Lucy stole her friend Rose`s `happily ever after` because she wanted Rose`s husband, Peter, and Lucy always gets what she wants. Big mistake. Rose was the ideal wife and is the ideal mother; Lucy was the perfect mistress. Connie
ISBN: 978-0-14-102478-3
Издательство:
Книжный мир
Дата выхода: май 2012
Young Genius is a bright little boy who escorts children through the pages of this amusing and instructive color-illustrated book. Children share Young Genius’s knowledge about their bones when they find the answers to these and other questions: What would you look like if you didn’t have any bones? Where is the longest bone in the body? Which foods are best for making bones strong? "Young Genius" books explain different parts of the human body to children, showing and telling kids how each part works. In each book, Young Genius also talks about nourishing foods to help keep those body parts in great condition, and he asks questions that will prompt boys and girls to giggle—but also to get a clearer understanding of how their...
ISBN: 978-0-7641-3669-6
Издательство:
Barron`s Educational Series, ins
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Addictive, scandalous and glamorous new fiction series for sophisticated teens. London socialites Alice Rochester and Natalya Abbot are glamorous, sexy, spoilt and only sixteen. When they`re not at their prestigious private school, St. Cecilias, just outside London (where they rub shoulders with the children of Europe`s elite), they can be found partying in London`s private members clubs or jetting off to the most sophisticated European cities. Alice and Tally have ruled, undisputed, at the top of St. Cecilias` social hierarchy since their arrival at the school three years ago. But now trouble is brewing; friendships with boys are getting complicated and sparking jealousies between the girls, and, to make matters worse, a thoroughly...
ISBN: 978-0-7553-4585-4
Издательство:
Headline Publ.
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Using a sharply realistic and humorous style, Bulgakov reveals his doubts about his own competence and the immense burden of responsibility, as he deals with a superstitious and poorly educated people struggling to enter the modern age. This acclaimed collection represents some of Bulgakov`s most personal and insightful observations on youth, isolation and progress.
ISBN: 978-1-84749-177-0
Издательство:
Alma Books
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
What makes a Stalin? Was he illegitimate? Was Stalin a Tsarist agent or Lenin's chief gangster? Was he to blame for his wife's death? And when did the killing start? Born in poverty, scarred by his upbringing, exceptional in his studies, this charismatic but dangerous boy was hailed as a romantic poet and trained as a priest but found his mission as a fanatical revolutionary. He became the mastermind of bank robberies, protection rackets, arson and murder. Surprisingly, he is also revealed as a scandalously prolific lover, leaving a trail of mistresses and illegitimate children. This is the story of how Stalin became Stalin.
ISBN: 978-0-7538-2379-8
Издательство:
Орион
Дата выхода: август 2010
August 1611: Jack Fletcher is shipwrecked off the coast of Japan - his beloved father and the crew lie slaughtered by ninja pirates. Rescued by the legendary sword master Masamoto Takeshi, Jack`s only hope is to become a samurai warrior. And so his training begins. But life at the samurai school is a constant fight for survival. Even with his friend Akiko by his side, Jack is singled out by bullies and treated as an outcast. With courage in his heart and his sword held high, can Jack prove himself and face his deadliest rival yet?
ISBN: 978-0-14-132430-2
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
The year is 1868, and Sherlock Holmes is fourteen. He has witnessed his first murder and travelled to America to unravel a deadly mystery, but now he faces his most dangerous mission yet. Mycroft, Sherlock`s older brother, has suddenly vanished. Sherlock discovers that he has headed to Russia and has no choice but to follow him, across the freezing Baltic Sea, into strange territory and to face an unknown but will he arrive too late to save his brother? Young Sherlock Holmes is a series of novels in which the iconic detective is reimagined as a brilliant, troubled and engaging teenager - creating unputdownable detective adventures that remain true to the spirit of the original books.
ISBN: 978-0-330-51200-8
Издательство:
Picador
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Half term may be over but the chaos has just begun. Mr Logan has run off and eloped with Miss Sharkreve leaving the Lower Sixth with a new housemistress - the tyrannical, catty Mrs Dicks. And with the rules getting tighter at St Cecilia`s the students are getting way more creative in finding ways to break them - especially as they`re all feeling a bit frisky. Tally, broken hearted and on the rebound, sets her sights on safe bet Rando, while Alice and Tristan decide to take their relationship to the next level. Things between Dylan and Jasper are seriously heating up - could she finally have found a guy who won`t disappoint her? As tensions reach an explosive high, a pool party at Rando`s country estate should be just the thing to cool...
ISBN: 978-0-7553-4589-2
Издательство:
Headline Publ.
Дата выхода: август 2011
The Young Hornblower - a truly formidable force in His Majesty`s Service. The seventeen-year-old Hornblower became notorious as soon as he stepped on board ship - as the midshipman who was seasick in Spithead. But he was soon to gain his sea legs. Amid battle, action and adventure he proves himself time and time again - courageous in danger, resourceful in moments of difficulty and decisive in times of trouble. The reader stands right beside him as he prepares to fight his first duel, feels the heat as he battles to control a blazing ship and shares his horror as he experiences for the first time the panic of the Plague. This omnibus edition contains: "Mr Midshipman Hornblower", "Lieutenant Hornblower", and "Hornblower and the Hotspur".
ISBN: 978-0-14-027173-7
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
Young Genius is a bright little boy who escorts children through the pages of this amusing and instructive color-illustrated book. Kids will discover answers to many interesting questions about their brains. For example: How can you look at your brain without taking it out of your head? Where do headaches come from? What is imagination? Does having a big brain make you more clever? Young Genius books explain different parts of the human body to children, showing and telling kids how each part works. In each book, Young Genius also talks about nourishing foods to help keep those body parts in great condition, and he asks questions that will prompt boys and girls to giggle but also to get a clearer understanding of how their bodies...
ISBN: 978-0-7641-3670-2
Издательство:
Barron`s Educational Series, ins
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The year is 1868, and Sherlock Holmes is fourteen. His life is that of a perfectly ordinary army officer`s son: boarding school, good manners, a classical education - the backbone of the British Empire. But all that is about to change. With his father suddenly posted to India, and his mother mysteriously `unwell`, Sherlock is sent to stay with his eccentric uncle and aunt in their vast house in Hampshire. So begins a summer that leads Sherlock to uncover his first murder, a kidnap, corruption and a brilliantly sinister villain of exquisitely malign intent ..."The Death Cloud" is the first in a series of novels in which the iconic detective is reimagined as a brilliant, troubled and engaging teenager - creating unputdownable detective...
ISBN: 978-0-330-51198-8
Издательство:
Picador
Дата выхода: август 2011
Meet the Young Men in Spats - all members of the Drones Club, all crossed in love and all busy betting their sometimes nonexistent fortunes on unlikely outcomes - that`s when they`re not recovering from driving their sports cars through rather than round Marble Arch. These wonderful comic short stories are the essence of innocent fun. In them you`ll encounter some of Wodehouse`s favourite characters - including, for the first time, his future hero Uncle Fred. The collection is widely regarded as one of Wodehouse`s best and includes one of his own favourites, "The Amazing Hat Mystery".
ISBN: 978-0-09-951403-9
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: май 2012
Young Genius is a bright little boy who escorts children through the pages of this amusing and instructive color-illustrated book. In this book, Young Genius tells kids about food and its nutrients, and how it is digested in the stomach and intestines. "Young Genius" books explain different parts of the human body to children, showing and telling kids how each part works. In each book, Young Genius also talks about nourishing foods to help keep those body parts in great condition, and he asks questions that will prompt boys and girls to giggle—but also to get a clearer understanding of how their bodies function. The language is easy enough for children in early grades to understand, and the information is sound and reliable. One...
ISBN: 978-0-7641-4130-0
Издательство:
Barron`s Educational Series, ins
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Teenage Sherlock has come up against some challenges in his time, but what confronts him now is baffling. His friend and her father have vanished. Their house looks as if nobody has ever lived in it. Sherlock begins to doubt his sanity, until a clever clue points him to Scotland. Following that clue leads him into a mystery that involves kidnapping, bodysnatchers and a man who claims he can raise the dead. Before he knows it, Sherlock is fighting for his life as he begins to work out out what has happened to his his friends. Will he be fast enough to save them? Sherlock Holmes. Think you know him? Think again.
ISBN: 978-0-330-53796-4
Издательство:
Picador
Дата выхода: апрель 2012
Based on ten years` astonishing new research, here is the thrilling story of how a charismatic, dangerous boy became a student priest, romantic poet, gangster mastermind, prolific lover, murderous revolutionary, and the merciless politician who shaped the Soviet Empire in his own brutal image: How Stalin became Stalin.
ISBN: 978-1-4000-9613-8
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Following a treacherous rescue mission high in the freezing Alps, James Bond is preparing for life back at Eton. But James is under surveillance; his every move is being watched. He alone holds the clue to a sinister plot that will bring bloodshed and carnage to his school - and his country. Life for James Bond will never be the same again.
ISBN: 978-0-14-132205-6
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июль 2011
One year of training in samurai school and Jack is in real He`s busy preparing for the Circle of Three, an ancient ritual that tests courage, skill and spirit to the limit. And, at the same time, Jack is caught in a running battle with fellow student Kazuki and his gang. But these are the least of Jack`s problems. He knows his deadly rival - the ninja Dragon Eye - could strike at any moment. Jack possesses the very thing he will kill for. Can Jack master the Way of the Sword in time to survive a fight to the death?
ISBN: 978-0-14-132431-9
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Young, newly married and intensely ambitious, Michael Davenport is trying to make a living as a writer. His adoring wife, Lucy, has a private fortune that he won`t touch in case it compromises his art. She in turn is never quite certain what is expected of her. All she knows is that everyone else seems, somehow, happier. In this magnificent novel, at once bitterly sad and achingly funny, Richard Yates again shows himself to be the supreme chronicler of the American Dream and its casualties. Формат: 13 см x 19,5 cм.
ISBN: 978-0-09-951864-8
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Sherlock knows that Amyus Crow, his mysterious American tutor, has some dark secrets. But he didn`t expect to find a notorious killer, hanged by the US government, apparently alive and well in Surrey - and Crow somehow mixed up in it. When no one will tell you the truth, sometimes you have to risk all to discover it for yourself. And so begins an adventure that will take Sherlock across the ocean to America, to the centre of a deadly web - where life and death are cheap, and truth has a price no sane person would
ISBN: 978-0-330-51199-5
Издательство:
Picador
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
