Haarlem, Holland, seventeenth-century: The city’s chief magistrate commissions a family portrait from Dutch master painter Johannes Miereveld. But when the artist sees the magistrate’s daughter, Amalia, an illicit love affair begins. Miereveld creates a captivating masterpiece, The Chrysalis – a stunning portrait of the Virgin Mary, full of Catholic symbols, that outrages his Protestant patron and signals the death of his career. New York, present day: Mara Coyne is one high-profile case away from making partner at her powerful Manhattan law firm, and now the client that is sure to seal the deal has fallen into her lap. The prestigious Beazley’s auction house is about to sell a lost masterwork, The Chrysalis, in an auction that...
ISBN: 978-0-345-49467-2
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: август 2011
`In a decade marked, much like our own, by simple fears, John Wyndham refused to make simple metaphors` - M John Harrison. A world paralyzed by genetic mutation: Wyndham takes the reader into the anguished heart of a community where the chances of breeding true are less than fifty percent and where deviations are rooted out and destroyed as abominations.
ISBN: 978-0-14-118147-9
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2012
Winston Churchill`s inspiring leadership in the Second World War once put him above criticism. In recent years his record has come under attack. This book makes sense of this extraordinary man and his controversial and heroic career. Best brings out Churchill`s strengths and weaknesses, looking past the many received versions of Churchill in a biography that balances the private and the public man and offers a fresh insight into his character.
ISBN: 978-0-14-101122-6
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
Chinese edition of the bestseller Churchill, a biography of the political figure whose work impacted the entire world. Paul Johnson is a consummate biographer who doesn`t hide the fact that he likes Churchill, but the biography is first rate, scholarly as well as entertaining. In Traditional Chinese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.
ISBN: 978-0-14-311799-5
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
A memoir of Winston Churchill. It contains extracts from the candid diaries of Churchill`s doctor Lord Moran, his devoted friend and confidant, revealing how the great man faced up to and absorbed the strain of events during the war years, the tremendous burden of his responsibilities, and his extraordinary resolution. Moran`s keen observation, sensitivity, truth and insight should shed light on Churchill`s conduct and personality. We hear of his weaknesses as well as his strengths: his rages, his jokes and salty comments, his occasional foolishness, and his rare cattiness. Moran also records details of other world figures, as well as the historic events in which Churchill played so momentous a part. This volume also contains an...
An acclaimed historian presents a revelatory look at the greatest statesman of the twentieth century. For eminent historian Paul Johnson, Winston Churchill remains an enigma in need of unraveling. Soldier, parliamentarian, Prime Minister, orator, painter, writer, husband, and leader all of these facets combine to make Churchill one of the most complex and fascinating personalities in history. In Churchill, Johnson applies a wide lens and an unconventional approach to illuminate the various phases of Churchill`s career. From his adventures as a young cavalry officer in the service of the Empire to his role as an elder statesman prophesying the advent of the Cold War, Johnson shows how Churchill`s immense adaptability combined with his...
Meet Chu. Chu is a small panda with a very big sneeze. When Chu sneezes, you REALLY don`t want to get in the way. But a whole day of adventure will test Chu`s sneeze-resisting powers to the limit - there`s the library (dusty books!), the diner (pepper!), and then the circus (all those animals!). How big can a sneeze really be? Just wait and see…
Издание представляет собой учебное пособие по итальянскому языку для начинающих и продолжающих изучение. Курс состоит из диалогов, текстов, грамматики, полезных и интересных тем. Успешное изучение предлагаемых материалов позволит перейти к чтению литературы продвинутого уровня.
ISBN: 978-5-94962-169-1
Издательство:
Антология
Дата выхода: июль 2010
Relive the magic of Cicely Mary Barker`s Flower Fairies of the Winter with this beautiful new edition - the perfect gift. Since the publication of Cicely Mary Barker`s first book in 1923, the Flower Fairies have been ethereal companions to readers around the world. Her charming poetry and delicate illustrations have sparked the imaginations of children for over ninety years and continue to inspire a lifelong love for fairies and all things magical.
ISBN: 978-0-241-28456-8
Издательство:
Ladybird
Дата выхода: январь 2018
Relive the magic of Cicely Mary Barker`s Flower Fairies of the Autumn with this beautiful new edition - the perfect gift. Since the publication of Cicely Mary Barker`s first book in 1923, the Flower Fairies have been ethereal companions to readers around the world. Her charming poetry and delicate illustrations have sparked the imaginations of children for over ninety years and continue to inspire a lifelong love for fairies and all things magical.
ISBN: 978-0-241-28457-5
Издательство:
Ladybird
Дата выхода: январь 2018
L`histoire de Rodrigue et Chimène est bien connue: tout concourt au bonheur des deux amants, jusqu`à ce que Rodrigue accepte, question d`honneur, de se battre en duel contre le père de Chimène. Vaincu, il perd la vie; vainqueur, il perd Chimène, donc la vie. L`essence du dilemme cornélien tient en ces quelques mots, et c`est tout l`art de Corneille que d`inventer une issue à cette tragédie en apparence inextricable. Mais Le Cid, c`est aussi un scandale retentissant - on accuse la pièce d`invraisemblance - et un triomphe inouï. Il faut imaginer la querelle: tout Paris amoureux de Chimène, tout Paris se consumant pour Rodrigue, des auteurs en colère, l`Académie prise à...
Set among the apple orchards of rural Maine, it is a perverse world in which Homer Wells` odyssey begins. As the oldest unadopted offspring at St Cloud`s orphanage, he learns about the skills which, one way or another, help young and not-so-young women, from Wilbur Larch, the orphanage`s founder, a man of rare compassion and with an addiction to ether. Dr Larch loves all his orphans, especially Homer Wells. It is Homer`s story we follow, from his early apprenticeship in the orphanage surgery, to his adult life running a cider-making factory and his strange relationship with the wife of his closest friend.
ISBN: 0-552-14613-7
Издательство:
Corgi Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
