The three novels which make up The Forsyte Saga chronicle the ebbing social power of the commercial upper-middle class Forsyte family between 1886 and 1920. Soames Forsyte is the brilliantly portrayed central figure, a Victorian who outlives the age, and whose baffled passion for his beautiful but unresponsive wife Irene reverberates throughout the saga. Written with both compassion and ironic detachment, Galsworthy`s masterly narrative examines not only their fortunes but also the wider developments within society, particularly the changing position of women in an intensely competitive male world. Above all, Gallsworthy is concerned with the conflict at the heart of English culture between the soulless materialism of wealth and property...
ISBN: 978-5-521-06272-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
Herbert George Wells (1866—1946) was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, but he is now best remembered for his science fiction novels. "The First Men in the Moon" is a scientific novel, which tells the story of a journey to the moon undertaken by the two protagonists, a businessman narrator, Mr. Bedford, and an eccentric scientist, Mr. Cavor. Bedford and Cavor discover that the moon is inhabited by a sophisticated extraterrestrial civilisation of insect-like creatures.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08226-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2018
The inside story of the greatest business and social phenomenon of our age. "David Kirkpatrick has written a fascinating and timely account of the amazing rise of Facebook. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of business and the internet". Sir Richard Branson
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. The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe finds Crusoe bored with his prosperity and consumed by an irresistible longing to return to the island he left many years before. Along with his trusty servant and companion, Friday, he embarks on a harrowing high-seas adventure that takes them to China, over the Russian steppes, and into Siberia.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08175-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
Гилберт К. Честертон - один из классиков английской литературы, известный читателям всего мира, благодаря циклу детективных новелл со священников Брауном и Хорном Фишером. "Перелётный кабак" - это не просто увлекательный роман, а гротескное повествование об антиалкогольной кампании, которая проходила в Англии в XIX веке. Всё шло как по маслу, пока один хитрец не решил: а почему бы не завести кабак, который не...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05483-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2017
It`s history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: What the `Fat King` did with food scraps and dead horses? How sniffing your own pee could save your life in a gas attack? Why a pair of old socks gave away top German secrets? Discover all the foul facts about the "Frightful First World War" - all the gore and more!
ISBN: 978-1-4071-0302-0
Издательство:
Scholastic UK
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2011
Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. The Fallen Leaves novel follows the fortunes of four women, all in one way or another `fallen leaves`, who are linked by their relationships with the hero, Amelius Goldenheart, and also by secrets from the past.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07198-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Private William Mandella is a reluctant hero in an interstellar war against an unknowable and unconquerable alien enemy. But his greatest test will be when he returns home. Relativity means that for every few months` tour of duty centuries have passed on Earth, isolating the combatants ever more from the world for whose future they are fighting.
ISBN: 978-0-575-09414-7
Издательство:
Orion Books
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. "The Firm of Girdlestone" is a truly fascinating novel that tells a story of a merchant John Girdlestone and his son, Ezra who have a big problem in life. Their firm is about to collapse, and if they do not do something about it, the name of Girdlestone will be tainted with disgrace.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07176-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2018
The series that has sold over nine million copies continues with the first book in the new sixbook Omen of the Stars story arc. "The Fourth Apprentice" also includes the first adventure in the Warriors Adventure Game.
`Well, he thought, so this is diplomacy. It`s lying, only for a better class of people.`Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is a long way from home.Sent as reluctant ambassador to Uberwald, a mysterious region inhabited by dwarfs, vampires and werewolves, Vimes must learn the art of diplomacy. Fast. But when he uncovers a mystery with ties back home, the policeman in him can`t help but investigate. What could possibly go wrong?Well, quite a lot actually. Vimes finds himself on the run through the frozen forests of Uberwald, armed with only his wits and the trousers of Uncle Vanya (don`t ask). And if he doesn`t make it, there`s going to be a terrible war.But there are monsters on his trail. They`re smart. They`re fast....
Emma Thompson celebrates 110 years of Peter Rabbit by giving us a brand-new tale! Celebrate 110 years of Peter Rabbit with a new, original tale written by Oscar-winning actress and screenwriter Emma Thompson and based on the original tales by Beatrix Potter. In this story, Peter`s adventures take him beyond the boundaries of Mr. McGregor`s garden and all the way to Scotland! With 72 pages of beautiful text and illustrations, this hardcover picture book is sure to become a classic - and a collector`s item!
ISBN: 978-0-7232-6710-2
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
