`Short, original fables with fresh, unexpected morals poke subtle fun at human foibles through the antics of The droll illustrations, with tones blended to luminescent shading, are complete and humorous themselves.` Association of Library Service to Children, ALA.
ISBN: 978-0-06-443046-3
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: декабрь 2012
"Басни Эзопа" - это уникальный сборник написанных в древние времена текстов, мораль которых до сих пор может научить читателей мудрости. Доподлинно так и не известно, существовал ли Эзоп на самом деле, или за этим именем скрыто два десятка безымянных авторов. Но это не столь важно, поскольку тексты остроумных «Басен Эзопа» послужили основой для многих басен Крылова, Лафонтена и других классиков....
ISBN: 978-5-521-05712-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2017
Les fables retenues pour ce volume ne sont pas settlement les plus eclcbres, mais prcservent egalcment toute la variety des deux recueils parus en 1668 et en 1678. Le petit monde que le fabuliste fait vivre sous nos yeux est ainsi tine "comedie a cent actes divers, Et dont la scene est l`univers". S`il fait tenir tant de roles a tant danimaux, il ne les peint pas cependant pour eux-memes, mais pour l`image qu`ils peuvent nous don-ner de nous. Ce sont nos vices qu`il nous montre, et sa vision de l`humanite reste pessimiste et amere. Ses fictions continuent neanmoins de nous attacher de maniere unique, car La Fontaine les a voulues plaisantes, et tous ces songes oil son esprit sont une oeuvre de pot-sie virtuose autant que de sagesse.
ISBN: 978-2-253-19317-3
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
No item of clothing has endured for longer than the dress. Yet the last century alone has seen the most radical changes of style - hemlines swinging from ankle to thigh; outlines alternating between the body-hugging and the bell - and our fascination with the `frock` has not gone away. From Gres’ draping to Dior’s New Look, from Mary Quant’s mini to Hussein Chalayan’s mechanical marvels, this book looks at the dress in twentieth century fashion. Thematic chapters (Changes, Feminine, Sex, Must-haves, Fantasy, Classical and Art) set out the inspirations and implications for each new change alongside the stunning photography. It is more than eighty years since Coco Chanel invented the little black dress, but every woman still has...
ISBN: 978-1-86205-798-2
Издательство:
Anova Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
This collection of mini-plays makes learning 130 common idioms a breeze! Each short, funny script introduces 7 to 10 idioms in a favorite theme, such as sports, animals, food, and clothing, and provides the context students need to understand the meaning of these idioms. As they read and practice the scripts, students boost their vocabularies and their language-learning skills. Each play includes teaching tips for introducing the featured idioms and extension activities that make the idioms part of students` oral, written, and reading vocabularies. Also includes a comprehensive glossary of the idioms. For use with Grades 3-6.
A novel of fear and suspense, love, loss and redemption, from one of the greatest storytellers writing today. The Face is Dean Koontz's most chilling, gripping and original novel to date. THE FACE. He's Hollywood's most dazzling star. His flawless features inspire the love of millions - but light the fires of hatred in one twisted soul. A few rain-lashed days before Christmas, a warped star-hater has sent six sinister messages to him, promising a very nasty surprise for the festive season. The Face's security chief is Ethan Truman, an ex-LAPD cop trying to rebuild his life. Having tracked down the messenger but not the source of the threat, he's worried. But not half as worried as he would be if he knew that...
ISBN: 978-0-00-713071-9
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: август 2011
One frozen January morning at 5 am, Inspector Wallander responds to what he believes is a routine call out. When he reaches the isolated farmhouse he discovers a bloodbath. An old man has been tortured and beaten to death, his wife lies barely alive beside his shattered body, both victims of a violence beyond reason. The woman supplies Wallander with his only clue: the perpetrators may have been foreign. When this is leaked to the press, it unleashes racial hatred. Kurt Wallander is a senior police officer. His life is a shambles. His wife has left him, his daughter refuses to speak to him, and even his ageing father barely tolerates him. He works tirelessly, eats badly, and drinks his nights away in a lonely, neglected flat. But now,...
ISBN: 978-0-09-954634-4
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: август 2011
One frozen January morning at 5am, Inspector Wallander responds to what he believes is a routine call out. When he reaches the isolated farmhouse he discovers a bloodbath. An old man has been tortured and beaten to death, his wife lies barely alive beside his shattered body, both victims of a violence beyond reason. Wallander's life is a shambles. His wife has left him, his daughter refuses to speak to him, and even his ageing father barely tolerates him. He works tirelessly, eats badly, and drinks his nights away in a lonely, neglected flat. But now Wallander must forget his troubles and throw himself into a battle against time.
ISBN: 978-0-307-74285-8
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: август 2011
From Seattle to New Jersey, crossing through the South and Midwest, the drum of the powwow calls dancers of many stripes. By day they may be construction workers, computer operators, students, or blackjack dealers, but on weekends the ageless rhythms bring them together to celebrate a culture both ancient and modern. Travelling to over 30 cities every year, the photographer Ben Marra sets up a makeshift studio at each powwow and invites participants to be photographed in full costume. Their pictures and accompanying commentary tell a story of a new generation of Native Americans, determined and honor-bound to keep the dancing tradition alive.
`No one could fail to be gripped by his heartfelt excitement and emotion over what was the adventure of a lifetime.` Independent At the age of twenty-three, Bear Grylls became the youngest Briton to reach the summit of Mount Everest. At extreme altitude youth holds no advantage over experience, and it is generally acknowledged that younger climbers have more difficulty coping with the adverse effects of mountaineering. Nevertheless, only two years after breaking his back in a freefall parachuting accident, Bear Grylls overcame severe weather conditions, fatigue, dehydration and a last minute illness to stand on top of the world`s highest mountain. Facing Up is the story of his adventure, his courage and humour, his friendship and faith.
ISBN: 978-0-330-39226-6
Издательство:
Pan Macmillan
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2004, this is the compelling account of the most recent adventure of the bestselling author of "Facing Up". It started out as a carefully calculated attempt to complete the first unassisted crossing of the frozen north Atlantic in an open rigid inflatable boat, but it became a terrifying battle against storm-force winds, crashing waves and icebergs as large as cathedrals. Starting from the remote north Canadian coastline, Grylls and his crew crossed the infamous Labrador Sea, pushed on through ice-strewn waters to Greenland and then found themselves isolated in a perfect storm 400 miles from Iceland. Compelling, vivid and inspirational, "Facing the Frozen Ocean" will appeal...
ISBN: 978-0-330-42707-4
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Henry Chinaski, an outcast, a loner and a hopeless drunk, drifts around America from one dead-end job to another, from one woman to another and from one bottle to the next. Uncompromising, gritty, hilarious and confessional in turn, his downward spiral is peppered with black humour. "Factotum" follows Charles Bukowski`s bestselling "Post Office", his highly autobiographical first novel. Bukowski`s Beat Generation writing reflects his slum upbringing, his succession of menial jobs and his experience of low life urban America. He died in 1994 and is widely acknowledged as one of the most distinctive writers of the last fifty years. Neeli Cherkovski was a close friend of Bukowski and is the author of "Hank: The Life of Charles Bukowski"...
ISBN: 978-0-7535-1815-1
Издательство:
Virgin Publishing
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
A brilliant novel from the author of `Notes from an Exhibition` - that follows three genrations of an unusual family as they confront the harsher facts of modern life. A young composer, Edward Pepper, is exiled from his native Germany by the war, struck down with TB, and left to languish in an isolation hospital. But then he falls in love with his doctor, Sally Banks, and his world is transformed. They set up home in a bizarre dodecahedral folly, The Roundel, left to Sally by her eccentric mentor. But despite building a successful career and finding security with Sally, Edward is haunted by memories of his Jewish family, who he was forced to leave behind in Germany. When he receives news that his sister has been found alive, it sets in...
ISBN: 978-0-00-730766-1
Издательство:
Collins
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
