Four people in a car, hoping to make Chicago by morning. One man driving, another telling stories that don`t add up. A woman in the back, silent and worried. And a hitchhiker with a broken nose. An hour behind them, the FBI descends on an old pumping station where a man was stabbed to death-the knife work professional, the killers nowhere to be seen.All Jack Reacher wanted was a ride to Virginia. All he did was stick out his thumb. But he soon discovers he has hitched more than a ride. He has tied himself to a massive conspiracy, in which nothing is what it seems, and nobody is telling the truth.
A groundbreaking work of science fiction, "The Left Hand of Darkness" tells the story of a lone human emissary to Winter, an alien world whose inhabitants can change their gender. His goal is to facilitate Winter`s inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the completely dissimilar culture that he encounters. Embracing the aspects of psychology, society, and human emotion on an alien world, "The Left Hand of Darkness" stands as a landmark achievement in the annals of intellectual science fiction.
ISBN: 978-0-441-00731-8
Издательство:
Penguin USA
Дата выхода: июль 2011
In 1996, the author and a climbing team pushed toward the summit of Mount Everest. Then a storm exploded, ripping the team to shreds, and forcing the brave men to scratch and crawl for their lives. Rescuers who reached Weathers saw that he was dying and left him. Twelve hours later, Weathers descended the mountain, described as "dead man walking". Here, he describes his experience.
ISBN: 9780440237082
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2001
To read The Left Hand of God is to discover a world of wonder and cruelty, epic grandeur and unspeakable tragedy. It is Thomas Cale's story and before it is done he will have loved, killed, outwitted, saved or betrayed those who cross his path. He will have no choice the fate of the world lies in his hands.
ISBN: 978-0-14-104237-4
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
n the bitter winter of 2009, following the death of their grandmother, Erica Calcott and her sister Beth return to Storton Manor, a grand and imposing Wiltshire house where they spent their summer holidays as children. When Erica begins to sort through her grandmother`s belongings, she is flooded with memories of her childhood - and of her cousin, Henry, whose disappearance from the manor tore the family apart. Erica sets out to discover what happened to Henry - so that the past can be laid to rest, and her sister, Beth, might finally find some peace. Gradually, as Erica begins to sift through remnants of the past, a secret family history emerges; one that stretches all the way back to turn-of-the-century America, to a beautiful society...
ISBN: 978-1-4091-1716-2
Издательство:
Orion Books
Дата выхода: июль 2011
A tale of love, courage and family, interweaving the lives of two extraordinary women - a writer working in the heart of modern academia, and a daring young Sioux on an unforgettable journey in the eighteenth century. Someday is Brigitte Nicholson`s watchword. Someday she and the man she loves, Ted, will clarify their relationship. Someday she`ll have children. Someday she`ll finish writing her book. Someday she`ll stop playing it so Then something happens that changes Brigitte`s life completely. Struggling to plot a new course, Brigitte agrees to help her mother on a genealogy project - and makes a discovery that reaches back to the French aristocracy. How did Brigitte`s ancestor, Wachiwi, a Dakota Sioux, travel from the Great Plains to...
ISBN: 978-0-552-15897-8
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
A comprehensive and accessible guide to the academic and practical skills needed in the study of law, including essential techniques for legal research, reasoning, writing, advocacy, negotiation, interviewing and advising. Also features an extensive section on career development.
Sleepy Hollow: "The horseman`s head still lies somewhere on the battlefield," the people of Sleepy Hollow said. "Every night, he rides back to the battlefield to look for it." One dark night, Ichabod Crane - the village schoolmaster - saw the Headless Horseman. Or did he? Rip Van Winkle: Rip Van Winkle did not like working on his farm and his wife was always angry with him. He wanted to forget his troubles for a day. So he took his dog and his gun and he walked up into the Catskill Mountains. Retold by Anne Collins.
ISBN: 978-1-4050-7654-8
Издательство:
Langenscheidt
Дата выхода: июль 2011
The GREEN APPLE series is composed of illustrated graded readers. The readers are graded into three levels - Starter, Step 1 and Step 2 - according to structural and lexical criteria, as well as by choice of subject matter. Features: • introduction about the author and his/her times • wide variety of interesting activities to promote understanding of the text, as well as all four language skills, lexis and sociocultural awareness and knowledge • activities in the style of the Cambridge ESOL and Trinity exams • informative and fascinating cross-curricular dossiers, which explore the historical and cultural background of the text • a recording on CD of the text in British or American English, with extra listening activities •...
ISBN: 9788853006189
Издательство:
CIDEB
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Roy is still young when his father, a failed dentist and hapless fisherman, puts a 44 magnum to his head and commits suicide on the deck of his beloved boat. Throughout his life, Roy returns to that moment, gripped by its memory and the shadow it casts over his small-town boyhood, describing with poignant, mercurial wit his parents` woeful marriage and inevitable divorce, their kindnesses and weaknesses, the absurd and comic turning-points of his past. Finally, in Legend of a Suicide, Roy lays his father`s ghost to rest. But not before he exacts a gruelling, exhilarating revenge. Revolving around a fatally misconceived adventure deep in the wilderness of Alaska, this is a remarkably tender story of survival and disillusioned love.
ISBN: 978-0-14-104378-4
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
Gorgons, Banshees, Dragons, Spinxes, Sea Monsters-where would a hero be without a monster to conquor? This collection pulls together the badddest beasts in story and song along with fast-moving action, plenty of fighting, and a good dose of gruеsome gore. The moody graphics add just the right punch of drama. From the Dragon who fought Saint George, to the Sphinx`s Riddle, Medusa` magnificent hair, the epic heroism of Perseus` many battles and more, this is the ultimate tour of mythology`s fantastic beasts.
In the cold, dead eyes of the Banshee, and the hissing, spitting fangs of the Gorgon; in the fiery breath of the dragon and the razor sharp claws of the Sphinx there is a thirst for blood and a murderous hunger. But it is a time of heroes, and the teeth and claws of these hideous beasts are no match for the lethal blades of such
ISBN: 978-0-330-51015-8
Издательство:
Picador
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
The bestselling author of CENTURION and THE GLADIATOR returns with another action-packed Roman adventure. Trouble is brewing in Egypt. Rebel gladiator Ajax and his men have been posing as Roman soldiers and attacking naval bases, merchant vessels and villages. Prefect Cato and Centurion Macro have been charged with the task of tracking down the renegade warrior before the problem gets out of control. Joining forces with Legion III, they hope to destroy their enemy on the battlefield. But the cunning gladiator has other
ISBN: 978-0-7553-5376-7
Издательство:
Headline Publ.
Дата выхода: май 2012
