In this beautifully crafted novel about the interlinked lives of two women, Thrity Umrigar explores the complex relationships between the classes in India, rarely addressed in contemporary fiction.’Bhima is real. She worked in the house I grew up in, year after year, a shadow flitting around our middle-class home, her thin brown hands cleaning furniture she was not allowed to sit on, cooking food she was not allowed to share at the family dining table, dusting the stereo that mainly played American rock and roll, music that was alien and unfamiliar to her, that only reminded her of her nebulous presence in our home, our world, our lives.’ Thrity UmrigarSet in contemporary Bombay, ‘The Space Between Us’ tells the story of Sera Dubash, an upper-middle-class Parsi housewife and Bhima, the woman who works as a domestic servant in her home. Despite their class differences, the two women are bound by the bonds of gender and shared life experiences — both had marriages that started out with great romantic love and promise, but ended up as crushing disappointments. Ultimately, Sera Dubash faces a decision that will force her to choose between loyalty to gender and friendship or loyalty to her social position and class.

The first novel by one of the legends of the Harlem Renaissance, a classic in the annals of Black fiction.When Black lawyer Fred Merrit purchases a house in the most exclusive white neighbourhood bordering Harlem, he has to hire the toughest removal firm in the area to help him get his belongings past the hostile neighbours. The removal men are Jinx Jenkins and Bubber Brown, who make the move anything but straightforward.This hilarious satire of jazz-age Harlem derides the walls people build around themselves-colour and class being chief among them. In their reactions to Merrit and to one another, the characters provide an invaluable view of the social and philosophical scene of the times.First published in 1928, The Walls of Jericho is the first novel by Rudolph Fisher, author of The Conjure-Man Dies, whom Langston Hughes called ‘the wittiest of the Harlem Renaissance writers, whose tongue was flavoured with the sharpest and saltiest humour’.This new edition includes Fisher’s short story ‘One Month’s Wages’, which revisits Jinx and Bubber during the Depression when, down on their luck, one seeks to win money by gambling, the other by taking a job in a mortuary.

Книга «Typhoon». Издательство: Harper Collins. Год выпуска: 2014. Переплет: Мягкий переплет. Количество страниц: 454. Автор: Cumming Charles. Стандарт: 1. Возрастная категория: отсутствует. Страна производитель: Соединенное королевство.

Скетчпад Paper Art станет удобным инструментом для обладателей творческих талантов. Скетчпад прекрасно подойдет любителям акварельной живописи, а также ученикам художественных школ и студий.Формат: А5Количество листов: 20Внутренний блок: акварельная бумага с перфорациейПлотность бумаги: 200 г/м2Тип скрепления: евроспиральТип обложки: мелованный картон

Тетрадь Listoff представлена в удобном формате А4 и идеально подходит для ведения конспектов или записи идей. Яркие, молодежные дизайны придутся по душе всем, кто хочет добавить в свою жизнь яркий аксессуар для ведения записей. Прочная обложка из прозрачного пластика надежно защитит содержимое тетради.Формат: А4Количество листов: 80Внутренний блок: белый офсет, 60гр/м2.Линовка: клетка, без полей.Крепление листов: скрепка.Обложка: мягкий картон, внешняя обложка из пластика.

When Mulan’s father was too ill to fight in the army, his daughter, Mulan, cut off her hair and put on men’s clothes. She rode away from her village and went to the army, to become a great soldier.Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign or second language. Recommended for children aged 4+, the six levels of Readers and Activity Books follow the CEFR framework (Pre-A1 to A2) and include language activities that help develop key skills and provide preparation for the Cambridge English: Young Learners (YLE) exams.This Level 4 Reader is A2 in the CEFR framework and supports YLE Flyers exams. The longer text is made up of sentences with up to three clauses, more complex past and future tense structures, modal verbs and a wider variety of conjunctions.

Думаете, мир так прост, как нас учили в школе? Уверены, что все на свете можно объяснить с точки зрения науки и логики? А что если сверхъестественное тут, рядом? Вдруг «в каждом из нас живут демоны», да не придуманные, а всамделишные? Что если создания, в которых верили предки, чье существование предпочли отрицать потомки, обитают в подлунном мире рядом с нами? На страницах книги Ларисы Радченко «Пока гром не грянет… Шальная пуля» реальное и мистическое тесно переплелись между собой. Долг и соблазны, покой и безумные страсти, истинные чувства и мишура, не способная выдержать проверку испытаниями — неотъемлемые компоненты пикантного коктейля из правды и вымысла, испив который до дна еще долго ощущаешь таинственное, немного пряное послевкусие.

Качественная ученическая тетрадь от Listoff — главный помощник в учебе. С плотной обложкой из мелованного картона, белым блоком (60 гр/м2), четкой линовкой в клетку, красными полями и современным дизайном, который подарит хорошее настроение и позитив в течение учебного года. Тетрадь привлекает внимание, благодаря использованию лака, которым выделены отдельные элементы дизайна. Предназначена для занятий учеников начальных, средних, старших классов и студентов вузов. Листаж: 24 листа, линовка в клетку. Крепление: скрепка. При производстве соблюдены стандарты ГОСТ. Идеальное сочетание цены и качества.Цвет обложки в ассортименте.

When her life is turned upside down, one woman finds the strength to start over in Fall from Grace, an inspiring novel from the world’s favourite storyteller, Danielle Steel.Sydney Wells’ charmed life vanishes when her devoted husband dies suddenly. Widowed at forty-nine, she discovers that he has failed to include her in his will. With her vicious step-daughters in control of his estate, and no money, Sydney is removed from her beautiful home of sixteen years. Despite warnings from her own daughters, Sydney returns to the world of fashion where she’d worked years before as a talented young designer. But danger lurks in the choices she innocently makes.Naive and alone in a dishonest industry, she’s exploited by her boss and finds herself faced with criminal prosecution.Humiliated, publicly shamed, destitute — Sydney hits rock bottom. There are two choices: give up or start over. Sydney realizes she must take life by the horns if she’s to revive her career and forge a new life she can be proud of.Cosy up with Fall From Grace, an inspirational story about relying on the support of family in times of trouble, by the multi-million copy bestselling storyteller.

It was around half-past eight in the morning, with summer rainclouds weighing heavy in the sky, that Simon de Montfort decided to die. It was 4 August 1265 and he was about to face the royal army in the final battle of a quarrel that had raged between them for years. Outnumbered, outmanoeuvred and certain to lose, Simon chose to fight, knowing that he could not possibly win the day.The Song of Simon de Montfort is the story of this extraordinary man: heir to a great warrior, devoted husband and father, fearless crusader knight and charismatic leader. It is the story of a man whose passion for good governance was so fierce that, in 1258, frustrated by the King`s refusal to take the advice of his nobles and the increasing injustice meted out to his subjects, he marched on Henry III`s hall at Westminster and seized the reins of power.Montfort established a council to rule in the King`s name, overturning the social order in a way that would not be seen again until the rule of Oliver Cromwell in the seventeenth century. Having defeated the King at the Battle of Lewes in 1264, Montfort and his revolutionary council ruled England for some fifteen months, until the enmity between the two sides exploded on that August day in 1265. When the fighting was over, Montfort and a host of his followers had been cut down on the battlefield, in an outpouring of noble blood that marked the end of chivalry in England as it had existed since the Norman Conquest.Drawing on an abundance of sources that allow us to trace Montfort`s actions and personality in a depth not possible for earlier periods in medieval history, Sophie Therese Ambler tells his story with a clarity that reveals all of the excitement, chaos and human tragedy of England`s first revolution.

I was now an established citizen with little hope of returning across the frontier; I was in the crazy world, separated now by more than locked doors and barred windows from the people who called themselves sane.’When Janet Frame’s doctor suggested that she write about her traumatic experiences in mental institutions in order to free herself from them, the result was Faces in the Water, a powerful and poignant novel.Istina Mavet descends through increasingly desolate wards, with the threat of leucotomy ever present. As she observes her fellow patients, long dismissed by hospital staff, with humour and compassion, she reveals her original and questing mind. This riveting novel became an international classic, translated into nine languages, and has also been used as a medical school text.

Тетрадь общая А5 формата, на скрепке от Эксмо. Предназначена для ежедневных записей. Востребована среди студентов вузов, офисных сотрудников из разных сфер и домашнего использования. Бери нашу тетрадь и начинай бороздить просторы морей и океанов. Обложка тетради изготовлена из мелованного картона. Внутренний блок: 80 листов, офсетная бумага (60гр/м2), в линию и красными полями.Тетрадь общая.Внутренний блок: офсет.Линовка: линейка с полямиКоличество листов: 80.Формат: А5Крепление: скрепка.Обложка: мелованный картон.

Гвоздетерапия — уникальный инструмент для укрепления тела, духа, проработки психических программ. Она оказывает огромное положительное воздействие на иммунную, нервную, эндокринную системы, помогает проживать и исцелять физические блоки и эмоциональные травмы, работать с ментальными установками, менять и расширять сознание. Это важный шаг к трансформации, внутреннему преображению и духовной эволюции.Книга Паака Дживана и Марии Ромас познакомит вас с историей гвоздетерапии и научным обоснованием ее эффективности, вы узнаете, какие бывают доски садху и как их правильно выбирать. Авторы подробно и бережно описывают техники выполнения практик гвоздестояния, гвоздехождения, гвоздележания и гвоздесидения, а также предлагают ряд подготовительных дыхательных упражнений. Кроме того, в книге описан личный опыт и путь авторов в практике, а также истории людей, которые кардинально изменили свою жизнь, встав на гвозди.»Гвоздетерапия помогает выйти за пределы стандартного мышления и мироощущения. Насчитывая много сотен лет развития, эта практика несет не только эзотерический смысл, но и имеет глубокое научное обоснование с точки зрения физиологии, нейробиологии, анатомии. Стояние на гвоздях способно оказать огромное положительное влияние на здоровье, благополучие и жизнь человека, будучи уникальным ключом к внутренней трансформации. Человек, начавший практиковать гвоздетерапию, навсегда становится другим».Паак Дживан, Мария Ромас

For centuries, Zeus has punished the gods with a game called the Agon, which turns them mortal for one week, and at the mercy of being hunted by those with godly ambitions. Only a handful of the original Greek gods remain, the rest replaced by the mortals who killed them and ascended.After her family`s sadistic murder by a rival bloodline, Lore escapes and vows to repay her parents` sacrifice by doing one thing — surviving. For seven years, she has pushed back dark thoughts of revenge against the man responsible for their murder, a man by the name of Wrath who has attained unimaginable power. Except for one week, every seven years. A week that is fast approaching …When Lore comes home on the first night of the Agon to find Athena gravely wounded on her doorstep, the goddess offers her an alliance; they have a mutual enemy, after all. But as the world trembles under the force of Wrath — a god with the power to destroy all of humanity — will Lore`s decision to bind her fate with Athena`s come back to haunt her?

Книга «Life Skills». Издательство: Arrow books. Год выпуска: 2009. Переплет: Мягкий переплет. Количество страниц: 344. Автор: Fforde Katie. Стандарт: 1. Возрастная категория: отсутствует. Страна производитель: Соединенное королевство.

In A Country Garden is a heartwarming, hilarious tale of growing old not-so-gracefully, from the bestselling author of The Time of Their Lives, Maeve Haran.Lifelong friends Claudia, Ella, Laura and Sal celebrated sixty as the new forty, determined not to let age change things. But now they are looking at the future and wondering how to make growing old more fun.Why not live together and have sunny afternoons on the lawn, helping and supporting each other when any of them need it — and still keep enjoying life? Joined by Claudia`s reluctant husband and Sal`s energetic new fiance, they ignore the protests of their children and pool their resources in a lovely manor house in the country. Only Laura holds out, determined she still has some living to do, especially now she has met the dashing Gavin through an online dating app.But life still has plenty of surprises in store plus a little romance in what the locals dub a New Age Old Age Commune. But are your best friends the last people you should end up living with?

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Elephant’s on Acid comes a collection of the wackiest theories from science and history.What if we’re living inside a black hole? What if we’ve already found extraterrestrial life? What if the dinosaurs died in a nuclear war? What if Jesus Christ was actually a mushroom?In Psychedelic Apes, bestselling author Alex Boese delves into the curious scientific subculture of weird theories. Thoroughly bizarre and contrary to the established norm, these ideas are often vehemently rejected by the intellectual community.From the creation of the universe to the evolution of humans, the birth of civilization right through to our more recent past, Psychedelic Apes explores some of the craziest ideas from science and history and shows that, sometimes, even the weirdest theories may be proved true…

Ash is James Herbert’s last and most controversial novel. It will make you wonder what is fact and what is fiction.Fear will let you in. Terror will keep you there.David Ash, ghost hunter and parapsychologist, arrives at Comraich Castle — a desolate, ancient place with a dark heart — to investigate a series of disturbing events. An incorporeal power has been ignited by a long-ago curse, fed and now unleashed by the evil of those who once inhabited this supposed sanctuary — and by some who still do. Yet their hour of retribution is at hand…

Filled with all the larger-than-life characters and enchanting storytelling that made readers fall for The Reader on the 6.27, Jean-Paul Didierlaurent’s follow-up novel, The Rest of Their Lives, is set to charm the world.It’s difficult to find love in a profession like Ambroise’s — even his father despises what he does . . .And while Manelle — a home-help for the elderly in the same small French town — adores her days spent with her eccentric clients, she too often ends her evenings alone.So when an unusual request from Manelle’s favourite client — eighty-two-year-old retired chef-gourmand Samuel — brings the two of them together for an unlikely road-trip to Switzerland, along with Ambroise’s cake-loving grandmother, it might just be time for the rest of their lives to begin . . .

В «Dark Flight», четвертой книге серии криминалистических романов Лин Андерсон с участием Роны Маклеод, убийца-садист проводит жуткий ритуал.Шестилетний Стивен Девлин бесследно исчез, а его мама и бабушка были зверски убиты. На месте чудовищного преступления судмедэксперт Рона Маклеод находит леденящий душу африканский талисман, сделанный из костей ребенка.Работая с сержантом Майклом Макнабом, Рона присоединяется к оперативной группе, которая была сформирована в отчаянной попытке разыскать пропавшего ребенка, пока не стало слишком поздно. По мере того как расследование набирает обороты, становится ясно, что мотив убийцы был связан с тем фактом, что мальчик и его мать недавно вернулись из Нигерии.Когда находят новых жертв, Рона понимает, что должна расшифровать значение талисмана, если они хотят получить хоть какую-то надежду найти Стивена до того, как он станет следующим звеном в цепи убийц…»Dark Flight» Лин Андерсон — это уникальная книга в подарок, увлекательное чтение, которое придется по вкусу любителям леденящих кровь триллеров и детективов с мистической атмосферой.Книга на английском языке.

Книга «The Dinosaur That Pooped The Bed!». Издательство: Red Fox Childrens Books’. Год выпуска: 2019. Переплет: Мягкий переплет. Количество страниц: 32. Автор: Fletcher Tom; Poynter Dougie. Стандарт: 1. Возрастная категория: отсутствует. Страна производитель: Соединенное королевство. Иллюстраторы: Parsons Garry.

A time of ambition, treachery and dangerous secrets . . .Rita Douglas is plucked from her dead-end job and trained as a reluctant US spy. All because she has the latent genetic talent to hop between alternate timelines — and infiltrate them. Her United States is waging a high-tech war, targeting assassins who can move between worlds to deliver death on a mass scale, and Rita will be their secret weapon.Miriam Beckstein has her own mission, as a politician in an industrial revolution North America. She must accelerate her world’s technology before their paranoid American twin finds them. It would blow them to hell. After all, they’ve done it before. Each timeline also battles internal conspiracies, as a cold war threatens to turn white hot. But which world is the aggressor — and will Rita have to choose a side?

Elisabeth, an accomplished journalist and new mother, is struggling to adjust to life in a small town after nearly twenty years in New York City. Alone in the house with her infant son all day (and awake with him much of the night), she feels uneasy, adrift. She neglects her work, losing untold hours to her Brooklyn moms’ Facebook group, her «influencer» sister’s Instagram feed, and text messages with the best friend she never sees anymore.Enter Sam, a senior at the local women’s college, whom Elisabeth hires to babysit. Sam is struggling to decide between the path she’s always planned on and a romantic entanglement that threatens her ambition. She’s worried about student loan debt and what the future holds. In short, they grow close. But when Sam finds an unlikely kindred spirit in Elisabeth’s father-in-law, the true differences between the women’s lives become starkly revealed and a betrayal has devastating consequences.A masterful exploration of motherhood, power dynamics, and privilege in its many forms, Friends and Strangers reveals how a single year can shape the course of a life.

Nineteen-fifty-three is synonymous in the British memory with the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June. But less well known is what happened in 10 Downing Street on 23 June. With Anthony Eden vying for power, the elderly Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, must maintain the confidence of his government, the press and the public. But after a diplomatic dinner in which he is on typically sparkling form, Churchill’s Italian dining companions are rushed out of the building and his doctor called. The Prime Minister has had a stroke.Churchill is bedbound throughout the summer, and while secrecy agreements have been struck with leading newspaper barons, the potential impact of his health on public life is never far from the minds of his inner circle. With the help of a devoted young nurse and his indomitable wife, Clementine, Churchill gradually recoups his health. But will he be fit enough to represent Britain on the world stage?

Книга «Everyday People». Издательство: Allen & Unwin. Год выпуска: 2001. Переплет: Мягкий переплет. Количество страниц: 296. Автор: O`Nan Stewart. Стандарт: 10. Возрастная категория: отсутствует. Страна производитель: Соединенное королевство.