Hamilton Felix is the ultimate man, the end product of highly refined applied genetics in a world that has long since banished disease, hunger, and war. But no one counted on what might happen if this superman got recruited by a cabal of dissident
ISBN: 978-0-7434-3561-1
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: июль 2011
This reading and discussion text helps students understand and adapt to cultural differences and values when communicating with speakers of American English. Features: • Readings, cultural notes, and discussion topics focus on values, behavior, attitudes, and communication styles. • A variety of vocabulary, comprehension, and conversational activities are designed to promote discussion. • Each chapter has readings and exercises about cross-cultural communication and American culture, as well as conversational activities designed to promote discussion of the subtleties of cross-cultural communication.
Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. "Beyond the City" is a novel set in the Victorian era. It tells the story of different women, whose desire for money and romance forces them to go way beyond the traditional notions of middle-class life.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08075-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930) was an English writer best known for his detective stories about Sherlock Holmes. "Beyond the City" is a novel set in the Victorian era. It tells the story of different women, whose desire for money and romance forces them to go way beyond the traditional notions of middle-class-life.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07178-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2018
Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. Hilarious and sinister, ‘Beyond Black’ is a tale of dark secrets and secret forces in suburban England. Alison Hart is a medium by trade: dead people talk to her, and she talks back. With her flat-eyed, flint-hearted sidekick, Colette, she tours the dormitory towns of London`s orbital road, passing on messages from dead ancestors: `Granny says she likes your new kitchen units.` Alison`s ability to communicate with spirits is a torment rather than a gift. Behind her plump, smiling and bland public persona is a desperate woman. She knows that the next life holds terrors that she must conceal from her clients. Her days and nights are haunted by the men she knew in her childhood, the thugs...
ISBN: 978-0-00-715776-1
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
This is the first volume in the definitive five-volume set of Philip K. Dick`s collected stories. With one exception, all the stories in this book were written over a nine-month period between 1951 and 1952, when Dick was in his early 20s and making his first impact as a writer.
ISBN: 1-85798-879-5
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004
An hilarious and sinister tale of dark secrets and secret forces in suburban England from the critically-acclaimed author of `Giving Up the Ghost`. Alison Hart is a medium by trade: dead people talk to her, and she talks back. With her flat-eyed, flint-hearted sidekick, Colette, she tours the dormitory towns of London`s orbital road, passing on messages from dead ancestors: `Granny says she likes your new kitchen units.` Alison`s ability to communicate with spirits is a torment rather than a gift. Behind her plump, smiling and bland public persona is a desperate woman. She knows that the next life holds terrors that she must conceal from her clients. Her days and nights are haunted by the men she knew in her childhood, the thugs and...
ISBN: 978-0-00-726837-5
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
From the number one bestselling author comes a swashbuckling tale of mutiny and murder in Even Paradise can turn into a The Mutiny on the Bounty is the most famous uprising in naval history. Led by Fletcher Christian, a desperate crew cast sadistic Captain Bligh adrift. They swap cruelty and the lash for easy living in the island heaven of Tahiti. However, paradise turns out to have a darker Mr Christian dies in terrible agony. The Bounty burns. Cursed by murder and treachery, the rebels` dreams turn to nightmares, and all hope of seeing England again is lost forever. A story of low treachery and high adventure, murder under the palm trees, trouble in paradise and a lost Eden in the South Seas.
Kathleen Flynn-Hui - hairdresser to the stars - takes readers behind the frosted glass panels of the top salons and into the glamorous and bitchy world of women (and men) who`d kill for a handful of honeyed highlights. Beyond the Blonde follows the fortunes of Georgia, a small-town girl with big-city ambitions as she makes her ascent to the position of colourist at one of the most exclusive salons in New York. But if Georgia is to achieve the heady heights of urban salon success first she must battle bullies, find romance, endure heartbreak and betrayal. Can she make the cut? Or will it all unravel like a perm in a rainstorm? Anyone who loved The Nanny Diaries for its peek into an unknown world of slavery and hardship will adore Beyonde...
ISBN: 978-0-14-101737-2
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The well-loved story of a big friendly giant who spirits a child out of bed to the land of the child-eating giants. This edition has a great new cover by Quentin Blake as well as a whole new exciting end section about Roald Dahl and his world.
ISBN: 978-0-14-132262-9
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Phizz-whizzing new branding for the world`s No.1 storyteller, Roald Dahl! Exciting, bold and instantly recognisable with Quentin Blake`s inimitable artwork. On a dark, silvery moonlit night, Sophie is snatched from her bed by a giant. Luckily it is the Big Friendly Giant, The BFG, who only eats snozzcumbers and glugs frobscottle. But there are other giants in Giant Country. Fifty foot brutes who gallop far and wide every night to find human beans to eat. Can Sophie and her friend the BFG stop them? Let`s hope so - otherwise the next child a gruesome giant guzzles could be you. Now you can listen to The BFG and other Roald Dahl audio books read by some very famous voices, including KatelWinslet, David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there...
ISBN: 9780141365428
Издательство:
Puffin Books
Дата выхода: январь 2016
Following the success of his stage adaptation of The BFG, David Wood has now written a series of scenes, or playlets for performance by children in schools and other amateur groups. With notes on simple staging, props and costumes, these plays can be performed with the minimum of experience or resources.
ISBN: 978-0-14-036367-8
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Zur Geschichte: Der Maulwurf Sherlock ist ein alter Hase in Sachen Detektivarbeit – viele Dinge hat er schon herausgefunden. Als der kleine Nils wissen mochte, wie Huhner Pipi machen, nimmt er mit Feuereifer die Ermittlungen auf, die ihn auf den Bauernhof fuhren. Der Fall ist jedoch kniffliger, als es zunachst scheint, und es dauert eine ganze Weile, bis Sherlock zu einer verbluffenden Erkenntnis gelangt… Eine spannende Detektivgeschichte, mit farbenfrohen Illustrationen voller witziger Details. Gut geeignet fur Kinder ab 5 Jahren.
Sie sind auf der Suche nach Buchern fur ein Kind, das mehrsprachig aufwachst? Dann sind die zweisprachigen Kinderbucher der Edition bi:libri genau das Richtige fur Sie. Die Titel sind auf die Bedurfnisse der Kinder zugeschnitten, die mit mehr als nur einer Sprache aufwachsen bzw. fruh eine Fremdsprache lernen. Die Kinder horen bzw. lesen die Geschichte in ihrer Muttersprache, aber auch in Deutsch, ihrer „Umgebungssprache“. Das schult nicht nur das Sprachgefuhl fur beide Sprachen, sondern vergroBert auch nebenbei den Wortschatz. Kindgerecht aufbereitet, mit abwechslungsreichen Illustrationen und Themen, wie das Lebensumfeld des Kindes, Tiere, Freundschaft, Toleranz etc., die kleine Sprachenlerner interessieren, schulen die liebevoll...
Aus gelb und blau wird grun, das weiB Elsie genau. Aber was wird aus braun und rot? Der Farbenverdreher zeigt es ihr, als er eines Tages in ihrem Bild auftaucht und alles durcheinanderwirbelt Eine witzige Reise in die Welt der Farben.
Biba remains one of the most evocative names in British design history it pioneered a new style, mixing the contemporary with Art Nouveau, Art Deco and the golden age of Hollywood, dressing itself in the richly luxuriant colours of a bygone time. This book showcases Biba clothing and much of the Biba memorabilia, merchandising and interior design, presenting an entire history of the company. Biba: The Biba Experience centres on commissioned photographs of one of the largest collections of Biba in the world, put together by Pari, who has accumulated around 500 pieces of Biba fashion items and ephemera covering the entire history of the company. Everything from dresses and trouser suits through original sketches and patterns to playing...
ISBN: 978-1-85149-541-2
Издательство:
Antique Collector Club
Дата выхода: июль 2011
This lavishly illustrated and beautifully produced book is intended for those interested in fashion and graphic design of the 60`s and 70`s from a creative and historical standpoint, plus the huge number of people who remember Biba from the period with much affection.
ISBN: 978-1-85149-466-8
Издательство:
Antique Collector Club
Дата выхода: август 2011
