Billy Pilgrim is a time-traveler. He has seen his birth and death many times and the biggest massacre in European history, the fire-bombing of Dresden. He has been kidnapped by a flying saucer ... it is a story told with black humour and deep compassion. Издание на английском языке. Формат: 11,5 см х 19 см.
ISBN: 87-23-90095-4 Издательство: Easy Readers Дата выхода: сентябрь 2008
Young Mico is a slave in a big house in Pompeii. His only friend is the house dog, Fortunatus. One quiet summer day, Fortunatus suddenly runs away. He takes Mico with him. What does the dog know? What is he afraid of? Is it, perhaps, the mountain behind the town?
ISBN: 978-1-4082-6124-8 Издательство: Pearson Дата выхода: апрель 2011
When a champion jockey disappears - right before a big race and the birth of his child - Investigator David Cleveland bets on foul play.
ISBN: 978-0-425-19673-1 Издательство: Penguin Group Дата выхода: август 2011
Henry Chester, a domineering and puritanical Victorian artist, is in search of the perfect model. In nine-year-old Effie he finds her. Ten years later, lovely, childlike and sedated, Effie seems the ideal wife. But something inside her is about to awaken. Drawn by her lover, Mose, into a dangerous underworld of intrigue and blackmail, she meets Fanny Miller, the brothel-keeper, and her shadowy daughter, Marta - murdered ten years ago on the day of Henry`s weekly And as friendship becomes possession and Henry`s secret past is revealed, Effie and Marta plan their revenge together.
ISBN: 978-0-552-77178-8 Издательство: Transworld publishers Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
hen you read a novel by Rosamunde Pilcher you enter a special world where emotions sing from the heart. A world that lovingly captures the ties that bind us to one another-the joys and sorrows, heartbreaks and misunderstandings, and glad, perfect moments when we are in true harmony. A world filled with evocative, engrossing, and above all, enjoyable portraits of people`s lives and loves, tenderly laid open for Whenever Selina asked about her late father, the grandmother who raised her changed the subject. The chance discovery of a photograph gave Selina hope that he was still alive and sent her searching for him on a small Spanish island. In this lush paradise, Selina found George Dyer, a writer who would help her solve the mystery of...
ISBN: 978-0-312-96125-1 Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The owner of a seaside villa is plagued by strange feelings about its past… Soon after Gwenda moved into her new home, odd things started to happen. Despite her best efforts to modernise the house, she only succeeded in dredging up its past. Worse, she felt an irrational sense of terror every time she climbed the stairs… In fear, Gwenda turned to Miss Marple to exorcise her ghosts. Between them, they were to solve a 'perfect' crime committed many years before.
ISBN: 978-0-00-712106-9 Издательство: HarperCollins Дата выхода: июль 2011
A strange houseA ghost from the pastAs soon as she moves into Hillside, Gwenda knows there`s something strange about this house.A sealed room. A hidden door. The apparition of a young woman being strangled.But strangest of all - this all seems quite familiar.As her friend Jane Marple investigates, the answer seems to lie in a crime committed nearly twenty years ago.The killer may have gotten away with murder. But Miss Marple is never far behind.Never underestimate Miss Marple.
ISBN: 9780008589127 Дата выхода: январь 2024
Seventeen-year-old Ashley Spencer learned what true horror was the night a serial killer invaded her home and brutally murdered her father and her best friend. But the terror did not end A year after the unspeakable events, Ashley is still trying to piece together what is left of her life. But the nightmare is reawakened at the elite private school that had appeared to be a safe haven for Ashley and her mother, Terri, when a new book called Sleeping Beauty hits the national bestseller lists - a shattering true account of the crimes that ripped Ashley`s world apart. And now Ashley must run for her life again.
ISBN: 978-0-06-158272-1 Дата выхода: июль 2011
An exciting story adapted from the traditional fairy tale. The bad fairy hurts the princess. The princess sleeps and sleeps. The prince comes and she is happy again. Penguin Young Readers are simplified texts to support children learning English. Each book has activities and there are Factsheets with Teacher`s and Parent`s Notes. The Factsheets are also available on Level 1 titles are written from a 300-word wordlist and are suitable for students who have already studied up to 100 hours of English.
ISBN: 978-0-582-42845-4 Издательство: Pearson Education Limited Дата выхода: июль 2011
- A classic fairytale, retold as a storybook, sticker book and puzzle all in one. - With over 50 colourful picture stickers. - Story contains gaps for key words, which children can fill with sticker pictures to help build their vocabulary and reading skills. - Gorgeously illustrated by Stephen Cartwright.
ISBN: 978-0-7460-7328-5 Издательство: Usborne Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Read It Yourself is a learning to read series of classic, traditional stories with four levels of difficulty to suit the stage your child is at with reading. Written in a simple way for young readers, they will build their confidence in learning to read as they progress through each level. Familiar fairytales and exciting stories will amuse children and encourage them to progress further with this series and become confident readers. Each book in The Read It Yourself With Ladybird Series is carefully structured to include many everyday words that are vital for first reading/beginner readers. They also contain clear, beautiful pictures for extra support and interest. Extra puzzle questions at the end of each book further help with...
ISBN: 978-1-4093-0361-9 Издательство: Ladybird Books Дата выхода: август 2011
Chloe needs a holiday. She's sick of making wedding dresses and her partner is having trouble at work. Her wealthy friend Gerard has offered the loan of his luxury villa in Spain - perfect. Hugh is not a happy man. His immaculate wife seems more interested in the granite for the new kitchen than in him, and he works so hard to pay for it all, he barely has time to see their children. But his old schoolfriend Gerard has lent them a luxury villa in Spain - perfect. Both families arrive at the villa and get a shock: Gerard has double-booked. An uneasy week of sharing begins, and tensions soon mount in the soaring heat. But there's also a secret history between the families - and as tempers fray, an old passion begins to
ISBN: 978-0-552-77675-2 Издательство: Transworld publishers Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Coco Chanel, high priestess of couture, created the look of the chic modern woman: her simple and elegant designs freed women from their corsets and inspired them to crop their hair. By the 1920s, Chanel employed more than two thousand people in her workrooms, and had amassed a personal fortune. But at the start of the Second World War, Chanel closed down her couture house and went to live quietly at the Ritz, moving to Switzerland after the war. For more than half a century, Chanel's life from 1941 to 1954 has been shrouded in rumour. Neither Chanel nor her biographers have told the full story, until now. In this explosive narrative, Hal Vaughan pieces together Chanel's hidden years, from the Nazi occupation of Paris to the aftermath of...
ISBN: 978-0-7011-8500-8 Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Richard and Lelia`s child is conceived in a moment of giggling chaos as they dress for a Christmas party. They arrive rudely late and still glowing, and barely register a slight, drab woman in the hall. Sylvie. As their baby grows, so does the presence of Sylvie - she seems to be nowhere, yet everywhere, harmless yet sinister. Richard is seduced by her subtle, inexplicable charm, while Lelia, struggling with Richard`s sudden ambivalence towards their baby, finds that she is haunted by painful memories. And Sylvie remains as invisible as she wants to be - that is the source of her power. Beware of mice.
ISBN: 978-0-7475-8077-5 Издательство: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
When Bun Bendle is struck blind he feels like he is drowning in blackness. But the discovery of an ancient tomb and a strangely familiar sword changes him forever. For Bun, a centuries-old power may lead to a bright future.
ISBN: 978-1-4052-3962-2 Издательство: Egmont Books Ltd Дата выхода: июль 2012
The King and Queen are proud of their baby daughter, Princess Aurora, and they invite everyone to a party, including the Flower Fairies. But one of the Fairies puts a curse on Aurora, and despite the King’s precautions, on her sixteenth birthday she meets an old lady in a tower in the castle…
ISBN: 978885300-919-7 Издательство: CIDEB Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Amy, Bella, Chloe, Daisy and Emily are friends at school and have their own Alphabet Club (just look at their initials!). Daisy is the newest member and is desperate to fit in, even though Chloe is distinctly unfriendly to her at times. Throughout Daisy’s first year at the school, the girls plan ever-more elaborate sleepover parties for their birthdays. Daisy is dreading the time when her birthday comes round as she doesn’t know what her friends will make of sleeping over at her home, with her rather special older A superb handling of the intricacies of young, female friendship and the joys and problems of having an older sister with learning disabilities, from our most accomplished and bestselling author.
ISBN: 978-0-552-55783-2 Издательство: Random House Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Gwenda Reed`s new home, a charming Victorian villa, is giving the lovely new bride the strangest feeling of deja vu - and an unnatural dread that`s taking its toll. Perhaps her husband`s aunt. Miss Marple, can calm the young woman`s frayed nerves. But how can anyone solve a mystery such as this when the only clues are those in Gwenda`s vivid imagination? As Aunt Jane digs a little deeper she`s soon to discover just how truthful - and terrifying - the imagination can Формат: 10,5 см x 17 см.
ISBN: 978-0-451-20019-8 Издательство: Rem Distributors Дата выхода: август 2011
ISBN: 9781473681286 Дата выхода: январь 2023
Chloe needs a holiday. Her partner, Philip, has troubles at work, and the whole family wants a break. Hugh is not a happy man. His immaculate wife, Amanda, seems more interested in her new kitchen than in him—and he works so hard to pay for it, he barely has time for his children. Maybe he’ll have a chance to bond with them on holiday… When the two families arrive at a villa in Spain for their respective vacations, they all get a shock—it has been double-booked. An uneasy week of sharing begins, and tensions mount in the soaring heat. But the temperature isn’t solely to blame: What no one else realizes is that Chloe and Hugh have a history—and that the `accidental` overlap might not have been so accidental after all…
ISBN: 978-0-312-94397-4 Издательство: Macmillan Publishers Дата выхода: июнь 2012
"Read It Yourself" is a learning to read series of classic, traditional stories with four levels of difficulty to suit the stage your child is at with reading. Written in a simple way for young readers, they will build their confidence in learning to read as they progress through each level. Familiar fairytales and exciting stories will amuse children and encourage them to progress further with this series and become confident readers. Each book in "The Read It Yourself With Ladybird Series" is carefully structured to include many everyday words that are vital for first reading/beginner readers. They also contain clear, beautiful pictures for extra support and interest. Extra puzzle questions at the end of each book further help with...
ISBN: 978-1-4093-0396-1 Издательство: Ladybird Books Дата выхода: март 2012
ISBN: 9780099530176 Издательство: Random House Дата выхода: январь 2009
ISBN: 9780141398754 Издательство: Penguin Group Дата выхода: январь 2015
ISBN: 978-0-06-057704-9 Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
ISBN: 9780099490623 Издательство: Random House Дата выхода: январь 2006
