When an investigation into a series of mysterious deaths leads agents to an elite prep school for rebellious kids, MI6 assigns Alex Rider to the case. Before he knows it, Alex is hanging out with the sons of the rich and powerful, and something feels wrong. These former juvenile delinquents have turned well-behaved, studious and identical overnight. It`s up to Alex to find out who is master-minding this nefarious plot, before they find him.
ISBN: 978-0-14-240612-0
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
`Point Omega is a treat: the most satisfying and least cryptic of DeLillo`s late novels` - Sunday Telegraph. Richard Elster, a retired secret war adviser, has retreated to a forlorn house in a desert, `somewhere south of nowhere`. But his planned isolation is interrupted when he is joined by a young filmmaker intent on documenting his experience in a one-take film. The two men sit on the deck, drinking and talking. Weeks go by. And then Elster`s daughter Jessie visits. When a devastating event follows, all the men`s talk, the accumulated meaning of conversation and isolation, is thrown into question. Written in hypnotic prose, this substantial novel is both a metaphysical meditation and a deeply unsettling mystery, from which one thing...
ISBN: 978-0-330-51239-8
Издательство:
Picador
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Twenty years after he earned a reputation for killing eighty-seven men during the Vietnam War, Bob Lee Swagger finds that his skills are in demand when an organization with ties to the CIA hires him for a particularly dangerous mission.
ISBN: 978-0-553-56351-1
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: август 2011
Aldous Huxley`s lifelong concern with the dichotomy between passion and reason finds its fullest expression both thematically and formally in his masterpiece Point Counter Point. By presenting a vision of life in which diverse aspects of experience are observed simultaneously, Huxley characterizes the symptoms of "the disease of modern man" in the manner of a composer - themes and characters repeated, altered slightly, and played off one another in a tone that is at once critical and sympathetic. First published in 1928, Huxley`s satiric view of intellectual life in the `20s is populated with characters based on such celebrities of the time as , Katherine Mansfield, Sir Oswald Mosley, Nancy Cunard, and John Middleton Murray, as well as...
ISBN: 978-0-09-945819-7
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: декабрь 2012
This No. 1 "New York Times" bestseller pits Virginia`s chief medical examiner against an audacious and wily killer who uses fire to mask his crimes. And when Scarpetta learns that her old nemesis, Carrie Grethen, is somehow involved, the investigation gets personal and tragedy strikes closer to home. An LG and Mystery Guild selection.
ISBN: 0-425-16986-3
Издательство:
Penguin USA
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Учебное пособие, составленное на основе двух рассказов Агаты Кристи, предназначено для изучающих английский язык на среднем уровне. Пособие может быть использовано как в аудитории, так и для самостоятельных занятий.
ISBN: 5-8346-0274-6
Издательство:
Менеджер
Дата выхода: январь 2004
Poirot delighted in telling people that he was probably the best detective in the world. So turning back the clock to trace eighteen of the cases which helped establish professional reputation was always going to be a fascinating experience. With his career still in its formative years, the panache with which Hercule Poirot could solve even the most puzzling mystery is obvious. Chronicled by his friend Captain Hastings, these eighteen early cases - from theft and robbery to kidnapping and murder - were all guaranteed to test Poirot's soon-to-be-famous
ISBN: 978-0-00-712113-7
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Kingsolver`s national bestseller paints an intimate portrait of a crisis-ridden family amid the larger backdrop of an African nation in chaos. Examine how the tragedy of the Price family mirrors the political unrest in the Congo, how the novel views religion and marriage, and how Kingsolver reconciles the demands of art with her belief that writing should support a political cause.
It`s 1308 and England hovers on the brink of civil war. Edward II, his wife Isabella and the royal favourite Peter Gaveston Earl of Cornwall, have been forced to retreat to the King`s folly. Just an arrowshot away lie the Great Lords and Philip IV of France, who are demanding that the Earl of Cornwall be charged with high treason. Edward is trapped, and worse, he has learnt that Philip has the `Poison Maiden` on his side, a formidable spy who did untold damage during his father`s reign. As Edward tries in vain to unmask the identity of the spy, Mathilde, handmaiden to the Queen, also attempts to identify the source of this threat. Soon the crisis spills over into violence. The Lords attempt to take Gaveston by force and the King and his...
ISBN: 978-0-7553-2878-9
Издательство:
Headline Publ.
Дата выхода: июль 2011
What`s your poison? Fethering residents, Jude and Carole, get more than they bargained for when a lunchtime meal in their local pub leaves everyone with food poisoning. The landlord is horrified and when a series of disasters start to befall his business, it looks like it could be the end of the road for the Crown and Anchor. Left with a bad taste in their mouths - and not just from the food - the two amateur lady detectives wonder if it might just be more than a run of bad luck, which is forcing their favourite pub into bankruptcy. When Ray, a young man with the mental age of a five year old, is found in the kitchen of the pub with a knife through his heart - Carole and Jude swing into action. There`s a killer on the loose in Fethering...
ISBN: 978-0-330-44849-9
Издательство:
Picador
Дата выхода: август 2011
The long-standing Michelin Travel Guides are an ideal travel companion for travelers who really want to connect with the world. Get to know the local way of life through detailed background information on the country, people, and culture. Quickly identify the best places to visit using Michelin`s star rating system. The best sites are highlighted on the sites map or you can follow a pre-planned driving tour. With the Michelin Travel Guide to Poland, breathe in the fragrance of magnolia blossoms at Kornik Castle or traverse the shifting dunes of the Polish Sahara at Slowinsky National Park. While the Rynek in Krakow appears untouched by time, Auschwitz and the Warsaw Institute of Jewish history remind.
ISBN: 978-1-906261-21-4
Издательство:
Michelin
Дата выхода: январь 2010
In the turbulent history of twentieth century Europe, the reborn Polish State faced the most formidable and diverse array of problems imaginable. From 1918 until the end of the Second World War, Poland struggled to retain and consolidate Independence, finally falling prey to the alien ideology and political system of Communism. The period of the Second Polish Republic, from its establishment in 1918 until its end in 1945, has often been viewed in the context of its negative aspects and failures. This lucid new study demonstrates that a far more positive assessment is needed, through an informed, balanced and objective approach. Based on extensive range of Polish, British, German, Jewish and Ukranian primary and secondary sources, this...
What will you hear when you read this book to a preschool child? Lots of noise! Children will chant the rhythmic words. They`ll make the sounds the animals make. And they`ll pretend to be the zoo animals featured in the book- look at the last page! Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle are two of the most respected names in children`s education and children`s illustrations. This collaboration, their first since the classic Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See (published more than thirty years ago and still a best-seller) shows two masters at their best. A Redbook Children`s Picture Book Award winner The rollicking companion to Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See.
Polar Shift: It is the name for a phenomenon that may have occurred many times in the past. At its weakest, it disorients birds and animals and damages electrical equipment. At its worst, it causes massive eruptions, earthquakes and climatic changes. At its very worst, it would mean the obliteration of all living Sixty years ago, an eccentric Hungarian genius discovered how to artificially trigger such a shift, but then his work disappeared, or so it was thought. Now, the charismatic leader of an anti-globalization group plans to use it to give the world`s industrialized nations a small jolt, before reversing the shift back again
ISBN: 978-0-425-21133-5
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: август 2011
On "psychiatric rehabilitation" in Siberia, Arkady Renko is exiled on Polar Star, a Soviet factory ship which trawls the freezing waters from Siberia to Alaska. His movements are being shadowed by those who know his past. Then Renko is given a chance to regain his freedom.
ISBN: 0-330-34656-3
Издательство:
Pan Macmillan
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
A new title in the fantastic "First Reading" series, aimed at children who are beginning to read. Wrap up warm to explore the world of polar bears, where young children can discover how polar bears keep warm, catch their prey and survive in the dangerous icy wastes of the Arctic Circle. Developed in consultation with Alison Kelly, who is a senior lecturer in education and an early reading specialist from Roehampton University. A great value quality hardback with ribbon marker guaranteed to foster pride in book ownership.
ISBN: 978-0-7460-9896-7
Издательство:
Usborne Publishing Ltd
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
What will you hear when you read this book to a preschool child? Lots of noise! Children will chant the rhythmic words. They`ll make the sounds the animals make. And they`ll pretend to be the zoo animals featured in the book - look at the last page! Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle are two of the most respected names in children`s education and children`s illustrations. This collaboration, their first since the classic Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (published more than thirty years ago and still a best-seller) shows two masters at their best. A Redbook Children`s Picture Book Award winner. The rollicking companion to Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
ISBN: 978-1-4272-0728-9
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
