Kyle McAvoy is one of the outstanding legal students of his generation. But he has a secret from his past, a secret that threatens to destroy his fledgling career, and possibly his entire life. One night that secret catches up with him in the form of some bad men in a dark alley. They are going to make him pay a high price for their silence. Will his intellect, cunning and bravery be enough to extricate him from an impossible dilemma? Формат: 11 см x 18 см
ISBN: 978-0-09-953699-4
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Kyle McAvoy possesses an outstanding legal mind. Good-looking and affable, he has a glittering future. He also has a dark secret that could destroy his dreams, his career, even his life. One night that secret catches up with him. The men who accost Kyle have a compromising video they`ll use to ruin him - unless he does exactly what they say. What they offer Kyle is something any ambitious young lawyer would kill for: a job in Manhattan as an associate at the world`s largest law firm. If Kyle accepts, he`ll be on the fast track to partnership and a fortune. But there`s a catch. Kyle won`t be working for the firm but against it in a dispute between two powerful defense contractors worth billions. Now Kyle is caught between the criminal...
It`s a deadly game of blackmail. And they`re making him play. Kyle McAvoy is one of the outstanding legal students of his generation: he`s good looking, has a brilliant mind and a glittering future ahead of him. But he has a secret from his past, a secret that threatens to destroy his fledgling career and, possibly, his entire life. One night that secret catches up with him in the form of some bad men in a dark alley - they have a deeply compromising video of the incident that haunts him. The men make it clear to Kyle that he no longer owns his own future - that he must do as they tell him, or the video will be made public knowledge, with all the unpleasant consequences. What price do they demand for Kyle`s secret? Strangely, it is for...
It is 1905. Asta and her husband Rasmus have come to East London from Denmark with their two little boys. With Rasmus constantly away on business, Asta keep loneliness and isolation at bay by writing a diary. These diaries, published over seventy years later, reveal themselves to be more than a mere journal. For they seem to hold they key to an unsolved murder and to the mystery of a missing child. It falls to Asta`s granddaughter Ann to unearth the buried secrets of nearly a century before.
ISBN: 978-0-14-104045-5
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The 32nd album chronicling the adventures of Asterix and friends. Vintage Asterx! 14 new stories including tales of: The day Asterix and Obelix were born (in the middle of a village fish fight); How Obelix goes back to school; Fashion in Ancient Gaul; How Dogamatirx helps the village cockerel win a duel; And how he is adopted as a Roman mascot; Asterix as you've never seen him before; Obelix's adventures under the mistletoe; The bid for the very first Gaulish Olympics; The birth of an idea - the story of the creation of Asterix; And much, much more.
ISBN: 978-0-7528-6640-6
Издательство:
Orion Books
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Gaul was divided into three parts. No, four parts - for one small village of indomitable Gauls still held out against the Roman invaders. BOOK 2 Getafix has broken his golden sickle, so Asterix and Obelix visit Lutetia to buy a new one. Unfortunately the sicklesmith (a cousin of Obelix`s) has mysteriously gone
ISBN: 978-0-7528-6613-0
Издательство:
Orion Books
Дата выхода: декабрь 2012
Gaul was divided into three parts. No, four parts - for one small village of indomitable Gauls still held out against the Roman invaders. BOOK 22 Asterix and Obelix are lost at sea and finally reach what they think is a Roman colony, but when the Vikings turn up on a voyage of discovery, they realise that they have, in fact, discovered a strange New World.
ISBN: 978-0-7528-6648-2
Издательство:
Orion Books
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Gaul was divided into three parts. No, four parts - for one small village of indomitable Gauls still held out against the Roman invaders. BOOK 20 Asterix and Obelix meet a Corsican chieftain who has been taken prisoner and accompany their new friend Boney was a warrior way a yix back to Corsica to help him foil the evil designs of the corrupt Roman Praetor Perfidius.
ISBN: 978-0-7528-6644-4
Издательство:
Orion Books
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Fanboy has never had it good, but lately his sophomore year is turning out to be its own special hell. The bullies have made him their favorite target, his best (and only) friend seems headed for the dark side (sports and popularity), and his pregnant mother and the step-fascist are eagerly awaiting the birth of the alien life form known as Fanboy`s new little brother or sister. Fanboy, though, has a secret: a graphic novel he`s been working on without telling anyone, a graphic novel that he is convinced will lead to publication, fame, and - most important of all - a way out of the crappy little town he lives in and all the people that make it hell for him. When Fanboy meets Kyra, Goth Girl, he finds an outrageous, cynical girl who...
When Miss Marple comes up from the country for a holiday in London, she finds what she`s looking for At Bertram`s Hotel: traditional decor, impeccable service and memories of childhood. What she doesn`t expect is the unmistakable atmosphere of danger behind the highly polished veneer.Yet, not even Miss Marple can foresee the violent chain of events set in motion when an eccentric guest makes his way to the airport on the wrong day...
ISBN: 9780008196615
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: январь 2020
There are a few things Jeremy Marsh was sure he`d never do: he`d never leave New York City; never give his heart away again after barely surviving one failed marriage; and, most of all, never become a parent. Now, Jeremy is living in the tiny town of Boone Creek, North Carolina, married to Lexie Darnell, the love of his life, and anticipating the birth of their daughter. But just as his life seems to be settling into a blissful pattern, an unsettling and mysterious message re-opens old wounds and sets off a chain of events that will forever change the course of this young couple`s marriage. Dramatic, heartbreaking and surprising, this is a story about the love between a man and a woman and between a parent and a child. More than that, it...
There are a few things Jeremy Marsh was sure he`d never do: he`d never leave New York City; never give his heart away again after barely surviving one failed marriage; and, most of all, never become a parent. Now, Jeremy is living in the tiny town of Boone Creek, North Carolina, married to Lexie Darnell, the love of his life, and anticipating the birth of their daughter. But just as his life seems to be settling into a blissful pattern, an unsettling and mysterious message re-opens old wounds and sets off a chain of events that will forever change the course of this young couple`s marriage.Dramatic, heartbreaking and surprising, this is a story about the love between a man and a woman and between a parent and a child. More than that, it...
