The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.
ISBN: 0-8125-1181-6
Издательство:
Holtzbrink
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
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. The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard and The Adventures of Gerard are wonderful collections of historical stories about Brigadier Gerard, an officer in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars, the bravest soldier, and one of the most gallant lovers in France.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08143-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
A high-class, transcontinental horse-racing junket should be an idyllic getaway for the super-rich. But one passenger on this train is a sociopath, a genius at blackmail and criminal corruption—and he plans to take everyone for everything they`ve got.
ISBN: 978-0-425-20439-9
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The eighth book in the epic and bestselling series that has gripped millions.A hero will be forged from this broken land.In the battle for power, there can be only one ruler.The ruler of Mercia is dying, leaving no apparent heir. His wife is a born leader, but no woman has ever ruled over an English kingdom. And she is without her greatest warrior and champion, Uhtred of Bebbanburg.An empty throne leaves the kingdom exposed to rival West Saxons and to the Vikings, who are on a bloody rampage once more.A hero is needed, a hero who has been in battle all his life, who can destroy the double threat to Mercia. A hero who will ultimately decide the fate of a nation…
"The Enchanter" is the Ur-Lolita, the precursor to Nabokov`s classic novel. At once hilarious and chilling, it tells the story of an outwardly respectable man and his fatal obsession with certain pubescent girls, whose coltish grace and subconscious coquetry reveal, to his mind, a special bud on the verge of bloom.
ISBN: 978-0-679-72886-3
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Ladybird Tales are based on the original best-selling "Well-Loved Tales". These classic stories have been combined with beautiful new illustrations to bring the magic of Ladybird Tales to a new generation. Children have always loved these stories, and reading them together is an experience to treasure.
ISBN: 978-1-4093-1428-8
Издательство:
Ladybird Books
Дата выхода: январь 2013
Etienne Gerard is a hero of the French army, a veteran of the Napoleonic wars, and a vain and boastful teller of tales that star himself and his exploits. This collection of satiric short stories, originally published in The Strand magazine in the 1890s, includes: - "How the Brigadier came to the Castle of Gloom" - "How the Brigadier slew the brothers of Ajaccio" - "How the Brigadier held the King" - "How the King held the Brigadier" - "How the Brigadier took the field against the Marshal Millefleurs" - "How the Brigadier played for a kingdom" - "How the Brigadier won his Medal" - "How the Brigadier was tempted by the Devil" Hard to find in print, these lost comic classics from the creator of Sherlock Holmes will delight fans of pulp...
This padded box set of Eric Carle`s classic tales includes full-length mini editions of Rooster`s Off to See the World, Papa Please Get Me the Moon, Pancakes Pancakes, and A House for Hermit Crab. Each mini-book slips into a sleeve bound into a padded cover featuring Carle`s signature colors and patterns. The set ties together with two different brightly colored satin ribbons adding a whimsical touch to this sweet collection of stories. This perfectly proportioned portable box set will be an essential addition to the libraries of Eric Carle fans, young and old!
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) was an English novelist, dramatist, and short story writer, universally known for her Gothic novel "Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus". This volume consists of two wonderful works: intriguing but tragic "The Evil Eye" and gothic "The Heir of Mondolfo".
ISBN: 978-5-521-07530-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
British-born Teresa Simons returns to England after the death of her husband, an FBI agent, who was killed by an out-of-control gunman while on assignment in Texas. A shocking coincidence has drawn her to the run-down south coast town of Bulverton, where a gunman`s massacre has haunting similarities to the murders in Texas. Desperate to unravel the mystery, Teresa turns to the virtual reality world of Extreme Experience, ExEx, now commercially available since she trained on it in the US. The best and worst of human experience can be found in ExEx, and in the extremes of violence Teresa finds that past and present
ISBN: 978-0-575-07578-8
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
This is a `bumper` edition of The Giggler Treatment, Rover Saves Christmas and The Meanwhile Adventures. Join Rover the wonder-dog and the ecentric but lovable Mack family in one madcap adventure after another!
ISBN: 978-1-4071-1596-2
Издательство:
Scholastic UK
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, the brilliant Russian novelist whose psychological delvings into the human soul profoundly influenced the twentieth-century novel, wrote a prolific amount of shorter works that are masterpieces in their own right. His novella The Eternal Husband is considered one of the author`s most powerful and perfect creations. This surreal tale of duality and interchanging rivalry explores the life of a rich, idle man suddenly forced to confront the husband of his dead mistress. With keen insight into the human condition, the story relates the shared hatred, love, and guilt of the two men. Ripe with the emotional themes central to Dostoyevsky`s greatest novels, including morality, the bonds of sexual love, mental torture, and...
