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Every life is both ordinary and extraordinary, and Logan Mountstuart's - stretching across the twentieth century - is a rich tapestry of both. As a writer who finds inspiration with Hemingway in Paris and Virginia Woolf in London, as a spy recruited by Ian Fleming and betrayed in the war, and as an art-dealer in '60s New York, Logan mixes with the men and women who shape his times. But as a son, friend, lover and husband, he makes the same mistakes we all do in our search for happiness. Here, then, is the story of a life lived to the full - and a journey deep into a very human heart

Meet John James Todd • Scotsman, auteur, Rousseau-fanatic - and 'subversive element' • Born in 1899, John James Todd is one of the great, failed geniuses of the last century. His reminiscences, collected in The New Confessions, take us from Edinburgh to the Western Front, the Berlin film-world in the Twenties to Hollywood in the Thirties, Forties and beyond • Suffering imprisonment, shooting, marriage, fatherhood, divorce and McCarthyism, Todd is a hostage to good fortune, ill-judgement, bad luck, the vast sweep of history and the cruel, cruel hand of fate

A quest for secrets in the blue afternoon • Los Angeles, 1936. Kay Fischer, a young and ambitious architect, is being followed by an old man. When confronted, he explains that his name is Salvador Carriscant - and that he is her father • In a matter of weeks Kay will join Salvador on an extraordinary journey as they delve back into his past to not only learn the truth behind her own birth, but also to discover the whereabouts of a woman long thought dead - and to uncover the identity of a killer

«Распутство и разбой, разбой и распутство – это всегда в моде!» • Вот уже семь лет продолжается Троянская война. Под стенами Трои разбит лагерь греков. В битву возвращается Ахилл, легендарный греческий герой. Тем временем царевич Трои влюбляется в Крессиду, чей отец сбежал во вражеский лагерь. Обмен пленными разлучает влюбленных – как им кажется, навсегда… • «Троил и Крессида» – это пьеса Шекспира, вдохновленная одноименной поэмой Чосера и гомеровской «Илиадой». Книга содержит вступление Колина Барроу, введение в биографию Шекспира и театр елизаветинской эпохи, хронологию творчества писателя, рекомендации для дальнейшего чтения, эссе об адаптациях в кино и театре и комментарии к пьесе • По мотивам произведения было снято несколько фильмов • Книга на английском языке

The most famous person in the world is going undercover • Global phenomenon Winter Young is the pop star of a generation. With sell-out tours and smash-hit records, everyone wants him, or wants to be him • That's why a top-secret government organisation think he'll make the perfect spy • His target is infamous business tycoon, and all-round bad guy, Eli Morrison. Because Morrison's daughter has just one birthday wish: a private concert with Winter Young • Winter must use his stardom to crack his target's inner circle and bring Morrison down. With him will be expert spy, and expert bad-ass, Sydney Cossette - and she's convinced Winter doesn't have what it takes • But as the stakes get higher and the tension ramps up, Sydney and Winter might find their best chance is each other

«О, кто гнуснее может быть, чем тот, • Кто друга в бездну горя низведет?» • Тимон Афинский растрачивает все свое состояние и погрязает в долгах. Однако перспектива окончательно обнищать его не пугает: он надеется, что друзья, которым он так часто помогал, отплатят ему тем же. Но теперь, когда Тимон оказался в затруднительном положении, их обещания ничего не значат… • «Жизнь Тимона Афинского» – это пьеса Шекспира, сочетающая в себе как оптимизм, так и пессимизм; это трагикомедия, сатира, крик души от боли и несправедливости… • Книга содержит введение в биографию Шекспира и театр елизаветинской эпохи, вступление к пьесе, хронологию творчества писателя, рекомендации для дальнейшего чтения, эссе об адаптациях в кино и театре и комментарии к пьесе • По мотивам произведения было снято несколько фильмов

He needed to get out of his office, soak up the atmosphere and discover different worlds with each new investigation. He needed the cafes and bars where he so often ended up waiting, at the counter, drinking a beer or a calvados depending on the circumstances • He needed to do battle patiently in his office with a suspect who refused to talk and sometimes, after hours and hours, he'd obtain a dramatic confession • In Simenon's final novel featuring Inspector Maigret, the famous detective reaches a pivotal moment in his career, contemplating his past and future as he delves into the Paris underworld one last time, to investigate the case of a missing lawyer

Perhaps no fairy tale is as widely known as 'Beauty and the Beast' - and perhaps no fairy tale exists in as many variations. Nearly every culture tells the story in one fashion or another - such cultural phenomena as The Fault in Our Stars and Me Before You are recent examples - and it is impossible to find one version that laid the foundation for the rest. From Cupid and Psyche, India's Snake Bride to South Africa's 'Story of Five Heads', the partnering of beast and beauties has beguiled us for thousands of years • In this fascinating volume preeminent fairy tale scholar Maria Tatar brings together tales from ancient times to the present and from a wide variety of cultures

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series. Please note that the eBook edition does NOT include access to the audio edition and digital book. Written for learners of English as a foreign language, each title includes carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises • Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content • The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers story comprehension and develop vocabulary

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers' story comprehension and develop vocabulary

Penguin Readers – серия разделённых на уровни книг для подростков и молодых людей, изучающих английский как иностранный или второй язык. Она предлагает вниманию читателей тщательно отобранные адаптированные тексты, новые иллюстрации, упражнения и дополнительные ресурсы • Их ждут известные классические и современные произведения, а также значимые нон-фикшн книги • Серия познакомит их с бестселлерами и интересным контентом • В данную книгу 5 уровня, соответствующую уровню A2 по стандарту CEFR, входит адаптированный текст романа Джейн Остин «Гордость и предубеждение» • Элизабет Беннет – дочь английского джентльмена, живущего в сельской местности. Она знакомится с мистером Дарси, богатым землевладельцем. Поначалу Элизабет считает его гордецом, и он вызывает у неё неприязнь

One winter morning, Lorimer Black - young, good-looking, but with a somewhat troubled expression - goes to keep a perfectly routine business appointment and finds a hanged man. A bad start to the day, by anyone's standards, and an ominous portent • For Lorimer works in the only-slightly corrupt business of financial adjusting, and he is about to learn that it is much uglier - and even more crooked - than he ever imagined. Suddenly, he's being unfairly blamed for all kinds of irregularities. Next, his life is threatened. And, lastly, he's coming to realise that the life he has led till now - the one someone wants to rub out - is one big fat lie