В этот сборник вошли самый озорной из сатирических романов Марка Твена ‘Янки из Коннектикута при дворе короля Артура’ и увлекательный исторический роман ‘Принц и нищий’. Деловитый и беззастенчиво напористый американец конца XIX века из штата Коннектикут случайным и волшебным образом попадает в эпоху британского короля Артура, в 528 год, где решает осчастливить ‘отсталое Средневековье’...

Воспоминания немецкого журналиста и историка Себастьяна Хафнера, написанные в эмиграции в 1939 году, охватывают период с 1914 по 1933 год. Автор пытается ответить на вопрос, как события этого десятилетия подготовили немцев к принятию власти нацистов, как создавалась и удобрялась многослойная социально-политическая почва, на которой был возведен третий рейх.

In 2012 writer John Sutherland permanently lost his sense of smell. At about the same time, he embarked on a rereading of George Orwell and—still coping with his recent disability—noticed something peculiar: Orwell was positively obsessed with smell. In this original, irreverent biography, Sutherland offers a fresh account of Orwell’s life and works, one that sniffs out a unique, scented...

Fierceteeth, a NightWing obsessed with what could have -- and should have -- been. Deathbringer, desperate to prove himself as the next great NightWing assassin. Six-Claws, a loyal SandWing, who will soon find that loyalty comes with a price. Foeslayer the NightWing, a dragon in love turned kidnapper, and Prince Arctic of the IceWings, a runaway turned captive.

Some secrets are deadly.It's no secret that Sundew wants to destroy the HiveWings. It's her life's mission to exact revenge on the tribe that tried to wipe out the LeafWings and ripped every tree from the surface of Pantala.Every tree, that is, except the wild and dangerous Poison Jungle, where the surviving LeafWings have been hiding since the war. Hiding, plotting, and waiting for a dragon...

Three dragons. One unavoidable, unpredictable destiny. This is the beginning... of the end.In the SeaWing kingdom, a young prince learns he is an animus -- capable of wonderful magic that comes with a terrible price.In the mind of a NightWing dragonet, a thousand futures unfold -- and almost all of them, she knows, lead to disaster and destruction.And under three full moons and the watchful...

Snowfall didn't expect to be queen of the IceWings at such a young age, but now that she is, she's going to be the best queen ever. All she has to do is keep her tribe within IceWing territory, where it's safe -- while keeping every other tribe out, where they belong.

In the shadow of wings . . . humans fight for survival. Ivy doesn't trust the Dragonslayer. He may be her father and the beloved ruler of Valor, but she knows he's hiding more than the treasure from the sand dragon he killed two decades ago.Leaf doesn't trust dragons. They're the reason his favorite sister, Wren, is dead, and now he'll do whatever it takes to slay even one.Wren doesn't trust...

Райнер Мария Рильке – один из крупнейших поэтов XX столетия. В его стихах нашлось место самым разнообразным мыслям, чувствам, фантазиям: это и «одиночество среди толпы», и скитания по Европе, любовь женщин, чтение волшебных историй, мир искусства, античные мифы и старинные легенды, воспоминания о детстве, сновидения, мечты, религиозные прозрения… Уроженец Праги, писавший по-немецки, он...

Geralt of Rivia is a witcher. A cunning sorcerer. A merciless assassin. And a cold-blooded killer. His sole purpose: to destroy the monsters that plague the world. But not everything monstrous-looking is evil, and not everything fair is good...and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth.

The textbook is part of the educational complex for children from 11 years old, studying Russian as a foreign language from scratch to level B1. The line is designed for 4 years (class) of training. The kit for each level includes a textbook, workbook and teacher's book, provided with links to the audio application and additional tasks in a digital environment. There are prescriptions for the...