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L. J. Smith, 2009

In 'Dark Angel', Gillian is about to die. Then he appears — Angel — and becomes her secret prtector. She must give him absolute trust and obedience and in return he will make her the most sensational girl in the school. When all she's ever wanted is offered to her, surely there's a price to pay — as Gillian is about to find out as Angel draws her into the darkness of the Night World. In 'The Chosen', Rashel kills vampires. But she is up against a huge dilemma: her soulmate, Quinn, traps human girls and feeds on their blood. He's a Night World ringleader. Love and loathing tear at Rashel's heart. Revenge is sweet. But is love sweeter? Can she live without him? In 'Soulmate', something is haunting Hannah. Plagued by memories of a burning passion that has spanned the centuries and her past lives, she remembers her true love...her vampire lover, who is Lord of the Night World. And now her soulmate is back to pursue her again. And so is Hannah's ancient enemy... Подробнее

Night World vol: 3 (bind-up books 7-9)

L. J. Smith, 2009

In 'Huntress', Jez Redfern is wild and dangerous, and the leader of a gang of Night World vampires. But Jez discovers a shocking secret, and faces a terrifying choice: she must either remain a deadly crusader of evil, or fight to protect innocent mortals from her former friends ... But can she resist her instinct for blood? In 'Black Dawn', Maggie Neely's biggest worry is leading her soccer team to victory — until her brother, Miles, goes missing. Maggie must find him. Her search leads Maggie to the vampire, Delos, to whom she is strangely attracted. But while Delos lives, Miles could be lost forever. Can Maggie bring herself to destroy him? Or will Delos get to Maggie first? In 'Witch Light', Keller is part shapeshifter, part panther. She is searching for a new Wild Power. But can the dizzy human girl, Iliana, really be it? And then there's the dashing, romantic Galen. Keller has strong feelings for him. But he's destined to be Iliana's soulmate. Can Keller keep away? Or will she break her promise, and fall in love? Подробнее

Hiccup: How to Train Your Dragon (movie tie-in)

Cressida Cowell, 2010

Read the original books before you see the “How to Train Your Dragon” film! With a film tie-in cover, this book will be a hit with children and adults alike. The Story Begins in the first volume of Hiccup's “How to Train Your Dragon” memoirs... Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was an awesome sword-fighter, a dragon-whisperer and the greatest Viking Hero who ever lived. But it wasn't always like that. In fact, in the beginning, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was the most put upon Viking you'd ever seen. Not loud enough to make himself heard at dinner with his father, Stoick the Vast; not hard enough to beat his chief rival, Snotlout, at Bashyball, the number one school sport and certainly not stupid enough to go into a cave full of dragons to find a pet... It's time for Hiccup to learn how to be a Hero. ”How to Train Your Dragon” is soon to be a DreamWorks film starring Gerrard Butler, America Ferrera and Jonah Hill, out in March 2010 adapted from the best selling “How to Train Your Dragon” series by Cressida Cowell. Read the rest of Hiccup's exploits in the “How to Train Your Dragon” series in “How to Be a Pirate”, “How to Speak Dragonese”, “How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse”, “How to Twist a Dragon's Tale”, “A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons”, “How to Ride a Dragon's Storm”, and “How to Break a Dragon's Heart”. Подробнее

Hiccup: How to Train Your Dragon (New Edition)

Cressida Cowell, 2010

Read the original books before you see the “How to Train Your Dragon” film! With a film tie-in cover, this book will be a hit with children and adults alike. The Story Begins in the first volume of Hiccup's “How to Train Your Dragon” memoirs... Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was an awesome sword-fighter, a dragon-whisperer and the greatest Viking Hero who ever lived. But it wasn't always like that. In fact, in the beginning, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was the most put upon Viking you'd ever seen. Not loud enough to make himself heard at dinner with his father, Stoick the Vast; not hard enough to beat his chief rival, Snotlout, at Bashyball, the number one school sport and certainly not stupid enough to go into a cave full of dragons to find a pet... It's time for Hiccup to learn how to be a Hero. ”How to Train Your Dragon” is soon to be a DreamWorks film starring Gerrard Butler, America Ferrera and Jonah Hill, out in March 2010 adapted from the best selling “How to Train Your Dragon” series by Cressida Cowell. Read the rest of Hiccup's exploits in the “How to Train Your Dragon” series in “How to Be a Pirate”, “How to Speak Dragonese”, “How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse”, “How to Twist a Dragon's Tale”, “A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons”, “How to Ride a Dragon's Storm”, and “How to Break a Dragon's Heart”. Подробнее

Hiccup: How to Speak Dragonese (New Edition)

Cressida Cowell, 2010

The story continues in the third volume of Hiccup's “How to Train Your Dragon” memoirs ... Haddock III was an awesome sword-fighter, a dragon-whisperer and the greatest Viking Hero who ever lived. But it wasn't always like that. Hiccup's memoirs look back to when Hiccup was just an ordinary boy, and finding it very hard to be a Hero. Climbing on to a Roman Dragon Rustling ship by mistake in your first 'Boarding an Enemy Ship' lesson is bad enough. But to then discover that Alvin the Treacherous is also on board proves to Hiccup he couldn't have been more wrong, especially when he steals his copy of How to Speak Dragonese. Can Hiccup save the dragons and the day? ”How to Train Your Dragon” is soon to be a DreamWorks film starring Gerrard Butler, America Ferrera and Jonah Hill, out in March 2010 adapted from the best selling “How to Train Your Dragon” series by Cressida Cowell. Read the rest of Hiccup's exploits in the “How to Train Your Dragon” series in “How to Be a Pirate”, “How to Speak Dragonese”, “How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse”, “How to Twist a Dragon's Tale”, “A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons”, “How to Ride a Dragon's Storm”, and “How to Break a Dragon's Heart”. Подробнее

Hiccup: How To Twist a Dragon's Tale (New Ediiton)

Cressida Cowell, 2010

The story continues in the fifth volume of Hiccup's “How to Train Your Dragon” memoirs ... Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was an awesome sword-fighter, a dragon-whisperer and the greatest Viking Hero who ever lived. But it wasn't always like that. Hiccup's memoirs look back to when Hiccup was just an ordinary boy, and finding it very hard to be a Hero. Someone has stolen the Fire Egg. Now the Volcano on Volcano Island is active and the tremors are hatching the eggs of the Exterminator dragons! Can Hiccup return the Fire Egg to the Volcano, stop the Volcano from erupting, and save the Tribes from being wiped out by the terrible sword-claws of the Exterminators? ”How to Train Your Dragon” is soon to be a DreamWorks film starring Gerrard Butler, America Ferrera and Jonah Hill, out in March 2010 adapted from the best selling “How to Train Your Dragon” series by Cressida Cowell. Read the rest of Hiccup's exploits in the “How to Train Your Dragon” series in “How to Be a Pirate”, “How to Speak Dragonese”, “How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse”, “How to Twist a Dragon's Tale”, “A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons”, “How to Ride a Dragon's Storm”, and “How to Break a Dragon's Heart”. Подробнее

Hiccup: How to Ride Dragon's Storm (New Edition)

Cressida Cowell, 2010

The story continues in the seventh volume of Hiccup's “How to Train Your Dragon” memoirs ... Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III was an awesome sword-fighter, a dragon-whisperer and the greatest Viking Hero who ever lived. But it wasn't always like that. Hiccup's memoirs look back to when Hiccup was just an ordinary boy, and finding it very hard to be a Hero. Hiccup has three months, five days and six hours to discover America, get back to Berk, save his father, battle Polarserpents, and win the annual Inter-Tribal Friendly Swimming Race. Can he do it? (Tick-tock-tick-tock-tick-tock). ”How to Train Your Dragon” is soon to be a DreamWorks film starring Gerrard Butler, America Ferrera and Jonah Hill, out in March 2010 adapted from the best selling “How to Train Your Dragon” series by Cressida Cowell. Read the rest of Hiccup's exploits in the “How to Train Your Dragon” series in “How to Be a Pirate”, “How to Speak Dragonese”, “How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse”, “How to Twist a Dragon's Tale”, “A Hero's Guide to Deadly Dragons”, “How to Ride a Dragon's Storm”, and “How to Break a Dragon's Heart”. Подробнее

Vampire Diaries 1: The Awakening and The Struggle (Books 1 and 2)

L. J. Smith, 2009

The Awakening: Elena Gilbert is used to getting what she wants and she wants mysterious new boy, Stefan. But Stefan is hiding a deadly secret — a secret that will change Elena’s life for ever ... The Struggle: Elena is torn between her boyfriend, Stefan, and his brother, Damon. But these brothers hide dark secrets and a tragic past that threatens them all. Damon wants to lead Elena astray — and he’d rather kill Stefan than let him possess her ... Подробнее

Vampire Diaries 2: The Fury and The Reunion (Books 3 and 4)

L. J. Smith, 2009

The Fury: Faced with an ancient evil, Stefan and Damon must stop their feuding and join forces with Elena to confront it. But in so doing, they are unwittingly sealing her fate ... The Reunion: Elena summons the vampire trio once more to unite and challenge their fate. Together they will be called to face the most terrifying evil Fell’s Church has ever known. Подробнее

The Secret Circle vol: 1: The Initiation and The Captive

L. J. Smith, 2010

In this, the bind up of The Initiation and The Captive Part 1, is the start of Cassie's story. Forced to move from sunny California to gloomy New England, Cassie is homesick — until she forms a bond with a group of teenagers at her school. This clique rules the school — no one dare cross them — but Cassie feels a strange kinship with them, and when she is initiated into their 'secret circle' she is both terrified and thrilled to be part of a coven of witches that have controlled New Salem for hundreds of years...But then Cassie falls in love. Now she has a tough decision to make: does she walk away, or does she step over to the dark side? Подробнее

The Secret Circle vol: 2: The Captive and The Power

L. J. Smith, 2010

Now that Cassie is part of the most alluring and deadly clique imaginable, she is starting to realise that power comes with a price – more dangerous than she knows. Torn between the dueling desires of the two leaders of the Secret Circle, Cassie is struggling again. Does she use her considerable supernatural power to save lives, or does she put all her energy into keeping Adam, the boys she loves. Cassie’s relationship with Adam is threatening to tear the circle apart, so where does Cassie’s loyalty, and strength, truly lie? Is she brave enough to lead the coven out of danger? Or will she fall prey to the darkness..? Подробнее

Charge!: The Interesting Bits of Military History

Justin Pollard, 2009

War brings out the very best and worst in people although, frankly, its usually the latter. But for all our thousands of years of practice at this most dangerous art there is precious little evidence that we`re either outgrowing it or getting any good at it. It is an occupation filled with heroism, genius, hubris, idiocy and blind panic all bought on at least in part by large measures of astonishingly good and bad luck — and they`re all here in Charge! This is not a book filled with battle diagrams swarming with arrows or 100,000 word descriptions of the tactical basis for the Pastry War. It is a book about the smaller tragedies and triumphs that actually go to make up the big picture — toilets that sink U-boats, unsporting attacks on Christmas day, armies that stop for tea, bombs on renegade balloons, drunk generals, blind kings, blind drunk generals, circular warships, and all the joy and misery that such things bring with them. And an interesting bit about the Pastry War. Подробнее

Sea of Poppies

Amitav Ghosh, 2009

At the heart of this epic saga, set just before the Opium Wars, is an old slaving-ship, The Ibis. Its destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean, its crew a motley array of sailors and stowaways, coolies and convicts. In a time of colonial upheaval, fate has thrown together a truly diverse cast of Indians and Westerners, from a bankrupt Raja to a widowed villager, from an evangelical English opium trader to a mulatto American freedman. As their old family ties are washed away they, like their historical counterparts, come to view themselves as jahaj-bhais or ship-brothers. An unlikely dynasty is born, which will span continents, races and generations. The vast sweep of this historical adventure spans the lush poppy fields of the Ganges, the rolling high seas, and the exotic backstreets of China. But it is the panorama of characters, whose diaspora encapsulates the vexed colonial history of the East itself, which makes «Sea of Poppies» so breathtakingly alive – a masterpiece from one of the world`s finest novelists. Подробнее

Sarah's Key

Tatiana de Rosnay, 2008

Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old Jewish girl, is arrested by the French police in the middle of the night, along with her mother and father. Desperate to protect her younger brother, she locks him in a cupboard and promises to come back for him as soon as she can. Paris, May 2002: Julia Jarmond, an American journalist, is asked to write about the 60th anniversary of the Vel` d`Hiv`the infamous day in 1942 when French police rounded up thousands of Jewish men, women and children, in order to send them to concentration camps. Sarah`s Key is the poignant story of two families, forever linked and haunted by one of the darkest days in France`s past. In this emotionally intense, page-turning novel, Tatiana de Rosnay reveals the guilt brought on by long-buried secrets and the damage that the truth can inflict when they finally come unravelled. Подробнее

Metrostop Paris: History from the City's Heart

Gregor Dallas, 2009

The name of every Parisian metro station tells a story. In «Metrostop Paris» Gregor Dallas recounts a series of extraordinary but true tales about the city as he leads his readers around the metro. Both the armchair traveller and the visitor will enjoy an illuminating journey in the company of a compelling storyteller and veteran of the city. The book includes visits to Paris catacombs at Hells Gate, the literary cafs and old jazz cellars of Montparnasse and Saint-Germain-des-Prs and the seventeenth-century alleys of the Marais, along with trips to the Palais-Royal at the time of the Revolution and the world of opera during Claude Debussy's lifetime. Through the eyes of the existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, Dallas describes the German occupation of Paris during the Second World War and the intellectual wars that immediately followed. A visit to the futuristic Cit de la Science at La Villette prompts the story of the Marquis de Mors, the French cowboy and anti-Semite, who was eventually murdered by tribesmen of the Sahara Desert in 1896. Outside, the Jesuit church of Saint-Paul Dallas tells us about Gabriel de Montgomery forgotten ancestor of Montgomery of Alamein who accidentally killed his king just there and, after leading the Protestant armies against Catherine de Medicis, was executed on the Place de Grve. This exciting journey through time and space concludes at the Cemetery Pre Lachaise with the unknown tale of Oscar Wildes strange involvement in the Dreyfus Affair, the greatest legal scandal of all time. Подробнее

The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English

Henry Hitchings, 2009

Communication is essential to our lives, but how often do we stop to think about where the words we use have come from? Have you ever thought about which words in English have been borrowed from Arabic, French or Dutch? Try admiral, landscape and marmalade just for starters. «The Secret Life of Words» is a wide-ranging account not only of the history of English, but also of how words witness history, reflect social change and remind us of our turbulent past. Henry Hitchings delves into our promiscuous language and reveals how and why it has absorbed words from more than 350 other languages many originating from the most unlikely of places, such as shampoo from Hindi and kiosk from Turkish. From the Norman Conquest to the present day, Hitchings narrates the story of English as an archive of our human experience and uncovers the secrets behind everyday words. This is a celebration of our language; after reading it, you will never again take the words we use for granted. Подробнее

Virgile's Vineyard: A Year in the Languedoc Wine Country

Patrick Moon, 2004

During his year of exploration, Patrick meets a rich cast of characters. Among them is a young local wine-maker called Virgile, who offers to initiate Patrick into the mysteries of each season's work in the fields and in the cellar. Virgile is passionately committed to perfection, though he operates on a shoestring. At the other extreme is Manu, Patrick's dipsomaniac neighbour, a die-hard traditionalist producing a private wine lake of unspeakable rouge. With Manu as his self-appointed guide, Patrick embarks on a tour of the region's wine makers, a succession of lively encounters with growers as varied as the wines themselves. Interwoven are digressions into the history of the region and its wine-making, right back to the earliest plantings by the Greeks and Romans. Meanwhile, the author struggles to deal with his dilapidated inheritance – an unfamiliar and unpredictable world where the brambles have grown as tall as the olive trees, the water supply has just dried up and there is a ferocious animal under the roof tiles. Подробнее

Leningrad: State of Siege

Michael Jones, 2009

When the German High Command encircled Leningrad it was a deliberate policy to eradicate the city`s civilian population by starving them to death. As winter set in and food supplies dwindled, starvation and panic set in. A specialist in battle psychology and the vital role of morale in desperate circumstances, Michael Jones tells the human story of Leningrad. Drawing on newly available eyewitness accounts and diaries, he shows Leningrad in its every dimension including taboo truths, long-suppressed by the Soviets, such as looting, criminal gangs and cannibalism. But, for many ordinary citizens, Leningrad marked the triumph of the human spirit. They drew deeply on their inner resources to inspire, comfort and help one another. At the height of the siege an extraordinary live performance of Shostakovich`s Seventh Symphony profoundly strengthened the city`s will to resist. When German troops heard it in their trenches one remarked: `We began to understand we would never take Leningrad`. Yet, Leningrad`s self-defence came at a huge price. When the 900-day siege ended in 1944 almost a million people had died and those who survived would be permanently marked by what they had endured, as this superbly insightful and moving history shows. Подробнее

Sigue 2 Student's book

John Connor, 2001

This volume forms part two of the two-stage successor to Sigue!. It shares the same aim of providing a practical, motivating and lively progression to Advanced Level Spanish. It is the student's book, and features varied task formats, texts, and progression from a realistic starting point. The second edition also contains: a new unit on advanced study skills; regular development of study skills throughout; new units on the themes of modern Spain in the European context, education and career opportunities, work and technology, community relationships in the Hispanic societies, law and order, the environment, a dossier case study of Catalunya, and Spanish as a world language; factual background on aspects of Hispanic life and culture; practical guidance on pronunciation and intonation; emphasis on systematic grammar practice via listening as well as reading; and a new assessment unit, constructed to meet A Level requirements. Подробнее

Who's Afraid of Jane Austen? How to Really Talk About Books You Haven't Read

Henry Hitchings, 2009

Ever wondered how some people seem to have an opinion on every book ever published? Nowadays, there are so many books: how can anyone be well read anymore? Well, help is at hand. Let Henry Hitchings educate you in the invaluable skill of literary bluffing in this survivor`s guide to talking about books you haven`t read. With tips on how to bluff with confidence using quotable insights and invaluable trivia, Henry Hitchings covers all the great books you ought to have read but haven`t got round to yet. If you want to be able to hold your own in a debate about Stephen Hawking or Philip Roth or perhaps you find Shakespeare or Dostoevsky intimidating, then look no further. Including literary heavyweights such as Ulysses, Bleak House and War and Peace this guide will equip you with all the bookish information you need to bluff your way through any scenario, be it a vital exam, an in-depth conversation at the pub or chatting up the potential love of your life. Contents includes, Jane Austen, Shakespeare, Henry James, James Joyce, Proust, Homer, Virgil, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Dickens, various contemporary writers, the Bible, the Koran, fairy tales, select bestsellers and some poetry. Подробнее

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