Patty Bigelow thought she`d finally figured life out. Then her wayward sister Leila abandons her child, Tanya, on her doorstep. The aunt and troubled niece slowly learn to live together, with the help of Dr Alex Delaware`s counselling. Now, fifteen years later, Tanya is back in Alex`s office, a self-possessed Harvard student, about to enter graduate school in clinical psychology. Patty - the only real mother she`s ever known - has died and left Tanya with a chilling legacy: a deathbed confession that her aunt murdered a man years earlier. Tanya has tried to let go of the confession. But it soon becomes clear that nothing short of finding out the truth will do. And she needs Alex`s
ISBN: 978-0-345-50375-6
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Vampire hunter Anita Blake is forced into an uneasy alliance with Edward, a bounty hunter specializing in the preternatural, as she searches for a mysterious and evil force that maims, kills, and vanishes into the night without a trace.
ISBN: 0-515-13450-3
Издательство:
Penguin USA
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
From the son of bestselling author Rosamunde Pilcher comes this story of one man`s grief after the death of his young wife and the long road he must travel in order to love again. Pilcher crafts a fine and fulfilling novel that will please fans not only of his mother`s books but of Maeve Binchy`s as well.
ISBN: 978-0-312-97184-7
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
This title includes over 100 magical and exciting short stories to enjoy around the clock! Find out just how mischievous Twinkle the elf is when he paints the walls of a dragon`s Join Chitter the gnome as he discovers a Follow Edward the very brave pink teddy bear as he rescues his owner from a dark And laugh at Twisty the Brownie as he learns the hard way why it`s unwise to pull nasty faces.
ISBN: 978-1-4052-4847-1
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
M looked coldly across the desk. It was going to be dirty work and Bond, because he belonged to the Double 0 section, had been chosen for it. `You`ve got to kill this sniper. And you`ve got to kill him before he gets Agent 272. Is that understood? So, it was to be murder.
ISBN: 978-0-14-118874-4
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
The British Secret Service has many enemies. Whether it`s a sniper in East Berlin, a Russian agent secretly bidding for a Faberge egg, or a retired major in Jamaica with a treacherous secret, it is down to James Bond to neutralize the threat. In these stories the dirty world of international espionage tests Bond`s skills to the extreme.
The trials of Dr. Daniel Waterhouse and the Natural Philosophers increase one hundredfold in an England plagued by the impending war and royal insecurities - as the beautiful and ambitious Eliza plays a most dangerous game as double agent and confidante of enemy kings.
ISBN: 978-0-06-083318-3
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
Newbery Medalist Gaiman and illustrator Helquist team up for a new fantasy novella in which a young boy must free Asgard - the city of the gods - from the evil Frost Giants.
The latest Odd Thomas thriller from the master storyteller. A mystery in Magic Beach, California has lured Odd to the small town by the ocean - but is it the call of the deep or the cry of the desperate?
ISBN: 978-0-00-726755-2
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
In this "New York Times" bestseller, Koontz delivers a haunting tale of love and terror, suspense and self-discovery. Odd Thomas is an unassuming young man - a gallant sentinel at the crossroads of life and death, who serves as the reluctant confidant of the dead.
ISBN: 978-0-553-58449-3
Издательство:
Bantam
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Stephen Fry believes that if you can speak and read English you can write poetry. But it is no fun if you don`t know where to start or have been led to believe that Anything Goes. Stephen, who has long written poems, and indeed has written long poems, for his own private pleasure, invites you to discover the incomparable delights of metre, rhyme and verse forms. Whether you want to write a Petrarchan sonnet for your lover`s birthday, an epithalamion for your sister`s wedding or a villanelle excoriating the government`s housing policy, this book will give you the tools and the confidence to do so. Brimful of enjoyable exercises, witty insights and simple step-by-step advice, "The Ode Less Travelled" guides the reader towards mastery and...
ISBN: 978-0-09-950934-9
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
The suicide of an elderly German Jew explodes into revelation after revelation: of a Mafia-like organization called "Odessa" ...of a real-life fugitive known as the "Butcher of "of a young German journalist tumed obsessed and, ultimately, of brilliant, ruthless plot to reestablish the worldwide power of SS mass murderers and to carry out Hitler`s chilling "Final Solution".
ISBN: 978-0-09-955281-9
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: апрель 2012
This title contains geography with the gritty bits left in. Where in the world can you: Tuck into a poisonous pufferfish? Spot some perilous pirates? Explore the savage seabed?
ISBN: 978-0-439944-54-0
Издательство:
Scholastic Inc
Дата выхода: август 2010
Homer`s epic chronicle of the Greek hero Odysseus` journey home from the Trojan War has inspired writers from Virgil to James Joyce. Odysseus survives storm and shipwreck, the cave of the Cyclops and the isle of Circe, the lure of the Sirens` song and a trip to the Underworld, only to find his most difficult challenge at home, where treacherous suitors seek to steal his kingdom and his loyal wife, Penelope. Favorite of the gods, Odysseus embodies the energy, intellect, and resourcefulness that were of highest value to the ancients and that remain ideals in out time. In this new verse translation, Allen Mandelbaum - celebrated poet and translator of Virgil`s "Aeneid" and Dante`s "Divine Comedy" - realizes the power and beauty of the...
ISBN: 978-0-553-21399-7
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: июль 2011
In the "Graphic Classics" version of this great epic by Western civilization`s first immortal poet, the Greek hero Odysseus returns home from the Trojan War. His lengthy sea voyage is marked by a series of dangerous, often fantastic adventures, which also make exciting reading. "Graphic Classics" are graphic novel versions of immortal novels and plays, presented in a way to help make great literary works accessible to students, and encourage boys and girls to discover the joy of reading the masterworks in their original form. Titles in this series tell absorbing, fast-paced stories dramatized with high-quality color illustrations. Each "Graphic Classics" title includes a thumbnail biography of the author, a list of his or her important...
ISBN: 978-0-7641-4276-5
Издательство:
Barron`s Educational Series, ins
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
Homer`s great epic describes the many adventures of Odysseus, Greek warrior, as he strives over many years to return to his home island of Ithaca after the Trojan War. His colourful adventures, his endurance, his love for his wife and son have the same power to move and inspire readers today as they did in Archaic Greece, 2800 years ago. This poem has been translated many times over the years, but Chapman`s sinewy, gorgeous rendering (1616) stands in a class of its own. Chapman believed himself inspired by the spirit of Homer himself, and matches the breadth and power of the original with a complex and stunning idiom of his own. John Keats expressed his admiration for the resulting work in the famous sonnet, "On first looking into...
ISBN: 1-85326-025-8
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: декабрь 1999
Продолжаем знакомить читателей с творчеством современного американского прозаика Р.Н. Митры, признанного мастера психологического детектива. Главный герой, являясь большим поклонником Агаты Кристи, берется за расследование преступлений наркомафии. Захватывающий сюжет, точные и тонкие психологические характеристики персонажей, глубокое проникновение во внутренний мир героев, в их подсознание делают...
ISBN: 5-8346-0277-0
Издательство:
Менеджер
Дата выхода: февраль 2005
One of the great novels of the twentieth century, "Of Human Bondage" tells a fascinating tale of sexual obsession. The story - taking its title from Spinoza`s Ethics: "Of human bondage, or the strength of the emotions" - follows Philip Carey in his search for freedom from the strict, oppressive Christian upbringing he suffered as an orphan in an English vicarage. Philip sets out on a journey of discovery that leads him to Heidelberg and to Paris. But it is back in London that Philip`s enthrallment with Mildred - the slatternly, pale waitress who makes him a slave to desire - awakens him to the world of obsessive love, deep passion, and true self-discovery. The unforgettable love story is as timeless as it is involving, an intimate tale...
ISBN: 0-553-21392-X
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: январь 2011