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
(Helen) Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) was an English author and illustrator, botanist, and conservationist, born in Kensington, London best known for her children`s books, which featured animal characters such as Peter Rabbit. Educated at home by a succession of governesses, she had little opportunity to mix with other children. Potter had frogs and newts, and even a pet bat. The basis of her many projects and stories were the small animals that she smuggled into the house or observed during family holidays in Scotland and the Lake District. She was encouraged to publish her story, The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902), but she struggled to find a publisher until it was accepted when she was 36, by Frederick Warne & Co. The small book and her...
ISBN: 978-0-7232-6776-8
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2012
"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
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
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
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
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
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
Anne Bronte was an English novelist and poet, the youngest member of the Bronte literary family. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is her the second and final novel. It was first published in 1848 under the pseudonym Acton Bell. Probably the most shocking of the Brontes` novels, it had an instant and phenomenal success, but after Anne`s death her sister Charlotte prevented its re-publication. The novel is framed as a series of letters from Gilbert Markham to his friend and brother-in-law about the events connected with the meeting of his wife. He is deeply intrigued by Helen Graham, a beautiful and secretive young widow who has moved into nearby Wildfell Hall with her young son. He is quick to offer Helen his friendship, but when her reclusive...
ISBN: 978-5-521-07912-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
The Company of the Ring is sundered. Frodo and Sam continue their journey alone down the great River Anduin - alone that is, save for a mysterions creeping figure that follows wherever they go. Вторая часть известного фэнтезийного романа на английском языке.
ISBN: 0-261-10236-2
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: январь 2007
`Oh, please let me cross`, said the middle-sized goat, but the troll only snapped, `What`s your hurry? With some herbs and some spices and served up with rice, you would make a delicious goat curry!` The story of three little goats and a troll, retold in irreverent, playful rhyme that`s perfect for reading aloud. With flaps and pop-up surprises on every spread, this sturdy book is ideal for young children. It is now in a new enlarged format including a free audio CD with two tracks. Listen to the story alone, or follow along with the book by turning the pages when you hear the chime.
ISBN: 978-0-330-50620-5
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Major Brendan Archer travels to Ireland - to the Majestic Hotel and to the fiancee he acquired on a rash afternoon`s leave three years ago. Despite her many letters, the lady herself proves elusive, and the Major`s engagement is short-lived. But he is unable to detach himself from the alluring discomforts of the crumbling hotel. Ensconced in the dim and shabby splendour of the Palm Court, surrounded by gently decaying old ladies and proliferating cats, the Major passes the summer. So hypnotic are the faded charms of the Majestic, the Major is almost unaware of the gathering storm. But this is Ireland in 1919 - and the struggle for independence is about to explode with brutal force.
