This book is for all those who love Kim, that masterpiece of Indian life in which Kipling immortalized the Great Game. Fascinated since childhood by this strange tale of an orphan boy`s recruitment into the Indian secret service, Peter Hopkirk here retraces Kim`s footsteps across Kipling`s India to see how much of it remains. To attempt this with a fictional hero would normally be pointless. But Kim is different. For much of this Great Game classic was inspired by actual people and places, thus blurring the line between the real and the imaginary. Less a travel book than a literary detective story, this is the intriguing story of Peter Hopkirk`s quest for Kim and a host of other shadowy figures.
ISBN: 978-0-7195-6452-9
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: декабрь 2012
This is a super-funny, super-crazy crime caper with five rare-breed sheep! A silver object falls mysteriously from the sky and lands on Sal, a matronly Southdown ewe who lives happily with her sheep friends on Eppingham Farm. The sheep are convinced that an ancient ovine prophecy is being fulfilled. They must go North (so to Scotland, perhaps?), on a mission to aid Lord Aries, Sheep of all Sheepdom, Ram of Rams, in his battle against the powers of darkness in the shape of Lambad the Bad. Thus the Eppingham Posse of Rare Breed Warriors is born. In fact, the silver object is a mobile phone, dropped from a hot air balloon by Luke and Neil, who have been stealing bank money over the internet. They need that phone back to hide the evidence....
ISBN: 978-1-4052-4376-6
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Why do spiders make webs? Where do clouds come from? And how many leaves does a tree have? Inquisitive young children can discover the answers to these questions and many more in this beautifully illustrated information book, containing over 60 flaps to lift. A fascinating introduction to the natural world.
There`s trouble at the Castle, and it`s all because Merrin Meredith has returned with Darke plans for Septimus. More trouble awaits Septimus and Jenna in the form of Tertius Fume, the ghost of the very first Chief Hermetic Scribe, who is determined to send Septimus on a deadly Queste. But Septimus and Jenna have other plans—they are headed for the mysterious House of Foryx, a place where all Time meets and the place where they fervently hope they will be able to find Nicko and Snorri, who were trapped back in time in physik. But how will Septimus escape the Queste? "Queste", like all the books in the Septimus Heap series, is filled with nonstop action, humor, and fantastical adventure as Septimus continues his journey of Magykal...
Lissianna has been spending her centuries pining for Mr. Right, not just a quick snack, and this sexy guy she finds in her bed looks like he might be a candidate. But there`s another, more pressing issue: her tendency to faint at the sight of an especially annoying quirk for a vampire. Of course it doesn`t hurt that this man has a delicious-looking neck. What kind of cold-blooded vampire woman could resist a bite of that? Dr. Gregory Hewitt recovers from the shock of waking up in a stranger`s bedroom pretty quickly—once he sees a gorgeous woman about to treat him to a wild night of passion. But is it possible for the good doctor to find true love with a vampire vixen, or will he be just a good meal? That`s a question Dr. Greg might be...
ISBN: 978-0-06-077375-5
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: июль 2011
The internationally acclaimed author of The Martian Chronicles, The Illustrated Man, and Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury is a magician at the height of his powers, displaying his sorcerer`s skill with twenty-one remarkable stories that run the gamut from total reality to light fantastic, from high noon to long after midnight. A true master tells all, revealing the strange secret of growing young and mad; opening a Witch Door that links two intolerant centuries; joining an ancient couple in their wild assassination games; celebrating life and dreams in the unique voice that has favored him across six decades and has enchanted millions of readers the world over.
ISBN: 0-380-78959-0
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Quickies is a collection of miscellaneous words that really don`t fit elsewhere and certainly can`t stand alone. A mixture of poetry, short stories, and bite-sized nuggets, Quickies is full of small stuff that won`t consume an entire day of your life but that you`ll enjoy just the same. Stories like "Drawn to Him" and "Dancing on Air" are hot and and fun. And there`s also a bonus for fans of Jade`s book Bullet - all the stories she wrote for fun for blogs (as well as one deleted scene) are also collected in Quickies. So enjoy because sometimes you want it slow and steamy, but other times you want it super-hot, and quick!
When Lauren Stillwell sees her husband with another woman, her perfect world is destroyed. His betrayal turns her into a woman lusting for revenge. It was supposed to be a way to even the score. But Lauren`s one night stand takes a shocking turn, and she witnesses an unbelievable crime. She`s left torn between uncovering the truth and her fear that the truth may be unbearable. But either choice could cost her everything - even her life. From the man the Sunday Telegraph called `the master of the suspense genre` comes his steamiest, scariest novel since the No. 1 bestseller Honeymoon. The Quickie is a story of desires, secrets, and consequences that will have your heart pounding till the final page.
ISBN: 978-0-7553-3572-5
Издательство:
Headline Publ.
Дата выхода: август 2011
This award-winning graded readers series is full of original fiction, adapted fiction and factbooks especially written for teenagers. It`s Helen`s twelfth birthday and her parents have something important to tell her. Her mum promises that the news won`t change anything. But she`s wrong. It changes everything. Nothing will ever be the same again, not for Helen, not for anyone. This paperback is in British English.
ISBN: 9788483238097
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Jenna is known as The Ice Cream Girl. She doesn`t mind the name one bit. After all, there are far worse jobs than selling ice creams by the sea. Then one hot summer`s day, everything changes and Jenna faces the most difficult decision of her life. Craig spends as much time as he can at the beach hut in Everdene he rents with a few of his mates. It`s the perfect break from his stressful job, and he loves to surf. But one weekend he notices a girl on the beach - for all the wrong reasons. For Jenna and Craig, it`s a chance meeting which could change their lives for ever...
ISBN: 9781409104018
Издательство:
Orion Books
Дата выхода: январь 2013
The new graded readers series of original fiction, adapted fiction and factbooks especially written for teenagers. It`s Helen`s twelfth birthday and her parents have something important to tell her. Her mum promises that the news won`t change anything. But she`s wrong. It changes everything. Nothing will ever be the same again, not for Helen, not for anyone. This is a British English version of the title. The book comes with a CD-ROM/Audio CD with vocabulary games and complete text recordings from the book.
ISBN: 978848323-756-4
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
After a lifetime`s struggle with alcohol, critical neglect and depression, in 1840 the nature poet John Clare is incarcerated. The asylum, in London`s Epping Forest, is run on the reformist principles of occupational therapy. At the same time, the young Alfred Tennyson, moves nearby and became entangled in the life of the asylum. This historically accurate, intensely lyrical novel, describes the asylum`s closed world and Nature`s paradise outside the walls: Clare`s dream of home, of redemption, of escape.
ISBN: 978-0-09-953244-6
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: август 2011
