Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old Jewish girl, is arrested by the French police in the middle of the night, along with her mother and father. Desperate to protect her younger brother, she locks him in a cupboard and promises to come back for him as soon as she can. Paris, May 2002: Julia Jarmond, an American journalist, is asked to write about the 60th anniversary of the Vel` d`Hiv`the infamous day in 1942 when French police rounded up thousands of Jewish men, women and children, in order to send them to concentration camps. Sarah`s Key is the poignant story of two families, forever linked and haunted by one of the darkest days in France`s past. In this emotionally intense, page-turning novel, Tatiana de Rosnay reveals the guilt...
ISBN: 978-0-7195-2452-3
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
A masterpiece that is breathtaking in its scope, "Sarum" is an epic novel that traces the entire turbulent course of English history. This rich tapestry weaves a compelling saga of five families who preserve their own particular characteristics over the centuries, and offer a fascinating glimpse into the future.
ISBN: 0-8041-0298-8
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004
Beautiful and idealistic, Sashenka Zeitlin grows up in a privileged world careening towards self-destruction. Fascinated by the drama of revolution, she is soon drawn deep into an intoxicating game of cat and mouse. Nothing can protect her: neither her wealth nor the men who love her. Sashenka feels she`s invincible, and in the days that follow she embarks on a forbidden love affair. The consequences are immediate and devastating, and result in a heartbreaking choice. Should she save herself - or the ones she loves the most? Epic in sweep, intimate in detail, "Sashenka" is a spellbinding novel of love and tragedy that spans the twentieth century. An unforgettable portrait of a young woman in love and war, it has at its heart a...
ISBN: 978-0-552-15457-4
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. Satanstoe is the first of a three novels cycle "The Littlepage Manuscripts", followed by "The Chainbearer" and "The Redskins". The novel is a fictional autobiography, that gives a comprehensive view of colonial life and society in New York State in the middle of the eighteenth century, blending all these elements with the narrative skill for which the author has always been famous.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07963-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
It`s 76 during the reign of Vespasian and the Roman festival of Saturnalia is getting underway. The days are short; the nights are for wild parties. But not for informer Marcus Didius Falco. His job is to uncover unwelcome truths and deal with sensitive situations, frequently at the behest of the imperial government. So when a general`s famous female conquest escapes from house arrest--leaving a horrendous murder in her wake--Falco is on the case. If finding a fugitive isn`t enough of a Zeus-like headache, Falco`s wife Helena Justina`s brother has also gone missing. Against the riotous backdrop of the season of misrule and merriment, the search seems impossible. And Falco seems to be the only one who notices that some dark agency is...
ISBN: 978-0-312-94595-4
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
As the countdown to Mma Makutsi`s wedding begins, all is not as it should be at the Ladies` Detective Agency. While investigating unpleasant occurrences on a southern cattle-post, Mma Ramotswe, always on the side of the weak against the strong, has reason to reflect on Rule of The Principles of Private Detection: never lie to the client. Apprentice mechanic Charlie seems to be avoiding certain important responsibilities. And as Mma Makutsi`s big day approaches, her nemesis Violet Sephotho is casting her net wider: by standing for election which could spell trouble for the entire nation. But as friends and family gather under starry African night skies, it turns out that even the most perplexing of apparitions - and the most shocking of...
ISBN: 978-0-349-12313-4
Издательство:
Little, Brown and Company
Дата выхода: июль 2012
Alan Sillitoe`s classic novel of the 1950s, reissued to coincide with the 50th anniversary of its original publication.Working all day at a lathe leaves Arthur Seaton with energy to spare in the evenings. A hard-drinking, hard-fighting hooligan, he knows what he wants, and he`s sharp enough to get it.Before long, his carryings-on with a couple of married women become the stuff of local gossip. But then one evening he meets a young girl and life begins to look less simple…First published in 1958, `Saturday Night and Sunday Morning` achieved instant critical acclaim and helped to establish Alan Sillitoe as one of the greatest British writers of his generation. The film of the novel, starring Albert Finney, transformed British cinema and...
ISBN: 9780007205028
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
In the forty-third millennium of human history, Imre Bergamasc awakens after two hundred years to the realization that he has been the victim of an elaborate murder plot-a plot that also destroyed the intergalactic transport milieu known as the Continuum. But now that Imre has been reborn, he will stop at nothing to help bring forth the rebirth of the galaxy.
ISBN: 978-0-441-01493-4
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
Part of a series that aims to collectively produce the most comprehensive statement on the psychotheraputic treatment of adolescents. This volume dicusses every aspect of individual and group therapy, and work with parents.
ISBN: 978-1-84149-519-4
Издательство:
Orbit
Дата выхода: июль 2011
In this volume Christopher Tolkien completes his account of the writing of "The Lord of the Rings", beginning with Sams rescue of Frodo from the Tower of Cirith Ungol and ending with an unpublished Epilogue in which years after the tale ends, Sam attempts to answer his childrens questions. The book also includes "The Notion Club Papers", a semi-fictional discussion between a group of Oxford Dons of the possibilities of travel in space and time and the legend of Atlantis.
ISBN: 978-0-261-10305-4
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
New Year`s Eve, 1975: Arturo Belano and Ulises Lima, poets and leaders of a movement they call visceral realism, leave Mexico City in a borrowed white Impala. Their mission: to track down the poet Cesarea Tinajero, who disappeared into the Sonora desert - and obscurity - decades before. But the detectives are themselves hunted men, and their search for the past will end in violence, flight, and permanent exile. In this dazzling novel, Roberto Bolano tells the story of two modern-day Quixotes on a twenty-year, multi-continent, tragicomic quest through a darkening universe. `A unique voice asserting the importance and exuberance of writes with such elegance, verve and style and is so immensely readable. He makes you feel changed for having...
ISBN: 978-0-330-50952-7
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Oliver Stone and featuring Blake Lively and John Travolta - the smash hit thriller about two young marijuana dealers who are blackmailed into a partnership with a Mexican cartel. Baditude. Bad attitude. Ben, Chon, and O have a bad case of it, but so would you if you were the twenty-something, Laguna-cool producers of the best hydro on the Left Coast and now a powerful and vicious Mexican cartel wants in on your business. Ben`s a genius botanist out to save the world. Chon`s a former SEAL with a Lack Of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. O is a South Orange County slacker girl who loves them both. When the cartel kidnaps O to keep the boys in line, serious baditude breaks out in this twenty-first...
ISBN: 978-1-4516-7253-4
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
From a breathtaking lime cheesecake to white chocolate and caramel cupcakes that will have you coming back for more, Marian Keyes delights with over 80 treat-filled, comforting, absolutely no-holds-barred delicious recipes. Whether baking for yourself or for others, you can`t help but feel happy in Marian`s company.
Danny Buchanan is a top Washington lobbyist who once earned a vast fortune serving the interests of giant corporations. Appalled by the desperate poverty he witnessed on his global travels, he decided to use his political genius to help the world`s poor. With the loyal aid of his assistant, the attractive and committed Faith Lockhart, Danny works tirelessly and in secret to redress the balance of power. But Robert Thornhill has rather different ideas of public service. A ruthless top-ranking veteran of covert CIA activity, he discovers the secret of Danny`s political influence and is determined to destroy
ISBN: 978-0-330-41968-0
Издательство:
Pan Macmillan
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Saving Private Ryan – one of the greatest war films ever made! Steven Spielberg – Academy Award® winner for Best Director! It’s June 9 1944, three days after D-Day. On the orders of the government, Captain John Miller and his men go to look for Private James Ryan. They must bring him home. But how many will survive the mission?
ISBN: 978-1-4082-7441-5
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: декабрь 2012
Contemporary / American English (Available June 2008) Saving Private Ryan one of the greatest war films ever made! Steven Spielberg Academy Award(r) winner for Best Director! It`s June 9 1944, three days after D-Day. On the orders of the government, Captain John Miller and his men go to look for Private James Ryan. They must bring him home. But how many will survive the mission?
ISBN: 978-1-4058-8271-2
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: июль 2011
