He wanted power. Oliver Russell is fated to rise to the pinnacle of power, the office of President of the United States. She wanted revenge. Leslie Stewart is his betrayed fiancee, a woman dedicated to a single purpose—the downfall of Oliver Russell. Amassing her own media empire, marshaling all her forces against him, she stands poised to destroy Russell on the eve of his most dazzling triumph. From Sidney Sheldon, the unchallenged master of bestselling fiction, comes a story of blazing ambitions and thwarted love that enthralls and surprises with every page...
ISBN: 0-446-60408-9
Издательство:
Warner Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
This is a dazzling, white-knuckle debut thriller starring an ex-convict who combines the government conspiracy angle of 24`s Jack Bauer with the action of Lee Child`s Jack Reacher, plus a dash of supernatural suspense.
The motto of the boarding school to which Tommy Bedford is dispatched is Fortune Favours the Brave. It`s 1959 and the school bristles with bullies and sadistic staff. Tommy, a quirky loner, obsessed with cowboys and Indians, needs all the bravery he can summon. Salvation comes when his glamorous actress sister is swept off to Hollywood by one of his heroes, TV cowboy Ray Montane. But with the Cold War looming, the sinister side of Tinseltown seeps through and Tommy and Diane soon find themselves in jeopardy. Forty years on, Tommy has to confront his boyhood ghosts when his own son finds himself charged with murder.
ISBN: 978-0-7515-3921-9
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Michael Adams shares a flat with three other men in their late twenties. Days are spent lying in bed, playing computer games and occasionally doing a bit of work. And then, when he feels like it, he crosses the river and goes back to his unsuspecting wife and children. For Michael is living a double life - he escapes from the exhausting misery of babies by telling his wife he has to work through the night or travel up north. And while she is valiantly coping on her own, he is just a few miles away in a secret flat, doing all the things that most men with small children can only dream about. He thinks he can have it all, until is deception is inevitably "The Best a Man Can Get" is written with the hilarious eye for detail that sent John...
ISBN: 978-0-552-99844-4
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Discover the classics with Looking Glass Library, a series that offers the world`s finest literature, with introductions by some of the foremost writers of today. In eight highly imaginative tales, beloved children`s author E. Nesbit gives us an extraordinary view of how dragons can shape the fates of princes, queens, and ordinary children alike. With an introduction by Newbery Award winner Ruth Stiles Gannett and line illustrations by H. R. Millar from the original 1901 edition, this middle-grade fantasy classic will enchant all ages. From the Hardcover edition.
Rhyme`s cousin has been arrested for murder. The evidence clearly shows he did it, but Rhyme agrees to check things out. It turns out that the cousin along with other people has been wrongly convicted because the true killer knows every single detail about the lives of the victims he kills and the men he sets up to take the fall for those crimes. This allows him to get close to the victims under false pretenses, murder or rape, and escape safely. And then he sets up others to take the fall for his crimes, planting incontrovertible evidence - Rhyme, Sachs and the rest of the team have to find out who at the huge, ominous data mining company is getting access to this information. Meanwhile the villain - known only by a number to us -...
ISBN: 978-0-340-93724-2
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
This summer, 2010, Veronica Henry will bring us THE BEACH HUT. A wonderful novel of linked short stories, each focussing on a gaily painted row of beach huts on the picturesque Woolacoombe beach in Devon. Just as each beach hut has a girl`s name painted above the door, each has its own individual story. Ronnie has spent many summers eavesdropping on what goes on in them. Various comings and goings, the people who hire them, the people who own them, and what goes on in the huts on this beautiful beach over a long, hot, lazy
ISBN: 978-1-4091-1995-1
Издательство:
Orion Books
Дата выхода: январь 2013
Серия книг «Зарубежная классика — читай в оригинале» — это бессмертные произведения великих мастеров пера, написанные ими на их родном языке и наречии. Книги из этой серии помогут читателю углубленно изучать иностранные языки, обогатят его внутренний мир и по-новому откроют произведения известных классиков. Неадаптированное издание на английском языке.
ISBN: 978-5-519-49425-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: май 2016
The bad-tempered ladybird picks fights with every animal it meets, no matter how big or small. But, after a whole day of being bad-tempered, the ladybird realizes that life is much better when you`re in a good mood! In this comical story, Eric Carle explores the concepts of size and time, using his trademark collage style with lots of bold colour and beautiful illustrations.
ISBN: 978-0-14-138350-7
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Brochure design is critical in the world of marketing and graphic design, yet can be challenging to execute successfully. The Big Book of Brochures is an extraordinary visual collection featuring work from top designers around the globe. It offers hundreds of ideas, pages of inspiration, and loads of advice for professional graphic designers and students alike. This book provides ideas on corporate and product literature, annual reports and direct marketing, and new media, providing a wellspring of ideas for designers creating client brochures. It offers recommendations for choosing type, layout, photo treatments, and much more. Covering a variety of styles, from classic to modern, sophisticated to conceptual, The Big Book of Brochures...
ISBN: 978-0-06-089314-9
Издательство:
HarperCollins USA
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
This is the latest instalment in the most famous thriller series of them all. Bourne is back, and this time the stakes are higher than `s enemies are gathering force. Severus Domna, a secret and ancient cabal, has called forth its members from around the globe, with one objective: to vanquish the last person capable of destroying their bid to de-stabilize the world economy - Jason Bourne. But how can they possibly succeed where so many others have failed? By turning Bourne`s most trusted friend into his greatest - and most deadly - enemy. Now Bourne finds himself in a world where friend and foe go hand-in-hand. Bourne`s journey will lead him down a path of brutal murder and destruction - one from which there is no
It`s history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: What really happened in Dad`s Army? How to make a rude noise with a gas mask? Why the blitzed Brits ate chicken-fruit, sinkers and nutty? Discover all the foul facts about the Blitzed Brits - all the gore and more!
ISBN: 978-1-4071-0343-3
Издательство:
Scholastic UK
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
A lyrical and moving tale of a young boy growing up in Africa, and his lifelong friendship with a white lion. All my life I`ll think you you, I promise I will. I won`t ever forget you. Bertie rescues an orphaned white lion cub from the African veld. They are inseparable until Bertie is sent to boarding school far away in England and the lion is sold to a circus. Bertie swears that one day they will see one another again, but it is the butterfly lion which ensures that their friendship will never be forgotten.
ISBN: 978-0-00-675103-8
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: октябрь 2012
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist. He was a celebrity during his lifetime for works like "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and "Treasure Island." Now he is one of the most translated authors in the world. The story of the novel "The Black Arrow" takes place in England during the Wars of the Roses and revolves around young Richard "Dick" Shelton, the son of the Englishman and the pupil of Baron Daniel Brackley. A fascinating series of events will tell how he becomes a knight, rescues his beloved Joanna Sedley, and obtains justice for the murder of his father, Sir Harry Shelton.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07776-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
