Precious Ramotswe is a kind, warm-hearted and large African lady. She is also the only female private detective in Botswana. Her agency the Ladies` Detective Agency is the best in the country. With help of her secretary, Mma Makutsi, and her best friend, Mr JLB Matekoni, she solves a number of difficult problems. A missing husband, a missing finger and a missing child she will solve these mysteries in her own special way.
ISBN: 978-1-4058-7924-8
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Quintessential Tyler, yet full of surprises - a perfectly pitched, enchanting and affecting novel about a man adrift in his own life, "Noah`s Compass" chimes gently, heartbreakingly with our times. With the humour and poignancy of her classic "The Accidental Tourist" (though with a protagonist who doesn`t venture far from home) Anne Tyler`s new novel tells the story of a year in the life of Liam Pennywell, a man in his sixty-first year. A classical pedant, he`s just been `let go` from his schoolteaching job and downsizes to a tiny out-of-town apartment, where he goes to bed early and alone on his first night. Widowed, re-married, divorced and the father of three daughters, Liam is a man who is proud of his recall but has learned to dodge...
ISBN: 978-0-345-52395-2
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Quintessential Tyler, yet full of surprises a perfectly pitched, enchanting and affecting novel about a man adrift in his own life, Noah`s Compass chimes gently, heartbreakingly with our times. With the humour and poignancy of her classic The Accidental Tourist (though with a protagonist who doesn`t venture far from home) Anne Tyler`s new novel tells the story of a year in the life of Liam Pennywell, a man in his sixty-first year. A classical pedant, he`s just been let go from his schoolteaching job and downsizes to a tiny out-of-town apartment, where he goes to bed early and alone on his first night. Widowed, re-married, divorced and the father of three daughters, Liam is a man who is proud of his recall but has learned to dodge issues...
ISBN: 978-0-09-954939-0
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: август 2011
The Plan Genius physics professor Dr, Jane Darlington desperately wants a baby. But finding a father won`t be easy. Jane`s super-intelligence made her feel like a freak when she was growing up, and she`s determined to spare her own child that suffering. Which means she must find someone very special to father her child. stupid. The Target Cal Bonner, the Chicago Stars` legendary quarterback, seems like the perfect choice. But his champion good looks and down-home ways are deceiving. Dr. Jane learns too late that this good ol`boy is a lot smarter than he lets on - and he`s not about to be used and abandoned by a brainy baby-mad schemer. The Explosion A brillant, lonely woman who dreams only of A take no-prisoners tough guy who`ll settle...
ISBN: 978-0-380-78234-5
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
One of the most celebrated writers of our time gives us his first cycle of short fiction: five brilliantly etched, interconnected stories in which music is a vivid and essential character. A once-popular singer, desperate to make a comeback, turning from the one certainty in his A man whose unerring taste in music is the only thing his closest friends value in A struggling singer-songwriter unwittingly involved in the failing marriage of a couple he’s only just A gifted, underappreciated jazz musician who lets himself believe that plastic surgery will help his A young cellist whose tutor promises to “unwrap” his Passion or necessity - or the often uneasy combination of the two - determines the place of music in each of these lives....
ISBN: 978-0-307-27102-0
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: январь 2012
In Isola, the hours between midnight and dawn are usually a quiet time. But for the 87th Precinct detectives Carella and Hawes, the murder of an old woman makes the wee hours anything but peaceful--especially when they learn she was one of the greatest concert pianists of the century long vanished. Meanwhile 88th Precinct cop Fat Ollie Weeks has his own early morning nightmare: he`s on the trail of three prep school boys and a crack dealer who spent the evening carving up a hooker.
ISBN: 0-446-60538-7
Издательство:
Warner Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
John Connolly, bestselling author of seven brilliantly scary mystery novels, now turns his pen to the short story to give us a volume of chilling tales of the supernatural. In this macabre collection, echoing masters of the genre from M R James to Stephen King, Connolly delves into our darkest fears – lost lovers, missing children, subterranean creatures and predatory demons. Framing the collection are two substantial novellas – "The Cancer Cowboy Rides" charts the fatal progress of a modern-day grim reaper, while "The Reflecting Eye" is a haunted house tale with a twist and marks the return of private detective Charlie Parker, the troubled hero of Connolly`s crime novels. This edition contains two additional stories – "The Cycle"...
ISBN: 978-0-340-93399-2
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: июль 2011
A board book for sharing with small children who love pressing the buttons to make the sounds you hear in a noisy jungle including monkeys, parrots and tigers. It includes illustrations by Lee Wildish.
ISBN: 978-0-7460-9898-1
Издательство:
Usborne Publishing Ltd
Дата выхода: август 2011
- Three exciting fire engine tales with a wind-up model fire engine to bring the stories to life. - The thick card pages have embedded tracks for the fire engine to rush to the fires. - Includes a button to press to make the noisy fire engine go ‘nee-naw’.
ISBN: 978-0-7460-9112-8
Издательство:
Usborne Publishing Ltd
Дата выхода: июль 2011
- It’s a normal, busy day in the noisy town with sirens blaring, people chatting, bells ringing and horns honking. - Little hands won’t be able to resist pressing the buttons to make the clock chime, people talk, horns honk and police cars whiz by. - Illustrated with photographs of the handmade models of Jo Litchfield. - Strong tabs at the top of the pages enable children to find their favourite scenes.
ISBN: 978-0-7460-8908-8
Издательство:
Usborne
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
George likes peace and quiet, but his neighbour Harriet rides a noisy motorbike and Louis plays the trumpet. They work out a rota for noisy and quiet days. George completes a crossword with a bit of help from his friends, and then Harriet rushes him to the newspaper office on her motorbike so he can enter the crossword competition.
Parp! Pardon me! Our bodies can make such a funny lot of noises. Find and press the buttons on every page to hear a different silly sound each time. Encourages interactive and imaginative play; Perfect for sharing with young children; Fun to read together again and again. Формат: 21,5 см х 21,5 см.
ISBN: 978-1-4093-0035-9
Издательство:
Ladybird Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
"Non-Fiction" proves just how different, in ways both highly entertaining and deeply unsettling. Encounters with alternative culture heroes Marilyn Manson and Juliette Lewis; the peculiar wages of fame attendant on the big-budget film production of the movie Fight Club; life as an assembly-line drive train installer by day, hospice volunteer driver by night; the really peculiar lives of submariners; the really violent world of college wrestlers; the underground world of anabolic steroid gobblers; the harrowing circumstances of his father`s murder and the trial of his killer - each essay or vignette offers a unique facet of existence as lived in and/or observed by one of America`s most flagrantly daring and original literary talents....
ISBN: 978-0-09-943797-0
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Norman Rockwell`s Spirit of America is a new collection of classic Rockwell paintings accompanied by stories, poems, and songs about America. This brand new collection features Rockwell`s beloved illustrations of American towns, families, traditions, and more, all culled from the extensive Rockwell archive. Alongside the timeless images are beloved stories about America from writers such as Mark Twain, Jack London, and Louisa May Alcott. The book also features lyrics and music for traditional American songs such as the Star Spangled Banner and God Bless America and recipes from a classic Americana cookbook, just as in the Rockwell Christmas Collection. Complete with 8-ready-to-frame, limited edition prints, this book will make the...
ISBN: 978-1-4197-0065-1
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Schick explores the meticulously composed and richly detailed photographs that Rockwell used to create his famous artworks. The author delves into the archive of nearly 20,000 photographs housed at the Norman Rockwell Museum to create an intriguing work of photography, art, and Americana.
Jane Austen in the hands of queen of crime, Val McDermid. Get ready for a very different Northanger Abbey.For Cat Morland life being home-schooled in Dorset is unendurably ordinary. To cope, she devours as many novels as possible, especially anything supernatural. But if Cat can tear her eyes away from the page, she’s in for a shock: the very stuff of her dreams is about to come true.An invite to the Edinburgh Festival from some wealthy neighbours throws her in the way of a mysterious young man, Henry Tilney; a like-minded friend, Isabella Thorpe; and her odious brother, who threatens to ruin Cat’s chances of adventure. But this heroine is not so easily deterred, especially when she’s singled out by the Tilney family to stay with...
