Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Pilot Don Radcliffe returns to Australia hoping to rescue a failed marriage and to spend more time with his daughter, Judy. But a routine cargo flight in an old DC4 airplane turns into tragedy when the plane crashes in the Australian Outback killing the co-pilot. Don and Judy`s chances of survival seem slim as they struggle against sabotage, unscrupulous businessmen and the inhospitable landscape.
ISBN: 0-521-53661-8
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
The amazing manga retelling of Darren Shan's international best-selling vampire saga, with illustrations by Japanese artist Takahiro Arai. Compelled by his loyalty to Mr Crepsley, Darren Shan, the vampire's assistant, agrees to prove his worthiness to the vampire clan by undertaking a series of trials. Each Trial is set by the Vampire Princes to test agility, cunning and intelligence. Failure means death. While their attention is focused on Darren, the vampire clan fail to notice that the vampaneze have infiltrated their mountain stronghold. Who is the traitor helping the vampaneze, and will Darren survive the trials to oust the vampire's greatest foes? The stunning illustrations and manga format give a new dimension to...
ISBN: 978-0-00-711440-5
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
As advanced an enterprise as had ever set forth, Sir John Franklin`s 1845 expedition in search of the fabled North-West Passage had every expectation of triumph. But for almost two years his ships Terror and Erebus have been trapped in the Arctic ice. Coal and provisions are running low. Yet the real threat isn`t from the constantly shifting landscape, the flesh-numbing temperatures or the vessels being slowly crushed by the unyielding, frozen ocean. No, the real threat is far more terrifying. There is something out there in the frigid darkness, stalking the ships, snatching men - mutilating, devouring. A nameless thing, at once nowhere and everywhere, this terror has become the expedition`s nemesis. When Franklin meets a terrible death,...
ISBN: 978-0-553-81820-8
Издательство:
Bantam
Дата выхода: август 2010
In this novel William Wilkie Collins explores the powers of telepathy while telling a skilful tale that interweaves suspense with the familiar ingredients of Victorian melodrama. Mary Dermody is destined to be together with George Germaine one day, or so at least her grandmother prophesizes. Destiny at first doesn`t seem to adhere to this plan, and the pair is separated and lose sight of each other. But when George saves a young woman from drowning, a strong connection seems to develop between them, which seems to be almost supernatural.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06459-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: февраль 2018
