The long-awaited new novel from Margaret Atwood. The Year of the Flood is a dystopic masterpiece and a testament to her visionary power. The times and species have been changing at a rapid rate, and the social compact is wearing as thin as environmental stability. Adam One, the kindly leader of the God`s Gardeners - a religion devoted to the melding of science and religion, as well as the preservation of all plant and animal life - has long predicted a natural disaster that will alter Earth as we know it. Now it has occurred, obliterating most human life. Two women have survived: Ren, a young trapeze dancer locked inside the high-end sex club Scales and Tails, and Toby, a God`s Gardener barricaded inside a luxurious spa where many of the...
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of `March` and `People of the Book`. A young woman`s struggle to save her family and her soul during the extraordinary year of 1666, when plague suddenly struck a small Derbyshire village. In 1666, plague swept through London, driving the King and his court to Oxford, and Samuel Pepys to Greenwich, in an attempt to escape contagion. The north of England remained untouched until, in a small community of leadminers and hill farmers, a bolt of cloth arrived from the capital. The tailor who cut the cloth had no way of knowing that the damp fabric carried with it bubonic infection. So begins the Year of Wonders, in which a Pennine village of 350 souls confronts a scourge beyond remedy or understanding....
It is eight years after the tours from offworld have stopped. High Chancellor Querida has retired, leaving Wizard Corkoran in charge of the Wizards` University. Although Wizard Corkoran`s obsession is to be the first man on the moon, and most of his time is devoted to this project, he decides he will teach the new first years himself in hopes of currying the favor of the new students` families for surely they must all come from wealth, important families and obtaining money for the University (which it so desperately needs). But Wizard Corkoran is dismayed to discover that one of those students - indeed, one he had such high hopes for, Wizard Derk`s own daughter Elda - is a hugh golden griffin, and that none of the others has any money...
In this book, featuring three timeless fables, Dr Seuss explores the pitfalls of growing too big for your boots. The text is a Yellow Back Book, which means that it is suitable for fluent readers aged five and over to enjoy on their own, or for reading aloud to younger children.
ISBN: 978-0-00-717314-3
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Having been dumped by his girlfriend, Danny really wasn`t doing the young, free and single thing very well. Instead, he was avoiding people. Texting them instead of calling them. Calling them instead of meeting them. This is the story of what happened when Danny decided to say yes to everything, in order to make his life more interesting.
Inviting the student reader to put themselves in the shoes of the Renaissance theatre-goer, the impact of plays such as Hamlet, Othello and Dr Faustus on contemporary audiences forms the basis of this volume. Discussions of Shakespeare`s classic plays are accompanied by examinations of the work of lesser known playwrights and commentators, while chapters including Madness and Subjectivity; Rhetoric and Performance and Nation-Building provide a variety of critical perspectives essential for students of Renaissance drama.
ISBN: 978-1-4082-0480-1
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
The kiss was just amazing. I knew instantly that Ian was the one for me. `You`re lovely,` he said. `Absolutely lovely.` `So are you, Ian,` I breathed. He pulled away. `But I can`t do this. Not until I`ve broken things off with Caroline. It just wouldn`t be fair.` On holiday in the Caribbean, Lisa and Jennifer are both attracted to Ian and Ian likes both of them. But what about his girlfriend Caroline? And then there`s Jennifer`s boyfriend Pete... Cambridge English Readers is an exciting new series of original fiction, specially written for learners of English. Graded into six levels - from elementary to advanced - the stories in this series provide easy and enjoyable reading on a wide range of contemporary topics and themes.
ISBN: 0-521-75084-9
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
`This is the truth as we know it. I have read so much about what people think they know about Michael, but this is about what really happened.` Jermaine Jackson You Are Not Alone is an intimate, loving portrait of Michael Jackson, illuminating the private man like never before. It is an invitation into Michael`s real character, private insights and hidden feelings: the innermost thoughts of a fiercely private individual. Jermaine Jackson knew Michael like only a brother can. In You Are Not Alone Jermaine brings light to the man behind the mask of superstardom, an identity that has lingered in the shadows for too long. You Are Not Alone is a celebration of the real Michael: the boy who shared a tiny bunkbed with Jermaine at 2300 Jackson...
ISBN: 978-0-00-743567-8
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
The next addictive thriller from the uncomparable bestseller Karen RoseWhen forensic pathologist Lucy Trask stumbles across a mutilated body by the chess tables in her local Baltimore park, its face so badly damaged it is unrecognisable, her sole concern is that it might be her old school teacher Mr Pugh. When the corpse is identified, Lucy is shocked to discover that the victim is actually another man from her past. Who killed him and why his skin is burnt with the number `1` is unclear but it`s evident that someone is demanding Lucy`s attention. The discovery of a second branded body raises worrying questions: how many more lives may be at risk before the killer`s final message is revealed? And can Lucy solve the killer`s gruesome...
ISBN: 978-0-7553-7419-9
Издательство:
Headline Publ.
Дата выхода: май 2012
A psychiatrist is bound to her patients by confidentiality but do ethics always override catching a murderer? You don`t know who I am. Someone is tormenting psychiatrist Tess Ciccotelli`s patients, pushing them to commit suicide, and setting her up to take the blame. But even police pressure won`t make her break her oath to protect their secrets. You can`t stop what I am doing. Detective Aidan Reagan understands Tess`s need to safeguard her clients but all the clues suggest that a nameless, faceless enemy is set on destroying her career, her family and, finally, Tess herself. You can`t hide. As Reagan and Tess race to stop the killer, one thing becomes clear - the noose is tightening around Tess`s neck and there is nowhere for her to
Here is a modern take on cautionary verse in the hugely successful tradition of Hilaire Belloc and others. Children getting into and out of trouble is the theme of this collection - which offers much scope for hilarious pranks and wonderfully sticky endings. With poems from poets as diverse as Hilaire Belloc, Shel Silverstein, Dick King-Smith, Heinrich Hoffmann, John Agard, and of course Roger McGough himself, this will appeal to all fans of the comic, the unfortunate, and the darkly humorous!
