Continuing the story of The Hobbit, this is the first part of Tolkien`s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring an exclusive cover image from the film, the definitive text, and a detailed map of Middle-earth. Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power - the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring - the ring that rules them all - which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there...

ISBN: 978-0-00-748831-5
Дата выхода: август 2012

Ирвинг Вашингтон - американский писатель-романтик XIX века, которого часто называют "отцом американской литературы". Многократно экранизированная повесть "Легенда о Сонной Лощине" - это одно из самых узнаваемых и известных произведений в мировой литературе. Действие происходит в 1790 году, в голландском поселении Тарритаун. Молодой Икабод Крейн влюбляется в молодую Катрину, дочь богатого фермера ван...

ISBN: 978-5-521-05797-9
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2017

The world first publication of a previously unknown work by Tolkien, which tells the epic story of the Norse hero, Sigurd, the dragon-slayer, the revenge of his wife, Gudrun, and the Fall of the Nibelungs. Many years ago, Tolkien composed his own version, now published for the first time, of the great legend of Northern antiquity, in two closely related poems to which he gave the titles "The New Lay of the Volsungs" and "The New Lay of Gudrun". In the Lay of the Volsungs is told the ancestry of the great hero Sigurd, the slayer of Fafnir most celebrated of dragons, whose treasure he took for his own; of his awakening of the Valkyrie Brynhild who slept surrounded by a wall of fire, and of their betrothal; and of his coming to the court of...

ISBN: 978-0-00-731723-3
Издательство: HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011

It is Christmas of 1183, and Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine are, for once, together in the drafty castle at Chinon. For all their regal status, they are much like any long-estranged but inseparably married couple: Henry flaunts his new mistress; Eleanor plots against him with their sons. They will do anything they can to hurt each other and they love each other to distraction.

ISBN: 9780812973358
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: декабрь 2004

ISBN: 9781444959833
Дата выхода: январь 2021

Antoine de Saint-Exupery`s tender and magical classic fable, adapted for picture book readers for the very first time!Please – draw me a sheep.I blinked.The voice belonged to a charming little prince.The characters of Antoine de Saint-Exupery`s classic tale have captured the hearts of generations of readers. Meet the pilot stranded in the desert. Meet The Little Prince who tends his beautiful rose on a planet of his own. Follow him as he embarks on a strange and wonderful journey to puzzling new planets and finally to Earth, where he discovers the nature of love.Adapted by award-winning poet Louise Greig, author of the Greenaway-medal-nominated Sweep and The Night Box, with enchanting new artwork from the critically acclaimed...

ISBN: 9781405288125
Издательство: Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2023

LANG wall calendars are the most popular brand among consumers year after year. Premiun quality, attention to detail and exquisite artwork set LANG calendars apart. Features 12 full color images, linen embossed paper stock and 2 free matching bookmarks. Size: 14" wide x 13-3/8"h (13-1/4"w x 24"h opened). Artist Margoelein Bastin paints with extraordinary detail and color. Each month features an intimate look at nature through the eyes of this world renown artist.

ISBN: 9780741233851
Дата выхода: август 2010

A chronic liar with few friends meets Professor Trefusis - academic, broadcaster, polyglot and admirer of Elvis Costello - and is led through an adventure that takes in Piccadilly rent-boys, a lost pornographic Dickens novel, international espionage and disgraceful scenes on a cricket field.

ISBN: 0-09-942126-7
Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: апрель 2004

`Anything you do in the past changes the future. The tiniest little actions have huge consequences. You might tread on an ant now and it might entirely prevent someone from being born in the future.`Rincewind, inept wizard and reluctant hero, has found himself magically stranded on the Discworld`s last continent.It`s hot. It`s dry. There was this thing once called The Wet, which no one believes in any more. Practically everything that`s not poisonous is venomous. But it`s the best bloody place in the world, all right?And in a few days, it will die. The only thing standing between The Last Continent and wind-blown doom is Rincewind, and he can`t even spell wizard. Still . . . no worries, eh?The Last Continent is the sixth book in the...

ISBN: 9781804990230
Дата выхода: октябрь 2023

They`re called Lincoln Lawyers: the bottom of the legal food chain, the criminal defence attorneys who operate out of the back of a Lincoln Town Car, taking whatever cases the system throws in their path. When a Beverly Hills rich boy is arrested, Mickey Haller has his first high-paying client in years. The evidence mounts on the defence`s side, and Haller might even be in the rare position of representing a client who is actually innocent. But when his case starts to fall apart, Haller quickly discovers that when you swim with the sharks, it`s easy to wind up as prey.

ISBN: 978-1-4091-1690-5
Издательство: Orion Books
Дата выхода: январь 2013

ISBN: 9780141391519
Издательство: Penguin Group
Дата выхода: январь 2011

ISBN: 9781784874179
Издательство: Vintage Classics
Дата выхода: январь 2020

ISBN: 9780141188416
Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: январь 2006

Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Hundreds of dead fish, some unexplained deaths and a birdless town. Three newspaper reports from Finland attract interest from the British secret service. `Foreign Executive` Ian Munro is sent to Lahti to investigate. But when his first contact is killed in front of him, Munro realises that someone knows why he is there...and that they will do anything to protect their secret.

ISBN: 0-521-75082-2
Издательство: Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: апрель 2004