Anthony Patch and Gloria Gibson are the golden children of the Jazz Age. They marry and embark on a life of glittering parties, lavish expenditure and scandalous revelry. When the money dries up their marriage founders. In this wistful novel Fitzgerald portrays the decline of youthful promise with devastating clarity.
ISBN: 978-0-09-954149-3
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: январь 2011
`Once upon a time, there was a boy who lost his mother!` As twelve-year-old David takes refuge from his grief in the myths and fairytales so beloved of his dead mother, he finds the real world and the fantasy world begin to blend. That is when bad things start to happen. That is when the Crooked Man comes. And David is violently propelled into a land populated by heroes, wolves and monsters, his quest to find the legendary Book of Lost Things.
ISBN: 978-0-340-89948-9
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
The name Edgar Allan Рое conjures up thoughts of hearts beating long after their owners are dead, of disease and plague amid wealth, and of love that extends beyond the grave. The richness of Poe`s writing, however, includes . much more than horror, loss, and death. Poe`s stories teem with irony and black humor, in addition to plot twists and surprise endings. Living by their own rules and charged with passion, Poe`s characters are instantly recognizable - even though we may be appalled by their actions, we understand their motivations. This collection contains eleven of Poe`s best stories. They are "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Cask of Amontillado," "The Premature Burial,"...
ISBN: 978-5-521-06267-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
John Grady Cole and Billy Parham, two cowboys of the old school, are poised on the edge of a world about to change forever. Their journeys across the border into Mexico, each an adventure fraught with fear and pain, mark a passage into adulthood and eventual salvation.
ISBN: 978-0-330-33461-7
Издательство:
Pan Macmillan
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student`s ability. Chee Seng, a 16-year-old Malaysian boy,...
ISBN: 978-0-521-73546-9
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2012
Jack Mullen is a driven student of the law. His brother Peter is a servant of the rich, parking the cars of the Hamptons` elite —and perhaps satisfying their more intimate needs as well. Then Peter`s body is found on the beach. Jack knows the drowning was no accident, but someone`s unlimited power and money have bought the cops, the judges, the system. Now Jack is learning a lesson in justice he never got in law school...and his astonishing plan to beat the billionaires will have you reeling — and cheering — to the very last page.
ISBN: 0-446-61254-5
Издательство:
Warner Books
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004
James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. The Bravo was inspired by Cooper`s trip to Europe where he traveled through much of Italy. This novel is set in Venice and it is the first of Cooper`s three European novels. The book largely focuses on political themes including the tension between the social elite and other classes.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07970-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Secrets, rivalry, glamour - it`s time for the party of the Delilah has lived out her tempestuous marriage to hell-raiser Raf in the glare of the media spotlight. Now planning a milestone birthday, she has more on her mind than invitations. Raf has been offered a part in a movie he can`t refuse. But will he succumb to the temptations he`s struggled to resist for the last ten years? Delilah`s three daughters are building careers of their own, only too aware that the press are waiting for them to slip up. For the Rafferty girls might look like angels, but they are only human. It`s the perfect recipe for a party like no
"The Beautiful and Damned", F. Scott Fitzgerald`s second novel, tells the story of Anthony Patch, a 1920s socialite and presumptive heir to a tycoon`s fortune, the relationship with his wife Gloria, his service in the army, and alcoholism. The novel provides an excellent portrait of the Eastern elite as the Jazz Age begins its ascent, engulfing all classes into what will soon be known as Cafe Society. As with all of his other novels, it is a brilliant character study and is also an early account of the complexities of marriage and intimacy, largely based on Fitzgerald`s relationship and marriage with Zelda Fitzgerald.
ISBN: 978-1-907360-30-5
Издательство:
CRW Publishing
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
This novel is set in the climactic months before the opening of the Third Crusade, called the Kings` Crusade. The Brethren is a classic tale of love and chivalry, unfolding amidst the touching story of two English knights who are in love with the same maiden. The devotion of these men is tested when their beloved is carried away against her will to Palestine and eventually to the court of the famous Muslim leader, Saladin.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06615-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
Творчество Фрэнсиса Скотта Фицджеральда, одного из самых известных и блистательных авторов "эпохи джаза", остаётся актуальным и интересным и по сей день. Его роман "Прекрасные и проклятые", во многом автобиографичный, рисует читателю портрет американской элиты из "потерянного поколения" - людей со средствами, которые не видят перед собой никакой цели и продолжают вести светский образ жизни, заведомо...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05163-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2017
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811—1863) was a British author and novelist mostly known for his satir-ical works such as "Vanity Fair" that showed an ironic representation of the British society of those times. "The Book of Snobs" is a collection of many satirical works originally written by Thackeray in 1848 for Punch magazine. It is a humorous study that starts with the statement that "Snobs are to be studied like other objects of Natural Science". .
ISBN: 978-5-521-07822-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
He wanted power. Oliver Russell is fated to rise to the pinnacle of power, the office of President of the United States. She wanted revenge. Leslie Stewart is his betrayed fiancee, a woman dedicated to a single purpose—the downfall of Oliver Russell. Amassing her own media empire, marshaling all her forces against him, she stands poised to destroy Russell on the eve of his most dazzling triumph. From Sidney Sheldon, the unchallenged master of bestselling fiction, comes a story of blazing ambitions and thwarted love that enthralls and surprises with every page...
ISBN: 0-446-60408-9
Издательство:
Warner Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, and playwright. Although he was an advocate and legal administrator by profession, Scott is most famous for his great literary works and activities in the Royal Highland Society. The historical novel "The Bride of Lammermoor," set in in the Lammermuir Hills, Scotland, tells the story of tragic love. In an attempt of vengeance, Edgar Ravenswood falls in love with his enemy`s daughter, Lucy Ashton. However, fate is cruel, and this union entails terrible consequences for both. The story is based on real events, which Walter Scott had heard in his childhood.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07547-8
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
Father Christmas, a sickly Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, an elf who gets locked in the workshop, the story of the birth of the list goes on in this wonderful volume of stories for young readers all about Christmas. Lavishly illustrated throughout by a plethora of brilliant artists, including Sue Hellard, Michael Foreman, Eleanor Taylor and Ian Beck.
ISBN: 978-0-7475-9344-7
Издательство:
Bloomsbury
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
