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Скачать книгу (размер 126 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 26) Аннотация: It is Christmas Eve and the party is over. Clara creeps downstairs to find Nutcracker, a wooden doll given to her by her mysterious godfather Drosselmeier — a creator of fabulous mechanical toys, has come to life. Through her godfather's strange powers, Clara is caught up in a thrilling battle in which she and Nutcracker — in reality a prince transformed by an evil spell — overcome the Mouse King…
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Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Between 1920 and 1934, Gerald Brenan lived in the remote Spanish village of Yegen and South of Granada depicts his time there, vividly evoking the essence of his rural surroundings and the Spanish way of life before the Civil War. Here he portrays the landscapes, festivals and folk-lore of the Sierra Nevada, the rivalries, romances and courtship rituals, village customs, superstitions and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 860 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 366) Аннотация: Tracy Chevalier, author of the Girl With a Pearl Earring, returns with a look at poet, artist, and printer William Blake who works in obscurity as England is rocked by the effects of the French Revolution.
Скачать книгу (размер 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 140) Аннотация: From the exquisite lyric “To Helen”, to the immortal masterpieces “Annabel Lee”, “The Bells”, and “The Raven”, The Complete Poetry of Edgar Allan Poe demonstrates the author’s gift for the form.
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Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Mark Twain's classic tale of two boys, identical in appearance but not in class in English society, who switch identities was both a scathing attack upon social hypocrisy and injustice, and an irresistible comedy imbued with the sense of high-spirited play that appeared during his happiest creative period. Features a new Afterword.
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Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Set in an exotic Eastern landscape peopled by magicians and fantastic talking animals, Salman Rushdie's classic children's novel Haroun and the Sea of Stories inhabits the same imaginative space as Gulliver's Travels, Alice in Wonderland, and The Wizard of Oz. In this captivating adaptation for the stage, Haroun sets out on an adventure to restore the poisoned source of the sea of stories. On the…