Tom Sawyer, a shrewd and adventurous boy, is as much at home in the respectable world of his-Aunt Polly as in the self-reliant and parentless world of his friend Huck Finn. The two enjoy a series of adventures, accidentally witnessing a murder, establishing the innocence of the man wrongly accused, as well as heing hunted by Injun Joe, the true murderer, eventually escaping and finding the treasure that Joe had buried. Huckleberry Finn recounts the further adventures of Huck, who runs away from a drunken and brutal father, and meets up with the escaped slave Jim. They float down the Mississippi on a raft, participating in the lives of the characters they meet, witnessing corruption, moral decay and intellectual impoverishment. Sharing...
ISBN: 1-85326-011-8
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2001
Mark Twain was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers. As a sequel to "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," "Tom Sawyer Abroad" tells the story of how Tom, Huck, and Jim decided to travel to Africa in a hot air balloon to see the world`s greatest wonders like the Pyramids.
ISBN: 978-5-517-00218-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: декабрь 2018
Tom a onze ans. Il vit dans un vieux mobil-home déglingué avec Joss, sa mère (plutôt jeune: elle l`a eu à treize ans et demi). Comme Joss aime beaucoup sortir tard le soir, tomber amoureuse et partir en week-end avec ses copains, Tom se retrouve souvent tout seul. Et il doit se débrouiller. Pour manger, il va dans les potagers de ses voisins, pique leurs carottes, leurs pommes de terre… Mais comme il a très peur de se faire prendre et d`être envoyé à la Ddass (c`est Joss qui lui a dit que ça pouvait arriver et qu`elle ne pourrait rien faire pour le récupérer), il fait très attention, efface soigneusement les traces de son passage, replante derrière lui, brouille...
ISBN: 978-2-253-15773-1
Издательство:
Livre de Poche
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
El nuevo bestseller de la reina del suspense. En su nuevo y apasionante thriller, Mary Higgins Clark explora la batalla legal sobre la inocencia o culpabilidad de un hombre acusado de matar a su mujer, sobre el trasfondo de un poco conocido fenomeno medico donde el receptor de un transplante de corazon percibe las emociones y recuerdos del donante. La joven abogada Emily Wallace se enfrenta al caso mas importante de su carrera. Hace dos anos la popular actriz Natalie Raines fue asesinada en su propia casa y su ex marido, Gregg Aldrich, ha sido desde entonces el principal sospechoso. A pesar de haberse dedicado en cuerpo y alma a la preparacion del caso contra Aldrich, Emily pasa por constantes momentos de duda cuando comienza el juicio....
ISBN: 978-0-307-47542-8
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
A refreshed design of this popular sound book which has sold nearly 250,000 copies since first publication. Thomas and Bertie are having a race around the Island of Sodor, but will the little red bus or the really useful engine win? Press the sound button, and hear Thomas `puff, puff` along the rails as fast as he can.
ISBN: 978-1-4052-5162-4
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: август 2011
From the author of "The Hunt for Atlantis", comes an electrifying new novel. Nina Wilde is on the hunt for the Tomb of Hercules. Studies of an ancient text have convinced archaeologist Nina Wilde that a tomb containing the remains of legendary warrior Hercules may actually exist. If she can locate it, it will be the most important historical find ever to be unearthed. As Nina and Eddie Chase, her ex-SAS bodyguard and now boyfriend, begin their search it’s clear that others want to find the tomb – and the unimaginable riches contained within. Nina and Chase are soon following a violent trail of corruption and conspiracy around the globe. From Switzerland to Shanghai, Botswana to London, it’s a race against time to find the Tomb of...
ISBN: 978-0-7553-3915-0
Издательство:
Headline Publ.
Дата выхода: август 2011
When young Tenar is chosen as high priestess to the ancient and nameless Powers of the Earth, everything is taken away - home, family, possessions, even her name. For she is now Arha, the Eaten One, guardian of the ominous Tombs of Atuan. While she is learning her way through the dark labyrinth, a young wizard, Ged, comes to steal the Tombs` greatest hidden treasure, the Ring of Erreth-Akbe. But Ged also brings with him the light of magic, and together, he and Tenar escape from the darkness that has become her domain.
Hey everybody! Come move your feet! Says Tommy T-Rex. I`ll give you the beat! Tommy`s claws clap-clap, his feet tap-tap, And his T-Rex jaws go SNAP! SNAP! SNAP! This sturdy board book introduces little ones to an unusual animal in snappy style - literally. This simple short tale tells how Tommy T-Rex sets the beat for an earth shaking dino dance-athon. And all the while, children can SNAP-SNAP along with the animal`s jaw, which forms the top of each book.
Katie Ellison is not a liar. But she can’t exactly tell the truth, either – not when she’s juggling two boyfriends, secretly hating the high school football team and trying to have the best summer ever. At least Katie has it all under control (sort of). Until Tommy Sullivan comes back to town – a gorgeous and irresistible reminder of a long-ago secret, who could ruin all her plans. Tom Sullivan is NOT a popular guy. Everyone hates him for what he did that night four years ago. Even being seen with him could ruin Katie’s social life. So falling in love with him is not an option. Is it?
ISBN: 978-0-330-44407-1
Издательство:
Picador
Дата выхода: июль 2011
When their country is invaded and their families are taken, eight high school teenagers band together to fight. Seventeen-year-old Ellie Linton wants one final adventure with her friends before the school holidays are over. Packed in Ellie`s parents` land rover they drive to the famously isolated rock pool Eden dubbed `Hell` by the locals. Returning to their home town of Wirrawee, the seven teenagers realize that something is seriously wrong. Power to the houses has been cut, pets and livestock have been left dead or dying, and most alarmingly of all, everyone`s family has vanished. When the hostile armed forces discover that the teenagers are lying low in the vicinity, Ellie and her friends must band together to escape, outwit and...
ISBN: 978-0-85738-733-2
Издательство:
Quercus Publishing (MacLehose Press)
Дата выхода: август 2011
In his first novel since The Light of Day, the Booker Prize-winning author gives us a luminous tale about the closest of human bonds. On a midsummer`s night Paula Hook lies awake; Mike, her husband of twenty-five years, asleep beside her; her teenage twins, Nick and Kate, sleeping in nearby rooms. The next day, she knows, will redefine all of their lives. A revelation lies in store. Her children`s future lies before them. The house holds the family`s history and fate. Recalling the years before and after her children were born, Paula begins a story that is both a glowing celebration of love possessed and a moving acknowledgment of the fear of loss, of the fragilities, illusions, and secrets on which even our most intimate sense of who we...
When Ellie and her friends go camping, they have no idea they`re leaving their old lives behind forever. Despite a less-than-tragic food shortage and a secret crush or two, everything goes as planned. But a week later, they return home to find their houses empty and their pets starving. Something has gone wrong - horribly wrong. Before long, they realize the country has been invaded, and the entire town has been captured - including their families and all their friends. Ellie and the other survivors face an impossible decision: They can flee for the mountains or surrender. Or they can fight.
Completely updated to include the entire twentieth century, this new fourth edition covers all the latest directors, stars, and films including Summer of Sam, Jackie Brown, The Best Man, and The Hurricane. From The Birth of a Nation--the groundbreaking work of independent filmmaker Oscar Micheaux--and Gone with the Wind to the latest work by Spike Lee, John Singleton, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry and Will Smith, Donald Bogle reveals the ways in which the depiction of blacks in American movies has changed--and the shocking ways in which it has remained the same.
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. "Tono-Bungay" is a semiautobiographical and social novel in the vein of Charles Dickens. It is a story of young George Ponderevo, who leaves college to help his Uncle Edward market Tono-Bungay, a worthless medicine.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08231-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2018
Acclaimed "New York Times" reporter Sorkin delivers the first true, behind-the-scenes, moment-by-moment account of how the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression developed into a global tsunami.
ISBN: 9780143118244
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2010
