In Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson took science fiction to dazzling new levels. Now, in The Diamond Age, he delivers another stunning tale. Set in twenty-first century Shanghai, it is the story of what happens when a state-of-the-art interactive device falls in the hands of a street urchin named Nell. Her life - and the entire future of humanity - is about to be decoded and
Edith Wharton (1862—1937) was an American novelist and short story writer. Her works show the lives of people of the late nineteenth century, the times of decline in American history. She was the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921. Wharton also was familiar with many famous people of the time, including President Theodore Roosevelt. This volume includes many wonderful short stories like "The Other Two", "Expiation", "The Lady`s Maid`s Bell" and the title story "The Descent of Man". .
ISBN: 978-5-521-07842-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
This rediscovered gem by a major, yet neglected, writer - here presented in a dazzling new translation - is an absorbing account of the final days of Czarist Russia. An absorbing saga about the brutalities of military life upon its own soldiers. Stranded at a distant outpost, young Romashov finds himself obliged to fight a duel - over something he realizes is meaningless. As the novel hurtles toward a startling conclusion, it reveals itself to be a luminous depiction of the end of an era.
Джеймс Джойс - не только один из самых известных классиков мировой литературы XIX-XX веков, но и ярчайший представитель модернизма, обладающий изысканным слогом. "Мёртвые" - известная повесть автора, завершающая цикл "Дублинцы", в которой призраки прошлого под Рождество воскресают чувство почти забытой любви, а утончённое и элегантное повествование проникнуто тонким психологизмом. Читайте зарубежную...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05399-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2017
In the war against vampires, mankind has only one hope: Dark-Hunters. From the wild imagination of Kenyon comes the next humorous and suspenseful manga volume in her internationally bestselling Dark-Hunter series.
The Devils (Joe Abercrombie)Europe stares into the abyss.Plague and famine stalk the land, monsters lurk in every shadow and greedy princes care for nothing but their own ambitions. Only one thing is certain: the elves will come again, and they will eat everyone.Sometimes, only the darkest paths lead towards the light. Paths on which the righteous will not dare to tread . . .And so, buried beneath the sacred splendour of the Celestial Palace, is the secret Chapel of the Holy Expediency. For its congregation of convicted monsters there are no sins that have not been committed, no lines that will not be crossed, and no mission that cannot be turned into a disastrous bloodbath.Now the hapless Brother Diaz must somehow bind the worst of the...
A mystery of unrelenting suspense and penetrating characterization, The Dead Secret explores the relationship between a fallen woman, her illegitimate daughter, and buried secrets in a superb blend of romance and Gothic drama. Reprinted here in the only critical edition available, is the text of the first edition, including Collins`s preface and revisions. A superb introduction relates the text to Collins`s love of the theatre, and previous and subsequent works.
ISBN: 978-0-19-953671-9
Издательство:
Oxford University Press
Дата выхода: октябрь 2012
Can cuddly Teddy become sexy Eddie - in just three months? Edward Middleton is devastated to be dumped by Jane, his girlfriend of the past ten years. `It`s not me, it`s you`, she tells him. `You`ve let yourself go. So I`m letting you go too.` Determined to get her back, Edward must learn how to make women fancy him again. If he`s to be Jane`s Mr Right, he needs to turn himself into a bit of all right. Edward`s personal self-improvement odyssey from Atkins, Botox and Detox to his lamentable efforts to re-enter the 21st century dating scene make for a truly hilarious read. And on Jane`s return, the truth is finally revealed. Has he managed the transformation from cuddly Teddy to sexy Eddie - and will he be able to win her back? Or has his...
ISBN: 978-0-7434-9552-3
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. Filled with mystery, "The Evil Guest" is a murder story set in Victorian era England. It tells a story of Richard Marston, who lives in poverty with his family. His house slowly decays, and moral principles fade away. This decline reaches its critical point when inhabitants of the mansion find Marston`s rich cousin dead in one of the rooms. But who committed the murder?
ISBN: 978-5-517-00231-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2019
The Exam Skills Handbook provides an easy-to-follow set of strategies and techniques that build to a plan for achieving your best possible exam performance. It provides practical step-by-step guidance in long-term planning for optimal performance through to last minute revision strategies. As well as its original series of `ready-made` revision sessions, it provides checklists, structured reflections, and a hallmark page-by-page design that helps you work quickly and easily. You can take charge of your preparation and approach exams with calm and confidence, expertise and enjoyment.
ISBN: 978-0-230-35854-6
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Evelyn Waugh`s novels of World War II, known collectively as the Sword of Honor trilogy, are now available in new trade paperback editions as part of Back Bay`s ongoing program of reissuing Waugh`s major works.
ISBN: 0-316-92620-5
Издательство:
Time Warner
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
