Jack London 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 Human Drift" includes amazing short stories and sketches like "Small-Boat Sailing", "Four Horses and a Sailor" and "That Dead Men Rise Up Never" — a nautical ghost story of London`s youth. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08129-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811—1863) was a British author and novelist mostly known for his satirical works such as "Vanity Fair" that showed an ironic representation of the British society of those times. "The History of Pendennis" is a novel set in nineteenth-century England, mostly in London. The book tells the story of a young gentleman Arthur Pendennis from a countryside, who travels to London to find his place in society. In line with other Thackeray`s works, the novel is a satiric picture of the English aristocratic society, which includes all sorts of snobbish and sometimes detestable characters.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07824-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Mae has watched as her three older sisters have gone through the process of finding their place in the world and faced the challenges of parenthood head on. Now ready to spread her wings beyond her close-knit family, Mae is ready to take the world by storm.But a series of events will shake the strong self-belief Mae has always had in herself and will leave her questioning where it is she really fits in.The Amir sisters will need to draw on all the love they have for each other, if they are going to navigate the challenges life has to throw at them and help Mae along the path to self-discovery.
ISBN: 9780008192389
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
Follow the black cat through the Halloween Tarot! The artwork conjures up all that\'s fun about Halloween. The Minor Arcana suits are Pumpkins, Imps, Ghosts, and Bats.
ISBN: 9781572816213
Издательство:
US Games Systems
Дата выхода: октябрь 2008
Edith Wharton (1862—1937) was an American novelist and short story writer. Her works show the lives of people of the late nineteenth century, the times of decline in American history. She was the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921. Wharton also was familiar with many famous people of the time, including President Theodore Roosevelt. "The House of Mirth" is a novel that tells the story of Lily Bart, an impoverished woman from the high society of New York City. While raised with expensive tastes, is reaching thirty, an age when her youthful appearance is almost gone, and her finances are limited. Now she needs to find a husband who can keep her in luxury to which she is accustomed.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07834-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Представьте, что вы невидимы. О чем вы думаете в первую очередь? О возможностях? О безнаказанности? О свободе? Подумайте теперь вот о чем: одежда вас выдает, люди боятся и не доверяют, да и вы сами начинаете их бояться, потому что не знаете, кто вас предаст. Именно такую мрачную и вовсе не сказочную историю человека-невидимки придумал и записал отец научной фантастики Герберт Джордж Уэллс. Хотите узнать, чем...
ISBN: 9785171612146
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: февраль 2024
The Idiot tells the story of Prince Myshkin, a man of pure innocence, whose kindness and open-hearted simplicity make many of the more earthy characters he encounters mistakenly assume that he lacks intelligence and insight.
ISBN: 978-5-517-07541-3
Издательство:
Рипол Классик
Дата выхода: август 2022
The Ickabog is coming… A mythical monster, a kingdom in peril, an adventure that will test two children’s bravery to the limit. Discover a brilliantly original fairy tale about the power of hope and friendship to triumph against all odds, from one of the world’s best storytellers. The kingdom of Cornucopia was once the happiest in the world. It had plenty of gold, a king with the finest moustaches you could possibly imagine, and butchers, bakers and cheesemongers whose exquisite foods made a person dance with delight when they ate them. Everything was perfect – except for the misty Marshlands to the north which, according to legend, were home to the monstrous Ickabog. Anyone sensible knew that the Ickabog was just a myth, to...
Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. This volume contains two stories of Allan Quotermain`s series. The Ivory Child is a story of evil spirit, which Allan have to destroy before it kills every one of the White Kendah People. The Ancient Allan is a gripping novel which takes us and adventurer Allan Ouatermain, back in time. It relates to several exciting adventures like a lion hunt, wrestling with a crocodile, and a large-scale battle between several armies.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07724-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Читателям предлагается полный, неадаптированный текст популярного научно-фантастического романа Герберта Уэллса "Человек-невидимка". Рекомендуется в качестве пособия для домашнего чтения.
ISBN: 9785797404842
Издательство:
Икар
Дата выхода: январь 2015
Страшитесь непроходимых джунглей английского? Вам на помощь придет "Книга джунглей"! Знакомые с детства тексты без труда читаются даже в оригинале.Редьяьрд Киплинг - писатель, поэт, путешественник и лауреат Нобелевской премии по литературе. Он родился в Индии и много путешествовал по ней, когда стал старше, изучая жизнь простых людей. "Книга джунглей" рассказывает о разных героях: мальчике Маугли,...
ISBN: 9785171580278
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: октябрь 2023
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was an Irish satirist, essayist, prose writer and poet, who has found his calling as a cleric of St Patrick`s Cathedral in Dublin. "The Journal to Stella" is a collection of sixty-five letters from Jonathan Swift to his friend Esther Johnson, whom he called "Stella" and, according to some reports, was his secret wife, although there is no documentary evidence of it. Swift wrote the letters between 1710 and 1713 in England and many critics consider them as deeply personal.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07560-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
Страшитесь непроходимых джунглей английского? Вам на помощь придет "Книга джунглей"! Знакомые с детства тексты без труда читаются даже в оригинале.Редьяьрд Киплинг - писатель, поэт, путешественник и лауреат Нобелевской премии по литературе. Он родился в Индии и много путешествовал по ней, когда стал старше, изучая жизнь простых людей. "Книга джунглей" рассказывает о разных героях: мальчике Маугли,...
ISBN: 9785171580223
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: октябрь 2023
The Discworld is very much like our own - if our own were to consist of a flat planet balanced on the back of four elephants which stand on the back of a giant turtle, that is.`What shall we do?` said Twoflower.`Panic?` said Rincewind hopefully. He always held that panic was the best means of survival.As it moves towards a seemingly inevitable collision with a malevolent red star, the Discworld could do with a hero.What it doesn`t need is a singularly inept and cowardly wizard, still recovering from the trauma of falling off the edge of the world, or a well-meaning tourist and his luggage which has a mind (and legs) of its own.Which is a shame, because that`s all there is…The Discworld novels can be read in any order but The Light...
ISBN: 9780552166607
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2023
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. "The Last Galley: Impressions and Tales I" is the first volume in the series, consisting of wonderful short stories like "The Last Galley", "The Contest", and "Through the Veil".
ISBN: 978-5-521-07168-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2018
James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. The Lake Gun is a satirical short story named after the mysterious loud exploding sound coming from Seneca Lake, called The Lake Gun by European American settlers to the area, and known today as the Seneca Guns. These sounds remain unexplained to this day, with no clear or agreed-upon cause.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08034-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
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