Back when they were students, just like everybody else, Ray Ash and Simon Darcourt had dreams about what they`d do when they grew up. In both their cases, it was to be rock stars. Fifteen years later, their...
Stephen Hawking`s worldwide bestseller, "A Brief History of Time", has been a landmark volume in scientific writing. Its author`s engaging voice is one reason, and the compelling subjects he addresses is another: the...
A Brief History of Rock `n` Roll
Rock and Roll was born in 1956. In that year, Elvis released "Heartbreak Hotel;" Chuck Berry sang "Roll Over Beethoven;" Little Richard blurred the boundary with "Tutti Fruitti;" Janis Martin sang for women with...
A Cat, a Hat, and a Piece of String
A second short story collection from Joanne Harris, author of Chocolat and Peaches for Monsieur le Cure. `Stories are like Russian dolls; open them up, and in each one you`ll find another story`. Conjured from a...
As snapshots through time, Olympic posters provide a fascinating record of our world, a lens through which we can explore links between sports and art, politics and place, commerce and culture. "A Century of Olympic...
A Christmas Carol in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas
`Рождественская песнь` - одно из лучших произведений великого английского писателя Ч.Диккенса. Сокращенный и незначительно адаптированный текст сопровождается постраничным комментарием. После каждой главы дается...
The classic tale by Charles Dickens of tight-fisted, cold-hearted Scrooge who undergoes a transformation at Christmas.
A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Books
`What was merry Christmas to Scrooge? Out upon merry Christmas! What good had it ever done to him?` Ebenezer Scrooge is a bad-tempered skinflint who hates Christmas and all it stands for, but a ghostly visitor...
Стильно оформленное подарочное издание с трехсторонним окрашенным обрезом. Tells the heartwarming story of the mean employer Scrooge who is visited by four ghosts who tell him that if he doesn`t change his ways he...
A Christmas Carol in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas (на англ.яз.)
«Рождественская песнь в прозе: святочный рассказ с привидениями» - новелла британского писателя Чарльза Диккенса, вышедшая в 1843 году. Диккенс рассказывает историю Эбенизера Скруджа - вспыльчивого скряги, который...
Tumtum and Nutmeg once again find themselves in a fantastic A circus adventure. Along with their old friend General Marchmouse and the two children, Arthur and Lucy, the Nutmouses will find themselves at the circus.
Miles Vorkosigan has a problem: unrequited love for the beautiful widow Ekaterin Vorsoisson, violently allergic to marriage after her first exposure. If a frontal assault won`t do, Miles thinks, try subterfuge. He has...
