`A true genius... Roald Dahl is my hero` - David WalliamsPhizz-whizzing new branding for the world`s No.1 storyteller, Roald Dahl!Exciting, bold and instantly recognisable with Quentin Blake`s inimitable artwork.Matilda`s parents have called her some terrible things, but the truth is she`s a genius and they`re the stupid ones. Underestimating Matilda proves to be a big mistake as they, along with her spiteful headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, discover when Matilda uses her very special power to get the better of them.Roald Dahl, the best-loved of children`s writers, was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. After school in England he went to work for Shell in Africa. He began to write after `a monumental bash on the head`, sustained as an RAF...
ISBN: 9780141365466
Издательство:
Puffin Books
Дата выхода: январь 2013
Matilda Wormwood is an extraordinary genius with really stupid parents. Miss Trunchbull is her terrifying headmistress who thinks all her pupils are rotten little stinkers. But Matilda will show these horrible grown-ups that, even though she`s only small, she`s got some very POWERFUL TRICKS UP HER SLEEVE.
In this award-winning Dahl title Matilda invents a game of punishing her parents when they treat her badly. She soon discovers that she has supernatural powers. New Quentin Blake cover as well as a whole new exciting end section about Roald Dahl and his world.
ISBN: 978-0-14-132266-7
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Matilda is a clever and unusual little girl. But her parents aren’t interested in her, and the terrible head teacher at her school hates clever children. But Matilda finds a way to be strong, and the results are very funny
ISBN: 978-1-4479-2566-8
Издательство:
Pearson Education Limited
Дата выхода: май 2012
At Deverill Hall, an idyllic Tudor manor in the picture-perfect village of King`s Deverill, impostors are in the air. The prime example is man-about-town Bertie Wooster, doing a good turn to Gussie Fink-Nottle by impersonating him while he enjoys fourteen days away from society after being caught taking an unscheduled dip in the fountains of Trafalgar Square. Bertie is of course one of nature`s gentlemen, but the stakes are high: if all is revealed, there`s a danger that Gussie`s simpering fiancee Madeline may turn her wide eyes on Bertie instead. It`s a brilliant plan - until Gussie himself turns up, imitating Bertram Wooster. After that, only the massive brain of Jeeves (himself in disguise) can set things right. Формат...
ISBN: 978-0-09-951377-3
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: август 2011
International bestselling authors Allan and Barbara Pease focus their insight and wit on the most popular, and some would maintain, important part of any relationship: sex. In their inimitable style they explore what men and women want from a sexual relationship and give humourous and practical advice. Discover: What men and women really want from love and sex How to find a great partner What to do when the chemistry is wrong How to have a happy future with your partner.
ISBN: 978-1-4091-0239-7
Издательство:
Orion Books
Дата выхода: июль 2011
James Barbour Matlock is a Vietnam veteran and college professor - but now the US government have an assignment for him. They want him to investigate what seems to be a large-scale dope and prostitution business; and they`ll go to any lengths to find the answers they need. Matlock is soon trapped in a maze of unrelenting terror, as the people he cares for most are under threat. Would he have accepted the job if he`d known just what it would mean? But the faceless men in Washington only care about one thing: that Matlock is the perfect man for the job - for a reason that is deadly, violent and extremely
ISBN: 978-1-4091-1987-6
Издательство:
Orion Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
Hope Dunne is content with her life, finding serenity and beauty through the lens of her camera. She isn`t looking for a man or excitement. But things change when she accepts a last minute assignment in London, photographing one of the world`s most celebrated writers. To Hope`s surprise, Finn O`Neill exudes warmth and a boyish charm. He courts her, whisking her away to his palatial, isolated Irish estate, weaving a tapestry of tales about his life. Hope finds it all absolutely dizzying. But soon cracks begin to appear in his stories and suddenly Hope is both in love and suspicious. How many lies has he told? Is it possible that this kind, loving, attentive man is hiding something even worse?
ISBN: 978-0-552-16023-0
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
In a world renowned within a galaxy full of wonders, a crime within a war. For one man it means a desperate flight, and a search for the one - maybe two - people who could clear his name. For his brother it means a life lived under constant threat of treachery and murder. And for their sister, it means returning to a place she’d thought abandoned forever. Only the sister is not what she once was; Djan Seriy Anaplian has become an agent of the Culture’s Special Circumstances section, charged with high-level interference in civilisations throughout the greater galaxy. Concealing her new identity - and her particular set of abilities - might be a dangerous strategy. In the world to which Anaplian returns, nothing is quite as it seems;...
ISBN: 978-1-84149-419-7
Издательство:
Orbit
Дата выхода: июль 2011
He should never have opened the envelope. Adam Scott listens to the reading of his father`s will, aware that the results can only be pitiful. The Colonel, after all, had nothing to leave - except a letter he had never opened himself, a letter Adam fears can only bring further disgrace to the family name. Against his mother`s wishes, Adam opens the letter, and immediately realises his life can never be the same again. The contents leave him with no choice but to follow a course his father would have described as a matter of honour. "Probably the greatest storyteller of our age" - Mail On Sunday".
ISBN: 978-0-330-41905-5
Издательство:
Pan Macmillan
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Paul Morris`s happy life in Italy changes when his wife dies suddenly. He develops a relationship with Sandra, a friend at work, but everything is not as it seems. How can Sandra afford such
ISBN: 978-0-521-68621-1
Издательство:
Cambridge
Дата выхода: июль 2011
In this spellbinding blend of suspense and human drama, Danielle Steel tells a powerful and unusual story of one woman’s journey from darkness into light, as she fights to escape a mesmerizing sociopath who holds her in his thrall. . . . Top photographer Hope Dunne has known joy and heartbreak, and finds serenity through the lens of her camera. Content in her SoHo loft, she isn’t looking for a man or excitement. But these things find her when she flies to London to photograph one of the world’s most celebrated writers. Finn O’Neill exudes warmth and a boyish charm. Enormously successful, he is a perfect counterpoint to Hope’s quiet, steady grace—and he’s taken instantly by her. He courts her as no one ever has before,...
ISBN: 978-0-440-24331-1
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
It seems innocent enough. A disgraced British colonel bequeaths a mysterious letter to his only son. But the moment Adam Scott opens the yellowing envelope, he sets into motion a deadly chain of events that threatens to shake the very foundations of the free world. Within days, Adam`s lover is brutally murdered and he`s running for his life through the great cities of Europe, pursued not only by the KGB, but by the CIA and his own countrymen as well. Their common intent is to kill him before the truth comes out. While powerful men in smoke-filled rooms plot ever more ingenious means of destroying him, Adam finds himself betrayed and abandoned even by those he holds most dear. When at last he comes to understand what he is in possession...
ISBN: 978-0-312-93354-8
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
A unique insight into one of the most exciting fashion designers working today, revealing the imagination fueling his exuberant creations. Celebrated for his deluxe bohemian chic, Matthew Williamson`s vivacious, color-drenched creations bedecked with exquisite embroidery and beading have made him a favorite with the fashion pack. This stunning volume explores Williamson`s career, from his acclaimed first collection in 1997 to his current status as a multimillion-dollar brand with stores in London and New York and an international celebrity clientele. Lavishly illustrated, this monograph celebrates Williamson`s trademark use of vibrant color and pattern. Editorial images highlighting his collections and iconic pieces, sumptuous...
ISBN: 978-0-8478-3394-8
Издательство:
Знак
Дата выхода: август 2011
Slagar the fox hated Redwall Abbey--its peaceable creatures, its fearless mouse warrior Matthias. And now, he is embarking on a terrible quest for vengeance, cunningly stealing away what the Redwallers most cherish: their young. And the greatest prize of all would be Matthias`s headstrong son, Mattimeo...
ISBN: 0-441-00610-8
Издательство:
Penguin USA
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
This final classic collection of stories reveals Somerset Maugham`s unique talent for exposing and exploring the bitter realities of human relationships. Brilliant tales of love, infidelity, passion and prejudice, the stories range from `The Lotus Eater` in which a man has a vision of a life of bliss in the Mediterranean, to the astringent tales of `The Outstation` and `The Back of Beyond` in Malaya and South East Asia. Largely set in favourite Maugham country, this colourful collection brilliantly evokes the numbered days of the British Empire.
ISBN: 978-0-09-942886-2
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The stories in this collection move from Malaya to America and England, and include some of Maugham`s most famous tales; `Flotsam and Jetsam`, the story of an old woman trapped for years in a loveless marriage in the remote rubber plantations; `The Man with the Scar`, and notably the opening story `The Vessel of Wrath`, a tale of the unexpected love that grows between a devout missionary nurse and a drunken reprobate. In this second volume of his collected stories, Maugham illustrates his characteristic wry perception of human foibles and his genius for evoking compelling drama from an acute sense of time and place.
ISBN: 978-0-09-942884-8
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: январь 2012
The third volume of Somerset Maugham`s Collected Short Stories, introduced by the author, contains the celebrated series about Ashenden, a secret service agent in World War I. Based on Maugham`s own experiences with the British Intelligence service in Switzerland, the stories are vignettes in which he dramatizes both the romance and absurdity of espionage as well as its ruthlessness and brutality. Accountable only to `R`, Ashenden travels all over the Continent on assignments which entangle him with such characters as the traitor Grantley Caypor, the passionate Guilia Lazzari, and the sinister `hairless Mexican`.
ISBN: 978-0-09-942885-5
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
China has been a wellspring of storytelling for over 2,000 years. Sadly, this fantastic literature is little known in the west outside the halls of academia, though a handful of recent 20th century authors have attained a respectable following. The stories in this volume date from the sixth century to the early part of the 20th century, and will give the listener a good feel for the subject. Astonishingly, the Chinese enjoyed from the earliest times many of the genres we take for granted today, from romance and love to adventure and satire.
ISBN: 978-0-14-018589-8
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
