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Àííîòàöèÿ: The short story has become one of the major forms of modern literary expression - in some ways the most modern of them all'. The story of the British short story since the Second World War is one of change and revolution and this powerful and moving collection brilliantly demonstrates the evolution of the form. Containing thirty-four of the most widely regarded postwar British writers, it features tales of love and crime, comedy and the supernatural, the traditional as well as the experimental. This many-storied, many-splendored collection is a brilliant portrait of the generation of writers who have immediately influenced the brightest, sharpest and most intriguing writers who continue to emerge today

Àííîòàöèÿ: With compassion and deadly accuracy, Angus Wilson charts the scandals and secrets of the respectable middle classes - Kennie, the Borstal Boy mascot of an intellectual clique; June Raven, an SW3 hostess who gets over-involved with one of her publisher-husband's authors; Lord Peacehaven, retired megalomaniac; Maurice Liebig, teenage pawn in a family feud; and the mad old man who finds the justice of God in a hen roost.

Àííîòàöèÿ: It was tat strange blue beam that turned frail little Granny Smith into Super Gran and started her on a series of adventures including quelling bank-robbers and fighting a battle with Super-Toughies in her efforts to get back the Great Invention.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Êíèãà ïîñâÿùåíà èñòîðèè ñòàíîâëåíèÿ íîâîé èììóíîëîãèè, êîòîðàÿ ïîÿâèëàñü âñåãî äâà äåñÿòèëåòèÿ íàçàä, íî áåç êîòîðîé â íàøè äíè íåìûñëèìû ïåðåñàäêè îðãàíîâ è òêàíåé, ýôôåêòèâíàÿ áîðüáà ñ ðàêîì,-äàëüíåéøåå ðàçâèòèå ìîëåêóëÿðíîé áèîëîãèè è ãåíåòèêè. Πäîñòèæåíèÿõ è ïðîñ÷åòàõ, ïîáåäå íàä ïîëèîìèåëèòîì è áåññèëèè ó÷åíûõ ïåðåä îáû÷íîé ïðîñòóäîé, îá àëëåðãèÿõ, ìàëÿðèè, íîâåéøåì ïðåïàðàòå èíòåðôåðîíå è ìíîãîì äðóãîì îáðàçíî, óáåäèòåëüíî è ïîïóëÿðíî ïîâåñòâóåò Äýâèä Óèëñîí. Åãî êíèãó ñ áîëüøèì èíòåðåñîì ïðî÷òóò íå òîëüêî âðà÷è è áèîëîãè, íî è âñå òå, êòî ñëåäèò çà ðàçâèòèåì íàóêè

Àííîòàöèÿ: Getting rich is just one of Jeremy Jame's problems in this hilarious sequel to Elephants Don't Sit On Cars. WHen he's not hunting for money, he's causing trouble for Daddy's car, Santa Claus's beard, and the vicar's sore bottom. But troubles gets its own back in the form of an aching tooth, a ghost in the bedroom, and a cow that isn't a cow - not to mention sploit Timothy who wins all the prizes. Winning or losing, Jeremy James is a delight.

Àííîòàöèÿ: A novel of infinite richness and splendour, about music and architecture, the theatre and the family, post-war society, the nature of love and hatred, Setting The World On Fire tells the story of two brothers, Piers and Tom Mosson, and their burning ambition to succeed in life.

Àííîòàöèÿ: It is not often that a libel action involves a whole profession. But when Sir Thomas Gilling, one of the physicians to the Royal Family, a Fellow of the Royal Society and consultant to one of the great London hospitals, sues David Line, Professor of Surgery and head of the experimental unit at the Metropolitan Hospital, almost every figure of importance in the world of medicine finds himself involved. Yet as the story progresses it becomes increasingly clear to both men that it is their own character, their own history, their own life that is the focus of attention.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Pamela Cowper is facing death. Not a vague probability, but a shocking imminent oblivion from cancer. How will she face it? Dorothy Higgs, on the other hand, is told that she will live to be one of her doctor's success stories. And,as the two women confront their destinies across the gulfs of fear and hope, fate, as always, reserves the final twist until the end.

Àííîòàöèÿ: A deadly continental struggle, the Thirty Years War devastated seventeenth-century Europe, killing nearly a quarter of all Germans and laying waste to towns and countryside alike. Peter Wilson offers the first new history in a generation of a horrifying conflict that transformed the map of the modern world.

Àííîòàöèÿ: There has never been a more remarkable national leader in modern history than Peter the Great (1672—1725). He was a giant in every way. In physical stature, willpower, enthusiasm, energy, libertinism, and refusal to accept old conventions, he stood head and shoulders above his contemporaries. He grew up in an atmosphere of fear, suspicion, and court rivalries that often assumed violent forms. He only gained power, at the age of seventeen, by ousting his half sister, Sophia, and shutting her up in a nunnery. As a product of the system, Peter was, of necessity, ruthless and tyrannical, personally carrying out the execution of defeated rebels and even effecting the death of his own son. But there his identification with Russia—s past ends. For what has earned Peter his place in history is his tearing his country, kicking and screaming, from its traditional, oriental customs and beliefs and integrating it into the life of Europe. He removed the privileges of the medieval aristocracy, brought the church under state control, and rejected the old Russian calendar in favor of the dating system used in Europe. He even ordered his courtiers and officials to shave their traditional beards and adopt Western dress codes. He avidly studied the latest scientific and technological advances and employed them to build a modern army and to create from scratch a Russian navy. These tools he used to devastating effect by destroying the Swedish Empire and making Russia (with its brand-new capital, St. Petersburg) master of the Baltic.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Featuring insights into history, culture and city life, with opinionated reviews, these guides are written by experienced authors with an intimate knowledge of the city. They are smart, streetwise guides with a strong, contemporary design and focus.

Àííîòàöèÿ: A biography of Patricia Highsmith, the celebrated author of classics such as Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr Ripley. It illuminates the dark corners of Highsmith`s life, casts light on mysteries of the creative process and reveals the secrets that the writer chose to keep hidden until after her death.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Recounts the lives of Prince Albert, Charlotte Bronte, William Ewart Gladstone, Cardinal Newman, Josephine Butler, and Julia Margaret Cameron, and describes their role in defining the Victorian era.

Àííîòàöèÿ: Selections from The Pickwick Papers, Nicholas Nickleby, David Copperfield, Oliver Twist and A Tale of Two Cities Excerpts from speeches and letters.