Батшеба Эвердин — сильная и независимая женщина, которая оказывается в центре любовного треугольника. Томас Харди исследует темы женской независимости, выбора и природы истинной любви на фоне поисков героиней своего пути и счастья. Он противопоставляет страсть и разум, с мастерством рисует картину человеческих эмоций и искушений, показывая, как наши выборы могут менять судьбы, а жизнь быть более...
ISBN: 978-5-17-174883-8
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: февраль 2026
This is the reissue of the second novel in the Wideacre Trilogy; a compulsive drama set in the eighteenth century. The Wideacre estate is bankrupt, the villagers are living in poverty and Wideacre Hall is a smoke-blackened ruin. But, in the Dower House, two children are being raised in protected innocence. Equal claimants to the inheritance of Wideacre, rivals for the love of the village, they are tied by a secret childhood betrothal but forbidden to marry. Only one can be the favoured child. Only one can inherit the magical understanding between the land and the Lacey family that can make the Sussex village grow green again. Only one can be Beatrice Lacey`s true heir. Sweeping, passionate, unique The Favoured Child is the second novel...
ISBN: 978-0-00-723002-0
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Neil Gaiman, Joanne Harris and other bestsellers re-imagine famous fairy tales in this wonderfully rich, scary anthology, illustrated by Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings artist Alan Lee.Following in the grand tradition of the Brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, some of today`s finest writers have created their own brand-new fairy tales - but with a decidedly dark twist. Fearie Tales is a fantastical mix of spellbinding retellings of `Cinderella`, `Rapunzel`, `Hansel and Gretel` and `Rumpelstiltskin`, amongst others, with unsettling tales inspired by other childhood classics, all interspersed with the sources of their inspiration: the timeless stories first collected by the Brothers Grimm.Edited by Stephen Jones, Britain`s best-known...
`It wasn`t by eliminating the impossible that you got at the truth, however improbable; it was by the much harder process of eliminating the possibilities.`Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch is used to trouble. There`s always trouble in Ankh-Morpork.But this is new: people are being brutally murdered and there`s no evidence of anything alive having been at the crime scene. At the same time, the most powerful man in the city has been poisoned and is clinging on to life by a thread.It`s a conundrum of a case. With the help of Captain Carrot, the only watchman who knows the law inside-out; Corporal Cheery Littlebottom, an unconventional dwarf with an eye for forensics; and Constable Angua, a werewolf with an excellent sense of smell,...
Издание полностью на английском языке. Contains a new afterword by Chuck - published in the UK for the very first time. Every weekend, in basements and parking lots across the country, young men with good white-collar jobs and absent fathers take off their shoes and shirts and fight each other barehanded for as long as they have to. Then they go back to those jobs with blackened eyes and loosened teeth and the sense that they can handle anything. Fight Club is the invention of Tyler Durden, projectionist, waiter and dark, anarchic genius. And it`s only the beginning of his plans for revenge on a world where cancer support groups have the corner on human warmth.
Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. Though Finished can be read as a separate story, it is the third book of the trilogy after Marie and Child of Storm. It narrates, through the mouth of Allan Quatermain, the consummation of the vengeance of the wizard Zikali, alias The Opener of Roads, or "The-Thing-that-should-never-have-been-born," upon the royal Zulu House of which Senzangacona was the founder and Cetewayo, our enemy in the war of 1879, the last representative who ruled as a king.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07722-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Finnegans Wake is the book of Here Comes Everybody and Anna Livia Plurabelle and their family - their book, but in a curious way the book of us all as well as all our books. Joyce`s last great work, it is not comprised of many borrowed styles, like Ulysses, but, rather, formulated as one dense, tongue-twisting soundscape. This `language` is based on English vocabulary and syntax but, at the same time, self-consciously designed to function as a pun machine with an astonishing capacity for resisting singularity of meaning. Announcing a `revolution of the word`, this astonishing book amounts to a powerfully resonant cultural critique - a unique kind of miscommunication which, far from stabilizing the world in meaning, constructs a universe...
ISBN: 978-1-84022-661-4
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: апрель 2012
In one of the earliest works of science fiction, H. G. Wells brings to life the joys of space travel and humanity`s boundless curiosity.When penniless businessman Mr Bedford moves to Kent to write a play, he meets mad scientist Mr Cavor who is developing an anti-gravity metal. This unlikely pair journey to the Moon using Mr Cavor`s new invention. But what creatures lurk beneath its cratered surface?The First Men in the Moon is a swashbuckling adventure of discovery as well as a poignant exploration of ethics in the face of scientific progress.
The Famous Five told as a graphic novel for the first time ever. Ideal for anyone who loves Tintin, Asterix or Dogman.All the fun, danger and excitement of the original books, in a fast-paced format for fans old and new. Brilliantly retold, designed and illustrated by a talented father-and-son team of graphic novel experts. This superb new edition will capture the imagination of readers of any age.It`s Julian, Dick and Anne`s first visit to Kirrin to meet their cousin George - never call her Georgina! - and her loyal dog Timmy. Exploring together, they discover the location of some ancient family treasure marked on a hidden map. They must work quickly to find it as they are not the only ones searching for it . . . Join the adventure!
Celebrate 80 years of the Famous Five with this fabulous edition of the first book featuring a cover by Sir Quentin Blake. Join the adventure!Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timmy the dog find excitement and adventure wherever they go in Enid Blyton`s most popular series - a landmark of children`s fiction, loved around the world for several generations.In their first adventure, the Famous Five find a shipwreck off Kirrin Island. But where is the treasure? The Famous Five are on the trail, looking for clues, but they`re not alone. Someone else has got the same idea! Time is running out for the Famous Five - who will follow the clues and get to the treasure first?
Meet Julian, Dick, Anne, George and Timothy. Together they are The Famous Five - Enid Blyton`s most popular adventure series. All 21 titles also available as audiobooks!In book twelve, somebody is flashing lights from the top of the old tower on the treacherous rocks off the Cornish coast.The Famous Five sense danger. But can they solve this mystery without getting hurt themselves?
ISBN: 9780340681176
Издательство:
Hodder
Дата выхода: январь 2024
