Перед вами - знаменитая приключенческая повесть английского классика Джозефа Конрада, основанная на воспоминаниях моряка Марлоу о своём путешествии в Центральную Африку. Повествование строится вокруг описаний жизни аборигенов и размышлений о первобытных инстинктах, таящихся в глубине души каждого человека. Это революционное для своего времени произведение привнесло тему поиска "внутреннего дикаря"...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05107-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2017
Award-winning picture book star Oliver Jeffers explores themes of love and loss in this life-affirming and uplifting tale.Once there was a girl whose life was filled with wonder at the world around her…Then one day something happened that made the girl take her heart and put it in a safe place. However, after that it seemed that the world was emptier than before. But would she know how to get her heart back?In this deeply moving story, Oliver Jeffers deals with the weighty themes of love and loss with an extraordinary lightness of touch and shows us, ultimately, that there is always hope.
ISBN: 9780007182343
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
An epic novel of passion, betrayal and danger, set in wartime Britain and Europe. In the spring of 1936 Kay Garland embraces an exciting new life of glamour when she becomes companion to Russian Konstantin Denisov`s daughter, Miranda. The two girls become firm friends, and when Miranda falls in love with a young Parisian, Kay helps her keep the relationship secret. But Konstantin learns of the affair and promptly dismisses Kay, leaving her penniless and stranded in Nazi Berlin. By chance she meets Tom Blacklock, who pays for her ticket home, and is destined to play an important part in her life. As for Miranda, she makes a decision that will put her in the path of disaster. With the outbreak of war come death and destruction and, for...
ISBN: 978-0-7553-5747-5
Издательство:
Headline Publ.
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. Heart of the World is a love-story of an extraordinarily beautiful Indian princess and a white Englishman who fall in love but suffer deeply because of their feelings.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07744-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Deftly combining the sacred and the profane - the unmistakable hallmark of her fiction over the past decade - Susan Howatch gives us a spellbinding, suspenseful and psychologically intense new novel. The financial heart of London - the City - is an adrenaline-charged square mile deep in recession in the 1990s, a place where sex is just another commodity to be bought and sold in the marketplace. And the City is where the life of Gavin Blake, who sells sex to high flyers, is finally about to the center of the City is St. Benet`s, a church that ministers to the casualties of this affluent but amoral society. Carta Graham, the St. Benet`s fundraiser, is at once attracted to Gavin when they meet through a mutual friend, but slowly she...
ISBN: 978-0-345-46628-0
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
The bizarre murder of a parish priest at a New York bondage club opens Nikki Heat`s most thrilling and dangerous case so far, pitting her against New York`s most vicious drug lord, an arrogant CIA contractor, and a shadowy death squad out to gun her down. And that is just the tip of an iceberg that leads to a dark conspiracy reaching all the way to the highest level of the NYPD. But when she gets too close to the truth, Nikki finds herself disgraced, stripped of her badge, and out on her own as a target for killers with nobody she can trust. Except maybe the one man in her life who`s not a cop. Reporter Jameson Rook. In the midst of New York`s coldest winter in a hundred years, there`s one thing Nikki is determined to prove: Heat Rises.
ISBN: 978-0-7868-9142-9
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: апрель 2012
MORE CASTLE! This new mass market premium edition will include a chapter from Richard Castle`s new hardcover, HEAT RISES, to be published in September 2011. It also includes two chapters from NAKED HEAT, the second in the series, as well as a conversation with the author. A New York real estate tycoon plunges to his death on a Manhattan sidewalk. A trophy wife with a past survives a narrow escape from a brazen attack. Mobsters and moguls with no shortage of reasons to kill trot out their alibis. And then, in the suffocating grip of a record heat wave, comes another shocking murder and a sharp turn in a tense journey into the dirty little secrets of the wealthy. Secrets that prove to be fatal. Secrets that lay hidden in the dark until one...
ISBN: 978-0-7868-9141-2
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
"Heavenly Fragrance" introduces the art of using Asia`s most aromatic cooking ingredients to prepare food with wonderful fragrances to excite both the palate and sense of smell. Since over three quarters of what we taste in fact comes from smell, the aromas produced by our food are vitally important to the enjoyment that comes from eating. Inspired by fond memories of fragrant cooking since her childhood days, author Carol Selva Rajah has included in this book a collection of new and traditional Southeast Asian dishes for anyone wishing to serve the best flavors of the East at home. With chapters on aromatic herbs and flowers, aromatic fruits and nuts, and aromatic spices, pastes and seasonings, these recipes will incite the senses and...
ISBN: 978-0-7946-0353-3
Издательство:
Tuttle Publishing
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
This is the true story of Colton Burpo, the four-year old son of a small-town Nebraska pastor who during emergency surgery slips from consciousness and enters heaven.
Come heck or high water, Gracie Snow is determined to drag the legendary ex-jock Bobby Tom Denton back home to Heaven, Texas, to begin shooting his first motion picture. Despite his dazzling good looks and killer charm, Bobby Tom has reservations about being a movie star - and no plans to cooperate with a prim and bossy Ohio wallflower whom he can`t get off his mind or out of his life. Instead, the hell-raising playboy decides to make her over from plain Jane to Texas wildcat. But nothing`s more dangerous than a wildcat with an angel`s heart in a town too small for a bad boy to hide. And all hell breaks loose when two unforgettable people discover love, laughter, passion - and a match that can only be made in Heaven.
ISBN: 978-0-380-77684-9
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Alongside the death of Elvis Presley and the assassination of John Lennon, Kurt Cobain`s suicide in 1994 ranks as one of the generational milestones of American life - an epochal event in both rock `n` roll and youth culture. This book is the story of Kurt Cobain`s life, from abject poverty to unbelievable wealth, power and fame. It traces the journey from his humble origins in Aberdeen to becoming lead singer of Nirvana, the most popular rock band in the world from 1991 to 1994, and the most influential band of this decade. The beautifully written text is complimented by 16 pages of photographs. Based on over one hundred interviews, Charley Cross allows us to understand Kurt Cobain`s personality. This is an incredible tale of a strange,...
Bea Braun will eigentlich nur ihre Freunde in Heidelberg besuchen - und gerät dabei mitten in einen Pharmaskandal! Niveaustufe: A2 Geeignet für: Erwachsene und Jugendliche
ISBN: 978-3-468-49708-7
Издательство:
Langenscheidt
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Heidi is the heart-warming tale of a small girl`s power for good, and it has remained a firm favourite since it was published over 100 years ago. It tells of the orphan Heidi and her idyllic existence with her gruff grandfather in the mountains. When she is sent to live in a city, comic chaos ensues, and eventually it is arranged that Heidi should return to the mountains. Together she and her friend Peter, the goat-herd, achieve wondrous changes in the community in which they live.
"Read it yourself" is a learning to read series of classic, traditional stories with four levels of difficulty to suit the stage your child is at with reading. Written in a simple way for young readers, they will build their confidence in learning to read as they progress through each level. Familiar fairytales and exciting stories will amuse children and encourage them to progress further with this series and become confident readers. Each book in the "Read it yourself with Ladybird" series is carefully structured to include many everyday words that are vital for first reading/beginner readers. They also contain clear, beautiful pictures for extra support and interest. Extra puzzle questions at the end of each book further help with...
ISBN: 978-1-4093-0718-1
Издательство:
Ladybird Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
Classic / British English Heidi lives with her grandfather in his little wooden house, high up in the mountains of Switzerland. One day Heidi’s aunt arrives and takes her to Clara’s home in Frankfurt. Heidi likes her new friend, but she doesn’t like living in a big house in the city. Can she go back to her home in the mountains? Penguin Readers are written by specialist ELT authors. The language, vocabulary, style and content of every book is carefully graded to make sure it suits the learner`s own language ability. Every Penguin Reader has a range of activities in the book and accompanying Factsheet to help increase comprehension and develop reading, writing, listening and speaking skills.
ISBN: 978-1-4082-7804-8
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: июнь 2012
Heidi is only five when she is taken to live with her grandfather, known as Uncle Alp, in the Swiss mountains. Notorious in the village for his gloomy outlook and reclusive nature, Uncle Alp nevertheless comes to love little Heidi, and she him. Heidi is growing fond of her new mountain family and friends when she is suddenly taken to Frankfurt to be a companion to Clara, an invalid. Although she brings great joy into Clara's life, Heidi pines for her home in the mountains. Only a miracle can bring joy to both Heidi and Clara, but for someone with Heidi's faith and goodness, miracles really can happen ... This classic story lyrically evokes a young child's growing understanding of poverty and wealth, illness and health and...
ISBN: 0140621911
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: декабрь 2002
Хайди переезжает жить в хижину в горах к своему дедушке, известному невыносимым нравом, и окружающие уверены, что оба будут несчастны. Но вскоре Хайди начинает нравиться ее новая жизнь. И когда приезжает ее тетя, чтобы забрать девочку к себе во Франкфурт, Хайди и ее дедушка чувствуют себя убитыми горем. Вернется ли Хайди в горы к дедушке?
ISBN: 978-0-230-02679-7
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
