New York. It may be Christmas in New York, but for ex-soldier turned elite bodyguard Ryan Lock, it`s business as usual: his mission is to protect one of America`s most ruthless businessmen. A Bloody Shoot-Out. Suddenly gunshots ring out. People run for cover. Innocent people are mown down. Amid the chaos, Lock`s hunt for the killers turns into an explosive game of cat and mouse. A Deadly Secret. Lock`s search for the truth takes him from the rooftops of a New York skyscraper to a heavily fortified warehouse on the Hudson where he confronts one of the world`s most dangerous women. As the clock ticks towards midnight on New Year`s Eve, all routes into and out of Manhattan are sealed, and Lock realises that not only is his own life in...
ISBN: 978-0-553-82062-1
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
Mary Russell and her husband Sherlock Holmes are back in Laurie R. King’s highly acclaimed New York Times bestselling mystery series. And this time the first couple of detection pair up to unlock the buried memory of a shocking crime with the power to kill again–lost somewhere in Russell’s own past. After departing Bombay by ship, Mary Russell and her husband Sherlock Holmes are en route to the bustling modern city of San Francisco. There, Mary will settle some legal affairs surrounding the inheritance of her family’s old estate. But the closer they get to port, the more Mary finds herself prey to troubling dreams and irrational behavior–a point not lost on Holmes, much to Russell’s annoyance. In 1906, when Mary was six, San...
ISBN: 978-0-553-58341-0
Издательство:
Bantam
Дата выхода: июль 2011
A tree full of enormous spiders, a living thing with no face, a picture that comes alive, and a boy with no heart. These are some of the frightening things in these stories by M. R. James, one of the greatest horror writers of all time.
ISBN: 978-1-4479-2783-9
Издательство:
Pearson Education Limited
Дата выхода: июль 2012
Modern, original fiction for learners of English. When Edinburgh restaurant owner Alex Maclennan is found dead in his bathroom, Inspector Jenny Logan is called in to investigate. At first his death looks like an accident but Logan begins to think
ISBN: 978-0-521-68638-9
Издательство:
Cambridge
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Logan`s Run Book/CD-Rom for Pack: Level 3 Logan has to die. That is the law in the world of the future. Young people enjoy themselves. But at the age of 21 their lives must end. Logan has always policed this law - but is there any other way?
ISBN: 978-1-4082-3202-6
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: август 2011
Modern, original fiction for learners of English. When Edinburgh restaurant owner Alex Maclennan is found dead in his bathroom, Inspector Jenny Logan is called in to investigate. At first his death looks like an accident but Logan begins to think it could be murder. Does his wife, his brother-in-law or his friend know more about his death than they will admit? Logan uncovers the truth about Alex`s business affairs and personal life, and devises a plan to catch the killer.
ISBN: 978-0-521-79506-7
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Il avait toutes les cartes en main pour devenir l`un de ces riches associés sans états d`âme qui font prospérer les gros cabinets juridiques de Washington. Une prise d`otages commise par un S. D. F désespéré va totalement bouleverser sa vie. Le mettre face à la réalité de ces milliers d`exclus que personne n`écoute. Faire voler en éclats son existence de jeune avocat d`affaires ambitieux et talentueux. Et l`entraîner dans un bras de fer à hauts risques contre son ancien employeur afin que triomphe une certaine idée de la justice: la défense du plus faible.
ISBN: 978-2-266-14542-8
Издательство:
Pocket
Дата выхода: июль 2012
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of Victorian society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Lois the Witch is set against the backdrop of the Salem witch hunts. Recently orphaned, Lois is forced to leave the English parsonage and sail to America. When the girl joins her distant family, she finds jealousy and dissension are rife, and her cousins quick to point the finger at the "imposter."
ISBN: 978-5-521-07620-8
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
When life with Jayni`s violent-tempered father becomes too frightening to cope with, Jayni, her mum and her little brother Kenny are forced to escape in the middle of the night. Slipping out of the house unseen, travelling up to London by train and checking into a hotel - it`s almost like playing an elaborate game. They even make up false identities to protect their secret, and Jayni becomes the glamorous-sounding Lola Rose. But when money runs out and reality bites, what will they do next?
ISBN: 978-0-552-55613-2
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: апрель 2012
"Lolita, lumiere de ma vie, feu de mes reins. Mon peche, mon ame. Lo-lii-ta: le bout de la langue fait trois petits pas le long du palais pour taper, a trois, contre les dents. Lo. Lii. Та. Le matin, elle etait Lo, simplement Lo, avec son metre quarante-six et son unique chaussette. Elle etait Lola en pantalon. Elle etait Dolly a l`ecole. Elle etait Dolores sur les pointilles. Mais dans mes bras, elle etait toujours Lolita". Формат: 11 см x 18 см.
ISBN: 978-2-07-041208-2
Издательство:
Gallimard
Дата выхода: июнь 2012
