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Книга посвящена загадкам и чудесам Ветхого и Нового Заветов. Действительно, с точки зрения здравого смысла весьма сложно понять, как, например, в течение шести дней Бог сотворил Вселенную, Землю, растительный и животный мир и, главное, – человека. Загадочными представляются и казни египетские, и расступившиеся морские воды во время бегства евреев из Египта, и чудеса Моисея в пустыне, и падение сте…
HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.'Out of the dark we came, into the dark we go. Like a storm-driven bird at night we fly out of the Nowhere; for a moment our wings are seen in the light of the fire, and, lo! we are gone again into the Nowhere.'An amazing adventure set in Africa, against the backdrop of endless deserts and snowy mountains, Kings Solomon's …
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘When I am king, they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books; for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved, and the heart.’Set in 16th-Century England and following the lives of two young boys, The Prince and the Pauper is a classic and timeless tale. Tom Canty, the lowly…
Велимир Хлебников… Вождь русского авангарда, поэт поэтов в юности хотел стать… математиком. Но позвала поэзия – и заброшена математика, он бредит символистами и в их числе плохим поэтом Городецким, одним из лжекумиров начала века. Чтобы потом отринуть всех их и гордо провозгласить самого себя Мессией, Поэтом будущего, Председателем Земного Шара.
HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics.‘Death and honour are thought to be the same, but today I have learned that sometimes they are not.’Set in frontier America in the midst of the French-Indian war, as the French are attempting to overthrow an English fort, Cooper’s story follows Alice and Cora Munro, pioneer sisters who are trying to find their way back t…
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘One thing is certain, – that there is a mustering among the masses, the world over; and there is a dis irae coming on, sooner or later.’Viewed by many as fuelling the abolitionist movement of the 1850s and laying the groundwork for the Civil War, Harriet Beecher Stowe’s sentimental and moral tale of slaves attemptin…
Из аудиокниги вы узнаете о самых известных и загадочных археологических открытиях прошлого и современности. Тайны Гомера, загадки Фестского диска, гибель Атлантиды, тайна гибели неандертальцев, тайны возвращения Одиссея, первые люди Америки, забытый город Тмутаракань… Вас ждут путешествия в доисторический мир, Древний Египет и Китай, вы услышите рассказ о цивилизациях Древней Америки и археологиче…
1920 год. Некогда огромный и богатый Сибирский край закрутила черная пурга Гражданской войны. Разруха и мор, ненависть и отчаяние обрушились на людей, превращая – кого в зверя, кого в жертву. Бывший конокрад Васька-Конь – а ныне Василий Иванович Конев, ветеран Великой войны, командир вольного партизанского отряда, – волею случая встречает братьев своей возлюбленной Тони Шалагиной, которую считал п…
В апреле 2014 года в панамскую полицию поступило сообщение об исчезновении двух девушек из Нидерландов – Крис Кремерс и Лисанн Фрон, отправившихся на прогулку по популярному туристическому маршруту «тропа Эль-Пианиста». Несмотря на продолжительные поиски, останки их тел были найдены только через несколько месяцев спустя, а обнаруженные улики спровоцировали возникновение множества теорий относитель…
The second installment of the thrilling maritime adventure; two mighty empires battle each other for control of the high seas.Atticus is the young captain of the Aquila, the flagship of the attack fleet of the Roman navy. But his commander is a young upstart whose position has been purchased rather than earned. Bound to obey his inexperienced commander's rash orders, Atticus sails straight into a …
In 1913, Rabindranath Tagore became the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, and he remains one of the most important voices of Bengali culture to this day.These short stories, written mostly in the 1890s, vividly portray Bengali life and culture. Tagore’s treatment of caste culture, bureaucracy and poverty paint a vivid portrait of nineteenth-century India, and all are interwo…
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘Lord Dorincourt had occasion to wear his grim smile many a time as the days passed by. Indeed, as his acquaintance with his grandson progressed, he wore the smile so often that there were moments when it almost lost its grimness.’When young Cedric Errol's father dies, he becomes heir to the fortune of his English gr…
HarperCollins is pround to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.'Ah, but let her cover the mark as she will, the pang of it will be always in her heart.'A tale of sin, punishment and atonement, The Scarlet Letter exposes the moral rigidity of a 17th-Century Puritan New England community when faced with the illegitimate child of a young mother. Regarded as the first real heroine of Ame…
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.“Whatever comes," she said, "cannot alter one thing. If I am a princess in rags and tatters, I can be a princess inside”A Little Princess tells the story of Sara Crewe, beloved daughter of the revered Captain Crewe. Sent to board at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies, Sara is devastated when her adored f…