At Davis & Dash, one of New York`s most prestigious publishing houses, five new authors will be published--but only one of them will be a bestseller. They have worked long and hard to write their novels of romance and murder, drama and love. But the story behind the stories is even more exciting. And the vicious competition to get the right agent, the perfect editor, and the choice spot on the bestseller list must be seen to be believed. Master novelist Olivia Goldsmith, bestselling author of The First Wives Club and Marrying Mom, takes a scathing and hilarious inside look at the deviously cutthroat world of publishing. She pierces egos, produces the dish, and punctures more than a few careers in this one-of-a-kind novel where dreams...
ISBN: 0-06-109608-3
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
One of Dickens` most popular novels, Great Expectations tells the story of an orphan called Pip and his attempts to rise from a poor childhood and become a gentleman. On his way, he meets memorable characters, such as Magwitch the convict, beautiful but arrogant Estella and eccentric Miss Havisham.Retold by Katrina Gormley.
Minerva Dobbs knows that happily-ever-after is a fairy tale, especially with a man who asked her to dinner to win a bet. Even if he is gorgeous and successful Calvin Morrisey. Cal knows commitment is impossible, especially with a woman as cranky as Min Dobbs. Even if she does wear great shoes, and keep him on his toes. When they say good-bye at the end of their evening, they cut their losses and agree never to see each other again. But Fate has other plans, and it`s not long before Min and Cal meet again. Soon, they`re dealing with a jealous ex-boyfriend, Krispy Kreme donuts, a determined psychologist, chaos theory, a freakishly intelligent cat, Chicken Marsala, and more risky propositions than either of them ever dreamed of. Including...
Minerva Dobbs knows that happily-ever-after is a fairy tale, especially with a man who asked her to dinner to win a bet. Even if he is gorgeous and successful Calvin Morrisey. Cal knows commitment is impossible, especially with a woman as cranky as Min Dobbs. Even if she does wear great shoes and keeps him on his toes. When they say good-bye at the end of their evening, they cut their losses and agree never to see each other again. But Fate has other plans and it`s not long before Min and Cal meet again. Soon, they`re dealing with a jealous ex-boyfriend, Krispy Kreme donuts, a determined psychologist, chaos theory, a freakishly intelligent cat, Chicken Marsala, and more risky propositions than either of them ever dreamed of. Including...
ISBN: 978-0-312-98785-5
Издательство:
Macmillan USA
Дата выхода: октябрь 2012
Un mécanicien de locomotive, tourmenté par une lourde hérédité, et qui ne s`entend vraiment qu`avec sa Une femme qui semble née pour faire le malheur de tous les hommes qui l` juge pétri de préjugés, prêt à renier la justice au profit de l`intérêt social ou sont les personnages de ce drame, un des plus sombres qu`ait imaginés le romancier des Rougon-Macquart. Vivante et précise comme un reportage, puissante comme une épopée, son évocation du monde des chemins de fer au moment de leur âge d`or va de pair avec la vision d`une humanité en proie à ses démons héréditaires et sociaux - l`alcoolisme, la misère - et chez...
ISBN: 978-2-253-00557-5
Издательство:
Livre de Poche
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Léon est vieux. Très vieux. Léon est moche. Très moche. Léon est sale. Vraiment très sale! Léon se tient très mal à table. C`est dans sa C`est triste? Non: Léon a enfin trouvé un ami, un vrai de vrai! Seulement voilà, le copain en question est un peu dérangé. Parfois dangereusement. Mais Léon est indulgent envers ses amis. Pas vous?
ISBN: 978-2-07-040862-7
Издательство:
Gallimard
Дата выхода: август 2011
"Beth Levine Shoes" is a showcase of gorgeous, full-color photographs of Beth Levine`s groundbreaking shoe design and the story of this pioneering woman who went from Long Island farm girl to shoemaker for stars such as Nancy Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe, and Barbra Streisand. Although she was a truly visionary designer, Levine`s shoes were sold under her husband`s name because female shoe designers were unheard of in her time. This book will give her the credit she deserves for her fashion-forward work, including introducing mules, stilettos, and fashion boots to the American market. Her work is featured in museums around the world. Her designs are still setting trends today and in photographs look as fresh now as when they were first...
Ensemble, le Petit Nicolas et ses copains s`amusent beaucoup. Il faut dire qu`a la maison, au cirque, a la fete foraine ou en retenue, ils ont toujours des idees chouettes comme tout, meme si le surveillant, le directeur, la maitresse, les parents, les voisins et le patron de papa n`ont pas l`air d`etre de cet Pourtant, Nicolas et ses amis ne font jamais de betises, c`est vrai quoi a la fin!
ISBN: 978-2-07-041867-1
Издательство:
Gallimard
Дата выхода: январь 2012
All any of us could talk about was Chris`s disappearance and how bizarre it was that he had last been seen so close to the House of Night. I didn`t want to believe it. But everything inside me said that the kid would be found, but he`d be found Things seem to be going pretty well for Zoey Redbird. She`s settled in at the House of Night finishing school and is coming to terms with her incredible new powers. It all seems too good to be true. And guess what? Someone has begun murdering human teenagers, and all evidence points to the vampyres at Zoey`s school. Which means her first assignment as the leader of the Dark Daughers is finding out which one of her classmates or gulp teachers is a killer. Sigh. And she thought her boyfriends (yes:...
ISBN: 978-1-905654-32-1
Издательство:
Little, Brown and Company
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Lauren Kate`s irresistible first novel, The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove, features the most ruthlessly ambitious heroine since Lady Macbeth. Natalie is utterly determined to cement her position at the top of the high school social ladder by becoming prom queen. When it looks like an interfering ex-boyfriend might get in her way, she devises a little prank to humiliate him. But when the prank goes devastatingly wrong, Natalie starts to lose control of her life. Caught in a web of dark secrets, shame and abuse of power, it`s not guilt that eventually defeats Natalie. It`s fate: the only thing she can`t
ISBN: 978-0-552-56372-7
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
Tallie Jones is a Hollywood legend. An ambitious and passionate film director, her award-winning productions achieve the rare combination of critical and commercial success. But she has little interest in the glitz and glamour of Los Angeles, instead focusing intently on her work and family. She has close, loving relationships with her daughter, her elderly father and Hunter Lloyd - her co-producer and partner of four years. Completing her trusted circle is Brigitte Parker - Tallie`s best friend and devoted personal assistant. They`ve been friends since film school, and Brigitte`s polished glamour and highly organized style provides a perfect balance to Tallie`s casual appearance and down-to-earth approach to life. However as Tallie is...
This is a cassette of a highly successful and widely-used text on pronunciation. It provides a systematic and thorough introduction to the pronunciation of English to help intermediate and more advanced students improve their pronunciation of the spoken language. A recording of all the practice material in the book is available on the cassettes.
This acclaimed book by Steven Pinker, author of The Language Instinct and The Blank Slate, argues that, contrary to popular belief, humankind has become progressively less violent, over millenia and decades. Can violence really have declined? The images of conflict we see daily on our screens from around the world suggest this is an almost obscene claim to be making. Extraordinarily, however, Steven Pinker shows violence within and between societies - both murder and warfare - really has declined from prehistory to today. We are much less likely to die at someone else`s hands than ever before. Even the horrific carnage of the last century, when compared to the dangers of pre-state societies, is part of this trend. Debunking both the idea...
ISBN: 978-0-14-103464-5
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: январь 2013
Better Writing Through Editing teaches intermediate students how to edit their own writing for correct sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, and expression. Using a systematic approach for studying writing and editing problems, students discover the
`Hunter S. Thompson is to drug-addled, stream-of-consciousness, psycho-political black humor what Forrest Gump is to idiot savants` Philadelphia Inquirer Since his blazing 1972 opus, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, Hunter S. Thompson has reported the election story in his truly inimitable, just-short-of-libel style. In Better than Sex, Thompson hits the dusty trail again without leaving home yet manages to deliver a mind-bending view of the 1992 presidential campaign, in all of its horror, sacrifice, lust, and dubious glory. Complete with faxes sent to and received by candidate Clinton`s top aides, and 100 per cent pure gonzo screeds on Richard Nixon, George Bush, and Oliver North, here is the most true-blue campaign tell-all...
ISBN: 978-0-330-51075-2
Издательство:
Picador
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Georges Simenon, écrivain belge de langue française, est né à Liège en 1903. A seize ans, il devient journaliste à La Gazette de Liège. Son premier roman, signé sous le pseudonyme de Georges Sim, paraît en 1921: Au pont des Arches, petite histoire liégeoise. En 1922, il s`installe à Paris et écrit des contes et des romans-feuilletons dans tous les genres. Près de deux cents romans parus entre 1923 et 1933, un bon millier de contes, et de très nombreux 1929, Simenon rédige son premier Maigret: Pietr le Letton. Lancé par les éditions Fayard en 1931, le commissaire Maigret devient vite un personnage très populaire. Simenon écrira en tout...
ISBN: 978-2-253-12492-4
Издательство:
Livre de Poche
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Born in Ukraine on the first day of the century, a Jewish anti-Semite, Pyat careered through three decades like a runaway train. Bisexual, cocaine-loving engineer/inventor/spy, he enthusiastically embraces Fascism. Hero-worshipping Mussolini, he enters the dictator`s circle, enjoys a close friendship with Mussolini`s wife and is sent by the Duce on a secret mission to Munich, becoming intimate with Ernst Rohm, the homosexual stormtrooper leader. His crucial role in the Nazi Party`s struggle for power has him performing perverted sex acts with `Alf`, as the Fuhrer`s friends call him. Pyat`s extraordinary luck leaves him after he witnesses Hitler`s massacre of Rohm and the SA. At last he is swallowed up in Dachau concentration camp. Thirty...
ISBN: 978-0-09-948882-8
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: апрель 2012
Original / British English Joanna Jimbuku is a nurse in Australia. She works with a Flying Doctor. One day a baby is very ill. Joanna takes the baby to Sydney. It`s her first visit to a big city, and she loves it. Does she stay in the city or go home?
ISBN: 978-1-4058-8053-4
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
