"Машина времени" - одно из самых популярных произведений Герберта Уэллса, рисует удивительные картины далекого будущего. Перелет путешественника во времени, в 802701 год, размышления об увиденном приводят к резкой перемене взглядов на мир и жизнь. В сборник также включены рассказы "Дверь в стене", "Катастрофа", "Страна слепых", "Новейший ускоритель", "Красный гриб" и "Пучеглазое божество", а также эссе...
ISBN: 5-8346-0099-9
Издательство:
Менеджер
Дата выхода: декабрь 1999
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a powerful and sometimes violent novel of expectation, love, oppression, sin, religion and betrayal. It portrays the disintegration of the marriage of Helen Huntingdon, the mysterious `tenant` of the title, and her dissolute, alcoholic husband. Defying convention, Helen leaves her husband to protect their young son from his father`s influence, and earns her own living as an artist. Whilst in hiding at Wildfell Hall, she encounters Gilbert Markham, who falls in love with her. On its first publication in 1848, Anne Bronte`s second novel was criticized for being `coarse` and `brutal`. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall challenges the social conventions of the early nineteenth | century in a strong defence of women`s...
ISBN: 1-85326-488-1
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: декабрь 1999
Ever since the gods of Ancient Egypt were unleashed on the modern world, Carter Kane and his sister, Sadie, have been in big trouble. As descendants of the magical House of Life, they command certain powers. But now a terrifying enemy` Apophis, the giant snake of chaos is rising. If Carter and Sadie don`t destroy him, the world will end in five days` time. And in order to battle the forces of chaos, they must revive the sun god Ra` a feat no magician has ever achieved. Because first they must search the world for the three sections of the Book of Ra, then they have to learn how to chant its spells. Can the Kanes destroy Apophis before he swallows the sun and plunges the earth into darkness forever?
ISBN: 978-0-14-133567-4
Издательство:
Puffin
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
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...
Young Jack Sawyer is searching for the Talisman, the only thing that can save his dying mother. His quest takes him into the menacing Territories where violence, surprise and the titanic struggle between good and evil reach across a mythic landscape. About the Author Stephen King is the bestselling author of more than thirty books of which the most recent are THE GIRL WHO LOVED TOM GORDON, HEARTS IN ATLANTIS and his non-fiction book ON WRITING. He lives with his wife, the novelist Tabitha King, in Bangor, Maine.
ISBN: 0-340-67445-8
Издательство:
Hodder
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
It`s been 110 years since Frederick Warne published Beatrix Potter`s very first book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, and in celebration, we are delighted to be publishing special editions of her entire body of work. Unlike the traditional little white books, t
ISBN: 978-0-7232-6787-4
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2012
The stunning and magical new novel from the Number One bestselling author Lying on Lucy Silchester`s carpet one day when she returns from work is a gold envelope. Inside is an invitation - to a meeting with Life. Her life. It turns out she`s been ignoring it and it needs to meet with her face to face. It sounds peculiar, but Lucy`s read about this in a magazine. Anyway, she can`t make the date: she`s much too busy despising her job, skipping out on her friends and avoiding her family. But Lucy`s life isn`t what it seems. Some of the choices she`s made - and stories she`s told - aren`t what they seem either. From the moment she meets the man who introduces himself as her life, her stubborn half-truths are going to be revealed in all their...
ISBN: 978-0-00-743395-7
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2012
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. "The Touchstone" tells the story of Stephen Glennard, a man whose career is almost over. He does not have money to marry the woman he loves, and in despair, he sells the private letters that his recently deceased lover sent to him. As expected, this act entails only grief and a sense of guilt.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07832-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor, considered by many as the greatest English writer. Hundreds of specialists were able to translate his works into every major language, and most of the plays are performed more often than those of any other author. "The Taming of the Shrew" is a stellar comedy that tells the tale of Petruchio, a fortune seeker who decides to marry Katherina, a strong-willed and even stubborn young woman. Petruchio then tries to tame her temperament in a hilarious style that only Shakespeare can create.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07858-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: декабрь 2018
