The Shadow Line — a short novel based at sea — was first published in 1916. It depicts the development of a young man upon taking a captaincy in the Orient, with the shadow line of the title representing the threshold of this development. Conrad also extensively uses irony by comparison in the work, with characters such as Captain Giles and the ship`s «factotum» Ransome used to emphasise strengths and weaknesses of the protagonist.
ISBN: 978-5-521-00325-9
Издательство:
Пальмира
Дата выхода: февраль 2017
"The Shadows of Sherlock Holmes" is a fascinating collection of stories featuring detectives, criminal agents and debonair crooks from the golden age of crime fiction: a time when Sherlock Holmes was ensconced in his rooms at 221 В Baker Street and London was permanently wreathed in a sinister fog. These gripping tales of mystery, suspense and clever puzzles are wonderfully entertaining and in them you will meet The Crime Doctor, Professor Augustus S.F.X.Van Dusen - The Thinking Machine. Max Carrados - the incredible blind detective, the repulsive but brilliant Skin o`My Teeth, and the natty, ingenious French sleuth Eugene Valmont. On the other side of the law, there are gentlemen crooks Raffles and Simon Cam - the Prince of Swindlers.
ISBN: 1-85326-744-9
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
It`s been 110 years since Frederick Warne published Beatrix Potter`s very first book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, and in celebration, we are delighted to be publishing special editions of her entire body of work. Unlike the traditional little white books, t
ISBN: 978-0-7232-6794-2
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2012
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist. His most famous works are "Treasure Island" and "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." In this harrowing tale of good and evil, the mild-mannered Dr. Jekyll develops a potion that unleashes his secret, inner persona - the loathsome, twisted Mr. Hyde. This book is about losing control. Its about addiction, about giving in to your darker desires and the struggle that all people go through: wanting to do something and knowing you shouldnt.
ISBN: 978-5-517-00209-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2018
After two nuns are brutally attacked leaving one dead and the other critically injured, medical examiner Maura Isles and homicide detective Jane Rizzoli uncover an ancient horror in the chapel of nuns` convent that leads them toward the killer`s identity.
ISBN: 0-345458923
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: май 2008
