Entries from Annie May`s Black Book: October 15th, 1974: Miss Baker for telling me how to blow my nose and not believing when I still couldn`t do it. February 6th, 1977: David Llewellyn for saying my landscape painting looked like a pig`s trough and then making honking noises every time he saw me. April 12th, 1987: Peter Elton for `borrowing` my cigarettes and never buying any of his own. 9th February, 1988: BEN SEYMOUR FOR EVERYTHING FOR EVER In her Black Book, Annie May has recorded the name and offence of everyone who has ever done her wrong. The greatest transgressor of them all was Ben Seymour: the man who jilted her at the altar seventeen years ago. Now he`s moving into a house round the
ISBN: 978-1-4165-0245-6
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
Three women. One serial killer`s legacy. The writer who profited from his infamy. The lawyer who defended him to the death. The guilt-ridden girlfriend who never faced the truth. All three women believe they are safe from serial killer Steven Gage: his violence, his ravings, his final threats. But now, on the fifth anniversary of his execution, each will find a chilling message-and discover she was dead wrong. The terror begins again with the shocker of the year.
ISBN: 0-446-61417-3
Издательство:
Warner Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
This disappointing crime thriller from Ellory (A Quiet Belief in Angels) focuses on a serial killer who restages famous murders with new victims across New York City. As the surprisingly ineffectual NYPD struggles to track down the Anniversary Killer, Det. Ray Irving finds himself unexpectedly allied with the enigmatic and reclusive John Costello, lone survivor of a previous serial killer`s rampage and perhaps New York`s foremost authority on serial killers. While the fiend strikes again and again, Ray is forced to depend on the fragile John, despite the personal cost to John as well as Ray`s growing concerns about John`s reliability. Ellory`s operatic story, for all its entertaining purple-tinged prose and forays into the lurid...
ISBN: 978-0-7528-8310-6
Издательство:
Orion Books
Дата выхода: июль 2011
The definitive edition of this beloved children`s classic, featuring a wealth of accompanying illustrations and notes which take the reader further into both the story, and the tale of how it was written. Seldom has any book been so widely read and loved as Tolkien`s classic tale, The Hobbit. Since its first publication in 1937 it has remained in print to delight each new generation of readers all over the world, and its hero, Bilbo Baggins, has taken his place among the ranks of the immortals: Alice, Pooh, Toad! As with all classics, repeated readings continue to bring new detail and perspectives to the reader`s mind, and Tolkien`s Middle-earth is a vast mine of treasures and knowledge, its roots delving deep into folklore, mythology...
ISBN: 978-0-00-713727-5
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
Join Hans Christian Andersen Medal-winner Mitsumasa Anno for a marvelous illustrated journey through northern Europe in this stunning wordless picture book that brings the artist s inventive eye to the worlds of art and architecture, geography and social studies. A "Boston Globe-Horn Book"Award Winner. An ALA Notable Book. An "American Bookseller" Pick of the List.
I believe that anybody could be anonymous. To understand each other we first must become even. We are always of two halves. My Anonymous is a cry of emotions. In this book the reader chooses himself, who he or she is and to whom he or she will address to. Who knows where they might actually find themselves. Who knows where their truth lays. Let it be, as long as it reaches another anonymous.
ISBN: 978-5-91940-010-3
Издательство:
Перо
Дата выхода: апрель 2011
Books One and Two of Asprin`s bestselling Myth series are now together in this two-in-one omnibus. In Another Fine Myth, Skeeve`s master is murdered, and now this apprentice magician must deal with Aahz, a powerless demon summoned by the old magician as a joke. And in Myth Conceptions, Skeeve auditions for court magician at the court of Rodrick and, unfortunately, gets the job.
ISBN: 0-441-00931-X
Издательство:
Penguin USA
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
When you read a novel by Rosamunde Pilcher you enter a special world where emotions sing from the heart. A world that lovingly captures the ties that bind us to one another - the joys and sorrows, heartbreaks and misunderstandings, and glad, perfect moments when we are in true harmony. A world filled with evocative, engrossing, and above all, enjoyable portraits of people`s lives and loves, tenderly laid open for There were only two men in Emma`s life - her father, a remote artist who left her in boarding school and saw her every few years, and Christo, who had been her stepbrother for a few months, and now wanted to get to know her. But until Emma can understand what she means to them, there will never be room for love.
ISBN: 978-0-312-96131-2
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
Danielle Steel’s 56th bestselling novel is about family and friendship, about one woman’s struggle to break free from the past — and the man who helps her triumph. And most of all, it is about daring to believe Prayers. On the outside, Faith Madison is the very picture of a sophisticated New Yorker. Slim, blond, stylish, Faith has a life many would envy. Overcoming a childhood marked by tragedy, married to a successful investment banker and having raised two grown daughters, Faith has enjoyed her role as mother and wife, and the good life that emanates from their bustling Manhattan town house. But every step of the way, Faith has carried within her a secret she could divulge to no one. And with it, she has kept an even more painful...
ISBN: 978-0-440-23672-6
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: июль 2011
This is a new title in the fantastic "First Reading" series, aimed at children who are beginning to read. It is a thoughtful retelling of Aesop`s fable. It`s the middle of summer and while the grasshopper is enjoying himself, the ant is busy preparing for winter and when winter arrives both the ant and the grasshopper learn something about the merits of hard work. This key series was developed in conjunction with reading expert Allison Kelly from the University of Surrey, a reading specialist. Every title has clear and compelling text that allows children to build their burgeoning reading skills and is accompanied by charming and highly appealing illustrations.
ISBN: 978-0-7460-9653-6
Издательство:
Usborne Publishing Ltd
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
In a future where there is no love, no science, and everyone is equal and of one entity, one man defies the group to be his own person. That is a serious offense.
ISBN: 978-0-451-19113-7
Издательство:
Penguin USA
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
These five works - George Gascoigne`s "The Adventures of Master F. J"; John Lyly`s "Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit"; Robert Greene`s "Pandosto. The Triumph of Time"; Thomas Nashe`s "The Unfortunate Traveller" and Thomas Deloney`s "Jack of Newbury" - represent Elizabethan fiction at its best. "The Adventures of Master F. J." is a comedy of manners with a sting in its tail. In "Euphues" John Lyly invented a new, elaborate rhetorical style which delighted its Elizabethan audience and has been praised or parodied ever since. "Pandosto" was Shakespeare`s source for "The Winter`s Tale", but Greene`s is a darker story designed to shock the reader accustomed to romantic conventions. "The Unfortunate Traveller" marks the peak of Nashe`s gift for...
ISBN: 978-0-19-954057-0
Издательство:
Oxford University Press
Дата выхода: август 2011
Comic art is a vital, highly personal art form in which change - rapid and unpredictable - is the norm. In this exciting new anthology, comic artist Ivan Brunetti focuses on very recent works by contemporary artists engaged in this world of change. These outstanding cartoonists, selected by Brunetti for their graphic sophistication and literary style, are both expanding and transforming the vocabulary of their book presents contemporary art comics produced by 75 artists, along with some classic comic strips and other related fine art and historical materials. Brunetti arranges the book to reflect the creative process itself, connecting stories and art to each other in surprising ways: nonlinear, elliptical, sometimes whimsical, even...
Features edged weapons from Europe, America, the Middle East, Asia, Japan, and Africa. Items shown range from ancient times to the early 20th century. Learn to identify the characteristics, historical uses, and current values of these highly diverse antiques. Includes information on terminology, evaluating age and authenticity, and current values. Novice as well as advanced collectors will find this an indispensable reference.
ISBN: 978-0-7643-2506-9
Издательство:
Schiffer
Дата выхода: август 2011
A magnificent drama of love and war, this riveting tragedy presents one of Shakespeare`s greatest female characters - the seductive, cunning Egyptian queen Cleopatra. The Roman leader Mark Antony, a virtual prisoner of his passion for her, is a man torn between pleasure and virtue, between sensual indolence and between an empire and love. Bold, rich, and splendid in its setting and emotions, Antony and Cleopatra ranks among Shakespeare`s supreme achievements.
ISBN: 978-5-521-05937-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
"Antony and Cleopatra" is one of Shakespeare`s greatest tragedies: a spectacular, widely-ranging drama of love and war, passion and politics. Antony is divided between the responsibilities of Imperial power and the intensities of his sexual relationship with Cleopatra. She, variously generous and ruthless, loving and jealous, petulant and majestic, emerges as Shakespeare`s most complex depiction of a woman: "Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety." Unsurpassed in sumptuous eloquence and powerful characterisation, "Antony and Cleopatra" deservedly retains its popularity in the theatre. Its insights into the corruptions of power and the ambiguities of desire remain timely. Формат: 12,5 см х 19,5 см.
ISBN: 1-85326-075-4
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: январь 2002
In a style reminiscent of Anton Chekhov himself - realistic, intimate, and dynamic - Mikhail Chekhov shares unparalleled memories and insights, transporting readers into the world of the Chekhov family. He visits the places where his brother lived and worked and introduces the people he knew and loved, Leo Tolstoy and Piotr Tchaikovsky among them. As a unique eyewitness to the beloved writer`s formative years and his artistic maturity, Mikhail Chekhov shows here first-hand the events that inspired the plots for The Seagull, The Black Monk, and The Steppe, among other enduring works. Captivating, surprising, and a joy to read, this memoir reveals the remarkable life of one the most masterful storytellers of our time.
