Two of Wells`s masterpieces get the red-carpet treatment here in these luxurious editions. Along with annotated texts, they feature scholarly introductions and appendixes, bibliographies, illustrations, and indexes. Though they are perhaps a tad pricey for most public libraries, academic collections supporting English departments should definitely invest in these volumes.

ISBN: 978-0-451-53167-4
Издательство: Penguin Group
Дата выхода: август 2011

One winter`s day a mysterious stranger arrives in the quiet village of Iping. His head is covered with bandages and he wears a long coat and gloves. What is he doing in the village?

ISBN: 978-1-4082-7638-9
Издательство: Pearson
Дата выхода: июль 2011

ISBN: 9781529014938
Дата выхода: январь 2021

ISBN: 9780008190071
Издательство: HarperCollins
Дата выхода: январь 2019

ISBN: 9780571249527
Издательство: Daedalus
Дата выхода: январь 2010

Injected with new material and special design elements, INVISIBLE MONSTERS REMIX fulfills Chuck Palahniuk`s original vision for his 1999 novel, turning a daring satire on beauty and the fashion industry into an even more wildly unique reading experience. Palahniuk`s fashion-model protagonist has it all - boyfriend, career, loyal best friend - until an accident destroys her face, her ability to speak, and her self-esteem. Enter Brandy Alexander, Queen Supreme, one operation away from becoming a bona-fide woman. Laced in are new chapters of memoir and further scenes with the book`s characters. Readers will jump between chapters, reread the book to understand the dissolve between fiction and fact, and decipher the playful book design,...

ISBN: 978-0-09-957505-4
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012

A vision of a bizarre and irrational world where Cincinnatus C. is condemned to death by beheading for an imaginery crime in an unnamed dream country.

ISBN: 0-679-72531-8
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: апрель 2004

ISBN: 9781408895184
Издательство: Bloomsbury
Дата выхода: январь 2019

Cincinnatus C, condamné à mort, est détenu dans une prison extraordinaire, nantie d`un personnel non moins bizarre. Importuné par d`étranges visiteurs qui viennent le tourmenter dans son cachot, chacun à sa manière, rongé par la peur du supplice dont il ignore la date, le détenu ne cesse de ruminer son cas: "Il n`est pas comme les autres: il reste imperméable à la lumière". A la suite d`un ultime cauchemar, sonne l`heure du supplice. Mais, avant que le bourreau n`ait achevé son geste fatal, Cincinnatus se relève du billot, descend les marches de l`échafaud et se dirige du côté "où se tiennent les êtres semblables à lui".

ISBN: 978-2-07-037172-3
Издательство: Gallimard
Дата выхода: май 2012

This book, now in its revised second edition, was written primarily for ESL students. However, it`s also useful in remedial English courses presented on high school and college freshman levels. Students of English as a second language quickly discover that English is unlike their native tongue in the many ways it uses prepositions. The majority of other languages have relatively few prepositions, each of them serving many different communication purposes. English is different in that it has dozens of prepositions, none having exact equivalents in other languages. This book offers practical guidelines for correct preposition usage, and provides hundreds of examples that incorporate English prepositions into familiar contexts. The author...

ISBN: 978-0-7641-4728-9
Издательство: Barron`s Educational Series, ins
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011

It`s history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: why wax models were captured and made Prisoners of War? Which warrior went to battle naked? How to make yourself invisible? This work helps you to find out the tragic truth about Ireland`s foul famines, savage sieges and wretched rebellions, and the incredible Irish people who lived and died in them.

ISBN: 978-1-4071-1022-6
Издательство: Scholastic UK
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011

ISBN: 978885400-825-0
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011

For people who want to see more: Sights and attractions rated by the Michelin star system. Suggested driving tours. 36 easy-to-use and detailed plans and maps. Address Book - places to eat, drink, stay and relax for every budget.

ISBN: 978-1-906261-34-4
Издательство: Michelin
Дата выхода: январь 2010

In the winter of 1951, a storyteller, the last practitioner of an honored, centuries-old tradition, arrives at the home of nine-year-old Ronan O`Mara in the Irish countryside. For three wonderful evenings, the old gentleman enthralls his assembled local audience with narratives of foolish kings, fabled saints, and Ireland`s enduring accomplishments before moving on. But these nights change young Ronan forever, setting him on a years-long pursuit of the elusive, itinerant storyteller and the glorious tales that are no less than the saga of his tenacious and extraordinary isle.

ISBN: 978-0-06-124443-8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011

Following the critically acclaimed success of Dublin , this riveting sequel takes the story of Ireland from the seventeenth century onwards, picking up at the Reformation, and with it, the devastating arrival of Oliver Cromwell. Cromwell heralds the inauguration of two hundred years of Protestant dominance, throughout which many of the Irish people were impoverished and dispossessed. Dublin is made a Protestant capital, and Catholics become an underclass. Set against the dramatic backdrop of Irish political history, this powerful saga is brought to its conclusion. Journeying through the centuries right the way up to the twentieth century`s Easter Rising and Independence, passing through turbulent milestones such as The Year of the French...

ISBN: 978-0-09-947655-9
Издательство: Vintage Classics
Дата выхода: август 2011

- Clean new design for easy readability and comprehension. - Updated text presented in a lively, continuous narrative. - New center-spread "sidebar" feature presenting material in a fun, creative way. - Excellent age-appropriate introduction to curriculum-relevant subjects. - "Important Words" glossary clarifies subject-specific vocabulary. - "Resources" section encourages independent study. - Index makes navigating subject matter easy.

ISBN: 978-0-531-21359-9
Дата выхода: июль 2011

ISBN: 978-0-582-07374-6
Издательство: Pearson
Дата выхода: июль 2011

ISBN: 9780751535259
Издательство: Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: январь 2014

Уильям Йейтс - один из самых известных ирландских поэтов в мировой литературе, признанный мастер слова, лауреат Нобелевской премии по литературе 1923 года. "Ирландские сказания" - это настоящая антология ирландского фольклора, собранного и выпущенного под редакцией Йейтса. В сборник вошли самые удивительные истории и рассказы. Читателя ждут невероятные приключения, потрясающий эпос и незабываемые сказки,...

ISBN: 978-5-521-05798-6
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: август 2017

ISBN: 9780751501544
Издательство: Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: март 2026

In this beautiful collection Ita Daly retells favourite stories at the heart of Irish storytelling tradition. Read about King Balor and his evil eye that kills enemies at a glance-can brave young warrior Lugh of the Long Arm save the day? What will happen to the children of Lir turned into swans by their jealous stepmother? Find out what is in store for wicked Cuchulainn and his magic knife. Here are ten thrilling adventures of heroes and princesses, fairies and leprechauns-stories of love, revenge, magic, and glory, all evocatively illustrated in colour by Bee Willey.

ISBN: 978-0-19-275454-7
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011

With a word of warning to those of nervous a disposition, Wordsworth presents this spellbinding collection of chilling Celtic tales of the macabre, all drawn from the rich and varied literary tradition of a culture long enchanted by things supernatural, `a land where ghosts and ghost-seers are so common`. Featuring the imaginative writing of such towering masters of the genre as Sheridan Le Fanu, Bram Stoker, Patrick Kennedy, Thomas Crofton Croker and George Moore, this volume of ghoulish masterpieces from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries is an encapsulation of the arcane lore, magical landscape and fantastic creativity of the Irish. Don`t attempt to read these horrifying tales alone in an empty house. Your blood will...

ISBN: 1-84022-487-8
Издательство: Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: август 2010