John and Laura have come to Venice to try and escape the pain of their young daughter`s death. But when they encounter two old women who claim to have second sight, they find that, instead of laying their ghosts to rest, they become caught up in a train of increasingly strange and violent events. The four other haunting, evocative stories in this volume also explore deep fears and longings, secrets and desires: a lonely teacher who investigates a mysterious American couple; a young woman confronting her father`s past; a party of pilgrims who meet disaster in Jerusalem; and a scientist who harnesses the power of the mind to chilling effect.
ISBN: 978-0-14-118837-9
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. A brick smashes the window of a family-run Internet cafe in central London. A message comes with it: Don`t Stop Now! Matt, a frequent visitor to the cafe, offers to help Kate and her
ISBN: 978-0-521-60564-9
Издательство:
Cambridge University Press
Дата выхода: июль 2011
In this dramatic new novel following the bestselling The Dark Tide, a drive-by shooting rocks the posh suburb of Greenwich, Connecticut, and an innocent bystander is left dead. Detective Ty Hauck plunges into what seems like a vicious case of retribution and follows the trail to a sinister gambling scheme at an upstate casino. Until Annie Fletcher, a young restaurateur in the midst of rebuilding her life, witnesses something she shouldn`t have - and immediately runs to him with what she knows. Suddenly, Hauck is pulled into a rising storm far greater than it first appeared - a storm wide enough to encompass corruption inside Greenwich`s circle of wealthy and powerful citizens. And punishing enough to consume Hauck`s own family, and tear...
ISBN: 978-0-06-114345-8
Издательство:
HarperCollins USA
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
There`s more to life than cars. Jeremy Clarkson knows this. There is, after all a whole world out there just waiting to be discovered. So, before, he gets on to torque steer and active suspension, he takes time to consider: the madness of Galapagos tortoises; the similarities between Jeremy Paxman and AC/DC`s bass guitarist; the problems and perils of being English; God`s dumbest creation. Then there are the cars: whether it`s the poxiest little runabout or an exotic, firebreathing supercar, no one does cars like Clarkson. Unmoved by mechanics` claims and unimpressed by press junkets, he approaches anything on four wheels without fear or favour. What emerges from the ashes is rarely pretty. But always very, very funny.
ISBN: 978-0-14-102611-4
Издательство:
Книжный мир
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Was Columbus the first European in the Americas? What sport became more popular after the Civil War? Were the Little Rock Nine a rock-and-roll band? As best-selling author Kenneth C. Davis knows, history can be fun, fascinating, and memorable. When his don`t know much about (R) history was published in 1990, it was a sensation. The book delivered a fresh take on history with its wit and unusual detail. Davis now does for young people what his earlier book did for adults. In his trademark question-and-answer style - peppered with surprising facts, historic reproductions, and Matt Faulkner`s lively illustrations - Davis introduces our ancestors who settled the East and expanded the West, as well as those who had been living here all along....
ISBN: 978-0-06-440836-3
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Tom needed help. So did Masters. At first everything went well. But why had Tom left home? What did Masters do exactly? And who was the girl called Shirley? Retold by Philip King.
ISBN: 978-1-4050-7264-9
Издательство:
Langenscheidt
Дата выхода: август 2011
Lavinia Lake is set apart from the other women of London`s Claremont Lane: she`s well-versed in mesmerism, a gift that far surpasses mere charm and physical appeal. Nobody knows this better than the usually coolheaded Tobias March, who has fallen hopelessly under her spell.
ISBN: 978-0-553-58339-7
Издательство:
Bantam
Дата выхода: июль 2011
She is a director of dog food commercials who`s just been recruited to finish a four-day movie shoot. But as soon as Lucy Armstrong arrives on set, she discovers that the staff is in chaos, the make-up artist is suicidal, and the stunt director just happens to be her ex-husband. That, and the temperamental lead actor has just acquired as an advisor a Green Beret who has the aggravating habit of always being right. He thought that hiring on as a military consultant for a movie star was a to-die-for deal: easy work, easy money, easier starlets. But his first day on the job, Captain ends up babysitting a bumbling comedian, dodging low-flying helicopters, and trying to find out who`s taking "shooting a movie" much too literally.
ISBN: 978-0-312-93851-2
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
The 1970s was a decade of anger and discontent. Britain endured power cuts and strikes. America pulled out of Vietnam and saw its President resign from office. Feminism and face lifts vied for women`s hearts (and minds). And prog rock, punk and disco weren`t just music but for some were ways of life. Daphne du Maurier`s "Don`t Look Now" was published in 1971 and became a haunting film in 1973. It describes a young couple who travel to Venice to try and escape the pain of their daughter`s death. Instead of laying their ghosts to rest, however, they find themselves caught up in a series of increasingly strange and violent events, in a brilliant meditation on loss, fear and fate.
ISBN: 978-0-14-119113-3
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июль 2011
It was a desperate plan. But Mary Grace Winters knew the only way to save herself and her child from her abusive cop husband was to stage their own death. Now all that remains of their former life is at the bottom of a Armed with a new identity in a new town, she and her son have found refuge hundreds of miles away. As Caroline Stewart, she has almost forgotten the nightmare she left behind nine years ago. She is even taking a chance on love with Max Hunter, a man with wounds of his own. But her past is about to collide with the present when her husband uncovers her trail and threatens her hard-won peace. Step by step, he`s closing in on her - and everything and everyone she loves.
ISBN: 978-0-7553-5157-2
Издательство:
Headline Publ.
Дата выхода: июль 2012
Don`ts for Husbands and Don`ts for Wives are facsimile editions of the original books published by A&C Black in 1913. Each pocket-sized book contains hundreds of snippets of entertaining advice for a happy marriage, which rings true almost 100 years after it was written. The reissued titles are ideal Christmas stocking fillers, and gifts for weddings, engagements and anniversaries. Advice appears under the following chapters: 1. Personalities 2. How to Avoid Discord 3. Habits 4. Financial Matters 5. Evenings at Home 6. Jealousy 7. Recreation 8. Food 9. Dress 10. Entertaining 11. Household Management 12. Children `Among the bon mots there is much wisdom. They would make great stocking fillers, or wedding anniversary gifts!` Good Book...
ISBN: 978-0-7136-8790-3
Издательство:
A&C Black
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Don`ts for Husbands and Don`ts for Wives are facsimile editions of the original books published by A&C Black in 1913. Each pocket-sized book contains hundreds of snippets of entertaining advice for a happy marriage, which rings true almost 100 years after they were written. The reissued titles are ideal Christmas stocking fillers, and gifts for weddings, engagements and anniversaries. Advice appears under the following chapters: 1. Personalities 2. How to Avoid Discord 3. Habits 4. Financial Matters 5. Evenings at Home 6. Jealousy 7. Recreation 8. Food 9. Dress 10. Entertaining 11. Household Management 12. Children `Among the bon mots there is much wisdom. They would make great stocking fillers, or wedding anniversary gifts!` Good Book...
ISBN: 978-0-7136-8791-0
Издательство:
A&C Black
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Don`ts for Husbands and Don`ts For Wives were originally published by A&C Black in 1913. They contain hundreds of snippets of entertaining advice for a happy marriage, which ring true almost 100 years after they were written. An ideal Christmas stocking filler and gift for weddings, engagements and anniversaries. Advice appears under the following chapters: 1. Personalities 2. How to Avoid Discord 3. Habits 4. Financial Matters 5. Evenings at Home 6. Jealousy 7. Recreation 8. Food 9. Dress 10. Entertaining 11. Household Management 12. Children.
A series of humourous short stories starting in misery and dropping towards despair. One character has a quest to read every book ever written in English, devouring them two at a time. The aphoristic tales are sandwiched between two novellas and deliver an apocalyptic vision with a grim smile.
ISBN: 978-0-09-928312-6
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Daphne du Maurier wrote some of the most compelling and creepy novels of the twentieth century. In books like Rebecca, My Cousin Rachel, and Jamaica Inn she transformed the small dramas of everyday life - love, grief, jealousy - into the stuff of nightmares. Less known, though no less powerful, are her short stories, in which she gave free rein to her imagination in narratives of unflagging suspense. Patrick McGrath`s revelatory new selection of du Maurier`s stories shows her at her most chilling and most psychologically astute: a dead child reappears in the alleyways of Venice; routine eye surgery reveals the beast within to a meek housewife; nature revolts against man`s abuse by turning a benign species into an annihilating force; a...
