The setting is Berlin. Into this divided city, wrenched between East and West, between past and present; comes twenty-five-year-old Leonard Marnham, assigned to a British-American surveillance only a pawn in an international plot that is never fully revealed to him, Leonard uses his secret work to escape the bonds of his ordinary life - and to lose his unwanted innocence. The promise of his new life begins to be fulfilled as Leonard becomes a crucial part of the surveillance team, while simultaneously being initiated into a new world of love and sex by Maria, a beautiful young German woman. It is a promise that turns to horror in the course of one terrible evening - a night when Leonard Marnham learns just how much of his innocence he`s...
ISBN: 978-0-09-927709-5
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The phenomenal series set in a future New York City returns as NYPSD Lt. Eve Dallas hunts for the killer of a seemingly ordinary history teacher-and uncovers some extraordinary surprises. Craig Foster`s death devastated his young wife, who`d sent him to work that day with a lovingly packed lunch. It shocked his colleagues at the private school, too, and as for the ten-year-old girls who found him in his classroom in a pool of bodily fluids-they may have been traumatized for life. Eve soon determines that Foster`s homemade lunch was tainted with deadly ricin, and that Mr. Foster`s colleagues have some startling secrets of their own. It`s Eve`s job to sort it out and discover why someone would have done this to a man who seemed so...
The first #1 New York Times bestseller for Robb The phenomenal series set in a future New York City continues, as Lieutenant Eve Dallas hunts for the killer of a seemingly ordinary history teacher-and uncovers some extraordinary surprises.
ISBN: 978-0-425-21754-2
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июнь 2012
Comprising the classic bestsellers "Getting Even", "Without Feathers", and "Side Effects", this definitive collection of comic writings is from a man who needs no Introduction. Really – this book has no Introduction. "The Insanity Defense" reveals many sides of Woody Allen as he holds forth on the most human of urges (“Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only for food: frequently there must be a beverage”); reflects on death (“I don’t believe in an afterlife, although I am bringing a change of underwear”); and notes the effect on history wrought by trick chewing gum, the dribble glass, and other novelties. There is also an inspiring story of the futile race to beat Dr. Heimlich to the punch: “The food went down...
ISBN: 978-0-8129-7811-7
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: август 2011
Smart, sassy Jennifer has broken through the glass ceiling to become a major player on Wall Street. But when her boss is implicated in shady dealings, Jennifer agrees to take the rap. After all, her lawyer fiance has promised he can get her off. Instead, she ends up in a harsh women`s prison, where her designer clothes and fancy education count for nothing. She has to learn fast if she is to be accepted by inmates such as tough lifer Movita and crazy Cher, members of the jail`s notorious `top crew`. More unlikely partners in crime Jennifer couldn`t imagine, but on the inside she discovers that working together is the only way out… Sharp, witty and full of attitude, `Insiders` is Olivia Goldsmith at her incomparable best
ISBN: 0-00-651438-3
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
In 1946, an alien virus that rewrites human DNA was accidentally unleashed in the skies over New York City. It killed ninety percent of those it infected. Nine percent of those who survived mutated into tragically deformed creatures. And one percent gained superpowers. The "Wild Cards" shared-universe series, created and edited since 1987 by New York Times #1 bestseller George R. R. Martin along with Melinda Snodgrass, is the tale of the history of the world since then—and of the heroes among that one percent. Originally begun in 1987, long before George R. R. Martin became a household name among fantasy readers ("The American Tolkien" - Time magazine), the "Wild Cards" series earned a reputation among connoisseurs for its smart...
ISBN: 978-0-7653-5712-0
Издательство:
Macmillan USA
Дата выхода: июль 2011
This book is a source of constant revelation, displaying the work of architects, designers and craftsmen, from an extraordinary Art Deco church to the stately grandeur of the New York Public Library.
ISBN: 071483758X
Издательство:
Phaidon
Дата выхода: декабрь 1999
From the top of your head to the tips of your toes Learn all about health from a cool cat who knows! In this delightful book, Dr. Seuss` famous Cat in the Hat explains to young readers all the different ways to stay healthy. This title and others form part of a series of books that takes an off-beat look at nature and natural sciences through a fun combination of Seussian rhymes and zany illustrations. Aimed at early readers - from four to seven year olds - the books are designed to bridge the gap between concept books written for preschoolers and more formal non fiction titles that require fluent reading skills. By presenting the facts in a lively and rhythmic manner, they provide the critical foundation upon which complex facts and...
ISBN: 978-0-00-728484-9
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
The definitive story of Pink Floyd--from the inside out--is told by the only consistent member of the band through its entire 40-year history. Nick Mason has witnessed every twist, turn, and sommersault from behind his drum kit.
The finest architectural treasures of this well-loved city are brought to life: from the Roman baths at the Hotel Cluny to a 1950s proto-psychedelic brasserie in Pigalle.
ISBN: 0714837601
Издательство:
Phaidon
Дата выхода: декабрь 1999
From intimate shop interiors to the remarkable and exuberant architectural fantasies of Antoni Gaudi, this book captures the immensely varied atmospheres of a magical city.
ISBN: 0714837598
Издательство:
Phaidon
Дата выхода: декабрь 1999
Taking the reader on a privileged tour of the city’s stunning private palaces and villas, and many of the less well-known public buildings and churches, this book offers fresh discoveries from one of the world’s greatest cities.
ISBN: 0714837628
Издательство:
Phaidon
Дата выхода: декабрь 1999
Full of surprises, this book reveals one hundred of the capital’s best-kept secrets, including gentlemen’s clubs, restaurants, hotels, shops, pubs, hospitals and historic town houses.
ISBN: 071483761X
Издательство:
Phaidon
Дата выхода: декабрь 1999
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. A missing woman and a dead body welcome Inspector Jenny Logan to her new job with the Edinburgh police. Logan questions the husband of the dead woman and a local doctor about the murder, but
ISBN: 978-0-521-68637-2
Издательство:
Cambridge
Дата выхода: август 2011
Modern, original fiction for learners of English. A missing woman and a dead body welcome Inspector Jenny Logan to her new job with the Edinburgh police. Logan questions the husband of the dead woman and a local doctor about the murder, but can she believe what they say? Then, a piece of jewellery leads Logan to the killer.
ISBN: 0-521-75080-6
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
An intellectual thriller set in the Oxford of the 1660s, a time of great ferment - intellectual, religious and political. The action takes place around the suspicious death of Robert Grove, a Fellow of New College.
`Makes you want to read every serpentine and satisfying` Telegraph Thornleigh Hall, seat of the Earl of Sussex, dominates its surroundings. Its heir is missing, and the once vigorous family is reduced to a cripple, his whore and his alcoholic second son, but its power endures. Impulsive Harriet Westerman has felt the Hall`s menace long before she happens upon a dead man bearing the Thornleigh arms. The grim discovery cries out for justice, and she persuades reclusive anatomist Gabriel Crowther to her cause, much against his better judgement; he knows a dark path lies before those who stray from society`s expectations. That same day, Alexander Adams is killed in a London music shop, leaving his young children orphaned. His death will lead...
ISBN: 978-0-7553-7198-3
Издательство:
Headline Publ.
Дата выхода: август 2011
