Such is the strength of Joe Saul`s longing for a child, that he feels he is cursed after three unfruitful years of marriage. Yet unbeknown to him, he is sterile. His young wife secretly conceives the child of another man and when Joe discovers her deception, his anguish is greater than ever.
ISBN: 978-0-14-118606-1
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
New York is being held to ransom. Manhattan`s electricity grid has been the victim of a horrific and more are planned. While the FBI and Homeland Security try to determine who`s behind the carnage, Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs race to decode the forensics in order to prevent the next assault. But all is not what it seems. Electricity can be as lethal as it is vital, and Lincoln Rhyme soon finds he`s up against a merciless killer with a unique weapon - one that can be found in everyone`s home and office. And in the meantime, one of the few criminals to have ever slipped Rhyme`s net is under surveillance in Mexico. The deadly assassin known as the Watchmaker has set his murderous sights on innocent victims, whose identity is as yet...
ISBN: 978-1-4447-0428-0
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: август 2011
In the waning days of eighteenth-century London, poet, artist, and printer Will lam Blake works in obscurity. Next door, country boy Jem Kellaway moves in and strikes up a tentative friendship with street-savvy Maggie Butterfield. While England is rocked by the waves of the French Revolution, the two children navigate the confusing and exhilarating path to adolescence. Their lives intertwine with Blake`s and inspire him in this brilliantly rendered historical tale.
Jack London was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune, burning Daylight takes place in the Yukon Territory in 1893. The main character, Elam Harnish, nicknamed "Burning Daylight" was the most successful entrepreneur of the Alaskan Gold Rush. Bringing his fortunes to the States he is cheated out of it by a crowd of money kings, and recovers it only at the muzzle of his gun.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08151-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
Querry, a world famous architect, is the victim of a terrible attack of indifference: he no longer finds meaning in art of pleasure in life. Arriving anonymously at a Congo leper village, he is diagnosed as the mental equivalent of a `burnt-out case`, a leper who has gone through a stage of mutilation. However, as Querry loses himself in work for the lepers his disease of mind slowly approaches a cure. Then the white community finds out who Querry
ISBN: 978-0-09-947843-0
Издательство:
Vintage Classics
Дата выхода: апрель 2012
Detective Peter Decker and his wife, Rina, are profoundly shaken by this terrible accident that has occurred frighteningly close to their daughter`s school. And an irate call from the unaccounted-for flight attendant`s stepfather further tangles an already twisted mystery. The man insists twenty-eight-year-old Roseanne Dresden was never on the doomed flight, but was probably murdered by her abusive, unfaithful husband - a revelation that propels Decker down a path of tragic history and deadly lies toward an unimaginable evil that will challenge his and Rina`s cherished beliefs about guilt and innocence and justice.
"You can`t trust anyone who sleeps with monsters". That`s what Anita Blake had always believed. But now she was sharing a bed with the Master Vampire of the city. So when an arsonist began to target vampire victims, the creatures of the night turned to their former enemy. For now only "The Executioner" could save them from the
ISBN: 978-0-515-13447-6
Издательство:
Rem Distributors
Дата выхода: август 2011
A stunning, clever and unputdownable thriller from a writer compared to Michael Connelly and Jeffery Deaver In the quiet town of Grand Rapids, Minnesota, a baby vanishes from her bedroom in an opulent lakeside home. It looks like an abduction, but Lieutenant Jonathan Stride suspects that her father has a great deal to hide. That same night, a young policewoman stumbles into the middle of a horrific crime in an encounter which will bring a sadistic killer right into the heart of her already complicated life. Meanwhile, deep in the woods, a small and shallow grave conceals a secret that Stride and his team must unearth before time runs
ISBN: 978-0-7553-4877-0
Издательство:
Headline Publ.
Дата выхода: август 2011
"Business English: Pair Work 1" Gives Students of Business English Invaluable Practice in Communication Skills. Pair-Work Exercises are Ideal Building Confidence in Business Communication. The Exercises Provide Intensive Work on Presentations, Phone-Calls, Meetings, Negotiations and Social English. - Contains 65 Stimulating Pair-Work Activities, Including Information-Gap, Discussion, Role-Play and Simulation Exercises - A-Z of Language Functions - A Table Showing the Communication Skill Practised in Each Activity - A Glossary of Business Terms - Full Teacher`s Notes Including Photocopiable Handouts Business English Pair Work 1 is an Ideal Ingredient in Any Business English Course and Can be Used to Supplement Any Course Material.
ISBN: 978-0-14-081680-8
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: июль 2011
They plan to have a quiet country honeymoon. Then Lord Peter Wimsey and his bride Harriet Vane find the previous owner`s body in the cellar. Set in a country village seething with secrets and snobbery, this is Dorothy L. Sayers` last full-length detective novel. Variously described as a love story with detective interruptions and a detective story with romantic interruptions, it lives up to both descriptions with style.
In 1946, an alien virus that rewrites human DNA was accidentally unleashed in the skies over New York City. It killed ninety percent of those it infected. Nine percent survived to mutate into tragically deformed creatures. And one percent gained superpowers. The "Wild Cards" shared-universe series, created and edited since 1987 by New York Times #1 bestseller George R. R. Martin ("The American Tolkien" - Time magazine) along with Melinda Snodgrass, is the tale of the history of the world since then—and of the heroes among the one percent. Now a new generation of heroes has taken its place on the world stage, its members crucial players in international events. At the United Nations, veteran ace John Fortune has assembled a team of...
ISBN: 978-0-7653-5713-7
Издательство:
Macmillan USA
Дата выхода: август 2011
Cambridge English Readers is an exciting new series of original fiction, specially written for learners of English. Graded into six levels--from elementary to advanced--the stories in this series provide easy and enjoyable reading on a wide range of contemporary topics and themes.Alex Forley had everything: good looks, money, a beautiful house in London, an attractive girlfriend and a close group of friends. But now he is dead and Detective Inspector Rod Eliot wants the answers to two simple questions. Was it murder? And if so, who was the murderer?
ISBN: 978-0-521-78359-0
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: январь 2011
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. Alex Forley had everything: good looks, money, a beautiful house in London, an attractive girlfriend and a close group of friends. But now he is dead - an apparent case of suicide. Detective Inspector Rod Eliot isn`t sure Alex killed himself and he wants the answers to two simple it murder? And if so, who did it?
ISBN: 978-0-521-68659-4
Издательство:
Cambridge
Дата выхода: август 2011
When Tom Brodzinski finally decides to give up smoking during a family holiday in a weird, unnamed land, a moment`s inattention becomes his undoing. Flipping the butt of his last cigarette off the balcony of the holiday apartment, it lands on the head of the elderly Reggie Lincoln, and burns him. Despite Brodzinski`s liberal attitudes and good intentions, the local authorities treat his action as an assault. Soon the full weight of the courts and tribal custom is brought to bear. What follows is a journey through a fantastically distorted world, a country that is part Australia, part Iraq and part the heart of a distinctively modern darkness.
ISBN: 978-0-7475-9645-5
Издательство:
Bloomsbury
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
This is a journey in search of the English language but not along any route that`s been explored before. Acclaimed linguist David Crystal takes us down the intriguing side roads, via entertaining diversions and through the mysterious groves and thickets of English, to create a unique and mesmerising account of the language and its speakers. From Bangor to Bombay and from Stratford to San Francisco, Crystal subjects Tolkien, 1960s cult television, Kolkata, pub names, Bovril, ancient runes and all manner of verbal curiosities to his inquisitive examinations. A linguistic travelogue like no other, "By Hook or by Crook" captures the quirky tantalising nature of language in a fascinating exploration of people, places and words.
ISBN: 978-0-00-723557-5
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
Dylan O`Connor is a gifted young artist just trying to do the right thing in life. He`s on his way to an arts festival in Santa Fe when he stops to get a room for himself and his twenty-year-old autistic brother, Shep. But in a nightmarish instant, Dylan is attacked by a mysterious "doctor", injected with a strange substance, and told that he is now a carrier of something that will either kill transform his life in the most remarkable way. Then he is told that he must flee - before the doctor`s enemies hunt him down for the secret circulating through his body. No one can help him, the doctor says, not even the police. Stunned, disbelieving, Dylan is turned loose to run for his straight into an adventure that will turn the next...
ISBN: 978-0-553-58276-5
Издательство:
Bantam
Дата выхода: июль 2011
When Tommy and Tuppence visit an elderly aunt in her gothic nursing home, they think nothing of her mistrust of the doctors. But when the other residents talk of a poisoned mushroom stew and something behind the fireplace, they begin to take notice. Издание полностью на английском языке.
ISBN: 978-0-451-20052-5
Издательство:
Rem Distributors
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
From Paulo Coelho, author of the international bestseller The Alchemist, comes a poignant, richly poetic story that reflects the depth of love and life. Rarely does adolescent love reach its full potential, but what happens when two young lovers reunite after eleven years? Time has transformed Pilar into a strong and independent woman, while her devoted childhood friend has grown into a handsome and charismatic spiritual leader. She has learned well how to bury her feelings . . . and he has turned to religion as a refuge from his raging inner conflicts. Now they are together once again, embarking on a journey fraught with difficulties, as long-buried demons of blame and resentment resurface after more than a decade. But in a small...
ISBN: 978-0-00-721471-6
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: июль 2011
They were forced to meet by the rivers of Israel, two Concorde jets take off for a UN conference that will finally bring peace to the Middle East. Covered by F-14 fighters, accompanied by security men, the planes carry warriors, pacifists, lovers, enemies, dignatories - and a bomb planted by a terrorist mastermind. Suddenly they`re forced to crash-land at an ancient desert site. Here, with only a handful of weapons, the men and women of the peace mission must make a desperate stand against an army of crack Palestinian commandos - while the Israeli authorities desperately attempt a rescue bid. A story of compulsive excitement, rich in personal drama and political tension that must rank as one of the greatest of our times.
ISBN: 978-0-7515-4179-3
Издательство:
Little, Brown and Company
Дата выхода: август 2011
1902. The authors recount true incidents and stories about players and the stage. Contents: The Story of a Friendship; Autobiography of an Actress; The Passing of the Leading Lady; Her One Superstition; Grimston’s School of Acting; A Triumph of Temperament; He Married an Actress; Three Friends; The Understudy; Heard at the Managers’ Club; and An Early Jump. Книга представляет собой репринтное издание (издательство "New York, The Grafton press"). Несмотря на то, что была проведена серьезная работа по восстановлению первоначального качества издания, на некоторых страницах...
ISBN: 141793462X
Издательство:
Книга по требованию
Дата выхода: июль 2010
An old woman in a nursing home speaks of a child buried behind the fireplace...When Tommy and Tuppence visited an elderly aunt in her gothic nursing home, they thought nothing of her mistrust of the doctors; after all, Ada was a very difficult old lady. But when Mrs Lockett mentioned a poisoned mushroom stew and Mrs Lancaster talked about `something behind the fireplace`, Tommy and Tuppence found themselves caught up in an unexpected adventure involving possible black magic...
From Paulo Coelho, author of the international bestseller The Alchemist, comes a poignant, richly poetic story that reflects the depth of love and life. Rarely does adolescent love reach its full potential, but what happens when two young lovers reunite after eleven years? Time has transformed Pilar into a strong and independent woman, while her devoted childhood friend has grown into a handsome and charismatic spiritual leader. She has learned well how to bury her feelings . . . and he has turned to religion as a refuge from his raging inner conflicts. Now they are together once again, embarking on a journey fraught with difficulties, as long-buried demons of blame and resentment resurface after more than a decade. But in a small...
Acclaimed biographer of James Joyce Edna O Brien has written an intimate biography that suits her fiery and charismatic subject. She follows Byron from the dissipations of Regency London to the wilds of Albania and the Socratic pleasures of Greece and Turkey, culminating in his meteoric rise to fame at the age of twenty-four on the publication of Childe Harold. With her prismatic eye and novelistic style, O Brien eerily captures the spirit of the man and creates an indelible portrait of Byron that explodes the Romantic myth. From his escapades with John Edleston, the fourteen-year-old Cambridge choir boy, to those with a galaxy of women that included his half-sister, his wife of one year, and the Italian countess who forsook her...