Matthew Sobol is dead, but his final creation survives. It begins with a bizarre murder, where the only possible perpetrator happens to be dead. As more killings follow, the police are completely out of their depth. It falls to the unlikely partnership of Sebeck, a computer-illiterate cop, and Ross, an enigmatic hacker, to realise the scale of the imminent danger. The Daemon is seemingly unstoppable, and murder is the least of its capabilities. As it leaves a trail of death and destruction in its wake, Sebeck and Ross must face up to a terrifying possibility. Can they convince a disbelieving world to take drastic action, and shut down the Daemon before it is too late? Explosive, action-packed, terrifyingly relevant, Daemon redefines the...
ISBN: 978-1-84724-961-6
Издательство:
Quercus Publishing (MacLehose Press)
Дата выхода: август 2011
Sample a dark universe peopled with gods best forgotten and strange races best left undiscovered. Shudder in the dank breath of an ages-old evil blowing icily from the dusk-shrouded eons of time before history. Savour, in this classic collection of masterpieces of the weird and eerie, the grave-fresh tang of total fear. Here is horror to set your skin crawling from your spine`s based to your scalp – and back again.
ISBN: 0-586-06324-2
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
It`s a Roald Dahl extravaganza! Interesting diseases, the most heroic animals, beards, disguises, quizzes and pirates – yes, it`s a second fun-filled collection of facts, activities and jokes to celebrate Roald Dahl Day! Dahlmanac 2 is jam-packed with treats - some disgusting, some delicious - stuff that EVERY Roald Dahl fan should know! With black and white illustrations by Quentin Blake and inspired by Roald Dahl`s love of odd facts and curiosities, this is the perfect book to dip into for a quick chuckle – and it contains some long-forgotten writing from Roald Dahl!
ISBN: 978-0-14-132317-6
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Make the 7 habits a part of your life - every Stephen R. Covey has helped millions of readers attain professional success and personal fulfillment. With penetrating insight Dr. Covey reveals a pathway for living with fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity - principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates. Now, as a succinct introduction to Dr. Covey`s revolutionary thinking or as a reminder of key principles, "Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People" provides an inspirational recharge that will bring you closer to a holistic sense of personal effectiveness and purpose.
When little Mayzie sprouts a daisy on top of her head, her world is soon turned upside down. Attacked by a swarm of bees, and harassed by doctors, florists, teachers and wheeler-dealers, Mayzie soon becomes a TV star when daisy-head fever hits the nation. With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr Suess has been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat, and ranked among the UK`s top ten favourite children`s authors, Dr. Seuss is a global best-seller, with nearly half a billion books sold worldwide. As part of a major rebrand programme, HarperCollins is relaunching Dr Seuss`s best-selling books. In response...
ISBN: 978-0-00-717521-5
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
A masterpiece by the great American realist Henry James. Daisy Miller is the story of an innocent girl`s love and recognition in a society where respectable behaviour counts for everything.
ISBN: 978-0-230-03515-7
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
Sometimes, Winterbourne thought that Daisy did not feel anything at all. This thought annoyed him. "Daisy is a foolish child who doesn`t have good manners", he said to himself. "People have turned their backs on her, but maybe she doesn`t even think about it. Maybe she hasn`t seen what people in society are doing". Notes about the life of Henry James; Notes about the story; Extra grammar and vocabulary exercises; Points for Understanding comprehension questions; Glossary of difficult vocabulary. Retold by Rachel Bladon.
ISBN: 978-1-405-08407-9
Издательство:
Macmillan
Дата выхода: январь 2011
In the stultified air of the wealthy European holiday resorts, Americans cling to their old ways and traditions. Daisy Miller, with her outspoken honesty and innocence of mind, is anathema to them. Even to Winterbourne, the young American 'student' whom she meets on the shores of Lake Geneva, she is 'uncultivated' and although captivated by"her, he feels she is a little too forward for polite society.
ISBN: 0140621709
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: август 2002
When Mayzie sprouts a daisy, her world is soon turned upside down in this hilarious rhyming Dr. Seuss classic!Poor Mayzie - she`s sprouted a daisy! Neither doctors nor florists can help... and when the daisy starts to wilt, so does Mayzie! Will Mayzie and her family learn to love her new floral friend? Or is it a case of they-love-you-not? Only the daisy can tell...With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr. Seuss has been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat, and ranking among the UK`s top ten favourite children`s authors, Seuss is firmly established as a global best-seller, with over 600 million books...
`Daisy Miller` is a fascinating portrait of a young woman from Schenectady, New York, who, traveling in Europe, runs afoul of the socially pretentious American expatriate community in Rome. First published in 1878, the novella brought American novelist Henry James (1843-1916), then living in London, his first international success. Like many of James`s early works, it portrays a venturesome American girl in the treacherous waters of European society - a theme that would culminate in his 1881 masterpiece,`The Portrait of a Lady`. On the surface, `Daisy Miller` unfolds a simple story of a young American girl`s willful yet innocent flirtation with a young Italian, and its unfortunate consequences. But throughout the narrative, James...
ISBN: 0-486-28773-4
Издательство:
Dover
Дата выхода: июль 2005
In the stultified air of the wealthy European holiday resorts, Americans cling to their old ways and traditions. Daisy Miller, with her outspoken honesty and innocence of mind, is anathema to them. Even to Winterbourne, the young American "student" whom she meets on the shores of Lake Geneva, she is "uncultivated" and although captivated by her, he feels she is a little too forward for polite society. Формат: 11 см x 18 см.
ISBN: 978-0-14-062414-4
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each title - offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged. American teenager Daisy miller was on a holiday - and Europe might never recover. From Switzerland to Rome, she caused scandals everywhere: because Daisy Miller did "whatever" she wanted, with "whomever" she wanted, "whenever "she chose. And she truly didn`t care what society thought. But Winterbourne, a dignified, proper, upper-crust young man, was utterly fascinated by her. To the horror of his relatives and...
ISBN: 978-0-8125-0440-8
Издательство:
Holtzbrink
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Книга представляет собой репринтное издание (издательство "Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott and co."). Несмотря на то, что была проведена серьезная работа по восстановлению первоначального качества издания, на некоторых страницах могут обнаружиться небольшие "огрехи": помарки, кляксы и т.п. Эта книга будет изготовлена в соответствии с Вашим заказом по технологии Print-on-Demand компанией ООО ""Книга по Требованию"". Print-on-Demand - это...
ISBN: 1-432546-93-7
Издательство:
Книга по требованию
Дата выхода: июль 2010
Now with a brand new Introduction by the author, Barker invites readers into a nightworld where decomposing corpse-assassins stalk their prey. Marty Strauss, the bodyguard to a famous industrialist, discovers that someone is coming to collect the soul of his employer as payment for an ancient debt. Reissue.
ISBN: 978-0-425-18893-4
Издательство:
Rem Distributors
Дата выхода: август 2011
Thirteen year old Madison has problems: she`s overweight, ignored by her movie star parents, and in love with her adopted brother. She`s also dead. But not just dead. Madison is in Hell. Chuck Palahniuk`s latest, Damned, takes us on Madison`s journey through Hell, as she navigates the Hillocks of Discarded Nail Pairings and the River of Vomit, meeting everyone from Charles Darwin to Marilyn Monroe, with a colorful cast of characters (damned for unspeakable acts, like wearing white shoes after Labor Day), to determine why she`s really there, and whether she will be damned for eternity. In Damned, Hell really does exist, as a place where your only career choice is telemarketer (yes, that`s where those calls actually originate), the...
ISBN: 978-0-09-955262-8
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
"Are you there, Satan? It's me, Madison," declares the whip-tongued eleven-year-old narrator of "Damned," Chuck Palahniuk's subversive new work of fiction. The daughter of a narcissistic film star and a billionaire, Madison is abandoned at her Swiss boarding school over Christmas, while her parents are off touting their new projects and adopting more orphans. She dies over the holiday of a mari-juana overdose—and the next thing she knows, she's in Hell. Madison shares her cell with a motley crew of young sinners that is almost too good to be true: a cheerleader, a jock, a nerd, and a punk rocker, united by fate to form the six-feet-under version of everyone's favorite detention movie. Madison and her pals trek across the Dandruff...
ISBN: 978-0-224-09116-9
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Lady Maud, the spirited young daughter of the Earl of Marshmoreton, is confined to her home, Belpher Castle in Hampshire, under aunt`s orders because of an unfortunate infatuation. Enter our hero, George Bevan, an American who writes songs for musicals and is so smitten with Maud that he descends on Hampshire`s rolling acres to see off his rival and claim her heart. Meanwhile, in the great Wodehousian tradition, the Earl of Marshmoreton just wants a quiet life pottering in his garden, supported by his portly butler Keggs and free from the demands of his bossy sister and his silly-ass son. In a sunny story which involves chorus-girls, the theatre and a ball at the castle during a two-week house-party, Wodehouse deftly unties all the knots...
ISBN: 978-0-09-951413-8
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Dan Payne is a Canadian actor currently playing the role of John in the television series Alice, I Think. Among his numerous television appearances was in an advertisement for Speakeasy from Esat Digifone, an Irish mobile phone operator now owned by O2. Данное издание не является оригинальным. Книга печатается по технологии принт-он-деманд после получения заказа.
ISBN: 978-6-1339-3173-2
Издательство:
Книга по требованию
Дата выхода: май 2011
In 1917, the world was turned upside down by a popular uprising and then a Bolshevik coup d`etat in Russia. Suddenly, the socialist revolution that many had hoped for and had expected was underway, Capitalism was morally and materially exhausted by war, and history seemed to be on the side of communism at last. But as Michael Occleshaw brilliantly shows in this startling new appraisal of the revolution and civil war in Russia, the Bolsheviks were shrewd and flexible operators. They used an alliance with the Kaiser`s Germany to protect their infant regime and to destroy domestic challengers to their government. The British, the French, and the Americans, meanwhile, actively sought ways to cooperate with the new government regardless of...