The 15th novel in the bestselling series finds Kinsey Milhone investigating why her ex-husband Mickey, the man she left years ago after his implication in a fatal beating, lies dying in an hospital. Kinsey uncovers evidence that Mickey was innocent of the beating charge, but as she searches those in Mickey`s life, she must also search the blind spots of her own life, including one that hides a killer. A New York Times Notable Book.
With her bestselling mystery series featuring Sherlock Holmes and Mary Russell, Laurie R. King has created "lively adventure in the very best of intellectual company", according to The New York Times Book Review. Now the author of "The Beekeeper`s Apprentice" and "The Moor" - the first writer since Patricia Cornwell to win both the American Edgar and British Creasey Awards for a debut novel (A Grave Talent) - unfolds a hitherto unknown chapter in the history of Russell`s apprenticeship to the great detective. At the close of the year 1918, forced to flee England`s green and pleasant land, Russell and Holmes enter British-occupied Palestine under the auspices of Holmes` enigmatic brother, Mycroft. "Gentlemen, we are at your service". Thus...
ISBN: 978-0-553-58105-8
Издательство:
Bantam
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Matt Mandrell, unsuspecting graduate student, never imagined his research would lead him to a strange scrap of parchment that would change his life Crossing the void of time and space, Matt is whisked away to an enchanted world where speaking in rhymes works the most dazzling magic. There he wins not only fame and power as the Lord High Wizard, but the heart of the beautiful Queen Alisande. His dreams are shattered, though, when he learns that he can`t marry his true love; wizard or not, Matt is just a commoner in this bizarre land. So Matt makes a foolish vow: to conquer a kingdom, any kingdom, if that`s what it takes to claim his bride. But, as Matt discovers, in this world of enchantment, such an oath cannot be broken. He has truly...
ISBN: 978-0-345-46117-9
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Bob Woodward`s new book draws from hundreds of interviews with key administration figures, their deputies and other firsthand sources. In addition, the book is based on extensive documentation, including internal memos, letters, chronologies and meeting notes. It will focus on national security, especially the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the fight against terrorism. Woodward has structured the book to answer the questions: How does Obama govern? How and why does he decide? And how does he balance the numerous pressures of the modern presidency? Obama has learned that he is not commander-in-chief of the economy, and many of his high-profile reforms - such as health care, education and energy - have been turned over to Congress. But...
ISBN: 978-1-84983-220-5
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
Gaul was divided into three parts. No, four parts - for one small village of indomitable Gauls still held out against the Roman invaders. BOOK 23 Julius Caesar has devised his most cunning attack yet on the indomitable Gauls - he sends Caius Preposterus, a bright young graduate of the Latin School of Economics, to corrupt them by introducing them to big business. But do wealth and success bring happiness?
ISBN: 978-0-7528-6652-9
Издательство:
Orion Books
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Tokyo-based duo Zoren Gold & Minori’s contemporary approach to surreal photography has led them to combine photography, illustration, collage and graphic design, blurring the line between fiction and reality and resulting in a formula that delights the senses. Object that Dreams is a scintillating collection of their stark, moody and untouchably glamorous fantasy worlds inhabited by tantalizing sirens and temptresses. inhabited by tantalizing sirens and temptresses.
ISBN: 978-3-89955-173-0
Издательство:
Die Gestalten Verlag
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Cathy Wilson is driving to Norfolk, to begin her new job with the Harvey family. She is going to look after the two young children, Tim and Susan. Cathy meets the children`s father, and their grandmother, and their aunt. She meets Nick, the farmer who lives across the fields. But she doesn`t meet Miranda, the children`s mother, because Miranda is dead. She died two years ago, and Cathy cannot learn anything about her. Everybody remembers Miranda, but nobody wants to talk about her
ISBN: 978-0-194-78918-9
Издательство:
Oxford University Press
Дата выхода: август 2011
Help your students read their way to better English with this new edition of the world`s best graded readers - now with a new range of World Stories, fully revised Factfiles, more audio, and new tests. The new edition includes the original Bookworms stories, plus the Starters, Playscripts and Factfiles, making it easy for you to see the full choice of books at each Stage. The highly acclaimed seven-stage system of grading, from Starter to Stage 6, remains the same, helping you to find the right level for all your students. It is Molly Clarkson`s fiftieth birthday. She is having a party. She is rich, but she is having a small party - only four people. Four people, however, who all need the same thing: they need her money. She will not...
ISBN: 978-0-194-78908-0
Издательство:
Oxford University Press
Дата выхода: июнь 2011
Help your students read their way to better English with this new edition of the world`s best graded readers - now with a new range of World Stories, fully revised Factfiles, more audio, and new tests. The new edition includes the original Bookworms stories, plus the Starters, Playscripts and Factfiles, making it easy for you to see the full choice of books at each Stage. The highly acclaimed seven-stage system of grading, from Starter to Stage 6, remains the same, helping you to find the right level for all your students. The room was on the fourth floor, and the door was locked - with the key on the inside. The windows were closed and fastened - on the inside. The chimney was too narrow for a cat to get through. So how did the murderer...
ISBN: 978-0-194-79078-9
Издательство:
Oxford University Press
Дата выхода: август 2011
From Botswana to New Zealand, from Jamaica to Nigeria, from Uganda to Malaysia, from India to South Africa, these moving stories show us that the human heart is the same in every place. Children, wives, mothers, husbands, friends all have the same feelings of fear and pain, happiness and sadness. These eight stories were winning entries in the 2004 Commonwealth Short Story Competition. The writers are Sefi Atta, Adrienne M. Frater, Lauri Kubuitsile, Erica N. Robinson, Jackee Budesta Batanda, Janet Tay Hui Ching, Anuradha Muralidharan, and Tod Collins.
ISBN: 978-0-19-479084-0
Издательство:
Oxford University Press
Дата выхода: август 2011
