When Peter`s parents are killed, he is sent to an orphanage in Warsaw. Then German soldiers take him away to be measured and assessed. They decide that Peter is racially valuable. He is Volksdeutsche: of German blood. With his blond hair, blue eyes, and acceptably proportioned head, he looks just like the boy on the Hitler Jugend poster. Someone important will want to adopt Peter. They do. He is sent to Germany to meet his new family. Professor Kaltenbach and his wife have three daughters, but they have always wanted a son. The professor in particular is very pleased to welcome such a fine Aryan specimen to his household. People will be envious. But Peter is not quite the specimen they think. He is forming his own ideas about what he is...
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
Four girls — Mary, Bea, Meena and Atlanta — are thrown together when they are picked for very different reasons by their teacher, to form a book review club. Their discussions and reviews will be heard on radio, chaired and presented by the incredibly cool Jazz. As the girls gradually relax and talk more and more animatedly about what they think about the different books, they find they are learning from, as well as about, each other. And so they become
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Patty lives with her Aunt Bat on a banana plantation in Jamaica. Unfortunately, as it`s such a small plantation, they`re having trouble keeping up with the competition, and Aunt Bat is worried they`ll have to sell up. Patty needs to think of an idea to turn things around, and fast! Inspiration comes to her as she`s digging into a chocolate banana special at her local ice-cream parlour. All she needs to do is invent a machine - a banana machine. Will Patty`s mechanical wizardry help the plantation out of its crisis? Or, like the bananas, are her ideas round the bend?
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: август 2011
Jack is the chosen one, the Radiant Boy the Magus needs in order to perfect the alchemy that will transform London of the 1600s into a golden city. But Jack isn`t the kind of boy who will do what he is told by an evil genius, and he is soon involved in an epic and nail-biting adventure, featuring dragons, knights and Queen Elizabeth I, as he battles to save London.
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: июль 2011
A very happy bear hears the sounds of the city from his quiet home by the sea and decides to find out what city life is like. Buying the ticket and travelling on the train is all very exciting. And so is the city! But after a while the bear finds the city a little too noisy and a little too busy - and people are beginning to laugh at him. He feels very sad and alone, until four children find him and show him the way home, with much fun along the way. A perfect book for reading aloud, with just the right amount of excitement before a wonderfully calming ending - just right for reading before bedtime!
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: март 2012
Just as Blart is settling down to enjoy his teenage years on a fabulous pig farm with the proceeds from saving the world, Capablanca returns - with bad news. A terrible oversight in his original world-saving research has led to accusations of no less than collusion with evil Zoltab himself. And now he is a wanted man - and so, by assocation, is Blart. To prove their innocence or else be hounded to the four corners of the earth by a bloodthirsty army, they must locate their comrades from the original quest. Together they may stand a chance of proving that Capablanca`s was an innocent mistake, by finding the answer to a great mystery - what exactly did they do with Zoltab? And how could they be so careless as to And so begins another...
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Blart is not an average boy. He lives on a pig farm with his grandfather and doesn`t care about being heroic or famous or legendary, but he does know that if you want to catch a pig you have to sneak up behind it and take it by surprise. So when a great wizard visits and explains that humankind depends on Blart joining his quest, Blart says no - until the wizard threatens his pigs. Reluctantly, Blart embarks on a very epic quest stuffed with brilliant characters: a feisty princess who likes dragons, a warrior who`s a big softie at heart, a disaffected dwarf, and evil Zorab, trapped in a mountain, waiting for his mignons to dig him
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
This stunning collection of the wildest and the brightest in outlandish jewels treats readers to the decisive showcase of all things bling. Connoisseurs Reggie Osse and Gabriel Tolliver consider the influence of bling on the burgeoning 1980s hip-hop scene, unearth its possible historical exponents such as `Sun King` Louis XIV, and bring the subject right up to present-day pop culture, showing how artists such as J-Lo and 50 Cent have carved their very personas from dripping themselves liberally in gold and diamonds. Mixing commentary with flamboyant photographs of hip-hop`s biggest stars, Bling reveals the history and the mystery of this ultimate extravagance with style. So if you want to know your ice from your truck jewels, how to go...
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: июль 2012
It's been centuries since Isabeau St. Croix barely survived the French Revolution. Now she's made her way back to the living and she must face the ultimate test by confronting the evil British lord who left her for dead the day she turned into a vampire. That's if she can control her affection for Logan Drake, a vampire whose bite is as sweet as the revenge she seeks.
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Rin, Razo`s little sister, is haunted by the forest she has always loved. When Razo invites her back to the city to be one of Queen Ani`s waiting women, she happily only to end up on the adventure of her lifetime, following the queen, Enna, and Dasha into the countryside in search of a fire-starting enemy that no one can see. As she learns more about the three women`s magical talents, she finds her own strength comes from places both expected the forest and unexpected the sound of her own voice. A brilliant addition to the Books of Bayern`, this book is a treat for fans of this series, and stands alone for readers who might be discovering the joys of Shannon Hale`s writing for the first time.
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: август 2011
Cursed! David was only trying to be cool when he helped some other boys steal an old lady`s cane. But when the plan backfires, he is the one whom she `curses`. Now David can`t seem to do anything right. The cool kids taunt him and his only friends are weirdos. He even walks into Spanish class with his fly unzipped! And when he finally gets his nerve up to ask out a cute girl, his trousers fall down midway! But is this the curse at work or is David turning into a total loser? This work is an another witty and very clever tale by the master storyteller Louis Sachar. Other titles in this series are There`s a Boy in the Girls` Bathroom and Dogs Don`t Tell Jokes.
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: июль 2012
Billy, Nicola and Mr Gopal are off to India in a flying boat to solve a baffling mystery! The gum that comes from the wonderful bubblegum trees that grow in the Indian jungle has not been delivered for two months. Without this secret ingredient, there`ll be no more Gopal`s Best Pink Bubblegum, and even more importantly, no more Bubblegummies - the people who live in the trees and harvest the gum. It`s not an easy mystery to solve - and soon the friends are involved in a bungee-jumping, tiger-trouncing, woodcutter-walloping, bubblegum-blowing adventure!
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Hiroko Tanaka steps out onto her veranda, taking in the view of the terraced slopes leading up to the sky. Wrapped in a kimono with three black cranes swooping across the back, she is twenty-one, in love with the man she is to marry, Konrad Weiss. In a split second, the world turns white.
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: октябрь 2012
No matter how hard Annie tries, she just cannot do even the simplest sums. It`s so embarrassing! When she goes to the shops, she can`t work out how much money to hand the shopkeeper, and she always gets 0 for her maths homework. That is, until Annie goes to sleep with a calculator under her pillow, and something very strange happens. Overnight, Annie becomes a maths maestro capable of solving problems so fast it takes people`s breath away. It impresses one world-renowned maths genius so much that he decides to put Annie`s powers to the ultimate test. Will Annie be up to the mathematical challenge, or will she be at sixes and sevens and end up back at square one? Prepare yourself for this brain-teasing adventure.
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Zara and her friends knew they hadn`t solved the pixie problem for good. Far from it. The king`s needs grow deeper every day he`s stuck in captivity, while his control over his people gets weaker. It`s made him vulnerable. And now there`s a new king in town. A turf war is imminent. The new pixie king is moving in quickly. He swears that he and Zara are destined to be together, that he`s one of the good guys. Zara isn`t so sure - despite herself, she wants to trust the new king. But there`s a lot more than her relationship with boyfriend Nick at stake. It`s her life - and his.
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: июль 2011
When Alton`s ageing, blind uncle asks him to attend bridge games with him, he agrees. After all, it`s better than a crappy summer job in the local shopping mall, and Alton`s mother thinks it might secure their way to a good inheritance sometime in the future. But, like all apparently casual choices in any of Louis Sachar`s wonderful books, this choice soon turns out to be a lot more complex than Alton could ever have imagined. As his relationship with his uncle develops, and he meets the very attractive Toni, deeply buried secrets are uncovered and a romance that spans decades is finally brought to a conclusion. Alton`s mother is in for a surprise!
Издательство:
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
The "Chartered Management Institute: Dictionary of Business and Management" is the most authoritative business dictionary available. It features: - More than 6,500 jargon-free definitions of key terms. - Entries drawn from the core areas of general management, human resources, marketing, e-commerce, accounting and finance, economics, statistics, and operations and production. - Biographical entries that detail the lives and careers of influential business thinkers and leaders. - Mini-essays to explain complex concepts. - Worked examples of financial ratios. - World English terms to give a global perspective on the practice of management. An essential resource for managers of all levels as well as business students, the Dictionary defines...
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: декабрь 2005
Courtney Stone - sassy, smart and suddenly single - has always felt she might have been better suited to life in Jane Austen`s England. One evening, having drifted off to sleep after self-medicating with pizza, Absolut, and Elizabeth and Darcy, Courtney wakes up in nineteenth-century England, in the bed of a girl called Jane Mansfield.
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Harriet`s invited to accompany her aunts, Thessalonica and Japonica to America. She`s terribly excited, knowing very well that with two expert detectives for aunts, this is going to be no ordinary trip. She soon discovers, to her enormous surprise, that they`re actually on their way to see her sixth aunt, Formica! And as if this weren`t surprising enough, she finds out that Aunt Formica is a cowgirl, and the reason for their visit is to help her catch some rustlers that have been stealing cattle from her ranch. Harriet and her three aunts must move like greased lightening if they`re to get on the trail of the slippery cattle thieves. It`s time to saddle-up and yee-ha!
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
One evening, spying on his Hollywood Hills neighbours through his USD4,000 electronic telescope, Bobby witnesses a beautiful woman making love to a handsome Latin actor called Ramon. As their pillow talk turns ugly, Bobby watches in horror as the woman appears to bludgeon her lover to death with his own acting trophy. Instead of rushing to the cops, Bobby decides to find out more about the events that led up to the crime, and to use the material for his next movie screenplay. However, when he sneaks into the actor`s apartment, the discovery he makes changes his life forever. Empowered by his secret knowledge, Bobby is able to seduce the beautiful woman, while forging a unique friendship with Detective Dennis Farentino, the cop in charge...
Издательство:
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: июль 2012
Four-year-old Romochka is left alone in a dark, empty Moscow apartment. After a few days, hunger drives him outside, where he sees a large, yellow dog loping past and follows her to her lair on the outskirts of the city. During the seasons that follow, Romochka changes from a boy into something far wilder.
Издательство:
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: август 2011
`Why did the guy eat two dead skunks for breakfast?` `Because dead ones squeal when you stick the fork in.` Gary W. Boone knows he was born to be a stand-up comedian. It is the rest of the kids in the class who think he is a fool. Then the Floyd Hicks Junior High School Talent Show is announced, and he starts practising his routine non-stop to get it just right. Gary`s sure that this will be his big break - he`ll make everyone laugh and will win the $100 prize money. But when an outrageous surprise threatens to turn his debut into a disaster, it looks as if the biggest joke of all may be on Gary himself.
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
