Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 — 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. "The White Company" is a huge historical novel set during the Hundred Years War. Together with the heroes of this story, you will visit England, France, and Spain, and take part in the events of one of the longest wars in human history.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07143-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2018
`A marriage is always made up of two people who are prepared to swear that only the other one snores` - From, The Fifth Elephant. `Inside every old person is a young person wondering what happened` - From, Moving Pictures. The Discworld is filled with a vast and diverse population - from witches to vampires and from the fiendish to the foolish, it is a world in which magical books can devour the unsuspecting, and Death can escape to the country for some time off. The Wit and Wisdom of Discworld is a collection of the wittiest, pithiest and wisest quotations from this extraordinary universe, dealing one-by-one with each book in the canon. Guaranteed to transport you back to your favourite or forgotten Discworld moments it is the perfect...
ISBN: 978-0-552-15946-3
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2011
When the Mole escapes from the tedium of spring cleaning and embarks on a new life on the River Bank with his friend the Water Rat, he has little idea of the adventures ahead of him. And the greatest adventures of all are concerned with the vainglorious Toad, who is thrown into transports of delight and finally prison by his love of fast motor cars. It is a hard battle indeed for his friends to teach Mr Toad even a little sense. Kenneth Grahame`s tale of rural life has enchanted generations of children and adults since it was first published in 1908. Формат издания: 11 см х 18 см.
ISBN: 978-0-140-62412-0
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: июнь 2011
Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. The Wanderer\'s Necklace is a story of Olaf, a Norseman in the eighth century A.D. who flees his homeland after challenging the Norse god Odin\'s right to a human sacrifice. He travels to Constantinople to protect the Empress Irene Augusta from her son Constantine the Fifth and other enemies of the Eastern Roman Empire. From Byzantinum, to the pyramid tombs of Upper Egypt, Olaf becomes a traveling Christian who must reject the adulterous advances of Irene. In Red Eve Haggard sets a suspenseful love story against some of the most dramatic events in history, including the devastation brought by the Black...
ISBN: 978-5-521-07750-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
The White Castle, Orhan Pamuk`s celebrated first novel, is the tale of a young Italian scholar captured by pirates and put up for auction at the Istanbul slave market. Acquired by a brilliant Turkish inventor, he is set to work on projects
ISBN: 978-0-571-24477-5
Издательство:
Daedalus
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Herbert George Wells (1866—1946) was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, but he is now best remembered for his science fiction novels. "The War of the Worlds" is an early science fiction novel which describes an invasion of England by aliens from Mars. It is one of the earliest and best-known depictions of an alien invasion of Earth, which has influenced many others, as well as spawning several films, radio dramas, comic book adaptations, and a television series based on the story. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08220-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946) was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, but he is now best remembered for his science fiction novels. "The Wonderful Visit" is the tale of a fallen angel who simply cannot adapt to society in a small English village. As time passes on earth, he becomes more and more human, falling in love and suffering all the human trials and tribulations.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08243-8
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2018
The first book in the incredible Tiffany Aching series. Now in a brand-new gift edition!A nightmarish danger threatens from the other side of reality . . .Armed with only a frying pan and her common sense, young witch-to-be Tiffany Aching must defend her home against the monsters of Fairyland. Luckily she has some very unusual help: the local Nac Mac Feegle - aka The Wee Free Men - a clan of fierce, sheep-stealing, sword-wielding, six-inch-high blue men.Together they must face headless horsemen, ferocious grimhounds, terrifying dreams come true, and ultimately the sinister Queen of the Elves herself . . .
Уильям Уилки Коллинз - известный английский писатель XIX века, драматург, автор многочисленных романов, пьес и рассказов. Роман "Женщина в белом" - одно из наиболее знаменитых произведений автора. Молодой учитель рисования Уолтер Хартрайт по дороге на работу в имение Лиммеридж встречает таинственную женщину в белых одеяниях. История нежной любви причудливо переплетается с захватывающим детективным...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05154-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2017
Джон Голсуорси - признанный английский писатель XIX века, лауреат Нобелевской премии по литературе. В чём-то комедийный роман "Белая обезьяна" - известное продолжение саги о Форсайтах, история второго поколения. Молодые Форсайты уже преодолели предрассудки викторианской эпохи, однако безнадёжно запутались в радостном гедонистическом безумии "новой эпохи"… Читайте зарубежную литературу в оригинале!
ISBN: 978-5-521-05458-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2017
Dig into the amazing world of worms and unearth the fascinating truth about the essential role these unique creatures play in life. Learn about the strange and sometimes deadly survival strategies of worms through vivid images, compelling stories and thought-provoking facts.
ISBN: 9781471509674
Издательство:
Express Publishing
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2018
Introducing a major literary talent, The White Tiger offers a story of coruscating wit, blistering suspense, and questionable morality, told by the most volatile, captivating, and utterly inimitable narrator that this millennium has yet seen. Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights, by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier, Balram tells us the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life - having nothing but his own wits to help him along. Born in the dark heart of India, Balram gets a break when he is hired as a driver for his village`s wealthiest man, two house Pomeranians (Puddles and Cuddles), and the rich man`s (very...
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 novel that launched his career was The Spy, a tale about counterespionage set during the Revolutionary War and published in 1821. He also wrote numerous sea stories, and his best-known works are five historical novels of the frontier period known as the Leatherstocking Tales. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06644-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
