In a small Greek island village, a group of travelers from around the world and the local residents they encounter are brought together in unexpected ways when sudden tragedy strikes. In her inimitable style, Maeve Binchy shares with readers the lives of these strangers, learning their hopes, dreams, and fears as they move forward, forever changed by their experience. Here is the story of old Andreas, the gentle taverna owner who has spent many years regretting the argument that drove his only son to America; Elsa, the beautiful German reporter who gave up her television career and the man she loves once she learned the secret he hid from her; and Fiona, the Irish nurse and dutiful daughter, who`s gone off to travel with the man everyone...
ISBN: 978-0-451-21446-1
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Everybody in Halloweentown loves Halloween but not Jack Skellington. Every year he has to sing the same scary songs and do the same dangerous dances. He is bored with them. Then, one day, he visits Christmastown and he has an idea. Why can`t the vampires, witches, and skeletons of Halloweentown celebrate Christmas, too their way?
ISBN: 978-1-4058-5210-4
Издательство:
Longman Group UK Limited
Дата выхода: июль 2011
The shooting of a Chinese liquor store owner in LA brings Harry Bosch back to the Rodney King riots and the moment a stranger gave a young cop sanctuary. Now the debt must be repaid, and Harry soon discovers the old man`s death was no
ISBN: 978-1-4091-0352-3
Издательство:
Orion Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
Since the publication of The Catcher in the Rye in 1951, the works of J.D. Salinger have been acclaimed for their humor, intensity, and their lack of phoniness. A collection of short fiction, Nine Stories contains works with those qualities that make Salinger such a well-loved author.
ISBN: 0-316-76950-9
Издательство:
Little, Brown
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Stories: A Perfect Day for Bananafish, Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut, Just Before the War with the Eskimos, The Laughing Man, Down at the Dinghy, For Esme - With Love and Squalor, Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes, De Daumier-Smith`s Blue Period, and Teddy.
ISBN: 9780316769501
Издательство:
Little, Brown
Дата выхода: январь 2020
It`s a well-known rule that a proper young lady should never steal into the home of a notorious marquess and demand a passionate kiss. But to romance this rake, Lady Calpurnia Hartwell will break all the rules.
But that`s what he did one March morning, when he walked into his high school with guns instead of books and killed ten people. Along with the rest of the shocked and grief-stricken town, Lacy is left wondering when her shy 17-year-old boy turned into a monster. And was it her fault? In the aftermath of the shooting, Lacy searches the past for clues and begins to really that despite, or perhaps because of, her every effort, she never really knew her son at all. . .
ISBN: 978-0-340-97693-7
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big Brother, symbolic head of the Party. In his longing for truth and liberty, Smith begins a secret love affair with a fellow-worker Julia, but soon discovers the true price of freedom is betrayal
ISBN: 978-0-14-118776-1
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2012
This is the story of Nicholas Linnear, half-Caucasian, half-Oriental, a man caught between East and West, between the sexual passions of a woman he can`t forget and the one he can`t control and between a past he can`t escape and a destiny he can`t avoid. A sprawling erotic thriller that swings from postwar Japan to present-day New York in a relentless saga of violence and terror elaborately designed for the most savage vengeance of
Wayward daughters. Missing husbands. Philandering partners. If you`ve got a problem, and no one else can help you, then pay a visit to Precious Ramotswe, Botswana`s only female private detective. Her methods may not be conventional, but she`s got warmth, wit and canny intuition on her side.
ISBN: 978-0-349-11675-4
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Lou Bertignac has an IQ of 160 and a good friend called Lucas who gets her through the school day. At home her father cries in secret in the bathroom and her mother hasn`t been out of the house properly for years. But Lou is about to change her life - and that of her parents - for good, all because of a school project she decides to do about the homeless. Through the project Lou meets No, a teenage girl living on the streets. As their friendship grows, Lou cannot bear that No is still on the streets when she goes back home - even if it is to a home that is saddened and desolate. So she asks her parents if No can come to live with them. To her astonishment, her parents - eventually - agree. No`s presence forces Lou and her parents to...
ISBN: 978-0-7475-9983-8
Издательство:
Bloomsbury
Дата выхода: август 2011
From subject-verb agreement to run-on sentences, these super-engaging reproducible pages give kids practice with key grammar skills. Each activity offers a humorous twist on a folk or fairy tale to boost students` interest. Plus, they`ll enjoy a variety of formats, such as fill-in-the-blank stories, proofreading practice, crossword puzzles, and much more. Includes an answer key. For use with Grades 3-4.
Deception, blackmail, murder, revenge - these are the themes of stories that move from London to the coast of Spain, from Mauritius to Dublin to Dordogne. Whether his subject is assassination by stealth, the cruel confidence trick or the cold shock of coincidence, Frederick Forsyth is never less than compulsive, the detail always authentic. Retold by Stephen Colbourn.
ISBN: 978-1-4050-7313-4
Издательство:
Langenscheidt
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Deception, blackmail, murder, revenge - these are the themes of stories that move from London to the coast of Spain, from Mauritius to Dublin to Dordogne. Whether his subject is assassination by stealth, the cruel confidence trick or the cold shock of coincidence, Frederick Forsyth is never less than compulsive, the detail always authentic. Ten stories with the master`s touch, this is a brilliantly readable first collection by an incomparable craftsman of suspense.
No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of The Taming of the Shrew on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No Fear Shakespeare contains: The complete text of the original play; A line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday language; A complete list of characters with descriptions; Plenty of helpful commentary.
ISBN: 978-1-4114-0100-6
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
