Too young for Twilight? Get your blood pumping with these great vampire adventures! Jack looked up into the eyes of a vampire. He felt the fangs sink into his Jack wants to believe it was only a dream – the vampires are gone, banished for a thousand years by a ritual that sent their leader to the depths of Hell. But he isn`t sure. The voice of the vampire god still echoes in his mind, promising to return. Jack`s friends Ben and Emily say it`s his imagination, but it seemed so real. Maybe Victorian London is safe – but a strange sickness is raging in Paris. A familiar sickness, that leaves its victims drained of blood. It seems the vampires have moved on, and Jack, Ben and Emily must follow.
ISBN: 978-1-4071-1718-8
Издательство:
Scholastic UK
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The new-look "DK Eyewitness London Travel Guide" - now complete with a free pull-out city map, clearly marked with sights from the guidebook - will lead you straight to the best attractions England`s bustling capital has to offer. You`ll find detailed listings of the best hotels, restaurants, bars and shops for all budgets in this fully updated and expanded guide, plus insider tips on everything from where to find the best markets and traditional pubs to great attractions for children. It also includes in-depth coverage of all London`s unforgettable sights, from the Houses of Parliament and Buckingham Palace to trendy Covent Garden piazza. DK`s uniquely visual "DK Eyewitness London Travel Guide" includes unique cutaways, floorplans and...
Whether it`s the sudden snapping of bonds between lovers or shopping on Oxford Street, Maeve Binchy finds the unexpected truth in experiences so real that every woman will recognize them. Filled with her delicious humor and warmth, the twenty-two stories in "London Transports" will delight and captivate as they take us to a place that is far away—and yet so having an affair with a married man brings one woman to a turning another finds that looking for an apartment to share can be a risky nosing into a secretary`s life can have shocking a dress designer just had a god-awful where Maeve Binchy captures the beat of every woman`s heart.
ISBN: 978-0-440-21235-5
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
Even the most devoted Anglophile will learn something new from these four hundred fun and wide-ranging trivia questions about London`s history, monuments, architecture, famous residents, place-names, notable events, and more. A delightful way to explore the city on foot or via armchair, this fun book is a perfect stocking stuffer, with history ranging from obscure lore to facts and fascinating, often humorous histories. Here`s a sample: Where is the only cross-eyed statue in London and who does it depict? a) Next to the Royal Exchange in the City of London; George Peabody, the nineteenth-century American-born philanthropist b) At the point where Fetter Lane and New Fetter Lane converge; John Wilkes, the eighteenth-century politician c)...
In the tradition of his phenomenal bestseller "Sarum", Edward Rutherford now gives readers a sweeping novel of London, a glorious pageant spanning 2,000 years. He brings this vibrant city`s long and noble history alive through the ever-shifting fortunes, fates, and intrigues of half-a-dozen families, from the age of Julius Caesar to the 20th century. Generation after generation, these families embody the passion, struggle, wealth, and verve of the greatest city in the world.
ISBN: 0-449-00263-2
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004
London Labour and the London Poor is a masterpiece of personal inquiry and social observation. It is the classic account of life below the margins in the greatest Metropolis in the world and a compelling portrait of the habits, tastes, amusements, appearance, speech, humour, earnings and opinions of the labouring poor at the time of the Great Exhibition. In scope, depth and detail it remains unrivalled. Mayhew takes us into the abyss, into a world without fixed employment where skills are declining and insecurity mounting, a world of criminality, pauperism and vice, of unorthodox personal relations and fluid families, a world from which regularity is absent and prosperity has departed. Making sense of this environment required curiosity,...
ISBN: 978-1-84022-619-5
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: август 2011
DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide London will lead you straight to the very best of England?s capital city. Whether you?re looking for a peaceful place to stay, the best events or the tastiest restaurants; this guide is your perfect pocket-sized companion. Rely on dozens of Top 10 lists ? from the Top 10 sights to the Top 10 festivals and events, restaurants and days out for children, there`s even a list of the Top 10 things to avoid! The guide is divided by area; Regents Park & Marylebone; Kensington & Knightsbridge; Mayfair & St James?s; Bloomsbury & Fitzrovia; Soho & the West End; Covent Garden; The City and Westminster, the South Bank & Southwark. You?ll find restaurant reviews for every area, as well as recommendations for luxury...
ISBN: 978-1-4053-5869-9
Издательство:
Dorling Kindersley Publishing
Дата выхода: август 2011
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: 978-0-230-01020-8
Издательство:
Macmillan ELT
Дата выхода: июль 2011
London Under is an atmospheric, imaginative introduction to everything that goes on under London, from original springs and streams and Roman amphitheatres to Victorian sewers, gang hideouts and modern Underground stations. This book tunnels down through the geological layers, meeting the creatures, both real and fictional, that dwell in the darkness - rats and eels, monsters and ghosts. From the Anglo-Saxon graves under St Paul`s, to the hydraulic device in Kensal Green cemetery which lowered bodies into the catacombs below, to the fossils uncovered when the Victoria Line was built and the gold bars within the Bank of England`s vaults, London Under takes you into a hidden world, beneath our feet.
ISBN: 978-0-09-928737-7
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: апрель 2012
The amazing true story of how London became home to the Russian super-rich, this explosive book tells the tale of a group of buccaneering Russian oligarchs who made colossal fortunes after the collapse of communism—and then came to London to enjoy their newfound wealth. From the origin of their journeys in Moscow and St. Petersburg to mansions in Mayfair, Knightsbridge, and Surrey, the book plunges into a shimmering world of audacious multibillion-pound deals, outrageous spending, and rancorous feuds. While London’s flashiest restaurants echoed with Russian laughter and Bond Street shop-owners totted up their profits, however, darker events were also playing themselves out. The killing of ex-KGB man Alexander Litvinenko in London and...
ISBN: 978-0-00-735637-9
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
The Usborne Beginners and Young Readers series are increasingly being recognized and celebrated as having both the production values, content, and visual and commercial appeal demanded by the home market, and also the clear structure supporting children`s reading development that is desired by schools. In my opinion, the Usborne Beginners and Young Readers series are by far the most appealing and comprehensive reading development supports available, now offering a vast range of subjects. - A colourful information book on London, including the Thames, the Great Fire and the Underground. - - Great for children beginning to read on their own. - Vivid, full colour illustrations and photographs on every page, accompanied by short, informative...
ISBN: 978-0-7460-8849-4
Издательство:
Usborne
Дата выхода: август 2011
The image of London as a human body is striking and singular; we may trace it from the pictorial emblems of the City of God, the mystical body in which Jesus Christ represents its head and the citizens its other members. London has also been envisaged in the form of a voting man with his arms outstretched in a gesture of liberation; the figure is taken from a Roman bronze but it embodies the energy and exultation of a city continually expanding in great waves of progress and of confidence. Here might be found the "heart of London beating warm".
ISBN: 978-0-09-942258-7
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Penguin Readers are written by specialist ELT authors. The language, vocabulary, style and content of every book is carefully graded to make sure it suits the learner`s own language ability. Every Penguin Reader has a range of activities in the book and accompanying Factsheet to help increase comprehension and develop reading, writing, listening and speaking skills.
ISBN: 978-1-4082-8508-4
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: июнь 2012
This is an abridged edition of Peter Ackroyd`s magisterial biography of the city of London. Prize-winning historian, novelist and broadcast, Peter Ackroyd takes us on a journey - historical, geographical and imaginative - through the city of London. Moving back and forth through time, Ackroyd is an effortless, exuberant guide to times of plague and pestilence, fire and floods, crime and punishment, and sex and theatre. He brings the ever changing streets alive for the reader and shows us what lies beneath our feet and above our heads. His biography is as rich in detail and fizzing with vitality as the city itself.
Edward Warren is a prodigal son who left home after an irreparable fight with his father, Luke. Now Luke lies comatose in hospital, gravely injured in the same accident that has also injured Edward`s younger sister Cara. Cara, 17, still holds a grudge against her brother, since his departure led to her parents` divorce. In the aftermath, she`s lived with her father - an animal conservationist who became famous after living with a wild wolf pack in the Canadian wild. It is impossible for her to reconcile the still, broken man in the hospital bed with her vibrant, dynamic father. With Luke`s chances for recovery dwindling, Cara wants to wait for a miracle. But Edward wants to terminate life support and donate his father`s organs. Is he...
ISBN: 978-1-4447-2899-6
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: июль 2012
When Luke Warren is involved in a car accident which leaves him in a coma, his family are gathered together against the odds; they face an impossible dilemma. His daughter Cara is praying for a miracle: she will fight everything and everyone to save her father`s life. His son Edward can`t imagine that a man who once ran with wolves could ever be happy with a different life. But Edward hasn`t spoken to Luke for six years. How can he dare to speak on his father`s behalf? Somehow, they must choose: Do they keep Luke alive? Or do they let him go?
ISBN: 978-1-4447-2902-3
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: декабрь 2012
As he roams the US, Mexico, Morocco, Paris and London, Jack Kerouac breathlessly records, in prose of pure poetry, the life of the road. Standing on the engine of a train as it rushes past fields of prickly cactus; witnessing his first bullfight in Mexico while high on opium; catching up with the beat nightlife in New York; burying himself in the snow-capped mountains of north-west America; meditating on a sunlit roof in Tangiers; or falling in love with Montmartre and the huge white basilica of Sacre-Coeur - Kerouac reveals the endless diversity of human life and his own high-spirited philosophy of self-fulfilment. Формат: 13 см x 19,5 см.
ISBN: 978-0-14-118490-6
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
