Книги по тегу «на английском»

Desperate for money, Milana stumbled across an ad for a maid’s job at a country hotel known for its service and good reviews. The only thing that bothered her was that the job was only going to pay two hundred dollars a shift, and there were supposed to be three shifts a week. However, the salary interested her, and she called the ad. Milana decided to come to the interview. There was nothing special in her wardrobe, so she dressed modestly: a white blouse and black jeans.

Издание на английском языке. «Кандид» – одна из самых известных повестей Вольтера. Простодушный юноша Кандид и его друзья колесят по миру, сталкиваясь с абсурдом окружающей действительности. Через едкие ремарки Вольтер высмеивает наш «лучший из возможных миров», подчеркивая его странное, иррациональное устройство. Хотя с момента публикации уже прошло несколько веков, но остроумие Вольтера актуально по-прежнему и бьёт в больное место. Повесть дана без адаптации и сокращений, в переводе на...

You cannot lose what doesn’t exist, nor can you destroy what hasn’t been built. You can only dispel the illusion of what seems real. This book is about how narratives shape the behavior and worldview of individuals and societies. It explores how we are controlled, persuaded, united, subjugated, and how our actions are guided. This book is about how to resist this unprecedented aggression of narratives, by modeling new ones and altering existing ones, we can change our lives and our environment.

The brutally mutilated body of Miguel Forcade is discovered washed up on a Havana beach. Head smashed in by a baseball bat, genitals cut off by a dull knife. Forcade was once responsible for the confiscation of art works from the bourgeoisie fleeing the revolution. Had he really returned from exile just to visit his ailing father? The novel evokes the disillusion of a generation, many of them veterans of the war in Angola, discovering the corruption of those who preceded them. Yet it is a...