Original / British English (Available April 2008) One day Rafael was well; the next day he was completely mad. What happened to him? The story of Rafael and his gold ring is a strange story of murder, mystery and love. Many people know part of the story. But only Rafael knows the true facts. And Rafael is mad.
ISBN: 978-1-4058-8202-6
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: апрель 2012
Many people know part of Rafael`s story, but no one knows the whole truth. One man tries to find out what really The story of the madman, Rafael, and his gold ring is a moving tale of murder, mystery and love. Книга и аудиокассета вложены в пастиковую коробку. Размер коробки: 19,5 см х 20,5 см.
ISBN: 978-0-582-45375-3
Издательство:
Longman
Дата выхода: июль 2011
When Miss Hazelstone of Jacaranda Park kills her Zulu cook in a sensational crime passionel, the gallant members of the South African police force are soon upon the scene: Kommandant van Heerden, whose secret longing for the heart of an English gentleman leads to the most memorable transplant operation yet recorded; Luitenant Verkramp of the Security Branch, ever active iin the pursuit of Communist cells; Konstabel Els, with his propensity for shooting first and not thinking later - and also for forcing himself upon African women in a manner legally reserved for male members of their own race. In the course of the strange events which follow, we encounter some very esoteric perversions when the Kommandant is held captive in Miss...
ISBN: 0-09-943545-4
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004
The GREEN APPLE series is composed of illustrated graded readers. The readers are graded into three levels - Starter, Step 1 and Step 2 - according to structural and lexical criteria, as well as by choice of subject matter. Features: • introduction about the author and his/her times • wide variety of interesting activities to promote understanding of the text, as well as all four language skills, lexis and sociocultural awareness and knowledge • activities in the style of the Cambridge ESOL and Trinity exams • informative and fascinating cross-curricular dossiers, which explore the historical and cultural background of the text • a recording on CD of the text in British or American English, with extra listening activities •...
ISBN: 978885300-809-1
Издательство:
CIDEB
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Classic / American English Rip Van Winkle walks into the mountains one day and meets some strange old men. He comes home twenty years later. One dark night, Ichabod Crane is riding home and sees a man on a black horse behind him. The man has no head. Are there ghosts in these stories? What do you think?
ISBN: 978-1-4058-4280-8
Издательство:
Longman Group UK Limited
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Classic / American English Rip Van Winkle walks into the mountains one day and meets some strange old men. He comes home twenty years later. One dark night, Ichabod Crane is riding home and sees a man on a black horse behind him. The man has no head. Are there ghosts in these stories? What do you think?
ISBN: 978-1-4058-7818-0
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Rip van Winkle is an amiable man whose home and farm suffer from his lazy neglect; a familiar figure about the village, he is loved by all except his wife. One autumn day he escapes her nagging to wander up into the mountains, and there after drinking some liquor offered to him by a band of very strange folk, he settles down under a shady tree and falls asleep. He wakes up twenty years later and returns to his village to find that not only is his wife dead but war and revolution have changed many things. He, on the other hand, although older is not appreciably wiser and soon slips back into his idle habits. `The Legend of Sleepy Hollow` tells of conscientious schoolmaster Ichabod Crane. Orderly and strict in school, out of school his...
ISBN: 978-1-84022-167-1
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
The legendary enchantment of Rip Van Winkle in the Kaatskill Mountains; the gruesome end of Ichabod Crane, who met the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow; the Spectre Bridegroom who turned out to be happily substantial; the pride of an English village and the come-uppance of the over-zealous Mountjoy - these witty, perceptive and captivating tales range from fantasy to romance.
ISBN: 978-0-8125-2332-4
Издательство:
Holtzbrink
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Tom Ripley detests murder - unless it is absolutely necessary. If possible he prefers someone else to do the dirty work; in this case, a victim of a fatal disease, with no criminal record, who will murder for a reward, in order to provide for his young widow and child.
ISBN: 978-0-09-928368-3
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2012
Tom Ripley is quietly living a life of luxury at his chateau at Villeperce, and, as ever, is keeping one step ahead of the law - he has, after all, a past that would not bear too much close The fifth novel featuring the protagonist Tom Ripley finds the sophisticated and amoral American expatriate being harassed by David Pritchard, a fellow American whose boorishness marks him as something of Ripley`s alter-ego. Inexplicably familiar with all the incriminating details of Ripley`s past, Pritchard is determined to expose him. He shadows Ripley`s every move, first spying on him at home in France and then following him to Morocco. Tensions build on the return to Villeperce as Pritchard sets out to locate a body Ripley would prefer remain...
ISBN: 978-1-4088-1317-1
Издательство:
Bloomsbury
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
From the author of The Court of the Air and The Kingdom Beyond the Waves comes a thrilling new adventure set in the same Victorian-style world. Perfect for fans of Philip Pullman and Susanna Clarke. Born into captivity as a product of the Royal Breeding House, friendless orphan Purity Drake suddenly finds herself on the run with a foreign vagrant after accidentally killing one of her guards. Her strange rescuer claims he is on the run himself from terrible forces who mean to enslave the Kingdom of Jackals as they conquered his own nation. Purity doubts his story, until reports begin to filter through from Jackals` neighbours of the terrible Army of Shadows, marching across the continent and sweeping all before them. But there`s more to...
ISBN: 978-0-00-723223-9
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The inexorable rise of Communism was the most momentous political phenomenon of the first half of the twentieth century. Its demise in Europe and its decline elsewhere have produced the most profound political changes of the last few decades. In this illuminating book, based on forty years of study and a wealth of new sources, Archie Brown provides a comprehensive history as well as an original and compelling analysis of an ideology that has shaped the world. Tracing the story of Communism from its nineteenth-century roots, the book shows how the political movement Karl Marx described as a `spectre haunting Europe` expanded throughout the world during the twentieth century, and how the principles and precepts of this revolutionary system...
Rising Star provides thorough and appropriate preparation for an FCE course through a combination of stimulating material and systematic practice. Key features: Introduces and practises all parts of the FCE; Focus on development of vocabulary and phrasal verbs; Comprehensive grammar syllabus; Systematic skills practice; Special emphasis on writing skills; Topics appeal to teenage learners; Grammar reference and phrasal verb dictionary.
ISBN: 0-333-92441-X
Издательство:
Macmillan
Дата выхода: март 2006
Take another step into the wild with the Warrior Cats! Rejoin the adventures in book four of the series set in a thrilling feline fantasy world, when the forest is getting hotter and hotter…Fireheart`s traitorous enemy Tigerclaw has been vanquished and exiled from ThunderClan – but Fireheart can`t shake the feeling that he`s lurking out there in the forest, waiting for the chance to strike.That`s not the only problem facing the young ThunderClan deputy in these blazing summer months, as he struggles to handle ominous omens, a disrespectful apprentice with a shocking secret, and a devastated Clan leader who is a shell of her former self.Meanwhile the forest gets hotter and hotter, and everyone braces for the coming storm.
ISBN: 9780007140053
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2023
A young American model is murdered in the corporate boardroom of Los Angeles`s Nakomoto Tower on the new skyscraper`s gala opening night. Murdered, that is, unless she was strangled while enjoying sadomasochistic sex that went too far. Nakomoto, a Japanese electronics giant, tries to hush up the embarrassing incident, setting in motion a murder investigation that serves Crichton (Jurassic Park) as the platform for a clever, tough-talking harangue on the dangers of Japanese economic competition and influence-peddling in the Divorced LAPD lieutenant Peter Smith, who has custody of his two-year-old daughter, and hard-boiled detective John Connor, who says things like "For a Japanese, consistent behavior is not possible," pursue the killer...
ISBN: 978-0-09-923301-5
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Rita Mae Brown and her literary feline sidekick Sneaky Pie Brown are back with a third omnibus of clever sleuthing by postmistress Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen and her feline sidekick Mrs. Murphy. For the first time all in one volume, here are CAT ON TH.
While Rupert Campbell-Black teams up with other high flyers to win the franchise for a television station, he finds himself strangely attracted to an innocent young girl. Looking at the passions of life behind the television screen, this is another slice of Jilly Cooper`s social innuendo.
ISBN: 0-552-15056-8
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
