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В 1580-х годах в Англии, во время эпидемии чумы, молодой учитель латыни влюбляется в необыкновенную эксцентричную девушку… Так начинается новый роман Мэгги О’Фаррелл, ставший одним из самых ожидаемых релизов года. Это свежий и необычный взгляд на жизнь Уильяма Шекспира. Существовал ли писатель? Что его вдохновляло? «Великолепно написанная книга. Она перенесет вас в прошлое, прямо на улицы, пораженные чумой… но вам определенно понравитсья побывать там». – The Boston Globe «К творчеству...
| Автор | Мэгги О`Фаррелл |
Против преступного режима 1943 год, Марсель. Франция захвачена немецкими войсками. Бывшая журналистка Нэнси Уэйк становится связующим звеном в Сопротивлении и получает прозвище «Белая мышь» за умение проходить блокпосты. Она постоянно рискует жизнью – тайно передает кому-то радиодетали, оформляет поддельные документы для беженцев. Даже на собственную свадьбу она приходит только после выполнения задания! Когда ее мужа Анри задерживают за шпионаж, Франция перестает быть для Нэнси домом. Она...
| Автор | Имоджен Кили |
"В качестве гарнира к первому тому «Истории Российского Государства» выйдет еще книга повестей, действие которых происходит в ту же эпоху. Любители Фандорина-Брусникина, это чтение для вас. Надеюсь, не заскучаете…" Б. Акунин Повесть «Плевок дьявола» – продолжает рассказ о взлетах и падениях одного рода, живущего в России с незапамятных времен.
| Автор | Борис Акунин |
First published in 1936, Whiteoak Harvest chronicles the 1930s saga of Renny Whiteoak and his wife, Alayne. Finch Whiteoak and wife, Sarah, return from their honeymoon to upset the Jalna household with Eden Whiteoak’s love child. Meanwhile Wakefield Whiteoak is engaged to Pauline Lebraux but is tormented by religious doubts.This is book 11 of 16 in The Whiteoak Chronicles . It is followed by Wakefield’s Course .
| Автор | Mazo de la Roche |
Published in 1940, Whiteoak Heritage chronicles the fortunes of the Whiteoak family after the Second World War. The drama continues at Jalna when Renny returns home to find his one-time love still unforgiving and his brother still involved with an older woman. This is book 5 of 16 in The Whiteoak Chronicles . It is followed by Whiteoak Brothers .
| Автор | Mazo de la Roche |
Итак, дневник верного соратника Иосифа Сталина. Калейдоскоп событий, в которых он был участником. …Гибель отцов Октябрьской революции, камера, где полубезумный Бухарин сочиняет свои письма Кобе, народные увеселения в дни террора – футбольный матч на Красной площади и, наконец, Мюнхенский сговор, крах Польши, встреча Сталина с Гитлером…
И лагерный ад, куда добрый Коба все-таки отправил своего старого друга…
| Автор | Эдвард Радзинский |
London, 1817"You are suggesting that, now our year of mourning for our husbands has come to an end, we should all take at least one lover?" Sophia Rowlands, the widowed Duchess of Clayborne, is shocked by her friend's daring proposition—but is even more astounded when Dante Carfax, Earl of Sherbourne, offers to do the honor!He may be rakishly handsome and undeniably arousing, but he's also four years her junior and they've been at odds ever since he stole a kiss from her ten years...
| Автор | Кэрол Мортимер |
The great documents in this important collection helped form the foundation of American democratic government. Compelling, influential, and often inspirational, they range from Patrick Henry's dramatic «Give me liberty or give me death» speech at the start of the American Revolution to Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, issued in the closing weeks of the Civil War. Also included are the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson's classic rationale for rejecting...
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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.Young Charlotte Heywood arrives in Sanditon, a newly established seaside resort, with the Parkers: patrons and enthusiastic promoters of the town. Just as the town seeks to reinvent itself as a fashionable destination, Charlotte Heywood attempts to begin anew amongst its residents.As she begins to settle into Sanditon society, with the Parkers and the rich widow Lady Denham, a slew of new arrivals stir up...
| Автор | Джейн Остин |
Celebrated for their unique poetic sensibility and wondrous way with words, the Irish have produced a rich heritage of great poetry. This volume attests to the Irish love of language, spanning fourteen centuries of literary history and featuring works by more than 60 of the Emerald Isle's most distinguished poets.This comprehensive selection of well-known poems by distinguished writers includes «Verses for Women Who Cry Apples, etc.» by Jonathan Swift; J. Sheridan LeFanu's «A...
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A sermon preached by Jonathan Edwards to his Enfield, Connecticut, congregation in July 1741, «Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God» is particularly noted for its vivid descriptions of the torments of Hell and mankind's natural depravity. At the same time, it was also an appeal to man's need for salvation and a reminder of the agonies that awaited the unreformed. Coming during the height of the Great Awakening — a period of religious fervor in the first half of the eighteenth...
| Автор | Jonathan Edwards |
The basis of our nation's law and government, the Constitution is America's most important political and social document. This convenient and inexpensive reference contains not only the Constitution's main text and amendments but also a wealth of background information.Supplements include selected «Federalist Papers,» consisting of memoranda by James Madison, the «Father of the Constitution,» as well as speeches by John Jay and Patrick Henry and remarks by Alexander Hamilton....
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The Lord’s convenient wife Lord Lucas Stainton is in need of a governess. The man is ruthless, rude beyond belief, and Eve Brody wishes him to the devil…but the position is hers if she’ll accept. As sparks fly between her and the magnificent man of the house, Eve learns that, shockingly, the dark-hearted Lord is carrying the weight of ruin on his broad shoulders.Desperately craving the security she’s never had, Eve offers a proposal – in return for her secret fortune, she asks only that he take...
| Автор | Хелен Диксон |
Indulge your fantasies of delicious Regency Rakes, fierce Viking warriors and rugged Highlanders. Be swept away into a world of intense passion, lavish settings and romance that burns brightly through the centuriesThe Captain’s convenient wife… Battle-scarred Captain Robert Fawley was under no illusion that women still found him attractive. None would agree to marry him – except, perhaps, Miss Deborah Gillies, a woman so down on her luck that a convenient marriage might help improve her...
| Автор | Энни Берроуз |