Chernobyl: the Zone of Exclusion. A ghostly place, deserted and forgotten for almost two decades; now inhabited by militia, shady scavengers, a few reckless scientists, and some elderly Ukrainian peasants who would rather ignore the Geiger counters than relocate. This is the eerie and dangerous world Inspector Arkady Renko must navigate if he is to find out the truth behind the death of one of Russia`s richest Pasha Ivanov has been found dead on the pavement outside his luxury high-rise apartment in Moscow. It seems like a straightforward suicide, but Renko. never one to take evidence at face value, refuses to drop the case, and there is something puzzling him: a mountain of salt found in Ivanov`s Determined to look deeper into the...
ISBN: 978-0-330-44233-6
Издательство:
Picador
Дата выхода: июль 2012
Wolves are beautiful and intelligent animals. What do you know about them? Where do they live? What do they eat? Do they like to play? Why are they in danger?
ISBN: 978885300-311-9
Издательство:
CIDEB
Дата выхода: июль 2011
"Wolven" is a fantasy firmly rooted in the mysterious present. A boy and his eccentric grandparents live near a strange wood - apparently cursed. He longs for a dog - but the dirty ungainly farm creature finally found by his grandfather hardly fits his image of the perfect pet. And it howls in the night. But it`s only when his dog starts to grow human ears that he realises that something is seriously wrong. The truth is stranger than his wildest dreams - the boy who appears, alarmingly unpredictably, is a kind of special werewolf in reverse. A noble, almost heraldic breed of Wolven - the kings own werewolves from ancient times, who have been i hiding until rediscovered by evil government scientists who are trying to breed werewolves as...
ISBN: 978-1-905294-90-9
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Rabbit borrows a book about wolves from the library. Straightforward enough. But it`s not long before a sinister figure with sharp claws and a bushy tail starts to creep right off the pages. You won`t believe your eyes especially if you`re a rabbit. Brilliantly witty, with amazing artwork, two surprise endings, plus fun novelty elements, Wolves created a real buzz of excitement among critics and booksellers alike on first publication in 2005.
ISBN: 978-1-4050-5362-4
Издательство:
Macmillan
Дата выхода: август 2011
Proud and solitary, Eel Marsh House surveys the windswept reaches of the salt marshes beyond Nine Lives Causeway. Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral Mrs Alice Drablow, the house`s sole inhabitant, unaware of the tragic secrets which lie hidden behind the shuttered windows. It is not until he glimpses a wasted young woman, dressed all in black, at the funeral, that a creeping sense of unease begins to take hold, a feeling deepened by the reluctance of the locals to talk of the woman in black - and her terrible purpose.
A tongue-in-cheek story of the adventures of a Los Angeles private detective. A beautiful blonde woman hires Lenny Samuel to find her missing sister. Before long the stage also contains gunmen, dead bodies, world-weary policemen and jewel thieves.
ISBN: 978-0-230-03524-9
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
Madelene is married to Burden, an ambitious zoologist, comfortably off and a chronic alcoholic. The ape is Erasmus, who comes ashore in London from sailing boat called The Ark. Burden aims to use the ape as the means to fulfil his ambition to direct the London Zoo. Erasmus and Madelene elope.
ISBN: 978-1-86046-368-6
Издательство:
Harvill Press
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) was an American abolitionist and author. She is best known for her novel "Uncle Tom`s Cabin", which depicts the harsh conditions for enslaved African Americans. "Woman in Sacred History" is a collection of biographical sketches of women of the Old and New Testaments. The author brings to life the extraordinary women within the context of the customs and expectations of the periods in which they lived.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08308-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2019
