I believe in the resistance as I believe there can be no light without shadow; or rather, no shadow unless there is also light.Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead, a religious totalitarian state in what was formerly known as the United States. She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford - her assigned name, Offred, means `of Fred`. She has only one function: to breed. If Offred refuses to enter into sexual servitude to repopulate a devastated world, she will be hanged. Yet even a repressive state cannot eradicate hope and desire. As she recalls her pre-revolution life in flashbacks, Offred must navigate through the terrifying landscape of torture and persecution in the present day, and between two men upon...
ISBN: 9781784873189
Издательство:
Vintage Classics
Дата выхода: июль 2023
Set during the fascinating, tumultuous reign of Englands Virgin Queen, Elizabeth I, "The Huntress" is award-winning author Carrolls richest historical novel yet.
ISBN: 9780345490612
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: июль 2007
Вниманию читателей предлагается полный, неадаптированный текст известной повести Артура Конан Дойла "Собака Баскервилей" (1902). Издание рассчитано на лиц, владеющих основами английского языка и совершенствующих свои навыки в нём.
ISBN: 978-5-7974-0470-5
Издательство:
Икар
Дата выхода: август 2015
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811—1863) was a British author and novelist mostly known for his satir-ical works such as "Vanity Fair" that showed an ironic representation of the British society of those times. "The History of Henry Esmond" is a historical novel that tells the story of Henry Esmond, a colonel in the service of Queen Anne of England. Most of the major events of the book happen between the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, specifically English Restoration, the Glorious Revolution, the War of the Spanish Succession, the Hamilton—Mohun Duel and the Hanoverian Succession.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07826-4
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 Human Drift" includes amazing short stories and sketches like "Small-Boat Sailing", "Four Horses and a Sailor" and "That Dead Men Rise Up Never" — a nautical ghost story of London`s youth. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08129-5
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 Human Drift includes amazing short stories and sketches like "Small-Boat Sailing," "Four Horses and a Sailor," and "That Dead Men Rise Up Never" - a nautical ghost story of London`s youth. Brown Wolf and Other Stories is a collection of adventure short stories that includes many amazing tales such as "That Spot," "Trust," "All Gold Canyon," and "The Story Of Keesh."
ISBN: 978-5-521-08172-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
Follow the black cat through the Halloween Tarot! The artwork conjures up all that\'s fun about Halloween. The Minor Arcana suits are Pumpkins, Imps, Ghosts, and Bats.
ISBN: 9781572816213
Издательство:
US Games Systems
Дата выхода: октябрь 2008
William Makepeace Thackeray (1811—1863) was a British author and novelist mostly known for his satirical works such as "Vanity Fair" that showed an ironic representation of the British society of those times. "The History of Pendennis" is a novel set in nineteenth-century England, mostly in London. The book tells the story of a young gentleman Arthur Pendennis from a countryside, who travels to London to find his place in society. In line with other Thackeray`s works, the novel is a satiric picture of the English aristocratic society, which includes all sorts of snobbish and sometimes detestable characters.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07823-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 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 History of Mr. Polly" is a comic novel published in 1910. It is a story of Mr. Polly, an ordinary middle-aged man who is tired of his wife`s nagging and his dreary job. Faced with the threat of bankruptcy, he concludes that the only way to escape his frustrating existence is by burning his shop to the ground and killing himself.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08230-8
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2018
Brother John, who has been living in Africa for many years, gives Allan Quatermain the largest orchid he has ever seen. Later, in England, he has a meeting with Mr. Somers, an orchid collector who is prepaired to finance an expedition to search for the plant Join Allan as he sets out to find this rare and finds something more.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06437-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
While Quartermain visits Lord Randall, two foreigners come asking for Macumazana — that is, asking for Allan Quartermain by the name he used among the Africans. The two visitors are Harut and Marut, priests and doctors of the White Kendah People and they have come to ask Allan Quartermain for his help. The White Kendah people are at war with the Black Kendah people who have an evil spirit for a god. That spirit of the god resides in the largest elephant they have ever seen, an elephant that no man can kill — save Allan Quartermain. Now our intrepid hero must return to Africa and destroy this evil spirit before it kills every one of the White Kendah People.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06438-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
Читателям предлагается полный, неадаптированный текст популярного научно-фантастического романа Герберта Уэллса "Человек-невидимка". Рекомендуется в качестве пособия для домашнего чтения.
ISBN: 9785797404842
Издательство:
Икар
Дата выхода: январь 2015
John Galsworthy (1867-1933) was an English novelist and playwright. «The Island Pharisees» takes a critical look beneath the gilded veneer of Edwardian England. Dick Shelton is engaged to Antonia Dennant and his privileged middle-class life seems complete until he meets Ferrand, an enigmatic young vagrant, who begins to shake his complacency and open his eyes to the selfishness and hypocrisy of London society.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06892-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: март 2018
Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. This volume contains two stories of Allan Quotermain`s series. The Ivory Child is a story of evil spirit, which Allan have to destroy before it kills every one of the White Kendah People. The Ancient Allan is a gripping novel which takes us and adventurer Allan Ouatermain, back in time. It relates to several exciting adventures like a lion hunt, wrestling with a crocodile, and a large-scale battle between several armies.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07724-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Bram Stoker (1847-1912) was an Irish novelist, best known today for his universally famous gothic novel "Dracula," the main villain of which is still one of the most popular antagonists in the modern media. As a horror novel, "The Jewel of Seven Stars" tells the story of Malcolm Ross, a young barrister, dragged into the house of famous Egyptologist Abel Trelawny to participate in a strange plot with a mysterious purpose. Soon he discovers that the goal of Abel Trelawny is to revive Queen Tera, an ancient Egyptian mummy and of course, it cannot end well.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07520-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was an Irish satirist, essayist, prose writer and poet, who has found his calling as a cleric of St Patrick`s Cathedral in Dublin. "The Journal to Stella" is a collection of sixty-five letters from Jonathan Swift to his friend Esther Johnson, whom he called "Stella" and, according to some reports, was his secret wife, although there is no documentary evidence of it. Swift wrote the letters between 1710 and 1713 in England and many critics consider them as deeply personal.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07560-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
Джин Страттон-Портер - известная американская писательница начала XX века, чьи произведения продолжают покорять читателей во всём мире. «Пчеловод» - одно из самых известных и успешно экранизированных произведений, повествующее о судьбе израненного ветерана войны Джеймса Льюиса Макфарлана. Волею судеб он становится наследником пасеки и пытается обрести мирную и тихую жизнь заново... Читайте...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05736-8
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2017
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 Kempton-Wace Letters" is an epistolary novel written by Jack London and Anna Strunsky. It consists of philosophical thoughts on love and relationships, written as a series of letters between two men, young scientist Herbert Wace, and a poet Dane Kempton. Jack London plays the role of Wace, and while Anna is responsible for Kempton`s letters.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07475-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
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