The red letter "A" on her dress marks young mother Hester Prynne among her Puritan neighbors, who demand to know who fathered her child. Rumors swirl, but the shunned and shamed Hester keeps her secret for years, until a guilt-ridden confession reveals the truth, with unexpected consequences. Set in seventeenth-century Massachusetts, Hawthorne`s masterwork was originally subtitled "a romance," though its themes include the limits of law, the power of religion, and the nature of sin.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06190-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: декабрь 2017
Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Pilot Don Radcliffe returns to Australia hoping to rescue a failed marriage and to spend more time with his daughter, Judy. But a routine cargo flight in an old DC4 airplane turns into tragedy when the plane crashes in the Australian Outback killing the co-pilot. Don and Judy`s chances of survival seem slim as they struggle against sabotage, unscrupulous businessmen and the inhospitable landscape.
ISBN: 0-521-53661-8
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
But in the icy north, Lady Nore of the Court of Teeth has reclaimed the Ice Needle Citadel. There, she is using an ancient relic to create monsters of stick and snow who will do her bidding and exact her revenge. Suren, child queen of the Court of Teeth, and the one person with power over her mother, Lady Nore, fled to the human world.Но на ледяном севере леди Нора из Двора Зубов вернула себе Цитадель Ледяной Иглы. Там она использует древнюю реликвию, чтобы создать монстров из палки и снега, которые будут выполнять ее приказы и мстить. Сурен, маленькая...
The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn is the third novel in Colin Dexter`s Oxford-set detective series.Morse had never ceased to wonder why, with the staggering advances in medical science, all pronouncements concerning times of death seemed so disconcertingly vague.The newly appointed member of the Oxford Examinations Syndicate was deaf, provincial and gifted. Now he is dead…And his murder, in his north Oxford home, proves to be the start of a formidably labyrinthine case for Chief Inspector Morse, as he tries to track down the killer through the insular and bitchy world of the Oxford Colleges…
"How I long to sail!" said the tiny snail. One little snail longs to see the world and hitches a lift on the tail of an enormous whale. Together they go on an amazing journey, past icebergs and volcanoes, sharks and penguins, and the little snail feels so small in the vastness of the world. But when disaster strikes and the whale is beached in a bay, it`s the tiny snail`s big plan that saves the day. The Snail and the Whale is a delightful tale of adventure and friendship by the unparalleled picture-book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo. This handy board book format is perfect for younger readers. It features the classic story with a stunning redesigned cover and beautiful finish, making it a...
ISBN: 978-1-5098-3044-2
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2017
