Macmillan A Glove Shop in Vienna and Other Stories Ибботсон Ева

"Первое дело Монтальбано" и другие рассказы - это блестящий сборник коротких рассказов, лично отобранных Андреа Камиллери • Это следует за инспектором Монтальбано с его самого первого дела в Вигате, в ходе которого он натыкается на молодую девушку, скрывающуюся у здания суда с пистолетом в сумочке. Когда ее забирают на допрос, и она не произносит ни единого слова, Монтальбано должен найти другой способ узнать, кого она пытается убить и почему… • Другие случаи включают пропавшую женщину, которая сбежала от любви всей своей жизни; пожилую супружескую пару, которая, похоже, репетирует свои самоубийства; и преступление настолько темное, что инспектор может обратиться за помощью только к одному человеку • В этих коротких рассказах, изобилующих перипетиями, есть все то остроумие, загадочность и кулинарный вкус, за которые поклонники Камиллери полюбили его

В нашем мире обитают пылающие яростью существа. Они прячутся в тенях, в наших снах, под нашей кожей. Они подслушивают наши разговоры и изучают нас, мучают нас, спасают наши души. Они монстры, спасители, жертвы и друзья детства • И они повсюду. На углу улицы, в такси, в хоре, между страниц книги. В каждом языке есть свое название для них. Каждой культуре известны их традиции. В каждой религии, в каждой истории – они затаились в темноте… • Их знают по всему свету. Они – джинны • Коллекция захватывающих историй о грозных джиннах от авторов бестселлеров и литературных сенсаций. В сборник вошли рассказы таких авторов, как Нил Гейман, Ннеди Окорафор, Амаль Эль-Мохтар, Джамал Махджуб, Джеймс Смит, Неон Янг и многих других • Книга на английском языке • An enthralling collection of new and classic tales of the fearsome Djinn, from bestselling, award-winning and breakthrough international writers

"Смерть в Венеции" Томаса Манна - это история одержимости. Густав фон Ашенбах - успешный, но стареющий писатель, который приезжает в Венецию на каникулы. Однажды за ужином Ашенбах замечает исключительно красивого юношу, который остановился со своей семьей в том же отеле. Вскоре его дни начинают вращаться вокруг встреч с этим мальчиком, и он слишком рассеян, чтобы обращать внимание на зловещие слухи, которые начали распространяться о болезни, распространяющейся по городу • Книга на английском языке • 'A story of the voluptuousness of doom' Thomas Mann • Death in Venice is a story of obsession. Gustave von Aschenbach is a successful but ageing writer who travels to Venice for a holiday. One day, at dinner, Aschenbach notices an exceptionally beautiful young boy who is staying with his family in the same hotel

Eva Ibbotson's hugely entertaining The Star of Kazan is a timeless classic for readers young and old • In 1896, in a pilgrim church in the Alps, an abandoned baby girl is found by a cook and a housemaid. They take her home, and Annika grows up in the servants' quarters of a house belonging to three eccentric Viennese professors. She is happy there, but dreams of the day when her real mother will come to find her • And sure enough, one day a glamorous stranger arrives at the door. After years of guilt and searching, Annika's mother has come to claim her daughter, who is in fact a Prussian aristocrat whose true home is a great castle. But at crumbling, spooky Spittal, Annika discovers that all is not as it seems in the lives of her new-found family

Rollo Martins, a failing novelist, is invited to Vienna by his best friend, Harry Lime. The city he arrives in is unrecognizable – torn apart by the Second World War and shared between the occupying Allies. What’s more, Harry is dead, and the circumstances look suspicious . . . Determined to uncover the truth, Martins must pick through the rubble of this broken city in search of answers • Accompanied here by twelve further stories that exhibit the full range of Graham Greene’s masterly storytelling, The Third Man is an atmospheric noir that oozes with suspense • With an introduction by the biographer and editor Professor Richard Greene • Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector’s Library is a series of beautifully bound gift editions of much loved classic titles

Whether he's getting into adventures with his band of Outlaws, or driving his family crazy, there's never a dull minute with William Brown around! • This bumper edition features 8 Meet Just William stories from the "voice of William" Martin Jarvis, with illustrations by Tony Ross. Includes: William's Birthday, The Christmas Truce, William Leads a Better Life, William and the Musician, William and the Hidden Treasure, William and the Snowman, Violet Elizabeth Runs Away and William Goes Shopping • Meet Just William is perfect for newly confident readers

"Странный случай доктора Джекила и мистера Хайда", сопровождаемый тремя другими запоминающимися историями ужасов, убийств и сверхъестественного, является шедевром викторианской готической литературы Роберта Луиса Стивенсона и одним из самых мощных и долговечных современных мифов • Это прекрасное издание "Странного случая доктора Джекила и мистера Хайда и других историй" содержит послесловие драматурга и сценариста Питера Харнесса • Книга на английском языке • Why has the mild mannered Dr Jekyll suddenly begun to associate with the ugly and violent Mr Hyde? And why are they never seen together? When Jekyll's old friend Utterson tries to solve these mysteries he uncovers a horrific story of suffering and brutality that eventually leads to the terrible revelation of Mr Hyde's true identity

In Alligator and Other Stories, Dima Alzayat captures luminously how it feels to be 'other': as a Syrian, as an Arab, as an immigrant, as a woman. Each one of the nine stories collected here is a snapshot of those moments when unusual circumstances suddenly distinguish us from our neighbours, when our difference is thrown into relief • Here are 'dangerous' women transgressing, missing children in 1970s New York, a family who were once Syrian but have now lost their name, and a young woman about to discover the hollowness of the American dream. At its centre lies 'Alligator': a remarkable compilation of real and invented sources, which rescues from history the story of a Syrian American couple who were murdered at the hands of the state • Alzayat explores experiences that are startling and real, delivering an emotional punch that lingers long after reading

Ward No. 6 and Other Stories 1892-1895 collects stories which show Anton Chekhov beginning to confront complex, ambiguous and often extreme emotions in his short fiction. This Penguin Classics edition is translated with notes by Ronald Wilks, and an introduction by J. Douglas Clayton • These stories from the middle period of Chekhov's career include - influenced by his own experiences as a doctor - 'Ward No. 6', a savage indictment of the medical profession set in a mental hospital; 'The Black Monk', portraying an academic who has strange hallucinations, explores ideas of genius and insanity; 'Murder', in which religious fervour leads to violence; while in 'The Student', Chekhov's favourite story, a young man recounts a tale from the gospels and undergoes a spiritual epiphany

The Steppe and Other Stories 1887-91 is a collection that reveals Anton Chekhov's evolution from a novice writer to a master of short narrative form. This Penguin Classics edition is translated by Ronald Wilks with an introduction by Donald Rayfield • This collection of Chekhov's finest early writing is headlined by 'The Steppe', which established his reputation, telling the unforgettable tale of a boy's journey to a new school in Kiev, travelling through majestic landscapes towards an unknown destiny. 'Gusev' depicts an ocean voyage, where the sea takes on a terrifying, primeval power; 'The Kiss' portrays a shy soldier's failed romantic encounter; and in 'The Duel' two men's enmity ends in farce. Haunting and highly atmospheric, all the stories in this volume show a writer emerging from the shadow of his masters - great Russian writers such as Leo Tolstoy, Ivan Turgenev and Nikolai Gogol - and discovering his own voice

Howard Lovecraft (1890—1937) was an American writer who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. Despite the fact that he was virtually unknown before he died, today he is known as the most influential author in his genre. "The Dunwich Horror and Other Stories" is a collection of wonderful short stories such as "The Rats in the Walls", "The Strange High House in the Mist" and others. These stories, full of mystery and fantastic creatures, have captured the minds of readers all over the world