An examination of the charter and proceedings of the Hudson's Bay company, with reference to the grant of Vancouver's Island Fitzgerald James Edward Книга по Требованию

This is the first anthology capacious enough to celebrate the full diversity and energy of its writers, subjects and tones. The most famous authors are here, and many others, including some magnificent stories never republished since their first appearance in magazines and periodicals. The Penguin Book of the British Short Story has a permanent authority, and will be reached for year in and year out. This volume takes the story from the 1920s to the present day

The present book includes the first full catalogue of Russian porcelain of the 18th and 19th centuries from the Vladimir Tsarenkov Collection. The collection has over 250 outstanding works by leading Russian manufactories - the Imperial Porcelain Factory in Saint Petersburg and the Gardner Porcelain Factory in the Moscow region - with a particular focus on the Age of Catherine the Great. The bulk of the collection consists of table and tea and coffee services, including the Private Service of Empress Elizabeth of Russia; the Everyday ("Rose"), Arabesque and Yacht Services of the Age of Catherine the Great; the Dowry Services of the daughters of Emperor Paul I and Empress Maria Feodorovna, which are the pearl of the collection; the dejeuner services of the Ages of Paul I and Alexander I; the Coronation Service of the Age of Nicholas I

Edward Gibbon's six-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88) is among the most magnificent and ambitious narratives in European literature. Its subject is the fate of one of the world's greatest civilizations over thirteen centuries - its rulers, wars and society, and the events that led to its disastrous collapse. Here, in volumes one and two, Gibbon charts the vast extent and constitution of the Empire from the reign of Augustus to 395 ad. And in a controversial critique, he examines the early Church, with fascinating accounts of the first Christian and last pagan emperors, Constantine and Julian

This unflinching portrayal of the squalor and brutality of New York life produced a scandal when it was published in 1893. Crane's novel tells the story of Maggie Johnson, a young woman who, seduced by her brother's friend and then disowned by her family, turns to prostitution. More than the tale of a young woman's tragic fall, this is a powerful exploration of the destructive forces underlying urban society and human nature. Also included here is 'George's Mother', along with eleven other tales and sketches of New York written between 1892 and 1896

В "Сказка о пироге и сковородке для запекания" показаны дома, сады и улицы деревни Сорей, где жила Беатрикс Поттер, на вершине холма, на ее первой ферме. Обитатели, однако, скорее животные, чем люди, и проблемы возникают, когда кот Рибби приглашает собаку Герцогиню преподавать • Книга на английском языке • The Tale of the Pie and the Patty Pan features the houses, gardens and streets of the village of Sawrey, where Beatrix Potter lived, at Hill Top, her first farm. The inhabitants, however, are animals rather than people, and problems arise when Ribby the cat invites Duchess the dog to tea • The Tale of The Pie and the Patty-Pan is number 17 in Beatrix Potter's series of 23 little books

Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, Decline & fall is one of the greatest narratives in European Literature. David Womersley's masterly selection and bridging commentary enables the readerto acquire a general sense of the progress and argument of the whole work and displays the full variety of Gibbon's achievement

В триумфальной работе "Большой экран. История фильмов и того, что они с нами сделали" Дэвид Томсон, один из величайших ныне живущих экспертов в области кино и автор Нового биографического словаря кино, рассказывает захватывающую историю кино и о том, как оно сформировало нас • Путешествуя с нами по всему миру, во времени и в различных средствах массовой информации, Томсон отслеживает, как мы изначально были очарованы этой завораживающей имитацией жизни, и позволяет фильмам - историям, звездам, внешнему виду - показывать нам, как жить. Но в то же время он показывает нам, как фильмы, предлагающие соблазнительный побег от повседневной реальности и связанных с ней обязанностей, позволили нам полностью уйти от жизни • Книга на английском языке • In this triumphant work David Thomson, one of film's greatest living experts and author of The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, tells the enthralling story of the movies and how they have shaped us