Welcome to The Escape. A luxury superyacht. A once-in-a lifetime opportunity to get away. Until the first passenger goes missing... Everyone on board has a part to play. The newcomer with secrets buried in her past. The unexpected guest looking for an escape. The crew looking to settle old scores. They all have something to hide. But only one of them is a killer...
2086 Руб.
'... a human being, an intellectual human being who constantly bends the entire force of his mind on the ridiculous task of forcing a wooden king into the corner of a wooden board, and does it without going mad!' A group of passengers on a cruise ship challenge the world chess champion to a match. At first, they crumble, until they are helped by whispered advice from a stranger in the crowd - a man who will risk everything to win. Stefan Zweig's acclaimed novella Chess is a disturbing, intensely dramatic depiction of obsession and the price of genius.
1907 Руб.
An intense, searing novel exploring the damage of racial and sexual violence. Eva Medina Canada sits in her psychiatric ward, silent. She has murdered her lover and they want to know why. Her memories weave back and forth over encounters with the men in her life - the schoolboy who played doctors and nurses with a dirty popsicle stick; her mother's boyfriend; her cousin; her husband; a stranger on the bus. She's been propositioned and abused for as long as she can remember.
2194 Руб.
Adrift in a raft after a terrible shipwreck, ten strangers try to survive while they wait for rescue. After three days, short on water, food and hope, they spot a man floating in the waves. They pull him on board - and the survivor claims he can save them. But should they put their trust in him? Will any of them see home again? And why did the ship really sink? The Stranger in the Lifeboat is not only a deeply moving novel about the power of love and hope in the face of danger, but also a mystery that will keep you guessing to the very end.
3545 Руб.
Jump on board this busy bus and have fun singing along to the popular nursery rhyme! Children will love joining in with the well-known rhyme as they explore shaped windows on every page. With sweet illustrations by Lara Ede. A PLAYFUL BOARD BOOK WITH SHAPED WINDOWS, BASED ON A POPULAR NURSERY RHYME A playful board book with shaped windows and a touch on the front cover. The well-known nursery rhyme is perfect for encouraging little ones to join in at storytime!
998 Руб.
Jump on board this busy bus and have fun singing along to the popular nursery rhyme! Children will love joining in with the well-known rhyme as they explore shaped windows on every page. With sweet illustrations by Lara Ede. A PLAYFUL BOARD BOOK WITH SHAPED WINDOWS, BASED ON A POPULAR NURSERY RHYME A playful board book with shaped windows and a touch on the front cover. The well-known nursery rhyme is perfect for encouraging little ones to join in at storytime!
1231 Руб.
Lucy Jorik is the daughter of the former President of the United States. But she's been on the run ever since the day of her wedding - the wedding she didn't go through with, to the fiance who eventually married her best friend (see Call Me Irresistible). But she's been on the run ever since the day of her wedding - the wedding she did not go through with, to the fiance who eventually married her best friend (see Call Me Irresistible). She accepts a ride from a stranger (an incredibly handsome, mysterious stranger on a motorcycle) and begins a new phase of life that she never expected. She accepts a ride from a stranger. (An incredibly handsome, mysterious stranger on a motorcycle) and begins a new phase of life that she never expected This is that story. This is that story.
405 Руб.
The novel tells the story of Lyman Ward, a retired professor of history and author of books about the Western frontier, who returns to his ancestral home in the Sierra Nevada. Wheelchair-bound with a crippling bone disease, Ward embarks nonetheless on a search to rediscover his grandmother, no long dead, who made her own journey to Grass Valley nearly a hundred years earlier.
3634 Руб.
Megan Bright and Jackson Dawes are two teenagers who first meet each other on the hospital ward where they are both being treated for cancer. Megan is scared and worried about her illness, but Jackson seems to be an old hand, having been on the ward for ages. And everybody loves Jackson! He is a whirlwind of life and energy, warmth and sparkle. Megan will need to borrow some of Jackson's extraordinary optimism to face her and Jackson's future. A moving story of first love and a remarkably powerful debut novel.
1757 Руб.
Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011. Beginning with an unlikely stowaway's account of life on board Noah's Ark, A History of the World in 10 Chapters presents a surprising and subversive fictional-history of earth told from several kaleidoscopic perspectives. Noah disembarks from his ark but he and his Voyage are not forgotten- they are revisited in on other centuries and other climes - by a Victorian spinster mourning her father, by an American astronaut on an obsessive personal mission. We journey to the Titanic, to the Amazon, to the raft of the Medusa, and to an ecclesiastical court in medieval France where a bizarre case is about to begin...This is no ordinary history, but something stranger; a challenge and a delight for the reader's imagination. Ambitious yet accessible, witty and playfully serious, this is the work of a brilliant novelist.
864 Руб.
Winner of the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2011 Beginning with an unlikely stowaway's account of life on board Noah's Ark, A History of the World in 10? Chapters presents a surprising and subversive fictional-history of earth told from several kaleidoscopic perspectives. Noah disembarks from his ark but he and his Voyage are not forgotten: they are revisited in on other centuries and other climes - by a Victorian spinster mourning her father, by an American astronaut on an obsessive personal mission. We journey to the Titanic, to the Amazon, to the raft of the Medusa, and to an ecclesiastical court in medieval France where a bizarre case is about to begin... This is no ordinary history, but something stranger; a challenge and a delight for the reader's imagination. Ambitious yet accessible, witty and playfully serious, this is the work of a brilliant novelist.
3489 Руб.
Introducing a hilarious twist on the well-known tale of the old lady who swallowed a fly . . . and a poodle too! Children will love reading the rhyme and peeking into the lady?s tummy to see what she?s eaten. Funny illustrations will engage children as they read. HILARIOUS TACTILE BOARD BOOK WITH A FUNNY RHYME An innovative board books a fun touch on the cover. The funny rhyme will engage both young readers and adults. The sturdy board pages are easy for tiny hands to hold.
662 Руб.
Guy Haines is travelling through Texas on a train when a stranger invites him to share a meal. But the stranger has a terrible plan. 'You murder my father, and I'll murder your wife,' he suggests. So begins Guy's journey into a world of madness, lies and death. Level 4. Retold by Michael Nation.
1915 Руб.
Are you tired of knife blade marks on your tile or kitchen surfaces from when you cut vegetables? Core Kitchen has the perfect solution for your woes. Coreʼs Bar Board that comes with a paring knife prevents any chances of injuries. The grip stripes on the back of the board prevent the cutting board from sliding around while cutting food, giving you better hold and security. You can also keep it on the bar or carry it to the table, and use it to slice yourself a fresh piece of lemon or fenugreek for your drink! (1)Portable, safe to use. (2)One board and one paring knife. (3)Prevents scratching on the kitchen surfaces. (4)Anti-slip technology prevents board from slipping.
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Welcome to the Midnight Gang! Midnight is the time when all children are fast asleep, except of course for...the Midnight Gang. That is when their adventures are just beginning...When Tom gets hit on the head by a cricket ball, he finds himself at Lord Funt Hospital, and is greeted by a terrifying-looking porter. Things go from bad to worse when he meets the wicked matron in charge of the children's ward...But Tom is about to embark on the most thrilling journey of a lifetime! The Midnight Gang tells an extraordinarily heartwarming and, of course, funny story of five children on a hospital ward - and on a quest for adventure! It is a story of friendship and magic - and of making dreams come true. Readers are set to be utterly spellbound by this heartfelt story that will bring magic to everyone's Christmas.
850 Руб.
Welcome to the Midnight Gang! Midnight is the time when all children are fast asleep, except of course for… the Midnight Gang. That is when their adventures are just beginning… When Tom gets hit on the head by a cricket ball, he finds himself at Lord Funt Hospital, and is greeted by a terrifying-looking porter. Things go from bad to worse when he meets the wicked matron in charge of the children's ward… But Tom is about to embark on the most thrilling journey of a lifetime! The Midnight Gang tells an extraordinarily heartwarming and, of course, funny story of five children on a hospital ward – and on a quest for adventure! It is a story of friendship and magic – and of making dreams come true. Readers are set to be utterly spellbound by this heartfelt story that will bring magic to everyone.
1516 Руб.
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