As if the fact that her mother is marrying her algebra teacher isn`t bad enough, Mia then manages to announce the engagement on live television. Mia`s grandmother immediately starts making arrangements for a grand...
With a will of steel, Polish immigrant Florentyna Rosnovski is indeed Abel`s daughter. She shares with her father a love of America, his ideals, and his dream for the future. But she wants more to be the first female...
Contemporary / British English (Available April 2008) In Washington, two Supreme Court judges are murdered and only the young and beautiful law student Darby Shaw knows why. She has uncovered a deadly secret but will...
Moscow, 2013. Bunin, the Ukrainian President, has joined other heads of state in an open air swimming pool to drink vodka and celebrate with Putin. During his rise to power Bunin has juggled with formidable and...
What? A princess?? Me??? Yeah, right. Mia Thermopolis is pretty sure there`s nothing worse than being a five-foot-nine, flat-chested freshman, who also happens to be flunking Algebra. Is she ever in for a surprise....
Isabel Archer has been brought to England from Albany, New York, by her Aunt Touchett to extend her education, possibly to marry well. Isabel, proud and independent, has other ideas. She has no desire to marry and...
The Pavilion on the Links and A Lodging for the Night = Дом на Дюнах и Ночлег: на англ.яз
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist. His most famous works are "Treasure Island" and "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." Now he is one of the most...
The Plumed Serpent = Пунцовый змей: на англ.яз
David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930) was an English novelist, poet, playwright and literary critic, one of the key writers of the early twentieth century, most famous for his criticism of rationalism and...
The Party: The Secret World of China`s Communist Rulers
China`s Communist Party is the largest, most powerful political machine in the world. Here, for the first time, Richard McGregor delves deeply into its inner sanctum, revealing how this secretive cabal keeps control...
Written two years before `Jane Eyre`, ` The Professor` was Charlotte Bronte`s first novel and was based on her own experiences in Brussels, although it was not published until after her own death. The story is one of...
The Portrait of a Lady I = Женский портрет. Ч.1: на англ.яз
Henry James (1843—1916) was an American author regarded as a key transitional figure between literary realism and literary modernism. «The Portrait of a Lady» is the awesome story of a spirited young American woman,...
