To celebrate Peter`s birthday, Frederick Warne is publishing new editions of all 23 of Potter`s original tales, which take the very first printings of Potter`s works as their guide. The aim of these editions is to be as close as possible to Beatrix Potter`s intentions while benefiting from modern printing and design techniques. The colors and details of the watercolors in the volumes are reproduced more accurately than ever before, and it has now been possible to disguise damage that has affected the artwork over the years. Most notably, The Tale of Peter Rabbit restores six of Potter`s original illustrations. Four were sacrificed in 1903 to make space for illustrated endpapers, and two have never been used before. Of course, Beatrix...
ISBN: 0-7232-4773-0
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: январь 2002
The Tales of Belkin were the first work of prose fiction to be completed by Russia`s greatest poet, Alexander Pushkin. Written over a short period in the autumn of 1830, and sometimes referred to as `the little parodies`, the five stories reflect a number of the key interests of European writers of the time, such as the Byronic hero, the Gothic novel, and the tale of the supernatural. Perhaps the key element in each of these sparkling vignettes is surprise, as they provide some familiar literary themes with a range of unexpected twists. At the same time they suggested fruitful new avenues for Russian writers to explore, and the country`s literature would simply not have been the same without them. The volume is completed by Pushkin`s...
`Oh, please let me cross`, said the middle-sized goat, but the troll only snapped, `What`s your hurry? With some herbs and some spices and served up with rice, you would make a delicious goat curry!` The story of three little goats and a troll, retold in irreverent, playful rhyme that`s perfect for reading aloud. With flaps and pop-up surprises on every spread, this sturdy book is ideal for young children. It is now in a new enlarged format including a free audio CD with two tracks. Listen to the story alone, or follow along with the book by turning the pages when you hear the chime.
ISBN: 978-0-330-50620-5
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Herbert George Wells (1866—1946) was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing doz-ens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, but he is now best remembered for his science fiction novels. "The Time Machine" is a science fiction novella and the first and greatest modern portrayal of time-travel. When a Victorian scientist propels himself into the year 802,701 AD, he is initially delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty, contentment and peace. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08219-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Heres a happy ending to McCaffreys futuristic Rowan (aka the Talent) series (Lyons Pride, etc.), as Humans, their allies, the Mrdini, and the insectoid Hivers, who menace both, find ways to coexist. The main heroes are the Talented members of Federation Teleport and Telepath, dominated by the family that began the organization, but increasingly including different blood lines. McCaffrey provides an introduction, What Has Gone On Before, but its nearly as confusing as it is helpful. Fortunately, the narrative offers bountiful explanations of salient events and relationships, so all becomes clear as the story progresses. Few surprises are on hand, but the relationships among the parapsychically gifted Humans at FT&T are particularly well...
ISBN: 0-552-14629-3
Издательство:
Corgi Books
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004
It`s spring 1868, and the population of Boston is being terrorised by technological attacks: first a magnetic storm causes ships in the harbour to collide in flames, then in another bizarre catastrophe every piece of glass in the financial district spontaneously melts - clocks, windows, eyeglasses. Nothing in nature can do this: these are man-made disasters. Someone has unleashed the destructive potential of science on an innocent population. The city`s fate relies on four young students of the recently founded Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Marcus Mansfield, a Civil War veteran determined to repay MIT`s founder for taking a chance on him, brash Bob Richards, meticulous Edwin Hoyt and the eccentric but brilliant Ellen Swallow,...
ISBN: 978-0-09-951276-9
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: январь 2013
Daniel Stone has always been close to his daughter. Staying at home to look after her while his wife pursued a career as a top level academic, his was always the first name she called. But recently it seems, without him noticing it, his daughter is gone, and in her place is a stranger. Until the night fourteen-year-old Trixie comes home from a party claiming she was raped, and suddenly she needs him more than ever before. Because the whole school knew Jason Underhill broke Trixie`s heart, but that doesn’t make him a rapist, does it? For Daniel, there is no doubt: his daughter is innocent. He has failed to protect her once. Now he will do anything to save her.
ISBN: 978-0-340-96056-1
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a powerful and sometimes violent novel of expectation, love, oppression, sin, religion and betrayal. It portrays the disintegration of the marriage of Helen Huntingdon, the mysterious `tenant` of the title, and her dissolute, alcoholic husband. Defying convention, Helen leaves her husband to protect their young son from his father`s influence, and earns her own living as an artist. Whilst in hiding at Wildfell Hall, she encounters Gilbert Markham, who falls in love with her. On its first publication in 1848, Anne Bronte`s second novel was criticized for being `coarse` and `brutal`. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall challenges the social conventions of the early nineteenth | century in a strong defence of women`s...
ISBN: 1-85326-488-1
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: декабрь 1999
The Time Machine is a science fiction novel (1895) about time travel by way of using a vehicle that allowed its operator to travel forwards or backwards in time. The novel has since been adapted into three feature films, two television versions, and a large number of comic book adaptations.
ISBN: 978-5-521-00161-3
Издательство:
Пальмира
Дата выхода: январь 2017
Young Jack Sawyer is searching for the Talisman, the only thing that can save his dying mother. His quest takes him into the menacing Territories where violence, surprise and the titanic struggle between good and evil reach across a mythic landscape. About the Author Stephen King is the bestselling author of more than thirty books of which the most recent are THE GIRL WHO LOVED TOM GORDON, HEARTS IN ATLANTIS and his non-fiction book ON WRITING. He lives with his wife, the novelist Tabitha King, in Bangor, Maine.
ISBN: 0-340-67445-8
Издательство:
Hodder
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
`A lie can run round the world before The Truth can get its boots on.`William de Worde has somehow found himself editor of Ankh-Morpork`s first newspaper. Well, with a name like that . . .Launched into the world of investigative journalism, alongside reporter Sacharissa Cripslock, William soon learns that the news is a risky business. For a start, his colleagues include a band of axe-wielding dwarfs and a recovering vampire with a life-threatening passion for flash photography.It`s a big news week: the most powerful man in the city has been arrested, leaving Ankh-Morpork without a leader. And a dangerous criminal organisation will do anything to control the story . . .The Discworld novels can be read in any order but The Truth is a...
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 Two Admirals is an 1842 nautical fiction set during the 18th century. Exploring the British Royal Navy, Cooper wrote the novel out of encouragement of his English publisher, who recommended writing another sea novel. Cooper had originally intended to write a novel where ships were the main characters, though eventually decided not to.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07949-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
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: 978-0-7232-6793-5
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2012
Begin your journey into Middle-earth.A New Legend Begins on Prime Video, in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.The second part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic adventure THE LORD OF THE RINGS.The Fellowship is scattered. Some prepare for war against the Dark Lord. Some fight against the treachery of the corrupt wizard Saruman. Only Frodo and Sam are left to take the accursed Ring to be destroyed in the fires of Mount Doom.Mount Doom lies in the very heart of the Dark Lord’s realm. Their only guide on the perilous journey is Gollum, a deceitful and obsessive creature who once possessed the Ring and longs to wield its power once again.As dark forces assemble, the fate of Middle-earth rests with two lonely hobbits – but is Gollum...
Комедия Уильяма Шекспира «Укрощение строптивой» на английском языке, входит в серию книг «Зарубежная классика — читай в оригинале». Эта коллекция собрана из бессмертных произведений великих мастеров пера, написанных ими на их родном языке. Книги из этой серии помогут читателю углублённо изучать иностранные языки, обогатят его внутренний мир и по-новому откроют произведения известных...
ISBN: 978-5-519-49816-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2016
Unlike other cygnets, Louis, the trumpeter swan, cannot utter a sound. But with the encouragement of his father, Louis sets out to overcome his problem. One way of doing this Louis decides, is to learn to read and write and so he sets off to Montana to find his friend Sam Beaver. Louis goes to school with him and learns to read and write, but when he returns to the lakes and falls in love with the beautiful Serena, he is upset that Serena can`t read his sign, which says `I love you`. Once again his parents are determined to help him find a new way of expressing himself and it is his father who dreams up the brilliant solution that will put Louis firmly on the path to success and fulfilment.
ISBN: 978-0-14-132297-1
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2012
