Учитесь ли вы иностранному языку или говорите на нем в совершенстве, любите ли читать книги на языке автора, а не в переводе – вам в этот раздел! Успешным бизнесменам, топ-менеджерам и тем, кто хочет таковыми стать будет полезен Курс делового английского языка. Тем, кто уже владеет английским, повезло - они могут прямо сейчас, не дожидаяь перевода на русский, прочитать захватывающий роман Стивена Joyland и европейский бестселлер Inferno Дэна Брауна. Ну, а тем, кто решил провести свой отпуск во Франции, пригодится Русско-французский разговорник и словарь.
The key to eternal life has been found beneath two thousand feet of icy water in an area known as the Lost City. To a family of ruthless French arms dealers the Lost City is the key to world domination. To Kurt Austin, leader of NUMA`s Special Assignments Team, and his colleague Joe Zavala, it may be their greatest-and deadliest-challenge of all.
ISBN: 978-0-425-20419-1
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: август 2011
The vision has haunted him for four years - a young woman lying crumpled in death, her hand outstretched in silent supplication. Harry Bosch was taken off the Angella Benton murder case when the production assistant`s death was linked with the violent theft of two million dollars from a movie set. Both files were never closed. Now retired from the , Bosch is determined to find justice for Angella. Without a badge to open doors and strike fear into the guilty, he`s on his own. And even in the face of an opponent more powerful and ruthless than any he`s ever encountered, Bosch is not backing down.
ISBN: 978-0-446-61163-3
Издательство:
Warner Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
Lost Control is the self-deprecating title of the new publication by Neasden Control Centre. The book presents graphic design, installations and collages in NCC’s incomparable style that always comes across as simultaneously spontaneous and calculated. These seemingly contradictory, but in NCC’s work so coherently united characteristics give their work a powerful appeal. Neasden Control Centre is not only influencing creatives from around the world today, but is also being increasingly recognised by international museums such as the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art and clients such as Volkswagen.
ISBN: 978-3-89955-189-1
Издательство:
Die Gestalten Verlag
Дата выхода: август 2011
The Capitol Building, Washington DC: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon believes he is here to give a lecture. He is wrong. Within minutes of his arrival, a shocking object is discovered. It is a gruesome invitation into an ancient world of hidden wisdom. When Langdon`s mentor, Peter Solomon - prominent mason and philanthropist - is kidnapped, Langdon realizes that his only hope of saving his friend`s life is to accept this mysterious summons. It is to take him on a breathless chase through Washington`s dark history. All that was familiar is changed into a shadowy, mythical world in which Masonic secrets and never-before-seen revelations seem to be leading him to a single impossible and inconceivable truth.
ISBN: 978-0-552-16123-7
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Thursday Next, literary detective and newlywed is back to embark on an adventure that begins, quite literally on her own doorstep. It seems that Landen, her husband of four weeks, actually drowned in an accident when he was two years old. Someone, somewhere, sometime, is responsible. The sinister Goliath Corporation wants its operative Jack Schitt out of the poem in which Thursday trapped him, and it will do almost anything to achieve this - but bribing the ChronoGuard? Is that possible? Having barely caught her breath after The Eyre Affair, Thursday must battle corrupt politicians, try to save the world from extinction, and help the Neanderthals to species self-determination. Mastadon migrations, journeys into Just William, a chance...
``The ordinary laws of Nature are suspended. The various checks with influence the struggle for existence in the world at large are all neutralized or altered. Creatures survive which would otherwise disappear.`` Headed by the larger than life figure of Professor Challenger, a scientific expedition sets out to explore a plateau in South America that remains frozen in time from the days when dinosaurs roamed the Earth. Seemingly impossible to penetrate, this lost word holds great danger for the four men, whether from fiendish ape-men or terrifying prehistoric creatures. Arthur Conan Doyle`s Top page classic tale of adventure and discovery still excites the reader today, just as dinosaurs continue to grip the popular imagination.
ISBN: 978-0-19-953879-9
Издательство:
Oxford University Press
Дата выхода: июнь 2012
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. "Lost Face" is a collection of seven great short stories including "Flush of Gold", "The Passing of Marcus O`Brien", "The Wit of Porportuk" and London`s best known tale "To Build a Fire". .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08118-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Hewn into the towering cliffs of central Greece, the Meteora monasteries are all but inacessible. The Holy Trinity is the most isolated, its sacred brotherhood the guardians of a long-forgotten secret. In the dead of night, the sanctity of the holy retreat is shattered by an elite group of warriors, carrying ancient weapons. One by one, they hurl the silent monks from the cliff-top - the holy men taking their secret to their rocky graves. Halfway across Europe, a terrified academic fears for his life. Richard Byrd has nearly uncovered the location of one of the Seven Ancient Wonders - the statue of Zeus and his mighty throne. But Byrd`s search has also uncovered a forbidden conspiracy, and there are those who would do anything to conceal...
ISBN: 978-0-14-103707-3
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июль 2011
A mysterious book of prophecies written by a 6th century Irish monk has puzzled scholars through the ages. Foretelling wars, plagues and rebellions, the Black Book of Bran is said to have predicted the Black Death and the Gunpowder Plot. But is it the result of divine inspiration or the ravings of a madman? A hidden hoard of Saxon gold. A poisoned priest. A monk skinned alive in Westminster Abbey. Only one thing is certain: whoever comes into possession of the cursed book meets a gruesome and untimely end.
ISBN: 978-1-84739-121-6
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
While scuba diving in Tanzania, Sam and Remi Fargo come upon a relic belonging to a long-lost Confederate ship. An anomaly about the relic sets them off chasing a mystery-but unknown to them, a much more powerful force is engaged in the same chase. Mexico`s ruling party, the ultranationalist Mexica Tenochca, is intent on finding that artifact as well, because it contains a secret that could destroy the party utterly. Clive Cussler is a New York Times bestselling author.
When Ellen Jamieson breaks up with her long-standing boyfriend, she plans to go travelling. But first she agrees to house-sit for her parents, who are trying to find a buyer for their idyllic cottage in the Cotswold village of Oddlode. The village is full of quaint and eccentric characters, both blue-blooded and below the salt, and Ellen is the subject of much speculation. Under the wing of Ophelia (`Touchy Pheely`) Gently, an impoverished local sculptor, Ellen goes to an Auction of Promises village fundraiser and wins a mysterious lot of three wishes. These have been donated by Jasper Belling, the incredibly gorgeous prodigal son of the local lord of the manor. Falling in love with a notorious hell-raiser is the last thing Ellen...
ISBN: 0-340-68231-0
Издательство:
Hodder
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004
Lotta is the little sister who can find trouble anywhere. She and her young siblings get into all sorts of scrapes. In this funny and engaging tale, a very cross Lotta runs away from home and moves in with the old lady next door. But Lotta soon begins to realise that, actually, nowhere`s quite as good as home sweet home.
ISBN: 978-0-19-272757-2
Издательство:
OXED
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2011
This is a collection of fun, engaging and gently humorous stories about Lotta, the little sister who can find trouble anywhere. She and her young siblings get into all sorts of scrapes, from falling out of their old neighbour`s windows and learning some very bad swear words, to making their own pancake tree. Every day brings a new and funny adventure.
ISBN: 978-0-19-272719-0
Издательство:
OXED
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Diese Geschichte handelt von einem 9-jahrigen Jungen und seiner Liebe zu seinem alten Pferd Lotte. Eines Tages kommt ein Fremder in den Hof seines Vaters, und der Junge merkt, dass das Pferd getotet werden soll. Er beschliesst, das Pferd zu retten und mit ihm zu seinem Grossvater zu fluchten. Auf dem abenteuerlichen Ritt begegnet der junge zwei Raubern, die ihm das Pferd stehlen. Lotte findet aber zu seinem Besizter zurick. Kraftlos von der Reise stirbt das Pferd auf dem Wege zum Grossvater. Zwei Waldarbeiter finden den Jungen und bringen ihn zum Grossvater. Als der Vater ihn dort holt, will Rudi nicht mit nach Hause kommen. Der Vater uberredet ihn aber zur Heimreise. Dort sieht Rudi ein neues Pferd im Stall, das der Vater fur ihn...
ISBN: 978-87-23-90599-4
Издательство:
Easy Readers
Дата выхода: август 2008
Tiffany`s magical lamps and stained glass. This lavish volume provides an overview of the fifty-year career and the highly innovative and creative work of Louis Comfort Tiffany. The inventor of Favril Glass, an opalescent glass with deep, glowing color that far surpassed, in quality and beauty, all existing techniques, Tiffany was one of the most original and influential designers and America`s leading exponent of Art Nouveau. Tiffany Studios, founded in 1889, were well known for their use of sensuous, organic, natural and floral forms. Tiffany`s iridescent colored vases and his lampshades with their haunting colors became extremely popular and sought after the world over. Although known primarily as a glass artist, Tiffany was also...
ISBN: 978-3-8365-0313-6
Издательство:
TASCHEN
Дата выхода: январь 2000
"Le roi est mort, vive le roi"! Ce matin de mai 1643, un nouveau soleil s`est levé sur le royaume de France. Sous l`œil aimant d`une mère rompue à la politique, un roi-enfant découvre la charge que son sang et Dieu lui-même lui destinaient. Il sait pertinemment le poids qu`il lui faudra porter. Très vite, la Fronde vient inaugurer un douloureux apprentissage. Son amour pour sa mère, Anne d`Autriche, son respect pour Mazarin, un père de substitution qu`il ne peut s`empêcher de mépriser, son goût pour l`art, le jeu, les femmes et la chasse, rythment une adolescence à nulle autre pareille. Car, non content de devenir un homme, le jeune Louis doit incarner l`Etat, guider la...
ISBN: 978-2-266-18564-6
Издательство:
Pocket
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2011