Peter Sinclair is tormented by bereavement and failure. In an attempt to conjure some meaning from his life, he embarks on an autobiography, but he finds himself writing the story of another man in another, imagined, world, whose insidious attraction draws him even further TheAffirmation is at once an original thriller and a haunting study of schizophrenia; it has a compulsive, dream-like quality.

ISBN: 978-0-575-07577-1
Издательство: Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011

ISBN: 9780099455158
Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: январь 2003

ISBN: 9780140449402
Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: январь 2010

In this unique and important book, and now celebrating its 10th year, one of the world`s great spiritual leaders offers his practical wisdom and advice on how we can overcome everyday human problems and achieve lasting Art of Happiness is a highly accessible guide for a western audience, combining the Dalai Lama`s eastern spiritual tradition with Dr Howard C. Cutler`s western perspective. Covering all key areas of human experience, they apply the principles of Tibetan Buddhism to everyday problems and reveal how one can find balance and complete spiritual and mental many who wish to understand more about the Dalai Lama`s approach to living, there has never been a book which brings his beliefs so vividly into the real world.

ISBN: 978-0-340-99592-1
Издательство: Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011

Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. This volume is the first and best collection of stories about the legendary sleuth. Venture back in time to Victorian London to join literature`s greatest detective team — the brilliant Sherlock Holmes and his devoted assistant, Dr. Watson.

ISBN: 978-5-521-08089-2
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018

Ordinarily, events that change our path are impersonal affairs, and yet extremely personal. My teacher, don Juan Matsus, said this is guiding me as his apprentice to collect what I considered to be the memorable events of my Don Juan described the total goal of the shamanistic knowledge that he handled as the preparation for facing the definitive journey: the journey that every human being has to take at the end of his life. He said that what modern man referred to vaguely as life after death was, for those shamans, a concrete region filled to capacity with practical affairs of a different order than the practical affairs of daily life, yet bearing a similar functional practicality. Don Juan considered that to collect the memorable in...

ISBN: 978-0-06-092960-2
Издательство: HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011

ISBN: 9781471162688
Дата выхода: январь 2020

To celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the publication of The Lord of the Rings, a sumptuous full-colour art book containing the complete collection of almost 200 sketches, drawings, paintings and maps by J.R.R. Tolkien.As he wrote The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien’s mental pictures often found expression in drawing, from rough sketches made within the manuscript to more finished illustrations. Only a few of these were meant for publication; most were aids to help Tolkien conceive his complex story and keep it consistent. Many do not illustrate the final text, but represent moments of creation, illuminating Tolkien’s process of writing and design. In addition to pictorial sketches, numerous maps follow the development of the Shire...

ISBN: 9780008105754
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022

ISBN: 9780141188843
Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: январь 2008

Fro 25 years, Burke Devore has provided for his family and played by the rules. Until now. Downsized from his job, Devore is slipping away: from his wife, his family, and from all civilized norms of behavior. He wants his life back, and will do anything to get it. In this relentlessly fascinating novel, the masterful Westlake takes readers on a journey of obsession and outrage inside a quiet man`s desperate world.

ISBN: 0-446-60608-1
Издательство: Warner Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2004

ISBN: 9780007439171
Издательство: HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: январь 2016

ISBN: 9780099511113
Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: январь 2007

Данный сборник знакомит читателя с рассказами известного американского писателя-фантаста Рэя Брэдбери. В него вошли как научно-фантастические произведения, так и философские и лирические рассказы-притчи. Размышляя о будущем - далеком и совсем близком, - Брэдбери предлагает читателям задуматься над злободневными проблемами социальной жизни наших дней.

ISBN: 5-8346-0123-5
Издательство: Менеджер
Дата выхода: декабрь 2001

Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. "A Study in Scarlet" marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become two of the most famous characters in popular fiction. .

ISBN: 978-5-521-08088-5
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018

ISBN: 9781847498540
Издательство: Alma Books
Дата выхода: январь 2021

ISBN: 9780241382967
Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: январь 2019

ISBN: 9780241454589
Дата выхода: январь 2020

ISBN: 9781784160845
Дата выхода: январь 2017

ISBN: 9781399702775
Дата выхода: январь 2023

Blood. That’s what Martin Nanther’s great-grandfather Henry was interested in. As Queen Victoria’s favoured physician he became expert in diseases of the blood, particularly the royal disease of haemophilia. But, as Martin discovers whilst researching Henry’s life, he was not just expert – he was obsessed. Yet reading between the lines of Henry’s medical essays and diary, Martin begins to suspect that his great-grandfather was less than candid about both his life and work. What was he trying to conceal? Were the tragedies of his family life more than mere accidents? And what implications does it have for Martin, the blood doctor’s descendant? Barbara Vine’s latest novel is a chilling tale of ambition, obsession and bad...

ISBN: 978-0-14-100916-2
Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. The right place at the right time? Photographer Ken Harada thinks so when he gets a fantastic photo of a famous sumo star who is visiting Tokyo. However, it becomes clear that somebody wants that photo badly and will do anything to get it. Life suddenly becomes very dangerous for Ken and when he develops the photo he realises why.

ISBN: 0-521-79846-9
Издательство: Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: апрель 2004

ISBN: 9780099537052
Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: январь 2022

ISBN: 9780099433545
Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: январь 2003

The motto of the boarding school to which Tommy Bedford is dispatched is Fortune Favours the Brave. It`s 1959 and the school bristles with bullies and sadistic staff. Tommy, a quirky loner, obsessed with cowboys and Indians, needs all the bravery he can summon. Salvation comes when his glamorous actress sister is swept off to Hollywood by one of his heroes, TV cowboy Ray Montane. But with the Cold War looming, the sinister side of Tinseltown seeps through and Tommy and Diane soon find themselves in jeopardy. Forty years on, Tommy has to confront his boyhood ghosts when his own son finds himself charged with murder.

ISBN: 978-0-7515-3921-9
Издательство: Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011

ISBN: 9780241371374
Дата выхода: январь 2019