Книги жанра HarperCollins Publishers
Название: The Listerdale Mystery
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2003
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A selection of mysteries, some light-hearted, some romantic, some very deadly... Twelve tantalizing cases! the curious disappearance of Lord Listerdale; a newlywed's fear of her ex-fiance; a strange encounter on a train; a domestic murder investigation; a wild man's sudden personality change; a retired inspector's hunt for a murderess; a young woman's impersonation of a duchess; a necklace hidden in a basket of cherries; a mystery writer's arrest for murder; an astonishing marriage proposal; a soprano's hatred for a baritone; the case of the rajah's emerald. All have one thing in common: the skilful hand of Agatha Christie.
Название: Castle in Air
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2009
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A magical «Arabian Nights» tale from the captivating creator of fantasy, Diana Wynne Jones. The dazzling sequel to Howls Moving Castle, soon to be a major animated film. Far to the south in the Land of Ingary, lives a young carpet merchant called Abdullah. In his dreams, he is the long-lost son of a great prince. This dream is a complete castle in the air! or is it? Abdullahs day-dreams suddenly start to come true when he meets the exquisite Flower-in-the-Night, daughter of the ferocious Sultan of Zanzib. Fate has destined them for each other, but a bad-tempered genie, a hideous djinn, and various villanous bandits have their own ideas. When Flower-in-the-Night is carried off, Abdullah is determined to rescue her — if he can find her.
Название: The Blind Man of Seville
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2007
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The first in Robert Wilson's Seville series, featuring the tortured detective Javier Falcon.
Название: Family Way
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2005
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It should be the most natural thing in the world. But in Tony Parsons' latest bestseller, three couples discover that Mother Nature can be one hell of a bitch.
Название: State of Fear
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2005
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The undisputed master of the high-concept thriller has written his most gripping and entertaining book yet In Paris, a physicist dies after performing a laboratory experiment for a beautiful visitor. In the jungles of Malaysia, a mysterious buyer purchases deadly cavitation technology, built to his specifications. In Vancouver, a small research submarine is leased for use in the waters of New Guinea. And in Tokyo, an intelligence agent tries to understand what it all means. Thus begins Michael Crichton's exciting and provocative techno-thriller State of Fear. Only Crichton's unique ability to blend scientific fact with pulse-pounding fiction could bring such disparate elements to a heart-stopping conclusion. This is Crichton's most wide-ranging thriller. State of Fear takes the reader from the glaciers of Iceland to the volcanoes of Antarctica, from the Arizona desert to the deadly jungles of the Solomon Islands, from the streets of Paris to the beaches of Los Angeles. The novel races forward on a roller-coaster thrill ride, all the while keeping the brain in high gear. Gripping and thought-provoking, State of Fear is Michael Crichton at his best.
Название: Boleyn Inheritance
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2007
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From the bestselling author of «The Other Boleyn Girl» comes a wonderfully atmospheric evocation of the court of Henry VIII, and the one woman who destroyed two of his queens.
Название: Hidden Assassins
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2007
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As Inspector Jefe Javier Falcon investigates a faceless corpse unearthed on a municipal dump, Seville is rocked by a massive explosion. An apartment block is destroyed, and when it`s discovered that its basement housed a mosque everybody's terrorist fears are confirmed.
Название: Prey
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2006
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In California, odd things are happening to unemployed scientist Jack Forman. His children tell Jack that strange men have visited the house. And Julia, his wife, isn't helping — she acts, even looks, somehow different. Deep in the Nevada desert, in the laboratory where Julia works, things are out of control.
Название: Manual of the Warrior of Light
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2003
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Within each of us is a warrior of light. Each of us is capable of listening to the silence of the heart, of accepting failure without letting it get us down and of holding onto hope even in the face of weariness and depression. Values like love for all things, discipline, friendship and learning to listen to our own hearts are the arms with which this warrior confronts the battles we face in the name of personal growth and in the defence of the light. On every page there is an inspirational thought, which can be read as part of Paulo Coelho's whole philosophy or used form the basis of a daily meditation. This text is a guide to the process.
Название: By the River Piedra, I Sat Down and Wept
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2005
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The story of an independent young woman whose life is changed forever by a chance encounter with a childhood friend. A magical blend of compelling action, exotic locations and intriguing characters, told with Paulo`s characteristic power and insight. Pilar is an independent and practical young woman who is feeling bored and frustrated by the daily grind of her university life. Looking for a deeper meaning to her existence, she happens to meet an old childhood friend, now a handsome, mesmerizing spiritual teacher — and a rumoured miracle worker. As he leads her on a magical journey through the Fench Pyrenees, Pilar begins to realize that this chance encounter is going to transform her life forever. With Paulo`s trademark blend of mysticism, magical realism and folklore, Pilar`s story is a poignant and deeply inspiring tale.
Название: Like the Flowing River
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2007
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This is a breathtaking collection of reflections from one of the worlds best loved storytellers, Paulo Coelho. In this riveting collection of thoughts and stories, Paulo Coelho, the author of «The Alchemist», offers his personal reflections on a wide range of subjects from archery and music to elegance, travelling and the nature of good and evil. An old woman explains to her grandson how a mere pencil can show him the path to happiness! It features: instructions on how to climb a mountain that reveal the secret to making your dreams a reality; the story of Ghengis Khan and the Falcon that teaches about the folly of anger — and the art of friendship; and a pianist who performs an example in fulfilling your destiny.
Название: Roverandom
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2002
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For the first time in A-format paperback, J.R.R. Tolkiens novella about the adventures of a bewitched toy dog While on holiday in 1925, four-year-old Michael Tolkien lost his beloved toy dog on the beach at Filey in Yorkshire. To console him, his father, J.R.R.Tolkien, improvised a story about Rover, a real dog who is magically transformed into a toy and is forced to seek out the wizard who wronged him in order to be returned to normal. This charming tale, peopled by a sand-sorcerer and a terrible dragon, by the king of the sea and the Man-in-the-Moon, went through several drafts over the years. Now, more than 70 years on, the adventures of Rover — or, for reasons that become clear in the story, Roverandom — are published in A-format for the first time. Rich in wit and wordplay, «Roverandom» is edited and introduced by Christina Scull and Wayne G. Hammond and includes Tolkiens own delightful illustrations.
Название: Fire and Hemlock
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2000
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The photograph above Polly's bed sparks memories that don't seem to exist any more. Nine years ago she met Thomas Lynn for the first time. But what has happened in the years between? Why has Tom been erased from Polly's mind, and from the rest of the world as well?
Название: Dogsbody
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2000
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Sirius, immortal Lord of the Dog Star and infamous for his quick temper, cannot believe it when he is falsely accused of murder and banished to Earth. There he is reborn into the body of a puppy and learns that he has the life-span of that creature to recover the missing murder weapon.
Название: Next
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2007
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The world of genetics is out of control — now the new Sunday Times bestseller from Michael Crichton, one of today's most famous authors, shows you what happens NEXT!
Название: Charmed Life
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2009
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Welcome to the worlds of Chrestomanci, where magic is as common as mathematics!
Название: Howl's Moving Castle
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2009
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A new look for one of Diana Wynne Jones' funniest and most popular novels.
Название: The Children of Hurin
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2009
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Painstakingly restored from Tolkien's manuscripts, this is the first complete, standalone Middle-earth book by J.R.R. Tolkien since The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. It is a legendary time long before The Lord of the Rings, and Morgoth, the first Dark Lord, dwells in the vast fortress of Angband in the North; and within the shadow of the fear of Angband, and the war waged by Morgoth against the Elves, the fates of Turin and his sister NiA nor will be tragically entwined. Their brief and passionate lives are dominated by the elemental hatred that Morgoth bears them as the children of Hurin, the man who dared to defy him to his face. Against them Morgoth sends his most formidable servant, Glaurung, a powerful spirit in the form of a huge wingless dragon of fire, in an attempt to fulfil the curse of Morgoth, and destroy the children of Hurin. Begun by J.R.R. Tolkien at the end of the First World War, The Children of Hurin became the dominant story in his later work on Middle-earth. But he could not bring it to a final and finished form. In this book Christopher Tolkien has constructed, after long study of the manuscripts, a coherent narrative without any editorial invention.
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2000
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Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy are evacuated to a house during the war wherein lives a vague professor. Left much to their own devices, they find a way into another world — Narnia — and discover Aslan, the lion king in hiding.
Название: Tatiana and Alexander
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers
Год: 2008
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»Tatiana and Alexander» is a powerful story of grief and hope — a passionate and epic love story from the Russian-born author of «The Bronze Horseman». The world at war... two people in love. Tatiana is eighteen years old and pregnant when she miraculously escapes war-torn Leningrad to the West, believing herself to be a widow. Her husband, Major Alexander Belov, a decorated hero of the Soviet Union, has been arrested by Stalins infamous secret police and is awaiting imminent death as a traitor and a spy. Tatiana begins her new life in America. In wartime New York City she finds work, friends and a life beyond her dreams. However, her grief is inescapable and she keeps hearing Alexander calling out to her. Meanwhile, Alexander faces the greatest danger hes ever known. An American trapped in Russia since adolescence, he has been serving in the Red Army and posing as a Soviet citizen to protect himself. For him, Russias war is not over, and both victory and defeat will mean certain death. As the Second World War moves into its spectacular close, Tatiana and Alexander are surrounded by the ghosts of their past and each other. They must struggle against destiny and despair as they find themselves in the fight of their lives. A master of the historical epic, Paullina Simons takes us on a journey across continents, time, and the entire breadth of human emotion, to create a heartrendingly beautiful love story that will live on long after the final page is turned.
