It takes patience and enthusiasm to get a guide to Moscow right. The author of The Rough Guide to Moscow lived in the city, married a Russian, and survived the storming of the White House (he was outside, not inside) – never losing a single note. The results, in remarkable detail, are all here in this contemporary and practical guide to the reborn Russian capital. We’ve included information on the most interesting sights, detailed reviews of the best places to eat, drink and stay, and a comprehensive section on Russian history and culture. 34 maps (4 pages of colour maps)
ISBN: 1-85828-700-6
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. The Red Rover presents some of the first serious depictions of characters of African lineage in American literature. The novel follows the activities of the sailor Dick Fid, a free black sailor Scipio Africanus and Royal Navy officer James Wilder as they encounter the famous pirate, "The Red Rover".
ISBN: 978-5-521-07954-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Mackie Doyle is not one of us. Though he lives in the small town of Gentry, he comes from a world of tunnels and black murky water, a world of living dead girls ruled by a little tattooed princess. He is a Replacement-left in the crib of a human baby sixteen years ago. Now, because of fatal allergies to iron, blood, and consecrated ground, Mackie is fighting to survive in the human world. Mackie would give anything to live among us, to practice on his bass or spend time with his crush, Tate. But when Tate`s baby sister goes missing, Mackie is drawn irrevocably into the underworld of Gentry, known as Mayhem. He must face the dark creatures of the Slag Heaps and find his rightful place, in our world, or theirs. Edward Scissorhands meets...
ISBN: 978-1-59514-381-5
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
It`s not just a game when you`re running for your life. Every night they tuned in to the nation`s favourite prime-time TV game show. They all watched, from the sprawling slums to the security-obsessed enclaves of the rich. They
ISBN: 978-1-4447-2354-0
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: январь 2013
HE`S A YOUNG LAWYER WHO DOES YARD WORK IN EXCHANGE FOR RENT. THEN ONE LITTLE CASE BEGINS TO EXPLODE...It`s summer in Memphis. The sweat is sticking to Rudy Baylor`s shirt and creditors are nipping at his heels. Once he had aspirations of breezing through law school and punching his ticket to the good life.Now he doesn`t have a job or a prayer... except for one: an insurance dispute that leaves a family devastated and opens the door for a lawsuit, if Rudy can find a way to file it.By the time Rudy gets to court, a heavyweight corporate defense team is there to meet him. And suddenly he`s in over his head, plunged into a nightmare of lies and legal maneuverings.A case that started small is exploding into a thunderous, million-dollar war of...
ISBN: 9780440221654
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: январь 2020
Incisive, controversial and startlingly funny, The Rules of Attraction examines a group of affluent students at a small, self-consciously bohemian, liberal-arts college on America`s East Coast. Lauren, who changes the man in her bed even more often than she changes course, is dating Victor but sleeping with Sean. Sean cool, ambivalent and deeply cynical might be in love with Lauren, but he`s not going to let that stop him from bedding Paul. Paul, as shrewd as he is passionate, is Lauren`s ex-lover and the final point in this curious triangle. This is a breathtaking tale of sex, expectation, desire and frustration. `A tour of the heart of darkness, a moral armageddon` The Times ` sympathetic to his "lost generation" the way only...
ISBN: 978-0-330-53634-9
Издательство:
Picador
Дата выхода: апрель 2011
"Eric Van Lustbader leads off his Pearl series by mixing science fiction and fantasy into an exciting adventure with "The Ring of Five Dragons". Although much of the book`s mythology is standard fantasy fare, Lustbader creates intriguing and conflicted characters and spins a complex world of religion, magic, and technology around them. "The Ring of Five Dragons" tells the tale of the people of Kundala, who have suffered for 101 years under the oppression of the alien invaders, the V`ornn. The Kundalan people are treated as slaves by the technologically superior and Nazi-like V`ornn, who seek to dominate them and deplete the planet`s resources. But even the V`ornn have masters. The Gyrgon are mysterious technomages who rule the V`ornn and...
ISBN: 978-0-8125-7233-9
Издательство:
Holtzbrink
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
We are wealthier, healthier, happier, kinder, cleaner, more peaceful, more equal and longerlived than any previous generation. Thanks to the unique human habits of exchange and specialization, our species has found innovative solutions to every obstacle it has faced so far.
ISBN: 978-0-00-726712-5
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Edith Wharton (1862—1937) was an American novelist and short story writer. Her works show the lives of people of the late nineteenth century, the times of decline in American history. She was the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921. Wharton also was familiar with many famous people of the time, including President Theodore Roosevelt. "The Reef" is a novel that takes place in Paris and rural France and features mostly American characters. It tells the story of a romance between a widow Anna Leath and her former lover, an American diplomat George Darrow. When Darrow is almost ready to join Anna in France, he receives a telegram ordering him to wait because of an "unexpected obstacle". Offended and...
ISBN: 978-5-521-07837-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
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 book is a collection of intriguing short stories with unexpected culminations such as "Like Argus of the Ancient Times," "The Hussy," and "The Red One".
ISBN: 978-5-521-07507-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Penguin Readers are written by specialist ELT authors. The language, vocabulary, style and content of every book is carefully graded to make sure it suits the learner`s own language ability. Every Penguin Reader has a range of activities in the book and accompanying Factsheet to help increase comprehension and develop reading, writing, listening and speaking skills.
ISBN: 978-1-4479-2578-1
Издательство:
Pearson Education Limited
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
On 30th June 2002 Pierluigi Collina officiated over Brazil and Germany in the World Cup Final. A matter of weeks later he was back on the field refereeing an Italian Cup first round encounter between Sampdoria and Siena. This vantage point makes Collina well-placed to comment on the game, on the stars, the media and the matches he has overseen, including England`s world cup victory over Argentina and Manchester United`s dramatic treble winning European Cup Final. This book takes the reader into the world of the referee, the preparation needed for each game, the managing of players and the other officials and the camaraderie behind the scenes. Collina describes how it feels to make a difficult decision, the pressures from the crowd and...
ISBN: 0-330-41872-6
Издательство:
Pan Macmillan
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004
It is 1939. In the Soviet Union, Stalin has placed his hopes on a 30-ton steel monster, known as the RED COFFIN. But the design is not yet complete. And when the weapon`s secretive and eccentric architect is found murdered, Stalin sends for Pekkala, his most trusted investigator. He is convinced that a sinister group called the White Guild intends to bring about a German invasion before the RED COFFIN is ready. While engineers struggle to complete the design of the tank, Pekkala must expose plans to propel Germany and Russia into conflict.
The Return Journey - a spellbinding trip into the human In these powerful, poignant tales, the "New York Times" bestselling author of Evening Class and Tara Road once again reveals her unrivaled understanding of matters of the heart. Here are sons and lovers, daughters and strangers, husbands and wives in their infinite variety - powerfully compelling stories of love and loss, revelation and reconciliation. A secretary`s silent passion for her boss meets the acid test on a business trip. An insecure wife clings to the illusion of order, only to discover chaos at the hands of a house sitter who opens the wrong doors. A pair of star-crossed travelers take each other`s bags, and then learn that when you unlock a stranger`s suitcase, you...
ISBN: 978-0-440-22459-4
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
After Sherlock Holmes` apparently fatal encounter with the sinister Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls, the great detective reappears, to the delight of the faithful Dr Watson in "The Adventure of the Empty House". This follows the celebrated full-length "The Hound of the Baskervilles". The stories are illustrated by Sidney Paget, the finest of illustrators, from whom our images of Sherlock Holmes and his world derive. This is the second of three volumes of "The Complete Sherlock Holmes" reproduced from original copies of "The Strand Magazine". The three books present all the Holmes stories arranged chronologically in order of first publication.
ISBN: 1-85326-058-4
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: август 2001