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Gerrard Nicci, 2007

Gaby and Connor have a loving, trusting marriage. They know every detail about each other. And now with their son Ethan about to set off for university, Gaby and Connor will be alone again to spend quality time together. But there is one person missing from Gaby's life. One person who she cannot forgot — Nancy, her best friend since childhood A haunting novel about friendship and secrets that will appeal to fans of Alice Sebold and Maggie O'Farrell. 'Nicci Gerrard writes of ordinary people and gets under their skins — and she'll get under yours too'. Подробнее

Desperately Seeking

Cosgrave Evelyn, 2008

Kate never intended the get-over guy to fall in love with her... No, Keith was just the lovely fella who was definitely not her type, but would help her feel good about herself while she got over one of the World's Biggest Bastards. However, after the initial shock of hearing herself agree to marry him, Kate reckons that for once she is doing the right thing. A future with a wonderful man who is kind, generous, great in bed, sure to be a model husband and father and who — no mean feat this — can put up with her big mad family, is exactly what she wants. But is it? Because whatever her head might be doing, she can't stop her heart pushing her towards the most surprising — and unsuitable — man she could possibly fall for... Подробнее

Dublin

Gray Paul, 2005

Dublin DIRECTIONS has all you need to get the most out of Ireland's capital city. Whether you're on a weekend break or weeklong visit, this guide highlights all the top places to stay, the sights not to miss, the coolest bars and the tastiest restaurants. From learning about Dublin's literary greats and fascinating history, to tasting your first Guinness in the legendary brewery, this richly illustrated guide explores the very best the city has to offer. The main section of this stylish guide uncovers the city district by district, with every sight, restaurant, bar and shop located on easy-to-use maps!it's like having a local friend plan your trip! Подробнее

Bonjour Tristesse

Sagan Francoise, 2007

Cecile leads a hedonistic, frivolous life with her father and his young mistresses. On holiday in the South of France, she is seduced by the sun, the sand and her first lover. But when her father decides to remarry, their carefree existence becomes clouded by tragedy. United by the theme of love, the writings in the Great Loves series span over two thousand years and vastly different worlds. Readers will be introduced to love's endlessly fascinating possibilities and extremities: romantic love, platonic love, erotic love, gay love, virginal love, adulterous love, parental love, filial love, nostalgic love, unrequited love, illicit love, not to mention lost love, twisted and obsessional love... Подробнее

Climbing Mount Improbable

Dawkins Richard, 2006

How could such an intricate object as the human eye — so complex and so precise — have come about by chance? In this masterful piece of popular science, Richard Dawkins builds a powerful and carefully reasoned argument for evolutionary adaptation as the force behind all life on earth. The metaphor of 'Mount Improbable' represents the combination of perfection and improbability that we find in the seemingly 'designed' complexity of living things. And through it all runs the thread of DNA, the molecule of life, responsible for its own destiny on an unending pilgrimage through time. Evocative illustrations accompany Dawkins' eloquent descriptions of astonishing adaptations in the living world. Подробнее

Larger Than Life

Parks Adele, 2002

Georgina fell in love with Hugh Carter the moment she saw him. She's never loved another man. She was eighteen. She's now thirty-two and Hugh has finally moved in with her. Faces tend to fall when she mentions that when they first met he was seeing a friend of hers, whom he subsequently married and had two children with. But hey. Life's not a fairy tale. All is well until George finds that one small miscalculation with dates leaves her — pregnant. Still reeling from this news she notices that Hugh is turning out to be a bit of a disappointment. After fourteen years of seeing life through a Hugh-tinted filter can George start to make up her own mind? Подробнее

The Lost Diaries of Adrian Mole

Townsend Sue, 2012

It's Monday, January 3, 2000. So how do I greet the New Millennium? In despair. I'm a single parent, I live with my mother... I have a bald spot the size of a jaffa cake on the back of my head... I can't go on like this, drifting into early middle-age. I need a Life Plan... The 'same age as Jesus when he died', Adrian Mole has become a martyr: a single-father bringing up two young boys in an uncaring world. With the ever-unattainable Pandora pursuing her ambition to become Labour's first female PM; his over-achieving half-brother Brett sponging off him; and literary success ever-elusive, Adrian tries to make ends meet and find a purpose. But little does he realise that his own modest life is about to come to the attention of those charged with policing The War Against Terror... Подробнее

Still Thinking of You

Parks Adele, 2004

Tash and Rich are newly engaged. They can`t wait to celebrate their wedding with their closest friends, all of whom have known each other since university where they enjoyed a hedonistic lifestyle. But is fun as easy-come-easy-go in your thirties? What if the love of your life reappeared now? Подробнее

The True Confessions of Adrian Mole

Townsend Sue, 2012

It's Monday, June 13th. I had a good, proper look at myself in the mirror tonight. I've always wanted to look clever, but at the age of twenty years and three months I have to admit that I look like a person who has never even heard of Jung or Updike. Adrian Mole is an adult. At least that's what it says on his passport. But living at home, clinging to his threadbare cuddly rabbit 'Pinky', working as a paper pusher for the DoE and pining for the love of his life, Pandora, has proved to him that adulthood isn't quite what he expected. Still, without the slings and arrows of modern life what else would an intellectual poet have to write about... Included here are two other less well-known diarists: Sue Townsend and Margaret Hilda Roberts, a rather ambitious grocer's daughter from Grantham. Подробнее

Unweaving the Rainbow: Science, Delusion and the Appetite for Wonder

Dawkins Richard, 2006

A dazzling, passionate polemic against anti-science movements of all kinds. Keats accused Newton of destroying the poetry of the rainbow by explaining the origin of its colours. In this illuminating and provocative book, Richard Dawkins argues that Keats could not have been more mistaken, and shows how an understanding of science enhances our wonder of the world. He argues that mysteries do not lose their poetry because they are solved: the solution is often more beautiful than the puzzle, uncovering even deeper mysteries. Dawkins takes up the most important and compelling topics in modern science, from astronomy and genetics to language and virtual reality, combining them in a landmark statement on the human appetite for wonder. Подробнее

The Very Busy Spider

Carle Eric, 1996

Spinning her web keeps the spider busy all day long. A number of animals try to distract the spider from her task, but the spider ignores them as she is too busy spinning. Each page shows the progress of the web which is raised from the page. Подробнее

Sister Carrie

Dreiser Theodore, 2008

This is a landmark in American literature, presented in its complete and unexpurgated version. Dreiser's unsparing story of a country girl's rise to riches as the mistress of a wealthy man marked the beginning of the naturalist movement in America. Both its subject matter and Dreiser's objective, nonmoralizing approach made it highly controversial, and only a heavily edited version could be published in 1900. In this restored version, the truly revolutionary nature of Sister Carrie is made fully evident. Подробнее

The Women's War

Dumas Alexandre, 2008

A swashbuckling novel by the author of The Three Musketeers Set in the same period as his best-known novel, Alexandre Dumas’s “forgotten masterpiece” (Le Monde) features two steely and preternaturally modern heroines fighting on opposite sides of the wars that ravaged seventeenth-century France. An unabashed page-turner, humorous, dramatic, and crackling with panache, this new English translation—the first in more than 100 years—shows Dumas at the peak of his powers. Подробнее

The Woman Who Rode Away/ St: Mawr/ The Princess

Lawrence D. H., 2008

Three revelatory novellas by a twentieth-century master The works collected here explore the profound effects on protagonists who embark on psychological voyages of liberation. The Woman Who Rode Away follows one woman’s religious quest in Mexico. St. Mawr displays Lawrence’s mastery of satire in a scathing depiction of London’s fashionable horse-riding scene. In The Princess, a detached woman traveling through New Mexico finds herself in an intimate relationship with her male guide. Подробнее

The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner

Hogg James, 2008

A new edition of the “greatest novel of Scotland” The Romantic notion of the divided self is nowhere more powerfully conceived than in James Hogg’s masterpiece, The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner. An account of a man haunted by the Devil in the form of his own evil double, it precedes Dostoyevsky’s great dramas of sin, self-accusation, and damnation by half a century. Подробнее

Where Angels Fear to Tread

Forster E. M., 2008

A wonderful story of questioning, disillusionment, and conversion, Where Angels Fear to Tread tells the story of a prim English family's encounter with the foreign land of Italy. When attractive, impulsive English widow Lilia marries Gino, a dashing and highly unsuitable Italian twelve years her junior, her snobbish former in-laws make no attempts to hide their disapproval. But their expedition to face the uncouth foreigner takes an unexpected turn when they return to Italy under tragic circumstances intending to rescue Lilia and Gino's baby. Подробнее

Maigret and the Idle Burglar

Simenon Georges, 2008

Set against a high-profile hunt for the latest criminal gang to hit Paris, Maigret is determined to track down the murderer of a quiet crook of the old school, for whom he cannot help feeling affection and respect. In Maigret's careful recreation of the life of this gentle and eccentric burglar, Simenon beautifully depicts Maigret's insight, compassion, and melancholic nostalgia. Подробнее

On Natural Selection

Darwin Charles, 2008

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves — and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives — and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization, and helped make us who we are. Подробнее

Losing Gemma

Gardner Katy, 2008

Two girls went traveling in search of adventure, in search of 'real life'. Only one came back...A chilling, gripping novel about the backpacking holiday of a lifetime with utterly devastating and unexpected consequences, this is a dazzling and assured first novel destined to become an instant classic. Подробнее

The Eaten Heart: Unlikely Tales of Love

Boccaccio Giovanni, 2008

Ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside from the Black Death and tell stories to pass the time. From the unfaithful wife who unwittingly eats her lover's heart to the sly peasant plotting to seduce a whole nunnery, these are tales of lust, adventure and unexpected twists of fate. United by the theme of love, the writings in the «Great Loves» series span over two thousand years and vastly different worlds. Readers will be introduced to love's endlessly fascinating possibilities and extremities: romantic love, platonic love, erotic love, gay love, virginal love, adulterous love, parental love, filial love, nostalgic love, unrequited love, illicit love, not to mention lost love, twisted and obsessional love... Подробнее

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