HE'S A YOUNG LAWYER WHO DOES YARD WORK IN EXCHANGE FOR RENT. THEN ONE LITTLE CASE BEGINS TO It's summer in Memphis. The sweat is sticking to Rudy Baylor's shirt and creditors are nipping at his heels. Once he had aspirations of breezing through law school and punching his ticket to the good life. Now he doesn't have a job or a except for one: an insurance dispute that leaves a family devastated and opens the door for a lawsuit, if Rudy can find a way to file it. By the time Rudy gets to court, a heavyweight corporate defense team is there to meet him. And suddenly he's in over his head, plunged into a nightmare of lies and legal maneuverings. A case that started small is exploding into a thunderous,...
ISBN: 044022165X
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: март 2003
Rudy Baylor is a newly-qualified lawyer: he has one case, and one case alone, to save himself from his mounting debts. His case is against a giant insurance company which could have saved a young man`s life, but instead refused to pay the claim until it was too late. The settlement could be worth millions of dollars, but there is one problem: Rudy has never argued a case in court before, and he`s up against the most expensive lawyers that money can buy.
Pack life is about order, but Bryn is about to push all the limits, with hair-raising results. At the age of four, Bryn watched a rabid werewolf brutally murder her parents. Alone in the world, she was rescued and taken in by Callum, the alpha of his pack. Now fifteen, Bryn`s been living as a human among the werewolves, adhering to pack rule. Little fazes her. But the pack`s been keeping a secret, and when Bryn goes exploring against Callum`s orders she finds Chase, a newly turned teen Were locked in a cage.
ISBN: 978-0-85738-029-6
Издательство:
Quercus Publishing (MacLehose Press)
Дата выхода: август 2011
The author writes: The two long pieces in this book originally came out in The New Yorker—Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters in 1955, Seymour: An Introduction in 1959. Whatever their differences in mood or effect, they are both very much concerned with Seymour Glass, who is the main character in my still—uncompleted series about the Glass family. It struck me that they had better be collected together, if not deliberately paired off, in something of a hurry, if I mean them to avoid unduly or undesirably close contact with new material in the series. There is only my word for it, granted, but I have several new Glass stories coming along—waxing, dilating—each in its own way, but I suspect the less said about them, in mixed...
ISBN: 0-316-76951-7
Издательство:
Little, Brown
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
The last book-length work of fiction by J. D. Salinger published in his lifetime collects two novellas about "one of the liveliest, funniest, most fully realized families in all fiction" (New York Times).These two novellas, set seventeen years apart, are both concerned with Seymour Glass--the eldest son of J. D. Salinger`s fictional Glass family--as recalled by his closest brother, Buddy. "He was a great many things to a great many people while he lived, and virtually all things to his brothers and sisters in our somewhat outsized family. Surely he was all real things to us: our blue-striped unicorn, our double-lensed burning glass, our consultant genius, our portable conscience, our supercargo, and our one full poet..."
ISBN: 9780316769518
Издательство:
Little, Brown
Дата выхода: январь 2020
The Rajah’s Diamond, the most precious diamond in the world, seems to bring bad luck on everyone who comes into contact with it. Owned by Sir Thomas Vandeleur, his wife tries to sell it to pay her debts. But the diamond is stolen and then falls into the hands of various people who are all corrupted by its great beauty and value. Follow the diamond as it travels from London to Edinburgh to Paris and find out what happens to it
ISBN: 9788853004956
Издательство:
CIDEB
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Стильно оформленное подарочное издание представляет собой альбом в оригинальном футляре, декорированном металлической пластиной с надписью. Футляр обтянут материалом, стилизованным под кожу рептилии. The landmark volume celebrating the life and work of Ralph Lauren, now available in a smaller, more portable edition. Unlike many designers, Ralph Lauren is not known for a single signature look, but rather for his sweeping dreams of American living. Over the course of his career, the images of luxury, adventure, and beauty that he created have come to define American...
ISBN: 978-0-8478-3106-7
Издательство:
Знак
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Meet the residents of 31 Almanac Road Ralph and Smith are flatmates and best mates until, that is, the gorgeous Jemima moves in. And suddenly they`re bickering about a lot more than who drank the last beer. Of course, Jem knows that one of them is the man for her but is it Ralph or Smith? Upstairs, Karl and Siobhan have been happily unmarried for fifteen years until, that is, Cheri moves into the flat above theirs. Cheri`s got her eye on Karl and doesn`t see why she should let a little thing like his girlfriend stand in her way Sooner or later its all got to come to a head and what better place for tears and laughter, break ups and make ups than Ralph`s party?
ISBN: 978-0-14-027927-6
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: июль 2012
In this visually stunning book, Ralph Lauren speaks candidly about himself and his art, including his most important, most iconic, and most beloved work handpicked from hundreds of runway shows, collections, and his signature cinematic advertising campaigns. Here is a rare peek into the mind of one of Americas most accomplished fashion designers.
ISBN: 978-0-8478-2990-3
Издательство:
Rizzolli
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Gordon Ramsay has recently become almost more famous for his award-winning TV shows "Kitchen Nightmares" and "The F Word", than for his expertise as an awardwinning chef and restaurateur. However, at the heart of his talent is a passion for good food and an eye for perfection that has consistently seen him receive three coveted Michelin stars. He has been called the best chef of his generation, and this book sees Gordon at his day job - running a three-star kitchen and producing food often described as `sublime`. Getting right to the heart of why Gordon is such a celebrated chef, the first part of the book shows 50 classic Gordon Ramsay recipes presented as they would be in one of his restaurants. The second part of the book shows the...
ISBN: 978-1-84400-500-0
Издательство:
Quadrille Publishing
Дата выхода: август 2011
1917. Moritz Daniecki has survived fighting in the Great War. But at what cost? Abandoned in the Siberian wilderness, he is determined to return to his beloved Lotte, the memory of whose single kiss has sustained him throughout the war. What lies before him is a terrifying journey over the Russian Steppes. If he ever makes it, will she still be waiting? 1992. Leo Deakin wakes up in hospital somewhere in South America. His girlfriend Eleni is dead and Leo doesn`t know where he is or how she died. He blames himself for the tragedy and is sucked into a spiral of despair. But Leo is about to discover something that will change his life for ever. In his remarkable debut, Danny Scheinmann paints a dramatic portrait of two men sustaining...
ISBN: 978-0-552-77422-2
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
The Ransom of Red Chief is a wonderfully funny and ironic story about two inexperienced kidnappers and their unusual ‘victim’, with a great surprise ending. O. Henry’s unique talent enabled him to create a world full of ordinary people who did extraordinary things.
ISBN: 9788877549280
Издательство:
CIDEB
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
A violent crime brings together four lives in Steel`s 60th bestselling novel, the story of a mother`s courage, a family`s terror, and a triumph of human strength and dignity in the face of overwhelming odds.
ISBN: 978-0-440-24076-1
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: август 2011
Buster "Rant" Casey just may be the most efficient serial killer of our time. A high school rebel, Rant Casey escapes from his small home town for the big city where he becomes the leader of an urban demolition derby called Party Crashing. Rant Casey will die a spectacular highway death, after which his friends gather the testimony needed to build an oral history of his short, violent life. With hilarity, horror, and blazing insight, Rant is a mind-bending vision of the future, as only Chuck Palahniuk could ever imagine.
ISBN: 978-0-307-38889-6
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: июль 2011
This "New York Times" national bestseller recounts the forgotten story of the brutal massacre of 300,000 Chinese civilians by the Japanese army. "Anyone interested in the relation between war, self-righteousness, and the human spirit will find "The Rape of Nanking" of fundamental importance".--Ross Terrill, author of "China in Our Time". of photos.
ISBN: 9780140277449
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: ноябрь 1998
In a merciless summer of biblical heat and destructive winds, Gabrielle Fox's main concern is to rebuild her career as a psychologist after a shattering car accident. But when she is assigned Bethany Krall - violent, delusional and insistent that she can foresee natural disasters - she begins to fear she has made a terrible mistake. When catastrophes begin to occur on the very dates Bethany has predicted, the apocalyptic puzzle intensifies and the stakes multiply. A haunting story of human passion and burning faith, "The Rapture" is an electrifying psychological thriller that explores the dark extremes of mankind's self-destruction in a world on the brink.
ISBN: 978-1-4088-0605-0
Издательство:
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Rapture in Death: Three apparent suicides: a brilliant engineer, an infamous lawyer, and a controversial politician. Three strangers with nothing in common - and no obvious reasons for killing themselves. But police lieutenant Eve Dallas is immediately suspicious of the deaths. Her investigation turns to the provocative world of virtual reality games - where the same techniques used to create joy and desire can also prompt the mind to become the weapon of its own destruction. Ceremony in Death: Conducting a top-secret investigation into the death of a fellow police officer has Lieutenant Eve Dallas treading on dangerous ground. But when a dead body is placed outside her home, Eve takes the warning personally and is drawn into the most...
A witch takes Rapunzel away from her parents when she is a small child. When Rapunzel grows into a beautiful young woman the witch locks her in a tower in the forest! However, the story ends happily with Rapunzel reunited with her parents and then marrying a prince!
ISBN: 978885301-202-9
Издательство:
CIDEB
Дата выхода: июль 2012
Rapunzel has been imprisoned in a tower by a wicked old woman. Rapunzel is very lonely until a handsome prince finds her. Will she ever manage to escape from the tower?
ISBN: 978-0-582-42871-3
Издательство:
Pearson Education Limited
Дата выхода: февраль 2012