A literary topography of old London. The royal & bishops' palaces in old London with the Parliament houses and courts of justice and the great houses of ... sixteenth and seventeenth century literature Jenkinson Wilberforce Книга по Требованию

Playing with the Devil - игра огня и флирта. Терпкая эссенция апельсина «королёк» в сочетании с личи с оттенком розы приобретает огненный характер благодаря эссенции пикантного гвоздичного перца. Мягкое сандаловое дерево в базовой ноте придает аромату знойный флер • Фруктовая гармония с анималистическим характером

The little cat Deric Longden saw sitting forlornly on an upturned bucket belonged to the neighbours, but somehow when it began to rain it seemed only natural to bring him inside. Once there he slipped so easily into Deric and Aileen's lives that there was an unspoken agreement that he had found his real home. Little did he know that he had entered the Longden world, in which the unexpected (almost) always happens • Aileen being Aileen, it was probably inevitable that sooner or later the kitten would be trapped in the refrigerator. And Deric being Deric, the obvious way to thaw him back to life was to make a little coat for him out of a shrunken thermal vest. Thus the cat who came in from the cold got his name - Thermal - and joined the wonderful cast of characters in the ongoing Longden saga

Alec Leamas, a British spy, is worn out and ready to stop working. But his boss wants him to do one final job: to spread false information about an important man in East Germany. Can Alec end his career and finally come in from the cold? • Penguin Readers is a series of popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction written for learners of English as a foreign language. Beautifully illustrated and carefully adapted, the series introduces language learners around the world to the bestselling authors and most compelling content from Penguin Random House. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework and include language activities that help readers to develop key skills • The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, a Level 6 Reader, is B1+ in the CEFR framework

Alec Leamas is tired. It's the 1960s, he's been out in the cold for years, spying in the shadow of the Berlin Wall for his British masters. Now Control wants to bring him in at last - but only after one final assignment. He must travel deep into the heart of Communist Germany and betray his country, a job that he will do with his usual cynical professionalism. But when George Smiley tries to help a young woman Leamas has befriended, it may prove the worst thing he could ever have done • Le Carre's breakthrough work of 1963 was an award-winning number one global bestseller and brought him international renown, redefining the spy story as a gritty and terrible tale of men who are caught up in politics beyond their imagining

Роман Джона Ле Карре "Шпион, пришедший с холода" - это захватывающая история ветерана британских спецслужб Алекса Лимаса, который предпочитает уходу на покой участие в блестяще задуманной, но смертельно опасной операции. Его задача - дискредитировать и по возможности "убрать" главу одной из крупнейших контрразведок мира • Однако в Большой игре доверять нельзя никому - ни врагам, ни союзникам, ни даже друзьям • Книга на английском языке • Alec Leamas is tired. It's the 1960s, he's been out in the cold for years, spying in the shadow of the Berlin Wall for his British masters. Now Control wants to bring him in at last - but only after one final assignment. He must travel deep into the heart of Communist Germany and betray his country, a job that he will do with his usual cynical professionalism