Danny Cartwright and Spencer Craig were born on different sides of the track. Danny, an East End Cockney, leaves Clement Attlee Comprehensive School at the age of 15 to take up a job at a local garage. He falls in love with Beth, the boss`s daughter, and asks her to marry him. Spencer Craig resides in the West End. A graduate of an English public school and Cambridge University. After leaving university he becomes a criminal barrister and is soon tipped to be the youngest Queen`s Counsel of his generation. Формат: 11 см x 17,5 см.
ISBN: 978-0-330-46406-2
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Серия книг Penguin Readers, включающая классические и современные произведения, предлагает литературу для изучающих английский язык на уровнях Beginner – Advanced. Увлекательное чтение может дополняться аудиозаписями.
ISBN: 978-1-4082-7649-5
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: май 2011
Best known for his political fairy tale, The Prisoner of Zenda, which saw four major screen adaptations, including the acclaimed 1937 incarnation starring Ronald Colman, Anthony Hope was one of the few novelists to achieve wide popular and critical admiration during his by many critics as the finest adventure story ever written -- and certainly one of the most popular -- The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) tells the story of Rudolf Rassendyl, a dashing English gentleman who bears an uncanny resemblance to the ruler of the fictional kingdom of Ruritania. Rassendyl masquerades as the king in order to save the country from a treacherous plot and secures the release of the wronged prisoner. In the process he wins the heart of the beautiful princess...
ISBN: 978-1-84022-665-2
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
A grand master of the form, Rex Stout is one of America`s greatest mystery writers, and his literary creation Nero Wolfe is one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time. Together, Stout and Wolfe have entertained - and puzzled - millions of mystery fans around the world. Now, with his perambulatory man-about-town, Archie Goodwin, the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth is back in the original seventy-three cases of crime and detection written by the inimitable master himself, Rex Stout. When Priscilla Eads, heiress to cotton-towel millions, first pleads for Nero Wolfe`s assistance, the portly detective decides to wash his hands of a case that has more than its share of dirty laundry. Just hours later Miss Eads and her maid...
ISBN: 978-0-553-24269-0
Издательство:
Bantam
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Synopsis: PRIVATE is a hypercharged new thriller featuring the world`s most advanced investigations firm. Former Marine and CIA agent Jack Morgan inherits his father`s renowned security and detective business - along with a case load that tests him to the breaking point. Getting to the bottom of an NFL gambling scandal and an unsolved LAPD investigation into 18 school girl slayings would be enough. On top of all that, Morgan takes on solving the horrific murder of his best friend`s wife.
ISBN: 978-0-446-58538-5
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
The Olympic Games are under attack. Only Private, the world`s most exclusive detective agency, can save them. July 2012: The Games have arrived in London and the stage is set for one of the greatest ever showcases of sporting excellence. When Sir Denton Marshall, a key member of the London Olympic organising committee, is found brutally murdered, Peter Knight, head of Private London, is called to the scene. Private are working with the organising committee on security for the Games, so Denton Marshall was a valuable client. But there is a more personal link: Denton was also the fiance of Knight`s mother. Knight is devastated by Denton`s murder, but it soon becomes clear that this is no isolated incident. The killer is targeting the Games...
ISBN: 978-0-09-956874-2
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
A stunning edition of this modern classic of World War One, featuring an introduction by the author and insightful testimonies from soldiers.Told in the voice of Private Tommo Peaceful, the story follows twenty-four hours at the front, and captures his memories of his family and his village life – by no means as tranquil as it appeared.Full of vivid detail and engrossing atmosphere, leading to a dramatic and moving conclusion, Private Peaceful is both a compelling love story and a deeply moving account of the First World War.
Welcome to St Benedict`s Country Club and Spa. As a home away from home for the A-list, naturally membership comes at a premium - only the over-sexed, the over-rich and the over-beautiful need apply. But the St Benedict`s experience involves more sex, bad behaviour, blackmail and deviance than most women can handle. Are you ready to join the Club?
ISBN: 978-0-14-102806-4
Издательство:
Книжный мир
Дата выхода: август 2011
Former US Marine Jack Morgan runs Private, a renowned investigation company with branches around the globe. It is where you go when you need maximum force and maximum discretion. The secrets of the most influential men and women on the planet come to Jack daily and his staff of investigators use the worlds most advanced forensic tools to make and break their cases. In , Jack is already deep into the investigation of a multimillion-dollar gambling scandal and the unsolved slayings of eighteen schoolgirls when he learns of a horrific murder close to home: his best friends wife, Jacks former lover, has been killed. It nearly pushes him over the edge. Instead, Jack pushes back and devotes all of Privates resources to tracking down her...
ISBN: 978-0-09-955374-8
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
"I started to work for French "Vogue" in 1961. Right through the sixties I did my utmost to push the sexiest fashion photos on them. I was fresh from the Australian bush, totally instinctively cutting against the terrible blandness of the time." Helmut Newton
The scar on Rhoda Gradwyn`s face was to be the death of When the notorious investigative journalist, Rhoda Gradwyn, books into Mr Chandler-Powell`s private clinic in Dorset for the removal of a disfiguring and long-standing scar, she has every prospect of a successful operation and the beginning of a new life. But the Manor holds a secret and deadly enemy. While she lies drowsily recovering from the anaesthetic a white-shrouded figure stealthily enters her bedroom and within minutes Rhoda is dead. Dalgliesh and his team, called in to investigate the murder, and later a second equally horrific death, find themselves confronted with problems even more complicated than the question of innocence or guilt.
ISBN: 978-0-14-103923-7
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Из всех написанных и изданных мною книг, эта — самая МОЯ. Она просто обо мне: без брендов, титулов и званий. Все мои неудачи, горес-ти, преодоления, мои подвиги и потери, прорывы и нестандартные решения — вся моя жизнь!Приват Бук — это дневник, в котором
ISBN: 9785604100554
Издательство:
Книжный мир
Дата выхода: август 2019
Literature`s most famous romantic hero opens his diary: it`s intimate, dramatic, deeply passionate, and sometimes downright shocking. Have you ever wondered what Mr. Darcy was really thinking? Find out his secrets in this captivating novel of love, pride, passion, and, of course, prejudice. Mr. Darcy`s intimate diary reveals his entanglements with women, his dangerous friendship with Lord Byron, his daily life in Georgian London, his mercurial mood swings calmed only by fisticuffs at Jackson`s-and, most importantly, his vain struggle to conquer his longing for Elizabeth Bennet.
In the early years of the 18th century, Scotland is torn by religious and political strife. Hogg`s sinner, justified by his Calvinist conviction that his own salvation is pre-ordained, is suspected of involvement in a series of bizarre and hideous crimes. A century later his memoirs reveal the extraordinary, macabre truth. The tale is chilling for its astute psychological accuracy as it illustrates, with power and economy, the dire effect of self-righteous bigotry on a fanatical character.
ISBN: 978-1-85326-188-6
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Heroism or cowardice? A stunning story of the First World War from a master storyteller. Told in the voice of a young soldier, the story follows 24 hours in his life at the front during WW1, and captures his memories as he looks back over his life. Full of stunningly researched detail and engrossing atmosphere, the book leads to a dramatic and moving conclusion. Both a love story and a deeply moving account of the horrors of the First World War, this book will reach everyone from 9 to 90.
ISBN: 978-0-00-715007-6
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The Prize recounts the panoramic history of oil - and the struggle for wealth and power that has always surrounded oil. This struggle has shaken the world economy, dictated the outcome of wars, and transformed the destiny of men and nations. The Prize is as much a history of the twentieth century as of the oil industry itself. The canvas of history is enormous - from the drilling of the first well in Pennsylvania through two great world wars to the Iraqui invastion of Kuwait and Operation Desert Storm.
ISBN: 978-1-4391-1012-6
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
When the women in the Sparrow family reach thirteen, they develop a unique ability. In young Stella`s case, the gift, which is both a blessing and a curse, is the ability to see a person`s probable future. Stella foresees a gruesome murder, and tells her charming, feckless father about it, but it is too late - the murder has already been committed and suspicion falls on him. Her mother Jenny, on the other hand, can read other people`s dreams, but so often misinterprets them, to her own cost. Hoffman unlocks the caskets of family life and the secret history of a community in this magical story about young love and old love, about making choices - usually the wrong ones - about foresight and consequences, all suffused with the haunting...
ISBN: 978-0-09-945386-4
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
‘Lock me in any cell in any prison anywhere at any time, wearing only normal clothes and I’ll escape in a week’. For Professor Van Dusen, otherwise known as ‘The Thinking Machine’, nothing is impossible. Logic is his passion. One hour later he finds himself locked up in Chisholm prison and has to use all his mental resources to find the solution to the problem.
ISBN: 978887754-759-0
Издательство:
CIDEB
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
The first volume in a noirish, gritty urban fantasy for adults from the bestselling author otherwise known as Darren Shan. Quick-witted and cocksure, young upstart Capac Raimi arrives in the City determined to make his mark. As he learns the tricks of his new trade from his Uncle Theo - extortion, racketeering, threatening behaviour - he`s soon well on his way to becoming a promising new gangster. Then he crosses paths with The Cardinal, and his life changes forever. The Cardinal is the City and the City is The Cardinal. They are joined at the soul. Nothing moves on the streets, or below them, without the Cardinal`s knowledge. His rule is absolute. As Capac begins to discover more about the extent of the Cardinal`s influence on his own...
ISBN: 978-0-00-726131-4
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
This story set during the infamous McCarthy era revolves around the son of an American government official who is discovered to be a Russian spy. Readers follow the father and son over 20 years in an ordeal that involves murder, spies, shocking revelations about the past, and a passionate affair.
ISBN: 978-0-440-22534-8
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: июль 2011
