Mark Twain (1835—1910) was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are «The Adventures of Tom Sawyer» and its sequel, «The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.» Most of his finest work includes many genres such as humor, satire, and philosophical fiction. «Sketches New and Old» is a wonderful collection of short stories like «My Watch,» «The Jumping Frog,» «The Story of the Bad Little Boy,» and «Niagara.»

Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a Scottish historical novelist, poet, and playwright. Although he was an advocate and legal administrator by profession, Scott is most famous for his great literary works and activities in the Royal Highland Society. As the title suggests, «Life of Napoleon» is a monumental biographical work representing the study of France during the Napoleonic Era. In an attempt to convey an accurate picture of events, Sir Walter Scott visited the Waterloo, and also interviewed officers engaged in the battle. The book is also based on The British governments to archives dealing with Napoleon’s exile in St. Helena.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850—1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist. He was a celebrity during his lifetime for works like «Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde» and «Treasure Island.» Now he is one of the most translated authors in the world. «Lay Morals and Other Papers» is a wonderful collection of essays including works like «Father Damien,» «The Pentland Rising,» «The Day After To-morrow,» and «The Great North Road.»

James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. The Oak Openings; or, The Bee Hunter focuses on the activities of professional honey-hunter Benjamin Boden, nicknamed «Ben Buzz». The novel is set in Kalamazoo, Michigan’s Oak Opening, a wooded prairie during the War of 1812.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850—1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist. He was a celebrity during his lifetime for works like «Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde» and «Treasure Island.» Now he is one of the most translated authors in the world. «In the South Seas» is another Stevenson’s traveling memoir, which extensively describes his journey to the Pacific. It includes travels to Hawaii, the Marquesas, Tuamotu Islands and many more places.

Jack London was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. «The Turtles of Tasman» is a collection of beautiful short stories among which there are «The Hobo and the Fairy,» «The Eternity of Forms,» and «Told in the Drooling Ward,» — a first-person narrative as told by a feebleminded inmate of a mental institution.

Mark Twain (1835—1910) was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are «The Adventures of Tom Sawyer» and its sequel, «The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.» Most of his finest work includes many genres such as humor, satire, and philosophical fiction. This volume includes two amazing works: a novel about Buffalo Bill’s favorite horse «A Horse’s Tale» and a short story «The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County.»

Jack London was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. «The Strength of the Strong» includes seven extraordinary tales such as «South of the Slot,» «The Unparalleled Invasion,» and «The Enemy of All the World.» Many of them deal with political issues, and display London’s devotion to Socialism.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850—1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist. He was a celebrity during his lifetime for works like «Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde» and «Treasure Island.» Now he is one of the most translated authors in the world. The story of «Beach of Falesa» told from John Wiltshire’s point of view, a British copra trader on the fictional island of Falesa in the South Sea. There he meets a trader Case, who arranges a marriage for him and a local girl Uma. After that John discovers that Uma has a taboo which makes all the other natives refuse to trade with him. Soon Wiltshire finds out that Case may have arranged the deaths of his competitors.

Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and the creator of the Lost World literary genre. This is an extraordinarily beautiful Indian princess and a white Englishman fall in love but suffer deeply because of their feelings.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850—1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist. He was a celebrity during his lifetime for works like «Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde» and «Treasure Island.» Now he is one of the most translated authors in the world. «An Inland Voyage» is a travelogue about author’s canoeing trip through France and Belgium in 1876. This book is one of Stevenson’s early works pioneering the genre of outdoor literature.

The novel Wyandotte arrived at a time when a patriotic mythology about the American Revolution was developing, and Cooper’s somber tale of the sufferings of an isolated family in upstate New York during the Revolution was not congruent with the celebratory stories then being told. As Edgar Allen Рое observed, in Maud Meredith Cooper creates his most spirited heroine, and in Saucy Nick, his most credible Indian.

Серия учебников предполагает преемственность в изучении английского языка с 1 по 4 курс. Цель учебника — обучение устной речи на основе развития необходимых автоматизированных речевых навыков, развитие техники чтения, а также навыков, развитие техники чтения, а также навыков письменной речи. Учебник предназначен для студентов высших учебных заведений.4-е издание, переработанное и дополненное.

Jack London was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. This collection consists often great stories such as «The Madness of John Harned,» «When the World Was Young,» «The Benefit of the Doubt,» and «The Night-Born.»

Jack London was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. «The Human Drift» includes amazing short stories and sketches like «Small-Boat Sailing,» «Four Horses and a Sailor,» and «That Dead Men Rise Up Never» — a nautical ghost story of London’s youth.

Jack London was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. «The Cruise of The Dazzler» is an early adventure novel by London. The plot revolves around a young boy Joe Bronson who has trouble at home and at school. The arguments with his father lead him to run away and join the crew of the ship called Dazzler.

Творчество Фрэнсиса Скотта Фицджеральда, одного из самых известных и блистательных авторов «эпохи джаза», остаётся актуальным и интересным и по сей день. В эту книгу вошел блистательный и загадочный рассказ «Алмаз величиной с отель «Риц»» и роман «Последний магнат», опубликованный уже после смерти Фицджеральда. Он рисует читателю правдивую картину «золотого века» Голливуда: фейерверки событий из красивой жизни звёзд, километры отснятой киноплёнки и зловещая пустота, которую обязательно придётся чем-то заполнить. Впрочем, все сильные люди имеют свои слабости, и главный герой романа — не исключение…

Jack London was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. «Tales of the Fish Patrol» is a collection of stories drawn from author’s own experiences and memories of the days as a teenager aboard the fishing boats of San Francisco Bay.

Настоящее издание представляет собой сборник терминов корпоративного права стран англосаксонской правовой семьи, в частности Соединенного Королевства Великобритании и Северной Ирландии, Канады и Соединенных Штатов Америки. Словарь содержит в себе…

В книге излагаются основные теоретические проблемы, касающиеся грамматического строя английского языка, и дается сопоставление грамматических систем английского и русского языков.

Для студентов высших учебных заведений, учащихся старших классов школ, а также для всех изучающих английский язык.