История обычной семьи из провинциального города. Свадьбы, гешефты, измены, но в один вечер всё меняется. В дверь постучались офицеры НКВД. Что их ждёт впереди? Репрессии? Этап? Расстрел? Война? Один за другим члены семьи покидают свой дом. А потом приходит ещё одна, общая беда, от которой невозможно укрыться. Можно лишь постараться выжить и отомстить. И ощутить вместе с молодым, но рано повзрослевшим Лёвчиком,...
ISBN: 978-5-907379-17-6
Издательство:
КМК
Дата выхода: январь 2020
Henry Irving - a merchant's clerk who became the saviour of British theatre - and Ellen Terry, who made her first theatre appearance as soon as she could walk, were the king and queen of the Victorian stage. Creatively interdependent, they founded a power-house of arts at the Lyceum Theatre, with Bram Stoker as business manager, where they recast Shakespeare's plays on an epic scale and took the company on lucrative and exhilarating international tours. In his masterly new biography, award-winning writer Michael Holroyd explores their public and private lives, showing how their artistic legacy and their brilliant but troubled children came to influence the modern world.
In this compelling memoir, Brooke Shields talks candidly about her experience with postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter, and provides millions of women with an inspiring example of recovery.
ISBN: 9781401308469
Издательство:
Книжный клуб "Клуб семейного досуга"
Дата выхода: май 2006
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 . . .The post was an old thing, of course, but it was so old that it had magically become new again.Moist von Lipwig is a con artist and a fraud and a man faced with a life choice: be hanged, or put the ailing postal service of Ankh-Morpork – the Discworld’s city-state – back on its feet.It’s a tough decision.The post is a creaking old institution, overshadowed by new technology. But there are people who still believe in it, and Moist must become one of them if he`s going to see that the mail gets through, come rain, hail, sleet, dogs, the Post Office...
ISBN: 9780552167680
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2023
A beautiful new hardback edition of the classic Discworld novel.Moist von Lipwig is a con artist and a fraud and a man faced with a life choice: be hanged, or put Ankh-Morpork`s ailing postal service back on its feet.It was a tough decision.But he`s got to see that the mail gets though, come rain, hail, sleet, dogs, the Post Office Workers Friendly and Benevolent Society, the evil chairman of the Grand Trunk Semaphore Company, and a midnight killer.Getting a date with Adora Bell Dearheart would be nice, too.Прекрасное новое издание классического романа "Плоский мир" в твердом переплете.Мойст фон Липвиг - аферист и мошенник, человек,...
A brand new collection of short stories from the incredible Sir Terry Pratchett.This deluxe collector`s edition comes in a beautiful slipcase, and includes an extra short story (the brilliant tale of `The Bed Scratcher!`), an exclusive colour print . . . and an unique number assigned to your book!!Imagination is an amazing thing.It can take you to the top of the highest mountain, or down to the bottom of the deepest depths of the sea.This is where it took Doggins on his Awfully Big Adventure: a quest full of magic and flying machines. (And the world`s best joke - trust me, it`s hilarious.)It took three young inventors to the moon (where they may or may not have left a bottle of lemonade) and a caveman on a trip to the dentist.You can...
Widely thought of as the best book Terry Pratchett ever wrote, this is a story of a Nation, a story of a friendship, a story of growing up and the truths we must learn. It is epic in every sense . . .Prepare for the world to be turned upside down . . .For Mau, halfway between boy and man, it happens when a great wave destroys his entire village. For Daphne, it’s when the same wave crashes her ship into the island that was once Mau’s home. Everything they once had is now so far away, lost to distance and time.But when Daphne stops trying to shoot Mau (she did apologise for it), and instead uses a salvaged invitation card to invite him to tea, they discover a new home can be theirs.And then people start arriving on the island – some...
A beautiful gift edition of the classic Discworld novel.Eric is the Discworld’s only demonology hacker. The trouble is, he’s not very good at it. All he wants is the usual three wishes: to be immortal, rule the world and have the most beautiful woman fall madly in love with him. The usual stuff.But what he gets is Rincewind, the Disc’s most incompetent wizard, and Rincewind’s Luggage (the world’s most dangerous travel accessory) into the bargain.Terry Pratchett’s hilarious take on the Faust legend stars many of the Discworld’s most popular characters in an outrageous adventure that will leave Eric wishing once more – this time, quite fervently, that he’d never been born.
It is known as the Discworld. It is a flat planet, supported on the backs of four elephants, who in turn stand on the back of the great turtle A`Tuin as it swims majestically through space. And it is quite possibly the funniest place in all of creation.The last thing the wizard Drum Billet did, before Death laid a bony hand on his shoulder, was to pass on his staff of power to the eighth son of an eighth son. Unfortunately for his colleagues in the chauvinistic (not to say misogynistic) world of magic, he failed to check on the new-born baby`s sex...Terry Pratchett turns his acute satirical eye on sexual equality and chauvanism in his hilarious third Discworld novel.
The long awaited, brand new adult Discworld novel. It`s an offer you can`t refuse. Who would not to wish to be the man in charge of Ankh-Morpork`s Royal Mint and the bank next door? It`s a job for life. But, as former con-man Moist von Lipwig is learning, the life is not necessarily for long. The Chief Cashier is almost certainly a vampire. There`s something nameless in the cellar (and the cellar itself is pretty nameless), it turns out that the Royal Mintruns at a loss. A 300 year old wizard is after his girlfriend, he`s about to be exposed as a fraud, but the Assassins Guild might get him first. In fact lot of people want him dead. Oh. And every day he has to take the Chairman for walkies. Everywhere he looks he`s making enemies. What...
ISBN: 978-0-552-15490-1
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Wider World Exam Practice: Pearson Test of English General Level 2 offers students intensive exam practice and support, and works alongside the Students` Book. Powered by Practice Tests Plus, it combines realistic exam practice with guidance and strategies for dealing with each exam paper.
This is where the dragons went. They lie... not dead, not asleep, but... dormant. And although the space they occupy isn`t like normal space, nevertheless they are packed in tightly. They could put you in mind of a can of sardines, if you thought sardines were huge and scaly. And presumably, somewhere, there`s a key...Guards! Guards! is the 8th Discworld novel - and after this, dragons will never be the same again!
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 . . .They say that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it’s not half so bad as a lot of ignorance.The last thing the wizard Drum Billet did, before Death laid a bony hand on his shoulder, was to pass on his staff of power to the eighth son of an eighth son.Unfortunately for his colleagues in the chauvinistic (not to say misogynistic) world of magic, he failed to check that the baby in question was a son.Everybody knows that there`s no such thing as a female wizard. But now it`s gone and happened, there`s nothing much anyone can do about it.Let the...
ISBN: 9780552166614
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
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 . . .`A lie can run round the world before The Truth has got its boots on`William de Worde is the accidental editor of the Discworld`s first newspaper.Now he must cope with the traditional perils of a journalist`s life - people who want him dead, a recovering vampire with a suicidal fascination for flash photography, some more people who want him dead in a different way and, worst of all, the man who keeps begging him to publish pictures of his humorously shaped potatoes.William just wants to get at The Truth. Unfortunately, everyone else wants to get at William....
ISBN: 9780552167635
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
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 . . .In this life there are givers and takers. It`s safe to say that vampires are very much in the latter camp. They don’t have much time for the givers of this world – except perhaps at mealtimes . . .Welcome to Lancre, where the newest residents are a thoroughly modern, sophisticated vampire family. They`ve got style and fancy waistcoats. They`re out of the casket and want a bite of the future.Everyone knows you don`t invite vampires into your house – unless you want permanent guests – nonetheless the King of Lancre has invited them to stay and...
ISBN: 9780552167611
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
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 . . .`Neighbours... hah. People`d live for ages side by side, nodding at one another amicably on their way to work, and then some trivial thing would happen and someone would be having a garden fork removed from their ear.`When the neighbours in question are the proud empires of Klatch and Ankh-Morpork, those are going to be some pretty large garden tools indeed. Of course, no-one would dream of starting a war without a perfectly good reason...such as a `strategic` piece of old rock in the middle of nowhere.It is after all every citizen`s right to bear arms to...
ISBN: 9780552167598
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
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 . . .Whoever said you can`t fool an honest man wasn`t one.The Royal Bank is facing a crisis, and it’s time for a change of management.There are a few problems that may arise with the job . . . The Chief Cashier is almost certainly a vampire – there`s something nameless in the cellar and it turns out that the Royal Mint runs at a loss. Meanwhile, people actually want to know where the money’s gone. It`s a job for life.But, as former con-man Moist von Lipwig is learning, that life is not necessarily a long one.He’s about to be exposed as a fraud, but if...
ISBN: 9780552167703
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2023
`Holy Wood is a different sort of place. People act differently here. Everywhere else the most important things are gods or money or cattle. Here, the most important thing is to be important.`Alchemists have always thought that they can change reality, shape it to their own purpose. Imagine then the damage that could be wrought on the Discworld if they get their hands on the ultimate alchemy: the invention of motion pictures, the greatest making of illusions. It may be a triumph of universe-shaking proportions. It`s either that or they`re about to unlock the dark secret of the Holy Wood hills - by mistake...
ISBN: 9780552166676
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2023