In Titans, Simon Sebag Montefiore brings together a vivid and compelling selection of the lives of the towering figures that, for better of for worse, have changed the course of history. The 14th-century Mongol warlord Tamerlane, who once ordered the building of a pyramid of 70,000 human skulls from those that his army had beheaded, rubs shoulders with Oskar Schindler, the man whose selfless heroism saved over 1,000 Jews from death at the hands of the Nazis. Inbetween these two extremes are those extraordinary figures, like Henry VIII, in whom good and evil were mixed promiscuously. Inspiring and horrifying in equal measure, in Titans, Simon Sebag Montefiore has created an engaging, innovative and authoritative window into the history of...
ISBN: 978-1-78087-026-7
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
When Percy Jackson receives a distress call from his friend Grover, he immediately prepares for battle. He knows he'll need his powerful demigod allies, Annabeth and Thalia, at his side; his trusty broze sword Riptide; a ride from his mom. The demigods race to the rescue, to find that Grover has made an important discovery: two new powerful half-bloods whose parentage is unknown. But that's not all that awaits them. The Titan lord, Kronos, has set up his most devious trap yet, and the young heroes have unwittingly fallen prey. Hilarious and action-packed, this third adventure in the series finds Percy faced with his most dangerous challenge so far: the chilling prophecy of the Titan's curse.
ISBN: 978-1-4231-0148-2
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: июль 2011
- A vivid retelling of a major historical catastrophe written in an engaging, narrative style with direct speech and speech bubbles. - Brings to life the gripping story of the "unsinkable" ship and its doomed maiden voyage. - Dramatic illustrations, photos or maps on every page and Internet links to fun websites via the Usborne Quicklinks Website. - Usborne Young Reading has been developed in consultation with Alison Kelly, Senior Lecturer at Roehampton University. - Young Reading Series 3 is for readers who want to tackle longer stories.
ISBN: 978-0-7460-6831-1
Издательство:
Usborne
Дата выхода: август 2011
From the co-creator of the bestselling Spiderwick Chronicles comes this unique gothic fantasy. "Tripping the dark fantastic with newcomer Holly Black means pixie dust may well include blood spatter, sharp thorns, and bits of broken glass." "Publishers Weekly" starred review.
ISBN: 978-0-689-86704-0
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: май 2008
Witty Italian art-history crime series featuring English dealer Jonathan Argyll, from the author of the best-selling literary masterpiece, `An Instance of the Fingerpost`. Membership of the prestigious Titian Committee is normally considered a high honour. Normally, that is, until two of its members end up dead and someone seems to be taking the idea of backstabbing a little too far. Flavia de Stefano of Rome`s Art Theft Squad is sent to find out why. She calls upon the help of dealer Jonathan Argyll, in Venice to buy a picture from the Marchesa di Mulino. But the sudden theft of the Marchesa`s collection sets Flavia and Jonathan on a tortuous trail to uncover the truth. A further death threatens the very survival of the Committee...
ISBN: 978-0-00-722918-5
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: июль 2011
From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a fresh new edition of two of Shakespeare`s classical plays. This book includes: - Illuminating introductions to Titus Andronicus and Timon of Athens by award-winning scholar Jonathan Bate; - The two plays - with clear explanatory notes on each page; - Helpful scene-by-scene analyses and key facts about both plays; - An introduction to Shakespeare`s career and the Elizabethan theatre; - Rich explorations of approaches to staging both plays featuring photographs of key productions of each. The most enjoyable way to understand a Shakespeare play is to see it or participate in it. This book presents a historical overview of two of Shakespeare`s classical plays Titus Andronicus and Timon of Athens in...
Why did the solitary girl leave her rented house on the French Riviera only for short walks at night? Why was she so frightened? Why did animals shrink away from her? The girl herself didn’t know, and was certainly not aware of the terrible appointment which had been made for her long ago and was now drawing close. Molly Fountain, the tough-minded Englishwoman living next door, was determined to find the answer. She sent for a wartime secret service colleague to come and help. What they discovered was horrifying beyond anything they could have imagined. Dennis Wheatley returned in this book to his black magic theme which he had made so much his own with his famous best seller "The Devil Rides Out". In the cumulative shock of its...
ISBN: 978-1-84022-544-0
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: август 2011
The historical fiction debut from former soldier, BBC defence correspondent and MP, Patrick Mercer, is a thrilling military action set during the Crimean War. 1854. War is imminent as the Western powers quarrel with Russia over fragments of the crumbling Ottoman empire. Wanting to prove himself to a father who will not let him forget about his own self-proclaimed military glories, Officer Tony Morgan is keen to set sail. Meanwhile, the Morgan`s chambermaid, Mary, whom Tony loves but cannot marry, has wedded another officer in his company and will be accompanying the regiment to the front as a nurse. Arriving at Sebastapol in the Crimea, the company`s first engagement with the Russians fill the company with a short-lived confidence....
ISBN: 978-0-00-730280-2
Издательство:
Collins
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Эрнест Миллер Хемингуэй (1899-1961) - один из самых ярких американских писателей XX века. Роман "Иметь и не иметь" (1937) повествует о жизни американского рыбака Гарри Морагана, которого обстоятельства вынуждают совершать отчаянные поступки и идти на преступления. За повествованием о жизни отдельного человека встает широкая панорама американского общества середины 30-х годов прошлого века. Неадаптированный...
ISBN: 5-89815-811-1
Издательство:
Каро
Дата выхода: октябрь 2007
Harry Morgan was hard, the classic Hemingway hero. He had to be hard - rum-running, gun-running and man-running from Cuba to the Florida Keys in the Depression. He ran risks, too, from stray coastguard bullets and sudden double-crosses, but it was the only way he could survive. "This active, passionate life on the verge of the tropics is perfect material for the Hemingway style, and the reader carries away from the book a sense of freshness and exhilaration; trade winds, southern cities and warm seas all admirably described by the instrument of precision with which he writes." New Statesman
ISBN: 0-09-990900-6
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Dante Valentine has been through Hell. Literally. Her body shattered and her mind not far behind, she`s dumped back into her own world to survive - or not - as a pawn in one of Lucifer`s endless games. Unfortunately, he`s just messed with the wrong Necromance. And this time she`s mad enough to do something about it. This time, the Devil will pay.
April 2nd 1879. St Petersburg. A shot rings out in Palace Square. The Tsar is unhurt, but badly shaken. Cossack guards tackle the would-be assassin to the ground. And in the melee no one notices a pretty dark haired young woman in a heavy coat walk purposefully away from the scene. Russia is alive with revolutionaries and this is just one of many assassination attempts on the unpopular Tsar Alexander II. For Dr Frederick Hadfield, part of the Anglo-Russian establishment with a medical practice dependent on the patronage of the nobility, politics is a distraction. But when he meets the passionate idealist Anna Petrovna, he finds himself drawn in to living a dangerous double Set in a world of stark contrasts, from glittering ballrooms to...
ISBN: 978-0-7195-2411-0
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
