The Rough Guide to Comedy Movies
The Rough Guide to Comedy Movies uncovers cinema`s funniest and most varied genre, from silent slapstick, to 90s gross-out and the dark indie humour of today. The canon of fifty greatest funnies runs from The Gold...
It is 1910, the age of flying machines is still in its infancy, and newspaper publisher Preston Whiteway is offering $50,000 for the first daring aviator to cross America in less than fifty days. He is even sponsoring...
Now in paperback - the astonishing "New York Times" bestselling novel about two friends who find the key to a labyrinth that holds the secrets of an ancient text called the "Hypnerotomachia Poliphili". When a fellow...
The Road to Jerusalem: Crusades Trilogy book 1
The epic story of one man`s fight for his love, his God and his Country.
"The Rainbow" is about three generations of the Brangwen family of Nottinghamshire from the 1840s to the early years of the twentieth century. Within this historical framework Lawrence`s essential concern is with the...
Jack London (1876-1916) was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame...
The Ransom of Red Chief/Вождь краснокожих
"Вождь краснокожих" - знаменитый рассказ О.Генри о неудачном похищении двумя мошенниками мальчишки - сына богатого горожанина. Кардинальное отличие серии "Легкое чтение на английском языке" от других, предлагающих...
The Revenge Of Captain Paine (Pyke Mystery)
It is 1835, and with the birth of the Industrial Revolution, railway fever sweeps the country. Pyke is uneasy with the luxury his aristocratic marriage has brought him, and when he is unofficially asked to investigate...
Languishing one summer at the Foreign Office in London, Carruthers is rescued by an unexpected invitation to join Arthur Davies on the `Dulcibella` in the Baltic. A grouse-shooting party or a weekend at Cowes would...
Wentworth, Ohio: a small friendly town where the Carver children bicker over sweets in the E-Z shop and writer Johnny Marinville is the only resident who minds his own business. On Poplar Street, apart from the...
The Rainbow = Радуга: роман на англ.яз
Дэвид Герберт Лоуренс - выдающийся английский писатель, романы и повести которого составляют неотъемлемую часть литературы XX века. Роман "Радуга", изданный в 1915 году, сразу же после печати был запрещён, а первый...
The Routledge Atlas of the Arab-Israeli Conflict
Brought right up to date with the latest momentous events, this extremely timely new edition of a best-seller, from arguably the most high profile historian writing today, traces the tangled and bitter history of the...
