Luck of Devil: Story of Operation Valkyrie
`It is now time that something was done. But the man who has the courage to do something must do it in the knowledge that he will go down in German history as a traitor. If he does not, however, he will be a traitor...
Jim Dixon has accidentally fallen into a job at one of Britain`s new red brick universities. A moderately successful future in the History Department beckons. As long as Jim can survive a madrigal-singing weekend at...
Encouraged by his ambitious wife and the prophecy of the witches, Macbeth, a noble warrior, slays Duncan the king and seizes the throne for himself. But in so doing, he has upset the natural order and cannot hope to...
Flaubert's story of the beautiful Madame Bovary scandalized Paris when first published in 1856. Seen as flagrantly amoral, its writer was himself prosecuted and, after a sensational trial, acquitted. Today,...
Emma Rouault leaves her father to marry Charles Bovary, an insignificant local doctor, and to live among the bourgeoisie of Yonville. An ardent devourer of sentimental novels, Emma fills her head with fantastic...
Madoff: Man Who Stole $65 Billion
Take the combined fortunes of Bill Gates, Tiger Woods and Roman Abramovich. Now imagine someone stealing that much money - and being hailed as a financial genius. That man is Bernard Madoff. Backed by governments and...
What if the Allies had lost the Second World War ...? The Nazis have taken over New York - the Japanese control California. In a neutral buffer zone existing between the two states an underground author offers his own...
A brainwashed James Bond has tried - and failed - to assassinate M, his boss. Now Bond has to prove he is back on form and can be trusted again. All 007 has to do is kill one of the most deadly freelance hit men in...
James Greene`s acclaimed translations of the poetry of Osip Mandelshtam, now in an extensively revised and augmented edition. Формат: 13 см х 20 см.
At the age of ten, shy, vulnerable Fanny Price leaves behind her impoverished family in Portsmouth to go and live with her rich relatives at Mansfield Park. Growing up with her cousins Tom, Edmund, Maria and Julia,...
The essential companion to this phenomenal city. "Athens: Rough Guide Map" pin-points the best the city has to offer, from the spectacular Acropolis and the National Archaeological Museum to the flee markets of...
Marquise of O - And Other Stories
In The Marquise of O - a virtuous widow finds herself unaccountably pregnant. And although the baffled Marquise has no idea when this happened, she must prove her innocence to her doubting family and discover whether...
Sally is big, blonde and pampered. She’s married to Richard. But she loves Jerry. Jerry loves Sally in return, but he’s also still in love with his wife Ruth. Who’s been sleeping with As a hot, feverish summer of...
Presents the story of Martin Eden, an impoverished seaman who pursues, obsessively and aggressively, dreams of education and literary fame. This title also discusses the conflict between London`s support of socialism...
