Краткое описание: Биографический словарь состоит из трех разделов и включает сведения о музыкантах основных современных направлений: популярная музыка, рок музыка и джаз. Вы познакомитесь с любимыми группами как отечественными, так и зарубежными - "Битлз", "Абба", "Кино", "Любэ", а также известными музыкантами и исполнителями - Э.Пиаф, Д.Эллингтоном, Э.Пресли и многими другими.

Краткое описание: Том первый (Становление) Истории Византийской империи", труда выдающегося русского византиста Ф.И.Успенского, охватывает первый (до 527 г.) и второй (518-610 гг.) периоды истории Византии, - от перенесения столицы в Константинополь до восстания экзарха Ираклия.

Краткое описание: Второй том (Эпоха смут) настоящего издания охватывает период византийской истории от времени правления Ираклия до воцарения Михаила III и восстановления в империи православия (VII-IX века). Крупнейший византинист Ф.И.Успенский в своем увлекательном повествовании погружает читателя в бурные события, происходившие в Византии, - борьбу за светскую и духовную власть, наполненную интригами, предательством и убийствами.

Краткое описание: В третьем томе (Македонская династия) помещена следующая часть всеобъемлющего труда Ф.И.Успенского "История Византийской империи", охватывающая период с 867 по 1057 гг., - время правления Македонской династии. Особое внимание уделено духовному и светскому влиянию Византии на славян Балканского полуострова и Русь.

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The Mill on the Floss is the story of two conflicting personalities as they face the hardships of life. Maggie and Tom Tulliver are sister and brother: Maggie is passionate, impulsive, intelligent and often makes mistakes while Tom is practical, unimaginative, judgmental, honest and hardworking. Their father is declared a bankrupt. Tom works hard to pay his father’s debts and restore the family name, while Maggie is oppressed by the limited role offered to women in rural Victorian Britain. As a result of certain unsuitable friendships, she is eventually ostracised by her family and local society.

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Set in the English countryside in the first years of the nineteenth century, Silas Marner is a magical story of redemption through human relationships. Silas, a weaver, is betrayed by his best friend and the woman he loves. He loses all faith in humanity and moves to the village of Raveloe. There he lives a solitary life, working and hoarding his gold coins, until one day his gold is stolen.

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Wuthering Heights recounts the story of Catherine Earnshaw and the adopted orphan Heathcliff’s love affair and the tragic events which follow.

Краткое описание: When the superbly handsome Dorian Gray sees his portrait he makes a terrible wish: that the portrait will grow older and that he will remain young forever. What happens to the portrait that no one ever sees? This disturbing story of a man who is willing to sell his soul for eternal youth while pursuing pleasure and passion was first published in 1890. It is Oscar Wilde’s only novel and one of his most celebrated works.

Краткое описание: In the New York of the 1870s, Newland and May are about to marry. Then May’s cousin, Ellen, arrives from Europe and everything changes.

Краткое описание: Marlow, a merchant sailor, travels through colonial Africa. He makes a perilous journey by steamboat to rescue Kurtz, an agent, who is seriously III. He arrives at Kurtz’s station to find that the agent has taken control of the whole area. In his complete isolation from civilised society Kurtz has instituted a brutal system of human sacrifice and magic to enthral the natives.