Updikes sixth collection of essays and literary criticism opens with a skeptical overview of literary biographies, proceeds to five essays on topics ranging from China and small change to faith and late works, and takes up, under the heading General Considerations, books, poker, cars, and the American libido.
ISBN: 978-0-345-49900-4
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
Features six tales, including "The Darling," that supports the claim that life has no meaning without love, "The Kiss", "Anna on the Neck", and three others.
ISBN: 978-0-486-42676-1
Издательство:
Dover
Дата выхода: август 2011
Un soir, il neigea. En rentrant du travail je trouvai Mlle Maria dans ma chambre. "Pourquoi ne venez-vous pas à la maison? Puisque vous ne vouliez plus venir chez moi, c`est moi qui suis venue chez vous". Elle fondit en larmes:...
ISBN: 978-2-07-037433-5
Издательство:
Gallimard
Дата выхода: май 2012
When Edgar Freemantle moves to the remote island of Duma Key to escape his past, he doesn`t expect to find much there. But Duma has been waiting for him. The shells beneath his house are whispering to him, and something in the view from his window urges him to discover a talent he never knew he had. Edgar Freemantle begins to paint. And as he paints, the island`s secrets begin to stir. Secrets of children lost in the undertow, of a ghost ship riding the distant horizon - and a family`s buried past reaching long hands into the present.
ISBN: 978-0-340-97803-0
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: март 2012
"Duma Key" combines the appeal of "Cell" and "Lisey`s Story" - two of Stephen King`s most successful hardbacks of all time - to take the legendary author to a whole new level.
ISBN: 978-0-340-95219-1
Издательство:
Hodder Education
Дата выхода: июль 2011
When Edgar Freemantle moves to Duma Key to escape his past, he doesn’t expect to find much there. But Duma Key and its mysteries have been waiting for him. The shells beneath his house are whispering to him, and something in the view from his window urges him to discover a talent he never knew he had. Edgar Freemantle begins to paint. Even though he has lost an arm. And even though the hand he uses is the one he lost!
ISBN: 978-0-340-95221-4
Издательство:
Hodder Education
Дата выхода: февраль 2011
When Edgar Freemantle moves to the remote island of Duma Key to escape his past, he doesn't expect to find much there. But Duma has been waiting for him, and something in the view from his window urges him to discover a talent he never knew he had. Edgar Freemantle begins to paint. And as he paints, the island's secrets begin to stir. Secrets of children lost in the undertow, of a ghost ship riding the distant horizon - and a family's buried past reaching long hands into the present.
ISBN: 978-1-4447-0790-8
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: июль 2012
Go wild with the Dumb Bunnies! Momma Bunny is really dumb. Poppa Bunny is even dumber. And Baby Bunny is the dumbest bunny of all. Join these silly rabbits for a little monkey business at the zoo, and watch them really go ape. The Dumb Bunnies may make a mess (or many), but they always have lots of fun!
A so-dumb-it`s-funny story from bestseller Dav Pilkey. Let the Scholastic Bookshelf be your guide through the whole range of your child`s experiences-laugh with them, learn with them, read with them! Category: Humor Meet the Dumb eat lunch in a carwash. They go bowling in a library. And they ice-skate on the bottom of a lake. Everything the dumb bunnies do is REALLY dumb - but lots of an intruder sneaks into the bunnies` house, this spectacularly stupid family is stumped. See what happens to their unwelcome guest and laugh yourself silly!
From the mind of children`s book creator Dav Pilkey comes another tale of bunnies so dippy, so doofy, and so supremely DUMB, it will have you laughing all the way down the bunny trail. (Did we mention this book is actually about Christmas?)
Mummy Bunny is really dumb. Daddy Bunny is even dumber. And Baby Bunny is the dumbest bunny of all! One day, Baby Bunny drives Mummy Bunny and Daddy Bunny into town. They go bowling at the library have a picnic in the carwash and return home to find Little Red Goldilocks has been sleeping in their porridge and eating their beds! Join the stupidest family around for a barmy adventure that will have you in stitches, from Dav Pilkey, creator of Captain Underpants .
ISBN: 978-1-4071-0982-4
Издательство:
Scholastic UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
Agatha Christie is the most popular mystery writer of all time. With over two billion copies of her books in print, her genius for detective fiction is unparalleled. She is truly the one and only Queen of At first Hercule Poirot found Miss Emily`s letter quite typical-a dramatic, somewhat hysterical appeal for confidential assistance. What piqued Poirot`s interest was that it was dated two months prior. Who would wait so long to postmark a life-and-death plea? A visit to Miss Emily`s estate reveals that the wealthy mistress of Littlegreen had been dead for some time, leaving behind a bitterly contested will, and a pack of greedy heirs with motives for murder. What Poirot really wants to know is who mailed the letter? And why so late?
Get ready to quake in fear with this revised and expanded edition of our history of Horror Cinema. From serial killers to satanists, The Shining to Scream, some 600 pages explore the genre’s favorite themes, mythologies, and motifs, and get up close and trembling to 50 top horror masterworks from the 1920s to the 2000s.
ISBN: 9783836561853
Издательство:
TASCHEN
Дата выхода: январь 2020
Here is the novel that will be forever considered a triumph of the imagination. Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, who would become the mysterious man known as Muad`Dib. He would avenge the traitorous plot against his noble family -- and would bring to fruition humankind`s most ancient and unattainable dream. A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism and politics, Dune won the first Nebula Award, shared the Hugo Award, and formed the basis of what is undoubtedly the grandest epic in science fiction.
ISBN: 0-441-17271-7
Издательство:
Penguin USA
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
