Penguin Uncle Tom's Cabin Or, Life Among the Lowly Бичер-Стоу Гарриет

Ширли Джексон была не только мастером жуткого, но и безупречным летописцем повседневной семейной жизни. В "Жизни среди дикарей", ее едко-смешном рассказе о воспитании своих детей в ветхом доме в Вермонте, она имеет дело с крысами в подвале, плохо себя ведущими воображаемыми друзьями, забывчивым мужем и постоянно вторгающимся домашним хаосом, все это описано с остроумием, теплотой и большим количеством острот • Книга на английском языке • A darkly funny account of family life from the author of The Haunting of Hill House and The Lottery • 'Sometimes, in my capacity as a mother, I find myself sitting open-mouthed and terrified before my own children' • As well as being a master of the macabre, Shirley Jackson was also a pitch-perfect chronicler of everyday family life

Viewed by many as fuelling the abolitionist movement of the 1850s and laying the groundwork for the Civil War, Harriet Beecher Stowe's sentimental and moral tale of slaves attempting to secure their freedom was one of the most popular books of the 19th century. Centred upon the long-suffering Uncle Tom, a devout Christian slave who endures cruelty and abuse from his owners, he is often celebrated as the first black hero in American fiction who refuses to obey his white masters. With other strong protagonists such as Eliza, a courageous slave who flees to the North with her son when she learns that he is to be sold, Beecher Stowe highlighted the plight of southern slaves and the breaking up of black families

Beecher Stowe’s vivid descriptions uncover the harrowing situations faced by slaves in Civil War America • When a Kentucky farmer faces financial ruin, he reluctantly sells his slaves, and Uncle Tom finds himself the property of a cruel plantation owner, fighting for his freedom and ultimately, for his right to live. With a rich narrative and wonderfully realised characters, this is a panoramic, incredibly accomplished work. Originally published to much acclaim in 1852, it quickly established Harriet Beecher Stowe as one of America’s most influential female novelists and was crucial in helping to secure the abolition of slavery

"Хижина дяди Тома" - одна из самых популярных, влиятельных и противоречивых книг в истории американской литературы, пронизанная эмоциями панорама американского общества, которая не стесняется говорить об ответственности всей Америки за грех рабства. Яркий и глубокий роман Гарриет Бичер-Стоу громогласно восклицает: лишь раскаяние, справедливость и милосердие могут уберечь сограждан писательницы от гнева Господня • Эта книга стала таким мощным стимулом для движения за отмену рабства, что Абрахам Линкольн полушутя назвал Стоу "маленькой женщиной, начавшей большую войну". В своём написанном живым языком и дающем пищу для размышлений введении к роману доктор Кит Кэрэбин пишет о многоголосье самых разнообразных читательских мнений: северяне и южане, аболиционисты умеренные и радикальные, женщины и чернокожие говорили и писали как о самой "Хижине дяди Тома", так и о затронутых ей проблемах политики, религии, расы и взаимоотношений между мужчинами и женщинами

Роман американской писательницы Гарриет Бичер-Стоу впервые вышел в 1852 году. Книга произвела фурор. За несколько лет она выдержала сотни изданий и множество переводов. На русском языке роман впервые был напечатан в 1857 году в качестве приложения к некрасовскому "Современнику" • "Хижина дяди Тома" - роман о рабстве. Автора побуждало стремление представить это явление в живой драматической действительности. Достоверно и ярко Г. Бичер-Стоу изображает жизнь чернокожих рабов, показывает тоску и отчаяние, разрывающие сердца, когда по чужой воле рушатся тысячи невольничьих семей

Эта поразительно откровенная история о мужчине и мальчике, проданных в рабство, и трудностях, с которыми они сталкиваются, была одной из первых, в которой затрагивалась тема рабства и того, что оно на самом деле означало • Противоречивый роман Стоу сочетает в себе всеобъемлющий акцент на движении против рабства и христианства с авантюрной, но трагической сюжетной линией и запоминающимися персонажами и сегодня так же остер, как и 150 лет назад • Книга на английском языке • This startlingly raw tale of a man and boy sold into slavery and the hardships they face was one of the first to address the subject of slavery and what it truly meant • Stowe's controversial novel combines an overarching focus on the movement against slavery and Christianity with an adventurous, yet tragic storyline and memorable characters, and is as poignant today as it was 150 years ago

This is Mark Twain's description of life on the Mississippi River, with observations and anecdotes about the culture and society along the river valley. It includes character sketches, historical facts, information and reminiscences of Twain's boyhood and experiences as a steam-boat pilot. Part travel book, part autobiography, and part social commentary, Life on the Mississippi is a memoir of the cub pilot's apprenticeship, a record of Twain's return to the river and to Hannibal as an adult, a meditation on the harsh vagaries of nature, and a study of the varied and sometimes violent activities engaged in by those who live on the river's shores

Paul Kildea's Benjamin Britten: A Life in the Twentieth Century is the definitive biography of Britain's greatest modern composer - now in paperback • Benjamin Britten was Britain's greatest twentieth-century composer, who broke decisively with figures such as Elgar and Vaughan Williams and recreated English music in a fresh, modern, European form. Paul Kildea's biography has been acclaimed as the definitive account of Britten's extraordinary life, exploring his deeply held and controversial pacifism; his complex forty-year relationship with Peter Pears; and his creation of an artistic community in Aldeburgh. Above all, however, this book helps us understand the relationship of Britten's music to his life, and takes us as far into its unique alchemy as we are ever likely to go

*A Wall Street Journal Business Bestseller* • A deeply reported and business-savvy chronicle of Tesla's wild ride - Walter Isaacson • A masterclass in narrative journalism - Bradley Hope • Exemplary - The Times • An exceptional work - Washington Post • Inside the outrageous, come-from-behind story of Elon Musk and Tesla's bid to build the world's greatest car and the race to drive the future • Elon Musk is among the most controversial titans of Silicon Valley. To some he's a genius and a visionary and to others he's a mercurial huckster. Billions of dollars have been gained and lost on his tweets and his personal exploits are the stuff of tabloids. But for all his outrageous talk of mind-uploading and space travel, his most audacious vision is the one closest to the ground: the electric car

Have you ever been told you're too sensitive? Welcome to the club • Nearly 1 in 3 people have the genes to be more sensitive than others. But what if we said it doesn't have to be the insult it's always been framed as? • Highly sensitive people • · Have a heightened sense of empathy • · Tune into subtle details and make connections that others miss • · Are often wonderfully creative • Through fascinating research, expert storytelling and practical insight, this book will teach you how to unlock the potential in this undervalued strength and leverage it in your relationships, your work and your life • Shattering the myth that being sensitive is a weakness, Sensitive will change - once and for all - how the world sees sensitive people, and how they see themselves

Today, the bunker has become the extreme expression of our greatest fears: from pandemics to climate change and nuclear war. And once you look, it doesn't take long to start seeing bunkers everywhere • In Bunker, acclaimed urban explorer and cultural geographer Bradley Garrett explores the global and rapidly growing movement of 'prepping' for social and environmental collapse, or 'Doomsday'. From the 'dread merchants' hustling safe spaces in the American mid-West to eco-fortresses in Thailand, from geoscrapers to armoured mobile bunkers, Bunker is a brilliant, original and never less than deeply disturbing story from the frontlines of the way we live now: an illuminating reflection on our age of disquiet and dread that brings it into new, sharp focus

The sweet scents of rural life infuse Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life, a collection of Roald Dahl's country stories - but there is always something unexpected lurking in the undergrowth • Whether it is taking a troublesome cow to be mated with a prime bull; dealing with a rat-infested hayrick; learning the ways and means of maggot farming; or describing the fine art of poaching pheasants using nothing but raisins and sleeping pills, Roald Dahl brings his stories of everyday country folk and their strange passions wonderfully to life. Lacing each tale with dollops of humour and adding a sprinking of the sinister, Dahl ensures that this collection is brimful of the sweet mysteries of life