Scott Fitzgerald blends wit and cynicism in his satirical portraits of the swinging Jazz Age. The stories capture a glittering whirl of dancing, laughter and champagne, and the gods that are worshipped are glamour, wealth and social status. "The Bowl" is a clear metaphor for this cold and brittle world, as a beautiful woman is made to suffer for the cruelty of her youth, her punishment ironically taking the shape of a cut-glass punch-bowl. The amusing "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" depicts a dull girl striving at all costs to enter society, where the competition and jealousy wrought between women leads to bitter vengeance and a quirky twist in the tale. However, the powerful and destructive influence of money is never more stunningly revealed...

ISBN: 978-0-14-119776-0
Издательство: Penguin Group
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011

The Diamond as Big as the Ritz is an ominous fable about the pursuit of great wealth. Readers will be transported to a fabulous fantasy land of such opulence that the very existence of this domain has to remain a jealously guarded secret. Fatal consequences lie in store for `bona fide` guests and uninvited visitors alike, while the sybaritic luxury of the place is evoked in an effortless prose style which is quintessentially Fitzgerald. Also featured in this volume are The Cut-Glass Bowl, May Day, The Rich Boy, Crazy Sunday, Aп Alcoholic Case, The Lees of Happiness, The Lost Decade and Babylon Revisited.

ISBN: 978-1-85326-212-8
Издательство: Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: июль 2011

The Van Der Byl Diamond Company, willed by its founder to his son Benedict, daughter Tracey and estranged foster-child Johnny Lance, turns out to be a bequest not of love, but of hatred. For it is couched in such terms as to offer Benedict an instrument of destruction of his bitterest rival. `Destroy Johnny` was the old man`s implacable message to his son, and, obsessively jealous of his foster-brother, Benedict sets out in ruthless pursuit of this goal. In a desperate bid to support Johnny, Tracey acquires for him the concession in the diamond-rich seabed round the coral islands of Thunderbolt and Suicide off the savage South West African coast, and Johnny throws all his resources into the construction of a vessel that will recover the...

ISBN: 978-0-312-98941-5
Издательство: Macmillan USA
Дата выхода: июль 2011

ISBN: 9780440869863
Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: январь 2014

Diana, Princess of Wales at her most beautiful: the last portrait session by Mario Testino. Just five months before her tragic death in August 1997, Princess Diana was photographed by Mario Testino for Vanity Fair. Diana, Princess of Wales by Mario Testino at Kensington Palace brings together the most beautiful images from this last portrait sitting, displaying Diana in a state of relaxation and intimacy unlike any other. The selection of about seventy photographs includes many unseen images which, alongside previously published images, fill in the untold story of the shoot. Features include: Foreword by Graydon Carter, editor of Vanity Fair. Introduction by Meredith Etherington-Smith, who played a major role in arranging the sitting...

ISBN: 3-8228-4930-8
Издательство: TASCHEN
Дата выхода: январь 2000

Comprehensive portrait of the life and humanitarian work of Diana, Princess of Wales authorized by the late Princess` Estate and her Memorial Fund. With gatefolds, acetate overlays, 100 exclusive images and 400 others chosen for their style or memorable qualities, this lavishly produced hardback is the ultimate keepsake to remember Diana by. The tragic death of Diana, Princess of Wales, shook the world. No one who lived through the days in the late summer of 1997 will ever forget the... Lesen Sie mehr

ISBN: 0-00-718203-1
Издательство: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004

On 31 August 1997, the world was stunned by the tragic death of the most popular and photographed woman of the modern age: Diana, Princess of Wales. The outpouring of public grief at this tragically early death was unprecedented in modern times. Now, 10 years on, "Diana: The People`s Princess" celebrates both her life and her legacy. A dignified and unexploitative celebration of Diana`s life, from Britain`s foremost newsgathering organization ITN, "Diana: The People`s Princess" commemorates this remarkable woman`s life from her childhood to her tragic premature death at the age of 36. With authoritative text and a vast array of photographs, this updated edition includes new material on the aftermath of her death, including controversy...

ISBN: 978-1-84442-888-5
Издательство: Carlton Books Ltd
Дата выхода: июль 2011

Now available in paperback for the 10-year anniversary of Diana`s death.

ISBN: 978-0-340-86382-4
Дата выхода: август 2011

Ten years after her death, Princess Diana remains a mystery. Was she “the people’s princess”, who electrified the world with her beauty and humanitarian missions? Or was she a manipulative, media-savvy neurotic who nearly brought down the monarchy? Tina Brown knew Diana personally, knows her world, understands its players, and has far-reaching insight into the royals and the Queen herself. In The Diana Chronicles, you will meet a formidable female cast and get to know the society they you never have before. Diana’s sexually charged mother, her subtly scheming grandmother, the stepmother she hated but eventually came to understand, and a terrifying trio of in-laws and relations: Fergie, the force of nature whose life was full of...

ISBN: 978-0-09-951538-8
Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011

ISBN: 9781529158465
Дата выхода: январь 2022

Glamour. Duty. Tragedy: The Woman Behind the Princess. Sarah Bradford delivers an authoritative and explosive study of the greatest icon of the twentieth century: Diana. After more than a decade interviewing those closest to the Princess and her select circle, Sarah Bradford exposes the real Diana: the blighted childhood, the old-fashioned courtship which saw her capture the Prince of Wales, the damage caused by the spectre of Camilla Parker Bowles, through to the collapse of the royal marriage and Diana`s final and complicated year as single woman. Diana paints an honest portrait of a woman riddled with contradictions and whose vulnerability and unique empathy with the suffering made her one of the most extraordinary figures of the...

ISBN: 978-0-14-027671-8
Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011

Ten years after her death, Princess Diana remains a mystery. Was she “the people’s princess”, who electrified the world with her beauty and humanitarian missions? Or was she a manipulative, media-savvy neurotic who nearly brought down the monarchy? Only Tina Brown, former Editor-in-Chief of Tatler, England’s glossiest gossip magazine; Vanity Fair; and The New Yorker could possibly give us the truth. Tina knew Diana personally and has far-reaching insight into the royals and the Queen herself. In "The Diana Chronicles", you will meet a formidable female cast and understand as never before the society that shaped them: Diana`s sexually charged mother, her scheming grandmother, the stepmother she hated but finally came to terms...

ISBN: 978-0-307-38876-6
Издательство: Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: июль 2011

Presents the story of Diana - of how her life came to have particular meaning historically, culturally and spiritually and how a legend was created. Exploring this phenomenon, this title aims to uncover some insights about her life.

ISBN: 978-0-340-86381-7
Дата выхода: июль 2011

La aparicion de este "Diario intimo" en 1970 supuso una renovacion de los estudios unamunianos motivada por la nueva luz que arrojaron sobre la figura del gran escritor bilbaino. Formado por cineo cuadernos de diferente tamafio у numero de paginas, en ellos Miguel de Unamuno vertio, abandonado a su espontaneidad у sin la expectativa de juicios ajenos, los sentimientos, dudas, esperanzas у temores suscitados por la profunda crisis espiritual que en los ultimos afios del pasado siglo cambio el rumbo de su vida у de su concepcion del mundo. Формат: 11 см х 17,5 см.

ISBN: 978842063-375-6
Издательство: Alianza Editorial
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011

When Sofia Behrs married Count Leo Tolstoy, the author of "War and Peace", husband and wife regularly exchanged diaries covering the years from 1862 to 1910. Sofia`s life was not an easy one: she idealized her husband, but was tormented by him; even her many children were not an unmitigated blessing. In the background of her life was one of the most turbulent periods of Russian history: the transition from old feudal Russia to the three revolutions and three major international wars. Yet it is as Sofia Tolstoy`s own life story, the study of one woman`s private experience, that the diaries are most valuable and moving. They are a testament to a woman of tremendous vital energy and poetic sensibility who, in the face of provocation and...

ISBN: 978-1-84688-102-2
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011

First published by Michael Joseph in 1984, under a pseudonym, as ‘The Diary of a Good Neighbour’ and ‘If the Old Could…’, now published as ‘The Diaries of Jane Somers’, this is in many ways classic Lessing. As resonant with social and political themes as ‘The Golden Notebook’, Lessing returns to the realism of her early fiction with the wisdom and experience of maturity. The diaries introduce us to Jane, an intelligent and beautiful magazine editor concerned with success, clothes and comfort. But her real inadequacy is highlighted when first her husband, then her mother, die from cancer and Jane feels strangely removed. In an attempt to fill this void, she befriends ninety-something Maudie, whose poverty and squalor...

ISBN: 978-0-00-713644-5
Издательство: HarperCollins
Дата выхода: август 2011

This 19th-century author created "some of the most colorful and haunting fiction of his century" ("Kirkus Reviews"). This sampling by the comic genius includes "The Nose" and the celebrated novella "Taras Bulba." Includes a new Afterword. Reissue.

ISBN: 978-0-451-52954-1
Издательство: Penguin USA
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011

Greg Heffley is in big trouble. School property has been damaged, and Greg is the prime suspect. But the crazy thing is, he`s innocent. Or at least sort of. The authorities are closing in, but when a surprise blizzard hits, the Heffley family is trapped indoors. Greg knows that when the snow melts he`s going to have to face the music, but could any punishment be worse than being stuck inside with your family for the holidays?

ISBN: 978-0-14-134208-5
Дата выхода: январь 2013

"Дневниковые очерки паломничества" Джерома К. Джерома, написанные с прекрасным чувством юмора, ни на секунду не заставят читателя скучать: невероятные приключения чистокровных английских джентльменов на просторе Германии, ужасы пуховых перин, немецких тесных вагонов и страх перед зловредными кондукторами! Но за ироничностью автора скрываются глубокие философские вопросы о жизни напоказ, истинной...

ISBN: 978-5-521-05191-5
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2017

Hailed by Nabokov as "the greatest artist that Russia has yet produced," Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852) left his mark as a playwright, novelist, and writer of short stories. Gogol`s works remain popular with both writers and readers, who prize his originality, imaginative gifts, and sheer exuberance. This collection offers an excellent introduction to the author`s works. Opening a door to his bizarre world of broad comedy, fantasy, and social commentary, the title story portrays a petty official`s mental disintegration as he struggles for the attention of the woman he loves. Set during the repressive rule of Nicholas I, it satirizes the bureaucratic excesses of the era. Additional tales include "The Nevski Prospect," a portrayal of the...

ISBN: 978-0-486-45235-7
Дата выхода: август 2011

An eminent, ageing Australian writer is invited to contribute to a book entitled "Strong Opinions". For him, troubled by Australia`s complicity in the wars in the Middle East, it is a chance to air some urgent concerns: how should a citizen of a modern democracy react to their state`s involvement in an immoral war on terror, a war that involves the use of torture? Then in the laundry room of his apartment block he encounters an alluring young woman. He offers her work typing up his manuscript. Anya is not interested in politics, but the job will be a welcome distraction, as will the writer`s evident attraction i towards her. Her boyfriend, Alan, is an investment consultant who understands the world in harsh economic terms. Suspicious of...

ISBN: 978-0-09-951619-4
Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: апрель 2012

Diary of a Wimpy Kid 05 The Ugly Truth

ISBN: 978-1-4197-0035-4
Дата выхода: май 2012

Being a kid can really stink. And no one knows this better than Greg Heffley, who finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving.

ISBN: 978-0-8109-8758-6
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011