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‘Compelling’ Sunday TimesA powerful debut exploring the dark side of Cornwall – the wrecking and the drowned sailors – where poverty drove villagers to dark deeds…Shipwrecks are part of life in the remote village of Porthmorvoren, Cornwall. And as the sea washes the bodies of the drowned onto the beach, it also brings treasures: barrels of liquor, exotic fruit, the chance to lift a fine pair of boots from a corpse, maybe even a jewel or two.When, after a fierce storm, Mary Blight rescues a man...
| Автор | Noel O’Reilly |
The ups and down of three plucky factory girls, set in Britain’s best loved wrapped chocolate factory.The Quality Street Factory is fizzing with the news that the King and Queen and the two young princesses, Elizabeth and Margaret Rose, are going to visit the Mackintosh Factory where the country’s favourite wrapped chocolate is made. The factory floor is heady with excitement but plans are dealt a blow when a much loved staff member is the victim of a poisoning incident.Everyone is under...
| Автор | Penny Thorpe |
‘Amazing’ Meg Rosoff‘Extraordinary’ Maggie Alderson‘What some might call beauty, I find monstrous’In the age of the Faerie Queene, Elizabeth I, Lord Francis Rodermere starts to lay waste to a forest.Furious, the sorceress who dwells there scrawls a curse into the bark of the first oak he fells:A faerie boy will be born to you whose beauty will be your death.Ten years later, Lord Rodermere’s son, Beau is born – and all who encounter him are struck by his great beauty.Meanwhile, many miles away in...
| Автор | Wray Delaney |
Гетти – летучая мышка размером с грецкий орех. Она очень храбрая и любит приключения. Уже давно Гетти хочется улизнуть от мамы и вырваться на свободу, оказаться в парке и познакомиться с его обитателями. Но она должна оставаться дома, за заколоченным чердачным окном № 18 в усадьбе «Ласточкино гнездо». И вот однажды, когда мама Гетти сладко дремала после обеда, летучая мышка решила тайно отправиться в путешествие и посетить, наконец, оранжерею… Говорят, там водятся настоящие привидения! В...
| Автор | Аннет Рёдер |
Гетти – летучая мышка размером с грецкий орех. Она очень храбрая и любит приключения. Уже давно Гетти хочется улизнуть от мамы, вырваться на свободу и оказаться в парке. Но она должна оставаться дома, за заколоченным чердачным окном № 18 в усадьбе «Ласточкино гнездо». Однако Гетти снова и снова находит возможности улизнуть из дома и вместе с подругой Фиделией и этрусской землеройкой Стариной Пи отправляется на поиски приключений, а заодно спасает обитателей усадьбы! В формате PDF A4 сохранен...
| Автор | Аннет Рёдер |
Murder and mayhem are coupled with Japanese folklore and fable in this riveting tale of suspense.When the body of one of Nagano Prefecture's most prominent businessmen is found propped against a tree on Poison Plain, home of the legendary Demoness Maple, Inspector Takemura finds himself searching for the killer with the help and hindrance of an esteemed Tokyo professor and a beautiful university student. As the bodies begin to multiply in the sleepy mountain town of Togakushi, the three...
| Автор | Yasuo Uchida |
The age-old legends and tales of Nordic mythology are a common heritage of German, Scandinavian, and Anglo-Saxon peoples. This very readable collection features a rich selection of these time-honored stories, retold in simple dramatic fashion by noted Irish author Padraic Colum.Readers will find themselves drawn into the timeless world of the gods and goddesses who dwell in Asgard, a magical realm reached by a rainbow bridge. Here unfold the exciting stories of how Frey won Gerda, the Giant...
| Автор | Padraic Colum |
The first part of J. R. R. Tolkien’s epic adventure THE LORD OF THE RINGS‘A most remarkable feat’ GuardianIn a sleepy village in the Shire, a young hobbit is entrusted with an immense task. He must make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ruling Ring of Power – the only thing that prevents the Dark Lord Sauron’s evil dominion.Thus begins J. R. R. Tolkien’s classic tale of adventure, which continues in The Two Towersand The Return of the King.
| Автор | Джон Толкин |
The hardest times can build the strongest friendshipsCounty Donegal, Ireland, April 1845.Since following her heart and moving from her comfortable home in Scotland to the harsh mountainside of Ardtur, County Donegal, Hannah McGinley hasn’t had the easiest life. But surrounded by her two children and her loving husband Patrick she has found happiness.When her daughter returns home with news that her school may close as one of the teachers is moving away, Hannah feels compelled to take the vacant...
| Автор | Anne Doughty |
The first in the stunning River Maid series by Sunday Times bestseller, Dilly CourtLondon, 1854: twenty-year-old Essie Chapman lives with her father in poverty stricken Limehouse, working on the river as a boatman. Her life seems set before her, never to leave this part of London and forever at her father’s beck and call.Then, one night, she must transport a mysterious man from a foreign ship to the banks of the Thames, a man who ends up renting a room in Essie’s house, identifying himself only...
| Автор | Dilly Court |
The first book in the gripping new WW2 Victory Sisters trilogy from the international bestselling author.In the midst of war, she knew her place was not at home…The most ambitious of three sisters, Lorraine ‘Raine’ Linfoot always dreamed of becoming a pilot. As a spirited seventeen-year-old, she persuades her hero Doug Williams to teach her to fly. When war breaks out in 1939, Raine is determined to put her skills to good use. She enlists in the Air Transport Auxiliary, becoming one of a handful...
| Автор | Molly Green |
Кто не знает мальчишку, который не захотел становиться взрослым? Конечно, Питера Пэна знают все!.. Ведь в душе каждого живет ребенок, который ни за что не хочет вырастать. Особенно остро это ощущал Джеймс Барри, который еще в своем романическом творчестве написал о потерявшемся мальчике, не желавшем, чтобы родители нашли его и вырастили. А уж когда Барри начал писать для детей… Детские произведения полнее отразили главные особенности его творчества: реальность часто смешана с вымыслом, а юмор и...
| Автор | Джеймс Барри |
Kaua, kaua aega tagasi, kui maailmas oli veel maagiat ja asjad polnud alati niisugused, nagu need paistsid olevat, elas Inglismaa kauges põhjaosas lagunenud lossis ilus tüdruk, kelle silmad olid mustad nagu laukapuu viljad novembrikuus ja nahk sama valge kui selle õied märtsis. Paljude teenrite asemel, kes neiu eest hoolitseksid ja tema järele vaataksid, oli seal vaid üks küürus ja kortsus vanaeit, ja sõdurite asemel, kes teda valvaksid, oli seal vaid ükssarvik. Ta oli suurepärane olend, valge...
| Автор | Rahvaluule |
Kapteinis nu atraisa pirmo mezglu, un, lūk, saceļas tāds ceļa vējš, ka kuģis zibens ātrumā šaujas pa jūru projām. Jau otrā rītā princis ierauga savas līgavas pili un vēl laikā nokāpj krastā. Līgava vēl nav aizgājusi pie cita. Ķēniņdēls apprec princesi un paliek tur par valdnieku. Mūsu kapteinis brauc atpakaļ uz savu nopelnīto valsti. Brauc un domā: – Kam man tādas valsts vajaga, lai viņu ņem, kas grib – kas man nekait manā kuģī; bet apskatīties gan apskatīšos, kā viņi tur...
| Автор | Народное творчество |
Spooky and absorbing. I was gripped from the first page! CASS GREENThere’s a stranger in your house…When her stepmother dies unexpectedly, Caro returns to her childhood home in Derbyshire. She hadn’t seen Elizabeth in years, but the remote farmhouse offers refuge from a bad relationship, and a chance to start again.But going through Elizabeth’s belongings unearths memories Caro would rather stay buried. In particular, the story her stepmother would tell her, about two little girls and the...
| Автор | Sophie Draper |
A breathtakingly original, darkly comic, surprisingly contemporary and deeply surreal tale from the author of THIS IS THE WAY, Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year.After fleeing his dying parents and the drudgery of work in Dublin for the Manhattan of his imagination – a place of romance and opulence, dark old concert halls and mellow front parlours quieted by the hiss of the phonograph cylinder – Rickard Velily hopes to be reborn as an Irish tenor, and to one day be reunited with the love of his...
| Автор | Gavin Corbett |
Please note that due to the limitations of some ereading devices, it was not possible to represent diacritical marks in this title.The highly anticipated novel from the bestselling author of ‘The Joy Luck Club’ and ‘The Bonesetter’s Daughter’.On an ill-fated art expedition of the Southern Shan State in Burma, eleven Americans leave their Floating Island Resort for a Christmas morning tour – and disappear. Through the twists of fate, curses and just plain human error, they find themselves deep in...
| Автор | Amy Tan |
The final novel in the worldwide bestselling Mars trilogy, now part of the Voyager Classics collection.Mars has grown upIt is fully terraformed – genetically engineered plants and animals live by newly built canals and young but stormy seas.It is politically independent. A brave and buzzing new world. Most of the First Hundred have died. Those that remain are like walking myths to Martian youth.Earth has grown too muchChronic overpopulation, bitter nationalism, scarce resources. For too many...
| Автор | Kim Stanley Robinson |
Books two and three in The Farseer Trilogy by international bestselling author Robin Hobb.‘In today’s crowded fantasy market Robin Hobb’s books are like diamonds in a sea of zircons’ George R. R. MartinHonesty is the bedrock for any relationship. But how can Fitz – royal bastard, trainee assassin, holder of secrets crucial to the security of the kingdom – bare his soul to his beloved Molly?Danger lies all around him – from the raiders savaging the coastal towns, and from within the court. The...
| Автор | Робин Хобб |
One of Ray Bradbury’s classic novels, available as an ebook for the first time.In 1953, the brilliant but terrifying titan of cinema John Huston summons the young writer Ray Bradbury to Ireland. The apprehensive scribe's quest is to capture on paper the fiercest of all literary beasts – Moby Dick – in the form of a workable screenplay so the great director can begin filming.But from the moment he sets foot on Irish soil, the author embarks on an unexpected odyssey. Meet congenial IRA terrorists,...
| Автор | Рэй Брэдбери |
From New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb, a disquieting and ultimately uplifting novel about a marriage, a family, and human resilience in the face of tragedy.As Annie Oh’s wedding day approaches, she finds herself at the mercy of hopes and fears about the momentous change ahead. She has just emerged from a twenty-five year marriage to Orion Oh, which produced three children, but is about to marry a woman named Viveca, a successful art dealer, who specializes in outsider art.Trying to...
| Автор | Wally Lamb |
A stirring instalment of the urban fantasy-thriller series starring Rachel Morgan. A pacey and addictive novel of sexy bounty-hunting witches, cunning demons and vicious vampires.Condemned and shunned for black magic, Rachel Morgan has three days to get to the annual witches’ conference and clear her name, or be trapped in the demonic ever-after . . . forever after.But a witch, an elf, a living vampire, and a pixy in one car going across the country? Talk about a recipe for certain disaster,...
| Автор | Ким Харрисон |
One of the best-known experimental novels of the 1960s, this uninhibited tale centres on the hapless members of a love triangle, and their sexual obsession and shared fascination with a mythic saint.Revolving around four central – and intrinsically flawed – characters, ‘Beautiful Losers’ is the frank and humorous story of a nameless narrator, his wife Edith, their domineering friend and mentor ‘F’ and Catherine Tekakwitha, a mythic 17th-century Mohawk virgin saint. The complexities of this...
| Автор | Leonard Cohen |
Comprising the ancient texts of The Belgariad and The Malloreon, The Rivan Codex is a book which stands in the same relationship to the Belgariad and Malloreon as The Silmarillion does to The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit.Before David Eddings started to write his first fantasy series, the BELGARIAD, in the late 1970s, he spent a year working on the design and mythology of the fantasy world in which it is set.The Rivan Codex comprises the immensely readable background material to Eddings’...
| Автор | David Eddings |