A recruit of the future goes through the toughest boot camp in the universe and into battle with the Terran Mobile Infantry against humankind`s most frightening enemy. Формат: 10,5 см х 17 см.
A day like any other for security chief Tracy Waterhouse, until she makes a purchase she hadn`t bargained for. One moment of madness is all it takes for Tracy`s humdrum world to be turned upside down, the tedium of everyday life replaced by fear and danger at every turn. Witnesses to Tracy`s Faustian exchange in the Merrion Centre in Leeds are Tilly, an elderly actress teetering on the brink of her own disaster, and Jackson Brodie who has returned to his home county in search of someone else`s roots. All three characters learn that the past is never history and that no good deed goes unpunished. Kate Atkinson dovetails and counterpoints her plots with Dickensian brilliance in a tale peopled with unlikely heroes and villains. Started...
ISBN: 978-0-552-77685-1
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
It`s 1985 and Brian Jackson has arrived at university with a burning ambition - to make it onto TV`s foremost general knowledge quiz. But no sooner has he embarked on `The Challenge` than he finds himself falling hopelessly in love with his teammate, the beautiful and charismatic would-be actress, Alice Harbinson. When Alice fails to fall for his slightly over-eager charms, Brian comes up with a foolproof plan to capture her heart once and for all. He`s going to win the game, at any cost, because - after all - everyone knows that what a woman really wants from a man is a comprehensive grasp of general Starter for Ten is a comedy about love, class, growing-up and the all-important difference between knowledge and wisdom. Are you up to the...
George Bailey has been given the gift we all dream of -the chance to live his life again. After suffering a heart attack at the age of 42, George is given the heart of a 19-year-old - and suddenly everything He is a friend to his teenage son and daughter - and not a stern old-school dad, monitoring their every move. He is a lover to his wife, and not just a husband. And he wants to change the world, just as soon as he shakes off his hangover. But George Bailey discovers that being young again is not all it is cracked up to be - and what he actually wants more than anything in the universe is to have his old life back.
ISBN: 978-0-00-732662-4
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: июль 2011
A fun way to familiarise young children with all the things they will need to know and be able to do when they start school. Following a typical day at school, children will enjoy using the stickers to help the characters in the book get dressed, pack bags, hang up coats, change for PE, and participate in art class, lunchtime, playtime, story time and home time. With over 100 stickers, this is sure to keep little children occupied for hours. WARNING! Not suitable for children under 36 months because of small parts. Choking Hazard.
ISBN: 978-1-4095-3493-8
Издательство:
Usborne
Дата выхода: апрель 2012
The reactionary Adjutant General Khrapov, newly appointed governor-general of Siberia and soon-to-be minister of the interior, is murdered in his official saloon carriage on his way from St. Petersburg to Moscow. The killer, disguised as Fandorin, boards the train at Klin, where it has been delayed by snowdrifts on the line. He leaves a knife bearing the initials "CG" (Combat Group) thrust up to the hilt in his victim`s chest and escapes through the window of the carriage. Fandorin is first arrested for the crime, but quickly released when the train pulls into Moscow and the General`s staff realise their blunder. The murder threatens the career of Prince Dolgorukoi, Moscow`s elderly governor-general, and Fandorin`s greatest fan. He asks...
Dr. Marina Singh, a research scientist with a Minnesota pharmaceutical company, is sent to Brazil to track down her former mentor, Dr. Annick Swenson, who seems to have all but disappeared in the Amazon while working on what is destined to be an extremely valuable new drug, the development of which has already cost the company a fortune. Nothing about Marina`s assignment is easy: not only does no one know where Dr. Swenson is, but the last person who was sent to find her, Marina`s research partner Anders Eckman, died before he could complete his mission. Plagued by trepidation, Marina embarks on an odyssey into the insect-infested jungle in hopes of finding her former mentor as well as answers to several troubling questions about her...
ISBN: 978-0-06-207471-3
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
