Daniel Defoe was an English trader, writer, pamphleteer and journalist. He is most famous for his novel "Robinson Crusoe", which is second only to the Bible in its number of translations. Roxana is a story of a woman who has traded her virtue, at first for survival, and then for fame and fortune. As a narrator, she tells the story of her own "wicked" life as the mistress of rich and powerful men. Beautiful and proud Roxana is terrified of being poor. When her husband leaves her penniless with five children, she must choose between being a virtuous beggar or a courtesan.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08182-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
Sheherezade tells the King stories for one thousand and one nights. This book contains three of them: Aladdin and the Lamp, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and the Genie and the Fisherman.
ISBN: 978846681-153-8
Издательство:
Richmond
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Joseph is excited about beginning to work for Mr. Felberg. But there is a problem with Sydney, Mr. Felberg`s assistant. Why doesn`t Sydney like Joseph? Joseph watches Sydney. Does Sydney have a secret? Joseph is not the only one watching Sydney. Something or someone is watching Sydney all the time and Sydney doesn`t like it.
ISBN: 978846681-554-3
Издательство:
Richmond
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
The city of Rosca is preparing for a presidential visit when the body of a young man is found near the American consulate. He is very well dressed, but there is something missing. Why isn`t he wearing any shoes? It is Rymer`s job to discover the man`s identity. His investigation leads him to a theatre group with a very surprising final act.
ISBN: 978846681-277-1
Издательство:
Richmond
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Jane Eyre survives a lonely and loveless childhood at her aunt`s house. When she is sent away to school, although she receives an education, her existence is still a cold and solitary one. She dreams of living a more fulfilling life, where she is treated with dignity and respect. Then she finds work as a governess, and meets the enigmatic Mr Rochester. Has Jane at last met someone who can give her love and treat her as an equal? Or will Mr Rochester`s mysterious past come back to darken their love?
ISBN: 978846681-601-4
Издательство:
Richmond
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Steve Jobs was one of the greatest business leaders of modern times. One of the original founders of Apple Computers, he later rescued the company from failure and led it to unprecedented commercial success. Apple today is counted among the most creative and admired companies in the world. Steve was, above all, a man of extremes. Things were either `wonderful` or `useless`. There was no middle way. This is his story.
ISBN: 978846681-606-9
Издательство:
Richmond
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Queen Elizabeth II came to the throne of Great Britain when she was just twenty-six. Now in her eighties, she has been head of state of Britain and the Commonwealth for more than sixty years. During her long reign she has witnessed huge changes and dramatic events, while also living through difficult times in her private life. In 2012 the Diamond Jubilee celebrated her sixty years on the throne as a shining example of devotion to duty, hard work and perserverance through good times and bad. Elizabeth is truly `A Diamond Queen`.
ISBN: 978846681-607-6
Издательство:
Richmond
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
The Granville Midsummer Ball is always an affair to remember. The who`s who of Irish society gather at Carrickcross House - the rural family estate - for a night of revelry. But this year`s soiree is extra-special: matriarch Honoria is announcing her grandson Rossa`s engagement to Ashling Morrison. Ashling has been swept off her feet. Tall, dark and handsome, Rossa`s the perfect catch, but is he too good to be true? Why is Honoria so keen to make Ashling - stepdaughter of her life-long enemy Coppelia - part of the Granville clan? Can Rossa`s brother Carrick hold on to his position as rightful heir? And will ruthless Coppelia have her way? With the promise of distinguished company, drinking, dancing and who could possibly refuse this...
ISBN: 978-1-4091-0277-9
Издательство:
Orion Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
Омар Хайям - великий персидский философ, поэт, астроном XI века. Рубаи - одна из самых сложных жанровых форм таджикско-персидской поэзии. Объём рубаи - четыре строки, три из которых рифмуются между собой. Хайям - непревзойдённый мастер данного жанра. Его рубаи поражают меткостью наблюдений, глубиной постижения мира и души человека, яркостью образов и изяществом ритма. Читайте зарубежную литературу в...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05783-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2017
A grand master of the form, Rex Stout is one of America`s greatest mystery writers, and his literary creation Nero Wolfe is one of fiction`s greatest detectives. Here, in Stout`s third and fourth complete Wolfe mysteries, the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth and his trusty man-about-town, Archie Goodwin, solve two of their most baffling cases. The Rubber Band What do a Wild West lynching and a respected English nobleman have in common? On the surface, absolutely nothing. But when a young woman hires his services, it becomes Nero Wolfe`s job to look deeper and find the connection. A forty-year-old pact, a five-thousand-mile search, and a million-dollar murder are all linked to an international scandal that could rebound on the...
Bawdy and moving, the ultimate word-of-mouth bestseller, Rubyfruit Jungle is about growing up a lesbian in America--and living happily ever after. "A truly incredible book".--The Boston Globe.
ISBN: 9780553278866
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: апрель 1983
Jane Mansfield, a gentleman`s daughter in 1813 England, has long wished to escape a life in which career choices are limited to wife or maiden aunt. But awakening one morning in twenty-first-century Los Angeles - in the body of someone called Courtney Stone - is not exactly what she had in mind. Jane must quickly get to grips with a world in which no one knows her true identity: a dizzying world of horseless metal carriages, unrestricted clothing, tiny apartments, all manner of flirting, and unheard-of liberties for womankind. The only thing Jane appears to have in common with the lady in whose life she has landed is a love for the novels of Jane Austen. But are the wise words of her favourite novelist enough to guide her through this...
ISBN: 978-1-4088-1306-5
Издательство:
Bloomsbury
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
This is a fascinating selection of Kipling`s most famous short stories, bringing together the very best of his work. `Life`s Handicap` reflects his experiences of India, and contains two horror stories which permeate the collection with an air of haunteddestinies. Delusions and obsessions, past lives and the slums of London in 1890 are the fascinatingly diverse topics featured in `Many Inventions`. While `Traffics and Discoveries` contains three tales in which the subject matter ranges from unexplained mystery and the supernatural to an other-worldly house full of elusive but charming children. `The Maltese Cut` is Kipling`s well-loved story about a polo pony. These stories remind us once again that Kipling is an undisputed master of...
ISBN: 1-85326-179-3
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 1998
The Jungle Book introduces Mowgli, the human foundling adopted by a family of wolves. It tells of the enmity between him and the tiger Shere Khan, who killed Mowgli`s parents, and of the friendship between the man-cub and Bagheera, the black panther, and Baloo, the sleepy brown bear, who instructs Mowgli in the Laws of the Jungle.
ISBN: 9781840227833
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2020