Book DescriptionFrom #1 bestseller David Baldacci comes a new thriller reminiscent of his phenomenal bestselling debut, Absolute Power.It was only a split second--but that`s all it took for Secret Service agent Sean King`s attention to wander and his "protectee," third-party presidential candidate Clyde Ritter, to die. King retired from the Service in disgrace, and now, eight years later, balances careers as a lawyer and a part-time deputy sheriff in a small Virginia town. Then he hears the news: Once again, a third-party candidate has been taken out of the presidential race--abducted right under the nose of Secret Service agent Michelle Maxwell. King and Maxwell form an uneasy alliance, and their search for answers becomes a bid for...
ISBN: 978-0-446-61445-0
Издательство:
Warner Books
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
The Palgrave Macmillan Law Masters series is a long-running and successful list of titles offering clear, concise and authoritative guides to the main subject areas, written by experienced and respected authors. Sports Law provides a comprehensive overview of the ways in which the law has impacted on how sport is played, administered and consumed. The author writes in a clear and engaging manner, tracing the origins and sources of this new subject and drawing examples from a wide range of professional and amateur sports to illustrate the important current debates and topics of interest. Of particular relevance, in the run up to 2012, is a chapter dedicated to the Olympic Games. Supported throughout by chapter summaries, explanations of...
George Hall doesn’t understand the modern obsession with talking about everything. ‘The secret of contentment, George felt, lay in ignoring many things completely’. Some things in life, however, cannot be ignored. At fifty-seven, George is settling down to a comfortable retirement, building a shed in his garden, reading historical novels, listening to a bit of light jazz. Then Katie, his tempestuous daughter, announces that she is getting remarried, to Ray. Her family is not pleased – as her brother Jamie observes, Ray has ‘strangler’s hands’. Katie can’t decide if she loves Ray, or loves the wonderful way he has with her son Jacob, and her mother Jean is a bit put out by all the planning and arguing the wedding has...
ISBN: 978-0-09-950743-7
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Not suitable for children under 3 years of age Each spread in this colourful sticker book shows Spot having fun in a different location - in the garden, on the beach, in the park, at the farm and at the fair. Four pages of stickers enable the reader to complete each scene and create a story.
ISBN: 978-0-7232-6468-2
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
This is a treasure trove of Dahl! Amazing facts - some funny, some silly - and an original chapter from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory make this a splendiferous, surprising and delicious treat from the wonderful world of Roald Dahl!
ISBN: 978-0-14-133040-2
Издательство:
Puffin
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Not suitable for children under 2 years of age. When it is snowing Spot likes to go sledging, build a snowman, throw snowballs, go skating with his friends and then drink hot chocolate by the fire with Grandma. Young readers will love sharing all these favourite winter activities with Spot. This is a new Spot story board book in the series that celebrates aspects of family and daily life for small children. The title follows "Spot Loves his Teacher", published earlier in the year.
ISBN: 978-0-7232-6415-6
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Returning to Russia from a tour in Italy, twenty-three-year-old Dimitry Sanin breaks his journey in Frankfurt. There he encounters the beautiful Gemma Roselli, who works in her parents` patisserie, and falls deeply and deliriously in love for the first time. Convinced that nothing can come in the way of everlasting happiness with his fiancee, Dimitry impetuously decides to begin a new life and sell his Russian estates. But when he meets the potential buyer, the intriguing Madame Polozov, his youthful vulnerability makes him prey for a darker, destructive infatuation. A novel of haunting beauty, "Spring Torrents" (1870-71) is a fascinating, partly autobiographical account of one of Turgenev`s favourite themes - a man`s inability to love...
ISBN: 0-14-044369-X
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: январь 1997
Inspired by the similarities between human existence and the seasons, Ram, n del Valle-Incln created four modernist stories known as the "Sonatas tetralogy." From that highly regarded series comes this 1904 tale of innocence betrayed, the most popular of Valle-Incln`s works - now in a dual-language edition.
ISBN: 978-0-486-44071-2
Издательство:
Daedalus
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
When Lou Winter picks up a dog-eared magazine in the dentist`s waiting room and spots an article about clearing clutter, she little realises how it will change her life. What begins as an earnest spring clean soon spirals out of control. Before long Lou is hiring skips in which to dump the copious amounts of junk she never knew she had. Lou`s loved ones grow disgruntled. Why is clearing out cupboards suddenly more important than making his breakfast, her husband Phil wonders? The truth is, the more rubbish Lou lets go of, the more light and air can get to those painful, closed-up places at the centre of her heart: the love waiting for a baby she would never have, the empty space her best friend Deb once occupied, and the gaping wound...
ISBN: 978-1-84739-282-4
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
Tokyo, 1912. The closed world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders - rich provincial familes, a new and powerful political and social elite. Kiyoaki has been raised among the elegant Ayakura family - members of the waning aristocracy - but he is not one of them. Coming of age, he is caught up in the tensions between old and new, and confused by his feelings for the exquisite, spirited Satoko. When Satoko is engaged to a royal prince, Kiyoaki realises the magnitude of his passion.
ISBN: 978-0-09-928299-0
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: август 2011
This fourth thriller featuring intrepid intelligence operative Alex Hawke by "New York Times" bestselling author Bell takes readers to the very edge of danger, as Hawke must thwart a political mission in South America. Available in a tall Premium Edition.
Spy Pups Treasure Quest by Andrew Cope is part of the awesome follow-on series to bestselling Spy Dogs!SPUD he`s scatty and accident-prone - but good with the gadgets...STAR she`s super-smart and ready to pounce . . .Together they`re SPY PUPS, following hot in the paw prints of mum, LARA (that`sLicensed Assault and Rescue Animal to you).In their first mission, SPUD and STAR are staying at Aunt Aggie`s Smugglers` Cottage, with its creaky floorboards, dark hidden tunnels - and an ancient castle with a legend of hidden gold nearby!Soon the Spy Pups are sniffing out an underground adventure - but can they reach the treasure in time?
ISBN: 9780141326030
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
Vivienne Michel is in trouble. Trying to escape her tangled past, she has run away to the American backwoods, winding up at the Dreamy Pines Motor Court. A far cry from the privileged world she was born to, the motel is also the destination of two hardened killers - the perverse Sol Horror and the deadly Sluggsy Morant. When a coolly charismatic Englishman turns up, Viv, in terrible danger, is not just hopeful, but fascinated. Because he is James Bond, 007, the man she hopes will save her, the spy she hopes will love
ISBN: 978-0-14-118872-0
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: июль 2011
