Anton: 1572 books

"Pevear and Volokhonsky are at once scrupulous translators and vivid stylists of English."—The New Yorker There have always been two versions of Chekhov’s heartrending and humorous masterwork: the one with which we are all familiar, staged by Konstatine Stanislavski at the Moscow...

Uncle Vanya by Anton Checkov.

In the waning weeks of his life, a renowned bishop reflects on his past and his priorities. Written during the period when Anton Chekhov was gravely ill with tuberculosis, “The Bishop” reflects the author’s feelings about his own imminent death, and is considered one of his finest works. HarperCollins...

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Chekhov practised as a medical doctor...

- Idea for a story. A beautiful young girl lives by a lake all her life. She loves this lake. She's happy and free, like that bird was once. Then a man comes along and for no reason at all... what do you think he does? - He destroys her. A story about how we make stories, a story about unrequited...

Young Chekhov contains a trilogy of plays by the Russian writer Anton Chekhov, written as he emerged as the greatest playwright of the late nineteenth century. The three works, Platanov, Ivanov and The Seagull, in contemporary adaptations by David Hare, will be staged at the Chichester Festival Theatre in the summer of 2015.

One of a generation on the brink of a tremendous social upheaval, Anton Chekhov (1860 - 1904), despite his flashes of humour, paints in his plays and essentially tragic picture of Russian society.  The plays in this volume - Ivanov, The Cherry Orchard, The Seagull, Uncle Vania, and Three sisters,...

The Midas Touch is fatal, yet everyone wants to embrace Lord Devon Chagford. His gilded empire glitters - far-flung ventures, sparkling in originality and audacious in execution. Everyone except his gorgeous wife, who dedicates herself to worthy causes and high-end pampering with a little secret on...

On June 27, 1868, Hole in the Day (Bagonegiizhig) the Younger left Crow Wing, Minnesota, for Washington, DC, to fight the planned removal of the Mississippi Ojibwe to a reservation at White Earth. Several miles from his home, the self-styled leader of all the Ojibwe was stopped by at least twelve...

The British are well known for their unique sense of humour - for the ability to see the funny side even in the most dire situation - and it was that humour that helped the nation through the dark days of the Second World War. In this heartwarming, often amusing and sometimes heartbreakingly sad book,...

In der Milchstraße schreibt man das Jahr 1343 Neuer Galaktischer Zeitrechnung - dies entspricht dem Jahr 4930 alter Zeit. Perry Rhodan erfährt, dass in der Kleingalaxis Ambriador, rund 5,3 Millionen Lichtjahre von der Erde entfernt, über zwanzig Milliarden Menschen von der Vernichtung bedroht sind....

Als Perry Rhodan bei einem scheinbaren Routinebesuch den Mars besichtigt, geschieht das Ungeheuerliche: Mitsamt seinem besten Freund Reginald Bull und einer wild zusammengewürfelten Gruppe von Menschen wird der Terraner entführt - in eine Zukunft, die rund eine Milliarde Jahre von seiner eigenen...

Wir schreiben das Jahr 1225 Neuer Galaktischer Zeitrechnung. Atlan, der unsterbliche Arkonide, ergründet mit der Varganin Kythara das größte Geheimnis der Galaxis Dwingeloo: eine planetenlose blauweiße Riesensonne, die weit ins All vordringt, während hyperenergetische Entladungen die Ausläufer...

1225 Neue Galaktische Zeitrechnung: Kythara, die exotisch schöne und unsterbliche Varganin, ist eine der faszinierendsten Personen, denen Atlan jemals begegnete. Vor langer Zeit herrschte ihr Volk bereits über weite Teile der Milchstraße. Längst sind die Varganen verschwunden, doch überall blieben...