Jonathan Coe`s widely acclaimed novel is set in the 1970s against a distant backdrop of strikes, terrorist attacks and growing racial tension. A group of young friends inherit the editorship of their school magazine and begin to put their own distinctive spin onto events in the wider world. A zestful comedy of personal and social upheaval, The Rotters` Club captures a fateful moment in British politics - the collapse of `Old Labour` - and imagines its impact on the topsy-turvy world of the bemused teenager: a world in which a lost pair of swimming trunks can be just as devastating as an IRA bomb.
ISBN: 978-0-14-103326-6
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: август 2011
Rotten Rulers gives you the low-down on the world`s most loathsome leaders. From bizarre tsars and evil emperors to crazy kings and queens, people all around the world have suffered at the hands of their rulers for centuries. Whether they`re nutty or nasty, fat or foul, those in charge rarely get it right. Want to know: - Who gave the job of high priest to a donkey? - Who choked to death while eating a crow? - Who celebrated victory by eating his enemy`s head? Read on for the power-crazed president who still rules from the grave and find out about the suffering slave who was ordered to collect 500 kilos of spider webs for his boss. Meet Genghis the Mongolian murderer and discover just how terrible Ivan really was. History has never been...
ISBN: 978-0439-95936-0
Издательство:
Scholastic Inc
Дата выхода: август 2010
The Beatles are the ultimate band - the most popular, the most respected, the most influential. The Rough Guide to the Beatles covers every aspect of the Fab Four, delving deep into the Beatles music, lyrics, movies and the Beatles solo careers. Features include: The Story: from Liverpool clubs to Beatlemania; the music: incisive reviews of every Beatles and solo album and new Beatle Music from George Martin`s son Giles; the canon: the inside track on the 50 greatest songs; on screen: the movies, the promos and the TV appearances and new coverage of the upcoming Rock Band-style video game of Beatle music; the fifth Beatle: George Martin, Yoko Ono, Magic Alex and other contenders as well as the resignation and death of Neil Aspinall; and,...
The Rough Guide is the essential companion for anyone interested in American Independent, low-budget and maverick filmmaking. The book looks at the deep-reaching history of American `indie` cinema in all its guises, from its earliest incarnations in the 60s and 70s to the growth of indie avatars (Sundance and Miramax) and even considers where it is today. It explores the definitions of `independent` film in terms of both aesthetics and means of production and comes complete with a canon of the 50 greatest American `Indie` films of all time.
ISBN: 978-1-84353-602-4
Издательство:
Rough Guides
Дата выхода: август 2011
Mark Twain (1835—1910) was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Most of his finest work includes many genres such as humor, satire, and philosophical fiction. "Roughing It" is a semi-autobiographical work that describes the travels of young Mark Twain through the Wild West during 1861—1867 along with his brother Orion Clemens. The book contains many adventures, including a visit to Salt Lake City, a journey to the Kingdom of Hawaii, and his beginnings as a writer. All with Twain`s excellent sense of humor, which later would become one of the key features of his writing.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07809-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Still going strong after four decades, The Rolling Stones are the ultimate rock band. The Rough Guide to The Rolling Stones explores every aspect of the music, and charts how Mick, Keith and the boys invented rock stardom. Features include: The Story: From the blues clubs of 60s Chelsea to the world tours and millionaire mansions, The Music: 50 essential songs and the stories behind them, plus the albums, bootlegs, soundtracks and solo projects, The Entourage: the girlfriends, managers and musicians, from Jerry Hall and Marianne Faithful to Andrew Loog Oldham and Nicky Hopkins, The Rolling Review: the movies, books and websites all the Stones info you`ll ever need. This Rough Guide leaves no stone unturned.
ISBN: 978-1-84353-719-9
Издательство:
Rough Guides
Дата выхода: август 2011
Capturing tales of the American West told through wildly-humorous autobiographical essays by Mark Twain, this classic offers an insightful account of Twain`s own life and experiences.
ISBN: 978-0-7434-3650-2
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: июль 2011
The Rough Guide to British Cult Comedy is the ultimate guide to live and television comedy in Britain from the 1980s to the present day. From Ben Elton to Alan Carr, this book profiles fifty of the most influential cult comedy icons and discovers how they became household names. Throughout the book, there are tips from comedians and industry insiders, with a mix of amusing anecdotes and practical suggestions for writing and performing your own live show and sitcom. The guide reviews the top cult comedy on TV and in the movies, with a detailed focus on what inspired them and what they in turn inspired. Comedy Stories looks at the highs and lows of performing live comedy with tales of the rowdiest hecklers and strangest audiences. The book...
ISBN: 978-1-84353-618-5
Издательство:
Rough Guides
Дата выхода: август 2011
A gripping and unnerving story of a family`s secrets and lies, from the bestselling author of `Notes from an Exhibition`. Julian as a small boy is taken on the perfect Cornish holiday. When glamorous American cousins unexpectedly swell the party, however, emotions run high and events spiral out of control. Though he has been brought up in the forbidding shadow of the prison his father runs, though his parents are neither as normal nor as happy as he supposes, Julian`s world view is the sunnily selfish, accepting one of boyhood. It is only when he becomes a man - seemingly at ease with love, with his sexuality, with his ghosts - that the traumatic effects of that distant summer rise up to challenge his defiant assertion that he is happy...
ISBN: 978-0-00-730767-8
Издательство:
Collins
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Get the lowdown on the best fiction ever written. Over 230 of the world`s greatest novels are covered, from Quixote (1614) to Orhan Pamuk`s Snow (2002), with fascinating information about their plots and their authors - and suggestions for what to read next. The guide comes complete with recommendations of the best editions and translations for every genre from the most enticing crime and punishment to love, sex, heroes and anti-heroes, not to mention all the classics of comedy and satire, horror and mystery and many other literary genres. With feature boxes on experimental novels, female novelists, short reviews of interesting film and TV adaptations, and information on how the novel began, this guide will point you to all the classic...
ISBN: 978-1-84353-516-4
Издательство:
Rough Guides
Дата выхода: август 2011
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Round the Sofa is a collection of short stories, which introduces us to a set of characters who take turns to recount stories during their weekly soiree. It contains several tales, including "An Accursed Race", an essay about a persecuted minority group of Cagots in Western France, and "The Half Brothers" - touching and sad story about brotherly love and a sheep-dog named Lassie.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07717-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Classic / British English (Available April 2008) Phileas Fogg is living quietly in London. Then he makes a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days. The result is a crazy, exciting race against time across Europe, Asia and America. There are many dangers along the way and a detective who wants to arrest him!
ISBN: 978-1-4058-6518-0
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Can Phileas Fogg go round the world in eighty days? He doesn`t know that somebody wants to stop him. Then Fogg will lose his bet twenty thousand pounds!
ISBN: 978-1-4058-8441-9
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. Round the Red Lamp is a collection of medical and detective stories by Doyle, where he focused on the problems that present themselves to physicians and surgeons at the time. The Captain of the Polestar and Other Tales is a collection of early Doyle`s short stories. It includes stories of mystery, comedy, shipwrecks and fantasy.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08145-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
Phileas Fogg is living quietly in London. Then he makes a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days. The result is a crazy, exciting race against time across Europe, Asia and America. There are many dangers along the way and a detective who wants to arrest him!
ISBN: 978-1-4082-7653-2
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
What`s it like to drive a car that`s actively trying to kill you? This and many other burning questions trouble Jeremy Clarkson as he sets out to explore the world from the safety of four wheels. Avoiding the legions of power-crazed traffic wombles attempting to block highway and byway, he: shows how the world of performance cars may be likened to Battersea Dogs` Home; reveals why St Moritz may be the most bonkers town in all of the world; reminds us that Switzerland is so afraid of snow that any flakes falling on the road are immediately arrested; and, argues that washing a car is a waste of time. Funny, globe-trotting, irreverent and sometimes downright rude, "Round the Bend" is packed with curious and fascinating but otherwise...
ISBN: 978-0-241-95695-3
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: май 2012
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. "Round the Red Lamp" is a splendid collection of medical and detective short stories, the idea of which was suggested to the author by none other than Jerome K. Jerome.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07162-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
