World Without End was a global phenomenon, a work of grand historical sweep, beloved by millions of readers and acclaimed by critics. Now, Ken Follett takes readers on a new journey in Fall of Giants. This magnificent new historical epic, and the first novel in The Century Trilogy, traces the fortunes of five interrelated families-one American, one English, one Welsh, one Russian, and one German-as they are buffeted by the extraordinary events of World War I, the Russian Revolution, and the women's suffrage movement.
ISBN: 978-0-451-23258-8
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: май 2011
This is an epic of love, hatred, war and revolution. This is a huge novel that follows five families through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for votes for women. It is 1911. The Coronation Day of King George Williams, a Welsh coal-mining family, is linked by romance and enmity to the Fitzherberts, aristocratic coal-mine owners. Lady Maud Fitzherbert falls in love with Walter von Ulrich, a spy at the German Embassy in London. Their destiny is entangled with that of an ambitious young aide to President Woodrow Wilson and to two orphaned Russian brothers, whose plans to emigrate to America fall foul of war, conscription and revolution. In a plot of unfolding drama and intriguing...
ISBN: 978-0-330-53544-1
Издательство:
Picador
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
There are five stories in this book. The Fall of the House of Usher` and The Barrel of Amontillado` are stories of madness; The Maelstrom` describes fear of death during a storm on the ocean; and in The Murders of the Rue Morgue` and The Stolen Letter` meet C. Auguste Dupin, Poe`s famous Parisian detective.
ISBN: 978-1-4058-7900-2
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Sophia Chrysanthis is initially dazzled when the celebrated German archaeologist, Herr Obermann, comes in search of a Greek bride who can read the works of Homer and assist in his excavations of the city he believes is Ancient Troy. But Obermann`s past turns out to be full of skeletons and when a young American arrives to question the archeologist`s methods and dies of a mysterious fever, Sophia wonders just how far he will go to protect his vision of Troy. Soon a second, British archeologist arrives, only to fall in love with Sophia, and as their relationship begins to parallel their Ancient Greek counterparts events move towards a gripping and terrible conclusion.
ISBN: 978-0-09-949275-7
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2012
Classic / American English There are five stories in this book. The Fall of the House of Usher` and The Barrel of Amontillado` are stories of madness; The Maelstrom` describes fear of death during a storm on the ocean; and in The Murders of the Rue Morgue` and The Stolen Letter` meet C. Auguste Dupin, Poe`s famous Parisian detective.
ISBN: 978-1-4058-6235-6
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Classic / American English There are five stories in this book. `The Fall of the House of Usher` and `The Barrel of Amontillado` are stories of madness; `The Maelstrom` describes fear of death during a storm on the ocean; and in `The Murders of the Rue Morgue` and `The Stolen Letter` meet C. Auguste Dupin, Poe`s famous Parisian detective. This Pack contains a Book and MP3
ISBN: 978-1-4479-2549-1
Издательство:
Pearson Education Limited
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
The Fall of Arthur, the only venture by J.R.R. Tolkien into the legends of Arthur King of Britain, may well be regarded as his finest and most skilful achievement in the use of the Old English alliterative metre, in which he brought to his transforming perceptions of the old narratives a pervasive sense of the grave and fateful nature of all that is told: of Arthur`s expedition overseas into distant heathen lands, of Guinevere`s flight from Camelot, of the great sea-battle on Arthur`s return to Britain, in the portrait of the traitor Mordred, in the tormented doubts of Lancelot in his French castle. Unhappily, The Fall of Arthur was one of several long narrative poems that he abandoned in that period. In this case he evidently began it...
In the Tale of The Fall of Gondolin are two of the greatest powers in the world. There is Morgoth of the uttermost evil, unseen in this story but ruling over a vast military power from his fortress of Angband. Deeply opposed to Morgoth is Ulmo, second in might only to Manwe, chief of the Valar.Central to this enmity of the gods is the city of Gondolin, beautiful but undiscoverable. It was built and peopled by Noldorin Elves who, when they dwelt in Valinor, the land of the gods, rebelled against their rule and fled to Middle-earth. Turgon King of Gondolin is hated and feared above all his enemies by Morgoth, who seeks in vain to discover the marvellously hidden city, while the gods in Valinor in heated debate largely refuse to intervene...
The First Inspector Felse Mystery. A deadly loss of innocence... All the school boys of Comerford look up to Chad Wedderburn, a classics master who was a hero of the Resistance in World War II. But they are puzzled by his unwavering stand against all violence. And when he is blamed for the brutal murder of a former German prisoner of war who settled in this remote Shropshire town, none of them believe he did it. Policeman George Felse is also deeply troubled by this killing. His son Dominic discovered the body, and now the boy is doggedly pursuing clues in the isolated countryside to clear his teacher. As young Felse digs deeper, his father feels a mounting pressure. For Inspector Felse knows all too well that Dominic is playing with...
ISBN: 0-446-40318-0
Издательство:
Mysterious Press
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
New Orleans, 1840s. Sent to watch over the decadent city, the angel Gabriel loses himself in the liquid pleasure of absinthe. So when his mistress, Anne, is murdered — and all evidence points to him — a foggy Gabriel cannot be sure he didn’t do it. His penance: to be forever denied love. Then in modern-day New Orleans he meets forensic scientist Sara
ISBN: 978-0-515-14462-8
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
The Reign of Terror has washed the streets of France blood-red. And in England a terrified aristocracy awaits the next blow. Secure in their wealth and power, the noble Lazenders remain safe from history`s violent storm behind the walls of their opulent "little kingdom". But theirs is a house under siege. With the family`s heir, Toby Lazender, away in revolution-torn France hunting the brutal murderers of the woman he loved, a secret cabal of powerful and dangerous assassins—the Fallen Angels—conspires to bring the chaos to England`s shores by seizing the vast resources of Lazen Castle. And only one obstacle stands in their way: Toby`s sister, Lady Campion Lazender. Caught in an ever-tightening net of conspiracy, Campion sees...
Special Agent Faith Mitchell returns home to a nightmare. Her baby daughter Emma has been locked outside, and there`s a trail of blood to the front door. Without waiting for back-up, Faith enters the house. Inside a man lies dead in a pool of blood. Most worrying of all, her mother is missing. When the Atlanta police arrive, Faith has some difficult questions to answer. But she has some desperate questions of her own. What were the killers searching for? And where is her mother? Suspended from duty, Faith turns to her work partner, Will Trent. Together he and Sara Linton must piece together the fragments of a brutal and complicated case, and catch a vicious murderer with only one thing on his mind. To keep on killing until the truth is...
ISBN: 978-0-09-955027-3
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: апрель 2012
Instant. Intense. Weirdly The moment Luce looks at Daniel she knows she has never felt like this before. Except she can`t shake the feeling that she has ... and with him - a boy she doesn`t remember evejfoetting eyes on. Will her attempt to find out why enlighten her - or destroy her?
ISBN: 978-0-552-56173-0
Издательство:
Transworld publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011
Contemporary / British English This book is the life story and family history of Adeline Yen Mah. Adeline was born in China at a time of great change and trouble. At the same time, she suffered terrible unkindness from the members of her own family. Falling Leaves is a story of pain and fear, but also of hope as Adeline fights for her independence. Penguin Readers are written by specialist ELT authors. The language, vocabulary, style and content of every book is carefully graded to make sure it suits the learner`s own language ability. Every Penguin Reader has a range of activities in the book and accompanying Factsheet to help increase comprehension and develop reading, writing, listening and speaking skills.
ISBN: 978-1-4082-9430-7
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: июнь 2012
Maddy Harvey was a bit of an ugly duckling as a teenager, what with her N.H.S. specs, unfortunate hair and wonky teeth. Thankfully she`s blossomed since then. But when she meets Kerr McKinnon one starry summer`s night and discovers, days later, who he actually is... well, that`s when the problems really start. Because everyone in Ashcombe knows what happened eleven years ago, and as far as her mother`s concerned, Marcella would rather tear that family to pieces with her bare hands than see Maddy associate with a McKinnon. It`s Romeo and Juliet all over again. Quick, hide those sharp knives and that little bottle of poison...
ISBN: 0-7553-0485-3
Издательство:
Hodder
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004
A magnificent, essential work of fiction about the event that defines turn-of-the-twenty-first-century America, from the award-winning author of White Noise, Libra and Underworld. FALLING MAN begins in the smoke and ash of the burning towers and follows the aftermath in the intimate lives of a few individuals. First there is Keith, walking out of the rubble into a life that he`d always imagined belonged to everyone but him. Then Lianne, his estranged wife, memory-haunted, trying to reconcile two versions of the same shadowy man. And their small son Justin, standing at the window, scanning the sky for more planes. This is the inner seam of history, a novel that traces the way the events of September 11 reconfigured our emotional...
ISBN: 978-0-330-52491-9
Издательство:
Picador
Дата выхода: июль 2012
