Halloween Night, 1954. A young, film-obsessed scriptwriter has just been hired at one of the great studios. An anonymous investigation leads from the giant Maximus Films backlot to an eerie graveyard separated from...
This extraordinarily well-reviewed first novel introduces Scotland Yard s Inspector Thomas Lynley and his assistant, Barbara Havers, as they investigate a daughter s brutal murder by her deeply religious father.
A Group of Noble Dames = Группа благородных дам: кн. на англ.яз
Thomas Hardy (1840—1928) was an English novelist and poet. «A Group Of Noble Dames» is great short story collection, which includes such works like «The Lady Penelope», «The Duchess Of Hamptonshire», «The Honourable...
A Handful of Dust. Горсть пыли
After seven years of marriage the beautiful Lady Brenda Last is bored with life at Hetton Abbey, the Gothic mansion that is the pride and joy of her husband, Tony. She drifts into an affair with the shallow socialite...
Tiffany Aching, a hag from a long line of hags, is trying out her witchy talents again as she is plunged into yet another adventure when she leaves home and is apprenticed to a "real" witch. This time, will the...
Tiffany Aching, a hag from a long line of hags, is trying out her witchy talents again as she is plunged into yet another adventure when she leaves home and is apprenticed to a “real” witch. This time, will the...
Despite his obvious talents and natural abilities, Pechorin is restless and bored. Travelling from the civilised world of society drawing rooms, to the wilds of the Southern Caucasus, he embarks upon a quest for...
A History of Western Astrology, Volume I: The Ancient and Classical Worlds
This first volume comprehensively charts the origins and development of Western astrology from 30,000 BCE up to the 5th century.
A History of the World in 100 Objects
This book takes a dramatically original approach to the history of humanity, using objects which previous civilisations have left behind them, often accidentally, as prisms through which we can explore past worlds and...
Britain is a small country but it has a long history. Two thousand years ago it was part of the Roman Empire. In the 1930s the British Empire was the biggest empire in world history. In the past, kings and queens...
A History of England in 100 Places
From battlefield to sacred building, from castle to cottage, from the Bridgwater Canal to Blackpool Pier, historian John Julius Norwich tells the political, cultural, social, religious and economic story of England...
A History of New York = История Нью-Йорка: на англ.яз
Washington Irving (1783 - 1859) was an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century. "A History of New York" is a chronicle of New York`s fifty years under Dutch...
A House of Pomegranates = Дом из гранаты: сборник рассказов на англ.яз
"Гранатовый домик" - сборник рассказов Оскара Уайльда, в котором также представлены рассказы "Молодой король", "День рождения инфанты", "Рыбак и его душа", "Звездный Мальчик". Ироничные, по-своему грустные, сказки...
A hermit crab who has outgrown his old shell moves into a new one, which he decorates and enhances with the various sea creatures he meets in his travels.
READ THE SENSATIONAL BLOCKBUSTER THAT STARTED IT ALL! Take it from the top in # 1 New York Times bestselling author Sue Grafton`s knockout thriller that introduced detective Kinsey Millhone - and a hot new attitude -...
