Father Brown is a short and stumpy Catholic Priest with a wit and intellect that belie his physical appearance. Using his intuitive prowess and his deep knowledge of human nature, gained via the confessional, this perceptive amateur sleuth is a crime-solving force.This collection serves as an introduction to G.K. Chesterton`s much-loved Father Brown with classic tales such as "The Blue Cross", "The Secret Garden", and "The Invisible Man". Received with great enthusiasm upon first publication this intuitive man of the cloth-come-detective continues to charm readers to this day.
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing doz-ens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, but he is now best remembered for his science fiction novels. "The Island of Doctor Moreau" is a classic of early science fiction and remains one of Wells`s best-known books. In the novel a shipwrecked gentleman named Edward Prendick, stranded on a Pacific island lorded over by the notorious Dr. Moreau, confronts dark secrets, strange creatures, and a reason to run for his life. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08222-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
"Серия книг «Зарубежная классика — читай в оригинале» — это бессмертные произведения великих мастеров пера, написанные ими на их родном языке и наречии. Книги из этой серии помогут читателю углубленно изучать иностранные языки, обогатят его внутренний мир и по-новому откроют произведения известных классиков. Роман Герберта Уэллса «Человек-невидимка» на английском языке, неадаптированное...
ISBN: 978-5-519-49811-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2016
Prince Myshkin returns to Russia from an asylum in Switzerland. As he becomes embroiled in the frantic amatory and financial intrigues which centre around a cast of brilliantly realised characters and which ultimately lead to tragedy, he emerges as a unique combination of the Christian ideal of perfection and Dostoevsky`s own views, afflictions and manners. His serene selflessness is contrasted with the worldly qualities of every other character in the novel. Dostoevsky supplies a harsh indictment of the Russian ruling class of his day who have created a world which cannot accommodate the goodness of this idiot. Издание на английском языке.
ISBN: 1-85326-175-0
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
In the town of Ada, Oklahoma, Ron Williamson was going to be the next Mickey Mantle. But on his way to the Big Leagues, Ron stumbled, his dreams broken by drinking, drugs, and women. Then, on a winter night in 1982, not far from Ron’s home, a young cocktail waitress named Debra Sue Carter was savagely murdered. The investigation led nowhere. Until, on the flimsiest evidence, it led to Ron Williamson. The washed-up small-town hero was charged, tried, and sentenced to death—in a trial littered with lying witnesses and tainted evidence that would shatter a man’s already broken life…and let a true killer go free.
ISBN: 978-0-440-24383-0
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
In this, the twenty-first edition of the leading international showcase of domestic design, guest editor and acclaimed Spanish designer Patricia Urquiola surveys the best furniture, lighting, tableware, textile and product designs of the last two years. Introductions by the editors provide insight into both the selection and the trends and issues currently influencing the design world.
ISBN: 978-1-85669-516-9
Издательство:
Thames & Hudson
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The Internet and the Language Classroom explores the theory and application of the Internet in the traditional classroom environment; from using the Web and e-mail to creating Web projects and running e-mail exchanges. From the initial theoretical stage, the book presents a wide range of practical activities and projects. The accompanying website extends the content of the book as well as providing a huge collection of up-to-date links to useful sites and resources.
ISBN: 0521783739
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: декабрь 1995
Deep in the woods of Maine, there is a dark state facility where kids, abducted from across the United States, are incarcerated. In the Institute they are subjected to a series of tests and procedures meant to combine their exceptional gifts - telepathy, telekinesis - for concentrated effect. Luke Ellis is the latest recruit. He’s just a regular 12-year-old, except he’s not just smart, he’s super-smart. And he has another gift which the Institute wants to use... Far away in a small town in South Carolina, former cop Tim Jamieson has taken a job working for the local sheriff. He’s basically just walking the beat. But he’s about to take on the biggest case of his career. Back in the Institute’s downtrodden playground...
Герберт Уэллс - знаменитый английский писатель рубежа XIX-XX века, яркий представитель критического реализма, автор блестящих научно-фантастических романов и повестей. "Остров доктора Моро" - это одно из самых захватывающих произведений Герберта Уэллса, который держит читателя в напряжении до последней страницы. Нельзя играть в Бога, а желание посмотреть "за грань" реального может привести к очень...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05392-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2017
Malcolm Fox is has been sent to Fife to investigate whether fellow cops covered up for a corrupt colleague, Detective Paul Carter. Carter has been found guilty of misconduct - and the man who reported him was his own uncle. What should be a simple job is soon complicated by conspiracy and cover-up - and a brutal murder, a murder committed with a weapon that should not even exist. The spiralling investigation takes Fox back to 1985, a year of turmoil in British political life. Terrorists intent on a split between Scotland and the rest of the United Kingdom were becoming more brazen and ruthless, sending letter-bombs and poisonous spores to government offices, plotting kidnaps and murder, and trying to stay one step ahead of the spies sent...
ISBN: 978-1-4091-3629-3
Издательство:
Orion Books
Дата выхода: январь 2013
Hector bidding farewell to his wife and baby son, Odysseus bound to the mast listening to the Sirens, Penelope at the loom, Achilles dragging Hector`s body round the walls of Troy - scenes from Homer have been reportrayed in every generation. The questions about mortality and identity that Homer`s heroes ask, the bonds of love, respect and fellowship that motivate them, have gripped audiences for three millennia. Chapman`s Iliad and Odyssey are great English epic poems, but they are also two of the liveliest and readable translations of Homer. Chapman`s freshness makes the everyday world of nature and the craftsman as vivid as the battlefield and Mount Olympus. His poetry is driven by the excitement of the Renaissance discovery of...
ISBN: 978-1-84022-117-6
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
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 Innocents Abroad" is a travel book in which Twain humorously describes his journey in 1867 on board the ship Quaker City through Europe and the Holy Land. This book is one of the best-selling travel books of all time. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-07806-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Помимо произведения "Человек-невидимка" в сборник также включены рассказы "Сокровища мистера Бришера", "Империя муравьев", "Неопытное привидение" И "Сокровища в лесу".
ISBN: 5-8346-0034-4
Издательство:
Менеджер
Дата выхода: декабрь 1999
The Idiot tells the story of Prince Myshkin, a man of pure innocence, whose kindness and open-hearted simplicity make many of the more earthy characters he encounters mistakenly assume that he lacks intelligence and insight.
ISBN: 978-5-521-00555-0
Издательство:
Пальмира
Дата выхода: июнь 2017
The Invisible Man is a science fiction novella originally published in 1897. The Invisible Man of the title is Griffin, a scientist who has devoted himself to research into optics and invents a way to change a body`s refractive index to that of air, thus becoming invisible. He successfully carries out this procedure on himself, but fails in his attempt to reverse it.
ISBN: 978-5-521-00184-2
Издательство:
Пальмира
Дата выхода: январь 2017
