Jack London (1876-1916) 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. "Adventure" tells the story a man who finds himself alone on a plantation, harassed by local cannibals and an independent and liberated woman whose arrival at the place changes everything. The novel explores the themes of colonialism and slavery set in the Solomon Islands, the differences between races, feminism, and the strength of the spirit, caught in a struggle with nature and society.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07491-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is Mark Twain's exhilarating Mississippi adventure story and the companion to Tom Sawyer. In hiding from his drunken and tyrannical father, Huck Finn escapes to Jackson's Island, where he meets Jim, a runaway slave. Together the boys set off on a raft down the Mississippi, in a daring bid for freedom from so-called 'sivilization'. Издание полностью на английском языке. Полный, неадаптированный текст произведения.
ISBN: 0140620648
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: декабрь 2002
For more than a century, the Sherlock Holmes adventures have thrilled readers. This volume collects seven of his most challenging cases, including `A Scandal in Bohemia`, `The Red-Headed League`, `The Speckled Band`, The Five Orange Pips`, `The Blue Carbuncle` and `The Beryl Coronet`. It also features the novel, The Hound of the Baskervflles. The stories feature art by Sidney Paget, who illustrated the Sherlock Holmes stories that appeared originally in The Strand.
This title is ideal for young readers who can experience the wonder of this timeless story in an easy to read abridged format. The audio CD enables young readers to listen to the story, whilst following along with the book. It is aimed at children aged 7 to 9 years old. `We said there was no home like a raft. Other places do seem so cramped up and but you feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft`. Sail down the Mississippi with Huck Finn and the runaway slave, Jim. Twain`s beloved tale, with its folksy language, creates an indelible image of antebellum America with its sleepy river towns, con men, family feuds, and colourful characters.
ISBN: 978-1-4027-7355-6
Издательство:
Sterling USD
Дата выхода: август 2011
Meet Tintin`s friends, play cool games, and learn secret codes, as you relive some of Tintin`s greatest escapes with these colorful stickers from the movie. Easy-peel stickers can be used again and again!
An easy-to-read adaptation of the film for younger readers, featuring gorgeous full-color movie stills throughout! When Tintin buys a model ship called the Unicorn, he doesn`t realize he`s about to become the center of a centuries-old family feud involving nefarious pirates and treasure! Following clues from the high seas to the blazing-hot desert, Tintin makes new friends and outwits new enemies as he uncovers the secret of the Unicorn.
The dream world Aenir is not a safe place. One wrong step can lead to danger, death. Tal and Milla must fight their way through this shifting landscape. They are searching for the Codex, a magical object that will decide the fate of their worlds. Many creatures stand in their way—from the cloud-flesh Storm Shepherds to a swarm of venomous Waspwyrms to a horrifying figure named Hazror. Tal and Milla cannot leave Aenir without the Codex. But finding it might endanger them more than they`ve ever
The EARLYREAD series contains both original stories and traditional favourites, as well as some cultural readers, graded over five levels. Features of all readers are: • beautiful illustrations, which not only encourage reading but actively help children to understand the story • picture dictionaries, for active vocabulary work • fun activities and games, often for more than one participant, which practise vocabulary and structures in the story. • a recording of the whole text, either on an accompanying CD or downloadable at no charge from the Black Cat website. All the readers can be easily dramatised. The most recent titles are accompanied by playscripts which can also be downloaded free from the Black Cat website. Earlyread...
ISBN: 9788853005113
Издательство:
CIDEB
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. `It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.` Living in Ancient Greece in the 5th Century BC, Aesop was said to be a slave and story-teller. His much-loved, enduring fables are revered the world over and remain popular as moral tales for children. With infamous vignettes, such as the race between the hare and the tortoise, the vain jackdaw, and the wolf in sheep`s clothing, the themes of the fables remain as fresh today as when they were first told and give an insight into the Ancient Greek world.
ISBN: 978-0-00-790212-5
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Foxes, storks and thirsty crows: they`re all gathered here in a collection of eight of Aesop`s best-loved tales. You may know the story of the tortoise and the hare, but have you heard the one about the lion and the mouse? Retold by Carol Watson.
ISBN: 978-0-7460-8091-7
Издательство:
Usborne
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Foxes, storks and thirsty crows; they’re all gathered in this collection of eight of Aesop’s best-loved tales. You may know the story of the tortoise and the hare, but have you heard the one about the lion and the mouse? A fun retelling of Aesop’s classic fables specially written for young readers.
ISBN: 978-0-7460-8103-7
Издательство:
Usborne
Дата выхода: июль 2011
March 1997. A woman has her throat cut behind a bar in Mississippi. Just down the road is a big army base. Is the murderer a local guy - or is he a soldier? Jack Reacher, still a major in the military police, is sent undercover. The county sheriff is a former Marine and a stunningly beautiful woman. Her investigation is going nowhere. Is the Pentagon stonewalling her? Or doesn`t she really want to find the killer? Set just six months before the opening of Killing Floor, he Affair marks a turning point in Reacher`s life. If he does what the army wants, will he be able to live with himself? And if he doesn`t, will the army be able to live with him?
ISBN: 978-0-553-82551-0
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: май 2012
From the dark heart of a Victorian prison, disgraced spiritualist Selina Dawes weaves an enigmatic spell. Is she a fraud or a prodigy? By the time it all begins to matter, you`ll find yourself desperately wanting to believe in magic.
2,300 years ago an unbeaten army of the West invaded the homeland of a fierce Eastern tribal foe. This is one soldier’s The bestselling novelist of ancient warfare returns with a riveting historical novel that re-creates Alexander the Great’s invasion of the Afghan kingdoms in 330 In a story that might have been ripped from today’s combat dispatches, Steven Pressfield brings to life the confrontation between an invading Western army and fierce Eastern warriors determined at all costs to defend their homeland. Narrated by an infantryman in Alexander’s army, The Afghan Campaign explores the challenges, both military and moral, that Alexander and his soldiers face as they embark on a new type of war and are forced to adapt to the...
The Afghan is Izmat Khan, a five-year prisoner of Guantanamo Bay and a former senior commander of the Taliban. The Afghan is also Colonel Mike Martin, a 25-year veteran of war zones around the world, a dark, lean man born and raised in Iraq. In an attempt to stave off disaster, the intelligence agencies will try to do what no one has ever done before – pass off a Westerner as an Arab among Arabs – pass off Martin as the trusted Khan. It will require extraordinary preparation, and then extraordinary luck, for nothing can truly prepare Martin for the dark and shifting world he is about to enter. Or for the terrible things he will find
ISBN: 978-0-552-15504-5
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: август 2011
The savannahs of the Rift Valley, the rainy mountains of Rwanda, the impenetrable jungles of the Congo, isolated villages, the infinite Sahara Desert, the many-hued waters of the great rivers…. Over 500 photographs, taken from an aircraft over the course of a far-ranging photo-reportage project, add brilliant illustration to a book never compiled before: one dedicated to the radiant light and clear skies of the African continent. The volume’s album-style format enhances the panoramic quality of the images; concise, informative texts accompany and explain them, enhancing Africa through the gift of a magical new dimension.
ISBN: 978-88-544-0107-5
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: август 2011
Bill Bryson goes to Kenya at the invitation of CARE International, the charity dedicated to working with local communities to eradicate poverty around the world. Kenya, generally regarded as the cradle of mankind, is a land of contrasts, with famous game reserves, stunning landscapes, and a vibrant cultural tradition. It also provides plenty to worry a traveller like Bill Bryson, fixated as he is on the dangers posed by snakes, insects and large predators. But on a more sober note, it is a country that shares many serious human and environmental problems with the rest of Africa: refugees, AIDS, drought and grinding poverty. Travelling around the country, Bryson casts his inimitable eye on a continent new to him, and the resultant diary,...
The world lies devastated after the massive oil crisis that was described in LAST LIGHT. Human society has more or less entirely broken down and millions lie dead of starvation or disease. There are only one or two beacon communities that have managed to fashion a new way of living. Jenny Sutherland runs one of these groups. Based on a series of decaying offshore oil rigs - for safety - a few hundred people have rebuilt a semblance of normality in this otherwise dead world. But as Jenny and her people explore their surroundings once again, they start to realise not every survivor has the same vision of a better future than their catastrophic past. There are people out there who would take everything they have. War is coming, and the...
ISBN: 978-1-4091-0306-6
Издательство:
Orion Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The midnight hour approaches in an almost empty all-night diner. Mari sips her coffee and glances up from a book as a young man, a musician, intrudes on her solitude. Both have missed the last train home. The musician has plans to rehearse with his jazz band all night, Mari is equally unconcerned and content to read, smoke and drink coffee until dawn. They realise they’ve been acquainted through Eri, Mari’s beautiful sister. The musician soon leaves with a promise to return before dawn. Shortly afterwards Mari will be interrupted a second time by a girl from the Alphaville Hotel; a Chinese prostitute has been hurt by a client, the girl has heard Mari speaks fluent Chinese and requests her help. Meanwhile Eri is at home and sleeps a...