Set in Scotland in 1751, Kidnapped tells of how young David Balfour, orphaned, and betrayed by his uncle Ebenezer who should have been his guardian, falls in with Alan Breck, the unscrupulous but heroic champion of the Jacobite cause. Shipwreck, murder and escape through the Highlands are only a few of the ingredients of this wonderful book.

ISBN: 9781853261176
Издательство: Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2020

Воспроизведено в оригинальной авторской орфографии издания 1857 года (издательство "Frankfort-on-the Meyn : [s.n.]").

ISBN: 978-5-8729-8261-6

"Fifteen men on the dead man`s chest - Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!" Treasure Island is a tale of pirates and villains, maps, treasure and shipwreck, and is perhaps the best adventure story ever written. When young Jim Hawkins finds a packet in Captain Flint`s sea chest, he could not know that the map inside would lead him to unimaginable treasure. Shipping as cabin boy on the Hispaniola, he sails with Squire Trelawney, Captain Smollett, Dr Livesey, the sinister Long John Silver and a frightening crew to Treasure Island. There, mutiny, murder and mayhem lead to a thrilling climax.

ISBN: 1-85326-103-3
Издательство: Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2001

Young David Balfour sets off to find his Uncle Ebenezer and claim his inheritance. Ebenezer arranges to have David kidnapped and sent to America to be sold as a slave. A shipwreck, a murder and a chase through the Highlands of Scotland, all lead to an unforgettable adventure!

ISBN: 9781845582081
Издательство: Express Publishing
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2018

Young David Balfour sets off to find his Uncle Ebenezer and claim his inheritance. Ebenezer arranges to have David kidnapped and sent to America to be sold as a slave. A shipwreck, a murder and a chase through the Highlands of Scotland, all lead to an unforgettable adventure!

ISBN: 9781845582067
Издательство: Express Publishing
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2018

"Fifteen men on the dead man`s chest - Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum!" Treasure Island is a tale of pirates and villains, maps, treasure and shipwreck, and is perhaps the best adventure story ever written.When young Jim Hawkins finds a packet in Captain Flint`s sea chest, he could not know that the map inside would lead him to unimaginable treasure. Shipping as cabin boy on the Hispaniola, he sails with Squire Trelawney, Captain Smollett, Dr Livesey, the sinister Long John Silver and a frightening crew to Treasure Island. There, mutiny, murder and mayhem lead to a thrilling climax.Издание на английском языке.

ISBN: 9781853261039
Издательство: Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2020

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! About Schmidt is a 2002 American drama film directed by Alexander Payne and starring Jack Nicholson as Warren Schmidt and Hope Davis as his daughter Jeannie. It is loosely based on the 1996 novel of the same title by Louis Begley. Many of the scenes were filmed on location, especially in Omaha, Nebraska and Denver, Colorado. According to the special features on the DVD, a number of non-professional local residents appeared in the film, portraying their real-life professions. The actual Woodmen of the World headquarters building in Omaha was utilized in the film. The main narrative of the film follows Schmidt as he goes on a road trip in order to attend the wedding of his only daughter to a man...

ISBN: 978-6-1308-5440-9
Издательство: Книга по требованию
Дата выхода: июль 2011

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Wartime Lies is a semi-autobiographical novel by Louis Begley first published in 1991. Set in Poland during the years of the Nazi occupation, it is about two members of an upper middle class Jewish family, a young woman and her nephew, who defy the persecution of Jews by assuming Catholic identities. Time and again the boy, who narrates the story from some remote point in time, reminisces about how he learned at an early age to lie in order to survive. Thus, his whole adult life is founded on the "wartime lies" of his childhood.Wartime Lies won the Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award in 1991. The French version, Une...

ISBN: 978-6-1346-4838-7
Издательство: Книга по требованию
Дата выхода: июль 2011

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! About Schmidt is a 2002 American comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Payne, starring Jack Nicholson in the title role. It is loosely based on the 1996 novel of the same title by Louis Begley. Many of the scenes were filmed on location, especially in Omaha, Nebraska and Denver, Colorado. According to the special features on the DVD, a number of non-professional local residents appeared in the film, portraying their real-life professions. The actual Woodmen of the World headquarters building in Omaha was used in the film, and Jack Nicholson was made an honorary member of the company during filming.

ISBN: 978-5-5108-9221-5