Wine merchant Tony Beach has expertly catered his latest society soiree, but the fun`s over when a team of hit men crash the literally. The event leaves Tony with a bitter aftertaste of suspicion - and sets off a mystery that`s an intoxicating blend of deception, intrigue, and murder.
The new thrilling medieval mystery from the West Country`s master of crime. 1325: There is turmoil in England. But could the Prophecy of St Thomas`s Holy Oil save King Edward? It is believed that the king who is anointed with it will conquer France, unite Christendom and throw the heathens from the Holy Land. King Edward II has rejected his wife, confiscated her income and taken away her children. Yet even now she is in France to negotiate peace with her brother, King Charles IV. Meanwhile, Sir Baldwin de Furnshill, Keeper of the King`s Peace, and his friend Bailiff Simon Puttock return from France with an urgent instruction for the King. Before long Baldwin and Simon find themselves at the centre of a deadly court intrigue involving the...
ISBN: 978-0-7553-4415-4
Издательство:
Headline Publ.
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
Recently orphaned, 16-year-old Lia Milthorpe discovers she and her twin sister Alice are part of an ancient prophecy that has turned generations of sisters against each other. To escape from a dark fate, Lia must end the prophecy before her sister does.
With Iran on the brink of developing a nuclear weapon, Israel is forced to react. But by destroying Iran`s main nuclear facility, creating a radioactive tomb and an environmental disaster, Israel has triggered an international crisis. An outraged United Nations condemns the attacks, while Iran swears vengeance against Israel and her chief backer: the USA. Enter Lebanese master terrorist Imad Mukhtar, who`s spent the past decade picking his targets and preparing his cells for this exact moment. All he needs is approval from Iran`s Supreme Council, and he will strike at America`s soft underbelly and make her bleed like never before. With the US on high alert, the President calls on the one man ruthless enough to counter the fanatical...
ISBN: 978-1-84739-080-6
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Some people wait their whole lives to find their soul mates. But not Holly and Gerry. They were childhood sweethearts - no one could imagine Holly and Gerry without each other. Until the unthinkable happens. Gerry`s death devastates Holly. But as her 30th birthday looms Holly discovers that Gerry has left her a bundle of notes, gently guiding her into her new life without him, each signed "PS, I Love You". With some help from her friends, and her noisy and loving family, Holly finds herself laughing, crying, singing, dancing - and being braver than ever before. Life is for living, she realises - but it always helps if there`s an angel watching over you.
ISBN: 978-0-00-718415-6
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Meaningful, moving and magical - the classic million-copy bestselling love story from Cecelia Ahern. Everyone needs a guardian angel… Some people wait their whole lives to find their soul mates. But not Holly and Gerry. Childhood sweethearts, they could finish each other`s sentences and even when they fought, they laughed. No one could imagine Holly and Gerry without each other. Until the unthinkable happens. Gerry`s death devastates Holly. But as her 30th birthday looms, Gerry comes back to her. He`s left her a bundle of notes, one for each of the months after his death, gently guiding Holly into her new life without him, each note signed " I Love You". As the notes are gradually opened, the man who knows Holly better than anyone sets...
ISBN: 978-0-00-716500-1
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: январь 2016
A wonderfully warm and heartfelt debut from a stunning new talent. Everyone needs a guardian angel...Some people wait their whole lives to find their soul mates. But not Holly and Gerry. Childhood sweethearts, they could finish each other\`s sentences and even when they fought, they laughed. No one could imagine Holly and Gerry without each other. Until the unthinkable happens. Gerry\`s death devastates Holly. But as her 30th birthday looms, Gerry comes back to her. He\`s left her a bundle of notes, one for each of the months after his death, gently guiding Holly into her new life without him, each note signed \`PS, I Love You\`. As the notes are gradually opened, and as the year unfolds, Holly is both cheered up and challenged. The man...
ISBN: 978-0-786-89093-4
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: январь 2011
This is an utterly compelling and often unbelievable adventure into the world of madness. Jon Ronson meets everybody from a Broadmoor inmate who swears he faked a mental disorder to get a lighter sentence but is now stuck there to the influential psychologist who developed the industry standard Psychopath Test and who is convinced that many important CEOs and politicians are in fact psychopaths. Combining Jon`s trademark humour, charm and investigative incision, The Psychopath Test is a deeply honest book unearthing dangerous truths and asking serious questions about how we define normality in a world where we are increasingly judged by our maddest edges. `Ronson`s new book is provocative and interesting, and you will, I guarantee, zip...
"Psychology: A Very Short Introduction" provides an up-to-date overview of the main areas of psychology, translating complex psychological matters, such as perception, into readable topics so as to make psychology accessible for newcomers to the subject. The authors use everyday examples as well as research findings to foster curiosity about how and why the mind works in the way it does, and why we behave in the ways that we do. This book explains why knowing about psychology is important and relevant in the modern world. Формат: 11 см х 17,5 см.
Enter the world of Susan Lilian Townsend – sun-worshippers, work-shy writers, garden centre lovers and those in search of a good time are all welcome … Over the last decade, Sue Townsend has written a monthly column for Sainsbury’s Magazine, covering everything from hosepipe bans and Spanish restaurants to writer’s block and the posh middle-aged woman she once met who’d never heard of Winnie-the-Pooh. Now collected together for the first time, these funny, perceptive and touching pieces make up this brilliant new book from one of Britain’s most popular and acclaimed writers.
ISBN: 978-0-14-100861-5
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Meet the Diamond Brothers, the world`s worst private-detective agency, in this Chandler-esque spoof from the creator of the Alex Rider series. Wisecracking young Nick Diamond finds himself sharing a prison cell with Johnny Powers, Public Enemy His only chance of rescuing the situation is to nail master criminal the Fence. But first, Nick has to get out of The Diamond Brothers` exposure is at an all-time high with brand-new covers for the entire series. Also in the Diamond Brothers series, the four-story adventures are: Four of Diamonds; South by South East and The Falcon`s Malteser.
When Dan and Una stage a performance of A Midsummer Night`s Dream in a fairy ring, they are astonished by the appearance of Puck in person. He explains that he is the last of the People of the Hills, who started as gods before descending into this world. Puck leads the two children in a series of extraordinary historical adventures in which they meet, Romans and Crusaders, Saxons and Vikings. Kipling`s charming songs and verses, including the famous Smuggler`s Song are placed between each thrilling story. The book is beautifully illustrated by Millar.
ISBN: 978-1-85326-138-1
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Puck of Pook`s Hill is Kipling`s magical evocation of England`s history, a joyous celebration of all that is best in a country and its peoples. In a sleepy meadow by a mill-stream, Dan and Una act out their version of A Midsummer Night`s Dream and suddenly Puck himself appears. A small, blue-eyed, pointy-eared person, he is as old as Time itself and has seen many wonderful things which the children are eager to hear about. As he tells them stories of gods, of noble deeds and chivalrous knights, of adventures at home and on the high seas, a whole new world opens up before them. Through Puck, Dan and Una begin to develop a sense of their own heritage and a knowledge and understanding that will help them through life.
ISBN: 0-14-062147-4
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2002
Mark Twain`s darkly comic short classic set in the antebellum South stands as a literary condemnation of slavery and racial inequality. EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: - A concise introduction that gives readers important background information - A chronology of the author`s life and work - A timeline of significant events that provides the book`s historical context - An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations - Detailed explanatory notes - Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work - Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction - A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader`s experience Enriched...
ISBN: 978-0-7434-8778-8
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
Welcome to Honalee, an enchanted land of imagination and love. In this special place, you can share in the adventures of Jackie Paper and his childhood friend, Puff, the magic dragon. The timeless Peter, Paul and Mary song is now an unforgettable children`s book. Become lost in the dreamy illustrations that capture the magic of Honalee and its extraordinary inhabitants, then enjoy two vibrant new interpretations of the song plus two other tracks (Froggie Went A-Courtin` and The Blue Tail Fly) on an exclusive free CD.
ISBN: 978-0-230-70381-0
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Quentin Blake is one of the best loved of children`s illustrators. This book selects and illustrates his favourite comic verse. His unique style of drawing brings a fresh perspective to each poem. It combines classic writers such as Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear with more contemporary talents such as Roger McGough, Margaret Mahy and Russell Hoban.
ISBN: 978-0-14-036660-0
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: июль 2011
This classic sourcebook of decorative motifs contains 100 plates of royalty-free Gothic designs, meticulously reproduced from rare 19th-century engravings. Many are floral and foliate designs rendered from panels, capitals, borders, brackets, friezes, grotesques, and other decorative elements from such architectural landmarks as New College Chapel at Oxford and Rouen Cathedral.
Have you ever wondered how Santa delivers so many gifts at once on Christmas Eve? Does he row them across the oceans in a tiny rowing boat? Or perhaps he flies around in a hot air balloon dropping presents from the sky? Children can find out the real answer in this board book with a surprise pull-out ending that expands to five times the length of the book! With jolly illustrations and a fun rhyming text, this book really captures the magic of Christmas.
ISBN: 978-0-230-74431-8
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
The stories in Julian Barnes` long-awaited third collection are attuned to rhythms and currents: of the body, of love and sex, illness and death, connections and conversations. A divorcee falls in love with a mysterious European waitress; a widower relives a favourite holiday; two writers rehearse familiar arguments; a couple bond, fall out and bond again over flowers and vegetable patches. And at a series of evenings at `Phil & Joanna`s`, the topics of conversation range from the environment to the Britishness of marmalade, from toilet graffiti to smoking, as we witness the guests` lives in flux. Ranging from the domestic to the extraordinary, from the vineyards of Italy to the English seaside in winter, the stories in "Pulse" resonate...
ISBN: 978-0-09-955247-5
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The Macmillan Children`s Readers bring together a variety of enjoyable fiction and non-fiction titles. Six colour coded levels, designed for children aged 6-12, stimulate the pupils` interest in reading and learning English. The
ISBN: 978-0-230-40501-1
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
First came the news that a flying saucer had landed in Iowa. Then came the announcement that the whole thing was a hoax. End of story. Case closed. Except that two agents of the most secret intelligence agency in the US government were on the scene and disappeared without reporting in. And four more agents who were sent in also disappeared.
ISBN: 978-1-4391-3376-7
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: август 2011