Award-winning actor Baldwin--whose split from wife Kim Basinger and subsequent custody battle surrounding their child exacted a heavy toll on all involved--makes a powerful case for reexamining and changing the way child custody is decided in this country.
ISBN: 9780312363369
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2008
Substance D -- otherwise known as Death -- is the most dangerous drug ever to find its way on to the black market. It destroys the links between the brain`s two hemispheres, leading first to disorentation and then to complete and irreversible brain damage. Bob Arctor, undercover narcotics agent, is trying to find a lead to the source of supply, but to pass as an addict he must become a user, and soon, without knowing what is happening to him, he is as dependent as any of the addicts he is monitoring.
ISBN: 1-85798-847-7
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004
Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he was a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. A Set of Six I contains three stories including The Informeran, The Brutean and Gaspar Ruiz, an enthralling novel of inspirational rise from obscurity to light.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07573-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he was a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. A Set of Six II contains three stories including An Anarchista, Il Condea and The Duel, both satiric and deeply sad tale about two officers in Napoleon`s Grand Army who, under a futile pretext, fought an on-going series of duels throughout the Napoleonic Wars.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07574-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he was a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. His story A Smile of Fortune is a masterly tale of misplaced loyalty, family feuds, and illicit bargaining. Embarking in the tropics, a ship`s captain makes the instant acquaintance of a seemingly genial Mr. Jacobus and his irritable brother.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07579-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803 - 1873) was an English novelist, poet, playwright and politician. A lot of his works contributed to the early growth of the science fiction genre. "A Strange Story" is a mystery novel, which is told from the perspective of Dr. Allan Fenwicke, a rational materialist. He publically debunks the spiritualist beliefs of his fellow physician Dr. Lloyd, and thereby hastens his colleague`s demise. Soon after, the Mysterious enters Dr. Fenwicke`s logical life in the form of the lovely and dreamy Lillian and the wickedly amoral Mr. Margrave. It is a great and epic story that is full of fantasy and romance.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08280-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: апрель 2019
Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803 - 1873) was an English novelist, poet, playwright and politician. A lot of his works contributed to the early growth of the science fiction genre. "A Strange Story" is a melodramatic novel, which depicts the events leading up to the execution of Eugene Aram for murdering his business partner. When the novel appeared in 1832, it drew mixed reactions: critics condemned it vehemently for romanticizing the life of a well-known convicted murderer, while the reading public eagerly snatched up copies of the novel.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08281-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: апрель 2019
Перу английского писателя Артура Конан Дойла (1859–1930) принадлежит множество приключенческих, исторических, фантастических и юмористических произведений, однако в мировую культуру он вошел прежде всего как непревзойденный мастер детективного жанра, создатель одного из самых известных и любимых персонажей — гениального сыщика Шерлока Холмса. «Этюд в багровых тонах» (1887) — повесть, впервые...
ISBN: 978-5-517-10831-9
Издательство:
RUGRAM
Дата выхода: май 2024
Daniel Defoe was an English trader, writer, pamphleteer and journalist. He is most famous for his novel "Robinson Crusoe", which is second only to the Bible in its number of translations. A Tour Through the Whole Island of Great Britain is an account of author`s travels, first published in three volumes between 1724 and 1727. Daniel Defoe brings a lifetime`s experience to the tradition of travel writing as a businessman, a soldier, an economic journalist and a spy. This book is not only a beautifully written guide to Britain just before the industrial revolution; it is his deeply imaginative response to a brave new economic world.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08181-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
Daniel Defoe brings a lifetime\'s experience to the tradition of travel writing as a businessman, soldier, economic journalist and spy, and his TourThrough the Whole Island of Great Britain is an invaluable source of social and economic history. This book is not only a beautifully written guide to Britain just before the industrial revolution. It is his deeply imaginative response to a brave new economic world.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06818-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: апрель 2018
Kingdoms will clash. Choose your side.Grey has been revealed as the rightful prince of Emberfall. But the kingdom is crumbling fast, torn between his claim and that of the reigning Prince Rhen and Princess Harper.Newly crowned as Queen of the enemy kingdom Syhl Shallow, Lia Mara struggles to rule with a gentler hand than her mother. But as Grey moves closer to claiming the crown of Emberfall, both Harper and Lia Mara are forced to question where they stand - and how far they can follow the dictates of their hearts.Brigid Kemmerer`s heart-pounding saga comes to a thrilling climax, as two kingdoms come closer and closer to conflict - and an old enemy resurfaces who could destroy them all.
ISBN: 9781526613820
Издательство:
Bloomsbury
Дата выхода: октябрь 2023
A modern, true story of good vs. evil. Heavy Metal guitarist Dimebag Darrell Abbott was attacked and murdered on stage in 2004 at the Alrosa Villa Nightclub. This is the story of three brave men who made a difference in countless lives by paying the price with their own.
Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804—1864) was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer. The stories in «A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys» are all stories within a story. The frame story being that a Williams College student,Eustace Bright, is telling these tales to a group of children at Tanglewood, an area in Lenox, Massachusetts. All the tales are modified from the original myths.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07046-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: апрель 2018
Part of a growing series of lift-the-flap first concept books which introduce young children to colours, counting, first words and more. A fun book for parents and children to share.
Книга содержит неадаптированный текст рассказов Артура Конан Дойла ТРИ СТУДЕНТА и ПОСЛЕДНЕЕ ДЕЛО ШЕРЛОКА ХОЛМСА на английском языке, сопровождающийся упражнениями, комментариями и словарем. Перевод наиболее трудных предложений дается в сносках, а сложные элементы выделены и объяснены в комментариях.
ISBN: 978-985-15-2399-9
Издательство:
Попурри
Дата выхода: октябрь 2014
First published in 1865, Alice`s Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass has been been perennially popular with both adults and children alike. It follows the tale of curious Alice and her fall through the rabbit hole into a fantasy world filled with anthropomorphic and peculiar creatures. A lasting classic that plays with logic and the bizarre, this tale cannot fail to delight readers with its mix of prose and poetry.
When Cora is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richards funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richards will, Cora was clearly heard to say: It`s been hushed up very nicely, hasn`t it… But he was murdered, wasn`t he?In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery...
A woman is killed by a poisoned dart in the enclosed confines of a commercial passenger plane...From seat No.9, Hercule Poirot was ideally placed to observe his fellow air passengers. Over to his right sat a pretty young woman, clearly infatuated with the man opposite; ahead, in seat No.13, sat a Countess with a poorly-concealed cocaine habit; across the gangway in seat No.8, a detective writer was being troubled by an aggressive wasp.What Poirot did not yet realize was that behind him, in seat No.2, sat the slumped, lifeless body of a woman.
Agatha Christie`s disturbing 1960s mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.Gipsy`s Acre was a truly beautiful upland site with views out to sea - and in Michael Rogers it stirred a child-like fantasy.There, amongst the dark fir trees, he planned to build a house, find a girl and live happily ever after.Yet, as he left the village, a shadow of menace hung over the land. For this was the place where accidents happened. Perhaps Michael should have heeded the locals` warnings: `There`s no luck for them as meddles with Gipsy`s Acre.`Michael Rogers is a man who is about to learn the true meaning of the old saying `In my end is my beginning...`
ISBN: 9780008196394
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: январь 2017
