Пятница 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 Monastery" is a historical novel that takes place during the Scottish Reformation in the middle of the sixteenth century. The wonderful love story between three heroes, Glendinning boys, and Mary Avenel, closely intersects with events in the country that threaten the very existence of the Monastery of Kennaquhair.

ISBN: 978-5-521-07533-1
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. The novel "The Mystery of the Sea" tells the story of Archibald Hunter, an Englishman from Aberdeenshire, Scotland, who meets and falls in love with an American heiress Marjory Drake. She is involved with the intrigues of the Spanish-American War, and all of a sudden, Archibald becomes a participant in a complex scheme including kidnapping, secret codes and even second sight that unfolds in front of him over the course of the story.

ISBN: 978-5-521-07519-5
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850—1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist. He was a celebrity during his lifetime for works like "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and "Treasure Island." Now he is one of the most translated authors in the world. Tired of his father refusing to tolerate his addiction for alcohol, John Nicholson decides to leave Edinburgh for a better life in America. For some time he seems to have achieved success, but John learns that all of his excesses mixed with internal problems would ultimately lead him to failure. .

ISBN: 978-5-521-07792-2
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018

Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. The Mudfog Papers is his collection of sketches that describes the local politics of the fictional town of Mudfog. It also describes the delusions of its mayor Nicholas Tulrumble and his disastrous attempts at putting on a public show and the meetings of its Society for the Advancement of Everything. .

ISBN: 978-5-521-08031-1
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 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 Mystery of Cloomber" is a suspenseful gothic novel that centers around mysterious general Heatherstone and his family. Every single year his paranoia rises around the autumn time. Only his new neighbor John Fothergill West is curious enough to uncover the secret of such unusual behavior. .

ISBN: 978-5-521-08076-2
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018

William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. The adoptive daughter of a wealthy aristocrat is waiting for a profitable marriage. What hides her past? She lived in a shelter, dragged on a miserable existence and in a moment of desperation she appropriated other people`s documents, another`s life story. But the specter of the past breaks into a real life — a deceived miser requires an answer. Will the Princes have enough courage to turn into Cinderella, sacrifice love and wealth?

ISBN: 978-5-521-06457-1
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: февраль 2018

ISBN: 978-5-521-07098-5
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: май 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 collection consists of ten great stories such as "The Madness of John Harned", "When the World Was Young", "The Benefit of the Doubt", and "The Night-Born".

ISBN: 978-5-521-07504-1
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018

Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. The stories contained in this volume take rank with the most mature and romantic of his works. The charming love and adventure of the life that he depicts in remote places confirm the growing belief that he is among the greatest of living creative writers. The story of The Nigger of the Narcissus have started when a black sailor with tuberculosis boards the ship Narcissus. The shadow of death falls across the ship and the lingering gloom brings out both the best and the worst in the crew.

ISBN: 978-5-521-07647-5
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: июль 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 collection consists often great stories such as "The Madness of John Harned", "When the World Was Young", "The Benefit of the Doubt" and "The Night-Born". .

ISBN: 978-5-521-08121-9
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018

James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. The Oak Openings; or, The Bee Hunter focuses on the activities of professional honey-hunter Benjamin Boden, nicknamed "Ben Buzz". The novel is set in Kalamazoo, Michigan`s Oak Opening, a wooded prairie during the War of 1812.

ISBN: 978-5-521-06660-5
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: февраль 2018

ISBN: 978-5-521-07080-0
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: апрель 2018

ISBN: 978-5-521-07592-8
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2018

ISBN: 978-5-521-07593-5
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2018

Jerome Klapka Jerome was an English writer and humorist. The Observations of Henry is the collection of wonderful tales told by the waiter Henry to the author, mostly about people he has known and their ways to solve romantic problems. In Novel Notes Jerome and three of his pipe party bachelor friends: Jephson, Brown, and MacShaughnassy decided to stake their claim to literary fame by writing a book together.

ISBN: 978-5-521-07979-7
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018

Дата выхода: май 2008

Let`s face it: Managers hate conducting performance appraisal discussions. In "The Performance Appraisal Question and Answer Book", renowned performance appraisal expert Dick Grote answers more than 140 of the most common - and most difficult - questions about this powerful but misunderstood management technique. His guidance will help you and your organization use the appraisal process for the benefit of all involved.

ISBN: 9780814471517
Дата выхода: январь 2002

В сборник включены рассказы, очерки, статьи, письма и документы XIX-XXI веков, выражающие общественную потребность в таком уникальном явлении, как Пушкинский заповедник. Материалы двух веков, впервые объединенные в данном издании, являются памятниками нашей культуры. Современные статьи дают возможность понять смысл и пути создания пушкинских музеев сегодня. Это документальный рассказ не только о...

ISBN: 978-5-88503-958-1
Издательство: Диля
Дата выхода: июль 2010

Essential reference by designer of the most widely known Tarot deck contains a detailed description of each card in the popular 78-card Rider-Waite Tarot deck, along with regular and reversed meanings. 78 b/w plates of illustrations.

ISBN: 9780486442556
Издательство: Daedalus
Дата выхода: июнь 2005

Chandra Nalaar is the impulsive young fire mage whose exploration of the multiverse and the extent of her own volatile power draws the attention of an ancient faith that sees her as a herald of the apocalypse.

ISBN: 9780786955596
Дата выхода: май 2010

“Портрет Дориана Грея” - лучшее прозаическое произведение блестящего виртуоза слова и неподражаемого стилиста английской литературы Оскара Уайльда. В основе сюжета трагическая судьба художника и созданного им шедевра. Издание рекомендуется преподавателям и студентам языковых факультетов и вузов для использования в качестве пособия для домашнего чтения.

ISBN: 978-5-7974-0408-8
Издательство: Икар
Дата выхода: июль 2014

Все проблемы, страдания и боль порождаются нашим эгоистичным умом, цепляющимся за свое ложное "я". Вырваться из его плена можно только через абсолютное присутствие в Настоящем?- единственно реальном моменте жизни. Именно в Настоящем мы обретаем свою истинную суть, а также радость и понимание того, что целостность и совершенство есть не цель, а реальность, доступная нам уже сейчас.

ISBN: 978-5-906791-44-3
Издательство: София
Дата выхода: январь 2016

Чарльз Диккенс - один из самых известных писателей Англии XIX века. Мастерство владения языком, умение строить сюжет и наполнять его незабываемыми персонажами принесли автору заслуженное звание классика, а роман "Посмертные записки Пиквикского клуба" - настоящую литературную славу и признание читателей во всём мире. В этом увлекательном произведении, написанном с прекрасным чувством юмора, автор...

ISBN: 978-5-521-05180-9
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2017

Генри Джеймс - не только один из самых известных классиков литературы XIX-XX веков, но и ярчайший представитель модернизма, обладающий изысканным слогом. Роман "Женский портрет" по праву считается вершиной американского психологического реализма и одним из величайших произведений на английском языке. Главную героиню безумно и неистово любят, весь мир лежит у её ног. Осталось лишь выбрать достойного...

ISBN: 978-5-521-05397-1
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2017

Джон Баньян - известный английский писатель, баптистский проповедник XVII века. "Путешествие Пилигрима в Небесную Страну" представляет собой не только одно из наиболее значимых произведений английской религиозной литературы, но и прекрасную мудрую притчу о путешествии христианина в Небесный Град, адресованную широкой читательской аудитории. Читайте зарубежную литературу в оригинале!

ISBN: 978-5-521-05766-5
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2017