The Forged Coupon
The Forged Coupon

Author: graf Leo Tolstoy

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 1912

Total Pages: 302

ISBN-13:

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IN an age of materialism like our own the phenomenon of spiritual power is as significant and inspiring as it is rare. No longer associated with the "divine right" of kings, it has survived the downfall of feudal and theocratic systems as a mystic personal emanation in place of a coercive weapon of statecraft. Freed from its ancient shackles of dogma and despotism it eludes analysis. We know not how to gauge its effect on others, nor even upon ourselves. Like the wind, it permeates the atmosphere we breathe, and baffles while it stimulates the mind with its intangible but compelling force. This psychic power, which the dead weight of materialism is impotent to suppress, is revealed in the lives and writings of men of the most diverse creeds and nationalities.

The Forged Coupon
The Forged Coupon

Author: graf Leo Tolstoy

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 9780393303001

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" ... A tale of evil begetting evil, through a succession of increasingly foul deeds that grow circuitously out of the initial act of counterfeiting a ruble note. The escalation of evil can be stopped only by one who humbly absorbs it, without passing it on. With the portrayal of this comes the salvation of all concerned."--Publisher description.

The Kreutzer Sonata
The Kreutzer Sonata

Author: Leo Tolstoy

Publisher: Xist Publishing

Published: 2015-09-28

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1681952483

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What Is Love? “It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. A handsome woman talks nonsense, you listen and hear not nonsense but cleverness. She says and does horrid things, and you see only charm. And if a handsome woman does not say stupid or horrid things, you at once persuade yourself that she is wonderfully clever and moral.” - Leo Tolstoy, The Kreutzer Sonata Upon hearing a woman arguing that marriage should never be arranged and always be subject to love, Pozdnyshev asks: ‘What is love?’ He condemns the argument saying that love doesn’t last forever and can quickly turn into hatred. What is Pozdnyshev’s story? Why doesn’t he believe in love? Xist Publishing is a digital-first publisher. Xist Publishing creates books for the touchscreen generation and is dedicated to helping everyone develop a lifetime love of reading, no matter what form it takes

The Forged Coupon
The Forged Coupon

Author: Leo Tolstoy

Publisher: The Floating Press

Published: 2011-04-01

Total Pages: 199

ISBN-13: 1775452417

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Sometimes even the smallest and most seemingly trivial actions can have the most disastrous consequences. That's the idea that Russian literary master Leo Tolstoy explores in depth in the title tale in this collection, "The Forged Coupon." This anthology brings together some of Tolstoy's finest short stories and novellas, and it is sure to please long-time fans of his work or new readers looking for an accessible entry point from which to begin exploring Tolstoy's fiction.

Call Me Mummy
Call Me Mummy

Author: Tina Baker

Publisher: Serpent's Tail

Published: 2021-02-25

Total Pages: 339

ISBN-13: 1782837035

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'Dark, heartbreaking and totally absorbing' - LORRAINE KELLY 'Brilliantly written and emotionally compulsive' - HARRIET TYCE 'A powerful and thought-provoking page turner' - KATERINA DIAMOND CALL ME MUMMY. IT'LL BE BETTER IF YOU DO. Glamorous, beautiful Mummy has everything a woman could want. Except for a daughter of her very own. So when she sees Kim - heavily pregnant, glued to her phone and ignoring her eldest child in a busy shop - she does what anyone would do. She takes her. But foul-mouthed little Tonya is not the daughter that Mummy was hoping for. As Tonya fiercely resists Mummy's attempts to make her into the perfect child, Kim is demonised by the media as a 'scummy mummy', who deserves to have her other children taken too. Haunted by memories of her own childhood and refusing to play by the media's rules, Kim begins to spiral, turning on those who love her. Though they are worlds apart, Mummy and Kim have more in common than they could possibly imagine. But it is five-year-old Tonya who is caught in the middle... ________________________________________ *** A NETGALLEY BOOK OF THE MONTH *** 'Disturbing and distinctive, this is a book I couldn't put down' - AMANDA JENNINGS 'Tense and gripping, these characters will stay with me' - ALICE CLARK-PLATTS 'Psychologically twisty and utterly gripping' - LISA HALL