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Stories of Motherhood gathers together more than a century of short fiction from a wide variety of authors in a literary celebration of the most elemental of human relationships. Willa Cather, Edith Wharton, Sherwood Anderson, Elizabeth Bowen, Anita Desai, Colm Toibin, Lorrie Moore and many others write memorably about mothers – having, leaving, loving and losing them – in stories lyrical and satirical, realistic and fantastic, hilarious and heartbreaking

Trees have starred in stories ever since Ovid described the nymph Daphne's metamorphosis into a laurel, and the landscape of literature has long been enlivened by wild woodlands, sacred groves, and fertile orchards. This delightful collection ranges from Ovid to Austen and from Robin Hood's Sherwood Forest (via Thomas Love Peacock's Maid Marian) to Washington Irving's 'The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'. Here are forest-haunted fairy tales both classic (the Brothers Grimm) and inventively retold (Angela Carter). There is room in these woods for comedy as well as terror, in Stella Gibbons's Cold Comfort Farm, and Alexander McCall Smith's 'Head Tree'. Notable writers from around the world contribute arboreal fiction-from South Africa, Finland, France, Zimbabwe, Russia, Martinique, and India, as well as Britain, Ireland, Canada and America

This wide-ranging anthology pays tribute to fathers young and old. At one end of the spectrum, a touching story by Ann Packer tells of a man preparing for the wonder and terror of his first child’s birth, and from Frank O’Connor’s comes a hilarious tale of a small boy’s war against his paternal rival in ‘My Oedipus Complex’. At the other, John Updike’s ‘My Father’s Tears’ and Jim Shepard’s ‘The Mortality of Parents’ bring us face to face with a loss that is like no other. Maupassant, Kakfa, Nabokov, Edith Wharton, Raymond Carver, Graham Swift, Julian Barnes, Helen Simpson …all these and more offer a wonderful assortment of fictional takes on the paternal bond

Для любителей захватывающего и леденящего душу, молодых и старых, сенсационные рассказы Эдгара По не могут не попасть в точку. В сборнике "Сказки о тайне и воображении" собраны лучшие из его прозаических произведений, включая, конечно, хорошо известные шедевры "Падение дома Ашеров" (окончательная история о доме с привидениями), "Яма и маятник", "Сердце-предатель" и "Убийства на улице Морг". (самый первый детективный рассказ в художественной литературе) • Книга на английском языке • Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) was one of the leading illustrators from the golden age of British book illustration. Fairy-tale and fantasy were his forte and in later life he responded to the dark stimulus of Poe's gothic tales with gleeful appreciation of their macabre and otherworldly qualities, claiming afterwards that he had quite succeeded in frightening himself! For lovers of the thrilling and chilling, young and old, Poe's sensational stories cannot fail to hit the spot

Рассказ Харди о чистой женщине, преданной любовью, - его самый сильный и трогательный роман. Действие происходит в порой мрачном, но всегда волшебном пейзаже Уэссекса, столь знакомом по его ранним рассказам. "Тэсс из рода д`Эрбервиллей" доводит семейную драму до высот трагической напряженности, что делает книгу подходящим дополнением к "Анне Карениной" и "Мадам Бовари" • Книга на английском языке • Hardy's account of a pure woman betrayed by love is his most powerful and moving novel. Set in the sometimes bleak but always magical Wessex landscape so familiar from his earlier stories, Tess of the d'Urbervilles works up a domestic drama to heights of tragic intensity which make the book a fit companion for Anna Karenina and Madame Bovary

Высокая ваза Leonardo, изготовленная в технике «маккия». В ходе производства небольшие кусочки стекла вплавляются в полотно материала, создавая уникальный рисунок из повторяющихся пятен. Для формирования рисунка требуется до пяти слоёв стекла • Изготовлен

Бедный, но обаятельный англичанин Арчи Моффам женится на дочери сурового Дэниела Брустера, сурового миллионера из Америки. Тот не одобряет выбор своей дорогой Люсиль, и его зятю придётся постараться, чтобы заслужить одобрение тестя и устроить его жизнь. Действие романа «Несокрушимый Арчи» разворачивается, в основном, в нью-йоркском отеле мистера Брустера, но наш герой добивается успеха даже на «вражеской территории». Правда, сначала его ждёт череда комических неурядиц с участием змеи, официанта, автора песен, профессионального поедателя пирогов грустного профсоюзного лидера и певицы со взрывным характером • Перед вами одна из тех историй П. Г. Вудхауса, в которых на первый план выходят не только яркие и запоминающиеся персонажи, но и проблема столкновения культур

"Stories of Magic and Mischief" – это подборка из 30 волшебных и озорных рассказов самого любимой детской писательницы Британии - идеальный вариант для совместного чтения на Хэллоуин! • В этой волшебной подборке из тридцати коротких историй, идеально подходящих для сезонного чтения и совместного использования, обитают ведьмы и пикси. Эти классические истории с юмором и фантастическими персонажами идеально подходят как для чтения детям младшего возраста, так и для самостоятельного чтения новоиспеченным читателям. Каждый рассказ стоит отдельно и идеально подходит для чтения перед сном или в классе • Энид Блайтон остается одной из любимых детских писательниц Британии, а ее сборники рассказов идеально подходят для того, чтобы познакомить с ней новое поколение читателей

Lashings of ginger beer and delicious food inspired by the stories of Enid Blyton in an irresistible children's cookbook from chef Allegra McEvedy, the presenter of CBBC's Step up to the Plate and ,Junior Bake Off judge • Delicious and easy recipes, inspired by the beloved stories by Enid Blyton. Bake your own pop-cakes and google buns, and wash them down with homemade ginger beer! • Have you ever dreamed of having picnics with the Famous Five, midnight feasts with the Malory Towers girls or party teas with the Folk of the Faraway Tree? With this cookbook, inspired by Enid Blyton's stories, you can! Packed full of yummy recipes, lively artwork and extracts from Enid Blyton's stories, this cookbook will inspire children - and the whole family - to get busy in the kitchen

A beautiful book of extinct and endangered creatures, and a hopeful look at the future • Shine a spotlight on animal species throughout history and the ones alive today in Animals Lost and Found, through beautiful illustrations and interesting facts. Children will learn about animals lost to extinction, animals we thought we'd lost but have found, and animals that are the focus of conservation efforts all over the world • This educational book for children aged 7+ is packed with intriguing information about extinction and the different possible causes of it. Children can learn about how natural and unnatural extinction relates to the world we live in today, in a clear and easy way • Animals Lost and Found features • - A very positive outlook on conservation efforts and success stories from around the world • - Focus pages on extinct and endangered animals - as well as one or two, who it turns out, never were! • - Beautiful illustrations by award-winning wildlife illustrator Jonathan Woodward • - Incredible conservation work that has been done around the world, like the reintroduction of Red Kites to Britain, and the effect the wolves had to the ecosystem of Yellowstone National Park • - A global look at success stories and what it can do for the planet • Animals Lost and Found is not just about lost species, but also teaches children the incredible work that is happening around the world to prevent any further loss of species and looks at animals saved from extinction like the Blue Iguana! • Learn the incredible stories of uncovering species thought to have been gone, reintroduction of species, and what we as humans are doing and can continue to do to help

Discover a powerful collection of the hardships, hairbreadth escapes, and mortal struggles of enslaved people seeking freedom: These are the true stories of the Underground Railroad • A secret network of safe houses, committees and guides that stretched well below the Mason-Dixon Line into the brutal slave states of the American South, the Underground Railroad remains one of the most impressive and well-organised resistance movements in modern history. It facilitated the escape of over 30,000 slave 'passengers' through America and into Canada during its peak years of 1850-60, and, in total, an estimated 100,000 slaves found their freedom through the network • Abridged from William Still's The Underground Railroad Records - an epic historical document that chronicles the first-hand stories of American slaves who escaped to freedom via the Underground Railroad - Passengers tells of the secret methods, risks and covert sacrifices that were made to liberate so many from slavery

From small steps to giant leaps, A Galaxy of Her Own tells fifty stories of inspirational women who have been fundamental to the story of humans in space, from scientists to astronauts to some surprising roles in between • From Ada Lovelace in the nineteenth century, to the women behind the Apollo missions, from the astronauts breaking records on the International Space Station to those blazing the way in the race to get to Mars, A Galaxy of Her Own reveals extraordinary stories, champions unsung heroes and celebrates remarkable achievements from around the world • Written by Libby Jackson, a leading UK expert in human space flight, and illustrated with bold and beautiful artwork from the students of London College of Communication, this is a book to delight and inspire trailblazers of all ages