The inspiration behind the blockbuster movie, "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 2" once again uses classic characters from familiar literature to tell a tale of epic proportions in Victorian England. When alien invaders from Mars mercilessly attack London, the throne quickly calls upon the League to defend against the invasion with their various skills and intellect. 1-40120-118-0$14.95 / DC Comics
MISTAKE #1 Dickie Orr. Stephanie was married to him for about fifteen minutes before she caught him cheating on her with her arch-nemesis Joyce Barnhardt. Another fifteen minutes after that Stephanie filed for divorce, hoping to never see either one of them #2 Doing favors for super bounty hunter Carlos Manoso ( Ranger). Ranger needs her to meet with Dickie and find out if he`s doing something shady. Turns out, he is. Turns out, he`s also back to doing Joyce Barnhardt. And it turns out Ranger`s favors always come with a #3 Going completely nutso while doing the favor for Ranger, and trying to apply bodily injury to Dickie in front of the entire office. Now Dickie has disappeared and Stephanie is the natural suspect in his disappearance....
In her fifty-second bestselling novel, Danielle Steel weaves a compelling story of the power of lies, the misuse of trust - and of one woman`s triumph over a devastating betrayal. Marie-Ange Hawkins has the kind of childhood that most people dream of. Freedom, love, security in a beautiful old French château. But when Marie-Ange is just eleven, a tragic accident marks the end of her idyllic life. Orphaned and alone, she is sent to America, to live with her great-aunt on a farm in Iowa. Bitterly resented by the old woman, cut off from everything she has known and loved, Marie-Ange is forced to work tirelessly on the farm, dreaming only of the day she can return to her beloved Château de Marmouton. In Marie-Ange`s isolated...
ISBN: 978-0-440-23699-3
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: июль 2011
`Graham Swift has shown that he has an authority - of style, characterization, grasp of life. These concentrated enigmatic stories address their subjects with such intelligent conviction and clarity that their ambiguities are not left to be stumbled on by the reader, but are challengingly displayed. They are like James` stories in the way they apply an almost scientific analytical cleverness to the things in life which are forever vague, painful or imponderable` - Times Literary Supplement. `The ties that bind people, the good and bad things they do to each other, the happiness, embarrassment and the pain that they cause their friends, their partners, their children - these are Graham Swift`s chief concerns. He has a wide range; he can...
ISBN: 978-0-330-51826-0
Издательство:
Picador
Дата выхода: август 2011
I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey work of the stars...First published in 1855, and edited, revised and expanded over thirty years, `Leaves of Grass` has become one of the most celebrated poetry collections in the history of American literature. A master of free verse, Walt Whitman captures the true spirit of his homeland and its people through his poetry. He explores a wide range of themes, encompassing American identity and cultural values, democracy, nature and the mysteries of the human spirit.Featuring the poems of the original 1855 edition, `Leaves of Grass` remains an influential work within the American literary tradition, studied and treasured around the world.
Ladу Constance Keeble, sister of Lord Emsworth of Blandings Castle, has both an imperious manner and a valuable diamond necklace. The precarious peace of Blandings is shattered when her necklace becomes the object of dark plottings, for within the castle lurk some well-connected jewel thieves - among them the Honourable Freddie Threepwood, Lord Emsworth`s younger son, who wants the reward money to set up a bookmaking business. Psmith, the elegant socialist, is also after it for his newly married chum Mike. And on patrol with the impossible task of bringing management to Blandings is the Efficient Baxter, whose strivings for order lead to a memorable encounter with the castle flowerpots. Will peace ever return to Blandings Castle?.....
ISBN: 978-0-09-951379-7
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: август 2011
In "Leaves of Grass" Walt Whitman sings nature and his symbiosis with America, he sings the universe and his awareness of it all, but above all he sings the people and their quest for individuality and immor-tality.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06057-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
The most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed. Inspired by transcendentalism, Whitman`s immortal collection includes some of the greatest poems of modern times, including his masterpiece Song of Myself. Shattering standard conventions of symbolism and allegory, it stands as an unabashed celebration of body and nature.
Leaves of Grass — a poetry collection, with poems loosely connected. With one exception, the poems do not rhyme or follow standard rules for meter and line length. This book is notable for its discussion of delight in sensual pleasures during a time when such candid displays were considered immoral.
ISBN: 978-5-521-00542-0
Издательство:
Пальмира
Дата выхода: август 2017
For two decades, first at Wellesley and then at Cornell, Nabokov introduced undergraduates to the delights of great fiction. Here, collected for the first time, are his famous lectures, which include Mansfield Park, Bleak House, and Ulysses. Edited and with a Foreword by Fredson Bowers; Introduction by John Updike; illustrations.
The author`s observations on the great nineteenth-century Russian writers-Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Gogol, Gorky, Tolstoy, and Turgenev. This never once fails to instruct and stimulate. This is a great Russian talking of great Russians (Anthony Burgess). Edited and with an Introduction by Fredson Bowers; illustrations.
This in-depth book reveals the roots and origins of the songs on all eight of the band s celebrated studio albums, together with the stories behind material released after Zeppelin s break-up in 1980.
ISBN: 9781847322869
Издательство:
Carlton Books Ltd
Дата выхода: август 2009
