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
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
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
A long time ago magic faded away, leaving behind only yo-yos, the extremely useful compass-pointing-to-North enchantment and the spell that keep bicycles from falling over. Things are about to change. Magical power is on the rise and King Snodd IV of Hereford has realised that he who controls magic controls almost anything. One person stands between Snodd and his plans for power and riches beyond the wildest dreams of avarice. Meet Jennifer Strange, sixteen-year-old acting manager of Kazam, the employment agency for sorcerers and soothsayers. With only one functioning wizard and her faithful assistant `Tiger` Prawns, Jennifer must use every ounce of ingenuity to derail King Snodd`s plans. It may involve a trip on a magic carpet at the...
ISBN: 978-1-4447-0725-0
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: январь 2013
How many legs does an octopus have? How much water should you drink every day? What is the chance of tossing a coin and it landing on heads? What is house dust mostly made from? What colour are oranges? Who in the world is most likely to kill you? What was the first dishwasher built to do? A wonderful collection of the most outrageous, fascinating and mind-bending facts. And whatever your answers to the questions above, you can be sure that everything you think you know is wrong.
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
Max Frei, and the LABYRINTHS OF ECHO series, is a multi-million copy selling Russian literary sensation appearing in English for the first time. Intriguing, original, remarkable and THE LABYRINTHS OF ECHO is a piece of absolute enchantment. Splash a bit of enchantment into my there is no better phrase to describe the state that a reader may find themselves in when exposed to this strong, absolutely legal, literary narcotic which goes by the name of Max Frei. Stolichniye Novosti If it weren`t for bad luck, Max Frei wouldn`t have any luck at all. A self-described twenty-something classic loser, an insomniac, hardened smoker, a glutton and a loafer, there`s nothing much going for Max at least not until he arrives in the magical city of...
ISBN: 978-0-575-08980-8
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: июнь 2012
Jack London (1876-1916) was an American novelist, journalist and social activist Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. This volume includes wonderful stories like "In a Far Country", "The Men of Forty Mile", "An Odyssey of the North", "The Priestly Prerogative" and "The Son of the Wolf itself".
ISBN: 978-5-521-07494-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
In her warm and compelling signature style, the "New York Times" - bestselling author tells the story of a small-town yarn store owner and cancer survivor who shares life-affirming lessons with her customers through knitting classes.
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
