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
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
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...
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
There were people on the banks of the river. Among the tangled waterways and giant anacondas of the Brazilian Rio Negro, an enigmatic scientist is developing a drug that could alter the lives of women for ever. Dr Annick Swenson`s work is shrouded in mystery; she refuses to report on her progress, especially to her investors, whose patience is fast running out. Anders Eckman, a mild-mannered lab researcher, is sent to investigate. A curt letter reporting his untimely death is all that returns. Now Marina Singh, Anders`s colleague and once a student of the mighty Dr Swenson, is their last hope. Compelled by the pleas of Anders`s wife, who refuses to accept that her husband is not coming home, Marina leaves the snowy plains of Minnesota...
