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 Bravo was inspired by Cooper`s trip to Europe where he traveled through much of Italy. This novel is set in Venice and it is the first of Cooper`s three European novels. The book largely focuses on political themes including the tension between the social elite and other classes.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07970-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student\`s ability. Rarotonga, in the beautiful Pacific Cook Islands, is the setting for a daring robbery. When master-thief Wolfgang Peters arrives on the island, Inspector Janet Hunter of the New Zealand Police is waiting for him. Will Peters manage to escape justice once again, or will Hunter and the Rarotongan police catch him? Paperback-only version. Also available with Audio CD including complete text recordings from the book.
ISBN: 978-0-521-73289-5
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
This is the latest instalment in the most famous thriller series of them all. Bourne is back, and this time the stakes are higher than `s enemies are gathering force. Severus Domna, a secret and ancient cabal, has called forth its members from around the globe, with one objective: to vanquish the last person capable of destroying their bid to de-stabilize the world economy - Jason Bourne. But how can they possibly succeed where so many others have failed? By turning Bourne`s most trusted friend into his greatest - and most deadly - enemy. Now Bourne finds himself in a world where friend and foe go hand-in-hand. Bourne`s journey will lead him down a path of brutal murder and destruction - one from which there is no
1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier. Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall.
ISBN: 978-0-552-77389-8
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Where do creative people get their ideas? For most, the work of other top creative professionals provides inspiration and supplies a starting point for the creative process. Following its two successful predecessors, "The Big Book of Design Ideas 3" was created for that specific purpose. This volume features design examples from all sorts of projects - books, logos, packaging, posters, annual reports, among, many, many more - each specially selected for its potential to trigger an idea in the mind of the reader. A wide variety of techniques and styles, along with more than 700 illustrations, will spark creativity and lead the designer to a fully-developed original design. With a wealth of information and attention to detail, no designer...
The bad-tempered ladybird picks fights with every animal it meets, no matter how big or small. But, after a whole day of being bad-tempered, the ladybird realizes that life is much better when you`re in a good mood! In this comical story, Eric Carle explores the concepts of size and time, using his trademark collage style with lots of bold colour and beautiful illustrations.
ISBN: 978-0-14-138350-7
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
The complete 117 images that triggered a religious revolution. Martin Luther`s Bible, published in 1534, was the first complete German Bible and a pivotal event in the history of Christianity. Luther`s revolutionary translation, modern in vernacular and interpretation, made the Bible accessible to laypeople, fueled anger and revulsion toward Rome and the Papacy, and begat a new religion: Protestantism. The most desirable copies came with shockingly graphic and politically-charged illustrations, such as those depicting the Whore of Babylon riding a seven-headed beast while wearing the Papal crown, or the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse led by a Turkish soldier. Taschen is publishing the 117 hand-colored woodcut illustrations, created in...
ISBN: 978-3-8365-1814-7
Издательство:
TASCHEN
Дата выхода: январь 2010
As the 1980s dawn in the sleepy English village of Rushton, Mickey and Fred are next-door neighbours and best friends, in and out of scrapes from the day they`re born. They`re convinced that nothing will ever keep them apart. But they`re wrong. Fifteen years later, Mickey is beginning a new phase of her life, with a small flower shop in London. Meanwhile, Fred`s life is also changing: he`s set to marry his girlfriend in just a few short weeks. Then he bumps into Mickey for the first time since their worlds fell apart. As they pick up the threads of their friendship, Fred and Mickey relive their glory days growing up in Rushton. But can they ever really overcome the devastating events that once tore them apart? And is it true what they...
ISBN: 0-09-941482-1
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004
The Best of News Design 32nd Edition, the latest edition in Rockport`s highly respected series, presents the winning entries from the Society for News Design`s 2011 competition. Featuring work selected by a panel of judges from more than 14,000 international publication entries, this inspirational volume sets the bar for excellence in journalistic design. Bold, full-color layouts feature the best-of-the-best in news, features, portfolios, visuals, and more, and each entry is accompanied by insightful commentary on the elements that made the piece a standout winner. Every industry professional aspires to one day see his or her work in this book.
ISBN: 978-1-59253-751-8
Издательство:
Rockport
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2011
One man`s obsession with the mysterious life of a silent film star takes him on a journey into a shadow-world of lies, illusions, and unexpected love. After losing his wife and young sons in a plane crash, Vermont professor David Zimmer spends his waking hours mired in grief. Then, watching television one night, he stumbles upon a lost film by silent comedian Hector Mann, and remembers how to Mann was a comic genius, in trademark white suit and fluttering black moustache. But one morning in 1929 he walked out of his house and was never heard from again. Zimmer`s obsession with Mann drives him to publish a study of his work; whereupon he receives a letter postmarked New Mexico, supposedly written by Mann`s wife, and inviting him to visit...
This collection, unique to the Modern Library, gathers seven of Dostoevsky`s key works and shows him to be equally adept at the short story as with the novel. Exploring many of the same themes as in his longer works, these small masterpieces move from the tender and romantic "White Nights", an archetypal nineteenth-century morality tale of pathos and loss, to the famous "Notes from the Underground", a story of guilt, ineffectiveness, and uncompromising cynicism, and the first major work of existential literature. Among Dostoevsky`s prototypical characters is Yemelyan in "The Honest Thief", whose tragedy turns on an inability to resist crime. Presented in chronological order, in David Magarshack`s celebrated translation, this is the...
