Offering a unique perspective on sports, celebrity, and popular culture in the 1920s, this irresistible story is an insightful real-life tale replete with heads of state, irrepressible showmen, mobsters, Hollywood luminaries, and the cream of New York society in the 1920s.
The Russo-Turkish war is at a critical juncture, and Erast Fandorin, broken-hearted and disillusioned, has gone to the front in an attempt to forget his sorrows. But Fandorin`s efforts to steer clear of trouble are thwarted when he comes to the aid of Varvara Suvorova -a `progressive` Russian woman trying to make her way to the Russian headquarters to join her fiance. Within days, Varvara`s fiance has been accused of treason, a Turkish victory looms on the horizon, and there are rumours of a Turkish spy hiding within their own camp. Our reluctant gentleman sleuth will need to resurrect all of his dormant powers of detection if he is to unmask the "traitor, help the Russians to victory and smooth the path of young love.
In this third Erast Fandorin mystery, set in 1877, Russia is at war with the Ottoman Empire, and the brilliant detective is searching the Russian army for a Turkish spy. He is followed by a young woman with revolutionary ideals, who has disguised herself as a boy to find her fiancé at the front. Her coldness toward Fandorin, a "lackey of the throne", begins to change as she comes to respect his courage, deductive powers, and piercing gaze. The "Russian Sherlock Holmes" who starred in "The Winter Queen" and "Murder on the Leviathan" returns in this novel by Russian literary phenomenon Boris Akunin.
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. Revered as one of the greatest ghost stories ever told, James`s The Turn of the Screw is an eerie Victorian masterpiece. When an inexperienced governess goes to work at Bly, a country house in Essex to look after a young boy Miles and his sister Flora, all manner of strange events begin to occur. The governess begins to spot a ghostly man and woman around the grounds and is told by the housekeeper that they are the ghosts of the valet and the previous governess. It soon becomes clear that the children are inexplicably connected to these ghosts in some way and the young governess struggles to protect the children, although from exactly what, she is not sure.
ISBN: 978-0-00-742028-5
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
The new governess is in sole charge of two orphan children. Although they are both remarkably well-behaved, intelligent and affectionate, she becomes increasingly uneasy. Especially after she sees a stranger seemingly in search of something - or someone; a man whom she discovers is dead, like her predecessor. She then must fight a frightening battle for her pupils and against the forces of evil, a battle in which her victory will be even more terrible.
ISBN: 978-0-14-119792-0
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
A young woman comes to a big house to teach two young children. It’s her first job and she wants to do it well. But she begins to see strange things – the ghosts of dead people. Do the ghosts want the children?
ISBN: 978-1-4479-2586-6
Издательство:
Pearson Education Limited
Дата выхода: июль 2012
A young woman comes to a big house to teach two young children. It`s her first job and she wants to do it well. But she begins to see strange things the ghosts of dead people. Do the ghosts want the children?
ISBN: 978-1-4058-7941-5
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
A spine-chilling tale of a young governess’s struggle to protect the children in her care from the ghosts of two previous servants. Simple hallucinations perhaps, or external representations of the woman’s inner torments? James’s 19th-century masterpiece of ambiguous narrative is the precursor of the modern psychological thriller.
ISBN: 9788877541253
Издательство:
CIDEB
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
On a hot summer afternoon in 1972, three teenagers drove into an unfamiliar neighborhood and six lives were altered forever. Thirty five years later, one survivor of that day reaches out to another, opening a door that could lead to salvation. But another survivor is now out of prison, looking for reparation in any form he can find it. THE TURNAROUND takes us on a journey from the rock-and-soul streets of the `70s to the changing neighborhoods of today, from the diners and auto garages of the city to the inside of Walter Reed Army Medical Hospital, where wounded men and women have returned to the world in a time of war. A novel of fathers and sons, wives and husbands, loss, victory and violent redemption, THE TURNAROUND is another...
ISBN: 978-0-316-04092-1
Издательство:
Hachette Livre
Дата выхода: май 2012
On a hot summer afternoon in Washington DC 1972, three white teenagers, stoned and fearless, drive a stolen car into a rough, black neighbourhood. Taunting local black kids through the car window, they speed off to what they think is safety. They find themselves trapped in a dead-end street whilst an angry mob gathers. In the ensuing chaos, two of the white boys manage to escape, but Billy - the third friend - is shot dead. Thirty-five years later, one of these men reaches out to another, opening a door that could lead to salvation. However, another survivor of that day is now out of prison, and is looking for reparation in any form he can find
ISBN: 978-0-7538-2459-7
Издательство:
Орион
Дата выхода: август 2011
Unlike most people, Matt Beckford is actually looking forward to turning thirty. After struggling through most of his twenties, he thinks his career, finances and love life are finally sorted. But when he splits up with his girlfriend, he realises that life has different plans for him. Unable to cope, Matt temporarily moves back to his parents.
ISBN: 978-0-340-76794-8
Издательство:
Hodder
Дата выхода: август 2011
After surviving a shipwreck off the coast of Illyria, Viola disguises herself as a boy to get a position at the court of Duke Orsino, who is in love with beautiful Olivia. Unknown to Viola, her twin brother Sebastian has also survived the shipwreck. When he too arrives in Illyria, confusion and misunderstandings follow. After many cases of mistaken identity, who will be lucky in love? The lovesick Duke, mournful Olivia or practical Viola?
ISBN: 9788853004017
Издательство:
CIDEB
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Separated from her twin brother Sebastian after a shipwreck, Viola disguises herself as a boy to serve the Duke of Illyria. Wooing a countess on his behalf, she is stunned to find herself the object of his beloved`s affections. With the arrival of Viola`s brother, and a trick played upon Malvolio, the countess` steward, confusion reigns in this romantic comedy of mistaken identity. The gentle melancholy and lyrical atmosphere of Twelfth Night, enlivened by a comic sub-plot of considerable accomplishment, have long made the play a favourite with Shakespearian audiences.
ISBN: 978-1-907360-14-5
Издательство:
CRW Publishing
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
The gentle melancholy and lyrical atmosphere of "Twelfth Night" have long made the play a favourite with Shakespearian audiences. The plot revolves around mistaken identities and unrequited love, but is further enlivened by a comic sub-plot of considerable accomplishment. In it, Sir Toby Belch and his companion outwit the pretentious Malvolio, who despite suffering their most outrageous and insulting practical jokes, emerges as an almost noble figure.
ISBN: 9781853260100
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2020
Blending high spirits and mistaken identities with the suffering of loss and unrequited love, "Twelfth Night" is the most poignant of Shakespeare`s comedies. Disguised as a young man, Viola becomes the page to Orsino, Duke of Illyria. Her duty is to win the love of the beautiful but cold Olivia for the Duke. But Viola - now in love with Orsino herself - becomes the object of Olivia`s affections. Confusion and deception give way to mirth and merriment as this most good-humoured comedy reaches its joyful conclusion. Формат: 11 см x 18 см.
ISBN: 0140621261
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: декабрь 2002
Уильям Шекспир - один из самых значимых и таинственных писателей в мировой литературе, бесспорный мастер драматургии. Комедия "Двенадцатая ночь", в которой главные герои искренне смеются и преодолевают все тягости жизни с улыбкой, повествует о судьбе разлучённых близнецов - Виолы и Себастьяна. Они считали друг друга погибшими и никогда бы не встретились, если бы Виола не облачилась в мужское платье и не...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05147-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2017