Vintage books The White Guard Булгаков Михаил Афанасьевич

Set in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev during the chaotic winter of 1918–19, The White Guard, Bulgakov’s first full-length novel, tells the story of a Russian-speaking family trapped in circumstances that threaten to destroy them. As in Tolstoy’s War and Peace, the narrative centres on the stark contrast between the cosy domesticity of family life on the one hand, and wide-ranging and destructive historical events on the other • The result is a disturbing, often shocking story – illuminated, however, by shafts of light that testify to people’s resilience, humanity and ability to love in even the most adverse circumstances

Set during the Hundred Years War, the protagonist of The White Company is a cloister-raised young nobleman who discovers that his father's will stipulated he travelled for a year before taking his vows. Setting off on his adventures, he finds himself part of the White Company - a group of mercenary archers en route to France.The horror of fighting awaits him - but so does the promise of valour • This is a lively and action-packed account of the exploits of a crew of Saxon archers, realistic and incredibly atmospheric in its depictions of medieval life, with a satisfying and compelling combination of breathless adventure and romantic chivalry

"Other things in the world are white but for me porcelain comes first" • A handful of clay from a Chinese hillside carries a promise: that mixed with the right materials, it might survive the fire of the kiln, and fuse into porcelain - translucent, luminous, white • Acclaimed writer and potter Edmund de Waal sets out on a quest - a journey that begins in the dusty city of Jingdezhen in China and travels on to Venice, Versailles, Dublin, Dresden, the Appalachian Mountains of South Carolina and the hills of Cornwall to tell the history of porcelain. Along the way, he meets the witnesses to its creation; those who were inspired, made rich or heartsick by it, and the many whose livelihoods, minds and bodies were broken by this obsession. It spans a thousand years and reaches into some of the most tragic moments of recent times

In 1992, in peaceful Southern Sweden, Louise Akerblom, an estate agent, pillar of the Methodist church, wife and mother, disappears. There is no explanation and no motive. Inspector Wallander and his team are called in to investigate • As Inspector Wallander is introduced to this missing person's case he has a gut feeling that the victim will never be found alive, but he has no idea how far he will have to go in search of the killer. In South Africa, Nelson Mandela has made his long walk to freedom, setting in train the country's painful journey towards the end of the apartheid. Wallander and his colleagues find themselves caught up in a complex web involving renegade members of South Africa's secret service and a former KGB agent, all of whom are set upon halting Mandela's rise to power

Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков (1891-1940) - один из самых ярких и талантливых писателей XX века. Тем не менее практически все, что он писал, подвергалось резкой критике, отменялись постановки пьес, запрещались публикации - значительная часть произведений вышла в свет только через несколько лет после его смерти.В сборник вошли самые известные произведения Михаила Булгакова: "Жизнь господина де Мольера", "Записки юного врача", "Собачье сердце", "Дьяволиада", "Роковые яйца" и другие, а также публицистические, важные для понимания позиции автора, его сложной писательской судьбы в Советской России, - статья "Грядущие перспективы" и "Письмо правительству СССР" 1930 года

Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков (1891-1940) - один из самых ярких и талантливых писателей XX века. Тем не менее практически все, что он писал, подвергалось резкой критике, отменялись постановки пьес, запрещались публикации - значительная часть произведений вышла в свет только через несколько лет после его смерти • В сборник вошли самые известные произведения Михаила Булгакова: "Жизнь господина де Мольера", "Записки юного врача", "Собачье сердце", "Дьяволиада", "Роковые яйца" и другие, а также публицистические, важные для понимания позиции автора, его сложной писательской судьбы в Советской России, - статья "Грядущие перспективы" и "Письмо правительству СССР" 1930 года

«Ваш роман вам принесёт ещё сюрпризы», – говорил Воланд на страницах «Мастера и Маргариты». Эти слова предсказали судьбу и самой книги, ставшей величайшим русскоязычным произведением XX века. Сегодня, благодаря онлайн-чтениям от Google, бессмертный роман обретает новое воплощение, а его персонажи оживают в цифровом мире. Вы держите в руках главное произведение Михаила Афанасьевича Булгакова. Эта история никогда не потеряет своей актуальности, ведь рукописи, как известно, не горят

‘What is it,’ asks Tom Wolfe, ‘that makes a man willing to sit on top of an enormous Roman Candle…and wait for someone to light the fuse?’ Arrogance? Stupidity? Courage? Or, simply, that quality we call 'the right stuff'? • A monument to the men who battled to beat the Russians into space, The Right Stuff is a voyage into the mythology of the American space programme, and a dizzying dive into the sweat, fear, beauty and danger of being on the white-hot edge of history in the making

The five, irreverant, satirical and imaginative stories contained in Diaboliad caused an uproar upon the book's first publication in 1925. Full of invention, they display Bulgakov's breathtaking stylistic range, moving at dizzying speed from grotesque satire to science fiction, from the plainest realism to the most madcap fantasy. Diaboliad is a wonderful introduction to literature's most uncategorisable and subversive genius

Михаил Булгаков - неподражаемый и таинственный писатель, сумевший передать всю фантасмагорию событий, а также чувств, мыслей, переживаний маленького человека, доведенного до безумия государственной бюрократической машиной. В книгу вошла известная повесть "Дьяволиада"

The definitive account of North Korea - its veiled past and uncertain future - from former White House adviser and Korea expert Victor Cha • ‘We killed Americans • We are killing Americans • We will kill Americans.’ • North Korean schoolchildren conjugating verbs • How did North Korea become The Impossible State, where citizens found humming South Korean pop songs risk being sent to a gulag, and yet a starving populace clings fiercely to its Dear Leader Kim Jong-un? What does the future hold for a regime with terrifying nuclear ambitions and an endless war with its southern counterpart? Former White House adviser and Director of Asian Studies at Georgetown University, Victor Cha, pulls back the curtain on the world’s most isolated country to provide this unprecedented and timely insight into North Korea’s history, present and future

'The perfect novel' Kate Atkinson, #1 bestselling author of Big Sky • Huck is a young, naive white boy fleeing from his drunken, dangerous Pap, and Jim is a runaway slave longing to be reunited with his family. Flung together by circumstance, they journey down the Mississippi together on a log raft, each in search of his own definition of freedom. Their daring adventures along the way provide both entertainment and a satirical look at the moral values of the Deep South of the 1800s