When Kate and Mike Sullivan invite their friend Carlos to sail to the Farallon Islands on their father’s new boat, "The Pelican", they expect to see the fascinating birds and animals which live there. But this exciting boat trip on the Pacific Ocean turns into a night of horror when ghastly ghosts from the past appear… and the three friends make an altogether different discovery
ISBN: 978-8-853-00772-8
Издательство:
CIDEB
Дата выхода: январь 2011
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. "The German War" is a collection of essays, written by the author before the beginning of WWI. In this book, Conan Doyle predicts the events of the war, basing judgments on his reading of German military authors and general tendencies in the country`s politics.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07186-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2018
F. S. Fitzgerald was an American writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age. The Great Gatsby, his third book, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. In planning his novel, F.Scott Fitzgerald wrote, "I want to write something new, something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned." He committed all his imaginative resources to the project. This exemplary novel has been acclaimed by generations of readers. It is an exquisitely crafted tale of America in the 1920s, the story of the fabulously wealthy Jay Gatsby and his love for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan.
ISBN: 978-5-517-05752-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2021
Mark Twain (1835—1910) was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". Most of his finest work includes many genres such as humor, satire, and philosophical fiction. "The Gilded Age" is a satirical novel co-written by Twain and Charles Dudley Warner. It extensively mocks and criticises political corruption, greed and human pettiness in America in the period after Civil War, which many historians call the Gilded Age. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-07816-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Генри Джеймс - не только один из самых известных классиков мировой литературы, но и ярчайший представитель трансатлантической культуры рубежа XIX и XX веков. "Золотая чаша" — последний законченный роман Джеймса. Это история о двух сломленных парах. Перед читателем разворачивается драма отношений Мэгги и её овдовевшего отца, артколлекционера Адама Вервера. Красивые и обаятельные герои бросают вызов судьбе,...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05743-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2017
Френсіс Скотт Кей Фіцджеральд — видатний американський письменник, представник “втраченого покоління”. “Великий Гетсбі” (1925) є найвідомішим романом Ф.С. Фіцджеральда і типовим твором “епохи джазу”. Автор надзвичайно майстерно передав приховану за карнавальною яскравістю життя психологічну надломленість після воєнного покоління. Це захоплююча й вишукана казка про Америку 20-х років минулого...
