But in the icy north, Lady Nore of the Court of Teeth has reclaimed the Ice Needle Citadel. There, she is using an ancient relic to create monsters of stick and snow who will do her bidding and exact her revenge. Suren, child queen of the Court of Teeth, and the one person with power over her mother, Lady Nore, fled to the human world.Но на ледяном севере леди Нора из Двора Зубов вернула себе Цитадель Ледяной Иглы. Там она использует древнюю реликвию, чтобы создать монстров из палки и снега, которые будут выполнять ее приказы и мстить. Сурен, маленькая...
The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn is the third novel in Colin Dexter`s Oxford-set detective series.Morse had never ceased to wonder why, with the staggering advances in medical science, all pronouncements concerning times of death seemed so disconcertingly vague.The newly appointed member of the Oxford Examinations Syndicate was deaf, provincial and gifted. Now he is dead…And his murder, in his north Oxford home, proves to be the start of a formidably labyrinthine case for Chief Inspector Morse, as he tries to track down the killer through the insular and bitchy world of the Oxford Colleges…
The Silmarilli were three perfect jewels, fashioned by Feanor, rnost gitted ot rhe Elves. When the first Dark Lord, Morgoth, stole the jewels tor his own ends, Feanor and his kindred took up arms and waged a long and terrible war to recover them. This is the story of their rebellion against the gods and the history of the heroic First Age of Middle-earth.
ISBN: 0-261-10273-7
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2001
Classic / British English Dr Jekyll is a London doctor who is liked and respected for his work. Mr Hyde is an evil man, completely unknown in London society. There is a murder and Hyde seems to be responsible. So why does the good doctor give Mr Hyde the key to his house - and decide to leave everything to Mr Hyde in his will? This Pack contains a Book and MP3
ISBN: 978-1-4082-7659-4
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: март 2012
After two nuns are brutally attacked leaving one dead and the other critically injured, medical examiner Maura Isles and homicide detective Jane Rizzoli uncover an ancient horror in the chapel of nuns` convent that leads them toward the killer`s identity.
ISBN: 0-345458923
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: май 2008
The first edition of Shakespeare`s collected works, the First Folio, published in 1623, is one of the most valuable books in the world and has historically proven to be an attractive target for thieves. Of the 160 First Folios listed in a census of 1902, 14 were subsequently stolen-and only two of these were ever recovered. In his efforts to catalog all these precious First Folios, renowned Shakespeare scholar Eric Rasmussen embarked on a riveting journey around the globe, involving run-ins with heavily tattooed criminal street gangs in Tokyo, bizarre visits with eccentric, reclusive billionaires, and intense battles of wills with secretive librarians. He explores the intrigue surrounding the Earl of Pembroke, arguably Shakespeare`s...
Now updated with a new chapter, the #1 "New York Times" - bestselling true crime writer tells the chilling tale of how she came to learn that Ted Bundy, her close friend and colleague at a Seattle crisis hotline, was in fact a savage serial killer.
ISBN: 978-1-4165-5959-7
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
In this book, you`ll learn how to use The Secret in every aspect of your life, money, health, relationships, happiness, and in every interaction you have in the world. You`ll begin to understand the hidden, untapped power that`s within you, and this revelation can bring joy to every aspect of your life.
James Fenimore Cooper was a prolific and popular American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical romances of frontier and Indian life in the early American days created a unique form of American literature. This volume contains Cooper`s novel and some of his short stories. The Spy was Cooper`s second novel, published in 1821. The action takes place during the American Revolution. Garvey Birch is a modest American who pretends to be a regular peddler, but in fact collecting military information for the Continental Army in territory controlled by British army. The Lake Gun is a satirical short story named after the mysterious loud exploding sound coming from Seneca Lake, called The Lake Gun by European American...
ISBN: 978-5-521-07972-8
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
In these wonderfully illustrated tales, renowned storyteller Howard Pyle journeys back to the age of King Arthur and his Round Table to chronicle the powerful, enthralling story that has delighted generations of readers fascinated by chivalry, magic, and the unforgettable drama of medieval times.
ISBN: 0-451-52488-8
Издательство:
Penguin USA
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
After ten years of marriage, Kit and Port Moresby have drifted apart and are sexually estranged. Avoiding the chaos of Europe in the aftermath of the Second World War, they travel to the remote North African desert. Port hopes the journey will reunite them, but although they share similar emotions, they are divided by their conflicting outlooks on life. Kit fears the desert while Port is drawn to its beauty and remoteness. Oblivious to its dangers, he falls ill and they discover a hostile, violent world that threatens to destroy them both.
ISBN: 0-14-118191-5
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Michael Morpurgo is a master storyteller, former Children`s Laureate and multi-award winner. This is a fresh reissue of a much-loved story with a beautiful new cover. Michael loves summer holidays in Wales, and Dadci`s tall stories about the Sandman, the old Russian sea captain and blood-red dragon in his lair. Little cousin Polly believes every word of the magical tales and she`s determined to make it all come true.
ISBN: 978-1-4052-2667-7
Издательство:
Egmont Books Ltd
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
General Khrapov, newly appointed Governor-General of Siberia and soon-to-be Minister of the Interior, is murdered in his official saloon carriage on his way from St Petersburg to Moscow. The killer, disguised as Fandorin, leaves a knife thrust up to the hilt in his victim`s chest and escapes through the window of the carriage. Can Fandorin escape suspicion? A battle of wills and ideals, revolutionaries and traditionalists and good versus evil.
ISBN: 978-0-7538-2642-3
Издательство:
Орион
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
