The twisted maze of Venice`s canals has always been shrouded in mystery. Even the celebrated opera house, La Fenice, has seen its share of death. But nothing so horrific and violent as that of world-famous conductor, Maestro Helmut Wellauer - poisoned during a performance of La Traviata. Even Commissario of Police, Guido Brunetti, used to the labyrinthine corruptions of the city, is shocked at the number of enemies Wellauer has made on his way to the top - but just how many have motive enough for murder? The beauty of Venice is crumbling - and evil can seep through its decaying stones.
ISBN: 978-0-09-953656-7
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Art restorer and sometime spy Gabriel Allon is sent to Vienna to investigate a bombing and uncovers a portrait of evil stretching across sixty years and thousands of lives-and into his own personal nightmares.
ISBN: 978-0-451-21318-1
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: март 2012
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student`s capabilities. Reporter Kate Jensen investigates the death of a karate master in a `dojo`, a karate training room in London. Another death quickly follows and Kate finds herself drawn into the mystery. The trail takes her to Japan, back to London, and back in time to a crime committed over thirty years earlier. Contains a paperback and 2 Audio CDs with complete text recordings from the book.
ISBN: 978-0-521-68633-4
Издательство:
Cambridge
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Hailed as one of the world`s supreme masterpieces on the subject of death and dying, The Death of Ivan Ilyich is the story of a worldly careerist, a high court judge who has never given the inevitability of his death so much as apassing thought. But one day death announces itself to him, and to his shocked surprise he is brought face to face with his own mortality. How, Tolstoy asks, does an unreflective man confront his one and only moment of truth?
ISBN: 0-553-21035-1
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Teaming up with longtime friends - NYPD`s Mike Chapman and Mercer Wallace - Assistant Alex Cooper investigates the disappearance of world-famous dancer Natalya Galinova, who has suddenly vanished backstage at Lincoln Center`s Metropolitan Opera House - during a performance. The three colleagues are soon drawn into the machinations of New York City`s secretive theatrical community, where ambition takes many forms, including those most deadly. Meanwhile, Alex is working on a very different case, using a creative technique to nab a physician who has been drugging women in order to assault them. As Dr. Sengor eludes capture, Alex must navigate the new investigative world of DFSA - drug-facilitated sexual assault - intent on proving him...
ISBN: 978-1-4165-1704-7
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
When a death at the big house is announced to the village of Compton Dando, few people are surprised, as The Golden Windhorse is home to some new-age oddballs. When the coroner deems the death an accident, it is something of a disappointment. But then another death is reported.
Another day. Another death. Death du Jour. My God, how many such days would there be?` On a bitterly cold March night in Montreal, forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan is exhuming the remains of a nun proposed for sainthood in the grounds of an old church. Just hours later, Tempe is called to the scene of a horrific arson. A young family has perished, and there seems to be no witness, no motive, no explanation. From the charred remains of the inferno, to a trail of sinister cult activity and a terrifying showdown during an ice storm, Tempe faces a nerve-shattering test of both her forensic expertise and her instinct for survival.
ISBN: 978-0-09-955652-7
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: апрель 2012
Ivan Ilyich is wasting away. He lies alone, dosed up on opium and deceived by doctors, haunted by memories and regrets. His friends come to see him, their faces masks of concern. His faithful servant tends to his every need. But as he forces down false remedies and listens to empty promises, Ivan grows aware of one terrible truth. His wife and his children are not awaiting his recovery. They are waiting for him to die.
ISBN: 978-0-14-102360-1
Издательство:
Книжный мир
Дата выхода: июль 2011
As he drove his chief down to Kidlington, Lewis returned the conversation to where it had begun. `You haven`t told me what you think about this fellow Owens - the dead woman`s next-door neighbour.` `Death is always the next-door neighbour`, said Morse sombrely. The murder of a young A cryptic `seventeenth-century` love And a photograph of a mystery grey-haired It`s more than enough to set Chief Inspector E. Morse on the trail of a killer. And it`s a trail that leads him to Lonsdale College, where the contest between Julian Storrs and Dr. Denis Cornford for the coveted position of Master is hotting up. But then, Morse faces a greater, far more personal
ISBN: 978-0-330-45127-7
Издательство:
Picador USA
Дата выхода: август 2011
When a "perfect" couple commits double suicide, alarms go off in the offices of the high-tech matchmaking company. Investigation into a second couple`s double suicide reveals a stunning labyrinth of artificial intelligence, creative genius, and a melding of technology that does indeed deliver on the company`s guarantee of a perfect, lifelong mate.
ISBN: 978-0-307-27556-1
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: июль 2011
A milestone of storytelling set in the world of The Sword of Truth, "Debt of Bones" is the story of young Abby`s struggle to win the aid of the wizard Zedd Zorander, the most important man alive. Abby is trapped, not only between both sides of the war, but in a mortal conflict between two powerful men. For Zedd, who commands power most men can only imagine, granting Abby`s request would mean forsaking his sacred duty. With the storm of the final battle about to break, both Abby and Zedd are caught in a desperate fight to save the life of a neither can escape the shadow of an ancient betrayal. With time running out, their only choice may be a debt of bones. The world-for Zedd, for Abby, for everyone-will never again be the same. Discover...
ISBN: 978-0-7653-5154-8
Издательство:
Macmillan USA
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
Number - one bestselling author Tom Clancy takes a bold, incisive look at what our nation`s leaders are calling "the new world order." The time and place: a world at peace, where yesterday`s enemies are tomorrow`s allies. The players: Jack Ryan as the new President`s National Security Advisor, and his CIA colleagues, John Clark and Domingo Chavez. The crisis: a shocking chain of events in which the wages of peace are as fully complex - and devastating - as those of war.
Lauren Blount`s life is perfectly arranged: she`s very rich, very young, very thin, very pretty and very, very divorced. The most glamorous of Manhattan`s Debutante Divorcee set, Lauren captivates newlywed Sylvia Mortimer, which is no surprise after Sylvia`s husband goes AWOL on their honeymoon. With New York`s most notorious Husband Huntress setting her sights on Sylvia`s man, a decision must be made: either subscribe to Lauren`s "Who needs a husband anyway?" philosophy or stand and fight for her man. Формат: 11 см x 18 см.
ISBN: 978-0-14-102987-0
Издательство:
Книжный мир
Дата выхода: июль 2011
1348. The Black Death is sweeping through Europe. In Florence, plague has carried off one hundred thousand people. In their Tuscan villas, seven young women and three young men tell tales to recreate the world they have lost, weaving a rich tapestry of comedy, tragedy, ribaldry and farce. Boccaccio`s Decameron recasts the storytelling heritage of the ancient and medieval worlds into perennial forms that inspired writers from Chaucer and Shakespeare down to our own day. Boccaccio makes the incredible believable, with detail so sharp we can look straight into the lives of people who lived six hundred years ago. His Decameron hovers between the fading glories of an aristocratic past - the Crusades, the Angevins, the courts of France, the...
ISBN: 978-1-84022-133-6
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: август 2011
