The trouble with being a vampire You can`t get a decent haircut. You live on guinea-pig blood. And even worse, most of the world`s population wants to kill you. For no good reason. Nina Harrison became a vampire in 1973, when she was fifteen. Since then, life`s been one big drag - mostly because she spends all her time with a bunch of vampires, in a vampire therapy group. Then one of them gets staked by an anonymous vampire slayer, and things become even worse: while tracking down the culprit, Nina and her fellow vampires end up in the middle of an illegal werewolf-fighting racket, and find themselves the target of some genuine villains who`ll stop at nothing to get their werewolf back.
Издательство:
Quercus Publishing (MacLehose Press)
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Merrily Watkins, parish priest, single mum and Deliverance Consultant to the Diocese of Hereford, heads for the Malvern Hills to investigate an alleged paranormal dimension to a spate of road accidents in the sleepy village of Wychehill. Merrily is called in when two people are killed in a head-on crash that is also linked to the revamped local pub which, it seems, has injected the valley with a shattering, strobing surge of inner-city and drugs. When a dealer is found savagely murdered below the great earthen hillfort of Herefordshire Beacon, police ask: is it a ritual killing, a gangland disposal or a cry of outrage? As Merrily and the police follow separate paths towards the truth, Merrily`s teenage daughter, Jane, faces the...
Издательство:
Quercus Publishing (MacLehose Press)
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Marshall Ziegler`s father, Owen, has been murdered. Brutally, violently, disembowelled. And Marshall discovered the body in the basement of his father`s art gallery. During their last conversation, Owen had hinted at having something to hide, something that could really cause a stir in the art world. But Marshall works as a translator and has taken no interest in his father`s business. Until now, when he needs to get revenge. So Marshall starts to investigate. His financial troubles are immediately evident, but it`s only a meeting with his father`s oldest friend and mentor that reveals the truth behind Owen`s secret - he has proof that many of Rembrandt`s paintings were faked, but where is that proof now? As Marshall digs deeper, someone...
Издательство:
Quercus Publishing (MacLehose Press)
Дата выхода: август 2011
By the author of Life and Fate, now a major Radio 4 drama starring Kenneth Branagh. Vasily Grossman is widely recognized as one of the outstanding literary figures of the twentieth century. The short fiction collected here - satire, comedy, tragedy and pure narrative - illustrate the remarkable breadth of his work, and demonstrate all the bold intelligence, delicate irony and extraordinary vividness for which he has become known. In addition to the eleven stories, this volume includes the complete text of `The Hell of Treblinka`, one of the first descriptions of a Nazi extermination camp; a powerful and harrowing piece of journalism written only weeks after the camp was dissolved. Beautifully illuminated by Robert Chandler`s...
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Quercus Publishing (MacLehose Press)
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
Science is a visually stunning introduction to all the major scientific disciplines, covering chemistry, physics, geology, biology and cosmology. Each section begins with a lively introduction to the scientific branch under investigation, before moving on to a more in-depth exploration of its constituent components and themes. The end result is a magnificent introduction to all that is currently understood about the natural world. Piers Bizony begins with physics and the basic building blocks of matter, offering a lucid and usefully illustrated account of the extraordinary and often baffling world of atomic and subatomic particles. There follows a discussion of chemistry and the main phases of matter such as solids, liquids, gases,...
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Quercus Publishing (MacLehose Press)
Дата выхода: январь 2013
Science in 100 key breakthroughs presents a series of clear and concise essays that explain the fundamentals of some of the most exciting and important science concepts you really need to know. Paul Parsons profiles the important, ground-breaking, and front-of-mind scientific discoveries that have had a profound influence on our way of life and will grow in importance with our advancing understanding. In 100 sections, this book provides an overview of the history of Western science, from astronomy and physics to geology, biology and psychology and everything in between. Starting with the origins of counting more than 35,000 years ago, Science tells a rich and fascinating story of discovery, invention, gradual progress and inspired leaps...
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Quercus Publishing (MacLehose Press)
Дата выхода: январь 2013
Kate McKinnon is thirty-six and mother to five-year-old Toby. She has a small but thriving business catering for private clients. Her life is on an even keel. That is, until she gets a job cooking lunch at the Foreign Office and has her first fateful meeting with Oliver Stapler, Secretary of State. He`s powerful and charismatic, but also married and a father and totally out of bounds, yet she falls for him. When a journalist spots them together, he alerts the gutter press. Who cares whether Kate`s affair with Oliver is true or not? It`s a great story and will shift a ton of newspapers - and destroy several lives in the process.
Издательство:
Quercus Publishing (MacLehose Press)
Дата выхода: июль 2011
In the final days of the Second World War, Michael Rogan, an American intelligence officer, is tortured by a group of seven senior Gestapo officers who need to discover the secrets he alone can give them. Ten years later, when he has recovered from the appalling injuries he suffered, and determined to revenge the death of his wife at the hands of the same men, he begins a quest to track down and kill each one of his tormentors. Dark, violent, and graphic, this is an addictive thriller about how far one man will go to exact his own justice. Written a year before Puzo completed The Godfather, published under a pseudonym and only very recently brought to light, Six Graves to Munich bears all the hallmarks of a master storyteller.
Издательство:
Quercus Publishing (MacLehose Press)
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Born as a Germanic tongue with the arrival in Britain of the Anglo-Saxons in the early medieval period, heavily influenced by Norman French from the 11th century, and finally emerging as modern English from the late Middle Ages, the English language has grown to become the linguistic equivalent of a superpower, and is now sometimes described as the world`s lingua franca. Worldwide some 380 million people speak English as a first language and some 600 million as a second language. A staggering one billion people are believed to be learning it. English is the premier international language in communications, science, business, aviation, entertainment, and diplomacy and also on the Internet. It has been one of the official languages of the...
Издательство:
Quercus Publishing (MacLehose Press)
Дата выхода: август 2011
Сколько себя помнит, Дрю Андерсон всегда была странной. Странной? А слышать, видеть и чувствовать обитателей темного мира, о которых думают не иначе как о выдумке — это не странно?! А убить отца, превратившегося в зомби и жаждущего вашей смерти, — обычная история?! А в 16 лет остаться сиротой и дружить с вампирами и оборотнями — нормальная жизнь подростка?! Однако Дрю не из робких девочек!
Издательство:
Quercus Publishing (MacLehose Press)
Дата выхода: август 2011
Dru Anderson: Night Hunter. Knife Wielder. Heart Breaker. Dru can sense evil, which helps when she and her Dad are tracking down ghosts, suckers, wulfen, and the occasional reanimated corpse. It`s a dangerous life, but it`s the only one she knows. Then Dru`s dad turns up dead and she suddenly finds herself in the middle of a deadly game where every move she makes could be her last. Dru is more special than she realizes - and whatever killed her dad could be coming for her next. Can Dru stay alive long enough to fall for one - or both - of the guys hungry for her affections? Find out in the heart-stopping first book in a thrilling series.
Издательство:
Quercus Publishing (MacLehose Press)
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Dru has made it to Schola, the leading school where the vampire-fighting Order is based. There she is up against the capricious Anna, the only other female who shares her powers. Dru must unlock the mystery of who betrayed her mother, battle her intensifying feelings for both Graves and Christophe, and try to stay hidden from Sergej`s deadly nosferat - bloodthirsty hunters who`ll stop at nothing to destroy her.
Издательство:
Quercus Publishing (MacLehose Press)
Дата выхода: август 2011
The second novel in the Strange Angels series picks up with Dru neatly tucked away in a Schola that`s more like a prison than a secret training facility. Except for one tiny she`s the only girl in the place and is totally surrounded by tons of cute boys. But a traitor in the Order wants Dru dead and she can`t trust anyone except for Graves. Too bad he`s being kept busy with a new crew of wulfen teens and doesn`t have time for her. As she learns the truth about who she can and can`t trust, Dru`s only hope may be to save herself - although the one gift that makes her special is draining away, and she doesn`t know how to get it back. Will Dru survive long enough to find out who is really after her? Or is she destined for the same fate as...
Издательство:
Quercus Publishing (MacLehose Press)
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Only with the help of Mikael Blomkvist and the journalists at Millennium magazine can Salander avoid the fate that has been decided for her. Together they form a compelling and dynamic alliance. This final volume of the Millennium Trilogy is the culmination of one of the most mesmerising fictional achievements of our time.
Издательство:
Quercus Publishing (MacLehose Press)
Дата выхода: март 2011
Evil Shall. Harriet Vanger, Sixteen Years Old. Missing, Presumed Dead, She Vanished Into Thin Air. The Case Is Closed, But Is A Killer Still At Large? With Evil. Tortured By The Loss Of His Niece, Henrik Vanger Asks Disgraced Journalist Mikael Blomkvist To Investigate. But The Family`s Dark Secrets Are Buried Deep, And In The Shadows Lies Someone Who Will Do Anything To Stop Them Being Exposed. Be Expelled. Watching Everyone Is An Unpredictable And Dangerous Security Specialist. Lisbeth Salander -
Издательство:
Quercus Publishing (MacLehose Press)
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
In the last 100 years mankind has split the atom, walked on the moon and broken the sound barrier we haven`t got any better at making biscuits. The nation`s favourite biscuit, McVitie`s Chocolate Digestive, was first baked in 1892. This is just one of the fascinating facts you will find in The Nation`s Favourite. What is the UK`s favourite karaoke song, or wedding first dance song? What is our favourite cereal, painkiller, pet or garden tool? The Nation`s Favourite brings together 220 lists which provide the answers to these questions and many more. The result is amusing, surprising and reveals a fascinating picture of the tastes and habits of the UK population.
Издательство:
Quercus Publishing (MacLehose Press)
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Laura is content enough with her marriage, two children and part-time job. That is, until a lover from her past comes back into her life. Suddenly passion and excitement are rekindled, and she realises how stagnant her life has become. But how much happiness has she a right to expect? Unknown to Laura, many others in her Sussex village are living with their own unresolved inner dramas. None of them guesses at her crisis. Yet every decision they take has an impact on those around them. The hidden longings of a large cast of characters interweave in a gripping plot that reveals ordinary life at its richest : comic and tragic, poignant and cruel, surprising and moving - and brilliantly entertaining.
Издательство:
Quercus Publishing (MacLehose Press)
Дата выхода: январь 2013
Ellie and her friends have achieved more than they ever thought possible as an unarmed bunch of amateur teenage fighters. But it`s not enough. The war wages on, their families are in captivity and their country is on its knees. Hiding back in Hell, the friends face a big question: what to do next? The gang have another success when they manage to rescue Kevin. He returns to them equipped with a new knowledge of explosives. Suddenly the question of what to do next becomes clear - launch an attack on the major enemy target of Cobblers` Bay. Can Ellie, Homer, Fi, Robin, Lee and Kevin really stage a major military attack on the enemy? And in their attempt to pull it off, what will they have to sacrifice? They have already lost Corrie and...
Издательство:
Quercus Publishing (MacLehose Press)
Дата выхода: июль 2012
