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Скачать книгу (размер 2 931 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 576) Аннотация: This beautiful hardback collection features the world's most famous detective in his most classic adventures. We begin with A Study in Scarlet, the novel that introduces the most famous characters in literature — Sherlock Holmes and Dr. watson. Then, in The Sign of Four we delve into the East India Company and a pact between four convicts. Finally, in The Hound of Baskerville, we follow Sherlock…

Скачать книгу (размер 5 828 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1144) Аннотация: Northern Lights introduces Lyra, an orphan, who lives in a parallel universe in which science, theology and magic are entwined. Lyra's search for a kidnapped friend uncovers a sinister plot involving stolen children and turns into a quest to understand a mysterious phenomenon called Dust. In The Subtle Knife she is joined on her journey by Will, a boy who possesses a knife that can cut windows…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Included here are some of the well-loved Father Brown detective stories, surely among the best in the genre, and a range of poetry, serious and light-hearted — Chesterton wrote some of the best nonsense and satirical verse in the language. The main bias of the selection, however, will be towards his non-fictional prose, where, Dr Ker argues, his real greatness lies. In that sense he is the…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 079 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 605) Аннотация: It is the story of the Galactic Empire, crumbling after twelve thousand years of rule. And it is the particular story of psycho-historian Hari Seldon, the only man who can see the horrors the future has in store: a dark age of ignorance, barbarism and violence that will last for thirty thousand years. Gathering together a band of courageous men and women, Seldon leads them to a hidden location at…

Скачать книгу (размер 5 991 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1176) Аннотация: Included here are famous tales like 'Sound of Thunder', in which the carelessness of a group of time-travellers leads to disastrous consequences, and 'The Veldt', in which two seemingly innocent young children transform their nursery into a lethal trap. Here are the Martian stories, tales that vividly animate the red planet with its brittle cities and double-mooned sky. Here are stories which…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Ever since Pushkin, Russian poets have been famous for their ability to combine private and public experience in lyric poetry of a comprehensiveness and intensity unmatched elsewhere. Ranging in extremes from the melting tenderness of unrequited love to the bitter comedy of political chaos, this collection of poems covering two centuries includes work by Lermontov, Tyutchev, Fet, Annensky,…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 288 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 450) Аннотация: Collected here are Gogol's finest tales — stories which combine the wide-eyed, credulous imagination of the peasant with the sardonic social criticism of the city dweller — allowing readers to experience anew the unmistakable genius of a writer who paved the way of Dostoevsky and Kakfa. All of Gogol's most memorable creations are here: the minor official who misplaces his nose, the downtrodden…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 284 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 253) Аннотация: Typical — just when Bertie thinks that God's in his heaven and all's right with the world, things start to go wrong again... There's young Bingo Little, who's in love for the umpteenth time and needs Bertie to put in a good word for him with his uncle; Aunt Agatha, who forces Bertie to get engaged to the formidable Honoria Glossop; and the troublesome twins, Claude and Eustace, whose antics when…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Everyman Guides provide a spectacular, encyclopaedic reference to each destination's history, religion, art and architecture with more than 1,000 specially commissioned illustrations and photographs including 3D architectural drawings. Divided into three sections for ease of use: the encyclopaedia, the itineraries and a section of practical advice and information. It also includes detailed maps…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: The perfect gift for poetry lovers, this is a comprehensive collection of the Scottish Bard's songs and poems. The 19th-century scholar and educationalist J. S. Blackie summed up Burns importance to Scotland and the Scots with the words: 'When Scotland forgets Burns, then history will forget Scotland'. Today, Burns is unique in the affection and fascination that his memory inspires. The fruits of…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: It is often said that Rumi (aka Jalal al-Din, 1207-73) is now the most popular poet in the United States. This conquest of the new world by a middle-eastern medieval writer who died before Chaucer was even born has been achieved with extraordinary speed in less than thirty years. The main key to Rumi's success is the spiritual appeal of his work. It combines lyrical beauty with philosophical…

Скачать книгу (размер 4 522 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 888) Аннотация: Many of these stores are now so famous from film and television adaptations that they need no introduction. Roald Dahl is well known as a master of the macabre and the unexpected in the tradition of Saki, and this volume does not disappoint. He began his literary career by writing about his own experiences in the RAF during World War II but soon developed this talent in a series of short-story…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: This hilariously readable collection of classic nonsense poetry, delightfully illustrated throughout, is a showcase of comic talent and sheer silliness. The Everyman Book of Nonsense Verse features an eclectic spectrum of contributors ranging wildly from Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll to Hilaire Belloc, Ted Hughes, Ogden Nash, and Shakespeare, with illustrations by Mervyn Peake, Quentin Blake,…

Скачать книгу (размер 4 318 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 848) Аннотация: In this edition of his collected shorter fiction we can see why Somerset Maugham, celebrated as the author of Cakes and Ale and Of Human Bondage, is also regarded as a master of the short story. Open this substantial volume at any page and you will find evidence of his extraordinary art. Without narrative tricks and in a plain prose style, Maugham introduces us to the enormous range of characters…

Скачать книгу (размер 4 012 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 788) Аннотация: Including all of Hemingway's shorter fiction, this collection is introduced by the poet James Fenton. The stories touch on the same themes as his novels: war, love, the nature of heroism, renunciation and the writer's life. They are arranged chronologically.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: A series with silk-ribbon markers and headbands, gold stamping on front and spine, and the original colour illustrations on the jackets. First published in 1890, this collection of fairy tales contains the well-known English ones as well as British variants of stories common to many cultures.

Скачать книгу (размер 4 864 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 955) Аннотация: Edgar Allan Poe's gift for the macabre influenced Baudelaire and French symbolism, Freudian analysis, the detective novel and the Hollywood film. His psychologically profound stories, which comprise this book, represent the darker side of the 19th-century American sensibility.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: A series with silk-ribbon markers and headbands, gold stamping on front and spine, and the original colour illustrations on the jackets. This collection of over 200 nursery rhymes was assembled in 1903. Each page is illustrated and each verse decorated with Charles Robinson's drawings.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Lewis Carroll's two Alice stories are renowned for their fantastic plots and use of nonsense. The edition, containing both stories, features John Tenniel's original illustrations.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 376 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 271) Аннотация: This complete and unabridged edition contains a biography of the author and a new introduction and afterword. Anne falls in love with Wentworth, who had nothing but himself to recommend him, and no hopes of attaining influence, so persuaded by friends and family she breaks off the match and sends him away. Years later, he returns, is it too late?