Lyrical Ballads (1798 and 1800) constituted a quiet poetic revolution, both in its attitude to its subject-matter and its anti-conventional language. Those volumes and Wordsworth`s and Coleridge`s other major poems were central to the Romantic period and remain classic texts in our own time. Wordsworth focuses on the essential passions of the heart and achieves a penetrating insight into love and death, solitude and community. Coleridge explores a more fantastic and dreamlike imagination, and also writes poems of quiet, conversational mediation. Both poets look with a fresh and visionary eye at the human and natural world. They examine the condition of men and women at the extreme edge of society: they are also subtle analysts of their...
ISBN: 978-1-84022-535-8
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
This is a historical novel about a Dutch woman who is caught up in the terrors of the Spanish Inquisition during the 1500s. This lively and heart-rending story by Henry Rider Haggard will remind each reader of the value of religious liberty.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06612-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. Lysbeth is a historical novel about a Dutch woman who is caught up in the terrors of the Spanish Inquisition during the 1500s. This lively and heart-rending story by Haggard will remind each reader of the value of religious liberty.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07746-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Stephen Davis`s brilliantly-written personal account of criss-crossing America with Led Zeppelin on their 1975 tour. A warts-and-all snapshot of the world`s biggest hard-rock band at their peak. As a young rock writer Stephen Davis landed the ultimate commission - touring America with Led Zeppelin. This is a personal account by Davis of his journey, which saw him crossing the country with the band on board the Starship, their famous Boeing passenger jet, complete with deep shag purple carpet, electric pianos, girlfriends and star-struck hangers-on. This is also the story of one of the hardest-living bands in the world at their peak. For Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and John Bonham, the most beautiful women in America tear...
Trois juges. Trois anciens notables déchus. Trois hommes vieillissants enfermés dans la même prison. On se souvient à peine du motif de leur condamnation. Ils passent leur temps dans la bibliothèque du camp de détention à écrire et à lire du courrier. Et ils écrivent beaucoup. D`étranges lettres, adressées à des correspondants qui n`ont rien en commun, sauf d`avoir commis la même erreur: répondre à une petite annonce passée dans un journal homosexuel. Parmi eux, se trouve un certain M. Konyers. Les trois juges le devinent torturé par ses penchants refoulés, cultivé et fortuné. Mais ce qu`ils ne savent pas encore, c`est que...
ISBN: 978-2-266-14208-3
Издательство:
Pocket
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
«Rien n`est plus délicieux qu`un enfant», dit l`énorme crocodile. Heureusement, ce n`est pas facile pour un crocodile de trouver un enfant à manger lorsque les autres animaux de la forêt s`en mêlent. Dès 5 ans.
ISBN: 978-2-07-063226-8
Издательство:
Gallimard
Дата выхода: декабрь 2012
Quelle drôle d`idée! Rassembler pour des vacances à La Pointe-aux-Mouettes l`ex-Mrs Strange - Mrs Audrey depuis son divorce - et Kay, la nouvelle tenante du titre, sous le prétexte d`en faire des c`est de l`inconscience, pour ne pas dire plus. Car enfin, l`époux de ces dames n`a quand même pas la naïveté de croire qu`elles vont tomber dans les bras l`une de l`autre. D`ailleurs, si ces tigresses ne se sont pas encore écharpées, c`est qu`elles se retiennent. Pour l`instant. Les vertus calmantes de l`air marin, sans Mais les choses n`en resteront pas là. Deux Mrs Strange sous le même toit, c`est une de
L`Avare ou I`Ecole du mensonge une comedie en cinq actes et en prose.И s`agit dune comedie de caractere dont le personnage principal, Harpagon, est caracterise par son avarice caricaturale. Harpagon tente de marier sa fille de force, tout en protegeant obstinement une cassette pleine dor qu`il a decouverte depuis peu.
ISBN: 978-5-521-00491-1
Издательство:
Пальмира
Дата выхода: апрель 2017
A beautiful activity book, bursting with festive activities and music. Decorate the Christmas stockings, play spot the difference with the angels, colour in the robins and much more!Includes Lyrics and piano music-for Christmas favourites such as Silent Night, Ding Dong Merrily on High and We Wish You a Merry Christmas.
ISBN: 9781408840559
Издательство:
Bloomsbury
Дата выхода: январь 2019
After spending several years in a sanatorium recovering from an illness that caused him to lose his memory and ability to reason, Prince Myshkin arr...
ISBN: 9781847493439
Издательство:
Alma Books
Дата выхода: январь 2019
A new translation of comic tales by one of the leading figures in 19th-century Russian literature. Written in the 1830s and early 1840s, these comic...
ISBN: 9781847493491
Издательство:
Alma Books
Дата выхода: январь 2019
Master storyteller Neil Gaiman presents a breathtaking collection of tales for younger readers that may chill or amuse, but that always embrace the unexpected: Humpty Dumpty`s sister hires a private detective to investigate her brother`s death. A teenage boy who has trouble talking to girls finds himself at a rather unusual party. A boy raised in a graveyard makes a discovery, and confronts the much more troubling world of the living.
ISBN: 978-0-06-118647-9
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Master storyteller Neil Gaiman presents a breathtaking collection of tales for younger readers that may chill or amuse, but that always embrace the unexpected: Humpty Dumpty`s sister hires a private detective to investigate her brother`s death. A teenage boy who has trouble talking to girls finds himself at a rather unusual party. A boy raised in a graveyard makes a discovery, and confronts the much more troubling world of the living.
ISBN: 978-0-7475-9568-7
Издательство:
Bloomsbury
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The graphic art of Maurits Cornelis Escher is like that of no other artist. Instantly recognizable to millions around the world, his works represent an endlessly fascinating marriage of art and mathematics. Exploring themes of infinity and paradox, impossible geometry and warped perspective, Escher`s world is one of playful imagination and the unexpected, executed with precision and exquisite attention to detail. This outsized, lavish book`s pop-up format adds even more intrigue, bringing his dazzling, baffling designs to life.
ISBN: 978-0-500-51590-7
Издательство:
Thames & Hudson
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Two classic Myth books are together in one volume. In "M.Y.T.H. Inc. Link, " former magician`s apprentice Skeeve tumbles up the corporate ladder, but that doesn`t keep him from sleuthing around some dangerous dimensions. And in "Myth-Nomers and Im-Pervections, " Skeeve`s demon cohort, Ahaz, leaves in a huff, and Skeeve finds him in the worst neighborhood in the galaxy.
ISBN: 0-441-00969-7
Издательство:
Penguin USA
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Asprin`s series continues with two classic Myth novels in this omnibus edition. In " Inc. in Action, " Skeeve asks two bumbling bodyguards to join the army of Possiltum. And in "Sweet Myth-Tery of Life, " well-meaning Skeeve is drowning in a sea of romance. But only one of his nubile suitors can assure his future--and maybe keep him alive.
ISBN: 978-0-441-00982-4
Издательство:
Penguin USA
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
Учебно-методический комплект Macmillan Starter Book, написанный с учетом традиций преподавания английского языка в российской школе, соответствует образовательному стандарту начального общего образования по английскому языку и предназначен для учащихся, начинающих изучать английский язык в общеобразовательной школе или прогимназии.
ISBN: 978-0-230-02598-1
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: январь 2017
Учебно-методический комплект Macmillan Starter Book, написанный с учетом традиций преподавания английского языка в российской школе, соответствует образовательному стандарту начального общего образования по английскому языку и предназначен для учащихся, начинающих изучать английский язык в общеобразовательной школе или прогимназии.
ISBN: 978-0-230-02602-5
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
