The third in the cycle of novels that began with THE SHADOW OF THE WIND and THE ANGEL`S GAME. THE PRISONER OF HEAVEN returns to the world of the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. It begins just before Christmas in Barcelona in 1957, one year after Daniel and Bea from THE SHADOW OF THE WIND have married. They now have a son, Julian, and are living with Daniel`s father at Sempere & Sons. Fermin still works with them and is busy preparing for his wedding to Bernarda in the New Year. However something appears to be bothering him. Daniel is alone in the shop one morning when a mysterious figure with a pronounced limp enters. He spots one of their most precious volumes that is kept locked in a glass cabinet, a beautiful and unique illustrated...
Настоящее издание представлено известным произведением О.Уайлда на английском языке. В книге реализован оригинальный метод адаптации, сочетающий купирование, пересказ купюр, комментарии страноведческих реалий, сложных для понимания лексики и грамматики. В ряде случаев произведение содержит комментарии литературоведческого характера. Рекомендуется учащимся школ, лицеев и колледжей, а также...
ISBN: 985-13-7838-0
Издательство:
Харвест
Дата выхода: август 2006
The People of the Mist is a classic lost race fantasy novel. It is the tale of a British adventurer seeking wealth in the wilds of Africa, finding romance, and discovering a lost race and its monstrous god. In the novel Penniless Leonard Outram attempts to redress the undeserved loss of his family estates and fiancee by seeking his fortune in Africa. In the course of his adventures he and his Zulu companion Otter save a young Portuguese woman, Juanna Rodd, together with her nursemaid Soa, from slavery. Leonard and Juanna are plainly attracted to each other, but prone to bickering, and their romance is impeded by the watchful and jealous Soa. The protagonists seek the legendary People of the Mist, said to possess a fabulous hoard of jewels.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06604-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
Flowers and birds are integral elements in the original culture of Peterhof. They thrived, and survive to this day, in the palace interiors and the paintings, sculpture, furniture, porcelain and glass ornaments, and bronze statuary that fill the rooms. The palaces at Peterhof demonstrate how representations of birds and flowers have evolved in Oriental, European and Russian art.
ISBN: 978-5-91208-090-6
Издательство:
Арка
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
With a will of steel, Polish immigrant Florentyna Rosnovski is indeed Abel`s daughter. She shares with her father a love of America, his ideals, and his dream for the future. But she wants more to be the first female president. Golden boy Richard Kane was born into a life of luxury. The scion of a banking magnate he is successful, handsome, and determined to carve his own path in the world-and to build a future with the woman he loves. With Florentyna`s ultimate goal only a heartbeat away, both are about to discover the shattering price of power as a titanic battle of betrayal and deception reaches out from the past-a blood feud between two generations that threatens to destroy everything Florentyna and Richard have fought to achieve.
ISBN: 978-0-312-99714-4
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: январь 2013
Джек Лондон - классик американской литературы XX века, автор ярких, живых приключенческий романов и рассказов. «Люди бездны» - знаменитая книга социологических очерков, результат журналистского расследования, проведённого в Лондоне. Очерки написаны через призму взгляда человека «со дна» - городского пролетария, жившего и работавшего в кварталах Ист-Энда, чтобы показать читателю правдивую...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05757-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2017
Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American poet and novelist of the American Renaissance, best known for his allusive adventure novel "Moby-Dick". This book includes notorious work of the great writer: collection of six great stories "The Piazza Tales".
ISBN: 978-5-521-07605-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Written two years before `Jane Eyre`, ` The Professor` was Charlotte Bronte`s first novel and was based on her own experiences in Brussels, although it was not published until after her own death. The story is one of love and doubt, as the hero, William Crimsworth, seeks his fortune as a teacher in Brussels and finds his love for the good Anglo-Swiss girl, Frances Henri, severely tested by the sensuously beguiling and manipulative headmistress, Zoraide Reuter. The novel challenged many of the deeply held expectations of the time and is essential reading for all those seeking an understanding of the author and her work.
ISBN: 1-85326-208-0
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: декабрь 1999
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. This volume includes the fascinating mystery novel "The Parasite" and two intriguing short stories: "The Love Affair of George Vincent Parker" and "The Cabman`s Story." .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08067-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Джеймс Фенимор Купер - известный американский романист и сатирик, классик приключенческой литературы. Его произведения заставляют задуматься о нашем месте в мире и месте людей нас окружающих. "Прерия" - это последний роман о Натти Бампо, главном герое историко-приключенческой пенталогии Фенимора Купера "Кожаный чулок". Читателя ждут невообразимые приключения, смелые и статные индейцы, лихой сюжет и...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05765-8
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2017
Who is the Phantom of the Opera? And who is training the young singer, Christine Daae? Gaston Leroux`s chilling tale uncovers the secrets behind the horror which haunts the Paris Opera House. Retold by Jenny Dooley.
ISBN: 9781844669585
Издательство:
Express Publishing
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2018
Original / American English Kate Grant comes from Canada. She is visiting Europe with her mother and father. One evening she sees two men in a museum. They are taking a very famous picture Girl with a Pearl Ear-ring. What can Kate do?
ISBN: 978-1-4058-6783-2
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
The Pioneers enters of Cooper`s Leatherstocking Tales, and the one that incorporates most fully his own experience of growing up in a town of the American frontier. The heart of the novel is a conflict over who owns America, and by what concept of right. The competing claims of Native Americans, Tory loyalists, roving hunters, and visionary cultivators are pitted against one another in the area of history, and the magical village of Cooper`s youth becomes the scene in which a nation`s destiny is forged. Just as accessible and enjoyable for today`s modern readers as it would have been when first published well over a century ago, the novel is one of the great works of American literature and continues to be widely read throughout the world.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06445-8
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018