Howard Lovecraft was (1890—1937) an American writer who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. Despite the fact that he was virtually unknown before he died, today he is known as the most influential author in his genre. "The Mystery of the Graveyard and Other Stories" is a collection of wonderful short stories such as "The Descendant", "Cool Air" "Pickman`s Model" and others. These stories, full of mystery and fantastic creatures, have captured the minds of readers all over the world. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08209-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. This volume contains two novels, including The Mystery of Edwin Drood, the final unfinished novel by Charles Dickens. Edwin Drood is contracted to marry orphan Rosa Bud when he comes of age, but when they find that duty has gradually replaced affection, they agree to break off the engagement. Shortly afterwards, in the middle of a storm on Christmas Eve, Edwin disappears, leaving nothing behind but some personal belongings. The Haunted House is a collection of ghost tales by Dickens, who wrote the opening and closing stories, framing them, and five other authors: Hesba Stretton, George Augustus Sala, Adelaide Anne Procter, Wilkie Collins and Elizabeth Gaskell.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07944-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
When a black sailor with tuberculosis boards the Narcissus, the shadow of death falls across the ship and the lingering gloom brings out both the best and the worst in the crew. The harsh endurance test of survival at sea, magnified by the dying sailor`s condition, sends the crewmen through an emotional gamut, ranging from pity and selfless compassion to fear, resentment, and a profound hatred that boils perilously close to mutiny. Joseph Conrad drew upon his two decades of experience in the British merchant marine for the vital, memorable characterizations and realistic depictions of seafaring life in this and many of his other works.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06665-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
Set in Italy in the Middle Ages, this is not only a narrative of a murder investigation in a monastery in 1327, but also a chronicle of the 14th century religious wars, a history of monastic orders, and a compendium of heretical movements.
ISBN: 0-7493-9705-5
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Contemporary / British English (Available February 2008) Precious Ramotswe is a kind, warm-hearted and large African lady. She is also the only female private detective in Botswana. Her agency the Ladies` Detective Agency is the best in the country. With help of her secretary, Mma Makutsi, and her best friend, Mr JLB Matekoni, she solves a number of difficult problems. A missing husband, a missing finger and a missing child she will solve these mysteries in her own special way.
ISBN: 978-1-405-88198-2
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2011
The electrifying sequel to Caves of Steel in which Elijah Baley is once more teemed up with R. Daneel. The two must travel to Solaria, where no human has gone in over a thousand years! Reacting in fear against the technological superiority of the Outer Worlds, the people of Earth have hidden themselves in vast underground cities, nursing a hatred for Spacers. The fifty Outer Worlds of the Spacers together are home to fewer people than planet Earth. And home to many, many more robots. Earthmen hate Spacer robots, But Baley doesn`t. He once had a robot partner, R. Daneel - and when the authorities of the planet Solaria request terrestrial assistance in investigating a murder, Baley is once again teamed with Daneel. He is the first Earthman...
In the last 100 years mankind has split the atom, walked on the moon and broken the sound barrier we haven`t got any better at making biscuits. The nation`s favourite biscuit, McVitie`s Chocolate Digestive, was first baked in 1892. This is just one of the fascinating facts you will find in The Nation`s Favourite. What is the UK`s favourite karaoke song, or wedding first dance song? What is our favourite cereal, painkiller, pet or garden tool? The Nation`s Favourite brings together 220 lists which provide the answers to these questions and many more. The result is amusing, surprising and reveals a fascinating picture of the tastes and habits of the UK population.
How can the naughtiest girl be good at camp with horrible Arabella in the very same tent? Especially when she`s busy stirring up trouble for Elizabeth`s best friend,
ISBN: 978-0-340-91774-9
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Jack London (1876 - 1916) was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. This collection consists of ten great stories such as "The Madness of John Harned", "When the World Was Young", "The Benefit of the Doubt", and "The Night-Born".
ISBN: 978-5-521-07504-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Read along and sing along to this rough and tough, swinging and swaying, seawashy piratical yarn! One night, young Tom is awoken by noises outside his house. He peeps out of the window and what should he see but pirates. And stranger still - they`re girl pirates stealing the front of his house! Tom joins their pirate adventure across the high seas to an island where some rather lazy and silly grown-up pirates are guarding their treasure - but not very successfully. Tom and the girl-pirates make a surprise attack and are soon off on the seas once more with the treasure!
ISBN: 978-1-4052-3043-8
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Книга посвящена первому в мире яхт-клубу, «Невскому флоту», созданному Петром Великим в 1718 году. Книга богато иллюстрирована. Специально для этой книги известный художник А.А. Тронь выполнил реконструкции судов «Невского флота».
ISBN: 9785604044933
Издательство:
Циолковский
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2018
Penguin Readers is a graded reading series for English Language Teaching (ELT) markets, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign or second language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction. The Night Manager, a Level 5 Reader, is B1 in the CEFR framework. The text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, introducing present perfect continuous, past perfect, reported speech and second conditional. It is well supported by...
The Discworld is an unpredictable place, what with rivers you can skateboard across (if they weren`t so knobbly), rocks that like a stroll about of an evening and points of raw magic that can turn a body inside out soon as look at it. For safety`s sake, you need a guide! The DISCWORLD COMPANION contains everything you need to know about the Discworld. This edition, the first major revision since HOGFATHER was published (1997), covers the eight DISCWORLD novels from JINGO onwards, including THE LAST HERO and MAURICE AND HIS AMAZING EDUCATED RODENTS, as well as the Diaries, the plays and other Discworld Spinoffery.
ISBN: 0-575-07555-4
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004
