В настоящем издании публикуются избранные новеллы известного американского писателя и журналиста, мастера жанра ужасов, фэнтези и научной фантастики Говарда Лавкрафта, действие которых разворачивается в созданной им вселенной мифов Ктулху, — «Зов Ктулху», «Цвет из иных миров», «Ужас Данвича» и «Хребты Безумия». Неадаптированное издание на английском языке.
ISBN: 978-5-517-09689-0
Издательство:
RUGRAM
Дата выхода: октябрь 2023
Параллельные миры, неразгаданные семейные тайны, злые духи, инопланетные материи, колдовство и магия, проклятые места, неподвластные человеческому разуму видения – мир произведений Лавкрафта наполнен вовсе не одними мифами Ктулху. Его вселенную населяют и другие неизведанные и непостижимые существа, пришедшие из чащи лесов, непроходимых болот, глубоких пещер, таинственных подземелий и даже иных...
ISBN: 9785604448687
Издательство:
Москва
Дата выхода: июль 2020
Произведения Г.Ф. Лавкрафта погружают читателей во вселенную, где главный ужас — не призраки или чудовища, а пугающее осознание ничтожности человечества. В таких рассказах, как "Зов Ктулху", "Хребты Безумия" и "Ужас Данвича", Лавкрафт создаёт мифологию древних спящих богов, тайных культов и ужасающих откровений. Его фирменный стиль — космический ужас — исследует пределы человеческого разума, где те, кто...
ISBN: 978-5-17-169770-9
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: июнь 2025
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. "The Claverings" is a novel about a young man starting out in life, who must find himself a profession and a wife; and of a young woman who made a marriage of convenience and must abide the consequences. Since its first appearance in 1867, this novel has been acclaimed as one of Trollope`s most successful protrayals of mid-Victorian life.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08332-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2019
When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty facade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their Pagford is not what it first seems. And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations? A big novel about a small town, The Casual Vacancy is first novel for adults. It is the work of a storyteller like no other.
«Архив Шерлока Холмса» (1927) - последний сборник рассказов Артура Конан Дойла о знаменитом детективе с Бейкер-стрит. Двенадцать историй знакомят читателя с делами, отчеты о которых сохранились в бумагах доктора Ватсона и самого Холмса, но в силу разных причин не были опубликованы по свежим следам описываемых событий. Спасение юной девушки от преследований родовитого негодяя, выяснение причины странных...
ISBN: 978-5-517-10847-0
Издательство:
RUGRAM
Дата выхода: июнь 2024
Устали зубрить английские слова? Окунитесь в мир рассказов Джека Лондона, попутно узнавая новую лексику. "Зов предков" — сборник рассказов Джека Лондона, погружающий читателя в мир суровой природы и борьбы за выживание. В этих историях герои сталкиваются с экстремальными испытаниями, проявляя мужество и стойкость. Лондон мастерски описывает первобытные инстинкты и драматические конфликты между...
ISBN: 978-5-17-166315-5
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: июнь 2025
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. "The Cruise of The Dazzler" is an early adventure novel by London. The plot revolves around a young boy Joe Bronson who has trouble at home and at school. The arguments with his father lead him to run away and join the crew of the ship called Dazzler. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08127-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. The Chainbearer is the second book in a trilogy starting with Satanstoe and ending with The Redskins. The novel focuses mainly on issues of land ownership and the displacement of American Indians as the United States moves Westward.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06657-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: февраль 2018
Устали зубрить английские слова? Окунитесь в мир рассказов Джека Лондона, попутно узнавая новую лексику. "Зов предков" — сборник рассказов Джека Лондона, погружающий читателя в мир суровой природы и борьбы за выживание. В этих историях герои сталкиваются с экстремальными испытаниями, проявляя мужество и стойкость. Лондон мастерски описывает первобытные инстинкты и драматические конфликты между...
ISBN: 978-5-17-166314-8
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: июнь 2025
Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803 - 1873) was an English novelist, poet, playwright and politician. A lot of his works contributed to the early growth of the science fiction genre. "The Caxtons: A Family Picture" is a Victorian novel about a life of an aristocratic family. The novel is mainly concerned with domestic life, but it also includes a lengthy disquisition on colonisation and emigration, its value to British society and its role in extending civilization.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08271-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: февраль 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. "The Claverings" is a novel about a young man starting out in life, who must find himself a profession and a wife; and of a young woman who made a marriage of convenience and must abide the consequences. Since its first appearance in 1867, this novel has been acclaimed as one of Trollope`s most successful protrayals of mid-Victorian life.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08331-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2019
Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. "The Death Voyage" includes a vast collection of intriguing short stories, such as "The Confession" and "The Centurion" featuring a wide range of the author`s literary talent written on paper. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08065-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Scarlet and Ivy return to creepy Rookwood School for a third mystery adventure!With their evil headmaster, Mr Bartholomew, safely out of the picture and kindly Mrs Knight in charge, it looks like life at Rookwood School is looking up. There`s a ballet recital Scarlet is desperate to star in, and more clues to uncover about the twins` mother.But after their beloved ballet teacher Miss Finch suddenly disappears and strange Madame Zelda takes her place, freakish things start happening. Poison-pen letters are circulating the school, and `accidents` are plaguing the students. It seems that the girls are in danger once more…Is someone out for the ultimate revenge?
Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. The Dead Secret was Collins`s first full-length puzzle-romance. Moments from death, Mrs Treverton tells a secret, never to be passed to her husband. Years later, when her daughter Rosamond returns with her husband, she is warned not to enter the Myrtle Room. Strong-minded and ingenious, Rosamond`s determined detective work uncovers a shocking truth.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07212-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Bestselling phenomenon Simon McCleave is back with a gripping, atmospheric new crime thriller series set on the Isle of Anglesey.Will there be blood in the water?Three years ago, DCI Laura Hart was the top Hostage and Crisis Negotiator for the Greater Manchester Police. Then her husband was kidnapped. Despite her best efforts to reason with the criminals, he was brutally murdered.Now living on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales, Laura is slowly healing. Then she gets a call: armed drug dealers have seized a tourist boat – and her ten-year-old son Jake is on board. There’s no other negotiator available, and the police need her to step up.With the life of a loved one yet again on the line and memories of the last time she failed still...
A few months after the first fighter jets landed in their own backyard, Ellie and her five terrified but defiant friends struggle to survive amid a baffling conflict. Their families are unreachable; the mountains are now their home. When two of them fall behind enemy lines, Ellie knows what must happen next: a rescue mission. Homer, the strongest and most unpredictable among them, is the one to take charge. While others have their doubts about his abilities, Homer has no choice but to prove them wrong - or risk losing everything to the enemy.
ISBN: 978-0-439-82911-3
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Смертельная тайна, унесённая в могилу, продолжает влиять на жизни живых. Розамонд Франкленд сталкивается с загадочным прошлым, которое упорно не хочет оставаться забытым. Героиня должна разобраться в запутанном клубке семейных тайн, подмен и скрытых писем и раскрыть правду — даже если она грозит разрушить всё, что ей дорого. "Мертвая комната" — захватывающий готический роман, в котором Уилки Коллинз...
ISBN: 978-5-17-174882-1
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2025
"I`ll swap you my dad," I said. "Oh-oh," said my little sister. What if you wanted your best friend`s two goldfish so much that you`d swap anything for them, even your father? What if your mother came home and found out what you`d done?
ISBN: 978-0-7475-7840-6
Издательство:
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The first book in the heart-stopping The Darkest Minds trilogy, also now a major movie, from the bestselling author of Lore.Ruby is sixteen. She is dangerous. And she is alive. For now.A mysterious disease has killed most of America’s children. Ruby might have survived, but she and the others have emerged with something far worse than a virus: frightening abilities they cannot control. Pressured by the government, Ruby’s parents sent her to Thurmond, a brutal state ‘rehabilitation camp’, where she has learned to fear and suppress her new power. But what if mastering it is a whole generation’s only chance for survival?
