When Therese Raquin marries her sickly cousin Camille, her future looks as if it will be both dull and loveless. This all changes, however, with the arrival of Camille`s friend Laurent. Laurent and Therese soon begin a love affair, an affair so passionate it can only result in tragedy.
ISBN: 978-0-230-03533-1
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Seff off on the road to reading with a host of crazy crackpot creatures, from wockets in pockets to waskets in basckets. By combining the funiest stories, craziest creatures and zaniest pictures with his unique blend of rhyme, rhythm and repetition, Dr Seuss helps children of all ages enjoy learning to read.
ISBN: 978-0-00-716995-5
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
Sandy Shortt has been obsessed about where missing things - and people - end up ever since the disappearance of a childhood friend twenty years ago. It has even motivated her to become a private investigator, attempting to track down missing loved ones and giving devastated families hope. So when she finds herself one of the missing people, stuck in a strange place with people who vanished into thin air years ago, she wonders if she has found the answer to one of life`s greatest mysteries. But if she has, will she be able to return to life as she knows it? If Jack Ruttle, her latest client and mystified by her own disappearance, has anything to do with it she
One of the most beloved romantic heroes in all of literature, Fitzwilliam Darcy remains an enigma even to Jane Austen`s most devoted fans. No longer. With this concluding volume in the "Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman" trilogy, novelist and Austen aficionada Pamela Aidan at last gives readers the man in full. "These Three Remain" follows a humbled Darcy on the journey of self-discovery, after Elizabeth Bennet`s rejection of his marriage proposal, in which he endeavors to grow into the kind of gentleman he desires to become. Happily, a chance meeting with Elizabeth during a tour of his estate in Derbyshire offers Darcy a new opportunity to press his suit, but his newfound strengths are put to the test by an old nemesis, George Wickham....
Издание полностью на английском языке.Miss Marple senses clanger when she visits a friend living in Stoneygates, a rehabilitation centre for delinquents. Her fears are confirmed when someone shoots at the administrator. Though he is not injured, a mysterious visitor is less fortunate - shot dead simultaneously in another part of the building.Pure coincidence? Miss Marple thinks not, and must use all her cunning to solve the riddle of the stranger`s visit... and his murder.
ISBN: 9780008196561
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: январь 2020
"Встреча в Багдаде" - одна из шпионских историй Агаты Кристи повествует о том, как уволенная с работы стенографистка разоблачает политических заговорщиков.
ISBN: 978-5-94962-149-3
Издательство:
Антология
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2009
Издание полностью на английском языке. Miss Marple senses clanger when she visits a friend living in Stoneygates, a rehabilitation centre for delinquents. Her fears are confirmed when someone shoots at the administrator. Though he is not injured, a mysterious visitor is less fortunate - shot dead simultaneously in another part of the building. Pure coincidence? Miss Marple thinks not, and must use all her cunning to solve the riddle of the stranger's and his murder.
ISBN: 978-0-00-712087-1
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Baghdad is holding a secret superpower summit, but the word is out, and an underground organisation in the Middle East is plotting to sabotage the talks. Into this explosive situation appears Victoria Jones, a girl with a yearning for adventure who gets more than she bargains for when a wounded spy dies in her hotel room. The only man who can save the summit is dead. Can Victoria make sense of his dying words: "... Lefarge…" Формат: 11 см x 17,5 см.
ISBN: 978-0-00-715493-7
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
A new tie-in edition of one of Agatha Christie`s most well-loved Marple mysteries, published to coincide with major ITV series starring Julia McKenzie as Miss Marple. Miss Marple senses danger when she visits a friend living in a Victorian mansion which doubles as a rehabilitiation centre for delinquents. Her fears are confirmed when a youth fires a revolver at the administrator, Lewis Serrocold. Neither is injured. But a mysterious visitor, Mr Gilbrandsen, is less fortunate - shot dead simultaneously in another part of the building. Pure coincidence? Miss Marple thinks not, and vows to discover the real reason for Mr Gilbrandsen`s visit.
ISBN: 978-0-00-731089-0
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Women have participated in war throughout history, but their experience in Russia during the First World War was truly exceptional. Between the war`s beginning and the October Revolution of 1917, approximately 6,000 women answered their country`s call. These courageous women became media stars throughout Europe and America, but were brushed aside by Soviet chroniclers and until now have been largely neglected by history. Laurie Stoff draws on deep archival research into previously unplumbed material, including many first-person accounts, to examine the roots, motivations, and legacy of these women. She reveals that Russia was the only nation in World War I that systematically employed women in the military, marking the first time that a...
Victoria Jones has an adventurous streak, and connects with Edward, a handsome and mysterious traveler. However, no whirlwind affair can prepare Victoria for what happens in Baghdad. She witnesses the murder of a secret agent in her hotel room. And when she discovers a rival for Edward`s affection arranged for her kidnapping, Victoria fears her impetuous nature could be the death of her.
ISBN: 978-0-312-98164-8
Издательство:
Macmillan USA
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Thidwick the big-hearted moose is happy his antlers can be of some use to a menagerie of animals who move in and make themselves at home. A host has to put up with all kinds of pests. For a host, above all, must be kind to his guests. With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr. Suess has been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat, and ranked among the UK`s top ten favourite children`s authors, Dr. Seuss is a global best-seller, with nearly half a billion books sold worldwide. As part of a major rebrand programme, HarperCollins is relaunching Dr. Seuss`s best-selling books. In response to consumer demand,...
ISBN: 978-0-00-717517-8
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: август 2011
From the author of End in Tears comes a chilling thriller for "Quick Reads" — books for emergent readers, published as part of the UK’s World Book Day Adult Literacy Initiative 2006. What you do in childhood may come back to haunt you. Stealing things from people who had upset her was something Polly did quite a lot. There was her Aunt Pauline; a girl at school; a boyfriend who left. And there was the man on the plane… Humiliated and scared by a total stranger Polly does what she always does. She steals something. But she never could have imagined that her desire for revenge would have such terrifying results.
ISBN: 978-0-09-950226-5
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Time is a resource. Everyone knows it has to be managed. And on the Discworld that is the job of the Monks of History, who store it and pump it from the places where it`s wasted (like the underwater - how much time does a codfish need?) to places like cities, where there`s never enough time. But the construction of the world`s first truly accurate clock starts a race against, well, time for Lu Tze and his apprentice Lobsang Ludd. Because it will stop time. And that will only be the start of everyone`s problems. Thief Of Time comes complete with a full supporting cast of heroes, villains, yetis, martial artists and Ronnie, the fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse (who left before they became famous).
ISBN: 0-552-14840-7
Издательство:
Corgi Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
