dame has resonated with succeeding generations ever since its publication in 1837. It tells the story of the beautiful gypsy Esmeralda, condemned as a witch by the tormented archdeacon Claude Frollo, who lusts after her. Quasimodo, the deformed bell ringer of Notre-Dame Cathedral, having fallen in love with the kindhearted Esmeralda, tries to save her by hiding her in the cathedralʹs tower. When a crowd of Parisian peasants, misunderstanding Quasimodoʹs motives, attacks the church in an attempt to liberate her, the story ends in tragedy.

      The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
    • 2008

      The Mummy Returns

      • 48 pages
      • 2 hours of reading
      4.0(279)Add rating

      The mummified body of Imhotep wakes once again and continues his campaign of rage and terror.

      The Mummy Returns
    • 2006

      A thrilling study of guilt and power, the Penguin Classics edition of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment is translated with an introduction and notes by David McDuff. Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. He imagines himself to be a great man, a Napoleon: acting for a higher purpose beyond conventional moral law. But as he embarks on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with Porfiry, a suspicious detective, Raskolnikov is pursued by the growing voice of his conscience and finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer the chance of redemption. As the ensuing investigation and trial reveal the true identity of the murderer, Dostoyevsky's dark masterpiece evokes a world where the lines between innocence and corruption, good and evil, blur and everyone's faith in humanity is tested. This vivid translation by David McDuff has been acclaimed as the most accessible version of Dostoyevsky's great novel, rendering its dialogue with a unique force and naturalism.

      Crime and Punishment