Panic! Story of Modern Financial Insanity
From Black Monday to the Asian financial crisis, from the internet bubble to mortgage meltdown, our lives are ruled by crazy cycles of euphoria and hysteria that manage to grip the world but are all-too-soon...
Things are going well for young film-maker Evan Casher - until he receives an urgent phonecall from his mother, summoning him home. He arrives to find her brutally murdered body on the kitchen floor and a hitman lying...
Pantagruel = Пантагрюэль: кн. на франц.яз
L`un des plus grands maitres de la satire franchise du XVIe siecle, Francois Rabelais est un classique de la litterature mondiale. «Gargantua et Pantagruel» est la oeuvre magistrale qui n`a rien perdu de son...
But she can`t exactly tell the truth, either—not when she`s juggling two boyfriends, secretly hating the high school football team everyone else worships, and trying to have the best summer ever. At least Katie has it...
When Georgia Abbot`s fiance cheats on her she leaves her humdrum life in London for a job at "Glow" magazine in Sydney, Australia. At first things seem promising, as she`s swept up in a whirl of parties, dancing and...
Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me (HB) illustr
This story literally unfolds as pages open dramatically, extending both outward and upward. Monica wants the moon to play with, so her Papa sets out to get it for her. It isn`t easy to climb all the way to the moon,...
Crime, high finances, and journalism are interconnected in this early thriller by the author of “On Wings of Eagles” and “Lie Down With Lions”. In one suspenseful, action-packed day, fortunes change hands as an...
Three seemingly independent events occur one morning in London: an MP wakes up after spending the night with a woman he picked up in a bar; a tycoon meets a Bank of England official for breakfast; and a criminal...
A hilarious collection of the many articles written by Stephen Fry for magazines, newspapers and radio. It includes selected wireless essays of Donald Trefusis, the ageing professor of philology brought to life in...
The book is fabulous, and I hope it sells forever. Entrancing, funny, deeply moving and wonderfully written. Please read it Upbeat and `s South London childhood was deeply the tone is sunny, and anyone who remembers...
Dans le premier cahier, le prisonnier Papillon, condamne au bagne malgre son innocence, part pour la Guyane. Il n`a qu`un seul but: s`evader pour se venger. Dans le deuxieme cahier, Papillon est en route pour le...
Paradise Lost / Потерянный рай
Paradise Lost (1667) an epic poem written in blank verse, is considered to be Milton`s major work. It certainly helped solidify his reputation as one of the greatest English poets of his poem concerns the Biblical...
Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. `Greedily she engorged without restraint, And knew not eating death`, Milton`s Paradise Lost is a poem of epic proportions that tells...
Bernard Walsh, agnostic theologian, has a professional interest in heaven. But when he travels to Hawaii with his reluctant father Jack, to visit Jack`s dying, estranged sister it feels more like purgatory than...
Paradise Regaimend = Возвращенный рай
Paradise Regained recalls the earlier and more famous epic poem Paradise Lost by its title, its use of blank verse, and its progression through Christian history. However, this work deals primarily with the temptation...
Angel Sands is a traditional seaside resort of bed and breakfasts, cottages to let and teashops. And with the best views of the tiny beach and surrounding coastline is Paradise House, home to the Baxter girls - or the...
Dorothy Zemach is an author, editor, teacher, and teacher trainer in the field of English Language Teaching (ELT). She taught English, French, and Japanese for over 18 years in Asia, Africa, and the US and holds an MA...
