Zarek, a feral Dark-Hunter, has been exiled in Alaska for 900 years. Now the gods send Astrid, sister of the Three Fates, to judge him. Zarek feels fear for the first time because he ll have to let Astrid into his heart and soul. Original.
ISBN: 9780312984830
Издательство:
Macmillan USA
Дата выхода: декабрь 2003
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. "Danger! And Other Stories" is a collection of fascinating short stories like "One Crowded Hour", "A Point of View", "How It Happened", "The Prisoner`s Defence", and "Three of Them".
ISBN: 978-5-521-07171-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2018
Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. "Danger! And Other Stories" is a collection of fascinating short stories like "One Crowded Hour", "A Point of View", "How It Happened", "The Prisoner`s Defence" and "Three of Them." .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08083-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Philip Caresfoot is all but promised to marry the local heiress, Maria Lee. They are both to inherit small fortunes in their own right. And thus their marriages to each other would make an ever wealthier household. However, when Hilda, a noblewoman with no wealth of her own, arrives in town to become Maria`s companion, Philip begins to fall in love with her. They have an affair when Philip is sent away to Oxford and they marry in secret. When Philip returns to his home, his father inquires about his relationship with Maria Lee. Philip tells him that Maria Lee and himself are engaged. How will he keep all his lies together and still inherit the land and money from his father?
ISBN: 978-5-521-06596-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: март 2018
Sir Henry Rider Haggard was an English writer of adventure novels set mostly in Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. Dawn is a story of Philip Caresfoot who promised to marry the local heiress, Maria Lee. They are both to inherit small fortunes in their own right. And thus their marriages to each other would make an ever wealthier household. However, when Hilda, a noblewoman with no wealth of her own, arrives in town to become Maria`s companion, Philip begins to fall in love with her.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07751-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Australian mountain climber Hall chronicles the amazing story of his rescue following a night spent near the summit of Mount Everest, where he had been left for dead by the other members of his expedition.
Agatha Christie`s most exotic murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.The tranquillity of a cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway has been shot through the head. She was young, stylish and beautiful, a girl who had everything - until she lost her life.Hercule Poirot recalls an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: `I`d like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.` Yet in this exotic setting` nothing is ever quite what it seems...
The gruesome discovery on the frozen River Thames--a dead man with coins covering his eyes--interrupts the eagerly anticipated Frost Fair. As the Queen s Lady Pursuivant, Grace must unravel the mystery.
You`ve just passed someone on the street who could be the love of your life, the person you`re destined for - what do you do? In Murakami`s world, you tell them a story. The five weird and wonderful tales collected here each unlock the many-tongued language of Desire, whether it takes the form of hunger, lust, sudden infatuation or the secret longings of the heart.
ISBN: 9781784872632
Издательство:
Vintage Classics
Дата выхода: январь 2021
Welcome to Desperation. Once a thriving copper mining town in the middle of the Nevada desert, Desperation is now eerily abandoned. It's the last place that travellers like the Carver family, bound for vacation, and writer Johnny Marinville, astride his Harley, would expect to be stopped and charged. But Desperation still has a local cop - a unique regulator who patrols the wilderness highway. The secrets buried in Desperation are as terrifying as the forces summoned to encounter them. A terrifying transformation is taking place and the travellers will soon discover the true meaning of desperation . . .
ISBN: 978-1-4447-0783-0
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: январь 2013
The Destination B1 Student`s Book contains an up-to-date syllabus based on the B1 (Threshold) level of the Council of Europe`s framework. •Ideal grammar and vocabulary practice book for intermediate level students •28 grammar units, 14 vocabulary units •Systematic practice of all the grammar and vocabulary presented in a wide range of exercise types •Strong emphasis on revision with consolidation with reviews and tests •Useful reference sections include irregular verbs, topic vocabulary, phrasal verbs, prepositional phrases, word patterns and word formation
ISBN: 978-0-230-03536-2
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Diane Arbus s unsettling photographs of dwarves, twins, transvestites, and giants both polarized and inspired, and her work had already become legendary when she committed suicide in 1971. This groundbreaking biography examines the private life behind Arbus s controversial art.
THE ONE WITH THE HOLIDAY DISASTER!*The twelfth laugh-out-loud, fully illustrated bestselling Wimpy Kid book!*Greg Heffley and his family are getting out of town.It`s freezing cold at home and his parents are stressed about Christmas, so they decide the whole family are going to escape to a tropical island!A few days in paradise SHOULD do wonders for Greg and his frazzled family.But this version of paradise includes sun poisoning, stomach troubles and venomous creatures.Can their trip be saved, or will this island getaway end in disaster?ABOUT DIARY OF A WIMPY KID:- 50% words, 50% cartoons, 100% hilarious!- Hilarious stories that all readers can`t wait to get their hands on- Laughter guaranteed- 200 million copies sold worldwide`Kinney is...
Серия книг Penguin Readers, включающая классические и современные произведения, предлагает литературу для изучающих английский язык на уровнях Beginner – Advanced. Увлекательное чтение может дополняться аудиозаписями.
ISBN: 978-1-4082-9427-7
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Greg`s mom has a visioh of "family togetherhess" that really doesh+ souhd a whole lot of tuh. But theres` a brahd-hew additioh to the Heffley family to contehd with and it looks like Greg migh be outhumbered. It could be a real dog of a summer .
ISBN: 978-0-14-133197-3
Издательство:
Puffin
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
An eminent, aging Australian writer is invited to contribute to a book entitled Strong Opinions. For him, troubled by Australia`s complicity in the wars in the Middle East, it is a chance to air some urgent concerns: how should a citizen of a modern democracy react to their state`s involvement in an immoral war on terror, a war that involves the use of torture? Then in the laundry room of his apartment block, he encounters an alluring young woman. He offers her work typing up his manuscript. Anya is not interested in politics, but the job will be a welcome distraction, as will the writer`s evident attraction towards her. Her boyfriend, Alan, is an investment consultant who understands the world in harsh economic terms. Unsure about his...
ISBN: 978-0-09-951622-4
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011