The trials of Dr. Daniel Waterhouse and the Natural Philosophers increase one hundredfold in an England plagued by the impending war and royal insecurities - as the beautiful and ambitious Eliza plays a most dangerous game as double agent and confidante of enemy kings.
ISBN: 978-0-06-083318-3
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
Newbery Medalist Gaiman and illustrator Helquist team up for a new fantasy novella in which a young boy must free Asgard - the city of the gods - from the evil Frost Giants.
The latest Odd Thomas thriller from the master storyteller. A mystery in Magic Beach, California has lured Odd to the small town by the ocean - but is it the call of the deep or the cry of the desperate?
ISBN: 978-0-00-726755-2
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
In this "New York Times" bestseller, Koontz delivers a haunting tale of love and terror, suspense and self-discovery. Odd Thomas is an unassuming young man - a gallant sentinel at the crossroads of life and death, who serves as the reluctant confidant of the dead.
ISBN: 978-0-553-58449-3
Издательство:
Bantam
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Stephen Fry believes that if you can speak and read English you can write poetry. But it is no fun if you don`t know where to start or have been led to believe that Anything Goes. Stephen, who has long written poems, and indeed has written long poems, for his own private pleasure, invites you to discover the incomparable delights of metre, rhyme and verse forms. Whether you want to write a Petrarchan sonnet for your lover`s birthday, an epithalamion for your sister`s wedding or a villanelle excoriating the government`s housing policy, this book will give you the tools and the confidence to do so. Brimful of enjoyable exercises, witty insights and simple step-by-step advice, "The Ode Less Travelled" guides the reader towards mastery and...
ISBN: 978-0-09-950934-9
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
The suicide of an elderly German Jew explodes into revelation after revelation: of a Mafia-like organization called "Odessa" ...of a real-life fugitive known as the "Butcher of "of a young German journalist tumed obsessed and, ultimately, of brilliant, ruthless plot to reestablish the worldwide power of SS mass murderers and to carry out Hitler`s chilling "Final Solution".
ISBN: 978-0-09-955281-9
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: апрель 2012
This title contains geography with the gritty bits left in. Where in the world can you: Tuck into a poisonous pufferfish? Spot some perilous pirates? Explore the savage seabed?
ISBN: 978-0-439944-54-0
Издательство:
Scholastic Inc
Дата выхода: август 2010
In the "Graphic Classics" version of this great epic by Western civilization`s first immortal poet, the Greek hero Odysseus returns home from the Trojan War. His lengthy sea voyage is marked by a series of dangerous, often fantastic adventures, which also make exciting reading. "Graphic Classics" are graphic novel versions of immortal novels and plays, presented in a way to help make great literary works accessible to students, and encourage boys and girls to discover the joy of reading the masterworks in their original form. Titles in this series tell absorbing, fast-paced stories dramatized with high-quality color illustrations. Each "Graphic Classics" title includes a thumbnail biography of the author, a list of his or her important...
ISBN: 978-0-7641-4276-5
Издательство:
Barron`s Educational Series, ins
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
Homer`s epic chronicle of the Greek hero Odysseus` journey home from the Trojan War has inspired writers from Virgil to James Joyce. Odysseus survives storm and shipwreck, the cave of the Cyclops and the isle of Circe, the lure of the Sirens` song and a trip to the Underworld, only to find his most difficult challenge at home, where treacherous suitors seek to steal his kingdom and his loyal wife, Penelope. Favorite of the gods, Odysseus embodies the energy, intellect, and resourcefulness that were of highest value to the ancients and that remain ideals in out time. In this new verse translation, Allen Mandelbaum - celebrated poet and translator of Virgil`s "Aeneid" and Dante`s "Divine Comedy" - realizes the power and beauty of the...
ISBN: 978-0-553-21399-7
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Homer`s great epic describes the many adventures of Odysseus, Greek warrior, as he strives over many years to return to his home island of Ithaca after the Trojan War. His colourful adventures, his endurance, his love for his wife and son have the same power to move and inspire readers today as they did in Archaic Greece, 2800 years ago. This poem has been translated many times over the years, but Chapman`s sinewy, gorgeous rendering (1616) stands in a class of its own. Chapman believed himself inspired by the spirit of Homer himself, and matches the breadth and power of the original with a complex and stunning idiom of his own. John Keats expressed his admiration for the resulting work in the famous sonnet, "On first looking into...
ISBN: 1-85326-025-8
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: декабрь 1999
One of the great novels of the twentieth century, "Of Human Bondage" tells a fascinating tale of sexual obsession. The story - taking its title from Spinoza`s Ethics: "Of human bondage, or the strength of the emotions" - follows Philip Carey in his search for freedom from the strict, oppressive Christian upbringing he suffered as an orphan in an English vicarage. Philip sets out on a journey of discovery that leads him to Heidelberg and to Paris. But it is back in London that Philip`s enthrallment with Mildred - the slatternly, pale waitress who makes him a slave to desire - awakens him to the world of obsessive love, deep passion, and true self-discovery. The unforgettable love story is as timeless as it is involving, an intimate tale...
ISBN: 0-553-21392-X
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: январь 2011
Продолжаем знакомить читателей с творчеством современного американского прозаика Р.Н. Митры, признанного мастера психологического детектива. Главный герой, являясь большим поклонником Агаты Кристи, берется за расследование преступлений наркомафии. Захватывающий сюжет, точные и тонкие психологические характеристики персонажей, глубокое проникновение во внутренний мир героев, в их подсознание делают...
ISBN: 5-8346-0277-0
Издательство:
Менеджер
Дата выхода: февраль 2005
""I dreamed a dream of angels. I saw them and heard them in a great and endless galactic night. I saw the lights that were these angels, flying here and there, in streaks of irresistible brilliance . . . I felt love around me in this vast and seamless realm of sound and light . . . And something akin to sadness swept me up and mingled my very essence with the voices who sang, because the voices were singing of me . . . " " Thus begins Anne Rice`s lyrical, haunting new novel, a metaphysical thriller of angels and assassins that once again summons up dark and dangerous worlds set in times past. Anne Rice takes us to other realms, this time to the world of fifteenth-century Rome, a city of domes and rooftop gardens, rising towers and...
ISBN: 978-0-09-955698-5
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
When a witch doctor appears on the Marquis de Casalduero`s doorstep prophesizing a plague of rabies in their Colombian seaport, he dismisses her claims - until he hears that his young daughter, Sierva Maria, was one of four people bitten by a rabid dog, and the only one to survive. Sierva Maria appears completely unscathed - but as rumours of the plague spread, the Marquis and his wife wonder at her continuing good health. In a town consumed by superstition, it`s not long before they, and everyone else, put her survival down to a demonic possession and begin to see her supernatural powers as the cause of the town`s woes. Only the young priest charged with exorcizing the evil spirit recognizes the girl`s sanity, but can he convince the...
ISBN: 978-0-14-103254-2
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2012
Classic / American English George and Lennie are friends and they have plans for the future. But Lennie is not very smart and he sometimes makes trouble. George wants to help him but that is not always easy. Then one night, when Lennie is alone, something happens. What can George do now? Can he help — or is it too late?
ISBN: 978-1-4082-8515-2
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: май 2012
Classic / American English (Available February 2008) George and Lennie are friends and they have plans for the future. But Lennie is not very smart and he sometimes makes trouble. George wants to help him but that is not always easy. Then one night, when Lennie is alone, something happens. What can George do now? Can he help - or is it too late?
ISBN: 978-1-4058-5536-5
Издательство:
Longman Group UK Limited
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Drifters in search of work, George and his simple-minded friend Lennie, have nothing in the world except each other - and a dream. A dream that one day they will have some land of their own. Eventually they find work on a ranch, but their hopes are doomed as Lennie - struggling against extreme cruelty, misunderstanding and jealousy - becomes a victim of his own strength. Tackling universal themes, friendship and a shared vision, and giving a voice to America`s lonely and dispossesed, Of Mice And Men remains Steinbeck`s most popular work.
ISBN: 978-0-14-118510-1
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
While the powerlessness of the laboring class is a recurring theme in Steinbeck`s work of the late 1930s, he narrowed his focus when composing "Of Mice and Men", creating an intimate portrait of two men facing a world marked by petty tyranny, misunderstanding, jealousy, and callousness. But though the scope is narrow, the theme is universal; a friendship and a shared dream that makes an individual`s existence meaningful.
Steinbeck`s theatrical adaptations of two of his most powerful short novels, now together in one volume A unique treat for Steinbeck fans, this volume includes two extraordinary plays from a master of American literature. Of Mice and Men is the dramatic adaptation of one of Steinbeck`s most widely read and beloved works. Originally published at the height of Nazi Germany`s power, The Moon Is Down is a masterful play that uncovers profound, often unsettling truths about war and human nature. It tells the story of a peaceable town taken by enemy troops, and had an extraordinary impact as Allied propaganda in Nazi-occupied Europe.
New Longman Literature titles provide an excellent selection of popular modern fiction and are suitable for 14-18 year olds of all abilities. Notes and questions are provided at the beginning of each section to help guide the student`s understanding of key themes and language. A programme of study provides practice in skills required at GCSE. "Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don`t belong no place ... With us it ain`t like that. We got a future ... because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you" Of Mice and Men is a poignant tale of the extraordinary friendship between two itinerant workers in the harsh depression years of 1930s America.
ISBN: 978-0-582-46146-8
Издательство:
Longman
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Lola has no intention of accepting when her boyfriend Dougie`s snobbish mother offers her £10,000 to break up with him. Then she discovers a secret that makes her think again. Dougie would probably have broken up with her in the long run, and this way she can help one of the people she loves most in the world. Ten years later, though, when Lola meets Dougie again, her feelings for him are as strong as ever. But she broke Dougie`s heart and he`s about to discover that she was paid to do it. She can never tell him the truth, so can she get him back? Well, Lola`s very attractive and very persuasive. But even she`s got her work cut out this
ISBN: 978-0-7553-4180-1
Издательство:
Headline Publ.
Дата выхода: август 2011
Meet Californian Téa her mother drives her crazy, her sisters give "advice". She has a family just like any other, except for one tiny Her grandfather isn`t just in the he is the mob! And no one knows this better than Johnny Magee. The Caruso family destroyed his dad. Now, it`s payback time—and he`s going to need an unsuspecting one who won`t realize what he`s really after. Téa loves her family but hates what they do. She`s tried to stay far away from her notorious relatives, making a legit name for herself as an interior designer. But her grandfather Cosimo`s gala 80th birthday is coming up. Every mobbed-up member of the family from San Francisco to Sarasota will be there—and it`s time for Téa to face the family or...