Three Men in a Boat is a comic classic. When it first appeared in 1889 it became a best seller, and has remained popular ever since. This motley novel has not only been translated into many languages but has also been staged, filmed, televised and imitated. The adventures and misfortunes on the Thames of the three English friends and their pugnacious dog, Montmorency, provide rich humour, shrewd observations, lyrical reflections, and, predominantly, genially ironic perceptions of human fallibility. The sequel, Three Men on the Bummel, reunites the three friends for their "Bummel" ("roaming or wandering& ... |
|
|
The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906) are world famous animal stories. Set in Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s, The Call of the Wild is about Buck, the magnificent cross-bred offspring of a St Bernard and a Scottish Collie. Stolen from his pampered life on a Californian estate and shipped to the Klondike to work as a sledge dog, he triumphs over his circumstances and becomes the leader of a wolf pack. The story records the "decivilisation" of Buck as he answers 'the call of the wild', an inherent memory of primeval origins to which he instinctively responds. In contrast, ... |
|
|
По романа на Чарлз Дикенс , преразказан от Елизабет Ферети. ... Dickens' favourite Christmas story shows us the difficult lives of the poor, but it is also a story of hope, where the future can be better. Ebenezer Scrooge loves only one thing - money. He has no friends, doesn't like his family and never helps anyone. But when Jacob Marley, who's been dead for seven years, arrives at his house one night, Scrooge learns that a good life is about much more than money. In this Reader you will find information about Charles Dickens' life, focus on sections: England in the 1800s, Christmas traditions and ... |
|
|
Lana's breathtaking first book solidifies her further as "the essential writer of her times" (The Atlantic). The collection features more than thirty poems, many exclusive to the book: Never to Heaven, The Land of 1 000 Fires, Past the Bushes Cypress Thriving, LA Who Am I to Love You?, Tessa DiPietro, Happy, Paradise Is Very Fragile, Bare Feet on Linoleum and many more. This beautiful hardcover edition showcases Lana's typewritten manuscript pages alongside her original photography. The result is an extraordinary poetic landscape that reflects the unguarded spirit of its creator. "Violet Bent ... |
|
|
A very special anthology that's a must for all fans of the Shadowhunter novels! ... Featuring characters from "The Mortal Instruments", "The Infernal Devices" and "The Dark Artifices" among others, this very special illustrated collection showcases beautiful portraits alongside never-before-known details about all your favourite characters from Cassandra Clare 's Shadowhunters' world. ... |
|
|
"There he lay looking as if youth had been half-renewed, for the white hair and moustache were changed to dark iron-grey, the cheeks were fuller, and the white skin seemed ruby-red underneath; the mouth was redder than ever, for on the lips were gouts of fresh blood, which trickled from the corners of the mouth and ran over the chin and neck. Even the deep, burning eyes seemed set amongst the swollen flesh, for the lids and pouches underneath were bloated. It seemed as if the whole awful creature were simply gorged with blood; he lay like a filthy leech, exhausted with his repletion." Thus Bram Stoker , one of ... |
|
|
Illustrated by Peter C. Lee. ... "World of Warcraft - vol. 1: Chronicle" is a journey through an age of myth and legend, a time long before the Horde and the Alliance came to be. This definitive tome of Warcraft history reveals untold stories about the birth of the cosmos, the rise of ancient empires, and the forces that shaped the world of Azeroth and its people. Featuring beautifully illustrated original art and detailed maps, "World of Warcraft" is the first in a multipart series exploring the rich lore of Warcraft universe, from the distant past to the modern era. ... |
|
|
The Best of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of twenty of the very best tales from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s fifty-six short stories featuring the arch sleuth. Basing his selection around the author’s own twelve personal favourites, David Stuart Davies has added a further eight sparkling stories to Conan Doyle’s "Baker Street Dozen", creating a unique volume which distils the pure essence of the world’s most famous detective. Within these pages the reader will encounter the greatest collection of villains and the weirdest and most puzzling mysteries ever seen in print. And there at the centre, in a London ... |
|
|
Двадесет и шест годишната Луиза Кларк е обикновено момиче, което харесва обикновения си живот. Лу живее със семейството си в малка къща в провинциално английско градче. Младата жена обожава работата си в местното кафене и ексцентричните дрехи. Тя е доволна от спокойния си живот, възнамерява да се омъжи за дългогодишния си приятел Патрик и да му роди куп деца. Светът ѝ се преобръща, когато неочаквано загубва работата си. Наред с безпаричието, безработицата я кара да се чувства безполезна. Лу полага неимоверни усилия да си намери нова работа, но няколко седмици във фабрика за обработка на пилета и верига за бързо ... |
|
|
#1 New York Times bestseller Milk and Honey is a collection of poetry and prose about survival. About the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity. The book is divided into four chapters, and each chapter serves a different purpose. Deals with a different pain. Heals a different heartache. Milk and Honey takes readers through a journey of the most bitter moments in life and finds sweetness in them because there is sweetness everywhere if you are just willing to look. Важно! Изданието е на много години и наличните бройки не са в перфектния вид, в който обичайно са книгите, които предлагаме. ... |
|
|
Йордан Динев е автор на четири книги, предимно на историческа тематика, посрещнати с голям интерес у нас. "За пясъка и хората" е негов дебют в художествената литература, обединяващ три поеми, писани в края на 2016 г. и началото на 2017 г. Те получиха висока оценка от познавачи и ценители, и вярваме, че истински ще докоснат всички читатели. ... |
|
|
Една история, която сблъсква минало и бъдеще, наука, реалност и философия. Едно момиче, родено с рядка генетична аномалия, в свят, в който хората се стремят към съвършенство. Една епична битка на малцината, които все още вярват, че еволюцията ни не е случайна и може би има закодиран смисъл. Един свят, опустошаван от катаклизми, генерирани от човешката жестокост над природата и себеподобните си. Една любов, която се ражда от пепелта на планета, колонизирана от новите човеци. Една история на бъдещето, което строим днес. Един роман, чиято завладяваща история търси отговорите на много въпроси. Как се е родила Вселената? Каква ... |
