18 books like Защита Лужина
Das NEINhorn
Im Herzwald kommt ein kleines, schnickeldischnuckeliges Einhorn zur Welt. Aber obwohl alle ganz lilalieb zu ihm sind und es ständig mit gezuckertem Glücksklee füttern, benimmt sich das Tierchen ganz und gar nicht einhornmäßig. Es sagt einfach immer Nein, sodass seine Familie es bald nur noch NEINhorn nennt.
Eines Tages bricht das NEINhorn aus seiner Zuckerwattewelt aus. Es trifft einen…
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Immortality
Immortality
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The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis
Gregor Samsa hates his job. He works himself to exhaustion as a traveling salesman to support a family that takes him for granted. One morning, his whole life changes. He wakes up to discover that he has turned into a giant insect. As he and his family come to grips with the fantastical event, The Metamorphosis explores themes of alienation, family loyalty, and unconditional love.
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Physiologie du mariage
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Evgeniĭ Onegin
Eugene Onegin (Russian: Евге́ний Оне́гин, BGN/PCGN: Yevgeniy Onegin) is a novel in verse written by Alexander Pushkin.
It is a classic of Russian literature, and its eponymous protagonist has served as the model for a number of Russian literary heroes (so-called superfluous men). It was published in serial form between 1825 and 1832. The first complete edition was published in 1833, and the…
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Voskresenīe
Resurrection, the last full-length novel written by Leo Tolstoy, was published in 1899 after ten years in the making. A humanitarian cause—the pacifist Doukhobor sect, persecuted by the Russian government, needed funds to emigrate to Canada—prompted Tolstoy to finish the novel and dedicate its ensuing revenues to alleviate their plight. Ultimately, Tolstoy’s actions were credited with helping…
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Philosopher's Joke
Philosopher's Joke
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Zombies Have Issues
Zombies Have Issues
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Apocalypse Cow
When scientists with warped imaginations accidentally unleash an experimental bioweapon that transforms Britain's animals into sneezing, bloodthirsty zombies with a penchant for pre-dinner sex with their victims, three misfits become the unlikely hope for salvation. Abattoir worker Terry Borders' love life is crippled by the stench of death that clings to his skin from his days spent slaughtering…
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Zombies
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When werewolves attack
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Идиот
Inspired by an image of Christ's suffering, Fyodor Dostoyevsky set out to portray "a truly beautiful soul" colliding with the brutal reality of contemporary society. Returning to St. Petersburg from a Swiss sanatorium, the gentle and naive Prince Myshkin—known as "the idiot"—pays a visit to his distant relative General Yepanchin and proceeds to charm the General and his circle. But after becoming…
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The Man in the Cat-Hair Suit
True stories from the life of William R. (Bill) Greene.
How would you face these situations:
Misplaced possums?
Kitty spam?
Putting a cat on a diet?
Learning the name of a one-armed turtle?
Force-feeding a large animal?
Coping with alien technology?
Nursing a burst appendix at home?
Producing an…
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Записки изъ подполья
Its nameless hero is a profoundly alienated individual in whose brooding self-analysis there is a search for the true and the good in a world of relative values and few absolutes. Moreover, the novel introduces themes — moral, religious, political and social — that dominated Dostoyevsky's later works.
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Бѣсы
Also known as *Demons* or *The Devils*, this is Dostoyevsky’s most political novel. Though critical of the left-wing revolutionaries, split as they often were into disparate factions and cells the author also tacitly rebukes the conservative elite for failing to come to terms with the high levels of disaffection in the country, a stance that would ultimately lead to their downfall.
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Three Men on the Bummel
It is a collection on humorous ramblings and insights on German society held together with a thread of a story. It has the same charters as “Three Men in a Boat”. A Bummel is a German word and it signifies a journey or just a stroll. Along with humour it also provides an insight in Germany and it's people at the end of the 19th century.
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Mr. Bonaparte of Corsica
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Novel Notes
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