Four girls — Mary, Bea, Meena and Atlanta — are thrown together when they are picked for very different reasons by their teacher, to form a book review club. Their discussions and reviews will be heard on radio, chaired and presented by the incredibly cool Jazz. As the girls gradually relax and talk more and more animatedly about what they think about the different books, they find they are learning from, as well as about, each other. And so they become
ISBN: 978-0-7475-7567-2
Издательство:
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Mandy has been picked on at school for as long as she can remember. That`s why she is delighted when cheeky, daring, full-of-fun Tanya picks her as a friend. Mum isn`t happy - she thinks Tanya`s a bad girl and a bad influence. Mandy`s sure Tanya can only get her out of trouble, not into could she?
ISBN: 978-0-440-86762-3
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Original stories at seven levels from starter to advanced, written specially for learners of English. With gripping plots and a range of genres to satisfy every taste, Cambridge English Readers offer high-quality original fiction that students
ISBN: 978-0-521-53653-0
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
From the first shocking scenes in Child`s explosive new novel, Jack Reacher is plunged into the heart of a conspiracy that is killing old friends and is on its way to becoming something even worse.
ISBN: 978-0-440-24366-3
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. Detective Flick Laine meets handsome Dr Jack Daly at a party in Denver, USA. When Daly calls later, inviting her to meet him to `talk about something`, she accepts. But before they
ISBN: 978-0-521-68628-0
Издательство:
Cambridge
Дата выхода: август 2011
Connolly tells a raw, gripping tale in his latest "New York Times" bestseller. In 1693, the people of a small Maine island were slaughtered. Since the massacre, the island has enjoyed 300 years of peace - until now.
ISBN: 978-0-7434-8785-6
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: июль 2011
The Bad Mother`s Handbook is the story of a year in the lives of Charlotte, Karen and Nan, none of whom can quite believe how things have turned out. Why is it all so difficult? Why do the most ridiculous mistakes have the most disastrous consequences? When are you too old to throw up in a flowerbed after too much vodka? When are you too young to be a mother? Both hilarious and wise, it is a clear-eyed look at motherhood - and childhood - in its many guises, from the moment the condom breaks to the moment you file for divorce or, more optimistically, from the moment you hear your baby`s first cry to the moment you realize that there are as many sorts of mother as there are children, and that love sometimes is the most important thing of...
ISBN: 978-0-330-45004-1
Издательство:
Picador USA
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Jill Murphy started putting books together (literally with a stapler) when she was six. Her Worst Witch series, the first of which was published in 1974, is hugely successful. She has also written and illustrated several award-winning picture books for younger children.
ISBN: 978-0-14-031446-5
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Guardian columnist Dr Ben Goldacre takes us on a hilarious, invigorating and informative journey through the bad science we`re fed by the worst of the hacks and the quacks! When Dr Ben Goldacre saw someone on daytime TV dipping her feet in an `Aqua Detox` footbath, releasing her toxins into the water and turning it brown, he thought he`d try the same at home. `Like some kind of Johnny Ball cum Witchfinder General`, using his girlfriend`s Barbie doll, he gently passed an electrical current through the warm salt water. It turned brown. In his words: `before my very eyes, the world`s first Detox Barbie was sat, with her feet in a pool of brown sludge, purged of a weekend`s immorality.` Dr Ben Goldacre is the author of the Bad Science column...
ISBN: 978-0-00-728487-0
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
"Bad Things" offers a pulse-pounding psychological thriller of deception, misfortune, complicity, and guilt from the bestselling author of "The Straw Men" and "The Intruders." Original.
In the huge and ever growing accessories market, handbags have evolved into unique design pieces status symbols that many aspire to own. In the last ten years the trend for it bags, first initiated by Hermes in the 1950s with the Kelly bag, has taken off, making the luxury goods market extremely lucrative. Certain bag styles have achieved iconic status and are copied the world over, each with its own instantly recognizable name. With handbags from well-known fashion designers as well as up-and coming new talent, this book showcases the most exciting and innovative handbag designers from across the globe, including Chanel, Dior, Prada and Louis Vuitton. Bag is beautifully illustrated with specially commissioned photographs, alongside...
ISBN: 978-1-85669-616-6
Издательство:
Thames & Hudson
Дата выхода: август 2011
