Continuing the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the first part of Tolkien’s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring a striking black cover based on Tolkien’s own design, the definitive text, and a detailed map of Middle-earth. Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power — the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring — the ring that rules them all — which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose. Now published again in B format, J.R.R. Tolkien’s great work of imaginative fiction has been labelled both a heroic romance and a classic fantasy fiction. By turns comic and homely, epic and diabolic, the narrative moves through countless changes of scene and character in an imaginary world which is totally convincing in its detail.

Sarah J. Maas’s sexy, richly imagined A Court of Thorns and Roses series continues with the journey of Feyre’s fiery sister, Nesta…Nesta Archeron has always been prickly — proud, swift to anger and slow to forgive. And since the war — since being made High Fae against her will — she’s struggled to forget the horrors she endured and find a place for herself within the strange and deadly Night Court.The person who ignites her temper more than any other is Cassian, the battle-scarred, winged warrior who is there at Nesta’s every turn. But her temper isn’t the only thing Cassian ignites. And when they are forced to train in battle together, sparks become flame.As the threat of war casts its shadow over them once again, Nesta and Cassian must fight monsters from within and without if they are to stand a chance of halting the enemies of their court. But the ultimate risk will be searching for acceptance — and healing — in each other’s arms.

Jerome Klapka Jerome (1859 —1927) was an English writer and humourist. A charming story in which fiction is intertwined with autobiographical motifs, and humor goes side by side with delicate lyricism. How true to an English gentleman, burdened not only with self-esteem, but also with three teenage children, settle in a country house? Is it easy to turn a modest building into a historical landmark? On these and many other questions you will find the most unexpected and amusing answers in a novel «They and I».

Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. This volume contains twelve of author’s best short stories like «The Last of the Legions,» «Through the Veil» and «The Coming of the Huns,» set in the early centuries of civilization up to the first millennium.

Произведения Фрэнсиса Скотта Фицджеральда, одного из самых известных и блистательных авторов «эпохи джаза», остаются актуальными, интересными и по сей день. А загадочная, фантастическая история молодеющего с каждым днём Бенджамина Баттона не только завоевала признание читателей всего мира, но и стала вдохновением для известной экранизации Дэвида Финчера. Читатель получит незабываемые впечатления от прочтения этой книги на английском языке. Читайте зарубежную литературу в оригинале!

В книгу вошли легенды о короле Артуре и рыцарях Круглого стола, которые оставили особый след в истории и литературе Англии. Король Артур и его верные рыцари предстают перед нами в этих средневековых сказаниях как мужественные и благородные воины, совершающие славные подвиги ради объединения своей страны.Тексты легенд адаптированы в учебных целях до уровня Pre-Intermediate и дополнены упражнениями для отработки и закрепления навыков владения грамматическим и лексическим материалом, а также лингвострановедческим комментарием.Книга адресована учащимся 7—8 классов школ, лицеев, гимназий.Сопровождается аудиоприложением. Запись может быть использована как для обучения аудированию (восприятию речи на слух), так и для прослушивания параллельно с чтением текста.

Two men — a boy who grows into early manhood and an old ascetic priest, the lama — are at the center of the novel. A quest faces them both. Born in India, Kim is nevertheless white, a sahib. While he wants to play the Great Game of Imperialism, he is also spiritually bound to the lama. His aim, as he moves chameleon-like through the two cultures, is to reconcile these opposing strands, while the lama searches for redemption from the Wheel of Life.

Daniel Defoe was an English trader, writer, pamphleteer and journalist. He is most famous for his novel «Robinson Crusoe», which is second only to the Bible in its number of translations. Memoirs of a Cavalier is a work of historical fiction, set during the Thirty Years’ War and the English Civil Wars. Daniel Defoe’s great talent as a writer was to speak in the voices of others. Such was the authenticity of this memoir of a 17th-century soldier of fortune that for over half a century it was considered to be genuine.

Making her debut in London society, Nanda Brookenham is being groomed for the marriage market. Thrust suddenly into the superficial and immoral circle that surrounds her mother, the innocent but independent-minded young woman even finds herself in competition with Mrs Brookenham for the affection of the man she admires. Only an elderly bachelor, Mr Longdon, is immune to this world of greed and scheming, and determines to rescue Nanda from its corrupting influences out of loyalty to the deep love he once felt for her grandmother.