Удивительная волшебная страна, описанная знаменитым английским писателем Льюисом Кэрроллом в сказке "Алиса в стране чудес", распахивает перед вами свои двери, а девочка по имени Алиса готова взять вас за руку и провести по самым потаенным ее уголкам. Вы сможете поучаствовать в чаепитии, которое длится до бесконечности, поиграть в крокет с королевой, а также познакомиться с чеширским котом, который, даже...
ISBN: 9785171542313
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: январь 2023
In Joe and Kate Keller`s family garden, an apple tree - a memorial to their son Larry, lost in the Second World War - has been torn down by a storm. But his loss is not the only part of the family`s past they can`t put behind them. Not everybody`s forgotten the court case that put Joe`s partner in jail, or the cracked engine heads his factory produced which caused it and dropped twenty-one pilots out of the sky!
ISBN: 978-0-14-118997-0
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
(1896-1940) was an American writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age. «All the Sad Young Men» is a wonderful short-story collection showcases many of the celebrated novel`s themes, as well as its unique writing style. Two of the most famous tales, the beautifully elegiac «The Rich Boy and Winter Dreams», deal with wealthy protagonists - the old-money Anson Hunter and the self-made man Dexter Green - as they come to terms with lost love; while «Absolution», in which a boy confesses to a priest.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06889-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: март 2018
The novel H. Rider Haggard`s celebrated Allan Quatermain series, this book tells more stories of Quartermain`s time in South Africa — presenting his observations about two dueling witch doctors, his father`s death, and, eventually, the fate of his wife, Stella.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06435-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
A sequel to the famous novel King Solomon`s Mines is based on author`s own experience in the African continent. Quatermain has lost his only son and longs to get back into the wilderness. Having persuaded Sir Henry Curtis, Captain John Good, and the Zulu chief Umbopa to accompany him, they set out from the coast of east Africa, this time in search of a white race reputed to live north of Mount Kenya. They survive fierce encounters with Masai warriors, undergo a terrifying subterranean journey, and discover a lost civilization before being caught up in a passionate love-triangle that engulfs the country in a ferocious civil war.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06432-8
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
The beloved actor--and #1 bestselling author--writes about the personal philosophy that has carried him through his darkest hours, and speaks with others who have emerged from difficult periods with optimism to spare.
ISBN: 9781401303389
Издательство:
Книжный клуб "Клуб семейного досуга"
Дата выхода: апрель 2009
One night in 1939, Josef Kavalier shuffles into his cousin Sam Clay`s cramped New York bedroom, his arduous and nerve-wracking escape from Prague finally achieved - with the help of his mentor, the master illusionist Kornblum. But little does he realise that this uneasy first meeting is the start of an extraordinary friendship and even more fruitful business partnership. For Sam, Joe`s formidable artistic skills are a chance to liberate them both from lives as inventory clerks at the Empire Novelties Incorporated Company. Together, they create a comic strip called The Escapist, its superhero a Nazi-busting saviour who liberates the oppressed around the world with his Golden Key. The Escapist makes them their fortune and their name, but,...
A gorgeously gothic, wickedly funny new series from Witch Wars illustrator Laura Ellen AndersonWelcome to the world of Nocturnia, where darkness reigns supreme, glitter is terrifying, and unicorns are the stuff of nightmares! Amelia Fang would much rather hang out with her pet pumpkin Squashy and her friends Florence the yeti (don`t call her beast!) and Grimaldi the reaper than dance at her parents` annual Barbaric Ball.And when the King`s spoiled son Tangine captures Squashy, Amelia and her friends must escape the party to plan a daring rescue! In their race against time, they begin to realise things in Nocturnia may not be quite what they seem …Join Amelia on her very first adventure. She won`t bite!This gloriously ghostly new series...
ISBN: 9781405286725
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was an English novelist of the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolves around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. "An Eye for an Eye" is one of five novels which Trollope set mainly in Ireland although much of the story takes place at Scroope Manor in Dorsetshire. Fred Neville, a young officer in the Hussars, is a heir to an earldom, but before taking up his responsibilities he decides to enjoy a year of adventure in Ireland where his regiment is posted.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08344-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2019
Written for pastors with a relatively elementary knowledge of the Old Testament. Includes accounts of how this portion of the Bible has been interpreted throughout history. Easily incorporated into individual sermons.
In 1943, there was an urgent need for Animal Farm. The Soviet Union had become Britain’s ally in the war against Nazi Germany, and criticism of Stalin’s brutal regime was either censored or discouraged. In any case, many intellectuals on the left still celebrated the Soviet Union, claiming that the terrors of its show trials, summary executions and secret police were either exaggerated or necessary. But, to Orwell, Stalin was always a “disgusting murderer” and he wanted to remind people of this fact in a powerful and memorable way.But how to do it? A political essay would never reach a wide enough audience; a traditional novel would take too long to write. Orwell hit on the inspired idea of combining the moralism of the...
ISBN: 9781840228038
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: апрель 2021
The fastest flying insect is a dragonfly. A kangaroo can jump 13.5 metres. Dolphins are intelligent and friendly animals. Animal Athletes of land, sea and air. There are cool cats and other acrobats. Let’s read about them all.
ISBN: 9781408288382
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2022
Герберт Уэллс - знаменитый английский писатель рубежа XIX-XX века, яркий представитель критического реализма, автор блестящих научно-фантастических романов и повестей. "Анна Вероника" - один из первых романов об эмансипации женщин в XX веке, где автор тонко подмечает, как трудно приходится женщине в новом мире без покровительства мужчины. Главная героиня, юная незамужняя Анна-Вероника, устав подчиняться воле...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05384-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2017