Three stories, three ghosts. A young woman marries an older man. His first wife is dead. Or is she? Why does a dead man walk through his house each night? An old woman has a house with a tower. Why does she visit a young man in his dreams?
ISBN: 978-1-4058-7871-5
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: июнь 2012
"Путь наверх" (1957) - самое яркое и популярное произведение современного английского писателя Джона Брэйна. Это история молодого человека всеми способами стремящегося преуспеть, сделать карьеру, пробиться "наверх". В погоне за "местом под солнцем" он убивает в себе все лучшее, что свойственно его натуре, предает любовь, "шагает по трупам". Однако в итоге его ждут разочарование и опустошенность, преуспевшего...
ISBN: 5-9542-0059-9
Издательство:
Юпитер-Интер
Дата выхода: март 2005
Forster`s brilliant social comedy is a witty observation of the English middle classes as they holiday abroad in Florence. One of these tourists is Lucy Honeychurch, a young girl whose `undeveloped heart` is awakened by her experiences in Italy and by her encounter with the unconventional George Emerson. Lucy finds herself torn between un-English passion and stifling Victorian propriety, personified in her pretentious fiancé Cecil Vyse and her dismal cousin Charlotte, until she learns to follow the power of her own heart.
ISBN: 978-0-14-028263-4
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: июль 2012
Jack is five. He lives with his Ma. They live in a single, locked room. They don`t have the key. Jack and Ma are prisoners. `Room is a book to read in one sitting. When it`s over you look up: the world looks the same but you are somehow different and that feeling lingers for days` - Audrey Niffenegger. `One of the most profoundly affecting books I`ve read in a long time` - John Boyne. `Such incredible imagination, and dazzling use of Room is unlike anything I`ve ever read before` - Anita Shreve. `Room is that rarest of entities, an entirely original work of art. I mean it as the highest possible praise when I tell you that I can`t compare it to any other book. Suffice to say that it`s potent, darkly beautiful, and revelatory` - Michael...
ISBN: 978-0-330-51902-1
Издательство:
Picador
Дата выхода: август 2011
Пять коротких рассказов - Room 13, The Whistle, The Message of Death, The Maze и The Lost Crowns of Anglia - доставят удовольствие тем, кто насладился чтением других мистических, полных ужаса, историй, представленных в данной серии.
ISBN: 978-0-230-03512-6
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
How the cat purred and how the witch grinned, As they sat on their broomstick and flew through the wind. The witch and her cat fly happily over forests, rivers and mountains on their broomstick until a stormy wind blows away the witch`s hat, bow and wand. Luckily, they are retrieved by a dog, a bird and a frog, who are all keen for a ride on the broom. It`s a case of the more, the merrier, but the broomstick isn`t used to such a heavy load and it`s not long before snap! It breaks in two! And with a greedy dragon looking for a snack, the witch`s animal pals better think fast. A very funny story of quick wits and friendship, The Room on the Broom is another smash hit from the unparalleled picture-book partnership of Julia Donaldson and...
ISBN: 9781509804771
Издательство:
Macmillan
Дата выхода: август 2019
This is a great value activity book packed with fantastic games and activities featuring characters and scenes from the bestselling "Room on the Broom". It includes puzzles, colouring-in, join the dots and more. There`s even a sticker scene with over 40 reusable stickers, so you can have fun creating your own stories again and again!
ISBN: 978-0-230-70860-0
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Classic / British English (Available February 2008) Lucy Honeychurch is a young middle-class English girl. Her life is comfortable and she lives in a protected existence. But her experiences on holiday in Italy show her a different side of life. She learns to look more closely at the people around her and discovers the power of her own heart.
ISBN: 978-1-4058-6530-2
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: июль 2011
You love the boy body and soul, plainly, directly, as he loves you .... Lucy has her rigid, middle-class life mapped out for her until she visits Florence with her uptight cousin Charlotte, and finds her neatly ordered existence thrown off balance. Her eyes are opened by the unconventional characters she meets at the Pension Bertolini: flamboyant romantic novelist Eleanor Lavish, the Cockney Signora, curious Mr Emerson and, most of all, his passionate son George. Lucy finds herself torn between the intensity of life in Italy and the repressed morals of Edwardian England, personified in her terminally dull fiance Cecil Vyse. Will she ever learn to follow her own heart? "A Room with a View" is a sunny, brilliantly witty comedy of manners.
ISBN: 978-0-241-95148-4
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
In A Room of One`s Own, Virginia Woolf imagines that Shakespeare had a sister: a sister equal to Shakespeare in talent, equal in genius, but whose legacy is radically different. This imaginary woman never writes a word and dies by her own hand, her genius unexpressed. But if only she had found the means to create, urges Woolf, she would have reached the same heights as her immortal sibling. In this classic essay, Virginia Woolf takes on the establishment, using her gift of language to dissect the world around her and give a voice to those who have none. Her message is simple: A woman must have a fixed income and a room of her own in order to have the freedom to create.
ISBN: 978-0-241-96190-2
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
A Room of One`s Own (1929) has become a classic feminist essay and perhaps Virginia Woolf`s best known work; The Voyage Out (1915) is highly significant as her first novel. Both focus on the place of women within the power structures of modern society. The essay lays bare the woman artist`s struggle for a voice, since throughout history she has been denied the social and economic independence assumed by men. Woolf`s prescription is clear: if a woman is to find creative expression equal to a man`s, she must have an independent income, and a room of her own. This is both an acute analysis and a spirited rallying cry; it remains surprisingly resonant and relevant in the 21st century. The novel explores these issues more personally, through...
ISBN: 978-1-84022-679-9
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: апрель 2012
In the work of interior designer Suzanne Tucker, art and artifact collections are displayed to best advantage for daily enjoyment by their owners, custom-mixed wall colors are set off by richly sensual textiles and forms, and inherited pieces are blended with newly found treasures to bestow a subtle aura of age and permanence. She uses her extensive knowledge of antiques and the decorative arts to create finely detailed, inviting rooms that perfectly complement both their architectural setting and their owners` personality. Always looking to the "bones" of a structure first, Tucker works from the outside in to ensure that a house remains true to the conventions of its style while its functions suit a contemporary lifestyle and...
ISBN: 978-1-58093-247-9
Издательство:
Monacelli
Дата выхода: август 2011
Country living evokes bucolic landscapes and picturesque villages - rolling Connecticut countryside, verdant farmland, the sun-drenched hills of Malibu - and the architecture that echoes these idyllic settings. These houses, ranging from family estates to weekend retreats, are the personal homes of decorators and tastemakers, including Jonathan Adler, Martyn Lawrence-Bullard, and Steven Gambrel. The properties exemplify varied design perspectives and provide fresh ideas about how country living is ideal for creative expression. This inspiring medley ranges from Tony Duquette`s exotic pavilion-style California home to a charming New York Victorian, a modernist Palm Springs desert getaway by Neutra, a nineteenth-century Gothic cottage on...
ISBN: 978-0-8478-3195-1
Издательство:
Знак
Дата выхода: январь 2010
A follow-up to the successful series Rooms to Inspire, this inspirational design guide presents a selection of novel urban interiors by the leading interior designers of our time. City living evokes cosmopolitan sophistication and artistic expression. This presentation of trend-setting ways to design residences by leading tastemakers such as Muriel Brandolini, Peter Dunham, Jonathan Adler, and Mary McDonald, shows an impressive mix of styles-from eclectic and exotic to neo-traditional. The variety of beautifully photographed dwellings-from townhouses and apartments to lofts in such vibrant locales as New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Paris, London, and Jakarta-were chosen for their fresh design perspectives. This inspiring medley...
ISBN: 978-0-8478-3430-3
Издательство:
Знак
Дата выхода: август 2011
Russia, 1854: the Crimean War grinds on, and as the bitter winter draws near, the battlefield hospitals fill with dying men. In defiance of Florence Nightingale, Rosa Barr - young, headstrong and beautiful - travels to Balaklava, determined to save as many of the wounded as she can. For Mariella Lingwood, Rosa`s cousin, the war is contained within the pages of her scrapbook, in her London sewing circle, and in the letters she receives from Henry, her fiancé, a celebrated surgeon who has also volunteered to work within the shadow of the guns. When Henry falls ill and is sent to recuperate in Italy, Mariella impulsively decides she must go to him. But upon their arrival at his lodgings, she and her maid make a heartbreaking discovery:...
ISBN: 978-0-7538-2374-3
Издательство:
Орион
Дата выхода: август 2011
Engineering helps shape the world around us, from the houses and cities we live in, to the way we travel, and even the sound of the music we listen to. Lift the flaps in this fascinating book to discover how engineering works and the many things engineers do. Includes internet links to find out more. Published for the 2018 Year of Engineering.
Before his death in 1609, the brilliant Elizabethan spy and astrologer John Dee hid his most astonishing secrets, trusting his descendants would one day bring them to light. That time has come. In 2003, Will Stafford inherits a strange legacy from his mother: a key and an ancient script with an enigmatic note. Intrigued, he travels Europe seeking answers to Dee’s riddles, unaware that someone is following every move. Back in London, Lucy King becomes entangled in Will’s cryptic labyrinth. As its mysterious twists take her from France to New York, and from literature to myth, in search of its hidden treasure, she has never been closer to the truth, nor in graver danger.
ISBN: 978-0-7553-4745-2
Издательство:
Headline Publ.
Дата выхода: август 2011
When Rose Daniels sees the drop of blood on the bedsheet, she knows she must escape her marriage and her savage husband before it`s too late. But escape is not that easy. Norman isn`t willing to let her go without a fight.
ISBN: 0451186362
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: февраль 2002
