He`s your best friend. She`s the love of his life. You`ve got six weeks to convince him otherwise. Adam Bailey is appalled when his best friend Nick announces that he`s about to marry his new girlfriend, Sandra. Can`t Nick see just how wrong the loud-mouthed, bossy, gold-digging Sandra is for him? Somehow Adam has to make his friend see the error of his ways - without losing his friendship in the process. With only six weeks to go until the wedding, there`s not a lot of time. But amidst the chaos, carnage and confusion which ensue in the run-up to the big day, Adam himself meets someone who will change his life in ways he could never have expected.
ISBN: 978-0-7434-9551-6
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
A hot summer`s day, a crowded motorway, a split second that changed people`s lives forever. Gripping, heartbreaking, exciting and unputdownable, this new novel will be one of 2009`s biggest and most enjoyable novels - from the irresistible Penny Vincenzi.
ISBN: 978-0-7553-2089-9
Издательство:
Headline Publ.
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Издание полностью на английском языке.The Best Laid Plans is the explosive story of two equally determined people headed on a collision course. Oliver has a strategy to win the White House; Leslie has a scheme to make him wish he`d never been born. They both should have know that even the best laid plans can go dangerously astray - in a deadly dangerous way.
ISBN: 9780446604086
Издательство:
Warner Books
Дата выхода: январь 2020
They were teenage sweethearts from opposite sides of the tracks - with a passion that would change their lives for ever. But life would force them apart. Years later, the lines they had drawn between past and present are about to Called back to their hometown for the funeral of the mentor who once gave them shelter when they needed it most, they are faced with each other once again, and forced to confront the paths they chose. Can true love ever rewrite the past? The new epic love story from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of "The Notebook" and "The Last Song". Nicholas Sparks is one of the world`s most beloved authors.
ISBN: 978-0-7515-4298-1
Издательство:
Little, Brown and Company
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Addie Downs and Valerie Adler will be best friends forever. At least that`s what nine-year-old Addie believes when Val moves into the house across the street. But in the wake of betrayal during their teenage years, Val is swept into the popular crowd, while mousy, sullen Addie becomes her school`s scapegoat. Fifteen years on, Val has found a measure of fame and fortune as the local weathergirl. Addie, meanwhile, lives alone in her parents` house, looking after her troubled brother and trying to meet Prince Charming on the internet. She`s just returned from Bad Date No. 6, when she hears a knock at her door. There, on the step, is her long-gone best friend, blood on the sleeve of her coat. `Something terrible has happened`, Val tells...
ISBN: 978-1-84739-024-0
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Contains three books about Pippi - "Pippi Longstocking", "Pippi Goes Aboard", and "Pippi in the South Seas". This work is illustrated throughout by best-selling artist, Tony Ross, who has illustrated the cover. Astrid Lindgren has won numerous awards including the Hans Christian Andersen Award and the International Book Award.
Gemma and Alice, born on the same day, have been devoted best friends ever since. Despite Gemma`s larger-than-life personality and Alice`s quieter, calmer character, the two are inseparable - until that is Alice has to move house, all the way to Scotland. Gemma is utterly distraught, particularly at the thought that Alice might find a new best friend. Is there anything Gem`s brothers, or perhaps her grandad, can do to help? Established fans, especially male readers, will be delighted to re-encounter the flamboyant Biscuits, co-star of Buried Alive! and Cliffhanger. A charming, funny and touching story will be adored by all Wilson fans from 7 upwards.
ISBN: 978-0-440-86851-4
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Springtime in Styria. And that means war. There have been nineteen years of blood. The ruthless Grand Duke Orso is locked in a vicious struggle with the squabbling League of Eight, and between them they have bled the land white. While armies march, heads roll and cities burn, behind the scenes bankers, priests and older, darker powers play a deadly game to choose who will be king. War may be hell but for Monza Murcatto, the Snake of Talins, the most feared and famous mercenary in Duke Orso`s employ, it`s a damn good way of making money too. Her victories have made her popular - a shade too popular for her employer`s taste. Betrayed, thrown down a mountain and left for dead, Murcatto`s reward is a broken body and a burning hunger for...
At Davis & Dash, one of New York`s most prestigious publishing houses, five new authors will be published--but only one of them will be a bestseller. They have worked long and hard to write their novels of romance and murder, drama and love. But the story behind the stories is even more exciting. And the vicious competition to get the right agent, the perfect editor, and the choice spot on the bestseller list must be seen to be believed. Master novelist Olivia Goldsmith, bestselling author of The First Wives Club and Marrying Mom, takes a scathing and hilarious inside look at the deviously cutthroat world of publishing. She pierces egos, produces the dish, and punctures more than a few careers in this one-of-a-kind novel where dreams...
ISBN: 0-06-109608-3
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
One of Dickens` most popular novels, Great Expectations tells the story of an orphan called Pip and his attempts to rise from a poor childhood and become a gentleman. On his way, he meets memorable characters, such as Magwitch the convict, beautiful but arrogant Estella and eccentric Miss Havisham.Retold by Katrina Gormley.
Minerva Dobbs knows that happily-ever-after is a fairy tale, especially with a man who asked her to dinner to win a bet. Even if he is gorgeous and successful Calvin Morrisey. Cal knows commitment is impossible, especially with a woman as cranky as Min Dobbs. Even if she does wear great shoes, and keep him on his toes. When they say good-bye at the end of their evening, they cut their losses and agree never to see each other again. But Fate has other plans, and it`s not long before Min and Cal meet again. Soon, they`re dealing with a jealous ex-boyfriend, Krispy Kreme donuts, a determined psychologist, chaos theory, a freakishly intelligent cat, Chicken Marsala, and more risky propositions than either of them ever dreamed of. Including...
Minerva Dobbs knows that happily-ever-after is a fairy tale, especially with a man who asked her to dinner to win a bet. Even if he is gorgeous and successful Calvin Morrisey. Cal knows commitment is impossible, especially with a woman as cranky as Min Dobbs. Even if she does wear great shoes and keeps him on his toes. When they say good-bye at the end of their evening, they cut their losses and agree never to see each other again. But Fate has other plans and it`s not long before Min and Cal meet again. Soon, they`re dealing with a jealous ex-boyfriend, Krispy Kreme donuts, a determined psychologist, chaos theory, a freakishly intelligent cat, Chicken Marsala, and more risky propositions than either of them ever dreamed of. Including...
ISBN: 978-0-312-98785-5
Издательство:
Macmillan USA
Дата выхода: октябрь 2012
"Beth Levine Shoes" is a showcase of gorgeous, full-color photographs of Beth Levine`s groundbreaking shoe design and the story of this pioneering woman who went from Long Island farm girl to shoemaker for stars such as Nancy Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, and Barbra Streisand. Although she was a truly visionary designer, Levine`s shoes were sold under her husband`s name because female shoe designers were unheard of in her time. This book will give her the credit she deserves for her fashion-forward work, including introducing mules, stilettos, and fashion boots to the American market. Her work is featured in museums around the world. Her designs are still setting trends today and in photographs look as fresh now as when they were first...
Tallie Jones is a Hollywood legend. An ambitious and passionate film director, her award-winning productions achieve the rare combination of critical and commercial success. But she has little interest in the glitz and glamour of Los Angeles, instead focusing intently on her work and family. She has close, loving relationships with her daughter, her elderly father and Hunter Lloyd - her co-producer and partner of four years. Completing her trusted circle is Brigitte Parker - Tallie`s best friend and devoted personal assistant. They`ve been friends since film school, and Brigitte`s polished glamour and highly organized style provides a perfect balance to Tallie`s casual appearance and down-to-earth approach to life. However as Tallie is...
All any of us could talk about was Chris`s disappearance and how bizarre it was that he had last been seen so close to the House of Night. I didn`t want to believe it. But everything inside me said that the kid would be found, but he`d be found Things seem to be going pretty well for Zoey Redbird. She`s settled in at the House of Night finishing school and is coming to terms with her incredible new powers. It all seems too good to be true. And guess what? Someone has begun murdering human teenagers, and all evidence points to the vampyres at Zoey`s school. Which means her first assignment as the leader of the Dark Daughers is finding out which one of her classmates or gulp teachers is a killer. Sigh. And she thought her boyfriends (yes:...
ISBN: 978-1-905654-32-1
Издательство:
Little, Brown and Company
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Fledgling vampire Zoey Redbird has managed to settle in at the House of Night. She`s come to terms with the vast powers the vampire goddess, Nyx, has given her, and is getting a handle on being the new Leader of the Dark Daughters. Best of all, Zoey finally feels like she belongs - like she really fits in. She actually has a two. Then the unthinkable happens: Human teenagers are being killed, and all the evidence points to the House of Night. While danger stalks the humans from Zoey`s old life, she begins to realize that the very powers that make her so unique might also threaten those she loves. Then, when she needs her new friends the most, death strikes the House of Night, and Zoey must find the courage to face a betrayal that could...
ISBN: 978-0-312-36028-3
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Lauren Kate`s irresistible first novel, The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove, features the most ruthlessly ambitious heroine since Lady Macbeth. Natalie is utterly determined to cement her position at the top of the high school social ladder by becoming prom queen. When it looks like an interfering ex-boyfriend might get in her way, she devises a little prank to humiliate him. But when the prank goes devastatingly wrong, Natalie starts to lose control of her life. Caught in a web of dark secrets, shame and abuse of power, it`s not guilt that eventually defeats Natalie. It`s fate: the only thing she can`t
ISBN: 978-0-552-56372-7
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
This acclaimed book by Steven Pinker, author of The Language Instinct and The Blank Slate, argues that, contrary to popular belief, humankind has become progressively less violent, over millenia and decades. Can violence really have declined? The images of conflict we see daily on our screens from around the world suggest this is an almost obscene claim to be making. Extraordinarily, however, Steven Pinker shows violence within and between societies - both murder and warfare - really has declined from prehistory to today. We are much less likely to die at someone else`s hands than ever before. Even the horrific carnage of the last century, when compared to the dangers of pre-state societies, is part of this trend. Debunking both the idea...
ISBN: 978-0-14-103464-5
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: январь 2013
`Hunter S. Thompson is to drug-addled, stream-of-consciousness, psycho-political black humor what Forrest Gump is to idiot savants` Philadelphia Inquirer Since his blazing 1972 opus, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, Hunter S. Thompson has reported the election story in his truly inimitable, just-short-of-libel style. In Better than Sex, Thompson hits the dusty trail again without leaving home yet manages to deliver a mind-bending view of the 1992 presidential campaign, in all of its horror, sacrifice, lust, and dubious glory. Complete with faxes sent to and received by candidate Clinton`s top aides, and 100 per cent pure gonzo screeds on Richard Nixon, George Bush, and Oliver North, here is the most true-blue campaign tell-all...
ISBN: 978-0-330-51075-2
Издательство:
Picador
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Better Writing Through Editing teaches intermediate students how to edit their own writing for correct sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, and expression. Using a systematic approach for studying writing and editing problems, students discover the
Welcome to Kittur, India. Of its 193,432 residents, only 89 declare themselves to be without religion or caste. And if the characters in Between the Assassinations are any indication, Kittur is an extraordinary crossroads between the brightest minds and the poorest morals, the up-and-coming and the downtrodden, and the poets and the prophets of an India that modern literature has rarely addressed. A series of sketches that together form a blinding, brilliant, and brave mosaic of Indian life as it is lived in a place called Kittur, Between the Assassinations, with all the humor, sympathy, and unflinching candor of The White Tiger, enlarges our understanding of the world we live in today.
Outwardly a novel about life in a country house in whose grounds there is to be a pageant, Between the Acts is also a striking evocation of English experience in the months leading up to the Second World War. Through dialogue, humour and the passionate musings of the characters, Virginia Woolf explores how a community is formed (and scattered) over time. The tableau, a series of scenes from English history, and the private dramas that go on between the acts are closely interlinked. Through the figure of Miss La Trobe, author of the pageant, Virginia Woolf guestions imperialist assumptions and, at the same time, re-creates the elusive role of the artist.
ISBN: 978-0-14-118452-4
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2012
For Maggie and Bill it was love at first sight. One impulsive wedding later and with the arrival of three perfect children, Jake, Aly and Stan, the Barrett family seem to have it all. Until the day their world stops turning. When Jake dies suddenly, they`re swept away on a tide of grief that fractures Maggie and Bill`s marriage. She and the children are left clinging to the wreckage of their family. And they need help, because in her grief Maggie is in danger of losing Aly and Stan Kate, housekeeper, companion and shoulder to cry on. She`s here to pick up the pieces and fix what isn`t completely broken. But can Maggie trust Kate? And why is Kate so keen to help?When Bill falls for another woman, Maggie realizes she will have to fight to...
Born in Ukraine on the first day of the century, a Jewish anti-Semite, Pyat careered through three decades like a runaway train. Bisexual, cocaine-loving engineer/inventor/spy, he enthusiastically embraces Fascism. Hero-worshipping Mussolini, he enters the dictator`s circle, enjoys a close friendship with Mussolini`s wife and is sent by the Duce on a secret mission to Munich, becoming intimate with Ernst Rohm, the homosexual stormtrooper leader. His crucial role in the Nazi Party`s struggle for power has him performing perverted sex acts with `Alf`, as the Fuhrer`s friends call him. Pyat`s extraordinary luck leaves him after he witnesses Hitler`s massacre of Rohm and the SA. At last he is swallowed up in Dachau concentration camp. Thirty...
ISBN: 978-0-09-948882-8
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: апрель 2012