Arcturus Canoeing in the Wilderness Торо Генри Дэвид

«Я ушел в лес потому, что хотел жить разумно, иметь дело лишь с важнейшими фактами жизни и попробовать чему-то от нее научиться, чтобы не оказалось перед смертью, что я вовсе не жил» • В 1845 году Генри Дэвид Торо оставил свой дом в городе Конкорд, что в штате Массачусетс, и поселился в лесу, в доме у Уолденского пруда, который он построил сам. Писатель провёл там два года, и всё это время он подробно описывал свои переживания • Их хроникой стала книга «Уолден, или жизнь в лесу», важный образец трансцендентализма в американской литературе, ода миру природы и история о пути к просветлению. Она представляет вниманию читателя множество проницательных мыслей и позитивную точку зрения на жизнь в одиночестве • Книга легла в основу инди-игры «walden, a game», вышедшей в 2017 году

ake a stroll down Memory Lane with this wonderful collection of photographs of Britain in the 1940s, which evokes those Happy Days when everyone pulled together to defeat Hitler and kept smiling despite the hardship of the post-war years. Over 90 photographs are accompanied by a witty and moving commentary describing a decade when the 'Three Rs' ruled in every classroom, it was safe for children to play out on the streets and boys had sensible names like James, Robert and John, while the top three names for girls were Mary, Barbara and Patricia. A companion volume to Born in the 50s and Born in the 60s, this is guaranteed to produce a golden glow in every reader, and a perfect family gift

Take a stroll down Memory Lane with this wonderful collection of photographs of Britain in the 1950s, a time when everybody knew their neighbours, kids made their own fun playing out on the streets, and pram racing and roller skating were all the rage. Over 90 photographs are accompanied by a witty and moving commentary describing a golden decade when the British were discovering a new sense of fun and freedom. Rationing came to an end, Butlin's holiday camps were hugely popular and kitchens came with 'all mod cons'. In 1957, Prime Minister announced that the British had never had it so good and this book illustrates just what he meant. A companion volume to Born in the 40s and Born in the 60s, this is guaranteed to produce a golden glow in every reader, and a perfect family gift

Take a stroll down Memory Lane with this wonderful collection of photographs of Britain in the 1960s, a revolutionary decade when the consumer society arrived on every family's doorstep and Swinging London briefly came to be the centre of the world. Over 90 photographs are accompanied by a witty and moving commentary describing a golden decade when the traditional stiff upper lip gave way to the counter-culture and kids no longer wanted to be like Dad and Mum. This was a time of great change when families started holidaying abroad, mods and rockers fought at seaside resorts and television came to be the centre-piece of many homes. Born in the 40s and Born in the 50s, this is guaranteed to produce a golden glow in every reader, and a perfect family gift

Take a stroll down Memory Lane with this wonderful collection of photographs of Britain in the 1970s, a fast-changing decade which saw a steady rise in living standards, the introduction of package tours abroad, far too many oranges and browns in home furnishings, bottles of Blue Nun and Black Tower, Vesta curries, spacehoppers, Bagpuss and Curlie-Wurlies, prawn cocktails and avocados, colour TV, Kevin Keegan's perm, the Nolan Sisters, Abba, Edward Heath & Harold Wilson, Arthur Scargill & Maggie Thatcher

The 1930s came in with the Great Depression and went out with World War II. Amid all the political and financial upheaval, it was a decade that saw many traditions shaken to their foundations and new thinking taking centre-stage, leading to the abdication of Edward VIII, great leaps forward in health and education and the launch of BBC television. In this book the human side of this revolutionary decade is captured vividly in words and pictures

For the people of Britain, the Forties was a decade of austerity, courage and collective spirit, an era of reform and restructuring and a glimpse of the modern world to come. This defining decade is captured here in delightfully nostalgic wordsearch puzzles combined with photos that will bring the memories flooding back. Covering topics such as films, musicians and pin-ups; crazes, school meals and at the tearoom, as well as the Blitz and women at work, this collection will evoke both the war years and the post-war rebuilding time of a defining decade

«Уолден, или Жизнь в лесу» - главная книга американского поэта и мыслителя Генри Дэвида Торо. Текст представляет собой размышление о простой жизни в естественной среде • «О гражданском неповиновении» - политическое эссе, впервые опубликованное в 1849 г. в сборнике «Статьи по эстетике». Работа считается одним из ключевых текстов в философии гражданского неповиновения наряду с работами М. Л. Кинга – младшего и Махатмы Ганди. В тексте представлена критика американского правительства и взглядов американского общества на фоне американо-мексиканской войны 1846–1848 гг. и сохраняющегося в ряде штатов института рабства • Книга на английском языке • "I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived

In this shimmering masterpiece of American nature writing, Edward Abbey ventures alone into the canyonlands of Moab, Utah, to work as a seasonal ranger for the United States National Park Service • Living out of a trailer, Abbey captures in rapt, poetic prose the landscape of the desert; a world of terracotta earth, empty skies, arching rock formations, cliffrose, juniper, pinyon pine and sand sage. His summers become spirit quests, taking him in search of wild horses and Ancient Puebloan petroglyphs, up mountains and across tribal lands, and down the Glen Canyon by river. He experiences both sides of his new home; its incredible beauty and its promise of liberation, but also its isolating, cruel side, at one point discovering a dead tourist at an isolated area of the Grand Canyon

«Фигура на ковре» — рассказ американского писателя Генри Джеймса, впервые опубликованный в 1896 году. Он рассказывается от первого лица; рассказчик, имя которого никогда не разглашается, встречает своего любимого автора и становится одержимым раскрытием тайного смысла всех произведений автора • Книга на английском языке • 'Did she know and if she knew would she speak?' • The story of an unsolved literary mystery that explores what James referred to as "troubled artistic consciousness" • Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe

Fate favours the infant son of John and Alice Clayton when he is found and adopted by a female ape after the death of his parents. Growing up in the African jungle, Tarzan becomes a skilled hunter and the protector of animals from the local tribe • When a new party of white people arrive, an unexpected chain of events occur that lead Tarzan to discover his true ancestry and fall in love with the first white woman he has ever met - Jane Porter. Will his love for Jane lead to Tarzan claiming his rightful place in society, or will he renounce his heritage to remain as Lord of the Jungle? • This Arcturus Classics edition brings this timeless tale to a new readership, featuring a modern graphic cover design

"With trembling hands, I made a tiny breach in the upper left hand corner... widening the hole a little, I inserted the candle and peered in... at first I could see nothing... presently... details of the room within emerged slowly from the mist, strange animals, statues, and gold-everywhere the glint of gold." • Howard Carter • Lost to antiquity, the tomb of King Tutankhamun was rediscovered by Howard Carter in 1922. Its hidden location had protected it from plundering and inside lay a world of treasures • Accompany Howard Carter as he explores the tombs of ancient Egypt and enter this mysterious world of artefacts, hieroglyphs, ancient gods and pharaohs, solving puzzles befitting a king as you go. With strange and cryptic hieroglyphs to decode, ancient mysteries to crack, and riddles worthy of the sphinx itself you'll soon be lost in the sands of time