Книги

The last volume of the illustrated four-volume set by Arthur Conan Doyle’s (1859–1930) includes two collections of stories: The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes (12 stories) and His Last Bow (7 stories). The title story His Last Bow is a spy story. On the eve of World War I, a German spy is about to smuggle valuable documents out of England. Sherlock Holmes is going to put a stop to that.

The novel Man and Wife is a drama about a selfish and ambitious man who abandons his wife to marry a wealthier woman, taking advantage of a loophole in marriage law. Under Scottish law at the time, any couple who claimed to be married in front of witnesses was considered legally married in Scotland.

На допомогу вчителеві 5-х класів НУШ! Серія посібників «Мій конспект. Матеріали до уроків»: готуйтеся до уроків легко та швидко!

A brutal war and military invasion totally broke down the former peaceful and comfortable life of Energodar, a satellite town of the Europe’s largest nuclear power plant. 

This book contains classical works of erotic literature

«Tales of the Fish Patrol» is a collection of short stories by the American classic writer Jack London (1876–1916).

Charming Lady Susan Vernon is a widow, who seduces both single and married men alike. As she has been left in a financially precarious state due to the death of her first husband, she uses flirting to gain her objectives and maintain a semblance of her former opulent lifestyle. As a widow and a mother, her main goals are to quickly marry off her daughter Frederica to a wealthy man, and to marry someone even richer.

The Horror in the Museum is a collection of horror stories by the American writer H. P. Lovecraft (1890-1937). George Rogers is the owner of a private waxen things museum in London. His friend Stephen Jones ridicules Rogers for telling wild stories about rituals and sacrifices to nameless ancient gods. Jones accepts Rogers’ offer to spend the night at the museum, where he falls victim to Rhan-Tegoth.

The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath is a story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. In his dreams, Randolph Carter sees a majestic city, but he is unable to approach it. After the city appears in his dreams, he prays to the gods of dream to reveal the city’s whereabouts. But then the city vanishes from his dreams altogether. Carter resolves to beseech the gods in person at Kadath—on the mountain above which the gods of dream live. The priests in a temple that borders the Dreamlands tell Carter that nobody knows the location of Kadath, and warn him of great danger should he continue with his quest.

Adam’s Diary is a humorous narration about the Book of Genesis. It begins with him meeting Eve who is described as an annoying creature, and who has a penchant for naming things, which Adam could do without. Eve’s Diary is a humorous short story by Mark Twain in the style of a personal journal kept by Eve, the first woman in the Biblical Creation accounts. The book uses original illustrations by Lester Ralph.

Книга висвітлює зростання і успіх одного з найбільших американських підприємців і бізнесменів. Генрі Форд і "Форд Мотор Компані" назавжди будуть ототожнювати з американським індустріалізмом початку 20 століття. Інновації для бізнесу та безпосередній вплив на американську економіку Генрі Форда та його компанії незмірні. Його історія блискуче відображена в цій класичній американській біографії.

Візуалізований довідник містить добірку найуживаніших англійських ідіом, до яких запропоновано малюнки-асоціації, здебільшого — гумористичні скетчі, що значно полегшує розуміння та запам’ятовування їхнього змісту задля влучного використання у мовленні.

50 Masterpieces you have to read before you die is the book that everyone should read to understand themselves and each other.

Mrs. Dalloway is the novel by Virginia Woolf (1882–1941). It is a masterpiece of the “golden age” of English modernism.

Macbeth is a tragedy by the English writer and playwright William Shakespeare (1564–1616). According to the plot, the witches herald Macbeth’s high status and welcome him as the future king. Macbeth believes in divination, his unbridled desire for power leads to a series of tragic events.

Works by French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900–1944) are full of almost mystical echoes with the present days.

Цю невеличку книжку приурочено до концерту пам’яті Андрія Дмитровича Сахарова, який відбувся у Національній філармонії України 15 грудня 2016 року.

Брошура створена за матеріалами виставки Українського інституту національної пам’яті «Донбас»: переPROчитання образу.