Premier jour de vacances a Saint-Malo: Antje visite la ville et promene le chien Leo. Elle regarde les joueurs de boules, les pecheurs. Tout a coup, Leo saute sur un bateau, Antje saute a son tour. Le bateau sort du port. plus rien! Ses amis l`appellent sur son portable, mais Antje ne repond pas, ne peut pas repondre. La gendarmerie maritime part a sa Que s`est-il passe? Est-ce qu`Antje va retrouver ses amis?
ISBN: 978-2-278-06095-5
Издательство:
Didier
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Livingston, banlieue de New York. Il y a onze ans, Ken Klein, accuse d`avoir viole et etrangle sa petite amie, disparaissait a jamais, emportant avec lui la verite sur ce meurtre aussi atroce qu` Convaincu de l`innocence de son frere, Will s`est resigne a cette fuite sans retour. Jusqu`au jour ou il apprend que, revenu sur les lieux du crime, Ken a ete apercu dans le cimetiere de la Bientot, Will voit sa fiancee le quitter sans Pur hasard? Difficile a croire. Brutalement plonge au coeur d`une tenebreuse affaire, il est temps que Will comprenne que les deux etres qui lui sont le plus chers sont peut-etre ceux qu`il connait le Формат: 11 см х 18 см.
ISBN: 978-2-266-13649-5
Издательство:
Pocket
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Layoffs have become a fact of life in today’s economy; initiated in the mid 1970s, they are now widely expected, and even accepted. It doesn’t have to be that way. In "The Disposable American", award-winning reporter Louis Uchitelle offers an eye-opening account of layoffs in America–how they started, their questionable necessity, and their devastating psychological impact on individuals at all income levels. Through portraits of both executives and workers at companies such as Stanley Works, United Airlines, and Citigroup, Uchitelle shows how layoffs are in fact counterproductive, rarely promoting efficiency or profitability in the long term. Recognizing that a global competitive economy makes tightening necessary, Uchitelle...
ISBN: 978-1-4000-3433-8
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: август 2011
In an age of treachery and turmoil, brutal murder brings the ultimate test of faith. Henry VIII has proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Church and the country is waking up to savage new laws, rigged trials and the greatest network of informers ever seen. Under the order of Thomas Cromwell, a team of commissioners is sent through the country to investigate the monasteries. There can only be one outcome: the monasteries are to be dissolved. But on the Sussex coast, at the monastery of Scarnsea, events have spiralled out of control. Cromwell`s Commissioner Robin Singleton, has been found dead, his head severed from his body. His horrific murder is accompanied by equally sinister acts of sacrilege - a black cockerel sacrificed on the...
Edie Rurchill and her mother have never been close, hut when a j-lost letter arrives one Sunday afternoon with the return address of Milderhurst Castle, Kent, printed on its envelope, Edie begins to suspect that her mother's emotional distance masks an old secret. Evacuated from London as a thirteen-year-old girl, Edie's mother was chosen by the mysterious Juniper Blythe and taken to live at Milderhurst Castle with the Blythe family. Fifty years later Edie, too, is drawn to the castle and the eccentric Sisters Blythe. Old ladies now, the three still live together, the twins nursing Juniper, whose abandonment by her fiance in 1941 plunged her into madness. Inside the decaying castle Edie begins to unravel her mother's past....
ISBN: 978-0-330-53378-2
Издательство:
Picador
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
In 1978, young students Alex Gibney and his three best friends stumble upon the body of a young woman who has been raped and murdered. When the case is reopened 25 years later, two of the four former students die suspiciously, and Alex must find the real killer before he becomes the next victim.
ISBN: 978-0-312-99483-9
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
On a cold February afternoon, Stella catches sight of a man she hasn`t seen for many years, but she instantly recognises him. Or thinks she does. At the same moment on the other side of the globe, in the middle of a crowd of Chinese New Year revellers, Jake realises that things are becoming dangerous. They know nothing of one another`s existence, but both Stella and Jake flee their lives: Jake in search of a place so remote it doesn`t appear on any map, and Stella for a destination in Scotland, the significance of which only her sister, Nina, will understand. Gripping, insightful and deft, this is Maggie O`Farrell`s finest achievement to date.
At the age of 72, Lily Roberts becomes a national celebrity when she writes her spiritual memoirs. Her children, Alan and Clary, are disturbed by Lily`s intimate revelations about her married life. Ten years on, Lily comes to live with Alan, and the bitterness threatens to upset their lives.
ISBN: 978-0-7475-5842-2
Издательство:
Bloomsbury
Дата выхода: июль 2012
This is the students` book in the "Distinction" English course, aimed at students who have completed a Cambridge First Certificate in English course. It contains a range of motivating and accessible authentic materials to provide stimulating theme-based contexts which will consolidate and extend students` knowledge. The emphasis is on learning through enjoyable activity-based tasks with ample interactive communication. Students are actively involved in tasks which encourage them to discover how the language works. The language practice in each unit is based on the carefully selected texts. The important area of multi-word verbs is dealt with systematically. Study skills such as dictionary use, categorization methods and note-taking...
ISBN: 978-0-175-56395-1
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: июль 2011
John Wilder is in his mid-thirties, a successful salesman with a place in the country, an adoring wife and a ten-year-old son. But something is wrong. His family no longer interests him, his infidelities are leading him nowhere and he has begun to drink too much. Then one night, something inside John snaps and he calls his wife to tell her that he isn`t coming home.
ISBN: 978-0-09-951855-6
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Le public: Cette méthode d`apprentissage du français oral s`adresse aux apprenants de niveaux B1 et B2 du Cadre européen commun de référence. La progression se fait autour de 20 thèmes couvrant les principaux aspects de la vie quotidienne. Le contenu: Cet outil complet, simple d`utilisation, favorise l`interaction et permet aux apprenants de développer une aisance de l`expression orale nécessaire dans différentes situations de communication. Cette méthode est composée de textes, de photos ou dessins, de questions, citations et proverbes, et d`activités variées, l`accent étant mis sur l`apport lexical (fiches de vocabulaire spécifique pour chaque thème)....
ISBN: 9782706115653
Издательство:
Presses universitaires de Grenoble
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
As in the original book, "Dive Into Python," each chapter starts with a complete code sample, picks it apart and explains the pieces, and then puts it all back together in a summary. This guide provides a fast introduction to Python with advanced concepts explained thoroughly.
In Beatrice Prior`s dystopian Chicago world, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue - Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is - she can`t have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself. During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles alongside her fellow initiates to live out the choice they have made....
The thrilling third book in the internationally bestselling Divergent series that inspired a series of major motion pictures starring Shailene Woodley. This special 10th anniversary edition features exclusive content from Veronica Roth and a beautiful reimagined cover art from award-winning illustrator Victo Ngai.The faction-based society that Tris Prior once believed in is shattered – fractured by violence and scarred by loss. So when offered a chance to explore the world past the limits she`s known, Tris is ready. Perhaps, beyond the fence, she and Tobias will find a simple new life together, free from complicated lies, tangled loyalties, and painful memories.But Tris`s new reality is even more alarming than the one she left behind....
She turns to face the future in a world that`s falling apart. For sixteen-year-old Tris, the world changes in a heartbeat when she is forced to make a terrible choice. Turning her back on her family, Tris ventures out, alone, determined to find out where she truly belongs. Shocked by the brutality of her new life, Tris can trust no one. And yet she is drawn to a boy who seems to both threaten and protect her. The hardest choices may yet lie ahead! A debut novel that will leave you breathless.
ISBN: 978-0-00-742042-1
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: апрель 2012
