Some of Agatha Christie`s earliest stories - including her very first - which show the Queen of Crime in the making...A macabre recurring dream ... revenge against a blackmailer ... jealousy, infidelity and a tortured conscience ... a stolen gemstone ... the haunting attraction of an ancient relic ... a race against time ... a tragic love triangle ... a body in a box ... an unexpected visitor from beyond the grave...Nine quintessential examples of Agatha Christie`s brilliance are contained in this new collection of early short stories - including the very first one she ever wrote - and provide a unique glimpse of the Queen of Crime in the making.
ISBN: 9780008196462
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: январь 2020
Perhaps it`s best to live with the possibility that around any corner, at any time, may come the person who reminds you of your own capacity to surprise yourself, to put at risk everything that`s dear to you Thirty years ago Jo Becker`s bohemian life ended when she found her best friend brutally murdered. Now Jo has everything: work she loves, a devoted husband, three grown daughters and a beautiful home. But when an old friend settles in her small town, the fabric of Jo`s life begins to unravel, as she enters a relationship that returns her to the darkest moments of her past, imperilling all that she loves.
ISBN: 978-0-7475-9926-5
Издательство:
Bloomsbury
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Some of Agatha Christie`s earliest stories - including her very first - which show the Queen of Crime in the A macabre recurring revenge against a jealousy, infidelity and a tortured a stolen the haunting attraction of an ancient a race against a tragic love a body in a an unexpected visitor from beyond the Nine quintessential examples of Agatha Christie`s brilliance are contained in this new collection of early short stories - including the very first one she ever wrote - and provide a unique glimpse of the Queen of Crime in the making.
ISBN: 978-0-00-715485-2
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
Neeve Kearny may be the only person in New York worried about the death of Ethel Lambston. When Ethel, a bestselling author famous for her juicy exposes, is found with her throat cut, Neeve`s memories of her mother`s long-unsolved murder come to life. As an innocent witness in the Lambstone investigation, Neeve is drawn into a sinister labyrinth of greed and ambition.
There are two worlds in racing. Winning and losing. Private detective Sid Halley has gone from one to the other - fast. First his career as a jockey ended when he lost his hand in a fall. Then his wife said a cold good-bye. Now he`s on the trail of thugs who crush losers. With vicious pleasure. These are people who aim to win - at any price. There`s a syndicate of owners with a sideline in violent kidnapping. And Trevor Deansgate, a bookmaker whose hatred of favourites goes one deathly step too For the sake of his health, Halley had better return to winning ways. Because to lose is to
О. Генри - один из самых известных классиков американской литературы, признанный мастер короткой прозы. Его произведениям свойственны тонкий юмор, неожиданные развязки и яркие персонажи. В этот прекрасный сборник включены такие необычные и душевные произведения автора, как "Коловращение", "Вождь краснокожих", "Дороги, которые мы выбираем", "Бесценный доллар" и многие другие. Читайте зарубежную литературу в...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05356-8
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2017
In TunFaire, a city of gorgeous women, powerful sorcerers and dangerous magic, the beautiful, criminally insane daughter of a comatose crime boss has some lascivious designs on private investigator Garrett-who now has to figure out why everyone is suddenly after him.
ISBN: 978-0-451-45974-9
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Drawing on a huge range of sources - letters, memoirs, conversations - Orlando Figes tells the story of how Russians tried to endure life under Stalin. Those who shaped the political system became, very frequently, its victims. Those who were its victims were frequently quite blameless. The Whisperers recreates the sort of maze in which Russians found themselves, where an unwitting wrong turn could either destroy a family or, perversely, later save it: a society in which everyone spoke in whispers - whether to protect themselves, their families, neighbours or friends - or to inform on them.
ISBN: 978-0-14-101351-0
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Charlie Parker returns in the chilling new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author of THE LOVERS. The border between Maine and Canada is porous. Anything can be smuggled across it: drugs, cash, weapons, people. Now a group of disenchanted former soldiers has begun its own smuggling operation, and what is being moved is infinitely stranger and more terrifying than anyone can imagine. Anyone, that is, except private detective Charlie Parker, who has his own intimate knowledge of the darkness in men`s hearts. But the soldiers` actions have attracted the attention of the reclusive Herod, a man with a taste for the strange. And where Herod goes, so too does the shadowy figure that he calls the Captain. To defeat them, Parker must...
ISBN: 978-1-4447-1118-9
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: июль 2011
The GREEN APPLE series is composed of illustrated graded readers. The readers are graded into three levels - Starter, Step 1 and Step 2 - according to structural and lexical criteria, as well as by choice of subject matter. Features: • introduction about the author and his/her times • wide variety of interesting activities to promote understanding of the text, as well as all four language skills, lexis and sociocultural awareness and knowledge • activities in the style of the Cambridge ESOL and Trinity exams • informative and fascinating cross-curricular dossiers, which explore the historical and cultural background of the text • a recording on CD of the text in British or American English, with extra listening activities •...
ISBN: 978885300-399-7
Издательство:
CIDEB
Дата выхода: июль 2011
One of the most talked about fictional debuts of recent years. White Teeth is a funny, generous, big-hearted novel, adored by critics and readers alike. Dealing - among many other things - with friendship, love, war, three cultures and three families over three generations, one brown mouse, and the tricky way the past has of coming back and biting you on the ankle, it is a life-affirming, riotous must-read of a book. Формат: 11 см х 18 см.
ISBN: 978-0-14-029778-2
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
When a new highway threatens to bypass the town of Rossmore and cut through Whitethorn Woods, it will also destroy St. Ann`s well, where people have been coming for generations to share their dreams and speak their prayers. Some believe the well to be a place of true spiritual power, demanding protection; others think it`s a mere magnet for superstitions, easily sacrificed. Maeve Binchy creates a rich spectrum of men and women, all with passionate opinions, who are drawn into this timely conflict between the traditions of the past and the promises of the future.
ISBN: 978-0-307-27841-8
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: апрель 2012
Help your students read their way to better English with this new edition of the world`s best graded readers - now with a new range of World Stories, fully revised Factfiles, more audio, and new tests. The new edition includes the original Bookworms stories, plus the Starters, Playscripts and Factfiles, making it easy for you to see the full choice of books at each Stage. The highly acclaimed seven-stage system of grading, from Starter to Stage 6, remains the same, helping you to find the right level for all your students. Sarah Harland is nineteen, and she is in prison. At the airport, they find heroin in her bag. So, now she is waiting to go to court. If the court decides that it was her heroin, then she must die. She says she did not...
ISBN: 978-0-194-78923-3
Издательство:
Oxford University Press
Дата выхода: июль 2011
