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, free black sailor Scipio Africanus and Royal Navy officer James Wilder as they encounter the famous pirate, "The Red Rover".
ISBN: 978-5-521-06642-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 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
In their fifth decade together, the Rolling Stones are still the world`s best rock band-and they`re not slowing down. Fueled by the songwriting talents of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, they`ve created countless number-one singles and albums; produced the highest-grossing concert series ever (Voodoo Lounge), and starred in a Martin Scorsese IMAX documentary (Shine a Light). This volume tells the Stones` incredible story through their music, featuring an account of every song they wrote, recorded, and released.
ISBN: 978-1-84732-695-9
Издательство:
Carlton Books Ltd
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
A novel of naval life in Napoleonic France. After forty years of piracy on Eastern seas, Citizen Peyrol returns to his native France, a country now ravaged and scarred by revolution and war. Looking for peace in which to end his days, he withdraws to a safe harbor in a remote farmhouse on Escampobar Peninsula, which looks out to the distant Mediterranean, where the lovely Arlette lives with her aunt and the revolutionary Scevola. But the arrival of young Lieutenant Real calls Peyrol once again to action in a mission of danger, patriotism and heroism.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06672-8
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
Katie Lavender has always thought she was pretty unshockable, until a year after her mother`s death she receives a letter from a solicitor telling her that the man she thought was her father, in fact wasn`t. Her real father, a man named Stirling Nightingale, has for years been building a trust fund for her. And now she`s of an age to collect it. But Katie`s not interested in the money. She wants to know about the man instead. So decides to do some snooping. She tracks him down to a beautiful riverside home in Surrey on the night he`s hosting a birthday party for his 90-year-old mother. And as she`s hovering outside, Katie is mistaken for a replacement waitress - an opportunity just too good to miss. And so Katie discovers that the...
ISBN: 978-1-4091-3539-5
Издательство:
Orion Books
Дата выхода: июль 2012
The Rough Guide to Chick Flicks is an essential guide to the movies that women love to watch. Taking a female perspective, this book covers everything, from the history of cinema and the different films made around the world, to the stars, the directors and the people behind the scenes of this increasingly popular movie genre. The guide includes details on costume design and has a unique chapter on the chick lit/chick flick crossover. Written by a film scholar, this book leaves no stone unturned with an exciting mix of old favorites from Bridget and Bette Davis to some surprising choices - thrillers, warrior movies and even the odd western. With hundreds of film reviews, this guide opens up a whole new world of interesting and fun films...
ISBN: 978-1-84353-710-6
Издательство:
Rough Guides
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Deeply moving and compelling, The Rain Before It Falls is the story of three generations of one family riven by tragedy. When Rosamond, a reluctant bearer of family secrets, dies suddenly, a mystery is left for her niece Gill to unravel. Some photograph albums and tapes point towards a blind girl named Imogen whom no one has seen in twenty years. The search for Imogen and the truth of her inheritance becomes a shocking story of mothers and daughters and of how sadness, like a musical refrain, may haunt us down the years. Формат: 13 см х 20 см.
ISBN: 978-0-14-103321-1
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2012
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 Redskins is the last volume of the Littlepage Manuscripts trilogy, narrating the history of three generations of a Dutch-descended American family starting from the mid-eighteenth century.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07959-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
British Intelligence recruits a derelict, saxophone-playing publisher who visits the Moscow Book Fair and stumbles across the hottest Soviet defence secrets in years. Classic spy moves in what is both a love story and a thriller from the creator of Smiley and author of "A Perfect Spy".
ISBN: 0-340-51121-4
Издательство:
Hodder
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Let me tell you who I am, on the chance that these scribblings do survive... “I am Murgen, Standardbearer of the Black Company, though I bear the shame of having lost that standard in battle. I am keeping these Annals because Croaker is dead, One–Eye won’t, and hardly anyone else can read or write. I will be your guide for however long it takes the Shadowlanders to force our present predicament to its inevitable end...” This omnibus volume comprises the novels Bleak Seasons and She is the Darkness.
