The visionary master of science fiction at his best. Written in the age of the atom, when America and Europe optimistically viewed the discovery of life on Mars as inevitable, Bradbury's closely interwoven tales of a brutal, stark and unforgiving Martian landscape are both astonishing and insightful. "The Martian Chronicles" tells the story of humanity's repeated attempts to colonize the red planet. The first men were few. Most succumbed to a disease called the Great Loneliness when they saw their home planet dwindle to the size of a fist. Those few who survived found no welcome on Mars. But more rockets arrived from Earth, and more. People brought their old prejudices with them - and their desires and fantasies and tainted...

ISBN: 978-0-00-647923-9
Издательство: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Дата выхода: август 2011

Уже прочитали Айн Рэнд и ищете что-то поинтереснее? «Мартин Иден» расскажет вам о тяжелой дороге к успеху.«Мартин Иден» – роман Джека Лондона, рассказывающий о жизни и стремлениях молодого человека простого происхождения, мечтающего о литературном успехе и социальном признании. Он влюбляется в девушку из гораздо более высоких кругов, чем он сам, и эта любовь вдохновляет его стать лучше. Но успех Мартина...

ISBN: 9785171608057
Издательство: АСТ
Дата выхода: январь 2024

ISBN: 9780008509477
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022

When the ship that Andrew and Clara are on, en route to Oceania, founders after striking an iceberg in the south Indian Ocean, and Andrew fetches up, with his manservant, on the desolate Marion Island, around 1,500 miles southeast of the Cape of Good Hope. It is there that Andrew finds the true love of his life, Mary, who had been shipwrecked on the island some 15 years before and who had been living there alone.

ISBN: 978-5-521-06633-9
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: апрель 2018

ISBN: 9781526619174
Издательство: Bloomsbury
Дата выхода: декабрь 2022

`There`s a kind of magic in masks. Masks conceal one face, but they reveal another. The one that only comes out in darkness . . .`The Opera House in Ankh-Morpork is home to music, theatrics and a harmless masked Ghost who lurks behind the scenes. But now a set of mysterious backstage murders may just stop the show.Agnes Nitt has left her rural home of Lancre in the hopes of launching a successful singing career in the big city. The only problem is, she doesn`t quite look the part. And there are two witches who would much rather she return home to join their coven.Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg have travelled to Ankh-Morpork to convince Agnes that life as a witch is much better than one on the stage. Only now they`re caught up in a...

ISBN: 9781804990179
Дата выхода: октябрь 2023

ISBN: 9780241558317
Дата выхода: январь 2022

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, considered by many as the greatest English writer. Hundreds of specialists were able to translate his works into every major language, and most of the plays are performed more often than those of any other author. The plot of the play "Measure for Measure" Shakespeare borrowed from the collection "Hecatommithi" by Giovanni Battista Giraldi. Vincentio, the Duke of Vienna, realizing that during his reign there was a fall in morals, declares that he is going on a diplomatic mission outside his domains and leaves the strict judge Angelo in charge. Angelo soon uses his power and decides to execute the young nobleman Claudio, because he and his beloved pregnant Juliet...

ISBN: 978-5-517-00392-8
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2019

ISBN: 978-0-241-27521-4
Дата выхода: январь 2017

This seductive and evocative epic tells the extraordinary story of a geisha girl. It reveals the cruelty and ugliness of life behind the rice-paper screens, and summons up more than 20 years of Japan's most dramatic history.

ISBN: 978-0-09-928285-3
Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2012

Daniel Defoe was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer and spy. He is most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe, which is second only to the Bible in its number of translations. Memoirs of a Cavalier is a work of historical fiction by Daniel Defoe, set during the Thirty Years\' War and the English Civil Wars.

ISBN: 978-5-521-06811-1
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: апрель 2018

ISBN: 9780552167536
Издательство: Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2023

`People ought to think for themselves ... the problem is, people only think for themselves if you tell them to.`Times are a-changing in Ankh-Morpork`s Night Watch.New recruits have been hired to reflect the city`s diversity, including Corporal Carrot (technically a dwarf), Lance-constable Cuddy (really a dwarf), Lance-constable Detritus (a troll), and Lance-constable Angua (a woman ... full moons aside).What`s more, Captain Sam Vimes is getting married and retiring from the Watch. For good. Which is a shame, because no one knows the streets of Ankh-Morpork or its criminal underworld better than him.And someone armed and dangerous has been getting ideas about power and destiny and lost kings, committing a string of seemingly random...

ISBN: 9781804990698
Дата выхода: октябрь 2023

Aquatic cuties beautifully illustrated in full pencil tone by fantasy masters.

ISBN: 9780865620544
Дата выхода: март 2003

ISBN: 9780008352196
Дата выхода: январь 2021

ISBN: 9781526602787
Издательство: Bloomsbury
Дата выхода: январь 2022

Jack London (1876-1916) was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. Being a sequel to "Jerry of the Islands" this novel tells the story of Jerry`s sibling, Irish terrier Michael, born in the Solomon Islands. The dog works as a slave hunter on a schooner recruiting native islanders for work. One day the captain accidentally leaves Michael on a beach and sails away, thereby forcing Michael to go on a journey in which he must find a new owner.

ISBN: 978-5-521-07485-3
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018

ISBN: 9781405293402
Издательство: Farshore
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022

An illustrated photo book featuring an interview with the "King of Pop."

ISBN: 9780711967236
Дата выхода: июль 2009

ISBN: 9780008134174
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022

ISBN: 9780822504733
Дата выхода: март 2002

Jack London was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. Michael, Brother of jerry tells the story of Irish terrier Michael, born in the Solomon Islands. The dog works as a slave hunter on a schooner recruiting native islanders for work. One day the captain accidentally leaves Michael on a beach and sails away, thereby forcing Michael to go on a journey in which he must find a new owner.

ISBN: 978-5-521-08156-1
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018

Born at the stroke of midnight at the exact moment of India`s independence, Saleem Sinai is a special child. However, this coincidence of birth has consequences he is not prepared for: telepathic powers connect him with 1,000 other `midnight`s children` all of whom are endowed with unusual gifts. Inextricably linked to his nation, Saleem`s story is a whirlwind of disasters and triumphs that mirrors the course of modern India at its most impossible and glorious.

ISBN: 978-0-09-951189-2
Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011