ISBN: 9780008135812
Дата выхода: январь 2017

The Gulf War is imminent and there’s something mighty strange going on in the Agriculture Department of East Iowa University. When an Arab student turns up drunk – and dead – in the lake, redneck Deputy County Sheriff Clyde Banks gets a feeling he’s on to something big. It’s a suspicion shared by low-ranking CIA agent Betsy Vandeventer. But before two great minds yell conspiracy theory, in steps top US policy-maker James Millikan. Here’s a man well used to dictating the Middle East’s future – from a comfortable seat at a top Paris restaurant. While shenanigans in the Midwest might not be exactly his style, there’s a technique that serves America well in all matters of national security. It’s called the ‘Cobweb’,...

ISBN: 978-0-09-947885-0
Издательство: Vintage Classics
Дата выхода: август 2011

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 -1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. Set in eighteen century Dublin, "Cock and Anchor" is a story of two lovers, young Edmond O`Connor and miss Mary Ashwoode. Being an unwanted pair for the Ashwoode family, this couple has to contend with the prejudices and outright tyranny of Mary`s father, Sir Richard, and her brother Henry.

ISBN: 978-5-521-07128-9
Издательство: Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018

Harry is on a special missionDetective Harry Hole arrives in a steaming hot Bangkok. The Norwegian ambassador has been found dead in a seedy motel room, and Harry has been sent to investigate. It`s clear that the Ambassador`s family are hiding some secrets of their own, but few people are willing to talk.He needs to solve a crime and avoid a scandalWhen Harry lays hands on some incriminating CCTV footage, things only get more complicated. The man who gave him the tape goes missing, and Harry realises that failing to solve a murder case is by no means the only danger that faces the unwary.But in an unfamiliar city, who can you trust?

ISBN: 9780099590323
Дата выхода: январь 2020

At the first of every month, when the office has reached its pinnacle of hysteria, Maggie, Roxanne, and Candice meet at London`s swankiest bar for an evening of cocktails and gossip. Here, they chat about what`s new at The Londoner, the glossy fashion magazine where they all work, and everything else that`s going on in their lives. Or almost everything. Beneath the girl talk and the laughter, each of the three has a secret. And when a chance encounter at the cocktail bar sets in motion an extraordinary chain of events, each one will find their biggest secret

ISBN: 978-0-312-98369-7
Издательство: Macmillan USA
Дата выхода: август 2011

Three women, smart and successful, working in the fast and furious world of magazines, meet for cocktails and gossip once a month. Roxanne: glamorous, self-confident, with a secret lover -- and hoping that one day he will leave his wife and marry her. Maggie: capable and high-achieving, until she finds the one thing she can't cope with - motherhood. Candice: honest, decent, or so she believes - until a ghost from her past turns up and almost ruins her life.

ISBN: 978-0-552-77674-5
Издательство: Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011

This is an Uncle Fred novel. It was never the habit of Frederick, fifth Earl of Ickenham, to grumble when events crowded in on him, but he did sometimes feel that the life-work he had set himself of spreading sweetness and light - or, as some preferred to put it, meddling in other people`s business - was almost more than any man could be expected to undertake single-handed. So many problems had presented themselves of late, coming up one after the other. First there was the faltering courtship of his godson, Johnny, and the delectable Belinda Farringdon. Then there was Albert Peasemarch`s tangled love-life in which the promotion of a union between this admirable butler and the sister of his employer was calling for all that Frederick had...

ISBN: 978-0-09-951407-7
Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: август 2011

The much anticipated and beautifully illustrated Sunday Times Bestselling Biography Coco Chanel: The Legend and the Life was first released to great critical acclaim in 2010. Now the paperback edition of Justine Picardie`s biography of the French fashion designer Gabrielle Chanel has arrived. The Mail on Sunday calls it `gripping`, the Sunday Times declares it to be `fascinating`, the Telegraph `elegant` and `brilliant`; while the Daily Mail hails it as a `vividly told account, in the style of Chanel herself`. This is the definitive biography of a heroine who founded the most successful fashion label in history; a woman that transformed her life into a myth veiled in enigma and scandal; whose talent and innovation endures beyond her own...

ISBN: 978-0-00-731899-5
Издательство: HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: август 2011

Beautifully designed, this work reflects the elegance of its subject, and includes 60 color illustrations throughout of the life and work of Coco Chanel.

ISBN: 978-0-06-196385-8
Издательство: HarperCollins
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011

`To dive into a Wodehouse novel is to swim in some of the most elegantly turned phrases in the English language` Ben Schott`There are moments, Jeeves, when one asks oneself, "Do trousers matter?"``The mood will pass, sir.`Aunt Dahlia has tasked Bertie with purloining an antique cow creamer from Totleigh Towers. In order to do so, Jeeves hatches a scheme whereby Bertie must charm the droopy and altogether unappealing Madeline and face the wrath of would-be dictator Roderick Spode. Though the prospect fills him with dread, when duty calls, Bertie will answer, for Aunt Dahlia will not be denied.In a plot that swiftly becomes rife with mishaps, it is Jeeves who must extract his master from trouble. Again.`To have one of his books in your...

ISBN: 9781787461048
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022

Level: B1 / Intermediate This is a new and lively course for teenagers. It aims to build up their general English skills while gently easing them into more tailored PET and FCE exam practice. The clear yet integrated approach develops reading, writing, listening and speaking skills whilst there is systematic build-up of topic-based lexis and lexico-grammar. The topic-based units cover general topics common to international exams, but these are approached in a way that is appropriate to the experience and interest of the target age group.

ISBN: 978960447-287-1
Издательство: Macmillan ELT
Дата выхода: июль 2011

Level: B1+ / Intermediate - Upper Intermediate This is a new and lively course for teenagers. It aims to build up their general English skills while gently easing them into more tailored PET and FCE exam practice. The clear yet integrated approach develops reading, writing, listening and speaking skills whilst there is systematic build-up of topic-based lexis and lexico-grammar. The topic-based units cover general topics common to international exams, but these are approached in a way that is appropriate to the experience and interest of the target age group. Key features of the series • Challenging enough for stronger students, yet enables weaker students to progress with confidence • Writing banks, speaking files, `words to know`...

ISBN: 978960447-295-6
Издательство: Macmillan ELT
Дата выхода: июль 2011