Classic / American English (Available February 2008) Ugly and unwanted by the outside world, Quasimodo the hunchback lives under the protection of the priest in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame. Then his quiet life is destroyed by the priest`s evil plans for a beautiful gypsy girl. The priest needs Quasimodo`s help. But the hunchback has other ideas.
ISBN: 978-1-4058-5550-1 Издательство: Longman Group UK Limited Дата выхода: август 2011
Darren Shan, Mr Crepsley and Vancha Marsch, are the Hunters of the Dusk. Their quarry – the Vampaneze Lord. But friends old and new may stand in their way…It is six years after Darren was made a Vampire Prince and following a grim prophesy made by Mr Tiny, the vampires know the ascension of the Vampaneze Lord is at hand. Mr Tiny warns the vampires that there will be only three opportunities for the Vampaneze Lord to be vanquished and only three vampires who may succeed: Vancha Marsch, Larten Crepsley… and Darren Shan.Leaving the enclave of Vampire Mountain, Harkat, Darren and Mr Crepsley are shadowed by a creature of the night, do battle with the vampaneze, meet the mysterious Evanna and pay a visit to some old friends at the...
ISBN: 9780007137794 Издательство: HarperCollins Дата выхода: декабрь 2023
ISBN: 9780340837498 Издательство: Hodder & Stoughton Дата выхода: январь 2006
ISBN: 9780008386498 Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
ISBN: 9780008147082 Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
ISBN: 9780007533169 Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
Jerome Klapka Jerome was an English writer and humourist. Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow is a collection of humorous and entertaining essays. These are amusing thoughts on all aspects of life, from love to poverty, vanity to ambition, babies to cats and dogs.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08038-0 Издательство: Т8 Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Jerome Klapka Jerome was an English writer and humourist Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow is a collection of humorous and entertaining essays. These are amusing thoughts on all aspects of life, from love to poverty, vanity to ambition, babies to cats and dogs.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08040-3 Издательство: Т8 Дата выхода: август 2018
ISBN: 9781526628947 Издательство: Bloomsbury Дата выхода: январь 2022
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 —1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. "In a Glass Darkly" is a collection of mystery stories presented as cases of the occult detective Dr. Martin Hesselius, who believes that ghosts can be real. Three stories are included in this book: Green Tea, The Familiar, and Mr. Justice Harbottle.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07120-3 Издательство: Т8 Дата выхода: май 2018
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. "In a Glass Darkly" is a collection of mystery stories presented as cases of the occult detective Dr. Martin Hesselius, who believes that ghosts can be real.
ISBN: 978-5-517-00240-2 Издательство: Т8 Дата выхода: январь 2019
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 —1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. Filled with mystery and gothic horror elements, "The Room in the Dragon Volant" takes place in post-Napoleonic Wars France. Young Englishman Richard Beckett falls in love with the mysterious Countess. To be closer to her, he takes a room in the "Dragon Volant" inn, which has a rather nasty reputation.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07127-2 Издательство: Т8 Дата выхода: май 2018
ISBN: 978-5-517-00241-9 Издательство: Т8 Дата выхода: январь 2019
ISBN: 9780008194970 Издательство: HarperCollins Дата выхода: ноябрь 2023
Together for the first time in one volume . . . Three dazzling classic stories of magic, fantasy, and romance from a #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author. Includes Fire and Ice, Knightly Dreams, and Dragonswan. Original.
ISBN: 9780425233207 Издательство: Penguin Group Дата выхода: июль 2010
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. "In the South Seas" is another Stevenson`s traveling memoir, which extensively describes his journey to the Pacific. It includes travels to Hawaii, the Marquesas, Tuamotu Islands and many more places. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-07797-7 Издательство: Т8 Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Alison Weir, our pre-eminent popular historian, has now fulfilled a life`s ambition to write historical fiction. She has chosen as her subject the bravest, most sympathetic and wronged heroine of Tudor England, Lady Jane Grey. Lady Jane Grey was born into times of extreme danger. Child of a scheming father and a ruthless mother, for whom she was merely a pawn in a dynastic power game with the highest stakes, she lived a life in thrall to political machinations and lethal religious fervour. Jane`s astonishing and essentially tragic story was played out during one of the most momentous periods of English history. As a great-niece of Henry VIII, and the cousin of Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I, she grew up to realize that she could never...
ISBN: 978-0-09-949379-2 Издательство: Random House Дата выхода: апрель 2012
You`ll lose a lot of Ralph does. At first he starts waking up earlier. And earlier. Then the hallucinations start - the colours, shapes and strange auras. Not to mention the bald doctors who always turn up at the scene of a death. That`s when Ralph begins to lose a lot more than sleep. When he begins to understand why his hitherto mild-mannered friend, Ed, is getting out of control - dangerously so. And why his home town is about to become the new
ISBN: 978-1-4447-0785-4 Издательство: Hodder & Stoughton Дата выхода: январь 2013
Снискавший славу блестящего стилиста и неподражаемого острослова Оскар Уайльд (1854–1900) был не только выдающимся писателем и драматургом, но и талантливым критиком, увлеченным исследователем окружавшей его жизни и прежде всего - искусства, для которого он сам стал шокирующим откровением и вызовом. Книга «Замыслы» - цикл авторских эссе, посвященных различным вопросам литературы, критики и общества. Это...
ISBN: 978-5-517-10778-7 Издательство: RUGRAM Дата выхода: март 2024
ISBN: 9780552167543 Издательство: Transworld publishers Дата выхода: октябрь 2023
In the village of Iping, a strange man arrives at a local inn wrapped in bandages. He refuses to leave his room where he is carrying out experiments to make himself invisible.The stranger`s success has grave implications for everyone. When he realises that he cannot reverse the experiment, he is gradually driven insane.This seminal tale acts as a powerful warning about unintended consequences. The journey on which The Invisible Man embarks turns out to be a penetrating, unflinching, and unsettling look into the heart of human nature.
ISBN: 9781838575625 Дата выхода: сентябрь 2023
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. "Is He Popenjoy?" is a comic novel, which tells a story of the Marquis of Brotherton who returns to England from Italy with an Italian wife and small child who he claims as his heir, Lord Popenjoy. The plot explores, among other things the question of legitimacy and also that of the power struggles between husband and wife - a topic frequently visited by Trollope.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08340-4 Издательство: Т8 Дата выхода: октябрь 2019
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. "Is He Popenjoy?" is a comic novel, which tells a story of the Marquis of Brotherton who returns to England from Italy with an Italian wife and small child who he claims as his heir, Lord Popenjoy. The plot explores, among other things the question of legitimacy and also that of the power struggles between husband and wife — a topic frequently visited by Trollope.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08341-1 Издательство: Т8 Дата выхода: октябрь 2019
ISBN: 9781526648358 Дата выхода: декабрь 2022
In one of the most famous novels of science fiction, the shipwrecked Edward Prendick finds himself alone on an island with a mad scientist. The island is inhabited by a wealth of bizarre human-hybrid creatures that have been created by Doctor Moreau via terrible experiments. Raising questions of morality and the hubris of science, The Island of Doctor Moreau has fascinated readers for generations.
ISBN: 9781789503944 Дата выхода: сентябрь 2023
