Mark Twain
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The last story published by Twain, in 1909, tells of Captain Elias Stormfield's journey to heaven and his experiences there. This irreverent satire punctures conventional religious views of the afterlife and delivers a sharp critique of so-called human virtues-which are often humanity's own vanities in disguise.
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Includes hundreds of Twain's most memorable quips and comments on life, love, history, culture, travel, and diverse other topics, among them "He is now fast rising from affluence to poverty"; "Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please"; and "More than one cigar at a time is excessive smoking."
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19th-century mechanic Hank Morgan suffers a blow to the head and awakens in sixth-century Camelot. Using his knowledge of the future and 19th-century science, Hank convinces King arthur and his court that he is a powerful magician. Hank then uses his position to try to bring American ideals of democracy to Old England.
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835–1910), more commonly known under the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, lecturer, publisher and entrepreneur most famous for his novels "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (1876) and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (1884). He also wrote a number of successful short stories, the very best of which are contained within this brand new collection. They include: "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County",...
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American novels (Norman Lock) volume 1
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"Huck Finn and Jim float on their raft across a continuum of shifting seasons, feasting on a limitless supply of fish and stolen provisions, propelled by the currents of the mighty Mississippi from one adventure to the next. Launched into existence by Mark Twain in 1835, they have now been transported by Norman Lock through three vital, violent, and transformative centuries of American history. As time unfurls on the river's banks, they witness decisive...
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"Hal Holbrook has been performing Mark Twain tonight! for 47 years, enthralling audiences with an astonishing protrayal of the person Hemingway called America's first great author.... After over 2000 performances of Mark Twain tonight!, Hal Holbrook remains as passionate as ever about the life-long role. 'Mark Twain is my verbal machine gun,' he says, 'to shoot down hypocrisy, fools and swindlers.' As the performances on this CD make abundantly clear,...
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"Dzieciństwo nad Missisipi. Tajemnicza wyprawa na cmentarz, ucieczka z domu powrót no własny pogrzeb, tropienie przestępców, poszukiwanie skarbów, wizyta w nawiedzonyn domu, a w przerwach miłosne perypetie -- to całkiem sporo jak na jednego chłopaka. W porównaniu z Sawyerem nawet Batman jest zerem."--Page [4] of cover.
"Lektura wraz opracowaniem to znakomita pomoc i inspiracja dla uczniów oraz nauczycieli. Tekst opatrzono wskazówkami...
56) Przygody Hucka
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"Huck i jego towarzysz niedoli, Murzyn Jim, uciekają przed łowcami niewolników. Żeglując tratwą po wodach Illinois i Missisipi, przeżywają dziesiątki przygód, pełnych napięć, wstrząsów i niebezpieczeństw. Mimo dotychczasowej przychylności losu, Murzyn Jim zostaje schwytany przez nieustępliwych łowców. Na szczęście, w odpowiednim momencie, pojawia się niezawodny Tomek Sawyer, który pomaga przyjacielowi w ucieczce. Po wielu trudach...