Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Treasury of portraits, character studies, nudes, more, by great Viennese Expressionist. Characteristic focus on inner psychological states, hidden personality traits of subjects.
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Over 150 motifs reflecting the eye-catching intricacies of Celtic design, ideal for use in graphics layouts, needlework designs and other art and craft projects. Often incorporating sinuous interlacements of animal, floral and abstract motifs, the designs have been clearly and boldly drawn to provide the clearest possible image for reproduction.
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Six masterpieces of the genre include title story plus An Amateur Peasant Girl, The Shot, The Snowstorm, The Postmaster, and The Coffin-Maker — all fascinating portraits of life in Tsarist Russia by one of that country's greatest poets and most influential writers.
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Rich selection of 73 works by the English metaphysical poet. Included are The Good Morrow, The Canonization, The Relic, A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning, To His Mistress Going to Bed, Death Be Not Proud, Good Friday, 1613. Riding Westward, Hymn to God My God, in My Sickness and many more. Note. Alphabetical lists of titles and first lines.
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: This logical, developmental presentation of the major aspects of Russian grammar includes all the necessary tools for speech and comprehension. Designed for adults with limited learning time who wish to acquire the basics of everyday Russian, this grammar features numerous shortcuts and timesavers. Ideal as an introduction, supplement, or refresher.
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: This landmark probes the lives and dreams of Olga, Masha and Irina, former Muscovites now living in a provincial town from which they long to escape. Their hopes for a life more suited to their cultivated tastes and sensibilities provide a touching counterpoint to the relentless flow of compromising events in the real world.
Скачать книгу (размер 463 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 92) Аннотация: In addition to the title story, this treasury includes The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin, Ginger & Pickles, The Tale of Two Bad Mice, The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher, The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse, The Tale of Tom Kitten, and 4 more. Newly reset in large type with 59 new illustrations.
Скачать книгу (размер 432 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 86) Аннотация: Beloved classic describes a little girl's adventures in a topsy-turvy land underground and her encounters with such improbable characters as the White Rabbit, March Hare and Mad Hatter, the sleepy Dormouse, grinning Cheshire Cat, Mock Turtle and the dreadful Queen of Hearts. Includes all 42 of Sir John Tenniel's original illustrations.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 075 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 212) Аннотация: Easy-to-follow instructions, adapted for modern American cooking, for over 200 mouthwatering traditional dishes: borsch, shashlik of salmon, Russian squab in sour cream, potato kotlety, pirozhki and pirogi, blini, paskha and many more. Also origins of Russian foods, helpful hints on buying and preparing foods, much else. Definition of terms.
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Superb treasury of time-honored poetic gems includes Lewis Carroll's The Walrus and the Carpenter, Edward Lear's The Owl and the Pussy-Cat, Eugene Field's Wynken, Blynken and Nod, Emily Dickinson's I' m Nobody Who are you?, Robert Louis Stevenson's The Swing, many more. Printed in large, easy-to-read type.
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: «Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) was the most popular American poet of his time, and one of the most famous American poets of all time. It has been said that certain of his poems-the long narratives Evangeline and The Song of Hiawatha most notably-were once read in every literate home in America. A former teacher who fulfilled his dream to make a living as a poet, Longfellow taught at…
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: A must for architectural historians, restoration specialists and vintage home enthusiasts: 1,095 late Victorian-era designs, superbly drawn or photographed, including egg and dart enrichments; bead, flute and ogee enrichments; drapery and drop ornaments; urns, vases and wreaths; eagles, lion heads and gargoyles; rosettes, ribbons, garlands and festoons; sunbursts, weather vanes and more.
Скачать книгу (размер 458 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 91) Аннотация: Dostoevsky's most revolutionary novel, Notes from Underground marks the dividing line between 19'th and 20'th century fiction, and between the visions of self each century embodied. One of the most remarkable characters in literature, the unnamed narrator is a former official who has defiantly withdrawn into an underground existence. In full retreat from society, he scrawls a passionate,…
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Five stories that epitomize Jack London's mastery of the adventure story. The White Silence, In a Far Country, and An Odyssey of the North bring the harshness of the frozen North powerfully to life while The Seed of McCoy reflects London's experiences as a sailor in the South Seas. Also includes The Mexican. Publisher's Note.
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: «Four works by great 19th-century Russian author: «The Nose», a savage satire of Russia's incompetent bureaucrats; «Old-Fashioned Farmers», a pleasant depiction of an elderly couple living in rustic seclusion; «The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarrelled with Ivan Nikiforovich», one of Gogol’s most famous comic stories; and «The Overcoat», widely considered a masterpiece of form.»
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: Ten classics of supernatural fiction by masters of the macabre: Bram Stoker's The Judge's House, The Moonlit Road by Ambrose Bierce, M. R. James' The Rose Garden, Charles Dickens' To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt, Dickon the Devil by J. S. LeFanu, E. G. Swain's Bone to His Bone and 5 others.
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Superb examples of the ironworker's art — elaborately wrought designs for gates, fences, finials, banisters, window grilles, signs, marquees, cathedral screens, and a host of other architectural and decorative appointments, from Gothic style to Art Nouveau — meticulously rendered in fine black-and-white drawings reprinted from rare European and American books and periodicals.
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: The design tradition that is distintively Turkish dates back a thousand years, incorporating diverse influences in its long and colorful history — traces of the cultures of China, Central Asia, Greece and Byzantium among them. This handsome book, incorporating over 250 bold black-and-white illustrations — all copyright-free — offers graphic artists, students and those interested in design and the…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Down through the millennia the emotion of love has inspired countless poets to great heights of lyrical expression. In this volume readers can sample more than 150 great love poems by English and American poets.
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Sixteen captivating stories by one of America's most popular storytellers. Included are such classics as The Gift of the Magi, The Last Leaf, The Ransom of Red Chief, The Voice of the City, and The Cop and the Anthem. Publisher's Note.