Illusions The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (м)

"Иллюзии. Приключения одного мессии, который мессией быть не хотел"... Самая пленительная, самая щемящая, самая глубокая и тонкая из книг Ричарда Баха • Взлетим же на старых бипланах над зелеными полями Америки вместе с автором и Дональдом Шимодой - мессией поневоле... И поверьте, очень скоро вы поймете, что книга эта попала к вам в руки не случайно • Книга на английском языке • An inspirational classic novella and mystical adventure story, from the author of the international New York Times bestseller Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Perfect for fans of Nevil Shute's Round the Bend • In the cloud-washed airspace between the cornfields of Illinois and blue infinity, a man puts his faith in the propeller of his biplane. For disillusioned writer and itinerant barnstormer Richard Bach, belief is as real as a full tank of gas and sparks firing in the cylinders

Set against the foggy, mysterious backdrops of London and the English countryside, these are the first twelve stories ever published to feature the infamous Detective Sherlock Holmes and his side kick Doctor Watson. They first appeared as stories in the Strand Magazine and feature some of his most famous and enjoyable cases, including "A Scandal in Bohemia", "The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle" and "The Red-headed League"

Всеми любимая сказка писателя Алексея Толстого про похождения деревянного человечка по имени Буратино, с красочными рисунками - прекрасный подарок любому ребенку

Издание на английском языке. Москва, 1955. Foreign Languages Publishing House. "Приключения Оливера Твиста" - самый знаменитый роман великого Диккенса. История мальчика, оказавшегося сиротой, вынужденного скитаться по мрачным трущобам Лондона. Перипетии судьбы маленького героя, многочисленные встречи на его пути и счастливый конец трудных и опасных приключений - все это вызывает неподдельный интерес у множества читателей всего мира

The hit BBC series Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, offers a fresh, contemporary take on the classic Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories, and has helped introduce a whole new generation of fans to the legendary detective. In this new edition of Conan Doyle's first collection of short stories, Sherlock co-creator Mark Gatiss explains how these gripping tales inspired and influenced the new series • Sherlock: The Adventures contains twelve short stories first published in The Strand magazine between 1891 and 1892 and then published as a collection in October 1892. It includes some of Conan Doyle's best tales of murder and mystery, such as 'The Adventures of the Speckled Band', in which the strange last words of a dying woman 'It was the band, the speckled band!' and an inexplicable whistling in the night are the only clues Sherlock Holmes has to prevent another murder; and 'The Five Orange Pips', in which an untimely death and the discovery of the letter containing five orange pips lead to a cross-Atlantic conspiracy

The story of a naughty wooden puppet who has a penchant for lying and dreams of becoming a real boy, The Adventures of Pinocchio has entered our collective imagination and fascinated generations of young and adult readers since its first publication in 1883. Part fable, part coming-of-age novel, part cautionary tale, Pinocchio’s rollicking exploits through an unforgiving and often incomprehensible world – populated by unforgettable characters such as the Talking Cricket, Candlewick, Mangiafuoco and the Fairy with Turquoise Hair – have had a profound impact on our culture and attained universal significance as a mirror of the human condition • Here presented in a brand-new and lively translation by Stephen Parkin and illustrated beautifully by Peter Bailey, this edition of The Adventures of Pinocchio brings extra sparkle to one of the greatest and most celebrated works of children’s literature

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is at once Mark Twain's most celebrated and most controversial work. The novel earned more money for the author than any other of his novels, outselling even The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; yet from the start it fell under the stern gaze of censors who objected to its coarse language and bad grammar. In the latter half of the twentieth-century it faced fresh criticism and was removed from schools and public libraries by those who leveled accusations of racism against its author