Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. Filled with supernatural events, horrific scientific experiments, and bizarre events, "Tales of Twilight and the Unseen" is an excellent opportunity to discover another side of this master storyteller`s ability to immerse and surprise.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07158-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2018
A selection from the famous collection of Oriental stories known as the One Thousand and One Nights, including the classic favourites Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and Sindbad the Sailor. Travel through the streets of old Baghdad, around luxurious palaces and fragrant gardens in India, to desert islands in the China seas… all in the company of kings, sultans, princesses, merchants, enchanted horses, sailors and thieves.
ISBN: 9788853005175
Издательство:
CIDEB
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Classic / British English Hans Andersen wrote many stories, and these are some of the best. We meet a very, very small child, a bird with a beautiful voice, a mermaid with legs, an ugly duckling with no friends - and an emperor with some very strange new clothes. These stories teach us lessons for life. This Pack contains a Book and MP3
ISBN: 978-1-4082-7818-5
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: июль 2012
Kaplan guarantees that readers will improve their SAT score using guides - or get their money back. Vocabulary is a critical part of studying for the SATs. Memorizing words that are written on flashcards can be difficult because they are not put in the context of a sentence. Kaplan`s SAT Score-Raising Classics make learning SAT vocabulary words easier and more enjoyable for students. Classic novels that are taught throughout high school can now be read while learning vocabulary words that frequently appear on the SAT exam. Designed for easy use, these books feature the actual text on one side of the page, with the word definitions on the opposite side. In addition, the vocabulary words are in easy-to-spot bold typeface throughout. Each...
ISBN: 978-1-60714-866-1
Издательство:
Kaplan Publishing
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
This classic collection of short stories includes some of Clarke`s finest work: vivid glimpses into the future, a year, a decade, a century, a millennium from now. Retold by Helen Reid-Thomas.
ISBN: 978-1-4050-7282-3
Издательство:
Langenscheidt
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Selected and with an introduction by David Stuart Davies, this gripping set of tales by the master storyteller Arthur Conan Doyle is bound to thrill and unnerve you. In these twilight excursions, Doyle`s vivid imagination for the strange, the grotesque and the frightening is given full rein. We move from the mysteries of Egypt and the strange powers granted by "The Ring of Thoth" to the isolated ghostlands of the Arctic in "The Captain of the Polestar", we encounter a monstrous creature in "The Terror of Blue John Cap" and the beings that live above our heads in "The Brazilian Cat" and "The Leather Funnel"; and we shudder at the thing in the next room in "Lot 249". Sit down in your uneasy chair and enjoy this unique collection of chillers.
ISBN: 978-1-84022-078-0
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Here are nine delightfully funny stories about the triumphs and tribulations of the citizens of Moominvalley. Readers will discover how the Moomin family save young Ninny from permanent invisibility, and what happens when Moomintroll catches the last dragon in the world. Some of the characters in these tales will be brand-new to Moomin fans, but there are lots of old friends to meet as well.
Герберт Уэллс - знаменитый английский писатель рубежа XIX-XX века, яркий представитель критического реализма, автор блестящих научно-фантастических романов и повестей. В сборник "Рассказы о пространстве и времени" вошли одни из самых лучших рассказов Уэллса: "Хрустальное яйцо", "Звезда", "Это было в каменном веке" и другие, которые увлекут вас в свои миры и истории на долгое время. Читайте зарубежную...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05387-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2017
