Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: 'I made him know his Name should be Friday, which was the Day I saved his Life... I likewise taught him to say Master'. Robinson Crusoe's seafaring adventures are abruptly ended when he is shipwrecked, the solitary survivor on a deserted island. He gradually creates a life for himself, building a house, cultivating the land, and making a companion from the native whose life he saves. Daniel…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 849 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 560) Аннотация: La Reine Margot (1845) is a novel of suspense and drama which recreates the violent world of intrigue, murder and duplicity of the French Renaissance. Dumas fills his canvas with a gallery of unforgettable characters, unremitting action and the engaging generosity of spirit which has made him one of the world's greatest and best-loved story-tellers. This revised edition of the classic translation…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: On the Genealogy of Morals (1887) is a book about interpretation and the history of ethics which raises profoundly disquieting issues about the violence of both. This is the most sustained of Nietzsche's later works and offers one of the fullest expressions of his characteristic concerns. The introduction places his ideas within the cultural context of his own time and stresses the relevance of…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 992 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 784) Аннотация: William Wordsworth (1770-1850) has long been one of the best-known and best-loved English poets. The Lyrical Ballads, written with Coleridge, is a landmark in the history of English romantic poetry. His celebration of nature and of the beauty and poetry in the commonplace embody a unified and coherent vision that was profoundly innovative. This volume presents the poems in their order of…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Sparkling with the witty dialogue between Beatrice and Benedicts, Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare's most enjoyable and theatrically successful comedies. This edition offers a newly edited text and an exceptionally helpful and critically aware introduction. Paying particular attention to analysis of the play's minor characters, Sheldon P Zitner discusses Shakespeare's transformation…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: «This is an entirely new selection of Keats's finest poetry containing all his best known work as well as a sample of less familiar pieces. Keats published three volumes of poetry before his death at age twenty-five of tuberculosis and, while many of his contemporaries were prompt to recognize his greatness, snobbery and political hostility led the Tory press to vilify and patronize him as a…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: The novel that set the pattern for the modern Western, Riders of the Purple Sage was first published in 1912, immediately selling over a million copies. In the remote border country of southern Utah, a man is about to be whipped by the Mormons in order to pressure Jane Withersteen into marrying against her will. The punishment is halted by the arrival of the hero, Lassiter, a gunman in black…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: The most famous of Shakespeare's Roman tragedies, Julius Caesar was written and first performed in 1599, and was apparently one the plays his contemporaries enjoyed most. Recounting the death of Caesar on the steps of the Senate house, the play offers some of Shakespeare's finest scenes: Antony's skillful speech at Caesar's funeral, and the quarrel and reconciliation between Brutus and Cassius…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: «This Victorian bestseller, along with Braddon's other famous novel, Aurora Floyd, established her as the main rival of the master of the sensational novel, Wilkie Collins. A protest against the passive, insipid 19th-century heroine, Lady Audley was described by one critic of the time as «high-strung, full of passion, purpose, and movement.» Her crime (the secret of the title) is shown to…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: Sybil, or The Two Nations is one of the finest novels to depict the social problems of class-ridden Victorian England. The book's publication in 1845 created a sensation, for its immediacy and readability brought the plight of the working classes sharply to the attention of the reading public. The 'two nations' of the alternative title are the rich and poor, so disparate in their opportunities…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: This is a new verse translation of Lucretius's only known work, a didactic poem written in six books of hexameters. Melville's particularly literal translation of the use of metaphor is especially helpful to those looking at the text from a scientific or philosophical point of view.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: This is the story of the Ramsays, based on Virginia Woolf's own family. Written in the stream-of-consciousness style, the book examines family relationships, the traditional roles of the sexes, the tensions and love between husband and wife and the resentment children can feel for their parents.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: «Oscar Wilde was already famous as a brilliant wit and raconteur when he first began to publish his short stories in the late 1880s. Admired by George Orwell and W. B. Yeats, the stories include poignant fairy-tales such as «The Happy Prince» and «The Selfish Giant» the extravagant comedy of «Lord Arthur Savile's Crime» and «The Canterville Ghost» and the daring narrative experiments of «The…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: «The fifth volume of Chekhov short stories completes the publication in the World Classics series of his entire work as a mature fiction-writer. Here are 22 stories, including «The Steppe» Chekhov's first short story to be published in a serious Russian literary journal. All the texts are taken from the highly-acclaimed translation by Ronald Hingley.»
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Wobble Bear is learning to talk and his mum is trying to teach him about colours. But the only colour he will say is 'yellow'. Yellow to the pink soap, yellow to the red towel, yellow to his green pyjamas... until finally he gets it right and says yellow to the harvest moon at bedtime. Parents and toddlers everywhere will love watching Wobble Bear learn and will relate to all his little triumphs…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: The Oxford First Learner's French Dictionary is a bilingual French dictionary, the perfect reference tool for teaching Modern Languages as part of the curriculum to pupils aged 7-11. This alphabetical dictionary has a colour user-friendly design, the alphabet down the side of each page, and colour headwords that lead the pupil straight to the translation they are looking for. It gives core…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Here's a collection of poems about goals, fans, yobs, cheers, fouls, boots, scarves, crowds, strips. You'll also see falling stars, blind referees, magic sponges, dream teams, fizzy drinks, wet Saturdays, hairless half-backs, and a game of two halves. They'll make you laugh, they'll make you think, they'll make you cheer! This fantastic collection of poems about football is being reissued with a…
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: I've Got a Poem For You is a sparkling collection of poems covering many subjects from school to seasons, animals to ghosts, and even a rapping Granny! All the poems have a great sense of rhythm which makes them perfect for learning by heart, sharing and performing aloud. John Foster is one of the UK's best-loved and most respected compilers of poetry books and this reissue, with its fresh new…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: The Oxford First Learner's Spanish Dictionary is a bilingual Spanish dictionary, the perfect reference tool for teaching Modern Languages as part of the curriculum to pupils aged 7-11. This alphabetical dictionary has a colour user-friendly design, the alphabet down the side of each page, and colour headwords that lead the pupil straight to the translation they are looking for. It gives core…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: Combining both accessibility and authority, the Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins describes the origins and development of over 3,000 words and phrases in the English language. The book draws on Oxford's unrivalled dictionary research programme and language monitoring, and relates the fascinating stories behind many of our most curious terms and expressions in order to offer the reader a much…