In Japanese gardens, visitors find nature consdensed and brought to perfection: trees are trained and sculpted; the finest natural landscapes are reproduced in miniature; and the seasons are celebrated with spring blossom and the fiery leaves of autumn. In this introduction to Japanese gardens Helena Attlee captures the essence of Japanese garden style and gives an outline of its history. She then explores in detail 28 of the great Japanese gardens, explaining their character and nature. Alex Ramsay`s superb photographs, specially taken for the book, illustrate every aspect of the gardens.
ISBN: 978-0-7112-2971-6
Издательство:
Frances Lincoln
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. "The Great War" is a monumental six volumes description of the events of World War I. Doyle did a great job interviewing numerous soldiers and generals, reading their letters and diaries to get a full picture of the events. These books cover all the main battles of the British Army, including detailed descriptions of bravery and courage.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07190-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2018
A timeless classic of modern-day piracy from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. Aboard the SS Campari, all is not well. For Johnny Carter, the Chief Officer, the voyage has already begun badly; but it’s only when the Campari sails that evening, after a succession of delays that he realises something is seriously wrong. A member of the crew is suddenly missing and the stern-to-stern search only serves to increase tension. Then violence erupts and suddenly the whole ship is in danger. Is the Campari a victim of modern day piracy? And what of the strange cargo hidden below the decks?
Apparently the Greeks (we are talking about the Ancient variety) were a rather groovy bunch. The boys didn`t start school until they were seven, and girls didn`t have to go at all. Greek children invented all manner of cool games just for something to do, and the grown-ups invented the Olympic Games and made the men run naked. But as this Horrible History shows you, things were not always quite so and some of the things the Groovy Greeks did were actually, well, quite horrible! So read on to * Why groovy Greek girls ran about naked pretending to be bears * Who had the world`s first flushing toilet * Why dedicated doctors tasted their patients` ear wax! Ugh! ... plus many more yucky facts about the Groovy Greeks!
ISBN: 978-0-439-94402-1
Издательство:
Scholastic Inc
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2011
When Mario Puzo`s blockbuster saga, The Godfather, was first published in 1969, critics hailed it as one of the greatest novels of our time, and "big, turbulent, highly entertaining." Since then, The Godfather has gone on to become a part of America`s national culture, as well as a trilogy of landmark motion pictures. Now, in this newly-repackaged 30th Anniversary Edition, readers old and new can experience this timeless tale of crime for themselves. From the lavish opening scene where Don Corleone entertains guests and conducts business at his daughter`s wedding...to his son, Michael, who takes his father`s place to fight for his family...to the bloody climax where all family business is finished, The Godfather is an epic story of...
ISBN: 0-451-16771-6
Издательство:
Penguin USA
Дата выхода: январь 1999
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. This volume is a great historical work that contains author`s personal experiences in the second Anglo-Boer War as a military doctor. According to the author himself, he did everything he could to give a clear description of the events.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07187-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2018
Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was an English novelist of the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolves around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. "The Golden Lion of Granpere" was written when Trollope was at the height of his popularity. The novel concerns the events in the lives of an innkeeper`s family; the relationship between George Voss, the landlord`s son, and his beloved Marie, the rivalry between Voss and another suitor for Marie`s hand in marriage, and the results of a betrothal based on mutual misunderstandings.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08359-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: март 2020
Level 4. Contemporary / British English (Available April 2008) Don Vito Corleone is the Godfather` of New York`s richest Mafia family. His business is built on fear and murder. Vito`s son Michael wants a quiet life away from the family business. But that`s not easy, and slowly Michael becomes the most dangerous gangster of them all.
ISBN: 978-1-4058-8219-4
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
F. S. Fitzgerald was an American writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age. The Great Gatsby, his third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. In planning his novel, F.Scott Fitzgerald wrote, "I want to write something new, something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned." He committed all his imaginative resources to the project. This exemplary novel has been acclaimed by generations of readers. It is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s, the story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan.
ISBN: 978-5-517-05752-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2021
Evil Shall. Harriet Vanger, Sixteen Years Old. Missing, Presumed Dead, She Vanished Into Thin Air. The Case Is Closed, But Is A Killer Still At Large? With Evil. Tortured By The Loss Of His Niece, Henrik Vanger Asks Disgraced Journalist Mikael Blomkvist To Investigate. But The Family`s Dark Secrets Are Buried Deep, And In The Shadows Lies Someone Who Will Do Anything To Stop Them Being Exposed. Be Expelled. Watching Everyone Is An Unpredictable And Dangerous Security Specialist. Lisbeth Salander -
ISBN: 978-0-85738-995-4
Издательство:
Quercus Publishing (MacLehose Press)
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Cameraman Richard Grey`s memory has blanked out the few weeks before he was injured in a car bomb explosion. When he is visited by a girl who seems to have been his lover, his attempts to recall the forgotten period produce an odyssey through France and conflicting accounts of what happened. When Susan Kewley speaks to him of that time, he finds himself glimpsing a terrible twilight world - the world of "the glamour".
ISBN: 978-0-575-07579-5
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Join in with the Highway Rat`s fun in this fabulous sticker activity book based on the bestselling book THE HIGHWAY RAT, by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Jam-packed with sticker activities themed around the book, this is the perfect activity book for fans of THE HIGHWAY RAT. Included in the book: over 400 stickers, colouring in, dot to dots, spot the difference, mazes, simple word searches and more!
This lively and comprehensive book charts the developments in the history of western astronomy from prehistoric times, when farmers used the stars to predict the start of the seasons, through the merging of Babylonian and Greek astronomy, and on to the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century applications of Newton`s law. Ending his history in the middle of the nineteenth century with the rise of astrophysics, Michael Hoskin looks at the achievements of Ptolemy, Copernicus, Galileo, Kepler, Halley, and Newton, whilst touching upon the first exciting post-war explorations of the universe of stars.
ISBN: 978-0-19-280306-1
Издательство:
Oxford
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2011
Late at night, a New York cafe. Jack Reacher orders coffee in a cup made of foam, not china. So he can move on at a moment`s notice. He owns nothing, carries less. He has never met a woman who said no. Or a case he couldn`t solve. But now Reacher faces a new case so disturbing that the truth eludes him. He has to sweat the details and work the clues. Doing it the hard way. Until what started on a busy New York street explodes three thousand miles away, in the sleepy English countryside. With Reacher striding alone in the shadows. Armed and dangerous.
ISBN: 978-0-553-81587-0
Издательство:
Bantam
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Натаниель Готорн - классик американской литературы, чьи работы остаются актуальными по сей день. «Дом о семи фронтонах» - второй роман писателя, по праву считающийся выдающимся образцом готического романа. Действие произведения строится вокруг старинного семейства Пинченов, над которыми нависло родовое проклятие. Смогут ли главные герои разорвать череду бед, или же слухи окажутся сильнее? Читайте...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05778-8
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2017
Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that takes over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed. Wanderer, the invading `soul` who has been given Melanie`s body, knew about the challenges of living inside a human: the overwhelming emotions, the too-vivid memories. But there was one difficulty Wanderer didn`t expect: the former tenant of her body refusing to relinquish possession of her mind. Melanie fills Wanderer`s thoughts with visions of the man Melanie loves - Jared, a human who still lives in hiding. Unable to separate herself from her body`s desires, Wanderer yearns for a man she`s never met. As outside forces make Wanderer and...
It tells the story of Quasimodo, the hunchback bellringer of Notre-Dame Cathedral and his devotion to the beautiful gypsy dancer, La Esmeralda. When the demented archdeacon Frollo sets out to abduct La Esmeralda, he uses Quasimodo to do the evil deed on his behalf. But the plan has unforeseen consequences and the innocent Esmeralda is charged with the murder of Phoebus, the man she was in love with. Quasimodo, now utterly devoted to Esmeralda, determines to protect her, not only from Frollo, but from the band of gypsies who have come to reclaim her. His transformation from her captor to her saviour leads to some of the most dramatic, unforgettable scenes in literature. Dominated by the Gothic architecture of Paris`s magnificent...
ISBN: 978-0-14-062371-0
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Полный, неадаптированный текст произведения. Set in 1482, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame is a compelling story of love and betrayal, brutal deeds and one of the most famous acts of revenge in world literature. Quasimodo, the hunchback of the title, is one of fiction`s most extreme characters - beneath his monstrous disfigurement, his love for the beautiful Esmerelda reveals a heart full of intense emotion. The novel is set in the great cathedral of Notre-Dame and had a profound influence on the Romantic Movement.
ISBN: 9781853260681
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2020
Dick Young is lent a house in Cornwall by his friend Professor Magnus Lane. During his stay he agrees to serve as a guinea pig for a new drug that Magnus has discovered in his biochemical researches. The effect of this drug is to transport Dick from the house at Kilmarth to the Cornwall of the 14th century. There, in the manor of Tywardreath, the domain of Sir Henry Champernoune, he witnesses intrigue, adultery and murder. As his time travelling increases, Dick resents more and more the days he must spend in the modern world, longing ever more fervently to get back into his world of centuries
ISBN: 978-1-84408-042-7
Издательство:
Little, Brown and Company
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
