In his second adventure, the youngest, brightest, and most dangerous criminal mastermind is at boarding school when he receives an urgent e-mail from Russia. It`s from a man Artemis never thought he`d see again--his father--who has been kidnapped by the Russian mafia.
ISBN: 0-7868-1708-9
Издательство:
Miramax
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Artemis requires the help of the fairy folk once more as he is tricked in handing over the C Cube super computer he has constructed from stolen fairy technology, to Chicago businessman, Jon Spiro. This time Butler`s life is at stake so Artemis, Butler`s sister Juliet and Holly Short travel to Chicago to steal back the cube and ensure that Spiro is put out of business - permanently! This is the third title in this best selling series. Artemis Fowl was nominated for the Whitbread Children`s Book of the Year and won the WHSmith Children`s Book of the Year award.
ISBN: 0-7868-1815-8
Издательство:
Miramax
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Twelve-year-old villain, Artemis Fowl, is the most ingenious criminal mastermind in history. His bold and daring plan is to hold a leprechaun to ransom. But he`s taking on more than he bargained for when he kidnaps Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon (Lower Elements Police Reconnaissance Unit). For a start, leprechaun technology is more advanced than our own. Add to that the fact that Holly is a true heroine and that her senior officer Commander Root will stop at nothing to get her back and you`ve got the mother of all sieges brewing!
ISBN: 978-0-14-131212-5
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: август 2010
Twelve-year-old villain Artemis Fowl is the most ingenious criminal mastermind in history. His bold and daring plan is to hold a leprechaun to ransom. But he`s taking on more than he bargained for when he kidnaps Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon (Lower Elements Police Reconnaissance Unit). This is a truly modern classic, first published in 2002.
ISBN: 978-0-14-132972-7
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: май 2012
One of the most talked-about novels is now available in a mass-market edition. Twelve-year-old Artemis is a millionaire, a genius--and above all, a criminal mastermind. But Artemis doesn`t know what he`s taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit.
ISBN: 0-7868-1787-9
Издательство:
Miramax
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Artemis Fowl`s criminal ways have finally got the better of Young Artemis has frequently used high-tech fairy magic to mastermind the most devious criminal activity of the new century. Now, at a conference in Iceland, Artemis has gathered the fairies to present his latest idea to save the world from global warming. But Artemis is behaving strangely - he seems different. Something terrible has happened to Artemis Fowl has become nice. The fairies diagnose Atlantis Complex - that`s obsessive compulsive disorder to you and me - dabbling in magic has damaged his mind. Fairy ally Captain Holly Short doesn`t know what to do. Because the subterranean volcanoes are under attack from vicious robots and Artemis cannot fight them. Can Holly get the...
ISBN: 978-0-14-132802-7
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: май 2012
Taking the legends surrounding King Arthur and weaving in new psychological elements of personal desire and courtly manner, Chretien de Troyes fashioned a new form of medieval Romance. The Knight of the Cart is the first telling of the adulterous relationship between Lancelot and Arthur`s Queen Guinevere, and in The Knight with the Lion Yvain neglects his bride in his quest for greater glory. Erec and Enide explores a knight`s conflict between love and honour, Cliges exalts the possibility of pure love outside marriage, while the haunting The Story of the Grail chronicles the legendary quest. Rich in symbolism, these evocative tales combine closely observed detail with fantastic adventure to create a compelling world that profoundly...
ISBN: 978-0-14-044521-3
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is perhaps the greatest collection of detective stories ever written. From his residence at 221B Baker Street, Sherlock Holmes solves a series of baffling and bizarre cases, including those of a man terrified by the arrival of an envelope containing orange pips, and a woman whose fiance disappeared on his way to their wedding. Each story showcases the great detective`s inimitable and extraordinary deductive powers, recounted to us by his faithful friend and colleague, Dr Watson.This Macmillan Collector`s Library edition features an afterword by David Stuart Davies - a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund and an authority on Sherlock Holmes.Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector`s...
From former Children`s Laureate and award-winning author Michael Morpurgo comes, "Arthur High King of Britain", reissued with a beautiful new cover. Marooned on a sandbank, a boy faces certain death. With the sea closing in and the current about to drag him to a watery grave, his final wish is to see in a strange bed, the boy meets an old man sitting by the fire with his dog. It is Arthur, the great warrior king of legend, and from his lips the boy hears of Camelot, chivalry, magic, evil and betrayal.
ISBN: 978-1-4052-3961-5
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Arthur is only a squire, but he longs to be a knight like his older brother, Kay. When Kay`s sword goes missing, Arthur must get him a new one quickly. But the special sword that Arthur finds will change his own life for ever!
ISBN: 978-1-84362-475-2
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Arthur and George grow up worlds and miles apart in late 19th-century Britain: Arthur in shabby-genteel Edinburgh, and George in the vicarage of a small Staffordshire village. Arthur becomes a doctor, and then a writer; George a solicitor in Birmingham. Arthur is to become one of the most famous men of his age, George remains in hardworking obscurity. But as the new century begins, they are brought together by a sequence of events, which made sensational headlines at the time as The Great Wyrley Outrages. With a mixture of detailed research and vivid imagination, Julian Barnes brings to life not just this long-forgotten case, but the inner lives of these two very different men. The reader sees them both with stunning clarity, and almost...
ISBN: 978-0-09-949273-3
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
This treasury of elegantly detailed designs and popular motifs draws on centuries-old Japanese art and the serenity of nature for its stunning black-and-white images. Lush cherry blossoms, enchanting geishas, lute players, tea ceremonies, plus decorative fish and animals will inspire new patterns for everything from fabrics to needlework. A bonus CD-ROM includes digital files of all of the images in the book. This is a reprint of Artistic Japan, Sampson, Low, Marston and Company, Ltd., 1888-1889.
Three outstanding "public" buildings from different countries demonstrate how Arts and Crafts architects worked within varying environments. St Andrew’s Church, Roker, is a striking creation – a collaboration of work by architect, artists and craftsmen builders; Glasgow School of Art is a synthesis of opposites – austere and delicate, dark and light, derivative yet innovative; and the First Church of Christ Scientist, Berkeley, is versatile, colourful and inventive. The authors of these volumes describe how each building responds to its context, while examining its unique character. Studying the buildings in one volume enables the reader to decipher their shared influences along with the larger historical and geographical contexts...
ISBN: 0714838764
Издательство:
Phaidon
Дата выхода: апрель 2002
The Arts and Crafts movement flourished in the 1870s and 1880s. At its heart was a search for a return to simplicity, quiet beauty and honesty of construction – artists and craft workshops produced textiles, furniture, ceramics and metalwork which raised everyday objects to the level of the decorative arts. This illustrated survey examines the movement in Europe and North America.
ISBN: 0714834696
Издательство:
Phaidon
Дата выхода: апрель 2002
Growing up in the slums of East End London, Charlie Trumper dreams of someday running his grandfather`s fruit and vegetable barrow. That day comes suddenly when his grandfather dies leaving him the floundering business. With the help of Becky Salmon, an enterprising young woman, Charlie sets out to make a name for himself as "The Honest Trader". But the brutal onset of World War I takes Charlie far from home and into the path of a dangerous enemy whose legacy of evil follows Charlie and his family for generations. Encompassing three continents and spanning over sixty years, As the Crow Flies brings to life a magnificent tale of one man`s rise from rags to riches set against the backdrop of a changing century.
ISBN: 978-0-312-99711-3
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
Charlie Trumper`s earliest memory is of hearing his grandfather`s sales patter from behind his costermonger`s barrow. When Grandpa Charlie dies, young Charlie wants nothing more than to follow in his footsteps - his burning ambition is to own a shop that will sell everything: `The Biggest Barrow in the World`. Charlie`s progress from the teeming streets of Whitechapel to the elegance of Chelsea Terrace is only a few miles as the crow flies. But in Jeffrey Archer`s expert hands it becomes an epic journey.
ISBN: 978-0-330-52317-2
Издательство:
Picador
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. `All the world`s a stage, And all the men and women merely players`. Featuring Rosalind, one of Shakespeare`s most likeable and strong
ISBN: 978-0-00-790239-2
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
One of Shakespeare`s purest comedies, As You Like It allows the romantic idyll to run its course hindered only by disguise. Banished to the Forest of Arden, Rosalind and her cousin Celia dress as boys to protect themselves in their exile. However, Rosalind`s beloved, Orlando, is also in the forest, ignorant of her disguise. Meanwhile, Rosalind finds herself the object of female affections ... This wonderfully witty play with its boldly outspoken heroine and core of optimism and romance pokes gentle fun at the game of love while praising its virtues and celebrating its triumphs. This edition of the text contains notes, a glossary, and an introduction. Формат: 11 см x 18 см.
ISBN: 978-0-14-062372-7
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: июль 2011