She is the story of Cambridge professor Horace Holly and his ward Leo Vincey, and their journey to a lost kingdom in the African interior. The journey is triggered by a mysterious package left to Leo by his father, to be opened on his 25th birthday; the package contains an ancient shard of pottery and several documents, suggesting an ancient mystery about the Vincey family. Holly and Leo eventually arrive in eastern Africa where they encounter a primitive race of natives and a mysterious white queen, Ayesha, who reigns as the all-powerful "She" or "She-who-must-be-obeyed".
ISBN: 978-5-521-06594-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
Ewetopia the sheep thinks she has finally hit upon the costume that will get her noticed at the Woolyones Costume Ball: she`ll come dressed as a wolf. Unfortunately, this doesn`t earn her any points with the rest of the sheep, who find such a thing in rather poor taste. And yet, in this topsy-turvy fairytale for readers 6 to 8, Ewetopia does find a dance partner in a tall, attractive sheep at the ball - but why would a sheep come dressed as a sheep? And why does he keep calling her "Mom?"
As this absorbing saga of a modern English family opens, 64-year-old Penelope Keeling is returning to her country house following a heart attack, and her three adult children have varying reactions to the news. The narrative is actually a series of deftly interwoven vignettes that shift back and forth in time; each chapter centers on one of the principal players in the family`s history. The unifying thread is an oil painting entitled "The Shell Seekers," done by Penelope`s father. Pilcher`s characters are well-drawn, real, and engrossing people. A thoroughly charming book for most fiction collections.
ISBN: 978-0-312-96132-9
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
On Christmas Eve 1957, alone in the cockpit of his Vampire, an RAF pilot is returning from Germany to Lakenheath on leave - 66 minutes of trouble-free, routine flying. Then, out over the North Sea, the fog begins to close in, radio contact ceases, and the compass goes haywire.
ISBN: 978-0-09-964251-0
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Sherlock and Dr Watson receive a visit from Mary Morsten, who offers up a particularly cryptic puzzle for them to solve. Her father went missing six years ago, and since then, she has received a pearl for every year he has not reappeared. Now, the treasure`s sender has requested a meeting, and Mary would like Sherlock and Watson to accompany her. Finding the mystery benefactor is only the start of this adventure that puts Sherlock and Watson hot on the trail of cold-blooded killers and thieves - and a lost Indian fortune.
A gripping historical suspense novel, set in the present day and Victorian London, centering upon the holy grail of Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts - the author´s famed missing diary. In December 1893, Sherlock Holmes - adoring Londoners eagerly opened their Strand magazines - anticipating the detective´s next adventure - only to find the unthinkable: his creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, had killed their hero off.
