A classic of its kind, a dazzling parody of the earthy, melodramatic novels of the period. Flora Poste has been expensively educated to do everything but earn her own living. When she is orphaned at twenty, she decides her only option is to go and live with her relatives the Starkadders at "Cold Comfort Farm". What relatives, though: Judith, alone in her grief; raving old Ada Doom, who once saw something nasty in the woodshed; Amos, called by God; Seth, smouldering with sex; and Elfine, who just needs a little polish. Flora feels it incumbent upon her to bring order into the chaos. And she turns out to be remarkably good at it.
ISBN: 978-0-14-027414-1
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
It can be grim in Aberdeen. But now it`s sheer, bloody murder. Aberdeen, oil capital of Europe! Christmas is coming, cold, dark and wet, bringing death with it. It`s DS Logan McRae`s first day back on the job after a year off on the sick, and it couldn`t get much worse. Four-year-old David Reid`s body is discovered in a ditch, strangled, mutilated and a long time dead. There`s a killer stalking the Granite City and the local media are baying for blood. If that wasn`t enough, Logan also has to contend with a new boss, DI Insch, who doesn`t suffer fools gladly and thinks everyone`s a fool, and his own ex-girlfriend, the beautiful but chilly Isobel MacAlister, who also happens to be the chief pathologist. The only good news is WPC `Ball...
ISBN: 978-0-00-719314-1
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: июль 2012
Inman leaves the horrors of the American Civil War and begins a long, dangerous journey home to Ada, the woman he loves. Along the way, he witnesses great poverty, cruelty, and violence. Will he ever see Ada again? And if he does, will she recognize the man he has become?
ISBN: 978-1-4058-7986-6
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: июль 2011
She was tall, blonde, and offering Garrett an irresistible fee to take a case that seemed open and shut. But in a town of elves and humans, thugs and swindlers, Garrett had learned to take a long, hard look before saying
All Genny wants is to live the quiet life and to do her job at but there`s her tangled personal life to sort out first. She`s being haunted by ghosts who want her help. Her witch neighbours want her evicted. Genny`s sort-of-Ex - and now her new boss - can`t decide whether he wants their relationship to be business or pleasure now he knows all her darkest secrets. And then there`s the queue of vampires all wanting her to paint the town red - how long will it be before they stop taking `no` for an answer and Genny`s life becomes even more complicated? But when one of her human friends is murdered by sidhe magic, Genny is determined to find the killer. Her efforts to find the real murderer lead her to some of the most dangerous and...
ISBN: 978-0-575-08430-8
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
In the summer of 1910, a race began. A race to be the first man at the South Pole, in Antarctica. Robert Falcon Scott, an Englishman, left London in his ship, the Terra Nova, and began the long journey south. Five days later, another ship also began to travel south. And on this ship was Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian. But Antarctica is the coldest place on earth, and it is a long, hard journey over the ice to the South Pole. Some of the travellers never returned to their homes again. This is the story of Scott and Amundsen, and of one of the most famous and dangerous races in history.
ISBN: 978-0-194-78903-5
Издательство:
Oxford University Press
Дата выхода: июнь 2011
From the bestselling author of the Dalziel and Pascoe series, a superb novel of wartime passion, loyalty -- and betrayal When Janine Simonian was dragged roughly from her cell to face trial as a collaborator in the days of reckoning that followed the liberation of France, she refused to conceal her shaven skull from the jeering crowds that greeted her. Before the jury of former Resistance members pledged to extract vengeance on all who had connived in Nazi rule, Janine stood proudly in court -- and pleaded guilty to the charges. Why did so many French men and women collaborate with the Nazi occupation forces whilst others gave their lives in resistance? Were the motives of those who betrayed their country always selfish -- and those of...
ISBN: 978-0-00-721206-4
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
Deadlier than the Mafia, the Camorra never forget, and never forgive. She is an Italian accountancy student in London, and her boyfriend Eddie teaches at a language school. But the prime reason Immacolata Borelli came to Britain was to look after her gangster brother, wanted for multiple murders back home in Naples. For the Borelli clan are major players in the Camorra, a crime network more close-knit and ruthless than the Sicilian Mafia. Mario Castrolami is a senior Carabinieri investigator of the Camorra, his career dedicated to destroying the corruption and violence of the clans. When Immacolata calls from London to say she is prepared to collaborate with justice - to betray her own family - he knows she is setting in motion a...
ISBN: 978-0-340-91889-0
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: август 2011
This title features collected works of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Few American novelists of the twentieth century have stayed as modern as F. Scott Fitzgerald. He gave a name to his age, `the Jazz Age`, but his reputation has outlived it. Gathered here are the five novels he wrote in his relatively short career, together with a number of the many short stories he wrote between 1922 and his death in 1940. "This Side of Paradise" catapulted him to fame, its expose of the manners and morals of a post-war generation becoming a cause celebre. "The Beautiful and Damned", a semi-autobiographical moral parable of a doomed marriage, affirmed Fitzgerald`s status as the spokesman for the generation of the 1920s. His third novel, "The Great Gatsby",...
ISBN: 978-1-84022-659-1
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist, a dark romantic, and short story writer. Collected Short Stories is Hawthorne`s interesting story collection, which was written in honor of The Old Manse, where Hawthorne and his wife lived for the first three years of their marriage. This book includes wonderful short stories "The Procession of Life", "The Artist of the Beautiful" and other tales.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07699-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. "Collected Tales" is a collection of early Doyle`s short stories. It includes stories of mystery, comedy, shipwrecks and fantasy. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08068-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Maugham learned his craft from Maupassant, and these stories, featuring his alter-ego Ashenden, display the unique and remarkable talent that made him an unsurpassed storyteller.
ISBN: 0-14-018591-7
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: январь 2002
International bestselling author Jeffrey Archer has enthralled readers with his riveting suspense, surprise denouements, and unforgettable storylines. Now Archer’s three acclaimed collections of short fiction are brought together in one irresistible
ISBN: 978-0-312-93770-6
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
Annabelle, a beautiful con artist, is planning the heist of the century. Jonathan DeHaven, a shy division head at the Library of Congress, is planning nothing more than a peaceful day amongst his cherished collection. But something fatal is waiting for him in the After Jonathan`s body is discovered, the members of the Camel Club are determined to investigate this inexplicable death. And it soon becomes clear that there was much more to the librarian than a mild manner and a love of books. While Annabelle flees from the terrifying consequences of her scam, the Camel Club finds itself confronting powerful enemies who will stop at nothing to protect a secret conspiracy - and the code that conceals it - from being revealed ... Формат:...
ISBN: 978-0-330-44408-8
Издательство:
Picador
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
Nathaniel Hawthorne was an American novelist, a dark romantic, and short story writer. Collected Short Stories is Hawthorne`s interesting story collection, which was written in honor of The Old Manse, where Hawthorne and his wife lived for the first three years of their marriage. This book includes wonderful short stories "The Brithmark", "Young Goodman Brown", "Rappaccini`s Daughter" and other tales.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07698-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Some of Gaskell`s best known novels are Cranford, North and South and Wives and Daughters. Collected Tales II contains five stories, including The Manchester Marriage and The Cage at Cranford.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07595-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Once they had settled the eastern seaboard, the founding fathers of the great North American continent encouraged others to follow them to the land of opportunity. So the refugees, the poor and the oppressed, the adventurous and the foolhardy packed their all, they left the old-world shadows and set out with their hopes and dreams.
ISBN: 978-1-84022-649-2
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: июнь 2012
Jane Eyre ranks as one of the greatest and most popular works of English fiction. Although Charlotte Bronte`s heroine is outwardly plain, she possesses an indomitable spirit, and great courage. Forced to battle against the exigencies of a cruel guardian, a harsh employer and a rigid social order which circumscribes her life when she becomes governess to the daughter of the mysterious, sardonic Mr Rochester. Villette is based on Charlotte Bronte`s personal experience as a teacher in Brussels. It is a moving tale of repressed feelings and cruel circumstances borne with heroic fortitude. Rising above the confinement of a rigid social order, it is also a story of a woman`s right to love and be loved. Wuthering Heights is Emily Bronte`s wild,...
ISBN: 978-1-84022-075-9
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate "reader friendly" type sizes have been chosen for each title--offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords. This edition of "Edgar Allan Poe" includes a Foreword, Biographical Note, and Afterword by S. T. Joshi. His life was a nightmare as gruesome as any of his stories. And his stories are dark masterpieces of gutwrenching horror.
ISBN: 978-0-8125-0455-2
Издательство:
Holtzbrink
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
William Sydney Porter known by his pen name 0. Henry, was an American short story writer. His wit and plot twists were adored by his readers, but often panned by the critics. Collected Tales includes "The Roads We Take", "A Newspaper Story", "Tommy`s Burglar" and other stories.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07688-8
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
