This book contains several HTML tables of contents.The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work.This 2nd volume contains the following 50 works, arranged alphabetically by authors’ last names:Jerome, Jerome K.: ...

This dense, daunting and ultimately rewarding book is volume three of Proust's epic A la Recherche du Temps Perdu. Here, as always, the reader again wades chest-deep into Proust's ornate language (sticking, here, to C. K. Scott Moncrieff's canonical translation) and intricate reflections upon life and society around the turn of the 20th century. As one grows familiar with Proust the man and the writer, and as one becomes hypnotized by the legendary length and language of the writing, the b...

Two Sisters, the first part of a trilogy, takes place in Paris and the surrounding area shortly after the end of WWII, when France had barely started to recover from four years of Nazi occupation. It was a time of political turmoil and labor unrest but also of intense intellectual debates, and the ongoing war against the Viêt Minh in Indochina was a prelude to the decolonization process. Toni Bonnet, who was a Prisoner of War in Germany, returns to Paris, manages to find an apartment in th...

One of the greatest translations of all time: Scott Moncrieff's classic version of Proust, published in three stunning clothbound volumes designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith.Proust's masterpiece is one of the seminal works of the twentieth century, recording its narrator's experiences as he grows up, falls in love and lives through the First World War. A profound reflection on art, time, memory, self and loss, it is often viewed as the definitive modern novel. C. K....

e-artnow presents to you the greatest Christmas novels, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry) The Holy Night (Selma Lagerlöf) A Merry Christmas & Other Christmas Stories (Louisa May Alcott) A Letter from Santa Claus (Mark Twain) Silent Night The Night After Christmas The Child Born at Bethlehem The Adoration of the Shepherds The Visit of the Wise Men As J...

The fifth edition of Marcel Danesi’s Popular Culture is an accessible, engaging introduction for popular culture, media and society, and sociology of the media courses. The fifth edition features updated coverage on social media and digital cultures, including those surrounding memes, video games, virtual reality, and streaming services.Pop culture surrounds us. It infuses the movies we watch, the music we listen to, the books we read, the clothes we wear, and the food we e...

A variety of letter and number puzzles and games to exercise the mind that will help you hone your critical thinking skills.Looking for a way to keep your brain on its toes? Well, there is nothing more mentally stimulating or fun than good old-fashioned brain teasers. And since everyday life doesn't throw perplexing riddles at us very often, Brain Teasers for Adults offers a variety of tricky, yet "doable" puzzles to help build your logic, math, and wordpl...

Myra, Senator Lawrence's eldest daughter, committed suicide in a classroom at the SAHISICA Boarding School (Sant Andrews of the Hills Institute for Self-Improvement and Catholic Achievements), of which little is known about its inner workings, except that the graduates are who will lead the United States in the next generation.Agent Hynreck of the FBI, a former legend of the agency, to the point of having been considered in his time to occupy the Directorship of the Bureau and now ...

En este ensayo, el autor describe con total claridad el proceso policial y judicial desde la aprensión del presunto delincuente hasta su liberación, y con algo de cinismo ilustra las graves y endémicas fallas de un sistema judicial uruguayo que niega derechos humanos básicos a los indagados, en una máquina de procesar delitos de toda índole a pasos acelerados, con las cárceles abarrotadas y los juzgados penales trabajando muy por encima de sus posibilidades reales.Conozca por qué u...

Reliability does not fail only because of bad architecture, broken pipelines, weak monitoring, or missing automation. Sometimes reliability fails because humans are tired, biased, afraid, overloaded, overconfident, badly incentivised, or simply trying to survive another incident call.In Essential SRE: It's Not the Tools, It's Us, Marcel Koert takes an opinionated, practical, and deeply human look at Site Reliability Engineering. This is not another...

In this groundbreaking book, Marcell Mrsán explores the art and craft of upper construction, starting from the pattern creation. There hasn't been such a detailed and practical textbook in the English language in recent memory.Building on both his experience as a bespoke maker, pattern consultant and educator, certified master shoemaker Marcell Mrsán demystifies the geometry of pattern construction, showing the readers not only the hows but also the whys, while sharing tips and tri...

President Gardner has been assassinated, dismembered and his parts stone staked to one of the walls of the Oval Office, but unbelievably that grim scenario is not (nor even close to being) the worst threat facing the United States. An attack of biblical dimensions has wiped out more than a third of the population in the large-scale operation known as "The Day of the Raven." Yet America's weapons and response capabilities are 90% operational, and what's left of the government is asking: why...