She is the symbol of success, the beautiful woman who parlayed her inheritance into an international conglomerate. Winner of a unique position among the wealthy and world-renowned. And she`s a survivor, indomitable as her father, the man who returned from the edge of death to wrench a fortune in diamonds from the bleak South African earth. Now, celebrating her ninetieth birthday, Kate surveys the family she has manipulated, dominated, and loved: the fair and the grotesque, the mad and the mild, the good and the evil - her winnings in life. Is she

ISBN: 0-446-35545-3
Издательство: Warner Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2004

In The Master of Petersburg J. M. Coetzee dares to imagine the life of Dostoevsky. Set in 1869, when Dostoevsky was summoned from Germany to St Petersburg by the sudden death of his stepson, this novel is at once a compelling mystery steeped in the atmosphere of pre-revolutionary Russia and a brilliant and courageous meditation on authority and rebellion, art and imagination. Dostoevsky is seen obsessively following his stepson's ghost, trying to ascertain whether he was a suicide or a murder victim and whether he loved or despised his stepfather.

ISBN: 978-0-09-947037-3
Издательство: Vintage Classics
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011

ISBN: 978-1-4071-2447-6
Издательство: Scholastic UK
Дата выхода: август 2011

ISBN: 978-1-4071-2445-2
Издательство: Scholastic UK
Дата выхода: май 2012

Afflicted by classic paranoia, the self-styled Master and God sees enemies everywhere. As he vents his suspicions, no one is safe. A reluctant hero, Gaius Vinius Clodianus is hand-picked for high rank in the Praetorian Guard a brave man striving for decency in a world of corruption and deceit. Flavia Lucilla, tending the privileged women at court, hears the intimate secrets of a ruler who plays with the lives of his subjects as if he were indeed a careless god. In the dark shadow of Domitian`s reign, Clodianus and Lucilla play out their own complex tale of resilience, friendship and love. Unwilling witnesses to Domitian`s descent into insanity, these ordinary people must choose between their sworn duty to protect the Emperor and an act...

ISBN: 978-1-4447-5617-3
Дата выхода: декабрь 2012

ISBN: 978-0-00-649915-2
Издательство: HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011

ISBN: 0-00-647261-3
Издательство: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Дата выхода: февраль 2007

The ten stories collected in this volume demonstrate Tolstoy`s artistic prowess displayed over five decades experimenting with prose styles and drawing on his own experiences with humour, realism and compassion. Inspired by his experiences in the army, The Two Hussars contrasts a dashing father and his mean-spirited son.

ISBN: 978-0-14-044962-4
Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: август 2011

Mastering the Novels of Jane Austen is the ideal companion for anyone studying the works of this endearing literary figure. An engaging account of the six most-read Austen novels, this book captures the imagination with its fresh and lively approach. - Provides a detailed critique of Northanger Abbey, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, and Persuasion - Links the significance of the works from the past to the present day in the light of contemporary attitudes to women, tradition, and innovation - Explores the influence of art, architecture, music, literature, theology, philosophy, history and politics in the novels - Discusses both traditional and contemporary literary theory, and examines Austen`s use of...

ISBN: 978-0-333-94898-9
Дата выхода: август 2011

The fourth edition of this best-selling coursebook is designed to help college and first year university students. It requires no previous knowledge and covers international relations and major conflicts during the Twentieth Century, as well as the internal affairs of the great powers - USA, Russia/USSR and China. Coverage is brought right up to the present, with sections on September 11th and the war against global terrorism, the war in Iraq, global warming and the AIDS/HIV pandemic.

ISBN: 978-1-4039-3982-1
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011