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Master and Man, one of Tolstoy’s greatest short stories, explores the topics of sacrifice, selfish ambition, and human mortality. This novella follows the journey of a merchant named Brekhunov who sets out to purchase a new piece of property, spurred on by a fear that someone else will buy the land before he arrives. Tolstoy masterfully calls attention to the importance of putting others first and focusing on eternity, rather than pursuing temporary and selfish objectives.

It happened in the seventies in winter, on the day after St. Nicholas's Day. There was a fete in the parish and the innkeeper, Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov, a Second Guild merchant, being a church elder had to go to church, and had also to entertain his relatives and friends at home. But when the last of them had gone he at once began to prepare to drive over to see a neighbouring proprietor about a grove which he had been bargaining over for a long time. He was now in a hurry to start, lest buyers from the town might forestall him in making a profitable purchase.

In the story, a land owner named Vasili Andreevich Brekhunov takes along one of his peasants, Nikita, for a short journey to the house of the owner of a forest. He is impatient and wishes to get to the town more quickly to purchase the forest before other contenders can get there. They find themselves in the middle of a blizzard, but the master in his avarice wishes to press on. They eventually get lost off the road and they try to camp. The master's peasant soon finds himself suffering from hypothermia.

The Devil comes to Moscow, but he isn't all bad; Pontius Pilate sentences a charismatic leader to his death, but yearns for redemption; and a writer tries to destroy his greatest tale, but discovers that manuscripts don't burn. Multi-layered and entrancing, blending sharp satire with glorious fantasy, The Master and Margarita is ceaselessly inventive and profoundly moving. In its imaginative freedom and raising of eternal human concerns, it is one of the world's great novels.

A classic short story by Leo Tolstoy, this is the tale of the journey of Vasili Andreevich and his servant Nikita, set in rural Russia in the 1870's. It provides insight into the human character and condition, greed, and social hierarchy. Gripping, touching, and reflective.

It’s time to save the planet!... and fall in love. Balance is the key to all life. Fires and floods herald renewal and new growth… in moderation. But when happens when the balance is gone and natural disasters reign unchecked? The Elemental Men have us covered! The living embodiment of water, fire, air, earth, and the essence of life itself, their job is to bring balance back. They’ve had more lives than anyone can imagine, and their mission is to save the world. There’s no time for love. But this incarnation, things will be different…

Read by the author. Transform your life when you discover the essence of true masculinity and become the right kind of man for every challenge that lies ahead. Men are lost and in crisis. In a world full of misinformation and broken relationships, they are unsure of the true meaning of manhood...

Masters has joined Jasper’s investigation team, when they realize another investigator went missing four months ago, yet his case is on hold. Part of the issue is that Masters needs to figure out who on the existing team is trustworthy. He reaches out to the missing investigator’s sister, looking for answers. Elizabeth has been seeking answers over her brother’s disappearance ever since the last time she spoke to him. With no leads, no tips, and no sign of him, the case ran cold.

Inspired by Asimov, Burroughs and others, here is Mega Man in prose, for the generation that helped him dominate Wily in the '80s. This novel is rated T. Loosely based on Mega Man Megamix by Hitoshi Ariga. "And as if that were not enough, Proto's personality software failed a standard reverse-engineering profile administered by the Department of Psychorobotics at RIT. In short, the reports concluded that though he was "indistinguishable from the control in group and interpersonal affect simulation, unit DLN-000 [Proto Man] scored low in interviews intended to evaluate system conformity to ...

This New York Times bestselling biography tells the life story of the most iconic men's tennis player of the modern era. There have been other biographies of Roger Federer, but never one with this kind of access to the man himself, his support team, and the most prominent figures in the game...

Are you trapped in a cycle of endless scrolling, instant gratification, and dwindling attention? We live in an era of supernormal stimuli—where powerful technologies, designed to hijack our attention, exploit our brain’s dopamine-driven reward system. From endless social media feeds to algorithmically optimized entertainment, we are drowning in instant gratification, yet left feeling more scattered, restless, and dissatisfied than ever. In The Dopamine Detox Book, Noah Lane unpacks the science of overstimulation and offers a roadmap to reclaim your focus, motivation, and mental clarity....

The Master and Margarita is one of the most famous and best-selling Russian novels of the 20th century, despite its surreal environment of talking cats, Satan and mysterious happenings. Naxos AudioBooks presents this careful abridgement of a new translation in an imaginative reading by the charismatic Julian Rhind-Tutt. With War and Peace and Crime and Punishment among the Naxos AudioBooks best-sellers, this too promises to be a front title.

The fate of Julian’s people resides within every seed he earns. Julian Thorne had a wonderful life, one filled with friends, family, and an education in Azgarthe, the magi academy located in his hometown called Beachlight. That was before the war. No one deemed the orcs a threat until they swept across Aliria, conquering every city and town in their path. Their warlocks cursed the lands to slow crop growth to a crawl, and every capable magi was executed while the survivors looked on in horror. Julian’s parents included. The war ended ten years ago, but Beachlight, like every town and ...

Zen Master Man Gong (1872-1946) received transmissions from Zen Master Kyong Ho, and is a towering figure in modern Korean Zen. He was a pioneer in teaching Zen Buddhism to laypeople, and played a central role in re-establishing the Buddhist tradition in Korea after centuries of suppression during the Chosun dynasty. Zen Master Man Gong was the grand teacher of Zen Master Seung Sahn (1927-2004), the founder of the international Kwan Um School of Zen. In keeping with the Zen tradition, the exchanges between Man Gong and his students have exercised considerable influence on Zen students as teaching vehicles.

The Essential Leo Tolstoy Collection gathers the monumental works of a writer whose insight into the human soul, society, faith, and moral responsibility has shaped world literature. From sweeping epics to intimate tales of conscience, this volume offers both the grandeur and the depth that define Tolstoy’s legacy.

They Have Better Shots. You Have a Better Brain. Guess Who Wins? "Smart Pickleball" is a 300+ page guide for recreational pickleball players looking to advance their pickleball playing skills with a "smart pickleball" approach. The book will teach players how to beat stronger and/or younger/faster players with smarter playing techniques. 🎁 The Perfect Gift for all Pickleball Enthusiasts! If you've ever watched a 70-year-old methodically dismantle someone half their age, you've seen this truth in action. It's not magic. It's strategic thinking – and it's completely learnable. This is ...

From the USA Today-bestselling author of the Pucking Wrong and Wrong Play series comes a captivating dark mafia romance, narrated in duet style.

Nothing in the whole of literature compares with The Master and Margarita. One spring afternoon, the Devil, trailing fire and chaos in his wake, weaves himself out of the shadows and into Moscow. Mikhail Bulgakov's fantastical, funny, and devastating satire of Soviet life combines two distinct yet interwoven parts, one set in contemporary Moscow, the other in ancient Jerusalem, each brimming with historical, imaginary, frightful, and wonderful characters.

An alien cat turned me into a superweapon. I was homeless on the streets of Third York when it happened. Then the military arrived and gave me a choice. Enlist or die. The next thing I knew, I was fighting giant robots at the Xenoforce Academy's boot camp. Figuring out superpowers and energy levels was hard enough, but I had to deal with a mind-reading alien princess, a team of gorgeous women, and a femme fatale in charge of the whole operation. Oh, and a galactic conspiracy is threatening all of humanity. It's up to me and my new feline friend to set things right. A civil war's brewing on ...

Steamy dominance submission in a forbidden wilderness trap: A young woman’s forbidden desires ignite in a remote Tennessee cabin, where her stepfather’s iron grip tightens with every sultry glance. Their illicit arrangement—built on raw lust and ruthless control—spirals when a rugged stranger with a dangerous past crashes into their world. The isolated backwoods hum with secrets, each night pulsing with steamy encounters that blur the line between submission and defiance. As jealousy festers and shadows stalk the pines, her body craves what her mind fears, leading to a heart-...