A few months after the first fighter jets landed in their own backyard, Ellie and her five terrified but defiant friends struggle to survive amid a baffling conflict. Their families are unreachable; the mountains are now their home. When two of them fall behind enemy lines, Ellie knows what must happen next: a rescue mission. Homer, the strongest and most unpredictable among them, is the one to take charge. While others have their doubts about his abilities, Homer has no choice but to prove them wrong - or risk losing everything to the enemy.
ISBN: 978-0-439-82911-3
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Bestselling phenomenon Simon McCleave is back with a gripping, atmospheric new crime thriller series set on the Isle of Anglesey.Will there be blood in the water?Three years ago, DCI Laura Hart was the top Hostage and Crisis Negotiator for the Greater Manchester Police. Then her husband was kidnapped. Despite her best efforts to reason with the criminals, he was brutally murdered.Now living on the Isle of Anglesey in Wales, Laura is slowly healing. Then she gets a call: armed drug dealers have seized a tourist boat – and her ten-year-old son Jake is on board. There’s no other negotiator available, and the police need her to step up.With the life of a loved one yet again on the line and memories of the last time she failed still...
Recording acoustic drums is one of the toughest challenges faced by every audio engineer. In The Drum Recording Handbook, mega-selling pro audio author Bobby Owsinski and in-demand recording engineer Dennis Moody reveal amazing secrets to getting outstanding drum track recordings every time, from every session. Interviews include Bernie Dresel, Ricky Lawson, Brian MacLeod,and Dave Weckl. You ll learn: * How to tune drums for the studio the right way, everyI time * Mic techniques for every kind of recording session, large or small * The right way to mix your drum tracks for all kinds of music genres A 90-minute companion features Steely Dan and Earth, Wind, and Fire drummer Michael White, and shows you the processes used to achieve...
Arthur Conan Doyle was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. His works also include fantasy and science fiction, as well as plays, romances, non-fiction and historical novels. "The Death Voyage" includes a vast collection of intriguing short stories, such as "The Confession" and "The Centurion" featuring a wide range of the author`s literary talent written on paper. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-08065-6
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
"I`ll swap you my dad," I said. "Oh-oh," said my little sister. What if you wanted your best friend`s two goldfish so much that you`d swap anything for them, even your father? What if your mother came home and found out what you`d done?
ISBN: 978-0-7475-7840-6
Издательство:
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. The Dead Secret was Collins`s first full-length puzzle-romance. Moments from death, Mrs Treverton tells a secret, never to be passed to her husband. Years later, when her daughter Rosamond returns with her husband, she is warned not to enter the Myrtle Room. Strong-minded and ingenious, Rosamond`s determined detective work uncovers a shocking truth.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07212-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июль 2018
Смертельная тайна, унесённая в могилу, продолжает влиять на жизни живых. Розамонд Франкленд сталкивается с загадочным прошлым, которое упорно не хочет оставаться забытым. Героиня должна разобраться в запутанном клубке семейных тайн, подмен и скрытых писем и раскрыть правду — даже если она грозит разрушить всё, что ей дорого. "Мертвая комната" — захватывающий готический роман, в котором Уилки Коллинз...
ISBN: 978-5-17-174882-1
Издательство:
АСТ
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2025
Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist. His most famous works are "Treasure Island" and "The Strange Case of Dr. Jecyll and Mr. Hyde." Now he is one of the most translated authors in the world. "The Ebb-Tide" is a short novel co-written by Stevenson and his stepson Lloyd Osbourne. The plot revolves around three down-on-their-luck men in Tahiti. All of them agree to ship out on a vessel whose officers died of smallpox, but on the way, they decide to steal the ship and its cargo.
ISBN: 978-5-517-00197-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2018
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu was an Irish writer of Gothic novels, one of the most influential ghost story writers of the nineteenth century. Filled with mystery, "The Evil Guest" is a murder story set in Victorian era England. It tells a story of Richard Marston, who lives in poverty with his family. His house slowly decays, and moral principles fade away. This decline reaches its critical point when inhabitants of the mansion find Marston`s rich cousin dead in one of the rooms. But who committed the murder?
ISBN: 978-5-517-00231-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2019
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850—1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, travel writer, and essayist. He was a celebrity during his lifetime for works like "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and "Treasure Island". Now he is one of the most translated authors in the world. "The Ebb-Tide" is a short novel co-written by Stevenson and his stepson Lloyd Osbourne. The plot revolves around three men down on their luck in Tahiti. All of them agree to ship out on a vessel whose officers died of smallpox, but on the way, they decide to steal the ship and its cargo. Naturally, this doesn`t end well. .
ISBN: 978-5-521-07783-0
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings on the Second Age of Middle-earth, collected for the first time in one volume.J.R.R. Tolkien famously described the Second Age of Middle-earth as a ‘dark age, and not very much of its history is (or need be) told’. And for many years readers would need to be content with the tantalizing glimpses of it found within the pages of The Lord of the Rings and its appendices, including the forging of the Rings of Power, the building of the Barad-dur and the rise of Sauron.It was not until Christopher Tolkien published The Silmarillion after his father’s death that a fuller story could be told. Although much of the book’s content concerned the First Age of Middle-earth, there were at its close two key works...
Jack London was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. "The Faith of Men" is a short story collection containing eight of Jack London`s amazing adventure tales. All of them are set in London`s favorite place, the Yukon Territory.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08110-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Stories (Edgar Allan Poe)Edgar Allan Poe`s stories uncover the deeply unnerving strangeness lurking within us all. His genius for horror and suspense went on to influence the world, from Freud to Hollywood. This complete collection of his best short stories contains the well-known works `The Pit and the Pendulum` and `The Tell-Tale Heart` alongside a wide range of delightfully terrifying tales to unsettle and enthrall.Падение дома Ашеров и другие рассказы (Эдгар Алан По) Оригинальный текст, без адаптацииРассказы Эдгара Аллана По раскрывают глубоко пугающую странность,...
The Full Moon Coffee Shop (Mai Mochizuki)Set in Kyoto, The Full Moon Coffee Shop is an inspirational novel filled with music, stars, cats, and cakes, for lovers of all things Japanese and uplifting stories with a powerful healing message.Кошачья Лунная кофейня (Маи Мочидзуки)действие которой происходит в Киото, — это вдохновляющий роман, наполненный музыкой, звездами, кошками и пирожными, для любителей всего японского и воодушевляющими историями с мощным исцеляющим посланием.