The War of the Worlds (1898) is a science fiction novel, telling about a conflict between mankind and an extraterrestrial race. The novel has been both popular and influential, spawning half a dozen feature films, radio dramas, a record album, various comic book adaptations, a television series, and sequels or parallel stories by other authors.
ISBN: 978-5-521-00163-7
Издательство:
Пальмира
Дата выхода: январь 2017
Father Brown appears to be a clumsy and naive man but this unimpressive exterior hides a razor sharp mind. His great intellect and an intrinsic knowledge of humanity`s capacity for evil, gained through the confessional, make him an expert at solving crimes. This gifted sleuth uses intuition over scientific method, putting himself in the shoes and minds of the criminals he seeks.This collection contains classic stories featuring G.K. Chesterton`s much-loved character such as `The Absence of Mr Glass`, `The Duel of Mr Hirsch`, and `The Purple Wig`. Solving crimes with sympathy and insight this genial priest has continually charmed readers from first publication until today.
L Frank Baum.retold by Virginia Evans - Jenny Dooley.
Dorothy is a farm girl from Kansas. She is lonely and dreams of a better place, so she plans to run away. During a tornado she is transported to a land "beyond the rainbow" where she meets magical characters. After lots of adventures she and her friends are rewarded by the Wizard of Oz and she is enabled to go back home to Kansas.
ISBN: 9781846793745
Издательство:
Express Publishing
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2018
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850—1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist. He was a celebrity during his lifetime for works like "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and "Treasure Island". Now he is one of the most translated authors in the world. "The Wrong Box" is a brilliant black comedy novel co-written with Lloyd Osbourne. The book tells the story of the brothers who are the last two members of a tontine, a deal in which the last surviving member stands to receive a fortune.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07782-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
The Woodlanders, with its thematic portrayal of the role of social class, gender, and evolutionary survival, as well as its insights into the capacities and limitations of language, exhibits Hardy`s acute awareness of his era`s most troubling dilemmas.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06205-8
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. The Wanderer\'s Necklace is a story of Olaf, a Norseman in the eighth century A.D. who flees his homeland after challenging the Norse god Odin\'s right to a human sacrifice. He travels to Constantinople to protect the Empress Irene Augusta from her son Constantine the Fifth and other enemies of the Eastern Roman Empire. From Byzantinum, to the pyramid tombs of Upper Egypt, Olaf becomes a traveling Christian who must reject the adulterous advances of Irene. In Red Eve Haggard sets a suspenseful love story against some of the most dramatic events in history, including the devastation brought by the Black...
ISBN: 978-5-521-07750-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Howard Lovecraft (1890 — 1937) was an American writer who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. Despite the fact that he was virtually unknown before he died, today he is known as the most influential author in his genre. "The White Ship and Other Stories" is a colletion of wonderful short stories such as "Memory", "The White Ship", "The Doom That Came to Sarnath", "The Cats of Ulthar" and others. These stories, full of mystery and fantastic creatures, have captured the minds of readers all over the world. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08204-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
The Ways of the Hour was James Fenimore Cooper`s last novel, published in 1850. Set in a rural New York county seat outside New York City, it is a courtroom drama of a woman accused of murder and theft, and of the men and women who defend her case. Cooper used the novel, among other things, to express his discontent with changes in New York State`s judicial system during the 1840s, with the corruption of courts and juries, and with new ideas of women`s rights.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06663-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was an English novelist of the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolves around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. "The Way We Live Now" is a satirical novel, published in London in 1875 after first appearing in serialised form. The main character of the story, Augustus Melmotte, is a financier with a mysterious past. He is rumoured to have Jewish origins, and to be connected to some failed businesses in Vienna. When he moves his business and his family to London, the city`s upper crust begins buzzing with rumours about him.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08354-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2020
The Third Reich has crumbled. The Russians are coming.Can Marianne von Lingenfels and the women in her care survive and build their ravaged world anew?Третий Рейх рухнул. Русские идут.Смогут ли Марианна фон Лингенфельс и женщины, находящиеся под ее опекой, выжить и заново построить свой разрушенный мир?
Witches are dangerous. They can kill you with a look, or a word. They can send their friend the Devil after you in the shape of a dog or a cat. They can make a clay picture of you, then break and a few weeks later you are dead. Today, of course, most people don`t believe in witches. But in 1612 everybody was afraid of them. Young Jennet Device in Lancashire knew a lot about them because she lived with the Witches of Pendle. They were her family ...
ISBN: 978-0-194-78924-0
Издательство:
Oxford University Press
Дата выхода: июнь 2011
Herbert George Wells (1866—1946) was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, but he is now best remembered for his science fiction novels. "The War of the Worlds" is an early science fiction novel which describes an invasion of England by aliens from Mars. It is one of the earliest and best-known depictions of an alien invasion of Earth, which has influenced many others, as well as spawning several films, radio dramas, comic book adaptations, and a television series based on the story. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08220-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
