Brendan Doyle is a twentieth-century English professor who travels back to 1810 London to attend a lecture given by English romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. This is a London filled with deformed clowns, organised beggar societies, insane homunculi and magic. When he is kidnapped by gypsies and consequently misses his return trip to 1983, the mild-mannered Doyle is forced to become a street-smart con man, escape artist, and swordsman in order to survive in the dark and treacherous London underworld. He defies bullets, black magic, murderous beggars, freezing waters, imprisonment in mutant-infested dungeons, poisoning, and even a plunge back to 1684. Coleridge himself and poet Lord Byron make appearances in the novel, which also...
ISBN: 978-0-575-07725-6
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
What happens in doesn`t always stay there. Autumn Haven`s Las Vegas to-do list said to catch a show and play the slots - not wake up married to a sexy jerk like Sam LeClaire. The first moment she saw him eyeing her like a luscious piece of the dessert buffet, her usually responsible self told her to run. And she did - right into the wildest fantasy weekend of her life. But Monday morning jolted her back to reality, and before she could say pass the coffee, Sam was gone. Now a successful wedding planner, Autumn hasn`t clapped eyes on the heartbreaking hockey superstar for over two until she organizes his teammate`s Special Day, where Sam makes a big play to pick up where he left off! But she has vowed any man of hers plays for keeps. Is...
Anna Walsh is officially a wreck. Physically broken and emotionally shattered, she lies on her parents` Dublin sofa with only one thing on her mind getting back to New York. New York means her best friends, The Most Fabulous Job In The World and above all, it means her husband, Aidan. But nothing in Anna`s life is that simple anymore Not only is her return to Manhattan complicated by her physical and emotional scars but Aidan seems to have vanished. Is it time for Anna to move on Is it even possible for her to move on A motley group of misfits, an earth-shattering revelation, two births and one very weird wedding might help Anna find some answers and change her life forever.
ISBN: 978-0-14-102988-7
Издательство:
Книжный мир
Дата выхода: июль 2011
A warm, funny and totally absorbing novel. Life isn`t looking too rosy for Alice Devine. She`s a single mum, and needs a well-paid job fast, because as she loves her sister, she hadn`t planned living with her. Things start to look up when she lands the job as assistant fund raiser for St Jude`s Maternity Hospital - particularly when she meets her new boss, the gorgeous Jack Wiseheart. What she hadn`t bargained for was also acting as general dogsbody to the terrifying Maud Hamilton-O`Connor. Nothing is ever as it seems, however, and it`s not only the women who have their
The Apache Cookbook is a collection of problems, solutions, and practical examples for webmasters, web administrators, programmers, and everyone else who works with Apache. Instead of poking around mailing lists, online documentation, and other sources, you can rely on the Apache Cookbook for quick solutions to common problems, and then you can spend your time and energy where it matters most.
ISBN: 0-596-00191-6
Издательство:
O'Reilly
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2003
In an upmarket apartment block in Knightsbridge called Barrington House, the door to apartment 16 is always locked. For the last twenty years it has been empty. No one goes in. No one comes out. One evening a night security guard hears noises from inside. What he sees through the letterbox of apartment 16 changes his life Shortly after a young American woman, Apryl, arrives at Barrington House. She`s been left another apartment in the block by her Aunt Lillian - an aunt she never knew, who died in mysterious circumstances. Touched by her aunt`s story Apryl delves into the history of Barrington House. Something bad happened - something something terrible, and the only way to stop it is to confront whatever lies behind the door of...
ISBN: 978-0-330-51496-5
Издательство:
Picador
Дата выхода: июль 2011
The new "Home" series from Beta-Plus invites you to take a fascinating journey through the most beautiful and inspiring interiors. The thirty volumes in this series are thematically divided by room (living rooms, bathrooms, kitchens and so on), and also by style (including designer homes, country houses and contemporary interiors). The reports in these books combine to create a unique voyage of discovery through modern trends in decoration and architecture, reflecting the lifestyle and outlook of people who live in these beautiful homes. "Home" series is a unique collection of thirty titles, eclectic and stylish, devoted to interior design and decoration, and presented in a handy format. Every book shows the finest projects by leading...
ISBN: 978-9089-44037-2
Издательство:
Beta-plus
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
An authority on the subject of small spaces presents a beautiful, inspirational, and informative resource for ideas that transform tiny areas into living rooms, kitchens, offices, kids` rooms, bedrooms, and more.
ISBN: 978-0-307-46460-6
Издательство:
Clarkson Potter
Дата выхода: август 2011
Isabel Duncan, a scientist at the Great Ape Language Lab, doesn`t understand people, but animals she gets - especially the bonobos. Isabel feels more comfortable in their world than she`s ever felt among humans ...until she meets John Thigpen, a very married reporter who braves the ever-present animal rights protesters outside the lab to see what`s really going on inside. When an explosion rocks the lab, severely injuring Isabel and liberating the apes, John`s human interest piece turns into the story of a lifetime, one he`ll risk his career and his marriage to follow. Then a reality TV show, Ape House, featuring the missing apes debuts under mysterious circumstances, and it immediately becomes the biggest - and unlikeliest - phenomenon...
ISBN: 978-1-4447-2450-9
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: август 2011
`We must learn to love, learn to be kind, and this from our earliest youth ... Likewise, hatred must be learned and nurtured, if one wishes to become a proficient hater`This volume contains a selection of Nietzsche`s brilliant and challenging aphorisms, examining the pleasures of revenge, the falsity of pity, and the incompatibility of marriage with the philosophical life.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin`s 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian...
ISBN: 9780141397900
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2022
Deep in the Hausruck Mountains of Austria, there is a remote hideaway - the fortress-like nerve center of an ominous movement, the Brotherhood of the Watch. American agent Harry Latham has penetrated the movement, a neo-Nazi organization that was born in the days after the Third Reich`s defeat and whose deadly tentacles have spread to the United States and beyond. Now, after three years in deep cover, and on the eve of his most spectacular success, Harry Latham has disappeared. Drew Latham, Special Officer for Consular Operations in Paris, is frantic to discover his older brother`s fate. But when he receives the sudden good news that Harry has surfaced, gut-twisting doubts arise. Has Harry`s cover been blown? And if so, why has the...
ISBN: 978-0-553-56957-5
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Liz teaches archaeology in Athens. She works too hard and her doctor tells her she needs to take a holiday. So she goes to the beautiful and peaceful Greek island of Sifnos. But the peace does not
ISBN: 978-0-521-79499-2
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: август 2011
It is April 13, 1970, and Apollo 13 is flying to the moon. Suddenly, something goes wrong. The ship is losing power and oxygen. Will the astronauts walk on the moon? Will they get home?
ISBN: 978-1-4082-8491-9
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: август 2011
Contemporary / American English (Available June 2008) Apollo 13 is an exciting movie - and a true story! It is Monday, April 13, 1970 and Apollo 13 is flying to the Moon. Suddenly, something goes wrong. The ship is losing power and oxygen. Will the astronauts walk on the Moon? Will they get home again?
ISBN: 978-1-4058-8156-2
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
A new president means a new approach to counter-terrorism, and that means covert agent Scot Harvath is out of a job. But every politician has a secret, and when the daughter of a highly-connected family is kidnapped abroad, America`s new leader will agree to anything - even a crazily dangerous rescue plan - to keep his secret hidden. And there is only one man he can call on to execute the THE APOSTLE is a blistering novel of action and duplicity from the Number One New York Times bestseller Brad Thor.
ISBN: 978-1-4447-1232-2
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: август 2011
