To be irrevocably in love with a vampire is both fantasy and nightmare woven into a dangerously heightened reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen, and in another by her profound connection to werewolf Jacob Black, she has endured a tumultuous year of temptation, loss and strife to reach the ultimate turning point. Her imminent choice to either join the dark but seductive world of immortals or pursue a fully human life has become the thread from which the fate of two tribes hangs. Now that Bella has made her decision, a startling chain of unprecedented events is about to unfold with potentially devastating and unfathomable consequences. Just when the frayed strands of Bella`s life - first...
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Little, Brown and Company
Дата выхода: февраль 2011
- In the vein of "Stiff, Nickel and Dimed, and "Fast Food Nation, GARBAGE LAND takes us behind the scenes and into the corners of our own lives, revealing the fantastic truth behind what we ve taken for granted or never even thought about.- Royte s last book, "The Tapir s Morning Bath, was a "New York Times Notable Book, praised widely for Royte s keen observations and narrative skill.
Издательство:
Little, Brown and Company
Дата выхода: август 2006
Detective Catherine McLeod was always taught that in Glasgow, they don`t do whodunit. They do score-settling. They do vendettas. They do petty revenge. They do can`t-miss-whodunit. It`s a lesson that has served her well, but Glasgow is also a dangerous place to make assumptions. Either way she looks at it, she recognises that the discovery of a dead drug-dealer in a back alley is merely a portent of further deaths to come. Elsewhere in the city, aspiring actress Jasmine Sharp is reluctantly - and incompetently - earning a crust working for her uncle Jim`s private investigation business. When Jim goes missing, Jasmine has to take on the investigator mantle for real, and her only lead points to Glen Fallan, a gangland enforcer and...
Издательство:
Little, Brown and Company
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Englishness is an ancient and powerful concept, but no one seems sure exactly what it means in the twenty-first century. In exploring our national identity, Tony Thorne has compiled a fascinating compendium of the hundred words and phrases that have become the cornerstones of modern English, and have been used - sometimes deliberately, but often inadvertently - to stake out our common ground, to define what makes us essentially English, and thus different from those beastly foreigners who lurk just off our shores.
Издательство:
Little, Brown and Company
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Celebrated animal portraitist Rachael Hale brings us the next instalment in her adorable pet book repertoire with 101 Cataclysms: For the Love of Cats. This collection features 101 images of enchanting and magnificent felines. Hale`s special rapport with animals has allowed her to capture the true essence of her subjects. You will see it in the bald-faced cheekiness of Hilander, the Sphynx or the sassiness of Puffy, the Persian ball of fluff, and in the playfulness of Yabba Dabba Doo, the British Shorthair. Cataclysms also contains quotations from well-known personalities that will tickle the reader as they peruse this gem of a book, such as James Herriot`s `Cats are the connoisseurs of comfort`. 101 Cataclysms: For the Love of Cats is a...
Издательство:
Little, Brown and Company
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004
Rachael Hale`s signature style catches the eye of everyone who comes across it. Featuring 101 colour photographs of Westies and other Terriers, Retrievers and Great Danes and everything in between, 101 SALIVATIONS presents dogs in all sorts of wonderful poses that bring out their most endearing characteristics In between the irresistible photographs, the book is peppered with humorous and touching quotations from well-known authors, such as J.R. Ackerley, who wrote: `A dog has one aim in life. To bestow his heart.` or A.A. Milne`s `A Pekingese is not a pet dog...he is an undersized lion.` This whimsical compilation of heartwarming portraits celebrates the quirky character of our canine companions. 101 SALIVATIONS is a tribute to the...
Издательство:
Little, Brown and Company
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004
"Every now and then you stumble across an extraordinary book that at first appears like countless others, but then you read it and are amazed at the treasure within. A Walk to Remember is such a book" New York Sunday Post Landon Carter would never have dreamed of asking Jamie Sullivan out, but a twist of fate throws them together. In the months that follow, Landon breaks down Jamie`s natural reserve and begins to get to know her and to fall in love. But then he discovers that Jamie has a reason for not letting people close - a secret that will break his heart. "Achingly moving...will have you weeping for the joy and tragedy of it all" Daily Mail
Издательство:
Little, Brown and Company
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Everything we know about solving the world`s problems is wrong. Out: Plans, experts and above all, leaders. In: Adapting - improvise rather than plan; fail, learn, and try again In this groundbreaking new book, Tim Harford shows how the world`s most complex and important problems - including terrorism, climate change, poverty, innovation, and the financial crisis - can only be solved from the bottom up by rapid experimenting and adapting. From a spaceport in the Mojave Desert to the street battles of Iraq, from a blazing offshore drilling rig to everyday decisions in our business and personal lives, this is a handbook for surviving - and prospering - in our complex and ever-shifting world.
Издательство:
Little, Brown and Company
Дата выхода: июль 2012
