Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. The Fallen Leaves novel follows the fortunes of four women, all in one way or another `fallen leaves`, who are linked by their relationships with the hero, Amelius Goldenheart, and also by secrets from the past.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07198-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. The Firm of Girdlestone is a truly fascinating novel that tells a story of a merchant John Girdlestone and his son, Ezra. Their firm is about to collapse, and if they do not do something about it, the name of Girdlestone will be tainted with disgrace. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08140-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
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. "The Faith of Men" is a short story collection containing eight of Jack London`s amazing adventure tales. All of them are set in London`s favorite place, the Yukon Territory.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08110-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
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. "The Faith of Men" is a short story collection containing eight of Jack London`s amazing adventure tales like "A Relic of the Pliocene", "A Hyperborean Brew", and "The Story of Jees Uck". All of them set in London`s favorite place, the Yukon Territory.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07486-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, and playwright. Although he was an advocate and legal administrator by profession, Scott is most famous for his great literary works and activities in the Royal Highland Society. "The Fortunes of Nigel" tells the story of a young Scottish nobleman, Nigel Olifaunt. He travels to London to ask the King to repay his father`s loan. Nigel wishes to buy out his estate, but the Duke of Buckingham and Prince Charles already have plans for it. Therefore, when our hero dives deep into the life of the court, he finds himself in great danger.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07554-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
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. "The First Men in the Moon" is a scientific novel, which tells the story of a journey to the moon undertaken by the two protagonists, a businessman narrator, Mr. Bedford, and an eccentric scientist, Mr. Cavor. Bedford and Cavor discover that the moon is inhabited by a sophisticated extraterrestrial civilisation of insect-like creatures.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08226-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2018
Heart-warming storytelling with strong themes of sisterhood from nation’s favourite and former Bake Off winner Nadiya Hussain, this is Little Women meets Marian Keyes’ Walsh family series for a new generation of readers.The four Amir Sisters – Fatima, Farah, Bubblee and Mae – are as close as sisters can be but sometimes even those bonds can be pushed to their limits . . .Becoming a mother has always been Farah’s dream so when older sister Fatima struggles with a tough pregnancy whilst Farah has trouble conceiving she cant help but be jealous. Until a plan to break a huge cultural taboo in her family, and use a surrogate gives her a renewed hope. But nothing is ever that easy in this warm, witty look at a modern British family.
ISBN: 9780008192310
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
William Sydney Porter, known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. His wit and plot twists were adored by his readers, but often panned by the critics. The Four Million is his second collection of short stories published in 1906. The title refers to the population of New York City at that time; it is where all of the stories in this volume are set.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07668-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, and playwright. Although he was an advocate and legal administrator by profession, Scott is most famous for his great literary works and activities in the Royal Highland Society. "The Fortunes of Nigel" tells the story of a young Scottish nobleman, Nigel Olifaunt. He travels to London to ask the King to repay his father`s loan. Nigel wishes to buy out his estate, but the Duke of Buckingham and Prince Charles already have plans for it. Therefore, when our hero dives deep into the life of the court, he finds himself in great danger.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07555-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
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. "The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth" is a science fiction novel, first published in 1904. Hoping to create a new growth agent for food with beneficial uses to mankind, two scientists find that the spread of the material is uncontrollable. Giant chickens, rats, and insects run amok, and children given the foodstuffs experience incredible growth and serious illnesses.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08233-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2018
Anthony Trollope (1815 - 1882) was an English novelist of the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolves around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. "The Fixed Period" is a satirical dystopian novel. Set in the 1980s, The Fixed Period describes an imaginary, antipodean ex-colony governed by a President who views himself as a benefactor of the human race.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08346-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2019
Before you follow the path into your family’s history, beware of the secrets you may find…Ruth has returned to Edinburgh after many years of exile, left rootless by the end of her marriage, career and now the death of her father. She is now faced with the daunting task of clearing his house.Hidden away in a barely used top-floor room, she finds he had secretly kept a cupboard full of her mother’s possessions. Sifting through the ancient papers, Ruth discovers the diary and letters written by her ancestor from the eighteenth century, Thomas Erskine.As the youngest son of a noble family now living in genteel poverty, Thomas always knew he would have to make his own way in the world. Unable to follow his brothers to university,...
ISBN: 9780008195847
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
Генри Джеймс - не только один из самых известных классиков мировой литературы, но и ярчайший представитель трансатлантической культуры рубежа XIX и XX веков. "Золотая чаша" — последний законченный роман Джеймса. Это история о двух сломленных парах. Перед читателем разворачивается драма отношений Мэгги и её овдовевшего отца, артколлекционера Адама Вервера. Красивые и обаятельные герои бросают вызов судьбе,...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05743-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2017
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. "The Great War" is a monumental six volumes description of the events of World War I. Doyle did a great job interviewing numerous soldiers and generals, reading their letters and diaries to get a full picture of the events. These books cover all the main battles of the British Army, including detailed descriptions of bravery and courage.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07191-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2018
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. This is a collection of marvelous stories including "The God of His Fathers" itself, "The Great Interrogation", "Which Make Men Remember", and many other wonderful tales.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07495-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
In this unique and hugely entertaining railway odyssey, Theroux vividly recounts his travels--and the people, places, and landscapes he encountered--on the Orient Express, the Khyber Mail, and the Trans-Siberian Express, through such countries as Turkey, Iran, India, Southeast Asia, Japan, and the Soviet Union.
This elegant Tarot deck is comprised of collage imagery reproduced from famous paintings by the European masters. Each card is treated with gilt edges and the entire set is packaged in a deluxe display box.
ISBN: 9781572814349
Издательство:
US Games Systems
Дата выхода: март 2004
Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. In The Ghost Kings Rachel Dove and Richard Darrien meet in Africa, when the brave man saves Rachel, a minister`s daughter, from a flash flood. Years pass before they meet again: This time Rachel needs help escaping a Zulu tribe that would have her as their goddess and evading another man who wants her for his own.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07733-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Edith Wharton (1862—1937) was an American novelist and short story writer. Her works show the lives of people of the late nineteenth century, the times of decline in American history. She was the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1921. Wharton also was familiar with many famous people of the time, including President Theodore Roosevelt. "The Glimpses of the Moon" tells the story of two young and poor New Yorkers, Nick Lansing, and Susy Branch, who are in love and want to marry but can`t decide to do this without the wealth. They both agree to separate when even one of them finds a wealthy partner. However, as they honeymoon with wealthy friends goes on, jealousy and conscience make the idyll crumble.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07840-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. "The Great War" is a monumental six volumes description of the events of World War I. Doyle did a great job interviewing numerous soldiers and generals, reading their letters and diaries to get a full picture of the events. These books cover all the main battles of the British Army, including detailed descriptions of bravery and courage.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07192-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2018
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. This is a collection of marvelous stories including "The God of His Fathers", "The Great Interrogation" and many other wonderful tales. With remarkable insight and unflinching realism, London describes the punishing adversity that awaited men in the brutal, frozen expanses of the Yukon. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08114-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
In his first full-length novel for middle-graders since the international bestseller "Coraline," Neil Gaiman introduces Bod, a boy who is the only living resident of a graveyard. Can a boy raised by ghosts face the wonders and terrors of the worlds of both the living and the dead?
Двадцатые ещё только начались, а вы уже от них устали? Вернитесь в Ревущие двадцатые с "Великим Гэтсби"! Фрэнсис Скотт Фицджеральд откроет перед вами время, когда будущее могло быть только прекрасным. Джаз, вечеринки и деньги, льющиеся рекой, – такова повседневность героев книги."Великий Гэтсби" является отчасти историей самого Ф. С. Фицджеральда. Он был влюблен в красавицу Зельду, но у него не было денег,...
ISBN: 9785171534585
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: январь 2023
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. This book consists of the adventure novel "The Great Shadow" together with the selected short stories. The novel takes place in the city called West Inch during the Napoleonic era. It describes Napoleon`s influence and reputation that forms a shadow over Europe.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07163-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
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