He`s every womans fantasy! After a string of nightmare relationships, Emily Albright has decided she`s had it with modern-day men. She`d rather pour herself a glass of wine, curl up with Pride and Prejudice and step into a time where men were dashing, devoted and honourable, strode across fields in breeches, their damp shirts clinging to their chests, and weren`t into internet porn. So when her best friend invites her to Mexico for a week of margaritas and men, Emily decides to book a guided tour of Jane Austen country instead. She quickly realises she won`t find her dream man here. The coach tour is full of pensioners, apart from one Mr. Spike Hargreaves, a foul-tempered journalist sent to write a piece on why Mr. Darcy`s been voted the...
ISBN: 978-0-340-92374-0
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: август 2011
Measure for Measure This, one of Shakespeare`s later comedies, is often called a "dark" comedy because of its focus on lust and death in a politically and morally corrupt Vienna-with much of the action taking place inside a prison. All`s Well That Ends Well A poor physician`s daughter heals a king and is rewarded with the aristocratic husband of her choice, in spite of his protests, in a compelling play that combines a folktale plot with a sophisticated look at the differences between word and deed. Troilus and Cressida One of Shakespeare`s great works, this innovative play is neither tragedy, comedy, nor romance. A story of ill-fated love, set during the siege of ancient Troy, it presents a strikingly modern view of a society falling...
ISBN: 978-0-553-21287-7
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: июль 2011
In the hope of saving her brother`s life, should a woman submit to rape? Should the law be respected when its administrator is corrupt? How powerful in the state should religion become? Although Measure for Measure ends like a comedy, with reconciliations, forgiveness and marriages, it has often been regarded as one of Shakespeare`s problem plays. The drama shows the difficulty of effecting an appropriate balance between judicial severity and mercy, between sexual repression and decadence, and between political vigilance and social manipulation. These problems remain topical, and, in Measure for Measure, they are given immediacy by vivid character-conflicts and memorably intense poetry. This is one of Shakespeare`s most probing and...
ISBN: 978-1-85326-251-7
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: август 2011
It’s a hot Californian summer and Suze’s best friend, Gina, is visiting from New York. Bliss! All Suze wants to do is check out the cute guys down at the beach. Unfortunately, being a mediator makes hanging out like any normal teenager pretty hard. So Suze is hardly surprised when a fatal car accident wreaks havoc on her perfect summer. The spirits of four high-school students are hungry for revenge. And if Suze tries to protect their target, she might find herself involved in a nasty ‘accident’ of her
ISBN: 978-0-330-43739-4
Издательство:
Pan Macmillan
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Meet Susannah Simon: she`s a typical teenage girl, who just happens to be a oh, and she`s also dead-over-heels for Jesse - the sexiest spook ever! But can this girl get her ghost? In "Love You to Death", Suze arrives in California and has barely unpacked when her mediator skills are put to the test. A vicious spirit in her new school is hell-bent on making her life a complete nightmare, but Suze is more than ready to kick some serious ghost butt if she has to. In "High Stakes", Suze`s new life is looking up - cool friends, pool parties and getting to know Jesse (swoon), but then a desperate spirit asks for her help. Suddenly she`s on the trail of a creepy local businessman, who just might be a vampire. Life just got dead complicated. Again.
ISBN: 978-0-330-51950-2
Издательство:
Picador
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Suze`s new life in California is pretty cool. There are the pool parties, the new friends, and the fact that the hottest ghost in history happens to live in her bedroom. But when a screaming spirit appears at the end of her bed, Suze is thrown on to the trail of a murderer. All the clues lead to the freaky father of Tad Beaumont, the cutest boy in the only guy who`s ever asked Suze out. Not only is her potential beau`s dad probably a killer, but he also seems be some kind of vampire. No one said that life as a mediator was going to be simple. But this is getting
ISBN: 978-0-330-43738-7
Издательство:
Pan Macmillan
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Meet Susannah Simon: she`s a typical teenage girl who just happens to be a oh, and she`s also dead-over-heels for Jesse - the sexiest spook ever! But can this girl get her ghost? In "Mean Spirits", Suze is all set to spend a relaxing summer on the beach, until she runs into the vengeful ghosts of four high-school students. She must use her mediating skills to guide these ghouls through the afterlife and stop them wreaking havoc in the present. In "Young Blood", Suze is heartbroken when gorgeous ghost Jesse doesn`t seem to love her back. When his 150-year-old grave is unearthed in her backyard, she is determined to discover how and why he died. But one thing`s for sure - digging up the past can be a deadly
ISBN: 978-0-330-51951-9
Издательство:
Picador
Дата выхода: июль 2011