In Stiff Upper Lip, Jeeves, fate conspires to draw Bertie Wooster back to Totleigh Towers, the site of an earlier ordeal that nearly landed our hero in prison and, worse still, in continuing danger of marriage to Madeline Bassett, the svelte and sadly syrupy daughter of the house. Only one thing stands between Bertie and the dreaded state of matrimony, and that is his good friend Gussie Fink-Nottle, lover of newts and Madeline Bassett. So long as Gussie and Madeline continue to profess their undying love for each other, Bertie is safe...but disaster looms when Gussie rebels at Madeline`s attempt to turn him into a vegetarian. Throw in the intrigues of Miss Stiffy Byng and her dog Bartholomew to gain the Reverend Stinker Pinker a...
ISBN: 0-14-002479-4
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Tash and Rich are newly engaged and wild about each other. They can`t wait to celebrate their wedding with their closest friends, all of whom have known each other since university, where they enjoyed a hedonistic whirl of parties, popularity, sex and success. But is fun really as easy-come-easy-go in your thirties as it was in your twenties? How do relationships change once you leave college and have to cope with real life? And what if the love of that life were to reappear now? As old, long buried passions are reawakened, the group realize that a lot can change in twelve years. And a lot can happen in seven
ISBN: 978-0-14-101544-6
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: май 2012
Medicine Creek, Kansas. In a town where nothing changes, where Main Street is a two-block stretch of old and dusty businesses, a peculiar and ghastly murder has taken place. The body was mutilated and placed carefully in an elaborate tableau in the middle of the endless cornfields. Cool-eyed and smooth FBI Agent Pendergast arrives to discover a community in terror, a community he must turn inside out to find the killer who can only be one of them. Now, Pendergast must discover the twisted secret hiding within a four-generation Kansas family-before the killer strikes again.
ISBN: 978-0-446-61276-0
Издательство:
Warner Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
There is only one Just William. The loveable imp has been harassing his unfortunate family and delighting hundreds of thousands of readers for years. Here, lisping, frilly-dressed Violet Elizabeth becomes William’s worst nightmare. Not only does she expect him to play fairies – she even expects him to kiss her!
ISBN: 978-1-4050-5461-4
Издательство:
Macmillan
Дата выхода: июль 2011
When serial-killing local Florida historian Serge A. Storms is off his meds, no one is safe - not Russian hoods, Jamaican mobsters, spoiled frat boys, women`s book clubs, drug dealers, bad Vegas-rejected local lounge acts - especially when $5 million in cash in a bugged suitcase is still racing up and down the Eastern Seaboard. But in the oddball circus known as the Sunshine State, little things like astronomical body counts tend to get lost in the shuffle.
Sussex, 2003 when a beautiful blonde girl is found half-drowned on a beach, she has no memory of who she is or what horrors have left her there. But an article about her in a Brighton newspaper rings alarm bells for beautician, Dale, who shows the police photographs of Lotte Wainright. The girls met working on a cruise ship and their friendship blossomed as they sailed the seas of South America, until Lotte fell under the sinister influence of an older American couple. To her regret, Dale hasn`t seen Lotte since leaving the ship months but the girl on the beach - although badly bruised - is indeed her much missed friend. Their reunion only marks the beginning of a dangerous tidal wave of secrets, lies and nightmares. Where has Lotte...
ISBN: 978-0-14-103050-0
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Osip Mandelstam was perhaps the most important Russian poet of the nineteen-hundreds - a crucial instigator of the revolution of the word that took place in early twentieth-century St. Petersburg and a political non-conformist who earned the enmity of Stalin and his totalitarian regime. With Stolen Air, Christian Wiman, editor of POETRY, America`s oldest and most prestigious magazine of verse, offers a new selection and translation of Mandelstam`s poetry - from his hard-edged and highly formal early poems to his almost savagely musical later works - for a new generation to be moved by, marvel at, and appreciate.
The untold story of how a courageous Japanese actress survived in stalin`s Russia. In 1 938 the Japanese actress and former "star" of the silent film Okada Yoshiko illegally left Japan with the man she loved most of all Sugimoto Ryokichi. in a year and nine months Sugimoto was executed by shooting and Okada was sentenced to 10 years of hard
ISBN: 9785797400943
Издательство:
Икар
Дата выхода: январь 2018
Eight titles in the popular First Reading series are re-issued with hardback covers with audio CDs inserted into a wallet inside the back cover, making this book and CD easy to store together. The Young Reading series is developed with reading expert Alison Kelly from Roehampton University to help young readers grow in confidence and ability.
ISBN: 978-1-4095-3324-5
Издательство:
Usborne
Дата выхода: апрель 2012
This compelling first novel follows the sexual travails of lesbian Jess Goldberg in a fine account of coming to terms with the complexities of a transgendered existence.
Casino king and vicious thug Jerry Bagger is hunting Annabelle Conroy, who conned him out of millions. Oliver Stone and the Camel Club must marshal all their resources to protect her. Yet their skills may not be enough when a deadly new opponent rips the veneer off Stone`s own mysterious past: Bagger`s menace pales next to Harry Finn`s lethal nature. As bodies and institutions topple, the story rockets toward a shattering finale that will leave the survivors of this explosive tale changed forever. Формат: 11 см x 17,5 см.
ISBN: 978-0-330-45098-0
Издательство:
Picador USA
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
A tense, exciting thriller combined with a perceptive and harrowing portrait of life on the streets as a serial killer preys on the young and vulnerable homeless. 17-year-old Link is distrustful of people until he pairs up with Deb, homeless like him. But what Deb doesn`t tell him is that she`s an ambitious young journalist on a self-imposed assignment to track down the killer and that she`s prepared to use herself as bait ... Winner of the Carnegie Medal
ISBN: 978-0-14-036251-0
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: июль 2012
Kahlan has at last gained the one goal she had always thought was beyond her grasp ... love. Against all odds, the ancient bonds of secret oaths, and the dark talents of men long dead, Richard has won her heart. Amid sudden and disastrous events, Richard`s life is called due to satisfy those treacherous oaths. To save his life, Kahlan must forsake Richard`s love and cast him into the chains of slavery, knowing there could be no sin worse than such a betrayal. Richard is determined to unlock the secrets bound in the magic of ancient oaths and to again be free. Kahlan, alone with the terrible truth of what she has done, must set about altering the course of a world thrown into war. But even that may be easier than ever winning back the...
ISBN: 0-8125-4809-4
Издательство:
Holtzbrink
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Pitched between THE CROW ROAD and THE WASP FACTORY, STONEMOUTH is set in a small town north of Aberdeen and involves two warring crime families. Our hero was run out of town five years ago and now he`s back for a family funeral - some closeted skeletons are about to appear!
John Stone, a man so wealthy that in the years before World War One he was able to manipulate markets, industries and indeed whole countries and continents, has been found dead in mysterious circumstances. His beautiful young widow commissions a journalist to carry out an unusual bequest in his will but as he begins his research he soon discovers a story far more complex than he could have ever As the story moves backwards through time, from London in 1909 to Paris in 1809, before concluding in Venice in 1867, the mystery of John Stone`s life and loves begins to unravel. The result is a spellbinding novel that is both a quest for the truth, a love story that spans decades and a compelling murder mystery.
ISBN: 978-0-09-951617-0
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Storytime books for every age to delight a new mini army of fans: With seriously good stories and irresistible cover finishes, this is pocket money power punching well above its weight.
ISBN: 978-1-84646-867-4
Издательство:
Ladybird Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
Machines cause mayhem in these hi-tech tales. The robot racers are in a fight to the finish line, Luke`s Tidybot is out of control, and a sneaky thief is planning a robot robbery. This book comes with a CD that brings the stories to life through lively music, dramatic sound effects and superbly characterized readings. A listenalong version is followed by a readalong version with prompts for page turns. Формат издания: 13,5 см х 20 см.
ISBN: 978-0-7460-8901-9
Издательство:
Usborne
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
- The recording contains lively music, song, dramatic sound effects, as well as read-along and listen-along readings of the story. - Stories of Dragons contains three hilarious original tales of some not-so-scary mythical fire-breathing beasts. - Each title is vividly illustrated, and is clearly laid out with speech bubbles to aid the narrative flow. - The audio recording allows children to follow the text, while constantly improving their reading skills. - Developed in conjunction with reading experts at the University of Surrey.
ISBN: 978-0-7460-8107-5
Издательство:
Usborne
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
