Go Figure. is an engaging and diverse collection of maths-related anecdotes, puzzles and formulas. It shows readers all the interesting things they can figure out using basic algebra.'
Henry James: Complete Stories, 1892-1898 (Library of America)
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A handsome, authoritative edition of twenty-one classic stories from James's latest and greatest period includes "The Turn of the Screw," "The Figure in the Carpet," and "The Altar of the Dead."
A classic work that offers the reader an ideal overview of the ideas that marked out Read as a seminal and hugely influetial figure in the cultural life of the twentieth century.
William Blake is one of the most important influences on twentieth-century literature. This is true both for Modernism and for postmodernism. Increasingly, he seems like one of the most 'indulged' artists of the past. This study will ask why, suggesting that he is a figure central to the Modernist re-definition of past art.
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James Hadley Chase was born in London and initially worked as a book wholesaler. He was heavily influenced by American crime and gangster writers and his own books fall within that genre, with many of them based in the U.S. Chase developed a number of series characters, with several books dedicated to each and all are fast moving tales of murder, intrigue, blackmail and espionage. Characters include ex commando Brick-Top Corrigan, Californian private eye Vic Malloy, former C.I.A. agent Mark Girland, and millionaire Don Miclem. Hailed as " the thriller maestro of the generation "
Detective Figure it out for Yourself is not adapted, but easy to read.
Детектив Дж. Х. Чейза, переведенный в России как "Крысы Баррета". Не адаптирован, но читается легко.
