Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Bitter, satiric comedy in blank verse is one of the great Elizabethan dramatist's finest plays. The plot concerns a wealthy, lecherous old man who feigns a mortal illness in order to solicit bribes from greedy acquaintances who hope to inherit his fortune. Many complexities of plot and connivance ensue, but in the end, the guilty parties are exposed and punished. Explanatory footnotes.
Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: Comprehensive compilation of elegant, imaginative two-letter monograms — ideal for enhancing scrolls, certificates, awards and other graphic projects in need of calligraphic excitement. Easily reproduced, royalty-free letters are also perfect for use in art, needlework, craft and other decorative projects.
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Six masterpieces of the genre include title story plus An Amateur Peasant Girl, The Shot, The Snowstorm, The Postmaster, and The Coffin-Maker — all fascinating portraits of life in Tsarist Russia by one of that country's greatest poets and most influential writers.
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Reprint of fascinating 1912 publication features all the winning entries from a major nationwide competition for bungalow designs — from a tile-roofed hacienda to an elaborate thatch-roofed English cottage. 100 superbly rendered plates show houses in perspective, with floor plans, itemized construction costs, and some landscape planning.
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: This volume presents superb royalty-free reproductions of all 50 plates Dore created for a 19th-century edition of Paradise Lost. Among the events depicted: the expulsion of Satan from Heaven, Adam and Eve in Paradise, the nine-day fall of Lucifer's legions to Hell, the Creation, the temptation of Eve and the Flood.
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Charming stories — brimming with humor, whimsy and imagination — include an Algonquin tale of how Glooskap conquered the Great Bull-Frog; The Meeting of the Wild Animals, a Tsimshian myth recounting how all the animals came to fear the porcupine; The Man Who Married the Moon a Pueblo story; others. 6 full-page illustrations.
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Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Stirring tales of King Arthur's boyhood, his sword Excalibur, the round table, adventures of Sir Launcelot, other daring deeds.
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Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: The Kreutzer Sonata portrays an intense conflict between sexual desire and moral constraint. How Much Land Does a Man Need? Is a simple, moving tale of peasant life with a moral lesson; the hero of The Death of Ivan Ilych, after a lifetime of struggle, finds faith and love only as he faces death. Explanatory footnotes.
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Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Rich selection of 73 works by the English metaphysical poet. Included are The Good Morrow, The Canonization, The Relic, A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning, To His Mistress Going to Bed, Death Be Not Proud, Good Friday, 1613. Riding Westward, Hymn to God My God, in My Sickness and many more. Note. Alphabetical lists of titles and first lines.
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: This landmark probes the lives and dreams of Olga, Masha and Irina, former Muscovites now living in a provincial town from which they long to escape. Their hopes for a life more suited to their cultivated tastes and sensibilities provide a touching counterpoint to the relentless flow of compromising events in the real world.
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: This logical, developmental presentation of the major aspects of Russian grammar includes all the necessary tools for speech and comprehension. Designed for adults with limited learning time who wish to acquire the basics of everyday Russian, this grammar features numerous shortcuts and timesavers. Ideal as an introduction, supplement, or refresher.
Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Classic adventure story of a perilous sea journey, a mutiny led by the infamous Long John Silver, and a lethal scramble for buried treasure — seen through the eyes of cabin boy Jim Hawkins.
Скачать книгу (размер 463 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 92) Аннотация: In addition to the title story, this treasury includes The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, Ginger & Pickles, The Tale of Two Bad Mice, The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse, The Tale of Tom Kitten, and 4 more. Newly reset in large type with 59 new illustrations.
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Скачать книгу (размер 458 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 91) Аннотация: Dostoevsky's most revolutionary novel, Notes from Underground marks the dividing line between 19'th and 20'th century fiction, and between the visions of self each century embodied. One of the most remarkable characters in literature, the unnamed narrator is a former official who has defiantly withdrawn into an underground existence. In full retreat from society, he scrawls a passionate,…
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