ISBN: 978-5-8112-4103-3
Издательство: Айрис-пресс
Дата выхода: июль 2011

`A lie can run round the world before The Truth can get its boots on.`William de Worde has somehow found himself editor of Ankh-Morpork`s first newspaper. Well, with a name like that . . .Launched into the world of investigative journalism, alongside reporter Sacharissa Cripslock, William soon learns that the news is a risky business. For a start, his colleagues include a band of axe-wielding dwarfs and a recovering vampire with a life-threatening passion for flash photography.It`s a big news week: the most powerful man in the city has been arrested, leaving Ankh-Morpork without a leader. And a dangerous criminal organisation will do anything to control the story . . .The Discworld novels can be read in any order but The Truth is a...

ISBN: 9781804990452
Дата выхода: октябрь 2023

В книге представлена сказка Л.Ф.Баума "Железный дровосек из Страны Оз". Серия "English Fiction Collection" состоит из лучших произведений английских и американских авторов. Читая книгу на языке оригинала, вы не только обогатите собственную лексику и научитесь чувствовать грамматический строй, но также сможете насладиться настоящим языком великих писателей и поэтов. Серия предназначена для тех, кто учит английский...

ISBN: 978-5-94087-924-4
Издательство: Сибирское университетское издательство
Дата выхода: апрель 2008

Jack London (1876-1916) was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. "The Turtles of Tasman" is a collection of beautiful short stories among which there are "Told in the Drooling Ward," "The Hobo and the Fairy" and "The Eternity of Forms."

ISBN: 978-5-521-07506-5
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018

Anne Garland lives with her widowed mother in a mill, owned by Miller Loveday. She is wooed by three men: the stupid, coarse Festus Derriman; John Loveday, the quiet, thoughtful trumpet-major; and Bob, John`s brother. Anne has to overcome many obstacles before she marries the man of her choice.

ISBN: 0-14-062211-X
Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2004

ISBN: 9781405935173
Дата выхода: январь 2021

A dazzling novel in the most untraditional fashion, this is the remarkable story of Henry DeTamble, a dashing, adventuresome librarian who travels involuntarily through time, and Clare Abshire, an artist whose life takes a natural sequential course. Henry and Clare`s passionate love affair endures across a sea of time and captures the two lovers in an impossibly romantic trap, and it is Audrey

ISBN: 978-0-15-602943-8
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011

In December 2007, Rowling unveiled The Tales of Beedle the Bard, a very special book of five fairy tales illustrated by the bard herself, embellished with silver ornaments and mounted moonstones. Amazon was fortunate to come into possession of one of the original copies, and it was our privilege to share images and reviews of this incredible artifact. Now Rowling is giving millions of Harry Potter fans worldwide cause for celebration with a new edition of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, available December 4, 2008. Offering the trademark wit and imagination familiar to Rowling`s legions of readers-as well as Aesop`s wisdom and the occasional darkness of the Brothers Grimm-each of these five tales reveals a lesson befitting children and...

ISBN: 9780545128285
Дата выхода: декабрь 2008

Imagine a Middle-Eastern country that was once a friend of the West becoming an enemy, its people starving and savagely repressed by a tyrant known as Great Uncle. As a celebrated writer and war hero, the man who here relates his story has a better life than most, until he is made an offer he can’t refuse. He must write a great novel, telling of the suffering of his people under the enemy’s cruel economic sanctions and portraying Great Uncle as their saviour. This masterpiece must be completed in time for its international debut in three months - or else. If the writer cannot - or will not - meet the tyrant’s deadline, he and anyone he cares for will pay the ultimate price. Stark, terrifying and utterly compelling, The Tyrant’s...

ISBN: 978-0-340-82526-6
Издательство: Hodder
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011

The City of Qushmarrah is uneasy under the rule of the Herodians —short, balding men whose armies would never have conquered the city had not the great and evil wizard Narkar been killed and sealed in his citadel; had not the savage nomad Datars turned coat and sided with the invaders; had not some traitor opened the fortress to them. Not many would welcome the return of the old religion, the bloody return of but there are some patriots who would accept the return of the devil they know, if it meant the return of independence.

ISBN: 978-0-7653-5897-4
Издательство: Macmillan USA
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011

In this novel William Wilkie Collins explores the powers of telepathy while telling a skilful tale that interweaves suspense with the familiar ingredients of Victorian melodrama. Mary Dermody is destined to be together with George Germaine one day, or so at least her grandmother prophesizes. Destiny at first doesn`t seem to adhere to this plan, and the pair is separated and lose sight of each other. But when George saves a young woman from drowning, a strong connection seems to develop between them, which seems to be almost supernatural.

ISBN: 978-5-521-06459-5
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: февраль 2018

ISBN: 9781529091427
Дата выхода: январь 2022

ISBN: 9780747594727
Издательство: Bloomsbury
Дата выхода: январь 2009

A soldier finds a magical tinderbox, which makes all his wishes come true.

ISBN: 978-0-582-34415-0
Издательство: Longman
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011

ISBN: 978-5-521-07055-8
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: апрель 2018