In "The Crack in Space", a repairman discovers that a hole in a faulty Jifi-scuttler leads to a parallel world. Jim Briskin, campaigning to be the first black president of the United States, thinks alter-Earth is the solution to the chronic overpopulation that has seventy million people cryogenically frozen; Tito Cravelli, a shadowy private detective, wants to know why Dr Lurton Sands is hiding his mistress on the planet; billionaire mutant George Walt wants to make the empty world all his own. But when the other earth turns out to be inhabited, everything changes. Winner of both the Hugo and John W. Campbell awards for best novel, widely regarded as the premiere science fiction writer of his day, and the object of cult-like adoration...
ISBN: 978-1-4000-3006-4
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
This is geography with the gritty bits left in! Wave goodbye to boring geography lessons as you clamber up some "Cracking Coasts"...Marvel! at the ginormous Giant`s Causeway, Scream! as you surf an awesome reef breaker, Shiver! with fear as you take a trip to the spooky Skeleton Coast, and if that`s not cracking enough for an eerie lighthouse where the light suddenly went out and go sailing with ...a snail. It`s earth-shatteringly exciting! Geography has never been so horrible!
ISBN: 978-1-4071-1080-6
Издательство:
Scholastic UK
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2011
If you need to know it, it`s in this book! "Cracking the SAT 2012" includes everything you need to know to master the Math, Critical Reading, and Writing sections of the SAT. It includes: Access to 8 full-length practice exams; A DVD with tutorials and expert advice from the Princeton Review`s top SAT instructors; Our exclusive "Hit Parade" of vocabulary appearing most frequently on the SAT; Tons of drills and detailed explanations to show you exactly what to expect on the exam; Thorough review of all SAT topics, including essay-writing techniques and a focused grammar chapter; Key strategies and a breakdown of SAT myths to help you feel more confident on test day.
ISBN: 978-0-375-42830-2
Издательство:
Daedalus
Дата выхода: август 2011
Cracow, for 700 years the ancient capital of Poland, is its most historic and architecturally ornate city and one of Europe`s architectural gems. Its oldest quarter is on UNESCO`s list of the world`s 12 most precious monuments. Cracow tells the story of the city from its Silver Age in the 14th century through its Golden Age in the 15th and 16th centuries, up to the present day. Photographs show the city in all its splendour, including the late Gothic St Mary`s Church, Wawel Castle, and Main Square (the largest medieval piazza in Europe) conveying all that is magnificent and unique about this unforgettable city.
ISBN: 978-0-7112-2571-8
Издательство:
Frances Lincoln
Дата выхода: август 2011
Clare Elian has always known the risk of being married to a rich, handsome younger man like Marc. She just never thought she`d be the one to bring the danger home. But when she gives birth to two gorgeous babies - one of each, naturally - she discovers motherhood isn`t quite the cinch she`d expected. Desperate to escape back to her chic chain of boutique flower shops, she hires Jenna, a confident, efficient nanny keen to escape a relationship that has gone horribly wrong. Before long, a deadly rivalry emerges for control of the nursery. And as events spiral out of their control, both women find themselves forced to make wrenching decisions about love, loyalty and motherhood.
ISBN: 978-0-330-46112-2
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
A portrait of the residents of an English country town in the mid nineteenth century, Cranford relates the adventures of Miss Matty and Miss Deborah, two middle-aged spinster sisters striving to live with dignity in reduced circumstances. Through a series of vignettes, Elizabeth Gaskell portrays a community governed by old-fashioned habits and dominated by friendships between women. Her wry account of rural life is undercut, however, by tragedy in its depiction of such troubling events as Matty`s bankruptcy, the violent death of Captain Brown or the unwitting cruelty of Peter Jenkyns. Written with acute observation, Cranford is by turns affectionate, moving and darkly satirical.
ISBN: 978-5-521-05957-7
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: декабрь 2017
