May, who is the doppelganger of a naiad (yes, ) falls in love with a brooding, gorgeous man. Sparks fly - literally - when she discovers he`s actually a can fire and water mix?
ISBN: 978-0-340-99302-6
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: август 2011
Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson help the police with the strange cases of: The Blue Carbuncle Two unusual clues for Holmes and Watson to follow -a hat and a goose! Silver Blaze A racehorse disappears before an important race. Holmes has to find the horse and solve a murder. The Six Napoleons Why is someone smashing statues of Napoleon? What are they looking for? Notes about the story; Points for Understanding comprehension questions. Retold by Anne Collins.
ISBN: 978-1-4050-7279-3
Издательство:
Langenscheidt
Дата выхода: август 2011
"Silverland" charts Dervla Murphy`s extraordinary expedition through the snowscapes of far Eastern Russia. No stranger to adventure, the intrepid septuagenarian`s mid-winter journey takes her beyond Siberia to the furthest corners of Russia - areas proximate to Japan, Mongolia and the Arctic Circle. Here, she discovers a strange world of lynx and elks, indigenous tribes and shamanism, reindeer broth and taiga-berry pie. She takes the coal-fuelled slow-train around regions hardly exposed to tourism and there she meets a host of colourful and generous characters. They invite this unconventional Irish Babushka into their homes where she enjoys fascinating fireside debate bolstered by steaming samovars of sweet tea. Just like its author,...
ISBN: 978-0-7195-6829-9
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: июль 2011
In the quiet Sussex country town of Kingsmarkham, the daughter of Nigerian physician Raymond Akande is missing. "It`s probably nothing", says Dr. Akande to his friend and client Chief Inspector Wexford, whose help he enlists. But the days that follow prove the doctor dreadfully wrong. A young woman is found murdered not Melanie, but the last person to have seen and spoken to her. A second woman`s body is discovered, again not Melanie`s, but like her, young and black. A third woman turns up beaten and unconscious; like the others, she is of Nigerian origin. As Inspector Wexford`s investigation stretches from days into weeks, it becomes his unhappy obligation to counter the hopes of the doctor and his wife. In Wexford`s professional...
ISBN: 978-0-440-22202-6
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: август 2011
Georgeanne Howard leaves her fiancé at the altar when she realizes she can`t marry a man old enough to be her grandfather, no matter how rich he is. Hockey superstar John Kowalsky unknowingly helps her escape, and only when it`s too late does he realize that he`s absconded with his boss`s bride. This bad boy isn`t looking to be anybody`s savior but his own. Still, a long night stretches ahead of them—a night too sultry to resist temptation. Seven years later, Georgeanne and John meet again. She is on her way to becoming Seattle`s domestic darling and he is past his hellraising days. Shocked to learn that he has a daughter, John`s determined to be part of her life. Georgeanne has loved John since the moment she jumped into his car,...
ISBN: 978-0-380-79007-4
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Aleksandr Orlov has in the last year become one of the most loved figures in British culture and his catchphrase - Simples! - can be heard from the playground to the office. Written in his inimitable voice (as dictated to his sidekick Sergei), his autobiography will offer the same humour as his TV ads, giving us the full story of his ancestor`s Journey of Courageousness from the Kalahari to Russia, the low-down on his life as entrepreneur and founder of and his love of grubs and cravats. `My name is Aleksandr Orlov. I live and make work in Moscow. I have a success business. I have a mansion decorate with many fine things. I have a naturally majestic posture. But I would have none of these things if it were not for my family. This book is...
Classic / British English There are three exciting short stories in this book. They are all about ... fear! Three people are in dangerous places. What can they do? Will anybody help them? This Pack contains a Book and MP3
ISBN: 978-1-4082-8518-3
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: август 2012
Against the seductive backdrop of Regency England, New York Times bestselling author Mary Balogh sweeps us into the sensual, enthralling world of four teachers at an elite academy for young ladies. As headmistress of Miss Martin’s School for Girls in Bath, Claudia Martin long ago resigned herself to a life without love. Until Joseph, Marquess of Attingsborough, arrives unannounced and tempts her to toss away a lifetime of propriety for an affair that can only lead to ruin, embarking on a plan of seduction that leaves them both yearning for more. But Claudia knows she has no place in Joseph’s aristocratic world. And now that world is about to be rocked by scanda.…An arranged marriage, a secret that will shock the ton, and a man from...
ISBN: 978-0-440-24199-7
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are both haunted by their last case. Realizing that Michelle is teetering on the brink of self-destruction from long-buried demons, Sean arranges therapy for his reluctant partner. But instead of focusing on her recovery, Michelle unearths disturbing secrets in the Sean accepts a much-needed job. A physicist, Monk Turing, has died in mysterious circumstances near Babbage Town – a secretive establishment populated by an eccentric group of scientists and cryptographers, funded by an anonymous but powerful group. Meanwhile the dead man’s young daughter, piano-playing prodigy Viggie, has secrets of her own. But what is the significance of the phrase ‘codes and blood’? Directly across the York River from...
ISBN: 978-0-330-45097-3
Издательство:
Picador USA
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
A few years from now the President of the USA will be an android and his entire government a fraud. Everyone in the country is maladjusted. Doesn`t seem possible, does it? Welcome to the world of Dr. Superb, the sole remaining psychotherapist. Philip K. Dick tells a story of desperate love, lethal body odour and an attempted fascistic takeover of the USA and shows that there is always another layer of conspiracy beneath the one we see.
ISBN: 978-0-575-07460-6
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
Start spreading the From early fame in the big band era of the 1940`s through to the farewell tours in the twilight years, this is the full and extraordinary story of Ol` Blue Eyes. Find the truth behind the legend. This title sets the record straight on Sinatra`s childhood, Rat Pack capers and his famous (and infamous) friendships. Packed with over 750 rare photographs, and showcasing all his landmark songs, albums and movies, this is a must-have for fans for this singing legend.
ISBN: 978-1-4053-1461-9
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Sindbad has three journeys. He is on an island, but suddenly it moves, it`s a whale! Then a strange bird carries him to a cave full of diamonds. When his becomes rich he goes home with a lovely wife.
ISBN: 978-0-582-51257-3
Издательство:
Longman
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Every life has a soundtrack. All you have to do is listen. Music has set the tone for most of Zoe Baxter`s life. There`s the melody that reminds her of the summer she spent rubbing baby oil on her stomach in pursuit of the perfect tan. A dance beat that makes her think of using a fake ID to slip into a nightclub. A dirge that marked the years she spent trying to get pregnant. For better or for worse, music is the language of memory. It is also the language of love. In the aftermath of a series of personal tragedies, Zoe throws herself into her career as a music therapist. When an unexpected friendship slowly blossoms into love, she makes plans for a new life, but to her shock and inevitable rage, some people - even those she loves and...
ISBN: 978-1-4516-2099-3
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Zoe Baxter has spent ten years trying to get pregnant, and just when she`s about to get her heart`s desire, tragedy destroys her world. In the aftermath of loss and divorce, she throws herself into her career as a music therapist. Working with Vanessa, she finds their relationship moving from business, to friendship, and then - to Zoe`s surprise - blossoming into love. When Zoe allows herself to start thinking of children again, she remembers that there are still frozen embryos that she and her husband never used. But Max, having sought peace at the bottom of a bottle, has found redemption in an evangelical church, and Zoe needs his permission to take his unborn SING YOU HOME is accompanied by a soundtrack of original songs created for...
ISBN: 978-1-4447-2456-1
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
