The Gingerbreadman - psychopath, sadist, convicted murderer and cake/biscuit - is loose on the streets of Reading. It isn`t Jack Spratt`s case. Despite the success of the Humpty Dumpty investigation, the well publicised failure to prevent Red Riding-Hood and her Gran being eaten once again plunges the Nursery Crime Division into controversy. Enforced non-involvement with the Gingerbreadman hunt looks to be frustrating until a chance encounter at the oddly familiar Deja-Vu Club leads them onto the hunt for missing journalist Henrietta `Goldy` Hatchett, star reporter for The Daily Toad. The last witnesses to see her alive were The Three Bears, comfortably living out a life of rural solitude in Andersen`s wood. But all is not what it seems....
ISBN: 978-0-340-83573-9
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Джон Голсуорси - признанный английский писатель XIX века, лауреат Нобелевской премии по литературе. «Сага о Форсайтах» - одно из самых известных произведений автора, которое заслуженно принесло ему Нобелевскую премию. Воздушный роман-сага представляет собой портрет английского общества на стыке веков, а история целой семьи на протяжении многих лет оставит неизгладимый след в душе каждого читателя....
ISBN: 978-5-521-05454-1
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2017
О. Henry is the pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter. He wrote 381 short while living there. He wrote a story a week for over a year for the New York World Sunday Magazine. The Four Million is the second collection of short stories by 0. Henry that was published in 1906. The title refers to the population of New York City at that time and is where all the stories are based.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06158-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
Continuing the story begun in The Hobbit, this is the first part of Tolkien’s epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, featuring an exclusive cover image from the film, the definitive text, and a detailed map of Middle-earth. Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power – the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring – the ring that rules them all – which has fallen into the hands of the hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the...
Книга полностью на английском языке. It's 1922 and Fleur Forsyte is now married to Michael Mont. Fleur throws herself into the roaring 20s with the rest of London, taking life as it comes. But the marriage is haunted by the ghost of a past love affair, and however vibrant Fleur appears, those closest to her sense her unhappiness. Michael, devoted to Fleur but not blind to her faults, is determined to stand by her through anything. He also finds himself caught up in the tragic and poignant story of a young couple struggling for survival in an age of unemployment and extreme poverty.
ISBN: 978-0-7553-4088-0
Издательство:
Headline Publ.
Дата выхода: январь 2013
Gabby looked at the woman she had hated nearly all her life. Then she sat down on the ladder-backed chair, put her face into her bloodied hands and cried. To the outside world, Cynthia Tailor is a woman to envy; she has a devoted husband, a lovely home and two gorgeous children. But Cynthia is deeply unhappy with her lot; she has always craved the best things in life, and is determined to see that she gets them. Cynthia will let nothing stand in her way, even if it means devastation and tragedy for those nearest to her. And the casualties are many: her husband Jimmy, weak and unable to fight the wife he can never please; her sister Celeste, from whom Cynthia steals her most precious possession; and her parents, Mary and Jack, who pick...
ISBN: 978-0-7553-7555-4
Издательство:
Headline Publ.
Дата выхода: январь 2013
"The Football Factory" is on one level the most authentic book you`re likely to read about the culture surrounding a group of Chelsea "football hooligans", but it is much more than that. Mixed in with graphic descriptions of gang violence are wonderful vignettes about laundry women, old men, small children and warehouse dreamers. In short, a spicy (and very funny) slice of inner-city London life." Mark Piggot Формат: 11 см х 18 см.
ISBN: 978-0-09-947462-3
Издательство:
Vintage Classics
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
A lost child: On the eve of the First World War, a little girl is found abandoned on a ship to Australia. A mysterious woman called the Authoress had promised to look after her - but has disappeared without a trace. A terrible secret: On the night of her twenty-first birthday, Nell Andrews learns a secret that will change her life forever. Decades later, she embarks upon a search for the truth that leads her to the windswept Cornish coast and the strange and beautiful Blackhurst Manor, once owned by the aristocratic Mountrachet family. A mysterious inheritance: On Nell`s death, her granddaughter, Cassandra, comes into an unexpected inheritance. Cliff Cottage and its forgotten garden are notorious amongst the Cornish locals for the...
ISBN: 978-0-330-44960-1
Издательство:
Picador
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
The Family is the belated fruit of Mario Puzo`s life-long obsession with the Borgias, whom the creator of Don Corleone saw as just another family whose family business happened to involve killing people. He never got round to writing the book until his last months, when he was old and tired and made some unfortunate artistic decisions. This is the sort of old-fashioned historical novel in which the likes of Machiavelli, Da Vinci and Savonarola make momentary walks-on and in which people regularly spend half a page explaining international politics to each other--nonetheless, much of it has an intensity that compels in spite of the stiltedness of much of the dialogue. Puzo and his editor feel that the interesting story is how Rodrigo...
ISBN: 0-09-946474-8
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004
When Patricia Cornwell introduced the quicksilver, cut-to-the-bone style and extraordinary cast of characters of At Risk, the result was electrifying. Now America`s number one bestselling crime writer returns with an audacious new
ISBN: 978-0-425-22475-5
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Meet the Diamond Brothers, the world`s worst private-detective agency, in this Chandler-esque spoof from the creator of the Alex Rider series. When a dwarf comes into the office and leaves a package, Tim Diamond, the world`s worst private-detective, is faced with his toughest case yet. The office is ransacked and the package is found to contain simply a box of Maltesers. Who was the and why was he murdered shortly after his visit? The Diamond Brothers` exposure is at an all-time high with brand-new covers for the entire series. Part of the Diamond Brothers series that also includes The Four of Diamonds (four novellas in one book), Public Enemy Number Two and South by South East.
Sam Vimes is a man on the run. Yesterday he was a duke, a chief of police and the ambassador to the mysterious, fat-rich country of Uberwald. Now, he has nothing but his native wit and the gloomy trousers of Uncle Vanya (don`t ask). It`s snowing. It`s freezing. And if he can`t make it through the forest to civilization there`s going to be a terrible war. But there are monsters on his trail. They`re bright. They`re fast. They`re werewolves - and they`re catching up. Sam Vimes is out of time, out of luck and already out of breath.
ISBN: 978-0-552-15422-2
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: январь 2013
Джон Голсуорси - признанный английский писатель XIX века, лауреат Нобелевской премии по литературе. «Сага о Форсайтах» - одно из самых известных произведений автора, которое заслуженно принесло ему Нобелевскую премию. Воздушный роман-сага представляет собой портрет английского общества на стыке веков, а история целой семьи на протяжении многих лет оставит неизгладимый след в душе каждого читателя....
ISBN: 978-5-521-05457-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2017
