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"Маленькие женщины" - ставший классическим роман американской писательницы Луизы Мэй Олкотт о четырех сестрах Марч, которые вместе переживают нелегкие времена. Обратившись к воспоминаниям детства, писательница, выросшая в дружной, но небогатой семье, показывает читателю жизнь таких разных и все же близких друг другу девушек - Мег, Джо, Бесс и Эми. Каждая из них идет своим путем, но и в радостях, и в ссорах не забывает о том, что по-настоящему важно: о семье, любви и дружбе • Книга на английском языке • This Penguin Classics edition of Louisa May Alcott's inspiring tale of sisterhood, Little Women, is edited with an introduction by Elaine Showalter • The charming story of four 'little women' - Meg, Jo, Amy and Beth - and their wise and patient mother Marmee, was an instant success when first published in 1868

Some loves are cursed. Others are...dangerous. Especially the love between wannabe rocker and quarter Incubus, Wesley "Link" Lincoln, and Dark Caster, Siren, and bonafide bad girl, Ridley Duchannes • But now Ridley is missing, and Link was with her-right up until she vanished. Determined to find her, Link reunites with his New York bandmates and the mysterious Lennox Gates, who wants Rid for himself. Together they travel to the Deep South, find the crossroads where blues guitarist Robert Johnson made his deal with the devil, discover a menagerie of Casters locked in cages, and uncover an evil in New Orleans that threatens to destroy them all • This time, love might not be enough • Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl are back and casting another magical spell

Some loves are cursed . . . others are dangerous • Ridley Duchannes will be the first to tell you that she's a bad girl. She's Dark. She's a Siren. You can never trust her, or even yourself when she's around. Lucky for her, Wesley 'Link' Lincoln can never seem to remember that; quarter Incubus or not, his heart is Mortal when it comes to Ridley. When Link heads to New York City to start a music career, Ridley goes along for the ride-and she has her own reasons. As if leaving small-town Gatlin for the big city, trying to form a band, and surviving life with a partially reformed Siren isn't hard enough already, Link soon learns he has a price on his head that no Caster or Mortal can ever pay • Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl are back and casting another magical spell

In March 2020, Kate Garraway's husband, Derek Draper, contracted Covid-19 and was placed in a medically-induced coma. Initially, Kate was told that he would not survive. A year later he was still in hospital. Now at home but requiring round-the-clock care, he is thought to be the UK's longest-fighting Covid-19 patient • In this intimate book, Kate shares her deeply personal story. As well as recounting how the illness took hold of their lives, she writes about how she is coping with the uncertainty of their future, how she's supporting her children through this traumatic time, how she has found strength in community and how she strives to hold on to hope even at the darkest of times. Covid-19 has affected everyone across the country in so many ways and Kate hopes that by revealing her own personal experience, it will give comfort to others

A minibus journeys through rural Mexico. Inside it are twelve strangers on a pilgrimage to the White Rock, which stands, ancient and sacred, off the Pacific coast. Like many before them, over centuries and from across continents, they find themselves irresistibly drawn here, for answers, to give thanks, to seek protection • One of them is a writer. She is travelling with her husband and young daughter, as her faith in her marriage, and the future itself, is foundering. She has come to the White Rock in the hope of excavating a beginning from the rubble of many different endings • Here she will find the echoes of many stories: of conquest and resistance, of betrayal and belief, of the many different forms of violence and love. Stories that have already unravelled, and stories that might yet illuminate a passage through these uncertain times

Девочки Мэг, Джо, Эми и Бет - четыре "маленькие женщины", переживающие трудности и находящие приключения на свою голову в Америке времён Гражданской войны. Не одно поколение выросло на их понятной и увлекательной истории. Читатели держали кулачки за Лори, надеясь, что у него получится жениться на Джо, рыдали над трагедией маленькой Бет, мечтали отправиться в поездку по Европе совсем как Эми с её тётей... и не один будущий литератор был вдохновлён упорством, с которым Джо стремилась к писательской карьере! В "Маленьких женщинах" и их продолжении (которое вы также найдёте на страницах этой книги) Луиза Мэй Олкотт создала целый ряд женских образов, прочно вошедших в пантеон американской литературы • The Penguin English Library - серия коллекционных изданий лучшей англоязычной литературы, написанной в период с восемнадцатого века до конца Второй мировой войны

Lancashire, 1620. Young Sarah Haworth and her family live as outcasts. They are 'cunning folk', feared by the local villagers by day, but called upon under cover of darkness for healing balms and spells • Against the odds, love blossoms when Sarah meets Daniel, the local farmer's son • But when a new magistrate arrives to investigate a spate of strange deaths, his gaze inevitably turns to Sarah and her family. In a world where cunning women are forced into darkness by powerful men, can Sarah reckon with her fate to protect all she holds dear?

Published in 1782, just years before the French Revolution, Les Liaisons Dangereuses is a disturbing and ultimately damning portrayal of a decadent society. At its centre are two aristocrats, former lovers, who embark on a sophisticated game of seduction and manipulation to bring amusement to their jaded existences. While the Marquise de Merteuil challenges the Vicomte de Valmont to seduce an innocent convent girl, the Vicomte is also occupied with the conquest of a virtuous married woman. But as their intrigues become more duplicitous and they find their human pawns responding in ways they could not have predicted, the consequences prove to be more serious, and deadly, than Merteuil and Valmont could have guessed

Once, serial killer Alvie Knightly was living the dream • Unlimited cash • An Italian getaway • A hot new boyfriend • How the mighty fall • One year - and one very unfortunate incident - later, Alvie is homeless, surviving on meal deals, and counting her dwindling pennies • It's time for one last hit, and if anyone can pull it off - in six-inch heels - it's Alvie • But if she's to succeed in her mission to avenge her ex, win back her money and secure her future, she'll have to face her most terrifying enemy yet • Her past

Ричард Рорти - одна из самых противоречивых фигур современного философского, литературного и культурного дискурса. В этот сборник вошли его работы, ориентированные на широкого читателя. Многие из них издаются в формате книги впервые. В этих красноречивых и предлагающих пищу для размышлений эссе, статьях и лекциях Рорти делится своими ключевыми философскими воззрениями и объясняет, как они связаны с его политическими убеждениями, а также приводит проницательные наблюдения о современной Америке, справедливости, образовании и любви • Книга на английском языке • Richard Rorty is one of the most provocative figures in recent philosophical, literary and cultural debate. This collection brings together those of his writings aimed at a wider audience, many published in book form for the first time

Знакомьтесь, это сёстры Марч. Мэг, старшая из них, вот-вот откроет для себя любовь. Джо, девочка-сорванец, мечтает стать писательницей. Добрая Бет всегда заботится о других. А Эми, младшая, развита не по годам • Да, настали тяжёлые времена, их семье не хватает денег, а отец девочек сражается в битвах Гражданской войны, но их заразительный озорной настрой втягивает всех вокруг в их приключения - в том числе их друга, соседского мальчика Лори • Склоки, дрязги и личные трагедии заставят сестёр понять, что повзрослеть порой бывает очень непросто • Серия Sisterhood отдаёт дань уважения известнейшим писательницам истории в честь Международного женского дня • Книга на английском языке • Meet the March Sisters • · Meg is the eldest and on the brink of love

Во второй том антологии «Смертельно опасны» вошел рассказ «Соседи» Меган Линдхольм (также известной под псевдонимом Робин Хобб). Причудливая вдова живет в полном одиночестве. Все ее соседи – молодые семейные пары. В чем причина странностей одинокой вдовы – деменция или нечто другое? • В сборник также вошли произведения таких авторов бестселлеров, как Диана Гэблдон (рассказ из цикла «Чужестранка»), Шэрон Кей Пенман и Лев Гроссман • Книга на английском языке • This second volume features an original short story by Megan Lindholm (who also writes as Robin Hobb). In the bittersweet ‘Neighbors’ Sarah, a rather strange widow, lives isolated and alone, surrounded by young families. But is the old lady afflicted by dementia – or by something far more odd? • Other contributors to this volume of stories of formidable women include worldwide bestselling authors Diana Gabaldon, with an Outlander story, Sharon Kay Penman and Lev Grossman