At the beginning of the 21st Century, `The Book of Rock` pays tribute to those artists whose music has provided a soundtrack for the growing pains of three generations. It is a gallery of 500 saints, sinners and martyrs of rock and pop history. Here democracy is everything: guitar heroes rub shoulders with tortured geniuses, and the flamboyant masters of showmanship receive the same treatment as reclusive poets. Together they provide a fresh, provocative guide to the icons of rock and pop, the most influential singers and musicians from around the globe. New Chart Entries! Now in a more easy to handle format, this new edition is fully updated with fantastic new, varied and talented acts from across the musical spectrum, including Eminem,...
ISBN: 978-1-86205-695-4
Издательство:
Anova Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Recently voted the greatest fantasy of all time, after The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, Gene Wolfe`s The Book of the New Sun is an extraordinary epic, set a million years in the future, on an Earth transformed in mysterious and wondrous ways, in a time when our present culture is no longer even a memory. Severian, the central character, is a torturer, exiled from his guild after falling in love with one of his victims, and journeying to the distant city of Thrax, armed with his ancient executioner`s sword, Terminus Est. This edition contains the first two volumes of this four volume novel, The Shadow of the Torturer and The Claw of the Conciliator.
ISBN: 978-1-85798-977-9
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
They say a story loses something with each telling. If that is the case, this story has lost nothing, for it`s the first time it`s been told. This story is one for which some people will have to suspend their disbelief. If I wasn`t me and this wasn`t happening to me, I would be one of those people.
ISBN: 978-0-00-718281-7
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Дата выхода: август 2011
"The Book of Human Skin" is a large volume with many pages of villainy writ upon it. There are people who are a disease, you know. 13 May, 1784, Venice: Minguillo Fasan, heir to the decaying, gothic Palazzo Espagnol, is born. Yet Minguillo is no ordinary child: he is strange, devious and all those who come near him are fearful. Twelve years later Minguillo is faced with an unexpected threat to his inheritance: a newborn sister, Marcella. His untempered jealousy will condemn his sister to a series of fates as a cripple, a madwoman and a nun. But in his insatiable quest to destroy her, he may have underestimated his sister`s ferocious determination, and her unlikely allies who will go to extraordinary lengths to save
ISBN: 978-1-4088-0964-8
Издательство:
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: август 2011
FBI agent Pendergast and his demonic brother, Diogenes, continue the savage tango begun in "Dance of Death". Diogenes returns the stolen gem collection of the New York Museum of Natural History, but this hoard of priceless jewels has
ISBN: 978-0-446-61850-2
Издательство:
Warner Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
Bridging the gap between novelty board books and picture flats, this adorable new series encourages little readers to engage with a central character and then follow a simple plot. With questions to answer (What can you see at the farm? What noises do the farm animals make?) and interactive elements throughout, the child is drawn in from the outset. A rich reading experience, designed to stimulate speech and build book-confidence.
The second of a two-book set that contains the early myths and legends which led to the writing of Tolkiens epic tale of war, "The Silmarillion". This second part of "The Book of Lost Tales" includes the tale of Beren and Luthien, Turin and the Dragon, and the only full narratives of the Necklace of the Dwarves and the Fall of Gondolin, itself the finest and most exciting depiction of a battle that Tolkien ever wrote. Each tale is followed by a commentary in the form of a short essay, together with texts of associated poems, and contains extensive information on names and vocabulary in the earliest Elvish languages. This series of fascinating books has now been repackaged to complement the distinctive and classic style ofe black cover...
ISBN: 978-0-261-10214-9
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2012
John Banville` s stunning powers of mimicry are brilliantly on display in this engrossing novel, the darkly compelling confession of an improbable murderer. Freddie Montgomery is a highly cultured man, a husband and father living the life of a dissolute exile on a Mediterranean island. When a debt comes due and his wife and child are held as collateral, he returns to Ireland to secure funds. That pursuit leads to murder. And here is his attempt to present evidence, not of his innocence, but of his life, of the events that lead to the murder he committed because he could. Like a hero out of Nabokov or Camus, Montgomery is a chillingly articulate, self-aware, and amoral being, whose humanity is painfully on display.
ISBN: 978-0-330-37187-2
Издательство:
Pan Macmillan
Дата выхода: август 2011
Cath and Si are best friends. Total opposites, always together, and both unlucky in love. Cath is scatty, messy, and emotionally closed. Si is impossibly tidy, bitchy, and desperate for a man of his own. When Portia steps back into their lives, her reappearance sets off a chain of events that tests them to the limit. Does Portia have a hidden agenda, or is she just looking for happy endings all round? Whatever the answers, none of them could ever predict the
ISBN: 0-14-027652-1
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Книга представляет собой репринтное издание (издательство "Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and company"). Несмотря на то, что была проведена серьезная работа по восстановлению первоначального качества издания, на некоторых страницах могут обнаружиться небольшие "огрехи": помарки, кляксы и т.п. Эта книга будет изготовлена в соответствии с Вашим заказом по технологии Print-on-Demand компанией ООО ""Книга по Требованию"". Print-on-Demand -...
ISBN: 1-430465-61-1
Издательство:
Книга по требованию
Дата выхода: июль 2010
Marching south after the ghastly battle at the Tower of Charm, the Black Company is hounded by shadowy figures every inch of the way. The game is on: the Company versus the Shadowmasters, deadly creatures that deal in darkness and sorrow. When hope dies, there’s still survival. And there’s still the Black Company. This omnibus edition collects "Shadow Games", "Dreams of Steel", and "The Silver Spike".
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are. Beginning with a dilemma about whether he spends more money on reading or smoking, George Orwell`s entertaining and uncompromising essays go on to explore everything from the perils of second-hand bookshops to the dubious profession of being a critic, from freedom of the press to what patriotism really means....
ISBN: 978-0-14-103661-8
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Rin, Razo`s little sister, is haunted by the forest she has always loved. When Razo invites her back to the city to be one of Queen Ani`s waiting women, she happily only to end up on the adventure of her lifetime, following the queen, Enna, and Dasha into the countryside in search of a fire-starting enemy that no one can see. As she learns more about the three women`s magical talents, she finds her own strength comes from places both expected the forest and unexpected the sound of her own voice. A brilliant addition to the Books of Bayern`, this book is a treat for fans of this series, and stands alone for readers who might be discovering the joys of Shannon Hale`s writing for the first time.
ISBN: 978-1-4088-0861-0
Издательство:
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: август 2011
What are the most beautiful, the most interesting, the most wonderful things in the world? The Great Pyramid, the Great Wall of China, the Panama Canal - everyone has their favourites. And there are natural wonders too - Mount Everest, Niagara Falls, and the Northern Lights, for example. Here is one person`s choice of eleven wonders. Some of them are made by people, and others are natural. Everyone knows the Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier Reef - but what about the Iguazu Falls, or the old city of Petra? Come and discover new
ISBN: 978-0-19-423779-6
Издательство:
Oxford University Press
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2011
What are the most beautiful, the most interesting, the most wonderful things in the world? The Great Pyramid, the Great Wall of China, the Panama Canal - everyone has their favourites. And there are natural wonders too - Mount Everest, Niagara Falls, and the Northern Lights, for example. Here is one person`s choice of eleven wonders. Some of them are made by people, and others are natural. Everyone knows the Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier Reef - but what about the Iguazu Falls, or the old city of Petra? Come and discover new
ISBN: 978-0-19-423776-5
Издательство:
Oxford University Press
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2011
This is the shocking story of how a continent succumbed to temptation and took leave of its senses. Greek monks became playboy financiers. Icelandic fishermen became investment bankers. And Germans became even more German. Then, the money ran out. In this tragicomic romp across Europe, Michael Lewis sets out to uncover what happens when the greed of entire nations comes back to bite them. What he finds is stranger and more compelling than fiction. "Boomerang" is the ultimate book for our times. It`s time to brace ourselves for impact. And, with Michael Lewis, to laugh out loud while we`re doing it.
ISBN: 978-0-14-197501-6
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Having made the financial crisis comprehensible for us all in The Big Short, Michael Lewis realised that he hadn`t begun to get grips with the full story. How exactly had it come to hit the rest of the world in the face too? Just how broke are we really? Boomerang is a tragicomic romp across Europe, in which Lewis gives full vent to his storytelling genius. The cheap credit that rolled across the planet between 2002 and 2008 was more than a simple financial phenomenon: it was temptation, offering entire societies the chance to reveal aspects of their characters they could not normally afford to indulge. Icelanders wanted to stop fishing and become investment bankers. The Greeks wanted to turn their country into a pinata stuffed with cash...
Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) was an English writer. He was prolific in many genres, writing dozens of novels, short stories, and works of social commentary, but he is now best remembered for his science fiction novels. "Boon" is a work of literary satire. It is best known for its part in Wells`s debate on the nature of literature with Henry James, who is caricatured in the book, but here Wells also mocks himself, calling into question and ridiculing a notion he held dear - that of humanity`s collective consciousness.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08246-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: декабрь 2018
``The people are silent`` So ends Pushkin`s great historical drama Boris Godunov, in which Boris`s reign as Tsar witnesses civil strife and intrigue, brutality and misery. Its legacy is an uncertain future for the new Tsar whose inauguration is met with devastating silence by the people. Pushkin`s dramatic work displays a scintillating variety of forms, from the historical to the metaphysical and folkloric. After Boris Godunov, they evolved into Pushkin`s own unique, condensed transformations of Western European themes and traditions. The fearful amorality of A Scene from Faust is followed by the four Little Tragedies which confront greed, envy, lust, and blasphemy, while Rusalka is a tragedy of a different kind - a lyric fairytale of...
ISBN: 978-0-19-955404-1
Издательство:
Oxford University Press
Дата выхода: август 2011
Miss Cluck is taking her class camping. There are various mishaps along the way - the little mice find it difficult to keep up, then Maxwell drops his Teddy in the stream while they play pooh-sticks. Each time, Boris comes to the rescue - earning him praise from Miss Cluck and his classmates. Eventually the animals find a lovely spot for their tepee and they spend the afternoon decorating it before setting off to gather berries for supper. when they get back to their lovely tepee, they discover `Someone had scribbled on the sides. Someone had drawn a moustache on Miss Cluck`s face. Someone had pulled down the And someone was going to be in BIG trouble!` The culprits are two naughty wolf cubs and they laugh in the face of Miss Cluck`s...
A tale of intrigue, deception, murder and retribution, "Boris Godunov" charts the rise and fall of an ambitious prince who cannot avoid facing the consequences of his dark past. Based on the historical figure of the nobleman Boris Godunov, who seized power from Ivan the Terrible`s successor in sixteenth-century Russia, and partly inspired by Shakespeare`s "Macbeth", Alexander Pushkin`s 1825 play showcases the author`s mastery of verse and dramatic form. Also included in this volume are Pushkin`s celebrated four Little Tragedies: "Mozart and Salieri", "The Miserly Knight", "The Stone Guest" and "A Feast During the Plague".
ISBN: 978-1-84749-147-3
Издательство:
Alma Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2012
The powerful new bestseller from the nation’s favourite storyteller Harry always knew he would go back one day… Eighteen years ago he made a decision that drove him from the place he knew and loved. In those early years he carved out a life for himself, and somehow, he had found a semblance of peace. Every waking moment during those long aching years he was haunted by what happened when he was a boy. He had never forgotten that warm, carefree girl with the laughing eyes. For Judy Saunders, the pain of her past has left her deeply scarred. Cut off from her family and stuck in a stormy marriage to a man she doesn`t love, the distant memories of her first love are her only source of comfort. Now for the first time in all those years,...
ISBN: 978-0-00-722117-2
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: август 2011