Four-year-old Romochka is left alone in a dark, empty Moscow apartment. After a few days, hunger drives him outside, where he sees a large, yellow dog loping past and follows her to her lair on the outskirts of the city. During the seasons that follow, Romochka changes from a boy into something far wilder.
ISBN: 978-1-4088-0286-1
Издательство:
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: август 2011
"Dog Diary" is the fourth book in the "Usborne Very First Reading" series which has been specially developed to help children learn to read. Each book in the series introduces new letters or reading patterns, and reinforces material from previous books. Designed for an adult and child to read together, the series combines lively rhyming stories with inspiring illustrations in order to build the skills and confidence that will encourage a lifelong enjoyment of reading.
ISBN: 978-1-4095-0706-2
Издательство:
Usborne
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Farely Mowat`s best loved book tells the splendidly entertaining story of his boyhood on the Canadian prairies. Mutt`s pedigree was uncertain, but his madness was indisputable. He climbed tress and ladders, rode passenger in an open car wearing goggles and displaying hunting skills that bordered on sheer genius. He was a marvelous dog, worthy of an unusual boy growing up a raw, untamed wilderness.
ISBN: 978-0-553-27928-3
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: июль 2011
The hilarious Christmas story of a dog who rids a young Santa of his slacker ways. It`s Christmastime, and young Santa is doing a lot of sitting around. Every now and then he`ll eat some fruitcake or watch TV, but the elves and Santa`s dog, Rodney, do all the work. When Christmas Eve arrives and Santa falls asleep in the sleigh, Rodney takes charge. Soon, the determined dog has the North Pole buzzing with efficiency, and he even gives Santa lessons about what to eat to lookjolly and how to drive a sleigh. But will Rodney ever get Santa Claus to start doing his job?
Welcome to Corduroy Mansions in Pimlico: a temple of Arts and Crafts architecture, with comforting, weathered brickwork and frankly frivolous dormer windows, it is home to a delightfully eccentric cast of Londoners.
ISBN: 978-0-349-12321-9
Издательство:
Little, Brown and Company
Дата выхода: июль 2012
Abby has just arrived in Summerville, Ohio, with her placid Newfoundland, Bowser. She`s reluctantly inherited her grandmother`s coffee shop, but it`s not long before she`s brewing up trouble in the form of magical baked goods and steaming up her life with an exasperating college professor. And then there`s Daisy, a web code writer, and her hyperactive Jack Russell, Bailey. Her tightly-wound world spins out of control when she discovers the chaos within and meets a mysterious dog trainer whose teaching style is definitely hands-on. Finally there`s Shar, professor of ancient history at Summerville College, who wakes up one morning to find her neurotic dachshund, Wolfie, snarling at an implacable god sitting at her kitchen table, the first...
ISBN: 978-0-312-94437-7
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Sweden, winter, 1991. Inspector Kurt Wallander and his team receive an anonymous tip-off. A few days later a life raft is washed up on a beach. In it are two men, dressed in expensive suits, shot dead. The dead men were criminals, victims of what seems to have been a gangland hit. But what appears to be an open-and-shut case soon takes on a far more sinister aspect. Wallander travels across the Baltic Sea, to Riga in Latvia, where he is plunged into a frozen, alien world of police surveillance, scarcely veiled threats, and lies. Doomed always to be one step behind the shadowy figures he pursues, only Wallander`s obstinate desire to see that justice is done brings the truth to light.
ISBN: 978-0-09-953528-7
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
`Why did the guy eat two dead skunks for breakfast?` `Because dead ones squeal when you stick the fork in.` Gary W. Boone knows he was born to be a stand-up comedian. It is the rest of the kids in the class who think he is a fool. Then the Floyd Hicks Junior High School Talent Show is announced, and he starts practising his routine non-stop to get it just right. Gary`s sure that this will be his big break - he`ll make everyone laugh and will win the $100 prize money. But when an outrageous surprise threatens to turn his debut into a disaster, it looks as if the biggest joke of all may be on Gary himself.
ISBN: 978-0-7475-8978-5
Издательство:
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
When three women meet at a ‘Kammani-Gula Dog Obedience’ class, little do they know what they are walking Abby has just arrived in Summerville, Ohio, with her placid Newfoundland, Bowser, and is soon brewing up trouble in the form of magical baked goods in her grandmother’s coffee shop, while Daisy (with her hyperactive Jack Russell, Bailey) discovers the chaos within when she meets a mysterious dog trainer. Finally Shar, professor of ancient history at Summerville College, wakes up one morning to find her neurotic dachshund, Wolfie, snarling at an implacable god sitting at her kitchen table. What on earth is going on in this unearthly little town? It’s up to Abby, Daisy and Shar to find
ISBN: 978-0-7553-5143-5
Издательство:
Headline Publ.
Дата выхода: август 2011
An astonishing discovery is made in the remote African republic of Zangaro, one which could change the course of a nation`s history forever. But such a discovery cannot be kept secret for long and Sir James Manson will stop at nothing to protect this find. A ruthless and bloody-minded tycoon, Manson immediately hires an army of mercenaries and with this deadly crew behind him he sets out to topple the government and replace its dictator with a puppet president. But news of the discovery has reached Russia - and suddenly Manson finds he no longer makes the rules in this power game. A game in which win or lose means life or death. In this masterful thriller of international intrigue, Frederick Forsyth delivers a tense, brutal and always...
Sharik is a hapless stray dog, baffled observer of human kind and vitriolic haterofcats. He is plucked from the streets of communistMoscow by Preobrazhensky, a medical professor, and subjected to a bizarre, human-gland-transplanting experiment. When Sharik begins to transform in weird and unexpected ways, his creator`s virtuoso scientific confidence turns rapidly to wonderment, and then to horrified soul-searching. Bulgakov`s hilarious science fiction is an angry satire of the , Utopian communist dream gone spectacularly awry, in which sinister forces lurk everywhere. Written in 1925 but immediately banned by the early Soviet government, the novella captures, in a unique style that alternates lucid realism with pulse-raising drama, the...
ISBN: 978-0-14-045515-1
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
A surprising assessment of the failures and successes of modern Dogs and Demons, Alex Kerr chronicles the many facets of Japan`s recent, and chronic, crises - from the failure of its banks and pension funds to the decline of its once magnificent modern cinema. He is the first to give a full report on the nation`s endangered environment - its seashores lined with concrete, its roads leading to nowhere in the mountains - as well as its monument frenzy, the destruction of old cities such as Kyoto and construction of drab new ones, and the attendant collapse of its tourist industry. Kerr writes with humor and passion, for passion, he says, is part of the story. Millions of Japanese feel as heartbroken at what is going on as I do. My Japanese...
One of Usborne`s most enduring and well-known series has been given an exciting new look. Each guide has been completely updated and has a striking new cover. These guides are perfect companions for enthusiasts, who are keen to discover the many fascinating aspects of the natural world. They offer full-colour illustrations of around 100-200 different species per title, which have been reproduced from the original artwork using the latest technology. They are an ideal field guides for both children and adults and incredible value for money.
ISBN: 978-0-7460-7362-9
Издательство:
Usborne
Дата выхода: август 2011
Ada grows up motherless in the Jewish pogroms of a Ukrainian city in the early years of the twentieth century. In the same city, Harry Sinner, the cosseted son of a city financier, belongs to a very different world. Eventually, in search of a brighter future, Ada moves to Paris and makes a living painting scenes from the world she has left behind.
ISBN: 978-0-09-950778-9
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Gorgeous canines of every shape, size and colour are bounding through the irresistible Dogs by Emily Gravett. Can you choose one dog to love best of all?With playful pencil and watercolour illustrations to delight children and adults alike, everyone will love to bark along with the Chihuahua and tickle the Dalmatian`s tummy. Emily Gravett has created another wonderfully satisfying book - with a twist in the tail.
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: 978-0-230-01018-5
Издательство:
Macmillan ELT
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Sirius, immortal Lord of the Dog Star and infamous for his quick temper, cannot believe it when he is falsely accused of murder and banished to Earth. There he is reborn into the body of a puppy and learns that he has the life-span of that creature to recover the missing murder weapon.
ISBN: 978-0-00-675522-7
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
Эта книга открывает серию иллюстрированных учебных пособий ("English by Stages"), адресованных младшим школьникам средней общеобразовательной школы. Книга состоит из двух рассказов: "Лили и Билли" и "Влюбленный Уолтер". Каждая глава сопровождается занимательными заданиями, составленными с учетом психологических особенностей детей раннего школьного возраста. Их выполнение поможет ребенку не только активно...
ISBN: 978-5-222-16841-7
Издательство:
Феникс
Дата выхода: май 2010
The lost stories of Daphne du Maurier, collected in one volume for the first time. Before she wrote "Rebecca", the novel that would cement her reputation as a twentieth-century literary giant, a young Daphne du Maurier penned short fiction in which she explored the images, themes, and concerns that informed her later work. Originally published in periodicals during the early 1930s, many of these stories never found their way into print until now. Tales of human frailty and obsession, and of romance gone tragically awry, the thirteen stories in "The Doll" showcase an exciting budding talent before she went on to write one of the most beloved novels of all time. In these pages, a waterlogged notebook washes ashore revealing a dark story of...
Set in England and New Zealand, these four short stories are funny, sad and often cruel. Penguin Readers is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series` combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre-20th century literature strands of the National Curriculum English Orders. Penguin Readers are graded at seven levels of difficulty, from Easystarts with a 200-word...
Classic/ British English (Available May 2008) Katherine Mansfield is one of the most famous short story writers in the English language. These four stories take place about a hundred years ago in England and New Zealand. They are sometimes funny, sometimes sad and often cruel.
ISBN: 978-1-4058-8213-2
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: июль 2011
