In this sequel to Marie, Allan Quatermain helps his Zulu friend Saduko in a crazy battle to win 100 cattle for the dowry of his love Mameena. However, the beautiful and mysterious Mameena, known as the "Child of Storm," seduces Allan and tries to engage him in marriage. This edition also includes Magepa the Buck (1887).
ISBN: 978-5-521-06436-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
Painstakingly restored from Tolkien`s manuscripts and presented for the first time as a fully continuous and standalone story, the epic tale of The Children of Hurin will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves and Men, dragons and Dwarves, eagles and Orcs, and the rich landscape and characters unique to Tolkien. There are tales of Middle-earth from times long before The Lord of the Rings, and the story told in this book is set in the great country that lay beyond the Grey Havens in the West: lands where Treebeard once walked, but which were drowned in the great cataclysm that ended the First Age of the World. In that remote time Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwelt in the vast fortress of Angband, the Hells of...
ISBN: 9780007252268
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: январь 2020
A supernatural tale about girlfriends, boyfriends and a car called was eating into his mind, burrowing into his , blood-red, fat, and finned, was twenty. Her promise lay all in her past. Greedy and big, she was Arnie`s obsession, a `58 Plymouth Fury. Broken down but not was still power in her - a frightening power that leaked like sump oil, staining and corrupting. A malign power that corroded the mind and turned ownership into Possession.
ISBN: 978-1-4447-2070-9
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
A celebration of Christmas, a tale of redemption and a critique on Victorian society, Dickens` atmospheric novella follows the miserly, penny-pinching Ebenezer Scrooge who views Christmas as `humbug`. It is only through a series of eerie, life-changing visits from the ghost of his deceased business partner Marley and the spirits of Christmas past, present and future that he begins to see the error of his ways. With heart-rending characters, rich imagery and evocative language, the message of A Christmas Carol remains as significant today as when it was first published.
ISBN: 978-0-00-735086-5
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2012
Introducing the seventh book of the newly designed Narnia classics. Perfect for those seeking a contemporary take on The Chronicles of Narnia. It is Narnia`s darkest hour. A false Aslan is commanding all Narnians to work for the cruel Calormenes and striking terror into every heart. King Tirian`s only hope is to call Eustace and Jill back to Narnia in an attempt to find the true Aslan and restore peace to the land. But a mighty battle lies ahead.
ISBN: 978-0-00-732314-2
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
They open a door and enter a magical world. Four adventurers step through a wardrobe door and into the land of Narnia - a world enslaved by the power of the White Witch. When almost all hope is lost, the return of the Great Lion, Asian, signals a great and a great sacrifice.
ISBN: 978-0-00-732312-8
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
Meet Chu. Chu is a small panda with a very big sneeze. When Chu sneezes, you REALLY don`t want to get in the way. But a whole day of adventure will test Chu`s sneeze-resisting powers to the limit - there`s the library (dusty books!), the diner (pepper!), and then the circus (all those animals!). How big can a sneeze really be? Just wait and see…
These classic stories have been combined with beautiful new illustrations to bring the magic of Ladybird Tales to a new generation. Children have always loved these stories, and reading them together is an experience to treasure. Retold by Vera Southgate.
ISBN: 978-1-4093-1413-4
Издательство:
Ladybird Books
Дата выхода: январь 2013
This is a book to be read by a blazing fire on a winter`s night, with the curtains drawn close and the doors securely locked. The unquiet souls of the dead, both as fictional creations and as `real` apparitions, roam the pages of this haunting new selection of ghost stories by Rex Collings. Some of these stories are classics while others are lesser-known gems unearthed from this vintage era of tales of the supernatural. There are stories from distant lands - Fisher`s Ghost by John Lang is set in Australia and A Ghostly Manifestation by `A Clergyman` is set in Calcutta. In this selection, Sir Walter Scott (a Victorian in spirit if not in fact), keeps company with Edgar Allen Poe, Sheridan Le Fanu and other illustrious masters of the genre.
ISBN: 978-1-84022-066-7
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: август 2010
Contemporary / British English Mark Sway is eleven and he knows a terrible secret. He knows where a body is hidden. Some secrets are so dangerous that it`s better not to tell. But it`s just as dangerous if you don`t. So Mark needs help because there isn`t much time.
ISBN: 978-1-4058-8209-5
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: июль 2011
A typist uncovers a man`s body from behind the sofa…As instructed, stenographer Sheila Webb let herself into the house at 19 Wilbraham Crescent. It was then that she made a grisly discovery: the body of a dead man sprawled across the living room floor.What intrigued Poirot about the case was the time factor. Although in a state of shock, Sheila clearly remembered having heard a cuckoo clock strike three o`clock. Yet, the four other clocks in the living room all showed the time as 4.13. Even more strangely, only one of these clocks belonged to the owner of the house
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 -1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. Set in eighteen century Dublin, "Cock and Anchor" is a story of two lovers, young Edmond O`Connor and miss Mary Ashwoode. Being an unwanted pair for the Ashwoode family, this couple has to contend with the prejudices and outright tyranny of Mary`s father, Sir Richard, and her brother Henry.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07128-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Contemporary / American English Inman leaves the horrors of the American Civil War and begins a long, dangerous journey home to Ada, the woman he loves. Along the way, he witnesses great poverty, cruelty, and violence. Will he ever see Ada again? And if he does, will she recognize the man he has become?
ISBN: 978-1-4058-8241-5
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: июль 2011
William Sydney Porter known by his pen name 0. Henry, was an American short story writer. His wit and plot twists were adored by his readers, but often panned by the critics. Collected Tales includes "The World and the Door", "The Theory and the Hound", "The Hypotheses of Failure", "Calloway`s Code", "A Matter of Mean Elevation" and others
ISBN: 978-5-521-07687-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist, a dark romantic, and short story writer. Collected Short Stories is Hawthorne`s interesting story collection, which was written in honor of The Old Manse, where Hawthorne and his wife lived for the first three years of their marriage. This book includes wonderful short stories "The Procession of Life", "The Artist of the Beautiful" and other tales.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07699-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
James is probably the finest ghost-story writer England has ever produced. These tales are not only classics of their genre, but are also superb examples of beautifully-paced understatement, convincing background and chilling terror. As well as the preface, there is a fascinating tail-piece by James, ‘Stories I Have Tried To Write’, which accompanies these thirty tales. Among them are ‘Casting the Runes’, ‘Oh, Whistle and I’ll come to you, My Lad’, ‘The Tractate Middoth’, ‘The Ash Tree’ and ‘Canon Alberic’s Scrapbook’.
ISBN: 978-1-84022-551-8
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: август 2011
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. "Collected Tales" is a collection of early Doyle`s short stories. It includes stories of mystery, comedy, shipwrecks and fantasy. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08068-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist, a dark romantic, and short story writer. Collected Short Stories includes such amazing stories as "The Snow-Image" and "The New Adam and Eve". This volume also contains the novel "Fanshawe", that was the first published work by Hawthorne, published anonymously in 1828. It was based on his experiences at Bowdoin College in the early 1820s. He had written successful short stories before, but this was his first attempt at creating a novel.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07690-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
William Sydney Porter known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American short story writer. His wit and plot twists were adored by his readers, but often panned by the critics. Collected Short Stories includes "Strictly Business", "The Gold That Glittered", "Babes In The Jungle", "The Day Resurgent", "The Fifth Wheel" and other famous stories.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07675-8
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018