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Rudyard Kipling: Kim

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ' I am Kim. I am Kim. And what is Kim? His soul repeated it again and again.' Set against the backdrop of Britain and Russia's political struggle in central Asia, Kim, the son of a drunken Irish soldier grows up as a street-wise orphan in the city of Lahore. Upon befriending an aged Tibetan Lama, the playful and…

H. Rider Haggard: King Solomon's Mines

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Out of the dark we came, into the dark we go. Like a storm-driven bird at night we fly out of the Nowhere; for a moment our wings are seen in the light of the fire, and, lo! we are gone again into the Nowhere.' An amazing adventure set in Africa, against the backdrop of endless deserts and snowy mountains, Kings…

William Shakespeare: Macbeth

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Stars, hide your fires! Let not light see my black and deep desires.' One of Shakespeare's darkest and most violent tragedies, Macbeth's struggle between his own ambition and his loyalty to the King is dramatically compelling. As those he kills return to haunt him, Macbeth is plagued by the prophecy of three…

Jane Austen: Northanger Abbey

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Northanger Abbey! These were thrilling words, and wound up Catherine's feelings to the highest point of ecstasy.' Considered the most light-hearted and satirical of Austen's novels, Northanger Abbey tells the story of an unlikely young heroine Catherine Morland. While staying in Bath, Catherine meets Henry Tilney…

Jane Austen: Persuasion

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'She had been forced into prudence in her youth, she learned romance as she grew older: the natural sequel of an unnatural beginning.' Written at the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Persuasion is a tale of love, heartache and the determination of one woman as she strives to reignite a lost love. Anne Elliot is…

Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlet Letter

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: HarperCollins is pround to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Ah, but let her cover the mark as she will, the pang of it will be always in her heart.' A tale of sin, punishment and atonement, The Scarlet Letter exposes the moral rigidity of a 17th-Century Puritan New England community when faced with the illegitimate child of a young mother. Regarded as the first real…

D. H. Lawrence: Sons and Lovers

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'There was one place in the world that stood solid and did not melt into unreality: the place where his mother was. Everybody else could grow shadowy, almost non-existent to him, but she could not.' In his quest to find his emotional and independent self, Paul Morel is torn between the strong, Oedipal bond he has…

Robert Louis Stevenson: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil.' After taking an elixir created in his laboratory, mild mannered Dr Jekyll is transformed into the cruel and despicable Mr Hyde. Although seemingly harmless at first, things soon descend into chaos and Jekyll quickly realises there is only one…

Charles Dickens: A Tale of Two Cities

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times!' Set before and during the French Revolution in the cities of Paris and London, A Tale of Two Cities tells the story of Dr Manette's release from imprisonment in the Bastille and his reunion with daughter, Lucie. A French aristocrat Darnay and English lawyer…

Thomas Hardy: Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: HarperCollins is pround to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'My life looks as if it had been wasted for want of chances! When I see what you know, what you have read, and seen, and thought, I feel what a nothing I am!' Challenging the hypocrisy and social conventions of the rural Victorian world, Tess of the D'Urbervilles follows the story of Tess Durbeyfield as she…

L. Frank Baum: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ' Come along, Toto, she said. We will go to the Emerald City and ask the Great Oz how to get back to Kansas again. ' Swept away from her home in Kansas by a tornado, Dorothy and her dog Toto find themselves stranded in the fantastical Land of Oz. As instructed by the Good Witch of the North and the Munchkins,…

Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Is Mr. Heathcliff a man? If so, is he mad? And if not, is he a devil?' Set on the bleak moors of Yorkshire, Lockwood is forced to seek shelter at Wuthering Heights, the home of his new landlord, Heathcliff. The intense and wildly passionate Heathcliff tells the story of his life, his all-consuming love for…

William Kamkwamba: The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: When William Kamkwamba was just 14 years old, his family told him that he must leave school and come home to work on the farm — they could no longer afford his fees. This is his story of how he found a way to make a difference, how he bought light to his family and village, and hope to his nation. Malawi is a country battling AIDS, drought and famine, and in 2002, a season of floods followed by…

Lynne Ewing: Daughters of the Moon

Скачать книгу (размер 4 262 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 837) Аннотация: The first three books in Ewing's Daughters of the Moon series are collected in this single-volume bind-up. Includes Goddess of the Night, Into the Cold Fire, and Night Shade.

Sam Bourne: The Chosen One

Скачать книгу (размер 2 931 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 576) Аннотация: The new high-concept thriller from the number one bestselling author of The Righteous Men, The Last Testament and The Final Reckoning The heart-stopping new conspiracy thriller set against the electrifying backdrop of a US presidential election.

Collins UK: Easy Learning English Idioms

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Collins Easy Learning English Idioms leaves no stone unturned in this accessible guide to common English idioms. An indispensable dictionary of common idioms that will help you make head or tail of contemporary English usage and become the cat's whiskers at communication. Collins Easy Learning Idioms is the helpful, and often fun, guide to key English idioms, providing explanations of use,…

Collins UK: Easy Learning English Verbs

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Collins Easy Learning Verbs is an accessible introduction to English verbs, tenses and morphology. With clear, concise explanations of English verb systems, this book is an indispensable guide for the language learner. Collins Easy Learning Verbs is the helpful guide to English verbs. Covering tense, aspect, modality and the morphological structures of verbs as well as irregular and phrasal…

Collins UK: Collins Mini English Dictionary

Скачать книгу (размер 3 584 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 704) Аннотация: Collins Mini English Dictionary is the perfect dictionary for everyday reference. It contains all the words and definitions you need on a daily basis in a handy portable format that is ideal for carrying to school or work. Collins Mini English Dictionary is a great choice for everyday use. The attractive, open layout is a pleasure to consult, as all entry words and spelling forms are highlighted…

Collins UK: Collins Mini Thesaurus

Скачать книгу (размер 3 584 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 704) Аннотация: The Collins Mini Thesaurus is ideal for use in home, school, and office. Comprehensive and authoritative, it gives all the synonyms and antonyms you need. This new edition of Collins Mini Thesaurus is an ideal reference for everyday use. It contains a wide selection of alternative words and opposites, with the most useful words highlighted. The clear colour layout makes the content easily…

James Fenimore Cooper: The Last of the Mohicans

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