A shipwreck; a deserted island; a single family, wondering if they can survive. Rich in suspense and surprises, "The Swiss Family Robinson" entices young readers to come along on a wonderful adventure, where each moment brings a new thrill. Featuring amazingly resourceful characters and a wondrous landscape bursting with exotic wildlife and plants, it`s an irresistible tale of ingenuity. Abridged for easier reading and carefully rewritten, with "Classic Starts[trademark]", young readers can experience the wonder of timeless stories from an early age. Abridged for easier reading and carefully rewritten, this title is filled with all the magic that made the original story a beloved favourite. The audio CD enables young readers to listen to...
ISBN: 978-1-4027-7357-0
Издательство:
Sterling USD
Дата выхода: август 2011
Four stories of seduction and suspense from the pen of the master magician, each with a wicked sting in the tail ... "The Visitor" and "Bitch" are extracts from the diaries of the notorious Oswald Hendryks Cornelius, hedonist beyond compare. Uncle Oswald`s exploits are as extraordinary as they are scandalous, as these two tales of sex and intrigue confirm in vivid and hilarious detail. The delicious thrill of sexual expectation - and its sometimes maddening effects - are explored in "The Great Switcheroo" and "The Last Act"; here the power of desire is a double-edged sword, both pleasurable and potentially catastrophic. Lust, triumph, the galling deflation of defeat: Roald Dahl captures it all in these superbly taut black comedies of...
ISBN: 978-0-14-004179-8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Topping and tailing this collection are The Visitor and Bitch, stories featuring Dahl`s notorious hedonist Oswald Hendryks Cornelius (or plain old Uncle Oswald) whose exploits are frequently as extraordinary as they are scandalous. In the middle, meanwhile, are The Great Switcheroo and The Last Act , two stories exploring a darker side of desire and pleasure. In the black comedies of Switch Bitch, Roald Dahl brilliantly captures the ins and outs, highs and lows of sex.
ISBN: 978-0-241-95572-7
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июль 2012
Olivia Abbott is a cheerleader - pretty clothes, pretty hair and pretty perfect. Ivy Vega is definitely not the cheerleading type - black clothes, black eyeliner, pale skin. In fact she seems the exact opposite of Olivia - or she would be if she wasn`t her twin! Meeting for the first time since being separated at birth, Olivia is about to discover that her long lost sister may just have some skeletons in her closet. But that won`t put her off getting to know Ivy. After all, blood is thicker than water - and it`s certainly tastier! Combines the excitement of finding a long-lost sister with a hair-raising twist. Sink your teeth into Olivia and Ivy`s fright-time adventure.
ISBN: 978-1-4052-4086-4
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: июль 2011
At forty, Sylvie Schiffer has everything: a gorgeous house, two perfect children, a successful husband with a lucrative business. Everything but what she wants most: passion and romance. With the twins off to college, Sylvie thinks her marriage is about to bloom, until she discovers that her husband, Bob, is already seeding the garden-with a woman named Marla! When Sylvie confronts Marla, she gets the shock--and inspiration-of her life. Except for ten years and fifteen pounds, she and Marla could be twins. But all is not bliss even for Marla. Though she has the best of love--romantic presents, hot sex, candlelit dinners-she lacks the one thing she wants most: a husband of her own. Going beyond revenge, Sylvie hatches a brilliant,...
ISBN: 0-06-109765-9
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Bursting with heroic battle scenes and eloquent storytelling, The Sword of Attila recounts what some historians have called the most important battle in all history. Once again, Ford has created a remarkable work of vibrant history and riveting fiction. The fate of Europe hangs in the balance during one of the most pivotal battles in all history. Only one man has the power, wealth, and authority to halt the barbarian tides sweeping over the Roman world but to save the empire, he must overcome the Sword of Attila.
ISBN: 978-0-312-93915-1
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
An oath of loyalty.Two warring kings.A destiny he didn’t choose…England is in turmoil as Vikings and Saxons battle for territory. Rumours build about the fatal sickness of the King, and the country awaits an heir.A violent clash at sea forces the warrior lord Uhtred to lead his men from his Northumbrian fortress to London and plunge into the eye of the storm. For two kings claim the empty throne, and a new kingdom cannot be born without bloodshed.Uhtred’s sword will leave one king dead and the other victorious. But sometimes it is hard to know the will of the gods…
From its first arrival in Britain with the Norman forces of William the Conqueror, violence and revenge are the cursed sword`s constant companions. From an election-rigging scandal in 13th century Venice to the battlefield of Poitiers in 1356, as the Sword of Shame passes from owner to owner in this compelling collection of interlinked mysteries, it brings nothing but bad luck and disgrace to all who possess it.
ISBN: 978-1-4165-2190-7
Издательство:
Pocket Books
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Tunnelling deep under one of the most holy cities in the world, an ambitious young archaeologist slowly works her way towards an unthinkable goal. Somewhere ahead is a chamber containing the collected fragments of an ancient scripture, a find of unimaginable significance. Meanwhile, halfway around the world, a covert military bunker holds a macabre secret. An elite special-forces officer seems to have been brutally murdered – but how, and more disturbingly, why? Any hope of solving the mystery rests on the grisly clues that remain. As the race to uncover the truth begins, a plot unfolds that could burn all of civilization in the fires of holy Armageddon.
ISBN: 978-0-14-103443-0
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июль 2011
The fourth in the bestselling Alfred series from number one historical novelist, Bernard Cornwell. The year is 885, and England is at peace, divided between the Danish kingdom to the north and Alfred`s kingdom of Wessex in the south. But trouble stirs, a dead man has risen and new Vikings have arrived to occupy London. It is a dangerous time, and it falls to Uhtred, half Saxon, half Dane, a man feared and respected the length and breadth of Britain, to expel the Viking raiders and take control of London for Alfred. His uncertain loyalties must now decide England`s future. A gripping tale of love, rivalry and violence, Sword Song tells the story of England`s making.
ISBN: 978-0-00-721973-5
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Jake Brigance has never met Seth Hubbard, or even heard of him, until the old man`s suicide note names him attorney for his estate. The will is dynamite. Seth has left ninety per cent of his vast, secret fortune to his housemaid. The vultures are circling even before the body is cold: the only subject more incendiary than money in Ford County is race, and this case has both. AS the relatives contest the will, and unscrupulous lawyers hasten to benefit, Jake searches for answers to the many questions left by Seth Hubbard`s death: What made him write that last-minute will leaving everything to a poor black woman named Lettie Lang? Why did he choose to kill himself on the desolate piece of land known as Sycamore Row? And what was it that...
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell was an English novelist, biographer, and short story writer. Sylvia`s Lovers is set in the period of French Revolutionary Wars, in the remote whaling-port of Monkshaven where the sea dominates the lives of the inhabitants. This is a story of a young woman caught between the attractions of two very different men. One of them is a whaling harpooner named Charley Kinraid, whose charm and vivacity have captured the heart of Sylvia Robson. However, Sylvia`s devoted cousin, Philip Hepburn, hopes to marry her himself.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07716-8
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
In what may be her most unsettling novel to date, Grafton`s "T Is for Trespass" is also her most direct confrontation with the forces of evil. Beginning with the day-to-day life of a private eye, Grafton suddenly shifts from the voice of Kinsey Millhone to that of Solana Rojas, introducing readers to a chilling sociopath.
ISBN: 978-0-425-22484-7
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июль 2011
