Once, in a gods-forsaken hellhole called Koom Valley, trolls and dwarfs met in bloody combat. Centuries later, each species still views the other with simmering animosity. Lately, the influential dwarf, Grag Hamcrusher, has been fomenting unrest among Ankh-Morpork`s more diminutive citizens-a volatile situation made far worse when the pint-size provocateur is discovered bashed to with a troll club lying conveniently nearby. Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch is aware of the impor tanceofsolvingthe Hamcrusher homicide without delay. (Vimes`s second most-pressing responsibility, in fact, next to always being home at six sharp to read Where`s My Cow?to Sam, Jr.) But more than one corpse is waiting for Vimes in the eerie, summoning...
Amy Redwing has devoted her life to rescuing dogs. But the unique bond she shares with Nickie, a golden retriever she saves in the most dangerous encounter of her life, is deeper than any she has ever known. In one night, their loyalty will be put to the test, and each will prove to the other how far they will go-when the stakes turn deadly serious. Формат: 10,5 см x 17,5 см.
While in Paris, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is awakened by a phone call in the dead of the night. The elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum, his body and the floor around him covered in baffling symbols. As Langdon and a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, sort through the bizarre riddles, they are stunned to discover a trail of clues hidden in the works of Leonardo Da Vinci- clues visible for all to see and yet ingeniously disguised by the painter. Even more startling, the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion - an actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others - and he guarded a breathtaking historical secret. Unless Langdon and...
ISBN: 978-0-552-16992-9
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: март 2013
The two things that conjured up that horrible night, were his run of luck at the Wheel of Fortune, and the Meet Johnny Smith. A young man whose streak of luck ends dramatically in a major car crash. Followed by blackness. A long, long time in cold he wakes up life has been turned upside down. His fiancee has met someone else. And Johnny is cursed with the power to perceive evil in men`s souls. He`s had these hunches since he had an ice-skating accident as a child. Now he has an ability to see into the future. An ability which will bring him into a terrifying confrontation with a charismatic, power-hungry and dangerous
ISBN: 978-1-4447-0809-7
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Contemporary / British English James D. Watson and Francis Crick won the Nobel Prize in 1962 for the discovery of the double helix, the structure of DNA. In this book, James D. Watson tells the exciting story of this discovery.
ISBN: 978-1-4058-8264-4
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Howard Lovecraft was an American writer who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. Despite the fact that he was virtually unknown before he died, today he is known as the most influential author in his genre. "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath" is a novella, which combines elements of horror and fantasy into an epic tale that illustrates the scope and wonder of humankind`s ability to dream.
ISBN: 978-5-517-00249-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2019
It is bitter mid-winter on the Swedish island of Oland, and Katrine and Joakim Westin have moved with their children to the boarded-up manor house at Eel Point. But their remote idyll is soon shattered when Katrine is found drowned off the rocks nearby. And the old house begins to exert a strange hold over him.
ISBN: 978-0-552-77461-1
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
The hilarious and razor-sharp story of how one girl went from geek to patriarchy-smashing criminal mastermind in two short years, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of We Were Liars and Genuine Fraud.Веселая и остросюжетная история о том, как одна девушка за два коротких года превратилась из компьютерщика в разрушителя патриархата преступного гения. От автора бестселлеров №1 по версии New York Times "Мы были лжецами" и "Подлинное мошенничество".
Howard Lovecraft (1890—1937) was an American writer who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. Despite the fact that he was virtually unknown before he died, today he is known as the most influential author in his genre. "The Dunwich Horror and Other Stories" is a collection of wonderful short stories such as "The Rats in the Walls", "The Strange High House in the Mist" and others. These stories, full of mystery and fantastic creatures, have captured the minds of readers all over the world.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08211-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
As The Dream of the Celt opens, it is the summer of 1916 and Roger Casement awaits the hangman in London`s Pentonville Prison. Dublin lies in ruins after the disastrous Easter Rising led by his comrades of the Irish Volunteers. He has been caught after landing from a German submarine. For the past year he has attempted to raise an Irish brigade from prisoners of war to fight alongside the Germans against the British Empire that awarded him a knighthood only a few years before. And now his petition for clemency is threatened by the leaking of his private diary and his secret life as a gay Vargas-Llosa, with his incomparable gift for powerful historical narrative, takes the reader on a journey back through a remarkable life dedicated to...
Chief Superintendent Strange’s opinion was that too little progress had been made since the discovery of a corpse in a North Oxford flat. The victim had been killed by a single stab wound to the stomach. Yet the police had no weapon, no suspect, no motive. Within days of taking over the case Chief Inspector Morse and Sergeant Lewis uncover startling new information about the life and death of Dr Felix McClure. When another body is discovered Morse suddenly finds himself with rather too many suspects. For once, he can see no solution. But then he receives a letter containing a declaration of
ISBN: 978-0-330-45126-0
Издательство:
Picador USA
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The final volume sees gunslinger Roland on a roller-coaster mix of exhilarating triumph and aching loss in his unrelenting quest to reach the dark tower. Roland`s band of pilgrims remains united, though scattered. Susannah-Mia has been carried off to New York to give birth, Terrified of what may happen, Jake, Father Callahan and Oy follow. Roland and Eddie are in Maine, looking for the site which will lead them to Susannah. As he finally closes in on the tower, Roland`s every step is shadowed by a terrible and sinister creation. And finally, he realises, he may have to walk the last dark strait alone! You`ve come this far, Come a little farther, Come all the way, The sound you hear may be the slamming of the door behind you. Welcome to...
ISBN: 978-0-340-83617-0
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Чарльз Хэйес - известный американских писателей начала XX века. Его произведения продолжают вдохновлять сердца читателей по всему миру. «Тёмный фрегат» - бестселлер Хэйеса, по праву удостоен медали Ньюбери. Роман посвящен приключениям молодого английского моряка XVII века. Читателя ждут незабываемые и опасные приключения, яркие персонажи и лихой сюжет, который никого не оставит равнодушным! Читайте...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05720-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2017
