Can cuddly Teddy become sexy Eddie - in just three months? Edward Middleton is devastated to be dumped by Jane, his girlfriend of the past ten years. `It`s not me, it`s you`, she tells him. `You`ve let yourself go. So I`m letting you go too.` Determined to get her back, Edward must learn how to make women fancy him again. If he`s to be Jane`s Mr Right, he needs to turn himself into a bit of all right. Edward`s personal self-improvement odyssey from Atkins, Botox and Detox to his lamentable efforts to re-enter the 21st century dating scene make for a truly hilarious read. And on Jane`s return, the truth is finally revealed. Has he managed the transformation from cuddly Teddy to sexy Eddie - and will he be able to win her back? Or has his...
ISBN: 978-0-7434-9552-3
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
A high-class, transcontinental horse-racing junket should be an idyllic getaway for the super-rich. But one passenger on this train is a sociopath, a genius at blackmail and criminal corruption—and he plans to take everyone for everything they`ve got.
ISBN: 978-0-425-20439-9
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Данная книга представляет собой адаптацию повести английской писательницы Эдит Несбит "Заколдованный замок". Эта книга, написанная в жанре фэнтези, рассказывает об удивительных приключениях обычных школьников, в распоряжении которых оказалось волшебное кольцо. Книга написана невероятно легким языком и держит в напряжении читателя на протяжении всего повествования. После каждой главы приводится...
ISBN: 978-5-8112-2698-6
Издательство:
Айрис-пресс
Дата выхода: июль 2008
The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.
ISBN: 0-8125-1181-6
Издательство:
Holtzbrink
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
"The Enchanter" is the Ur-Lolita, the precursor to Nabokov`s classic novel. At once hilarious and chilling, it tells the story of an outwardly respectable man and his fatal obsession with certain pubescent girls, whose coltish grace and subconscious coquetry reveal, to his mind, a special bud on the verge of bloom.
ISBN: 978-0-679-72886-3
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. This book is one of many wonderful historical stories about Brigadier Gerard, an officer in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars, the bravest soldier, and one of the most gallant lovers in France.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07173-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2018
Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard and The Adventures of Gerard are wonderful collections of historical stories about Brigadier Gerard, an officer in the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars, the bravest soldier, and one of the most gallant lovers in France.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08143-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
Ladybird Tales are based on the original best-selling "Well-Loved Tales". These classic stories have been combined with beautiful new illustrations to bring the magic of Ladybird Tales to a new generation. Children have always loved these stories, and reading them together is an experience to treasure.
ISBN: 978-1-4093-1428-8
Издательство:
Ladybird Books
Дата выхода: январь 2013
The eighth book in the epic and bestselling series that has gripped millions.A hero will be forged from this broken land.In the battle for power, there can be only one ruler.The ruler of Mercia is dying, leaving no apparent heir. His wife is a born leader, but no woman has ever ruled over an English kingdom. And she is without her greatest warrior and champion, Uhtred of Bebbanburg.An empty throne leaves the kingdom exposed to rival West Saxons and to the Vikings, who are on a bloody rampage once more.A hero is needed, a hero who has been in battle all his life, who can destroy the double threat to Mercia. A hero who will ultimately decide the fate of a nation…
Etienne Gerard is a hero of the French army, a veteran of the Napoleonic wars, and a vain and boastful teller of tales that star himself and his exploits. This collection of satiric short stories, originally published in The Strand magazine in the 1890s, includes: - "How the Brigadier came to the Castle of Gloom" - "How the Brigadier slew the brothers of Ajaccio" - "How the Brigadier held the King" - "How the King held the Brigadier" - "How the Brigadier took the field against the Marshal Millefleurs" - "How the Brigadier played for a kingdom" - "How the Brigadier won his Medal" - "How the Brigadier was tempted by the Devil" Hard to find in print, these lost comic classics from the creator of Sherlock Holmes will delight fans of pulp...
