William and Amy Ashurst are typical townies, dedicated professionals at the top of their tree, with two adorable children and an au pair who cooks, cleans and cares for them all. Then one day Will collapses on his way into work and he decides he`s never going back. So it is that, three months later, Amy is standing outside Helmshill Grange, a sullen monstrosity of a house, deep in the Yorkshire moors, with their own land as far as the eye can see. It`s what William says he`s always wanted, which is slightly worrying as he couldn`t be bothered to do his own gardening in Notting Hill, and would rather pick up a book than a spade. Within days, Will`s traded in their brand new Audi for a clapped out Land Rover, and brought home chickens,...
ISBN: 978-0-7553-4581-6
Издательство:
Headline Publ.
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student`s ability. Sam is like any other teenage girl except that she was born deaf. She meets Jim, falls in love and feels happier than ever before. Then one day Jim`s jealous ex-girlfriend reveals a secret. Sam is left wondering if she really knows Jim at all. For their love to grow Jim must show her that their worlds are not too different. Contains a paperback and Audio CD with complete text recordings from the book.
ISBN: 978-0-521-68623-5
Издательство:
Cambridge
Дата выхода: январь 2011
Different is about identity. It is a story, told in pictures and words, of contemporary Black and Asian artists exploring questions of their own identities in photography. A historical introduction examines the way photographers have approached issues of their ‘difference’ since the beginning of the photographic medium. The images are selected by Stuart Hall and Mark Sealy, and Stuart Hall introduces the artists and explains the themes and issues. Mark Sealy is a producer and curator of photography and has been Director of Autograph (Association of Black Photographers) since 1991. Stuart Hall, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Britain’s Open University, is internationally regarded for his teachings on culture and society. He has...
ISBN: 0714840149
Издательство:
Phaidon
Дата выхода: декабрь 1999
"Buy Different Seasons. I promise you`ll enjoy He creates people who are so alive, yоu can almost sense them." Minneapolis Star Tribune "The wondrous readability of his work, as well as the instant sense of communication with his characters, is what makes King the consummate storyteller that he is." Houston Chronicle Формат: 10,5 см х 17,5 см.
ISBN: 0451167538
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: февраль 2002
This dazzling collection of stories follows the individual adventures of a varied cast of characters and masterfully illustrates Calvino`s unique perspective and narrative gifts. As well as the eleven tales from his "Difficult Loves" collection this volume also includes "Smog" and "A Plunge into Real Estate".
ISBN: 978-0-09-943088-9
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: август 2011
When a wizard is unable to cure his malady of magicks, he sends his apprentice Wuntnor to seek aid in the distant land of the Eastern Kingdoms which are ripe with fiendish peril.
ISBN: 0-441-14779-8
Издательство:
Penguin USA
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
And Grimma said, We have two choices. We can run, or we hide. And they said, Which shall we do? She said, We shall Fight. A Bright New Dawn is just around the corner for thousands of tiny nomes when they move into the ruined buildings of an abandoned quarry. Or is it? Soon strange things begin to happen. Like the tops of puddles growing hard and cold, and the water coming down from the sky in frozen bits, Then humans appear and they really mess everything up. The quarry is to re-opened, and the nomes must fight to defend their new home. But how long will they be able to keep the humans at bay - even with the help of the monster Jekub?
ISBN: 978-0-552-55101-4
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Friday August 15th, 1997 - The night the girls arrived, two tiny Korean babies are delivered to Baltimore to two families who have no more in common than this. First there are the Donaldsons, decent Brad and homespun, tenacious Bitsy (with her `more organic than thou` airs, who believes fervently that life can always be improved), two full sets of grandparents and a host of big-boned, confident relatives, taking delivery with characteristic American razzmatazz. Then there are the Yazdans, pretty, nervous Ziba (her family `only one generation removed from the bazaar) and carefully assimilated Sami, with his elegant, elusive Iranian-born widowed mother Maryam, the grandmother-to-be, receiving their little bundle with wondering discretion....
ISBN: 978-0-09-949939-8
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
When the National Security Agency`s invincible code-breaking machine encounters a mysterious code it cannot break, the agency calls in its head cryptographer, Susan Fletcher, a brilliant, beautiful mathematician. What she uncovers sends shock waves through the corridors of power. The NSA is being held hostage - not by guns or bombs, but by a code so complex that it released would cripple U.S. intelligence. Caught in an accelerating tempest of secrecy and lies, Fletcher battles to save the agency she believes in. Betrayed on all sides, she finds herself fighting not only for her country but tor her life, and in the end, tor the life of the man she loves...
ISBN: 978-0-552-16999-8
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: март 2013
