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Книги в жанре литература на иностранных языках
Щоденник /1918–1919/. (Дневник)
[ 1919 ]
биографии и мемуары, литература на иностранных языках
Евгений Чикаленко
"Дневник Е.Х.Чикаленко, написанный на основе непосредственных впечатлений автора, раскрывает перед современным читателем период становления украинской государственности: образование УНР и деятельность Центральной Рады, жизнь в Украине при Гетманате и Директории,...
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
[ 2004 ]
литература на иностранных языках, иностранные языки
Mark Haddon
Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. And he detests the color yellow. This improbable story of Christopher's quest to investigate the suspicious death of a neighborhood dog makes for one of the most captivating, unusual, and widely heralded novels in recent...
The Taxi Driver's Daughter
[ 2004 ]
литература на иностранных языках, иностранные языки
Julia Darlin
When her mother is sent to prison for three months for assaulting a policeman with a stiletto shoe, fifteen-year-old Caris goes gently off the rails. Whilst her taxi-driver father Mac attempts to keep the family together, Caris meets George, a boy from the other side of the vale and from a very different sort of family. Their relationship leads her away from school and what she has known, into a new and unnerving world - and looks set to throw the family into terrifying chaos. Julia Darling's...
Whirligig
[ 2013 ]
литература на иностранных языках, иностранные языки
Magnus Macintyre
Claypole is not 'a large man'. He is a fat man. A fat man with thin limbs, like an egg with tentacles. And life is not going well. He's alone, idle, and on the brink of a medical crisis when a childhood acquaintance makes him an offer he can't understand, can't talk about, but ultimately can't refuse. A week later, and he finds himself in the wilds of Scotland, plunged into an eccentric community at war over a wind farm. And he's supposed to be a backer, but he has no idea what side he's on,...
Doctor Who: The Dalek Generation
[ 2013 ]
литература на иностранных языках, иностранные языки
Николас Бигс
Sunlight 349 is one of countless Dalek Foundation worlds, planets created to house billions suffering from economic hardship. The Doctor arrives at Sunlight 349, suspicious of any world where the Daleks are apparently a force for good - and determined to find out the truth. The Doctor knows they have a far more sinister plan - but how can he convince those who have lived under the benevolence of the Daleks for a generation? But convince them he must, and soon. For on another Foundation planet,...
Still Life: The Books of Elsewhere: Volume 5
[ 2015 ]
литература на иностранных языках, иностранные языки, современная литература, современная зарубежная
Жаклин Уэст
Annabelle McMartin is gone for good, but something worse lurks just out of sight--watching, waiting, preparing to strike. Then a field trip to the local art museum reveals a shock. What Olive discovers will create a chain of events that propel her to discoveries she may not wish to uncover, involving Morton's vanished parents and the very deepest, darkest roots of Aldous McMartin's creepy painted world. In this fifth and final book, Olive must seek the full, complex story of Elsewhere, its...
The Strangers: Volume 4
[ 2014 ]
литература на иностранных языках, иностранные языки
Жаклин Уэст
t's Halloween night when strangers come to Linden Street... and something absolutely vital to Olive goes missing. To what lengths will she go to get it back? Can she trust the strangers? Will she turn to a new and dangerous magic within the paintings of Elsewhere? Or will Olive put her faith in her own worst enemies to save the people and home she loves? The stakes grow higher, the secrets more dangerous, and mystery and magic abound as Olive, the boys, and the magical cats uncover the true...
Exit West
[ 2017 ]
литература на иностранных языках, иностранные языки, современная литература, современная зарубежная
Мохсин Хамид
In a country teetering on the brink of civil war, two young people meet - sensual, fiercely independent Nadia and gentle, restrained Saeed. They embark on a furtive love affair, and are soon cloistered in a premature intimacy by the unrest roiling their city. When it explodes, turning familiar streets into a patchwork of checkpoints and bomb blasts, they begin to hear whispers about doors - doors that can whisk people far away, if perilously and for a price. As the violence escalates, Nadia and...
365 Days of Wonder: Mr. Browne's Book of Precepts
[ 2014 ]
литература на иностранных языках, иностранные языки
R. J. Palacio
In the #1 New York Times bestselling novel Wonder, readers were introduced to memorable English teacher Mr. Browne and his love of precepts. Simply put, precepts are principles to live by, and Mr. Browne has compiled 365 of them - one for each day of the year - drawn from popular songs to children's books to inscriptions on Egyptian tombstones to fortune cookies. His selections celebrate kindness, hopefulness, the goodness of human beings, the strength of people's hearts, and the power of...
Wonder
[ 2014 ]
литература на иностранных языках, иностранные языки
R. J. Palacio
Su cara lo hace distinto y él solo quiere ser uno más. Camina siempre mirando al suelo, la cabeza gacha y el flequillo tratando en vano de esconder su rostro, pero, aun así, es objeto de miradas furtivas, susurros ahogados y codazos de asombro. August sale poco. Su vida transcurre entre las acogedoras paredes de su casa, entre la compañía de su familia, su perra Daisy y las increíbles historias de La guerra de las galaxias. Este año todo va a cambiar, porque este año va a ir, por...
The Rest of Us Just Live Here
[ 2015 ]
литература на иностранных языках, иностранные языки, современная литература, современная зарубежная
Патрик Несс
Award-winning writer Patrick Ness's bold and irreverent novel powerfully asks what if you weren't the Chosen One? The one who's supposed to fight the zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever this new thing is, with the blue lights and the death? What if you were like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate and go to prom and maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes and blows up the high school. Again. Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this week’s...
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
[ 2016 ]
литература на иностранных языках, иностранные языки
Becky Albertalli
Sixteen-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight. Now change-averse Simon has to find a way to step out of his comfort zone before he's pushed out—without alienating his friends, compromising himself, or fumbling a shot at happiness with the most confusing, adorable guy he's never met. Incredibly funny and poignant, this...