After Mary sees her grandmother accused of witchcraft and hung for the crime, she is hurried to safety by an unknown woman who gives her tools to keep a record of her days - paper and ink. Then Mary is taken to a boat in Plymouth and from there sails to the New World where she hopes to make a new life among the pilgrims. But old superstitions die hard and soon Mary finds that she will have to make important choices to ensure her survival. Vividly evoked, this is a powerful literary achievement by Celia Rees that is utterly engrossing from start to finish.
ISBN: 978-0-7475-8997-6
Издательство:
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: июль 2012
After his adventure in New Ottosland changed his life forever, Gerald Dunwoody has gone into secret training for the Ottosland government. Unbeknownst to him, Princess Melissande is now living in Ottosland as well, and has started a witching and wizarding locum agency. Witches Incorporated is hired to solve a case of staff pilfering in a prestigious magical Research and Development firm. One that also happens to have ties to the government. Confusion arises when Melissande and Gerald discover that they are both working at the firm for separate allegiances. Deciding to team up rather than work apart, Gerald and Melissande quickly find that their number one suspect also happens to be Gerald`s professional rival. In order to triumph, they...
ISBN: 978-0-316-03544-6
Издательство:
Hachette Livre
Дата выхода: август 2011
A collection of seven short plays following the story of Roald Dahl`s book in sequence. Some are for three or four actors and a couple are ideal for performance by a whole class.
ISBN: 978-0-14-131084-8
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
The world is changing - the government has seized control of every aspect of society, and now kids are disappearing. For fifteen-year-old Wisty and her older brother Whit, life turns upside-down when they are hauled out of bed one night, separated from their parents, and thrown into a secret compound for no reason they can comprehend. The new government is clearly trying to suppress life, liberty, and the pursuit of being a normal teenager. Imprisoned together and condemned to death, Wisty and Whit begin exhibiting strange abilities and powers they never dreamed of. Maybe there is a reason they were singled out. Can this newly discovered witch and a wizard master their skills in time to save themselves, their parents - and maybe the world?
ISBN: 978-0-09-954374-9
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
During the witch hunts of the mid-1600s, many young Englishwomen died on the gallows, innocent victims of false or hysterical accusations of witchcraft. But what of those women who actually claimed the name "witch" as their own? In the pages of her secret journal, Mary Nuttall reveals what it is like to live in a climate of mistrust and piety in which differences are dangerous and rumors can kill, where she must hide her heritage as a healer and pagan. With a sure hand, she describes her beloved grandmother`s trial and hanging as a witch, her own rescue by a mysterious noblewoman, and her eventual passage to the New World and the forest settlement of Beulah. There Mary falls under a curtain of suspicion when she willingly chooses to...
ISBN: 978-0-7475-6451-5
Издательство:
Bloomsbury
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
From the author of the extraordinary Vampire Chronicles comes a huge mesmerizing novel of witchcraft and the occult through four centuries. Two people with special powers are drwan together and set out in a passionate alliance to unlock the mystery
ISBN: 978-0-345-38446-1
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: июль 2011
A book about `real witches` - the ones that absolutely loathe children and are always plotting to get rid of them. Great new Quentin Blake cover as well as a whole new exciting end section about Roald Dahl and his world.
ISBN: 978-0-14-132264-3
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июль 2011
How do we find the courage to always be true to ourselves—even if we are unsure of whom we are? That is the central question of international bestselling author Paulo Coelho\`s profound new work, The Witch of Portobello. It is the story of a mysterious woman named Athena, told by the many who knew her well—or hardly at all. Among them: "People create a reality and then become the victims of that reality. Athena rebelled against that—and paid a high price." Heron Ryan, journalist "I was used and manipulated by Athena, with no consideration for my feelings. She was my teacher, charged with passing on the sacred mysteries, with awakening the unknown energy we all possess. When we venture into that unfamiliar sea, we trust blindly in...
ISBN: 978-0-06-147277-0
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: февраль 2011
Juliet Joyce adores Christmas. She loves the presents, the tree, the turkey, the tinsel... just everything! Already the festive spirit is upon her, which is just as well as this Christmas things are starting to get a little out of hand. Her son Tom is out of work and bringing home a slew of unsuitable partners; pregnant daughter Chloe and her little boy have moved back in; Juliet`s father, Frank, is getting over a heartbreak of his own and Rita, her eccentric mother, is behaving more erratically each day. And has the chaos got too much for Juliet`s husband, Rick? With the big day fast approaching, Juliet hopes that she can stop everything spiralling out of control, because the only thing she wants is her family all around her and her...
ISBN: 978-0-7515-4548-7
Издательство:
Little, Brown and Company
Дата выхода: январь 2013
When the Metropolitan Police fail to realise a serial killer is at work, London ignites over the fact that the killer`s victims are young black and mixed race boys. Institutionalised racism is claimed by the community`s activists and tabloids alike. Acting Superintendent Thomas Lynley is given the case, and his Scotland Yard task force is soon handling more killings and a looming tragedy. Elizabeth George brings to the familiar subject of the serial killer a freshness and clarity of vision that provide illuminating insight into the psychological complexity of the tortured criminal mind. She does so within a richly textured, thrillingly suspenseful narrative that defies any reader to predict its outcome. Nor does she neglect our favourite...
Stories filled with plaintive love for all living things. Kindness is intertwined with a unique wealth of information, and reading is not only interesting, but exciting and exemplary. Each character existed in real life. The reader gets a unique chance to get in touch with the facts, which only a few know about, and for the younger generation, such reading is a real school of nobility, an example of dedication and generosity. The one, genuine Georgy Vitsin, a school of sleuth dogs in pre-revolutionary Russia, real detective stories based on real events with historical facts. Weekdays of volunteers who give their hearts to dogs, cats, and all living things. Stories, tragic and having a happy ending. They all teach us to be human. To be a...
ISBN: 978-5-00153-170-8
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: декабрь 2019
Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Written at various times, under various influences, these short stories are linked by Conrad`s treatment of loyalty and betrayal. Typhoon is the story of one unremarkable steamship captain, pitted against a storm of incredible fury. Captain MacWhirr has a reputation as a solid, steadfast man, who "having just enough imagination to carry him through each successive day, and no more" cannot fully believe any storm would be a match for his powerful ship. When the barometer and other clues begin to hint at trouble ahead, he is only moderately concerned and unwilling to change course and lose precious time-a decision that may...
ISBN: 978-5-521-07644-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Written at various times, under various influences, the four stories contained in Within the Tides are linked by Conrad`s treatment of loyalty and betrayal. They range in setting from the Far East via eighteenth-century Spain to England. The tone shifts from the tragic inevitability of The Planter of Malata and the pathos of Because of the Dollars to the gothic The Inn of the Two Witches and the grim humour of The Vartner. The form of the stories was experimental but does not obscure Conrad`s humanity or his search for moral truth.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06678-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
`There was nothing different about that night. It was the same as every other night, I thought. But that night, my life started to change. I didn`t know it then, but I know it now. It`s the night when Nancy meets George. But it isn`t easy for them to be together. There`s Nancy`s job and her boyfriend. And will George have to return to his own country? Cambridge English Readers is an exciting series of original fiction, specially written for learners of English. Graded into seven levels -from starter to advanced - the stories in this series provide easy and enjoyable reading on a wide range of contemporary topics and themes.
ISBN: 978-0-521-68616-7
Издательство:
Cambridge
Дата выхода: август 2011
