First, the good news: the omni-competent Kay Scarpetta is back, along with her sidekicks, in a murder mystery that`s tighter than her last escapade, From Potter`s Field. Chief medical examiner for the state of Virginia and an FBI consultant, Kay finds ample opportunity to demonstrate her skills in the autopsy room and outside it, too: here, she also dives with a Navy SEAL rescue squad and, through her computer-genius niece Lucy, an FBI agent, takes an up-close-and-personal look at a robot operated via virtual reality. But there is bad news: the work lacks the extraordinary, can`t-go-to-bed-til-you`re-finished suspense of Cornwell`s earlier novels, e.g. Cruel and Unusual. The killers here, members of a nihilistic, fascist cult who think...
ISBN: 0-425-15861-6
Издательство:
Penguin USA
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
This is a 6 level series of readers for children learning English, bringing together a variety of enjoyable fiction and non-fiction titles. The series provides reinforcement of the basic structures and vocabulary contained in most major primary courses.
ISBN: 978-1-4050-7413-1
Издательство:
Langenscheidt
Дата выхода: июль 2011
A millennium into the future two advancements have altered the course of human histiry: the colonization of the galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain. Isaac Asimov`s Robot novels chronicle the unlikely partnership between a New York City detective and a humanoid robot who must learn to work together...
ISBN: 0-553-29340-0
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Данный комплект дисков является звуковым приложением к адаптированной книге "Английские народные сказки" (на английском языке). Диски содержат текст сказок с выборочными упражнениями, начитанный профессиональными дикторами в учебном темпе (с ясным произношением и немного медленнее по сравнению с естественным темпом речи). Запись может быть использована как для обучения aудированию (восприятию речи...
ISBN: 978-5-8112-3547-6
Издательство:
Айрис-пресс
Дата выхода: апрель 2006
Данный комплект дисков является звуковым приложением к адаптированной книге Сомерсета Моэма «Человек со шрамом и другие рассказы» (на английском языке). Диски содержат текст книги (без упражнений), начитанный профессиональными дикторами в учебном темпе (с ясным произношением и немного медленнее по сравнению с естественным темпом речи). Запись может быть использована как для обучения аудированию...
ISBN: 978-5-8112-3769-2
Производитель:
Айрис-пресс
Дата выхода: апрель 2007
The long-awaited sequel to the international bestseller PS, I Love You!It`s been seven years since Holly Kennedy`s husband died - six since she read his final letter, urging Holly to find the courage to forge a new life.She`s proud of all the ways in which she has grown and evolved. But when a group inspired by Gerry`s letters, calling themselves the PS, I Love You Club, approaches Holly asking for help, she finds herself drawn back into a world that she worked so hard to leave behind.Reluctantly, Holly begins a relationship with the club, even as their friendship threatens to destroy the peace she believes she has achieved. As each of these people calls upon Holly to help them leave something meaningful behind for their loved ones,...
ISBN: 9780008194918
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: январь 2020
Have you ever imagined a different life?Have you ever stood at a crossroads, undecided? Have you ever had a moment when you wanted to roar?A story for every woman.A story for every moment.Whether you want to laughTo be movedTo loveTo feel less guiltTo cryTo be comfortedTo ROARThere is a story for you.From Sunday Times bestselling author Cecelia Ahern comes a collection of witty, original and moving stories for women everywhere.`Funny, wise and weighty, in a very good way...read one or two of Ahern`s fables at a time [to] truly appreciate their wit, pathos and imagination.` Independent`Witty, playful, entertaining but also thought-provoking, salutary and empowering` Daily MailA Radio 2 Bookclub Choice.
Cecilia is an heiress, but will inherit her estate only if her husband consents to take her surname. Cecilia, or Memoirs of an Heiress (1782) is an unusual and disturbing love-story. In playing on the issue of the heroine`s name, the novel illustrates the high cost of a patriarchal system. Burney exhibits her comic and satiric powers in depicting Cecilia`s dismaying entry into the gilded fashionable world. Cecilia`s experiences also bring her into contact with the poor and the low; running through the social analysis is an almost Dickensian forceful sympathy for those whose place in the structure of things is taken for granted. Controversial in its time, and much admired by writers as diverse as Edmund Burke, Mary Wollstonecraft, and...
ISBN: 978-0-19-955238-2
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Beatrix Potter is regarded as one of the world`s best-loved children`s authors of all time. From her first book, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, published by Frederick Warne in 1902, she went on to create a series of stories based around animal characters inclu
ISBN: 978-0-7232-6797-3
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2012
Mark Twain was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." His wit and satire, in prose and in speech, earned praise from critics and peers. This volume includes some of his amazing works: a novel about Buffalo Bill`s favorite horse "A Horse`s Tale, " a short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," and "Letters from the Earth," the most controversial work of the author. The story shows a unique view on the Satan`s exile from heaven and his experiences on Earth.
ISBN: 978-5-517-00211-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
Mark Twain (1835—1910) was an American writer, journalist, and publisher. Among his most famous novels are "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and its sequel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". Most of his finest work includes many genres such as humor, satire, and philosophical fiction. This volume includes two amazing works: a novel about Buffalo Bill`s favorite horse "A Horse`s Tale" and a short story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County".
ISBN: 978-5-521-07817-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Lola Santisi is a twenty-six-year-old member of Hollywood Royalty (Papa`s vying for Best Director Oscar #2 and Mom`s a fixture at The Ivy). Without a kingdom--or even a condo--to call her own, she suffers from twin afflictions: Actorholism (a fatal addiction to dating hunky actors) and CDD (Career Deficit Disorder, an epidemic among children of Hollywood Royalty). Her latest gig as a Hollywood Ambassador means she`s been engaging in LA`s cruelest blood sport: convincing celebrities to wear her designer`s gowns to the Oscars. Lola`s first best friend is Kate, a Hollywood talent agent desperate to go from unter to uber, whether we`re talking sex, work, or both. Lola`s other BFF is Cricket, a struggling model/actress looking to surpass her...
ISBN: 978-0-7528-8322-9
Издательство:
Orion Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
Q: What do Tiger, Paris, Lindsay, Alec, and Oprah have in common with the enduring characters of Anton Chekhov? A: Love, loss, pride, yearning, heartbreak, renewal, transcendence: the very stuff of life. The immortal stories of Anton Chekhov have long entranced readers with their insights into the universal truths of human but you`ve never read them quite like this. Former friends Nicole and Paris exchange prickly pleasantries in Tall and Short. Talk-show host Dave narrowly averts another potential domestic crisis in A Transgression. Reality star Kim shares her newfound notoriety with Khloe and Kourtney in Joy. In a witty, graceful, and revelatory feat of literary reinvention, acclaimed novelist and humorist Ben Greenman takes nineteen...
Witness Stephen King`s triumphant, blood-spattered return to the genre that made him famous. Cell, the king of horror`s homage to zombie films (the book is dedicated in part to George ) is his goriest, most horrific novel in years, not to mention the most intensely paced. Casting aside his love of elaborate character and town histories and penchant for delayed gratification, King yanks readers off their feet within the first few pages; dragging them into the fray and offering no chance catch their breath until the very last page. In Cell King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism. Mobile phones deliver the apocalypse to millions of unsuspecting humans by wiping their brains of any humanity, leaving only...
ISBN: 978-1-4165-3481-5
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Civilization slipped into its second dark age on an unsurprising track of blood but with a speed that could not have been foreseen by even the most pessimistic futurist. By Halloween, every major city from New York to Moscow stank to the empty heavens and the world as it had been was a memory. The event became known as The Pulse. The virus was carried by every cell phone operating within the entire world. Within hours, those receiving calls would be infected. A young artist Clayton Riddell realises what is happening. He flees the devastation of explosive, burning Boston, desperate to reach his son before his son switches on his little red mobile
ISBN: 978-1-4447-0782-3
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: январь 2013
Joseph Jacobs (1854-1916) was a noted literary and folklorist. He edited a number of books of fairy tales, including this work and its sequel, More Celtic Fairy Tales. It includes the famous stories Conal Hammerclaw, The Story of Deirdre, Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree, The Wooing of Olwen, Jack and His Comrades, The Sea Maiden, Fairm Brown and Trembling, The Battle of the Birds, Brewery of Eggshells and many others. It is illustrated throughout with black and white Art Nouveau style plates and vignettes by John D. Batten.
ISBN: 978-1-907360-18-3
Издательство:
CRW Publishing
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
