Mathinna, an Aboriginal girl from Van Diemen's Land, is adopted by nineteenth-century explorer, Sir John Franklin, and his wife, Lady Jane. Franklin is confident that shining the light of reason on Mathinna will lift her out of savagery and desire. But when Franklin dies on an Arctic expedition, Lady Jane writes to Charles Dickens, asking him to defend Franklin's reputation amid rumours of his crew lapsing into cannibalism. Dickens responds by staging a play in which he takes the leading role as Franklin, his symbol of reason's triumph, only to fall in love with an eighteen-year-old actress. As reason gives way to wanting, the frontier between civilisation and barbarity dissolves, and Mathinna, now a teenage prostitute, goes drinking on a fatal night.
2419 Руб.
Young and penniless, Kif Kehlmann, is rung in the middle of the night by notorious con man and corporate criminal, Siegfried Heidl. About to go to trial for defrauding the banks of $700 million, Heidl proposes a deal: $10,000 for Kehlmann to ghostwrite his memoir in six weeks. Kehlmann accepts but soon begins to fear that he is being corrupted by Heidl. Is he ghostwriting a memoir, or is Heidl is rewriting him? As the deadline draws closer everything that is certain grows uncertain as he begins to wonder: who is Ziggy Heidl - and who is Kif Kehlmann?
1250 Руб.
After a one-night stand with an attractive stranger, pole-dancer Gina Davies finds herself prime suspect in an attempted terrorist attack on Sydney. Hunted by the police, her face stares back at her on the unremitting 24/7 news cycle. She is soon running away from her dreams for a better life and witnessing every truth turn into a betrayal. The Unknown Terrorist is a startlingly prescient novel that drums with the cadences of city life; where fear invades individual lives, pushing one woman ever closer to breaking point.
2344 Руб.
Once upon a time that was called 1828, before all fishes in the sea and all living things on the land were destroyed, there was a man named William Buelow Gould, a white convict who fell in love with a black woman and discovered too late that to love is not safe. Silly Billy Gould, invader of Australia, liar, murderer and forger, condemned to the most feared penal colony in the British Empire and there ordered to paint a book of fish.
2421 Руб.
Trapped within a waterfall on the wild Franklin River, Tasmanian river guide, Aljaz Cosini, lies drowning. As the tourists he has been guiding down the river seek to save him, Aljaz is beset by visions horrible and fabulous. As the rapids rise, Aljaz relives not just his own life but also his country's dreaming.
1495 Руб.
An ember storm of a novel, this is Booker Prize-winning novelist Richard Flanagan at his most moving-and astonishing-best. Anna's aged mother is dying - if her three children would just allow it. Forced by their pity to stay alive, she increasingly escapes through her hospital window into visions of horror and delight. When Anna's finger vanishes and a few months later her knee disappears, Anna too feels the pull of the window. She begins to see that all around her others are similarly vanishing, but no one else notices. All Anna can do is keep her mother alive. But the window keeps opening wider, taking Anna and the reader ever deeper into a strangely beautiful novel about hope, love and orange-bellied parrots.
2355 Руб.
In the winter of 1954, in a construction camp in the remote Tasmanian highlands, when Sonja Buloh was three years old and her father was drinking too much, her mother disappeared into a blizzard never to return. Thirty-five years later, Sonja returns to the place of her childhood to visit her drunkard father. The shadows of the past begin to intrude ever more forcefully into the present, changing forever his living death and her ordered life.
2421 Руб.
Forever after, there were for them only two sorts of men: the men who were on the Line, and the rest of humanity, who were not. In the despair of a Japanese POW camp on the Burma Death Railway, surgeon Dorrigo Evans is haunted by his love affair with his uncle’s young wife two years earlier. Struggling to save the men under his command from starvation, from cholera, from beatings, he receives a letter that will change his life forever. This is a story about the many forms of love and death, of war and truth, as one man comes of age, prospers, only to discover all that he has lost.
2419 Руб.
Серия книг «Зарубежная классика — читай в оригинале» — это бессмертные произведения великих мастеров пера, написанные ими на их родном языке и наречии. Книги из этой серии помогут читателю углубленно изучать иностранные языки, обогатят его внутренний мир и по-новому откроют произведения известных классиков
663 Руб.
Серия книг «Зарубежная классика — читай в оригинале» — это бессмертные произведения великих мастеров пера, написанные ими на их родном языке и наречии. Книги из этой серии помогут читателю углубленно изучать иностранные языки, обогатят его внутренний мир и по-новому откроют произведения известных классиков
663 Руб.
Содержание Heldon II - Allez Téia (1975) 1 –Heldon In The Wake Of King Fripp 2 –Heldon Aphanisis 3 –Heldon Omar Diop Blondin 4 –Heldon Moebius 5 –Heldon Fluence: Continuum Mobile / Disjonction Inclusive 6 –Heldon St-Mikael Samstag Abends 7 –Heldon Michel Ettori Heldon VI - Interface (1977) 8 –Heldon Les Soucoupes Volantes Vertes 9 –Heldon Jet Girl 10 –Heldon Le Retour Des Soucoupes Volantes 11 –Heldon Bal-A-Fou 12 –Heldon Le Fils Des Soucoupes Volantes 13 –Heldon Interface, Pt. 1 14 –Heldon Interface, Pt. 1 15 –Heldon Interface Chronolyse (1978) 16 –Richard Pinhas Variations I 17 –Richard Pinhas Variations II 18 –Richard Pinhas Variations III 19 –Richard Pinhas Variations IV 20 –Richard Pinhas Variations V 21 –Richard Pinhas Variations VI 22 –Richard Pinhas Variations VII 23 –Richard Pinhas Duncan Idaho 24 –Richard Pinhas Paul Atreïdes East West (1980) 25 –Richard Pinhas Houston 69: The Crash Landing, Pt. 1 26 –Richard Pinhas Kyoto: Kyoto Number 3 27 –Richard Pinhas XXXXX: "La Ville Sans Nom" 28 –Richard Pinhas Home: "Ruitor" 29 –Richard Pinhas New York: "West Side" 30 –Richard Pinhas Paris: "Beautiful May" 31 –Richard Pinhas Keflavik: "The Whale Dance" 32 –Richard Pinhas Houston 69: "Houston 69", Pt. 2 33 –Richard Pinhas Livre 5: L'Ethique (Live) 34 –Richard Pinhas Toward Belfast (Live) 35 –Richard Pinhas Polywaves Intermed (Live) Iceland (1980) 36 –Richard Pinhas Iceland, Pt. 1 37 –Richard Pinhas Iceland, Pt. 2 38 –Richard Pinhas The Last Kings Of Thule, Pt. 1 39 –Richard Pinhas Iceland, Pt. 3 40 –Richard Pinhas Indicatif Radio 41 –Richard Pinhas The Last Kings Of Thule, Pt. 2 42 –Richard Pinhas Short Transition 43 –Richard Pinhas Greenland 44 –Richard Pinhas Wintermusic Heldon V - Un Rêve Sans Conséquence Spéciale (1981) 45 –Heldon Marie Virginie C. 46 –Heldon Elephanta 47 –Heldon Perspective IV Ter Muco 48 –Heldon MVC II 49 –Heldon Toward The Red Line 50 –Heldon Marie Et Virginie Comp (Live) L'Ethique (1982) 51 –Richard Pinhas L'Ethique, Pt. 1 52 –Richard Pinhas Dedicated To K. C. 53 –Richard Pinhas Melodic Simple Transition 54 –Richard Pinhas Belfast 55 –Richard Pinhas L'Ethique, Pt. 2 56 –Richard Pinhas The Western Wail, Pt. 1 57 –Richard Pinhas L'Ethique, Pt. 3 58 –Richard Pinhas The Western Wail, Pt. 2 59 –Richard Pinhas L'Ethique, Pt. 4 60 –Richard Pinhas South Bound DWW (1992) 61 –Richard Pinhas 1992: Iceland: Intro 62 –Richard Pinhas Ubik 63 –Richard Pinhas The Joe Chip Song, Pt.
990 Руб.
Содержание Heldon II - Allez Téia (1975) 1 –Heldon In The Wake Of King Fripp 2 –Heldon Aphanisis 3 –Heldon Omar Diop Blondin 4 –Heldon Moebius 5 –Heldon Fluence: Continuum Mobile / Disjonction Inclusive 6 –Heldon St-Mikael Samstag Abends 7 –Heldon Michel Ettori Heldon VI - Interface (1977) 8 –Heldon Les Soucoupes Volantes Vertes 9 –Heldon Jet Girl 10 –Heldon Le Retour Des Soucoupes Volantes 11 –Heldon Bal-A-Fou 12 –Heldon Le Fils Des Soucoupes Volantes 13 –Heldon Interface, Pt. 1 14 –Heldon Interface, Pt. 1 15 –Heldon Interface Chronolyse (1978) 16 –Richard Pinhas Variations I 17 –Richard Pinhas Variations II 18 –Richard Pinhas Variations III 19 –Richard Pinhas Variations IV 20 –Richard Pinhas Variations V 21 –Richard Pinhas Variations VI 22 –Richard Pinhas Variations VII 23 –Richard Pinhas Duncan Idaho 24 –Richard Pinhas Paul Atreïdes East West (1980) 25 –Richard Pinhas Houston 69: The Crash Landing, Pt. 1 26 –Richard Pinhas Kyoto: Kyoto Number 3 27 –Richard Pinhas XXXXX: "La Ville Sans Nom" 28 –Richard Pinhas Home: "Ruitor" 29 –Richard Pinhas New York: "West Side" 30 –Richard Pinhas Paris: "Beautiful May" 31 –Richard Pinhas Keflavik: "The Whale Dance" 32 –Richard Pinhas Houston 69: "Houston 69", Pt. 2 33 –Richard Pinhas Livre 5: L'Ethique (Live) 34 –Richard Pinhas Toward Belfast (Live) 35 –Richard Pinhas Polywaves Intermed (Live) Iceland (1980) 36 –Richard Pinhas Iceland, Pt. 1 37 –Richard Pinhas Iceland, Pt. 2 38 –Richard Pinhas The Last Kings Of Thule, Pt. 1 39 –Richard Pinhas Iceland, Pt. 3 40 –Richard Pinhas Indicatif Radio 41 –Richard Pinhas The Last Kings Of Thule, Pt. 2 42 –Richard Pinhas Short Transition 43 –Richard Pinhas Greenland 44 –Richard Pinhas Wintermusic Heldon V - Un Rêve Sans Conséquence Spéciale (1981) 45 –Heldon Marie Virginie C. 46 –Heldon Elephanta 47 –Heldon Perspective IV Ter Muco 48 –Heldon MVC II 49 –Heldon Toward The Red Line 50 –Heldon Marie Et Virginie Comp (Live) L'Ethique (1982) 51 –Richard Pinhas L'Ethique, Pt. 1 52 –Richard Pinhas Dedicated To K.C. 53 –Richard Pinhas Melodic Simple Transition 54 –Richard Pinhas Belfast 55 –Richard Pinhas L'Ethique, Pt. 2 56 –Richard Pinhas The Western Wail, Pt. 1 57 –Richard Pinhas L'Ethique, Pt. 3 58 –Richard Pinhas The Western Wail, Pt. 2 59 –Richard Pinhas L'Ethique, Pt. 4 60 –Richard Pinhas South Bound DWW (1992) 61 –Richard Pinhas 1992: Iceland: Intro 62 –Richard Pinhas Ubik 63 –Richard Pinhas The Joe Chip Song, Pt. 1 64 –Richard Pinhas A Piece Called Lulu 65 –Richard Pinhas The Joe Chip Song, Pt. 2 66 –Richard Pinhas Ballade Pour Frederic Magnus 67 –Richard Pinhas The Joe Chip Song, Pt. 3 68 –Richard Pinhas 1992: Iceland: The Fall (Live) 69 –Richard Pinhas The Joe Chip Song, Pt.
990 Руб.
The second volume of Miklos Banffy's panoramic trilogy of the dying years of the Habsburg empire. The tale of two Transylvanian cousins, their loves, their ambitions and their fortunes continues in They Were Found Wanting. Balint Abady is forced to part from the beautiful and unhappily married Adrienne Uzdy. Laszlo Gyeroffy is rapidly heading for self-destruction through drink and his own fecklessness. The politicians, quarrelling among themselves and stubbornly ignoring their countrymen's real needs, are still pursuing their vendetta with the Habsburg rule from Vienna. Meanwhile they fail to notice how the Great Powers - through such events as Austria's annexation of Bosnia-Herzagovina in 1908 - are moving ever closer to the conflagration of 1914-1918 that will destroy their world for ever. Banffy's portrait contrasts a life of privilege and corruption with the lives and problems of an expatriate Romanian peasant minority whom Balint tries to help. It is an unrivalled evocation of a rich and fascinating aristocratic world oblivious of its impending demise.
3222 Руб.
Young and penniless, Kif Kehlmann, is rung in the middle of the night by notorious con man and corporate criminal, Siegfried Heidl. About to go to trial for defrauding the banks of $700 million, Heidl proposes a deal: $10,000 for Kehlmann to ghostwrite his memoir in six weeks.Kehlmann accepts but soon begins to fear that he is being corrupted by Heidl. Is he ghostwriting a memoir, or is Heidl is rewriting him? As the deadline draws closer everything that is certain grows uncertain as he begins to wonder: who is Ziggy Heidl - and who is Kif Kehlmann? .
590 Руб.
From the Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Narrow Road to the Deep North, the hypnotic tale of a ghost writer writing the memoir of a notorious con man, and the chilling events that unfold as their lives become increasingly intertwined.Kif Kehlmann, a young, penniless writer, is rung in the middle of the night by the notorious con man and corporate criminal, Siegfried Heidl. About to go to trial for defrauding the banks of $700 million, Heidl offers Kehlmann the job of ghost writing his memoir. He has six weeks to write the book, for which he'll be paid $10,000.But as the writing gets under way, Kehlmann begins to fear that he is being corrupted by Heidl. As the deadline draws closer, he becomes ever more unsure if he is ghost writing a memoir, or if Heidl is rewriting him--his life, his future. Everything that was certain grows uncertain as he begins to wonder: Who is Siegfried Heidl--and who is Kif Kehlmann?As time runs out, as Kehlmann's world feels it is hurtling toward a catharsis, one question looms above all others: What is the truth?By turns compelling, comic, and chilling, this is a haunting journey into the heart of our age. .
488 Руб.
Young and penniless, Kif Kehlmann, is rung in the middle of the night by notorious con man and corporate criminal, Siegfried Heidl. About to go to trial for defrauding the banks of $700 million, Heidl proposes a deal: $10,000 for Kehlmann to ghostwrite his memoir in six weeks.Kehlmann accepts but soon begins to fear that he is being corrupted by Heidl. Is he ghostwriting a memoir, or is Heidl is rewriting him? As the deadline draws closer everything that is certain grows uncertain as he begins to wonder: who is Ziggy Heidl - and who is Kif Kehlmann? .
590 Руб.