Cruelty
31David Copperfield (+ Audio CD) , Dickens Charles (2013)
David’s life changes for the worse when his mother dies and he is left with a cruel stepfather who sends him to work in London. But he doesn't want to work in a factory all his life, so he runs… 1011 руб32Wonder , Palacio R.J. (2013)
'My name is August. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse'. Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-years-old. He does ordinary things - eating ice cream… 625 руб33The Autumn of the Patriarch , Gabriel Garcia Marquez (2014)
One of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's most intricate and ambitious works, The Autumn of the Patriarch is a brilliant tale of a Caribbean tyrant andthe corruption of power. From charity to deceit… 829 руб34Sashenka , Montefiore Simon (2009)
Winter, 1916. In St Petersburg, snow is falling in a country on the brink of revolution. Beautiful and headstrong, Sashenka Zeitlin is just sixteen. As her mother parties with Rasputin and her… 1618 руб35David Copperfield: 1800 Headwords (+ 3 CD-ROM) , Charles Dickens (2013)
"Please, Mr Murdstone! Don't beat me! I've tried to learn my lessons, really I have, sir!" sobs David. Although he is only eight years old, Mr Murdstone does beat him, and David is so frightened that… 769 руб36The Last Four Things , Paul Hoffman (2012)
Return to the Sanctuary of the Redeemers: a place of pain, cruelty and terrible, dark devotion. Thomas Cale - the Left Hand of God, the Angel of Death - is put in charge of an army and groomed to… 1059 руб37Venus in Furs , Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (2000)
A shocking exploration of masochism, narcissism, and sexual power, Venus in Furs brought instant notoriety to its author for its unprecedented portrayal of a man who passionately makes himself the… 1529 руб38Black Beauty , Anna Sewell (1993)
Anna Sewell's Black Beauty was an immediate success on its publication in 1877, and has gone on to sell an estimated 50 million copies. Black Beauty is a horse with a fine black coat, a white foot… 236 руб39Punk: Chaos to Couture , Andrew Bolton, Richard Hell, John Lydon, Jon Savage (2013)
Since its origins in the 1970s, punk has had an explosive influence on fashion. With its eclectic mixing of stylistic references, punk effectively introduced the postmodern concept of bricolage to… 2370 руб40Oliver Twist , Charles Dickens (2007)
Young orphan Oliver Twist runs away from the cruelty of a workhouse and meets Fagin and his gang of thieves on the streets of London. Who will save Oliver from his life of crime? And what is the… 215 руб
