Undoubtedly the world`s best-known fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, with his faithful sidekick, Dr. Watson, is the scourge of London`s underworld, sallying forth from his rooms at 221B Baker Street to solve crimes and bring evildoers to justice. Nowfour of the best Holmes stories have been collected in this volume, offering a superb sampler of the great sleuths fascinating adventures. Included are `The Adventure of the Dancing Men`, in which the sudden appearance of mysterious stick-figure drawingsproves disastrous to a country squire and his bride; `The Adventure of the Dying Detective`, in which Holmes appears to have contracted a mysterious Asian disease that leaves him at death`s door; and two other celebrated stories: `The...
ISBN: 0-486-29558-3 Издательство: Dover Дата выхода: апрель 2004
ISBN: 9781509892334 Дата выхода: январь 2022
The Americas: Where to Go When is the ultimate holiday planner, highlighting the most spectacular places in North, Central and South America and the best time to visit each one. Written by a team of travel experts, and edited by Craig Doyle, the title brings more than 120 destinations to life with informative narrative and the stunning photography you?d expect from DK. Get to the heart of the most memorable travel destinations in the Americas with hundreds of experiences from marvelling at Niagara Falls in April and cruising down the Amazon in May to sampling San Francisco?s romantic spots in September. Six different themes- Natural World, Unforgettable Journeys, Family Holidays, Luxury & Romance, Activity Breaks, and Festivals & Culture...
ISBN: 978-1-4053-7368-5 Дата выхода: август 2011
ISBN: 978-0-553-26256-8 Издательство: Random House (USA) 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. This volume is the first and best collection of stories about the legendary sleuth. Venture back in time to Victorian London to join literature`s greatest detective team — the brilliant Sherlock Holmes and his devoted assistant, Dr. Watson.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08089-2 Издательство: Т8 Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
ISBN: 0714829579 Издательство: Phaidon Дата выхода: март 2002
Huck and Jim travel down the Mississippi from St. Petersburg to Cairo. Jim is a runaway slave so they have to be careful. They have a lot of adventures on the river. They even meet a king! But is he real? Huck soon finds out the truth.
ISBN: 978-1-4058-8445-7 Издательство: Pearson Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
1952. It is more than a decade since humiliation at Dunkirk brought an end to Britain`s war and the beginning of an uneasy peace with Hitler. In Africa, the swastika flies from the Sahara to the Indian Ocean. Gleaming autobahns bisect the jungle, jet fighters patrol the skies. The brutal presence of the SS is visible everywhere. Now, however, the demonic plans of Walter Hochburg - architect of Nazi Africa - threaten Britain`s ailing colonies. In England, ex-mercenary Burton Cole is offered one last contract. Burton jumps at the chance to settle an old score with Hochburg, despite the protests of the woman he loves. If Burton fails, unimaginable horrors will be unleashed in Africa. No one - black or white - will be spared. But when his...
ISBN: 978-1-4447-1066-3 Издательство: Hodder & Stoughton Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Эдит Уортон - известная американская писательница XX века, первая женщина-лауреат Пулитцеровской премии. Её произведения до сих пор остаются актуальными и читаемыми во всём мире, вдохновляют режиссёров на новые экранизации. "Эпоха невинности" - блестящий роман, экранизированный Мартином Скорсезе. Среди высшего света Нью-Йорка популярна мода на викторианскую Англию. Перед читателем разворачивается...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05464-0 Издательство: Т8 Дата выхода: июль 2017
Книга на английском языке Данная подборка - крупнейший из известных сборников уайльдовских афоризмов. Она была выпущена в свет в 1905 г. и является исторической вехой в осмыслении творчества английского писателя. Представляя собой вполне законченное произведение, книга заслуживает новейшей публикации и благосклонного внимания читателя.
ISBN: 5-8346-0124-3 Издательство: Менеджер Дата выхода: февраль 2001
Find your way through every part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s great creation, from the Middle-earth of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings to the undying lands of the West…The Atlas of Tolkien’s Middle-earth is an essential guide to the geography of Middle-earth, from its founding in the Elder Days – as recounted in The Silmarillion – to the Third Age of The Lord of the Rings, including the journeys of Bilbo, Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring.Hundreds of maps and diagrams survey the journeys of the principal characters day by day – including all the battles and key locations of the First, Second and Third Ages. Plans and descriptions of castles, buildings and distinctive landforms accompany thematic maps describing climate,...
ISBN: 9780008194512 Издательство: HarperCollins Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
ISBN: 9780241382967 Издательство: Random House Дата выхода: январь 2019
Tom Sawyer and his friends play truant from school and set off for an island near their home town. Here they decide to play pirates but their game is interrupted when they witness a murder. Tom has to grow up very quickly and do the right thing.
ISBN: 978-1-904633-47-1 Издательство: Collector's Library Дата выхода: октябрь 2012
The incredible Carnegie-winning adventure, now in a brand-new gift edition.Maurice, a streetwise tomcat, has the perfect money-making scam. Everyone knows the stories about rats and pipers, and Maurice has a stupid-looking kid with a pipe, and his very own plague of rats - strangely educated rats . . .But in Bad Blintz, the little con suddenly goes down the drain. For someone there is playing a different tune and now the rats must learn a new word.EVIL.It`s not a game any more. It`s a rat-eat-rat world. And that might only be the start . . .
ISBN: 9780857536105 Дата выхода: октябрь 2023
By popular demand, these vintage editions of Enid Blyton`s most treasured stories are finally back in print. These are the editions that many will remember from their childhoods. Parents and grandparents will swoon with nostalgia and children will love poring over the illustrations and be entranced by the magical stories.
ISBN: 978-0-603-56724-7 Издательство: Egmont Books Ltd Дата выхода: январь 2013
ISBN: 0140621873 Издательство: Penguin Books Дата выхода: август 2002
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. "A Study in Scarlet" marks the first appearance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson, who would become two of the most famous characters in popular fiction. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08088-5 Издательство: Т8 Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Иллюстрированный роман Марка Твена «Приключения Тома Сойера» на английском языке вошел в коллекцию классической детской литературы «Читаем детскую классику в оригинале». Сказки, истории и романы великих писателей детской литературы уже многие поколения учат детей всего мира нравственным и моральным устоям, традициям и быту разных стран и народов. Теперь они собраны в серии «Читаем детскую...
ISBN: 978-5-519-49548-6 Издательство: Т8 Дата выхода: сентябрь 2016
Making her debut in London society, Nanda Brookenham is being groomed for the marriage market. Thrust suddenly into the superficial and immoral circle that surrounds her mother, the innocent but independent-minded young woman even finds herself in competition with Mrs Brookenham for the affection of the man she admires. Only an elderly bachelor, Mr Longdon, is immune to this world of greed and scheming, and determines to rescue Nanda from its corrupting influences out of loyalty to the deep love he once felt for her grandmother.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06146-4 Издательство: Т8 Дата выхода: декабрь 2017
Archaeologist and Incan expert Nigel Davies offers astonishing revelations about the remarkable empire of the Incas and the civilizations that preceded them. From the desert at Nazca to the great coastal civilization of Chimor, this compelling overview makes accessible the latest research on all the ancient kingdoms of Peru. 6 maps. 31 figures. photos.
ISBN: 9780140233810 Дата выхода: январь 1998
Книга знакомит читателя с произведениями Г.К.Честертона, классика английской литературы первой трети XX века. В сборник включены приключенческие рассказы об отце Брауне. Острый детективный сюжет, увлекательные методы раскрытия преступлений, парадоксы, яркие описания, прекрасный язык делают книгу интересной широкому кругу читателей.
ISBN: 5-8346-0058-1 Издательство: Менеджер Дата выхода: сентябрь 2001
ISBN: 9780099529675 Издательство: Random House Дата выхода: январь 2009
Many years ago, the storytellers say, the great King Arthur brought justice to England with the help of his gallant Knights of the Round Table. Of these worthy knights, there was never one so fearless, so chivalrous, so honorable, shiny, as the dashing Sir Lancelot, who was quite good at defending the helpless and protecting the weak, just as long as he`d had his afternoon nap. Behold the very exciting and very funny adventures of Lancelot the Great, as only the acclaimed Arthurian author Gerald Morris can tell them.
ISBN: 978-0-618-77714-3 Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
ISBN: 9781529050400 Дата выхода: январь 2021
ISBN: 978-5-521-08206-3 Издательство: Т8 Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
