WHAT`S LURKING IN THE BASEMENT? Araminta thinks something horrible might be hiding in the deep, secret passages of Spook House. She suspects it might be a werewolf. To make matters worse, Uncle Drac`s creepy nephew has arrived and is now Wanda`s New Best Friend. Araminta finds him (and the situation) very annoying. She has to come up with a cunning plan to reveal what she believes to be true - that there is more to Max than meets the eye - and also figure out what to do about that werewolf. But even the best laid plans don`t always work out quite as you`d
ISBN: 978-0-7475-8349-3
Издательство:
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: август 2011
Present-day Russia is the setting for this stunning new novel from Robert Harris, author of the bestsellers Fatherland and Enigma, Archangel tells the story of four days in the life of Fluke Kelso, a dissipated, middle-aged former Oxford historian, who is in Moscow to attend a conference on the newly opened Soviet archives. One night, Kelso is visited in his hotel room by an old NKVD officer, a former bodyguard of the secret police chief Lavrenty Beria. The old man claims to have been at Stalin`s dacha on the night Stalin had his fatal stroke, and to have helped Beria steal the dictator`s private papers, among them a notebook. Kelso decides to use his last morning in Moscow to check out the old man`s story. But what starts as an idle...
ISBN: 978-0-09-952793-0
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
When historian Fluke Kelso learns of the existence of a secret notebook belonging to Josef Stalin he is determined to track it down, whatever the consequences. From the violent political intrigue and decadence of modern Moscow he heads north - to the vast forests surrounding the White Sea port of Archangel, and a terrifying encounter with Russia`s unburied past.
ISBN: 978-0-09-928241-9
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Long considered a literary heir of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Ross Macdonald (1915–83) infused new life into the hardboiled detective genre with psychologically complex mysteries involving his intuitive and empathetic private eye Lew Archer. This omnibus presents three of Macdonald`s best Archer novels. The Ivory Grin ( Marked for Murder) begins when a wealthy woman hires Archer to track down a maid she suspects of stealing her jewelry. The Zebra-Striped Hearse finds Archer investigating a rich man`s prospective son-in-law, and in The Underground Man Archer tracks a missing child and uncovers a secret history of wayward parents and wounded offspring.
ISBN: 978-1-60751-275-2
Издательство:
Бератор-Пресс
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Architecture and Utopia leads the reader beyond architectural form into a broader understanding of the relation of architecture to society and the architect to the workforce and the marketplace.
Nicholas Grimshaw is one of the pre-eminent figures of the British architectural scene, responsible for some of the outstanding buildings of the last decade. This volume covers the years 1965–88, a period which saw Grimshaw establish his practice and his reputation worldwide as an architect of great subtlety and a master of detail. Colin Amery charts the line of Grimshaw’s development from his student days at the Architectural Association onwards. He gives critical insights into Grimshaw’s thinking and design methodology for a family of buildings, from the 1965 Service Tower for student apartments to his 1988 Grand Union Walk housing and Sainsbury Superstore in Camden Town, North London.
ISBN: 0714839345
Издательство:
Phaidon
Дата выхода: апрель 2002
A chronological survey of 500 great buildings, from Turkish prehistoric cave dwellings to a 21st century Tokyo store. Each building includes a photograph, but the top 50 selections are double spreads. Captions provide specifications and brief history.
A foundered Victorian ship looking for the fabled Northwest Passage holds a secret in its icy When Dirk Pitt of NUMA is almost blown to pieces in a lab explosion, he suspects sabotage. The lab in question belongs to a scientist hoping to use a rare mineral to combat greenhouse gases - but who would want to destroy our one chance to save the planet? But there are those who will do anything to control such a valuable prize. Pitt`s investigations take him to the Arctic in search of a clue to the origins of this precious mineral. There, he and NUMA colleague Al Giordino must battle for survival against the hostile elements and an evil megalomaniac who is about to plunge the North American continent into war.
ISBN: 978-0-425-23348-1
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июль 2011
A dark-skinned young boy is found dead, frozen to the ground in a pool of his own blood. The boy`s Thai half-brother is missing; is he implicated, or simply afraid for his own life? While fears increase that the murder could have been racially motivated, the police receive reports that a suspected paedophile has been spotted in the area. Detective Erlendur`s investigation soon unearths the tensions simmering beneath the surface of Iceland`s outwardly liberal, multi-cultural society, while the murder forces Erlendur to confront the tragedy in his own past.
ISBN: 978-0-09-954232-2
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: декабрь 2012
Compiled by Jane Armstrong. The Arden Dictionary of Shakespeare Quotations is a rich and diverse compilation of over 3,000 quotations from Shakespeare's plays and poems. Combining the Bard's most memorable phrases with less familiar gems, the Dictionary highlights Shakespeare's ability to express complexity of thought with linguistic agility, vivid imagery and humour, and highlights why his writing remains so popular today. This book is an enjoyable read as well as a useful resource for students of Shakespeare, offering an insight into the writer's views on life - from madness, love and women, to bawdy jokes and drinking. A detailed keyword index gives swift access to individual phrases, while a separate glossary and...
