A stormsinger and pirate hunter join forces against a deathless pirate lord in this swashbuckling Jacobean adventure on the high-seas.Певец бури и охотник на пиратов объединяют свои силы против бессмертного пиратского лорда в этом отважном приключении эпохи Якоба в открытом море.

ISBN: 9781803362601
Дата выхода: декабрь 2023

ISBN: 9781399622066
Дата выхода: декабрь 2025

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. "The Way We Live Now" is a satirical novel, published in London in 1875. The main character of the story, Augustus Melmotte, is a financier with a mysterious past. He is rumoured to have Jewish origins, and to be connected to some failed businesses in Vienna. When he moves his business and his family to London, the city`s upper crust begins buzzing with rumours about him.

ISBN: 978-5-521-08353-4
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: февраль 2020

Originally built to house the workers of Victorian London, Balaklava Street is now an oasis in the heart of Kentish Town and ripe for gentrification. But then the body of an elderly woman is found at Number 5. Her death would appear to have been peaceful but for the fact that her throat is full of river water. It falls to the Met’s Peculiar Crimes Unit, led by London’s longest-serving detectives, Arthur Bryant and John May, to search for something resembling a logical solution. Their initial investigations draw a blank and Bryant’s attention is diverted into strange and arcane new territory, while May finds himself in hot water when he attempts to save the reputation of an academic whose knowledge of the city’s forgotten...

ISBN: 978-0-553-81553-5
Издательство: Bantam
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011

ISBN: 9780230469235
Издательство: Macmillan
Дата выхода: январь 2019

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850—1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist. He was a celebrity during his lifetime for works like "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and "Treasure Island". Now he is one of the most translated authors in the world. "The Wrecker" is an episodic adventure novel written by Robert Louis Stevenson in collaboration with his stepson Lloyd Osbourne. The story revolves around the abandoned wreck of the Flying Scud at Midway Island, mixing comedy with a detective mystery.

ISBN: 978-5-521-07800-4
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018

ISBN: 978-5-521-07115-9
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: май 2018

A young man named Rupert Ullershaw falls in a love with the wife of his much older cousin, Lord Devene. The woman commits suicide, and the young Rupert promises his mother to henceforward "follow the way of the Spirit, not that of the Flesh." After 11 years of soldiering in India and Egypt, Rupert returns home to England, where he marries his cousin Edith, a woman who is repelled by him but agrees to matrimony only because of Rupert`s career prospects. Edith is actually in love with another of her cousins, the dastardly Dick, who arranges for Rupert to be sent back to Egypt, for a highly dangerous

ISBN: 978-5-521-06617-9
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018

ISBN: 9781847494757
Издательство: Alma Books
Дата выхода: январь 2019

Olaf, a Norseman in the eighth century , flees his homeland after challenging the Norse god Odin`s right to a human sacrifice, travels to Constantinople to protect the Empress Irene Augusta from her son Constantine the Fifth and other enemies of the Eastern Roman Empire. From Byzantinum, to the pyramid tombs of Upper Egypt, Olaf becomes a traveling Christian who must reject the adulterous advances of Irene. Blinded as punishment for rejecting the Empress, Olafs adventures are woven within the intrigues of the Eastern Roman Empire. Olaf begins his recollections with a polar bear hunt, leading to his fame as a great hunter, to excavating his previous life`s gravesite to recover the Necklace. The other half of the Necklace lies on a mummy...

ISBN: 978-5-521-06627-8
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018

Howard Lovecraft (1890—1937) was an American writer who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. Despite the fact that he was virtually unknown before he died, today he is known as the most influential author in his genre. "The Whisperer in Darkness" is a novella, which combines elements of horror and science fiction. The story is told by Albert N. Wilmarth, an instructor of literature at Miskatonic University in Arkham. When local newspapers report strange things seen floating in rivers during a historic Vermont flood, Wilmarth becomes embroiled in a controversy about the reality and significance of the sightings, though he sides with the skeptics, blaming old legends about monsters living in...

ISBN: 978-5-521-08215-5
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018

«Зарубежная классика — читай в оригинале» — коллекция, которая собрана из бессмертных произведений великих мастеров пера, написанных ими на их родном языке. Книги из этой серии помогут читателю углублённо изучать иностранные языки, обогатят его внутренний мир и по-новому откроют произведения известных классиков. Учись английскому у Джона Голсуорси!

ISBN: 978-5-519-49535-6
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: август 2016

ISBN: 9780241387160
Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: январь 2012

The Witch`s Head is the second novel by H Rider Haggard, which he wrote just prior to King Solomon`s Mines. Zulu magic comes to the British Fenlands, as the severed head of a sorcerer casts a spell from beyond the grave. The story sweeps from England to the South African setting Haggard knew well from his years with Britain`s colonial service.

ISBN: 978-5-521-06597-4
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018

Энтони Троллоп - известный английский писатель, один из успешных и талантливых романистов Викторианской эпохи. Его романы отражают самые главные проблемы того времени - остросоциальные, семейные и политические. "Смотритель" - это первый роман писателя из цикла "Барсетширские хроники", в котором представлена история борьбы кроткого пожилого начальника больницы с ревностным молодым реформатором;...

ISBN: 978-5-521-05711-5
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: август 2017

Джон Голсуорси - признанный английский писатель XIX века, лауреат Нобелевской премии по литературе. В чём-то комедийный роман "Белая обезьяна" - известное продолжение саги о Форсайтах, история второго поколения. Молодые Форсайты уже преодолели предрассудки викторианской эпохи, однако безнадёжно запутались в радостном гедонистическом безумии "новой эпохи"… Читайте зарубежную литературу в оригинале!

ISBN: 978-5-521-05458-9
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2017

When the Mole escapes from the tedium of spring cleaning and embarks on a new life on the River Bank with his friend the Water Rat, he has little idea of the adventures ahead of him. And the greatest adventures of all are concerned with the vainglorious Toad, who is thrown into transports of delight and finally prison by his love of fast motor cars. It is a hard battle indeed for his friends to teach Mr Toad even a little sense. Kenneth Grahame`s tale of rural life has enchanted generations of children and adults since it was first published in 1908. Формат издания: 11 см х 18 см.

ISBN: 978-0-140-62412-0
Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: июнь 2011

Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 — 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. "The White Company" is a huge historical novel set during the Hundred Years War. Together with the heroes of this story, you will visit England, France, and Spain, and take part in the events of one of the longest wars in human history.

ISBN: 978-5-521-07143-2
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2018

ISBN: 9781447299233
Дата выхода: январь 2016

"Серия книг «Зарубежная классика — читай в оригинале» — это бессмертные произведения великих мастеров пера, написанные ими на их родном языке и наречии. Книги из этой серии помогут читателю углубленно изучать иностранные языки, обогатят его внутренний мир и по-новому откроют произведения известных классиков. Роман Герберта Уэллса «Колеса фортуны» на английском языке, неадаптированное издание".

ISBN: 978-5-519-49820-3
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2016

ISBN: 9780008621889
Дата выхода: январь 2017

Set firmly in Britain s Dark Ages, "The Winter King" goes far beyond the usual tales of romance and chivalry to forever change the way the legend of Arthur is told, introducing readers to an Arthur who is both utterly convincing and a true hero--a man whose life is at once tragic and triumphant.

ISBN: 9780312156961
Дата выхода: апрель 1997

James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. The Ways of The Hour is Cooper`s last novel, published in 1850. It is a courtroom drama of a woman accused of murder and theft. Cooper used the novel, among other things, to express his discontent with changes in New York State`s judicial system during the 1840s, the corruption of courts and juries, and new ideas of women`s rights.

ISBN: 978-5-521-07956-8
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018

National Flags. Populations and surface areas. World time zones. Scale 1:28500000.

ISBN: 978-2-06-712783-8
Издательство: Michelin
Дата выхода: январь 2010

The most beautiful patterns in all of history - all available on image database. Imagine having an opulent compilation of history`s most elegant and beautiful patterns and designs at your fingertips - to use, peruse, admire, and be inspired by. World of Ornament brings together the two greatest encyclopedic collections of ornament from the 19th century chromo-lithographic tradition: Auguste Racinet`s "L`Ornement Polychrome" Volumes I and II (1875/1888) and M.Dupont-Auberville`s "L`Ornement des Tissus" (1877). Adapted from historical items dating back to antiquity, such as jewelry, tiles, stained glass, illuminated manuscripts, textiles, and ceramics, these ornamental designs encompass a wide range of cultural aesthetics including...

ISBN: 978-3-8365-1026-4
Издательство: TASCHEN
Дата выхода: январь 2010