Koontzs beloved hero leaves the small desert town of Pico Mundo for the solitude and peace of an isolated monastery as he tries to find a way to live fully again. But Odd Thomas has a knack for finding trouble and must confront an enemy who eclipses any he has yet encountered, in this third "New York Times" bestseller featuring this beloved hero.
ISBN: 978-0-553-58910-8
Издательство:
Bantam
Дата выхода: июль 2011
This brilliant work by one of Russia`s foremost novelists teems with greed, passion, depravity, and complex moral issues. Three brothers, involved in the brutal murder of their despicable father, find their lives irrevocably altered as they are driven by intense, uncontrollable emotions of rage and revenge.
Серия книг "Зарубежная классика - читай в оригинале" - это бессмертные произведения великих мастеров пера, написанные ими на их родном языке и наречии. Книги из этой серии помогут читателю углубленно изучать иностранные языки, обогатят его внутренний мир и по-новому откроют произведения известных классиков. Неадаптированное издание на английском языке.
ISBN: 978-5-519-02181-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2016
Jack London (1876-1916) was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. This collection includes many amazing short stories such as "That Spot", "Trust", "All Gold Canyon" and "The Story Of Keesh".
ISBN: 978-5-521-07512-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
A big happy frog, a plump purple cat, a handsome blue horse, and a soft yellow duck - all parade across the pages of this delightful book. Children will immediately respond to Eric Carle`s flat, boldly colored collages. Combined with Bill Martin`s singsong text, they create unforgettable images of these endearing animals.
Jack London was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. This collection includes many amazing short stories such as "That Spot", "Trust", "All Gold Canyon" and "The Story Of Keesh".
ISBN: 978-5-521-08128-8
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
"La Bruja de Portobello" relata la vida de Athena mediante la gente que la conocia bien o que no la conocia nada. Entre ellos, su madre adoptiva, un periodista, una sacerdotisa, un historiador y una actriz. Cada persona ilustra un aspecto diferente del caracter de Athena, describiendo lo que vieron y experimentaron y tambien compartiendo sus propias impresiones, creencias e inquietudes. Edda, sacerdotisa: "El gran problema de Athena era ser una mujer del siglo XXII, viviendo en el siglo XXI, permitiendo que todos lo viesen. Pago un precio? Sin duda. Pero habria pagado un precio mucho mas alto si hubiera reprimido su exuberancia." Andrea McCain, actriz: "No me sorprende que su vida terminara de esa manera: vivia flirteando con el Athena...
A cargo ship is apprehended by the authorities off the coast of Spain, loaded to the gunwales with enough arms and ammunition to start a war. Twenty years later, an unknown aggressor seems intent on eradicating those responsible for the treachery, one by one. The last victim was brutally tortured with a Black & Decker drill, then shot through the head. And Nick Stone - ex-SAS, tough, resourceful, ruthless, highly trained - is next on the killer`s In his most daunting mission yet, Nick Stone must find a man who shared that past, and who may know more about the present threat than he is prepared to reveal. As the two find themselves pursued across sea and desert, they become ever more enmeshed in a deadly network of betrayal, to which...
ISBN: 978-0-552-15379-9
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: август 2011
From one of America`s most beloved and bestselling authors, a wonderfully useful and readable guide to the problems of the English language most commonly encountered by editors and writers. What is the difference between “immanent” and “imminent”? What is the singular form of graffiti? What is the difference between “acute” and “chronic”? What is the former name of “Moldova”? What is the difference between a cardinal number and an ordinal number? One of the English language`s most skilled writers answers these and many other questions and guides us all toward precise, mistake-free usage. Covering spelling, capitalization, plurals, hyphens, abbreviations, and foreign names and phrases, Bryson`s Dictionary for Writers...
From one of America`s most beloved and bestselling authors, a wonderfully useful and readable guide to the problems of the English language most commonly encountered by editors and writers. What is the difference between "immanent" and "imminent?" What is the singular form of graffiti? What is the difference between "acute" and "chronic?" What is the former name of "Moldova?" What is the difference between a cardinal number and an ordinal number? One of the English language`s most skilled writers answers these and many other questions and guides us all toward precise, mistake-free usage. Covering spelling, capitalization, plurals, hyphens, abbreviations, and foreign names and phrases, Bryson`s Dictionary for Writers and Editors will be...
ISBN: 978-1-60751-172-4
Издательство:
Бератор-Пресс
Дата выхода: май 2012
Billy, Nicola and Mr Gopal are off to India in a flying boat to solve a baffling mystery! The gum that comes from the wonderful bubblegum trees that grow in the Indian jungle has not been delivered for two months. Without this secret ingredient, there`ll be no more Gopal`s Best Pink Bubblegum, and even more importantly, no more Bubblegummies - the people who live in the trees and harvest the gum. It`s not an easy mystery to solve - and soon the friends are involved in a bungee-jumping, tiger-trouncing, woodcutter-walloping, bubblegum-blowing adventure!
ISBN: 978-0-7475-8053-9
Издательство:
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Bubbles Goes Amish...No Tube-Tops. No Make-Up. It`s Just Murder. New troubles for Bubbles: Her friend, bride-to-be Janice, never showed up at the altar, and everybody`s blaming Bubbles for singing Lynyrd Skynyrd`s "Free Bird" at the bachelorette party the night before. Now Bubbles has just found Janice`s uncle Elwood dead on his bathroom floor-his skull bashed in and his Rolls Royce missing. The baffling murder could be her Big Break as Bubbles goes deep undercover in Whoopee, Pennsylvania (located between Intercourse and Paradise) as a "plain girl from Ohio" boarding with a local Amish family. That means no spandex, no showers, and...no makeup. When she`s not helping out on the farm, Bubbles searches for clues-with the usual hilarious...
ISBN: 0-451-20850-1
Издательство:
Penguin USA
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
