"How did it end up like this? Twenty-seven, unemployed, mistaken for a drug addict, in a treatment centre in the back arse of nowhere with an empty Valium bottle in my " Meet Rachel Walsh. She has a pair of size 8 feet and such a fondness for recreational drugs that her family has forked out the cash for a spell in Cloisters - Dublin`s answer to the Betty Ford Clinic. She`s only agreed to her incarceration because she`s heard that rehab is wall-to-wall Jacuzzis, gymnasiums and rock stars going tepid turkey - and it`s about time she had a holiday. But what Rachel doesn`t count on are the toe-curling embarrassments heaped on her by family and group therapy, the dearth of sex, drugs and rock`n`roll - and missing Luke, her ex. What land of a...
ISBN: 978-0-241-95931-2
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: август 2012
Charles Highway, a precociously intelligent and highly sexed teenager, is determined to sleep with an older woman before he turns twenty. Rachel fits the bill perfectly and Charles plans his seduction meticulously, sets the scene with infinite care - but it doesn`t come off quite as Charles expects.
ISBN: 978-0-09-945542-4
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
Rachel Walsh is 27 and the miserable owner of size 8 feet. Overly fond of recreational drugs, she gets frogmarched into the Cloisters, Dublin`s answer to the Betty Ford Clinic. Once there, she seeks redemption in the shape of Chris, a "man with a past". A novel by turns poignant, powerful and seriously funny.
ISBN: 978-0-14-102447-9
Издательство:
Книжный мир
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Given the importance of what they do, and the controversies that often surround them, and the violent people they sometimes confront, it is remarkable that in the history of this country only four active federal judges have been murdered. Judge Raymond Fogletree just became number five. His body was found in the small basement of a lakeside cabin he had built himself and frequently used on weekends. When he did not show up for a trial on Monday morning, his law clerks panicked, called the FBI, and in due course the agents found the crime scene. There was no forced entry, no struggle, just two dead bodies - Judge Fogletree and his young secretary. I did not know Judge Fogletree, but I know who killed him, and why. I am a lawyer, and I am...
ISBN: 978-1-4447-2974-0
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: декабрь 2012
Zielgruppen und Niveaustufe Fur Lernende, die mit oder ohne Lehrer die sprachlichen Strukturen der Niveaustufe A1 erarbeiten oder vertiefen und dabei insbesondere die Fertigkeit Horen trainieren mochten. Themen und Inhalte Paula und Philipp, die Redakteure der Horfunkabteilung Radio D, recherchieren mysteriose Falle. Sie fahren dabei durch ganz Deutschland. Die Lernenden erfahren auf diese Weise Deutschland aus einer ganz neuen Perspektive. Формат: 21 см x 29,5 см.
ISBN: 978-3-468-49510-6
Издательство:
Langenscheidt
Дата выхода: июль 2011
A preliminary to Dick`s masterwork, Valis, in which Phil appears as an explicitly named autobiographical character for the first time. As America gasps in the stranglehold of a skull-crushing totalitarian regime, a supernatural intelligence speaks from the word scratched in the sidewalk of the President`s childhood home. name of the subversive society `with no official membership` whose sole purpose is to overthrow the American government. word printed on a book which contains the President`s signature - a book in the hands of a Communist Party organiser. name of a woman who may hold the key - and who has only weeks to live. Will the agents of the omniscient Valis succeed in their mission of liberation? Or will the seek-and-destroy...
ISBN: 978-0-00-648285-7
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Rafael Moneo is a courageous architect, one who for decades has defined his own style of architecture.With a sensitivity to materials and context unmatched by any living architect, Moneo has created a series of works of world significance. Moneo now turns his analytical eye to his own work. Twenty-one carefully selected projects are presented in detail, from the initial idea through construction to the completed work. They are each illustrated by a spectacular array of new colour images by architectural photographer Michael Moran. Among the projects are Joan Miro Foundation in Majorca, The Moderna Museet and Arkitekturmuseet in Stockholm, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles, and, perhaps above all, the Prado extension....
ISBN: 9780500288832
Издательство:
Thames & Hudson
Дата выхода: август 2014
