London GP Katie Carr always thought she was a good person. With her husband David making a living as "The Angriest Man in Holloway", she figured she could put up with anything. Until, that is, David meets DJ Goodnews and becomes a good person too. A far-too-good person who starts committing crimes of charity like taking in the homeless and giving their kids` toys away. Suddenly Katie`s feeling very bad about herself, and thinking that if charity begins at home, then maybe it`s time to move…

ISBN: 978-0-241-95017-3
Издательство: Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июль 2011

ISBN: 9780440864394
Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: январь 2003

Rudyard Kipling s Just So stories about animals and their antics have delighted readers for years. Now, Ladybird brings these stories alive for very young children. Meet the lazy camel, grouchy rhinoceros, hungry leopard, curious elephant and many other eccentric animals in these enchanting stories. Narrated simply and accompanied by rich and detailed illustrations that children love, these retellings will introduce a new generation to the magic and whimsy of Kipling s genius.

ISBN: 978-1-4093-0185-1
Издательство: Ladybird Books
Дата выхода: август 2011

ISBN: 9780749456658
Издательство: Kogan Page
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011

So what if he`s a bit older and usually regards a human female as dinner, not a dinner date? Yes, Roman Draganesti is a vampire, but a vampire who lost one of his fangs sinking his teeth into something he shouldn`t have. Now he has one night to find a dentist before his natural healing abilities close the wound, leaving him a lop–sided eater for all eternity. Things aren`t going well for Shanna Whelan witnessing a gruesome murder by the Russian mafia, she`s next on their hit list. And her career as a dentist appears to be on a downward spiral because she`s afraid of blood. When Roman rescues her from an assassination attempt, she wonders if she`s found the one man who can keep her alive. Though the attraction between them is immediate...

ISBN: 978-0-06-075196-8
Издательство: HarperCollins
Дата выхода: июль 2011

Packed with energetic black-and-white drawings and plenty of action, this book tells the boisterous tale of a young heir to a Viking chiefdom who must hunt down the fiercest dragon in the land, but ends up with the smallest, most ornery dragon.

ISBN: 978-0-316-08528-1
Издательство: Hachette Livre
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011

Read the book that inspired the hit DreamWorks film How to Train Your Dragon: THE HIDDEN WORLD. With exclusive content, including Viking facts and a sneak peek of The Wizards of Once!Прочтите книгу, которая вдохновила DreamWorks на создание популярного фильма "Как приручить дракона: СКРЫТЫЙ МИР". С эксклюзивным контентом, включая факты о викингах и краткий обзор "Волшебников страны однажды"!

ISBN: 9781444950380
Дата выхода: декабрь 2023

It`s Hiccup`s birthday, but that`s not going to keep him from getting into trouble. To save his dragon, Toothless, from being banished, Hiccup must sneak into the Meathead Public Library and steal the Viking`s most sacred book. But the Vikings see books as a dangerous influence, and keep them locked up and under heavy guard. To save his friend, Hiccup must brave the Hairy Scary Librarian and his dreadful army of Meathead Warriors and face off against the formidable Driller-Dragons. Will he make it out and live to see his next birthday?

ISBN: 978-0-316-08531-1
Издательство: Hachette Livre
Дата выхода: август 2011

The first story in this volume, How the Two Ivans Quarrelled, is an amusing portrayal of two exceptionally close friends, the mortal insult that drives them apart, and the ensuing chaos that occurs. This is Gogol`s humour at its best, where the most irrelevant-seeming details and turns of phrase suddenly take on a bizarre life of their own. The second story, Ivan Krylov`s Panegyric in Memory of My Grandfather, has an ingenuous narrator praise the nobility and modesty of a landowner whose actions prove him to be otherwise. The final two stories, by the Russian satirist Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, are satirical attacks on the inability of civil servants to cope with real life, and on Russia`s autocracy. Together, they represent some of...

ISBN: 978-1-84749-173-2
Издательство: Alma Books
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011

Elephants didn`t always have long trunks - that is, until one day when the elephant`s child could contain his curiosity no longer, stepping closer than he should have to Crocodile...A charming, illustrated retelling of one of Rudyard Kipling`s Just So Stories, specially rewritten for children who are learning to read.With puzzles and answers at the back of the book.

ISBN: 9781409596769
Издательство: Usborne
Дата выхода: январь 2016

Rudyard Kipling`s Just So stories about animals and their antics have delighted readers for years. Now, Ladybird brings these stories alive for very young children. Meet the lazy camel, grouchy rhinoceros, hungry leopard, curious elephant and many other eccentric animals in these enchanting stories. Narrated simply and accompanied by rich and detailed illustrations that children love, these retellings will introduce a new generation to the magic and whimsy of Kipling s genius.

ISBN: 978-1-4093-0183-7
Издательство: Ladybird Books
Дата выхода: август 2011

Ever wonder how real estate magnates become real estate magnates? By filling out mind-numbing mortgage applications? By making personal guarantees to their bankers? Hardly. For years, successful real estate investors have used nontraditional methods of securing funding. They have created effective money strategies that circumvent banks, yet result in profitable deals. Now, real estate professional James Misko makes these innovative techniques available to the general public in How to Finance Any Real Estate, Any Place, Any Time. In this easy-to-use guide, Jim offers more than forty-five nontraditional ways to buy properties. These are not pie-in-the-sky theories, but proven strategies that will put the wraps on virtually any real estate...

ISBN: 978-0-7570-0135-2
Дата выхода: август 2011

In-Depth Preparation Includes: Eight full-length model tests with all questions answered and explained. CD-ROM with a practice TOEFL exam in a computer-adaptive format - exactly the way the actual test is given. In-depthreviews to prepare you for listening, structure, reading, and writing. Study tips and test-taking advice.

ISBN: 0-7641-7500-9
Издательство: Barron's
Дата выхода: апрель 2004

Nikki Maxwell has been writing in a diary since the start of the school year, and she usually takes it everywhere she goes, so she can`t believe it when one morning she can`t find her diary! The hunt is on, and while she looks, pursuing various theories about where it could be, Nikki can`t help putting together a list of important diary-keeping lessons to remember in case of missing diary emergencies like this one. Overflowing with Nikki`s trademark humour and art this special DIY edition of DORK DIARIES not only features a brand new story featuring all of your favourite characters from the series, but also includes tips from Nikki about keeping your own diary and space for readers to write and draw their own entries.

ISBN: 978-0-85707-352-5
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011

`The Harper`s Essay` is reprinted in this volume alongside personal essays and painstaking, often funny reportage. Although his subjects range widely, each piece wrestles with the erosion of civic life and private dignity, and the hidden persistence of loneliness in postmodern America.

ISBN: 978-0-00-715358-9
Издательство: HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: август 2011

ISBN: 9781784874865
Издательство: Vintage Classics
Дата выхода: январь 2018

A thoughtful, captivating and ultimately uplifting novel from this uniquely talented author Christine Rose is crossing the Ha`penny Bridge in Dublin late one night when she sees a stranger, Adam, poised to jump. Desperate to help, she talks him into a reckless deal: if he gives her two weeks - till his 35th birthday - she`ll prove that life is worth living. But as the clock ticks and the two of them embark on late-night escapades and romantic adventures, what Christine has really promised seems impossible...A novel to make you laugh, cry and appreciate life, this is Cecelia Ahern at her thoughtful and surprising best.

ISBN: 9780007481583
Дата выхода: январь 2014

How to Manage People is a practical book from bestselling author Michael Armstrong. It provides advice to managers and team leaders on how to manage people in their teams - getting the best results from them and dealing with any people problems that may arise. Many managers have to do their job without HR advice and this book is particularly designed to meet their needs. It covers every aspect that involves getting things done through people, including: leadership, motivating people, team building, delegating, interviewing, managing performance, developing and rewarding people, managing change and handling people problems. Concise yet comprehensive, How to Manage People provides vital support for every front line manager and should be...

ISBN: 978-0-7494-6163-8
Дата выхода: февраль 2012