Chime of Windbells
Автор: Harold Stewart
Год издания: 0000
A Year of Japanese Haiku in English Verse.Harold Stewart is an Australian poet who lives in Kyoto. His first anthology of Japanese haiku was published as A Net of Fireflies. This is his second. He has also written Phoenix Wings, Orpheus, and New Phoenix WingsPraise for Chime of Windbells:"…a beautifully printed and bound book … an exquisite gift for any occasion and should also be considered for poetry collections and libraries." —Best Sellers“…attractive, visually and literarily." —Library Journal"…I value them [the haiku] more highly than any of the other notable verse translations of our period." —Geoffrey Lehmann The Bulletin, Sydney“…a luxury item for the aesthete who has everything." —Courier–Post“…recommended for schools and libraries as well as for anyone who would enjoy a stimulating change in their reading habits." —Boston Sunday Globe
The Chimes
Автор: Чарльз Диккенс
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The Chimes / Колокола. Книга для чтения на английском языке
Автор: Чарльз Диккенс
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Предлагаем вниманию читателей повесть классика английской и мировой литературы Ч. Диккенса «Колокола».
Рассыльный Тоби Векк и его красавица дочь живут бедно, но весело. Оба они любят слушать колокольный звон близлежащей церкви. Отец различает «голоса» всех колоколов. Как-то под новый год, когда дочь готовилась к свадьбе, ему показалось, что колокола звонят как-то неправильно…
Оригинальный текст снабжен комментариями и словарем. Книга адресована студентам языковых вузов и всем любителям английской классической литературы.
Where Bluebells Chime
Автор: Elizabeth Elgin
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Will Daisy Dwerryhouse’s love for childhood friend Keth Purvis, survive the combination of geographical divide and the trials and tribulations of a world at war? Panoramic and engrossing, this is the third book in the unforgettable and hugely successful ‘Suttons of Yorkshire’ series.Blackouts, munitions, kitbags and rations once again pepper daily life. Daisy Dwerryhouse, the spirited daughter of gamekeeper Tom and his wife, ex-sewing-maid Alice, finds herself apart from her true love, Keth Purvis.Joining-up fever is infectious. Daisy is now a Wren, based in perilous Liverpool; Keth involved in secret war work in America. Will their mutual passion survive such a divide, as well as the tribulations and untold dramas of a world at war?Britain fights with desperate stubbornness, as the stench of undignified death and the snarl of enemy fighters touch Rowangarth. For Daisy and Keth, and for all the Suttons, these are years of danger and change: a bewildering time when a nation cannot even begin to hope for an end to the conflict.
Chimera
Автор: Ryszard Lenc
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Wind Chime Point
Автор: Sherryl Woods
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When life gets complicated, New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods proves family—and love—can make all the differenceFacing a personal crisis, ambitious and driven Gabriella Castle retreats to the welcoming arms of her family. Everything she's worked for has been yanked out from under her, and she seeks the serenity of her grandmother’s home on the North Carolina coast. With difficult decisions to make about her future, the last thing she wants is an unexpected love.Wade Johnson fell for Gabi the first time he saw her. It's not the only time he's found himself in the role of knight-in-shining-armor, but Gabi isn't looking for a rescuer. To get her to stay, Wade will need a whole lot of patience and gentle persuasion…and maybe the soothing sound of wind chimes on a summer breeze.“Charming characters . . . a satisfying, heartwarming conclusion to the Chesapeake Shores series.”—RT BookReviews on The Summer Garden