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One of the BBC's '100 Novels that Shaped the World' 'Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past' Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he i...
THE ONE WITH THE HOME IMPROVEMENTS The fourteenth laugh-out-loud, fully-illustrated Diary of a Wimpy Kid book from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney! A global phenomenon with 250 million copies of the series sold worldwide! This paperback edition features EPIC fluorescent sprayed ...
Snow has shut down Greg Heffley's middle school! Which should be exciting, but now his neighbourhood is a wintry battlefield. And Greg and his best friend Rowley are caught in the crosshairs of territory battles, epic snowball fights and massive snow forts. Can Greg and Rowley navigate the art o...
The twelfth laugh-out-loud, fully-illustrated Diary of a Wimpy Kid book from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney! A global phenomenon with 250 million copies of the series sold worldwide! Greg Heffley and his family are getting out of town. It's freezing cold at home and his parents...
In The Deep End, book 15 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, Greg Heffley and his family hit the road for a cross-country camping trip, ready for the adventure of a lifetime. But things take an unexpected turn, and they find themselves strande...
A NEW TRANSLATION BY MICHAEL MORPURGO, AUTHOR OF WAR HORSE If a little fellow comes along, if he laughs, if he has golden hair, and if he never answers questions, then you will know who he is. He is the Little Prince, the mysterious, innocent and beautiful boy who appears to a pilot stranded in...
In Big Shot, book 16 of the hilarious Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, Greg Heffley and sports just don't mix. After a disastrous competition at school, Greg decides that he's officially retired from ANY kind of sport! That is, until his mom persu...
«His Last Bow» is one of the short stories by the Scottish writer Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) about the famous detective Sherlock Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930) about the famous detective Sherlock a number of new crimes. Because Britain’s military secrets must not fall into the hands of the en...
The novel «The Secret Garden» by the Anglo-American writer Frances Burnett (1849–1924) is about an orphan girl named Mary. One morning, Mary discovers an abandoned garden. She begins to take care of him. The garden helps Mary and her friends to notice the beauty and charm of every moment, to open...
«Anne of Avonlea», a novel by Canadian writer Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942), is a sequel to «Anne of Green Gables». After the Royal Teachers’ Seminary, Anne returned to Avonley to teach at a local school. She makes new friends, Anne experiences new adventures and suddenly realizes that she lik...
The works of Washington Irving (1783—1859) are ironic and mysterious at the same time. They fascinate with a combination of serious and funny, fiction and reality. His mythical heroes roam the dark forests and valleys, encountering spirits and ghosts. The collection of short stories «The Legend o...
«The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes» is the latest collection of Scottish writer Arthur Conan Doyle’s detective stories (1859–1930) about Sherlock Holmes. The characters of these works are thieving and unusual, and the gloomy mood of the stories refers to the horrors of the First World War. «Архів...
«Anne of Green Gables» is the first and most famous novel by Canadian writer Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874–1942). A single brother and his sister decide to adopt a teenage boy so he could help with the household. Due to a misunderstanding, however, comes the red-haired girl Anne Shirley... The actio...
«A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court» is a novel by the American writer Mark Twain (1835—1910). Ths is one of the fist descriptions of time travel in literature. Th novel satirically mocks chivalrous stories about the Middle Ages. «Янкі з Коннектикуту при дворі короля Артура» — роман амер...
Wilkie Collins (1824—1889) — English writer and playwright, one of the founders of the detective genre. «I Say No» is a typical English Victorian novel. This novel has everything — love and adventure, intrigue and detective story. Bright characters, a fascinating description of the feelings of th...
Le roman gothique «Le Fantome de l’Opera» appartient a la plume de l'ecrivain francais Gaston Leroux et, selon l'auteur lui-meme, represente des evenements reels. Des evenements etonnants se deroulent a l'Opera de Paris: la perte d'argent, la disparition du chanteur, des accidents... De la premie...
«The House of the Seven Gables» is a Gothic novel by the American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804—1864). The author discusses the past and present of New England and addresses the themes of guilt, retribution, and atonement. This is a story about the relationship of two genera. A gloomy and unco...
Jane Eyre, the protagonist tof the novel of the same name by British writer Charlotte Bronte (1816—1855), was raised in an orphanage. Having received an excellent education, the girl gets a job as a governess in the family of a wealthy Mr. Rochester. After a while, Jane begins to realize that Roc...
«Frankenstein» is an epistolary Gothic novel by the English writer Mary Shelley (1797—1851). The book is about Victor Frankenstein, who managed to comprehend the mystery of the origin of life and learn to revive lifeless matter. Later he renounces his creation, but the nameless monster begins to ...
The novel «The Cricket of the Hearth» by the English writer Charles Dickens (1812—1870) belongs to the series of «Christmas stories». This is a story about a happy driver’s family. Dramatic events caused by the appearance of a stranger threaten the happiness of the family. However, magical creatu...
