'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Commonly named among the 'Great American Novels', the work is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular English, characterized by local colour regionalism. It is told in the first person by Huckleberry 'Huck' Finn, a friend of Tom Sawyer and narrator of two other Twain novels ('Tom Sawyer Abroad' and 'Tom Sawyer, Detective'). It is a direct sequel to 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'.

The epic story of Jerusalem told through the lives of the men and women who created, ruled and inhabited it.Jerusalem is the universal city, the capital of two peoples, the shrine of three faiths; it is the prize of empires, the site of Judgement Day and the battlefield of today's clash of civilizations. From King David to Barack Obama, from the birth of Judaism, Christianity and Islam to the Israel-Palestine conflict, this is the epic history of 3,000 years of faith, slaughter, fanaticism and coexistence. How did this small, remote town become the Holy City, the 'centre of the world' and now the key to peace in the Middle East? In a gripping narrative, Simon Sebag Montefiore reveals this ever-changing city in its many incarnations, bringing every epoch and character blazingly to life. Jerusalem's biography is told through the wars, love affairs and revelations of the men and women - kings, empresses, prophets, poets, saints, conquerors and whores - who created, destroyed, chronicled and believed in Jerusalem.Drawing on new archives, current scholarship, his own family papers and a lifetime's study, Montefiore illuminates the essence of sanctity and mysticism, identity and empire in a unique chronicle of the city that many believe will be the setting for the Apocalypse. This is how Jerusalem became Jerusalem, and the only city that exists twice - in heaven and on earth.

<p>This Norton Critical Edition includes:</p> <ul><li>The 1818 first edition text of the novel, introduced and annotated by J. Paul Hunter.</li><li>Three maps and eight illustrations.</li><li>A wealth of source and contextual materials, thematically arranged to promote classroom discussion. Topics include “Sources, Influences, Analogues”, “Circumstances, Composition, Revision” and “Reception, Impact, Adaptation”.</li><li>Eleven critical essays on Frankenstein’s major themes, six of them new to the Third Edition.</li><li>A chronology and a selected bibliography.<br></li></ul> <p>About the Series</p> <p>Read by more than 12 million students over fifty-five years, Norton Critical Editions set the standard for apparatus that is right for undergraduate readers. The three-part format—annotated text, contexts and criticism—helps students to better understand, analyse and appreciate the literature, while opening a wide range of teaching possibilities for instructors. Whether in print or in digital format, Norton Critical Editions provide all the resources students need.</p>

From the original 1890 text. Verito classics.

Sammen med slaven Jim flykter Huck Finn fra faren, som også heter Jim. De har tenkt seg til en by hvor Jim kan komme seg til nordstatene og bli fri, men havner midt i Mississippi, i slaveriets rike.

Det meste av det som fortelles i denne boka, er enten opplevd av forfatteren selv, eller av hans skolekamerater. Det handler om to gutter, Tom Sawyer og Huckleberry Finn, og alt det de finner på som barn, på begynnelsen av 1800-tallet.

Denne boken er for deg som ønsker å maksimere sjansen for å lykkes som investor! Store feil utforsker hvordan de mest kjente investorene har feilet, og avdekker hvilken lærdom de tok med seg og senere brukte til å utvikle bedre investeringsstrategier. Investering kan være en berg-og-dalbane av opp- og nedturer, og investorene som beskrives her viser akkurat hvor ille det kan gå; fortellinger om Warren Buffett, Bill Ackman, Chris Sacca, Jack Bogle, Mark Twain, John Maynard Keynes og mange andre illustrerer det enkle, men oversette faktum at investering er særdeles vanskelig. Enten du forvalter en svært liten portefølje eller flere milliarder kroner i kapital er feiltrinn og tap en del av spillet. Disse historiene er langt mer enn bare anekdotisk underholdning. De legger grunnlaget for denne bokens kritiske fokus: å lære av feil. Alle disse investorene hentet seg inn fra sine feiltrinn og beveget seg fremover, utrustet med et vell av kunnskap man bare kan få gjennom praktisk erfaring. Det man lærer av feil veier tyngre enn noe man leser i en lærebok, og disse legendariske investorene brukte slik kunnskap til å utvikle ferdigheter og strategier som gjorde dem i stand til å nå toppen.

Ny roman av mannen som gjorde brakdebut med Et forbløffende talentfullt, dypt rystende verk. Enda en sprudlende bok, i stil med den forrige, men mer lettlest. En sprø historie om to unge gutter, Will og Hand, som reiser verden rundt for å gi bort 38 000 dollar, og om hvorfor det er så vanskelig. De vet ikke helt hvorfor de gjør det, bare at det må gjøres. Muntert, burlesk og uttrykk for en slags omvendt amerikanisering. Folk viser seg å ha mistro til noen som gir bort penger uten å ville ha noe igjen! De innfødte er ikke engang særlig takknemlig innstilt overfor sine velgjørere. Eggers har fått stor innflytelse blant unge mennesker gjennom bøkene sine, tidsskriftet og nullfortjeneste-utdanningssenteret i San Francisco. «Det som virkelig løfter fortellingen, er en del glitrende språklige bilder og passasjer .»Siri Gjelsvik, Fredriksstad Blad«Dere skal merke vår hastighet er allerede erklært som klassiker i USA, og det er en bok som tar pulsen på nåtiden. Uten knussel, og med et direkte språk som går rett inn. Eggers beviser at USA fortsatt holder stand som nybrottsnasjon på det litterære område.»Pål Hilmar Sollie, poeten.no

Including an introduction from writer and feminist activist Scarlett Curtis, curator of Sunday Times Bestseller Feminists Don't Wear Pink.The only thing in the world that matters to Mrs Bennett, is marrying all five of her daughters to rich, landed gentlemen. So when two wealthy young gentlemen move to town, she vows that at least one of her daughters will marry into their fortunes.Jane and Elizabeth, her eldest daughters, soon discover that love is rarely straightforward and is often surprising. Because, surely that sullen, quiet, mysterious Mr Darcy can't be more than he seems . . . can he? The Sisterhood collection celebrates the best-loved classics, written by some of the best female authors in history for International Women's Day. Read the rest of the collection:The Railway Children Little Women Heidi A Little Princess Anne of the Green Gables

From the episodes of the whitewashed fence and the ordeal in the cave to the trial of Injun Joe, this novel is redolent of life in the Mississippi River towns in which the author spent his own youth. Beneath the innocence of childhood lie the inequities of adult reality - base emotions and superstitions, murder and revenge, starvation and slavery.

Tom Sawyer og bestevennen Huck Finn vokser opp ved Mississippis bredder, og Tom er kjent for sine kreative guttestreker. Eksempelvis klarer Tom å få de andre barna til å betale ham for å male et gjerde, en jobb tante Polly har gitt ham som straff. Toms rampestreker fremstår som ganske uskyldige i forhold til andre episoder i romanen; det skjer blant annet et mord. "Tom Sawyer" ble første gang gitt ut i 1876.

En av Twains merkeligste romaner. Forvekslingshistorie fra en liten Sørstatsby. Den blonde og vitale mulattmamma Roxy lar ungen sin og det hvite rikmannsbarnet bytte plass i vuggen, bare for å oppleve at hennes egen sønn vokser opp til en pøbel, forbryter og morder, som til slutt selger sin egen mor på slavemarkedet.

Året er 1537. I England blir det på samme dag født to gutter så like som to dråper vann. Den ene er prins Edward, den andre er fattiggutten Tom Canty. De møtes, bytter klær, og ved en misforståelse blir prinsen kastet på gaten og Tom må leve prinsens liv. Men så kommer dagen da den 10-årige prinsen skal krones til konge.... Utgitt i serien Gyldendals Ungdomsklassikere, som består av verdenslitteraturens absolutte høydepunkter. Bøkene er utstyrsmesssig påkostet, nummererte og egner seg ypperlig som gavebøker eller samleobjekter. Alle bøkene har dessuten etterord av Tormod Haugen, vinner av H.C. Andersenprisen.

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.'We said there warn't no home like a raft, after all. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.'Huck Finn escapes from his alcoholic father by faking his own death and so begins his journey through the Deep South, seeking independence and freedom. On his travels, Huck meets an escaped slave, Jim, who is a wanted man, and together they journey down the Mississippi River. Raising the timeless and universal l issues of prejudice, bravery and hope, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was and still is considered the great American novel.

Sammen med slaven Jim flykter Huck Finn fra faren, som også heter Jim. De har tenkt seg til en by hvor Jim kan komme seg til nordstatene og bli fri, men havner midt i Mississippi, i slaveriets rike.

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Mark Twain once observed, -A lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can even get its boots on.- His observation rings true: Urban legends, conspiracy theories, and bogus public-health scares circulate effortlessly. Meanwhile, people with important ideas-business people, teachers, politicians, journalists, and others-struggle to make their ideas -stick.- Why do some ideas thrive while others die? And how do we improve the chances of worthy ideas? In Made to Stick , accomplished educators and idea collectors Chip and Dan Heath tackle head-on these vexing questions. Inside, the brothers Heath reveal the anatomy of ideas that stick and explain ways to make ideas stickier, such as applying the -human scale principle, - using the -Velcro Theory of Memory, - and creating -curiosity gaps.- In this indispensable guide, we discover that sticky messages of all kinds-from the infamous -kidney theft ring- hoax to a coach's lessons on sportsmanship to a vision for a new product at Sony-draw their power from the same six traits. Made to Stick is a book that will transform the way you communicate ideas. It's a fast-paced tour of success stories (and failures)-the Nobel Prize-winning scientist who drank a glass of bacteria to prove a point about stomach ulcers; the charities who make use of -the Mother Teresa Effect-; the elementary-school teacher whose simulation actually prevented racial prejudice. Provocative, eye-opening, and often surprisingly funny, Made to Stick shows us the vital principles of winning ideas-and tells us how we can apply these rules to making our own messages stick.

Remember the wonderfully romantic book of letters by Beethoven, Byron and Napoleon that featured in the Sex and the City film? That collection never actually existed, but all of the letters referenced in the film were real; so Macmillan decided to create Love Letters of Great Men... From the private papers of Mark Twain and Mozart to those of Robert Browning and Nelson, Love Letters of Great Men collects together some of the most romantic letters in history. For some of these great men, love is a ‘delicious poison’ (William Congreve); for others, ‘a nice soft wife on a sofa with good fire, & books & music’ (Charles Darwin). Love can scorch like the heat of the sun (Henry VIII), or penetrate the depths of one’s heart like a cooling rain (Flaubert). Every shade of love is here, from the exquisite eloquence of Oscar Wilde and the simple devotion of Robert Browning, to the wonderfully modern misery of the Roman Pliny the Younger, losing himself in work to forget how much he misses his beloved wife, Calpurnia. Taken together, these Love Letters of Great Men show that perhaps men haven’t changed so very much over the last 2,000 years; passion, jealousy, hope and longing are all represented here – as is the simple pleasure of sending a letter to, and receiving one from, the person you love most.