A passenger train hurtling through the night. An unwed teenage mother headed to Moscow to seek a new life. A cruel-hearted soldier looking furtively, forcibly, for sex. An infant disappearing without a trace. So begins Martin Cruz Smith`s masterful Three Stations, a suspenseful, intricately constructed novel featuring Investigator Arkady Renko. For the last three decades, beginning with the trailblazing Gorky Park, Renko (and Smith) have captivated readers with detective tales set in Russia. Renko is the ironic, brilliantly observant cop who finds solutions to heinous crimes when other lawmen refuse to even acknowledge that crimes have occurred. He uses his biting humor and intuitive leaps to fight not only wrongdoers but the corrupt...
There are four of them - George, Harris, the writer himself and that dog, .Montmorency - all participants in a boating expedition on the Thames. The difficulties and vicissitudes heaped upon these innocents develop to epic proportions as they experience the hazards of the great English waterway. Their problems are in no way diminished by the outrageous behaviour of .Montmorency, who lays waste to several riverside communities in the course of their journey.`What is а "bummel?` said George. `How would you translate it?` `А "bummel",` I explained, `I should describe as a journey, long or short, without an end; the only thing regulating it being the necessity of getting back within a given time to the point from which one started...`After...
ISBN: 9781853260513
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2008
Серия книг Penguin Readers, включающая классические и современные произведения, предлагает литературу для изучающих английский язык на уровнях Beginner – Advanced. Увлекательное чтение может дополняться аудиозаписями.
ISBN: 978-1-4082-9446-8
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
With the first cup of tea, you are a stranger. With the friend. With the third cup of tea, you are family. One day Greg Mortenson set out to climb K2 - the world`s second highest mountain - in honour of his younger sister, but things went wrong and Greg became lost. He wandered into a poor village, where the chief and his people took him in. Moved by their kindness, Greg promised to return and build a school for the children. This is the remarkable story of how Greg built not one but more than sixty schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan, and how he has dedicated his life to promoting literacy, peace and understanding.
ISBN: 978-0-14-241412-5
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: август 2011
Имя английского писателя Джерома К.Джерома и его произведение `Трое в лодке` хорошо знакомо не одному поколению читателей. Очарование литературного стиля, оригинальность сюжета, изысканная правдивость изображения, блестящий юмор делают книгу интересной и полезной широкому кругу читателей.
ISBN: 5-8346-0081-6
Издательство:
Менеджер
Дата выхода: январь 2001
This Ladybird retelling of The Three Little Pigs is a wonderful introduction to classic fairy tales for toddlers and preschool children. Enjoy reading the simple text together, looking at the bright pictures and feeling the different touch-and-feels on every page.
ISBN: 978-1-4093-0452-4
Издательство:
Ladybird Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
Classic / British English (Available February 2008) Sherlock Holmes is a great detective. There are few cases that he cannot solve. In these three stories we meet a young woman who is terrified of a mysterious speckled band`, a family who think that five orange pips are a sign of death, and a banker who believes that his son is a thief. But are things really as they seem?
ISBN: 978-1-4058-6242-4
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
These classic stories have been combined with beautiful new illustrations to bring the magic of Ladybird Tales to a new generation. Children have always loved these stories, and reading them together is an experience to treasure. Retold by Vera Southgate.
ISBN: 978-1-4093-1420-2
Издательство:
Ladybird Books
Дата выхода: январь 2013
"The New Folger is an edition that all serious Shakespeare students will want to read and accumulate, and one that many teachers of Shakespeare will surely judge the best available." The Shakespeare Newsletter The havoc wrought on lovers by magic in "A Midsummer Night`s Dream" the furious battle of the sexes waged in "The Taming of the Shrew" and a stranded woman finding her way in a man`s world in "Twelfth Night" - this collection of three of Shakespeare`s greatest comedies is based on the acclaimed individual Folger editions of the plays. The present volume offers accurate texts in modern spelling, full explanatory notes, and scene-by-scene action summaries.
In 1993, after a terrifying and disastrous attempt to climb K2, a mountaineer called Greg Mortenson drifted, cold and dehydrated, into an impoverished Pakistan village in the Karakoram Mountains. Moved by the inhabitants` kindness, he promised to return and build a school. "Three Cups of Tea" is the story of that promise and its extraordinary outcome. Over the next decade Mortenson built not just one but fifty-five schools - especially for girls - in remote villages across the forbidding and breathtaking landscape of Pakistan and Afghanistan, just as the Taliban rose to power. His story is at once a riveting adventure and a testament to the power of the humanitarian spirit.
ISBN: 978-0-14-103426-3
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: январь 2013
Trust was rare and precious in the wide-open towns that sprung up like weeds on America`s frontier—with hustlers and hucksters arriving in droves by horse, coach, wagon, and rail, and gunmen working both sides of the law, all too eager to end a man`s life with a well-placed bullet. The New York Times-bestselling Grand Master of suspense deftly displays the other side of his genius, with seven classic western tales of destiny and fatal and trust as essential to survival as it is hard-earned.
A blinding snowstorm - and a homicidal maniac - traps a small party of friends in an isolated estate. Out of this deceptively simple set-up, Agatha Christie fashioned one of her most ingenious puzzlers, which, in turn, would provide the basis for The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in history. From this classic title novella to the deliciously clever gems on its tail (solved to perfection by Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple), this rare collection of murder most foul showcases the intimtable Christie at her inventive best, proving her reputation as the champion deceiver of our time.
ISBN: 978-0-312-97976-8
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
Fairy stories and traditional tales have a special place in the life of every child. Trust "Ladybird" to bring you all the best-loved titles in our famous small, hard-wearing format. This tale of "The Three Billy Goats Gruff" is perfect for reading aloud, or for older, more confident readers to read by themselves. There are 24 "Ladybird Tales" to collect, so the only problem is which one to choose first!
ISBN: 978-1-84646-994-7
Издательство:
Ladybird Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
"Change of scene, and absence of the necessity for thought, will restore the mental equilibrium" It would be unfair to say that any of the three men were hypochondriacs: it was simply that they suffered from a constant malaise, consisting of every symptom but housemaid\'s knee. The only cure for it was a revitalizing river trip in an open boat. Bearing frying pans, elusive toothbrushes, pies, lemonade and whisky, for medicinal purposes only, the three men and Montmorency the dog (whose ambition in life is to get in the way) embark on their hilarious adventures on the Thames. After considerable enjoyment and irritation - getting lost in the maze, arguing with some quarrelsome swans, falling in the river - the three men decide that...
ISBN: 0140621334
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: август 2002
Read It Yourself is a learning to read series of classic, traditional stories with four levels of difficulty to suit the stage your child is at with reading. Written in a simple way for young readers, they will build their confidence in learning to read as they progress through each level. Familiar fairytales and exciting stories will amuse children and encourage them to progress further with this series and become confident readers. Each book in The Read It Yourself With Ladybird Series is carefully structured to include many everyday words that are vital for first reading/beginner readers. They also contain clear, beautiful pictures for extra support and interest. Extra puzzle questions at the end of each book further help with...
ISBN: 978-1-4093-0363-3
Издательство:
Ladybird Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The classic swashbuckling adventure by Alexander Dumas retold for children ready to tackle longer and more complex stories. D`Artagnan longed to be one of that elite band of fighters, the King`s musketeers. But he never dreamed that one day he would fight alongside the most famous trio of them all. Each thrilling scene is vibrantly brought to life with Victor Tavares` illustrations. Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton. With internet links to find out more about people and places mentioned in the story.
ISBN: 978-0-7460-8580-6
Издательство:
Usborne
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Three Years is Anton Chekhov`s heartfelt attempt to create a `novel of Moscow life`. In it, he paints a poignant portrait of the struggles and frustrations that go hand in hand with human relationships. Away from his native Moscow to care for his ailing sister, Laptev falls instantly in love with Yulia Sergeyevna, the daughter of the local doctor. She in turn feels nothing for him, but convinces herself it would be doing him a gross disservice to refuse his proposal. So begins the unequal marriage between the two, a marriage that will bring a bitter and desperate sorrow to them both. Yet as the years go by, and as they face and overcome tragedy together, they learn to value each other in new ways - and so restore their faith in the...
One of Tolstoy`s last works of fiction, "The Devil" revolves around the young landowner`s Yevgeny irrepressible lust for Stepanida, a sensual peasant woman. Even when he gets married to a respectable upper-class lady, he finds himself unable to put an end to his encounters with Stepanida, and becomes increasingly consumed by guilt and helplessness in the face of his undeniable urges. In some ways comparable to the controversial "Kreutzer Sonata", this novella shows Tolstoy at his most salacious, while at the same time addressing the conflicts between desire, social norms and personal conscience. Also included in this volume is "Family Happiness", one Tolstoy`s earliest works, an entertaining and cynical account of marriage from the...
ISBN: 978-1-84749-125-1
Издательство:
Alma Books
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Jerome Klapka Jerome was an English writer and humorist. His novel Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), published in 1889, remains one of the best-loved and most entertaining comic novels ever penned. There are four of them - George, Harris, the writer himself and that dog, Montmorency - all participants in a boating expedition on the Thames. The book was intended initially to be a serious travel guide, with accounts of local history of places along the route, but the humorous elements eventually took over and the jokes seem fresh and witty even today. Jerome`s characters proved to be so popular that he brought them back for an equally picaresque bicycle tour of Germany, an adventure recorded in Three Men on the Bummel.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07973-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
Beth Sheridan likes her life the way it is. OK, so her job`s a little dull and her social life leaves a lot to be desired. But none of that really matters because Beth is in love with Richard. And one day they will be together. Yes, there are a few teeny obstacles, like the fact that Richard has been Beth`s boss for eight years and that he is currently living in Portugal with another woman. But these are just minor details because Beth just knows that one day, the scales will fall from Richard`s eyes and he will realise that it is Beth that he has always wanted. Beth`s feisty flatmate Vini doesn`t harbour any such illusions and decides that Beth needs to give up on Richard and find love elsewhere. Reluctantly Beth agrees to Vini`s (at...
ISBN: 978-0-552-77419-2
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011