From the son of bestselling author Rosamunde Pilcher comes this story of one man`s grief after the death of his young wife and the long road he must travel in order to love again. Pilcher crafts a fine and fulfilling novel that will please fans not only of his mother`s books but of Maeve Binchy`s as well.
ISBN: 978-0-312-97184-7
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
"Exotic...erotic... Ocean Sea is highly romantic and breathtakingly lyrical."--The New York Times Book Review With Silk, his first novel to appear in English, Alessandro Baricco immediately proved himself to be a magical storyteller. With Ocean Sea, he has been acclaimed as the successor to Italo Calvino, and a major voice in modern literature. In Ocean Sea, Alessandro Baricco presents a hypnotizing postmodern fable of human malady--psychological, existential, erotic--and the sea as a means of deliverance. At the Almayer Inn, a remote shoreline hotel, an artist dips his brush in a cup of ocean water to paint a portrait of the sea. A scientist pens love letters to a woman he has yet to meet. An adulteress searches for relief from her...
ISBN: 0-375-70395-0
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
This title includes over 100 magical and exciting short stories to enjoy around the clock! Find out just how mischievous Twinkle the elf is when he paints the walls of a dragon`s Join Chitter the gnome as he discovers a Follow Edward the very brave pink teddy bear as he rescues his owner from a dark And laugh at Twisty the Brownie as he learns the hard way why it`s unwise to pull nasty faces.
ISBN: 978-1-4052-4847-1
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
This title provides practical support for the OCR Certificate in Administration. It covers Units 1-4 with plenty of tasks to reinforce learning. It engages students with practical assignments and case studies, and helps students discover how administration is carried out in the workplace.
Publicado en 1974, "Octaedro" ocupa un privilegiado lugar dentro del ciclo de volumenes de relatos con el que Julio Cortazar fue fijando sus obsesiones personales y las del tiempo que le tocу habitar. Los ocho cuentos que lo componen son ocho caras de un nitido poliedro que el escritor argentino dibujу con un lenguaje estrechamente ceсido a la нndole especial de cada historia, buscando esa dificil unidad dentro de lo diverso que concede excepcionalidad a un volumen de relatos. De esta forma, separada e inseparable, cada faceta del octaedro enlaza con las restantes, aunque cada una de ellas sea un pequeсo mundo que se basta a si mismo para entreabrir las puertas del miedo, del extraсamiento, de la insidiosa irrupciуn de lo...
ISBN: 978842065-547-5
Издательство:
Alianza Editorial
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Haunting, harrowing, and downright horrifying, this classic collection from the modern master of the fantastic features: "The Small Assassin": a fine, healthy baby boy was the new mother`s dream come true - or her "The Emissary": the faithful dog was the sick boy`s only connectioin with the world outside - and "The Wonderful Death Of Dudley Stone": a most remarkable case of murder - the deceased was delighted! And more!
ISBN: 0-345-32448-X
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
