Книги издательства Macmillan Publishers
Название: Freedom
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA
Год: 2011
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In his first novel since The Corrections, Jonathan Franzen has given us an epic of contemporary love and marriage. FREEDOM comically and tragically captures the temptations and burdens of liberty: the thrills of teenage lust, the shaken compromises of middle age, the wages of suburban sprawl, the heavy weight of empire. In charting the mistakes and joys of FREEDOM's intensely realized characters as they struggle to learn how to live in an ever more confusing world, Franzen has produced an indelible and deeply moving portrait of our time.
Название: The War of the Worlds
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA
Год: 1993
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Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate «reader friendly» type sizes have been chosen for each title — offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords. This edition of «War of the Worlds» includes a Introduction, Biographical Note, and Afterword by James Gunn. They came form outer space — Mars, to be exact. With deadly heat-rays and giant fighting machine they want to conquer Earth and keep humans as their slaves. Nothing seems to stop them as they spread terror and death across the planet. It is the start of the most important war in Earth's history. And Earth will never be the same.
Название: Anne of Avonlea
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA
Год: 1995
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At sixteen Anne is grown up... almost. Her gray eyes shine like evening stars, but her red hair is still as peppery as her temper. In the years since she arrived at Green Gables as a freckle-faced orphan, she has earned the love of the people of Avonlea and a reputation for getting into scrapes. But when Anne begins her job as the new schoolteacher, the real test of her character begins. Along with teaching the three Rs, she is learning how complicated life can be when she meddles in someone else's romance, finds two new orphans at Green Gables, and wonders about the strange behavior of the very handsome Gilbert Blythe. As Anne enters womanhood, her adventures touch the heart and the funny bone.
Название: The Stainless Steel Rat Returns
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA
Год: 2011
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After a ten-year absence, the return of one of the most enduring series characters in modern SF James Bolivar «Slippery Jim» DiGriz, Special Corps agent, master con man, interstellar criminal (retired), is living high on the hog on the planet of Moolaplenty when a long-lost cousin and a shipful of swine arrive to drain his bank account and send him and his lovely wife, Angelina, wandering the stars on the wildest journey since «Gulliver's Travels.» In this darkly satiric work, Harry Harrison bring his most famous character out of retirement for a grand tour of the galaxy. The Stainless Steel Rat rides again: a cocktail in his hand, a smile on his lips, and larceny in his heart, in search of adventure, gravitons, and a way to get rid of the pigs.
Название: Worlds of Exile and Illusion
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA
Год: 1996
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Ursula K. Le Guin is one of the greatest science fiction writers and many times the winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards. her career as a novelist was launched by the three novels contained in «Worlds of Exile and Illusion». These novels, Rocannon's world, «Planet of Exile», and «City of Illusions», are set in the same universe as Le Guin's groundbreaking classic, «The Left hand of Darkness». Tor is pleased to return these previously unavailable works to print in this attractive new edition.
Название: A Quiver Full of Arrows
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA
Год: 2005
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Ordinary Heros, Extraordinary Deeds The bestselling author of Kane & Abel, The Prodigal Daughter and Honor Among Theives once again astonishes, delights, and electrifies his legions of fans. From London to China, and New York to Nigeria, Jeffrey Archer takes the reader on a tour of ancient heirlooms and modern romance, of cutthroat business and kindly strangers, of lives lived in the realms of power and lives freed from the gloom of oppression. Fortunes are made and squandered, honor betrayed and redeemed, and love lost and rediscovered. Embracing the passions that drive men and women to love and to hate, A Quiver Full of Arrows will captivate the hearts and souls of readers of everywhere.
Название: Gold Mine
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA
Год: 2006
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North of Johannesburg, five companies share the Kitchenerville fields, furiously blasting and digging deep into the earth. For some men, gold mining is a way of life and death. For some it's just a business. For one man, it's the most dangerous game of all... Rod Ironsides makes love to his boss's wife and drives his miners faster and harder than anyone has ever dared. A few weeks ago, Ironsides had a passion for golf and one-night stands. Now, he has been handed a prize and a curse: to blast through rock and reap a fortune or be destroyed. From a split-second, oxygen-sucking explosion to a looming underground wall of water, there are a dozen ways Rod can fail. But his passion and fury won't let him back down from a conspiracy he cannot see: men who want to turn his mine into a death trap for the bloodiest pay-day of all...
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA
Год: 2009
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One of the most treasured children's books of all time, this title is narrated by Academy Award-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow.
Название: Embassytown
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA
Год: 2012
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Embassytown: a city of contradictions on the outskirts of the universe. Avice is an immerser, a traveller on the immer, the sea of space and time below the everyday, now returned to her birth planet. Here on Arieka, humans are not the only intelligent life, and Avice has a rare bond with the natives, the enigmatic Hosts — who cannot lie. Only a tiny cadre of unique human Ambassadors can speak Language, and connect the two communities. But an unimaginable new arrival has come to Embassytown. And when this Ambassador speaks, everything changes. Catastrophe looms. Avice knows the only hope is for her to speak directly to the alien Hosts. And that is impossible.
Название: Love Life
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA
Год: 2010
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Dan and Carmen are hip, healthy and wealthy. They have their own companies, plenty of money and friends and are the proud parents of one year-old Luna... They live the cool life in Amsterdam, until beautiful and optimistic Carmen is diagnosed with breast cancer. With that their world transforms into a roller-coaster ride of doctors and hospitals. As his way of coping, the hedonistic Dan faithfully accompanies Carmen to her chemo and radiotherapy treatments, but spends his nocturnal hours crazily immersed in the nightlife and women of Amsterdam and Miami. «Love Life» is the account of a relationship and a terminal illness, devoid of fake sentiment and told with humour and deep humanity. And it is very much an ode to love. «A wonderful novel about courage, helplessness and real love». («Cosmopolitan Germany»).
Название: Dead Simple
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA
Год: 2011
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It was meant to be a harmless stag night prank. A few hours later four of his best friends are dead and Michael Harrison has disappeared. With only three days to the wedding, Detective Superintendent Grace — a man haunted by the shadow of his own missing wife — is contacted by Michael's beautiful, distraught fiancee, Ashley Harper. Grace discovers that the one man who ought to know Michael Harrison's whereabouts is saying nothing. But then he has a lot to gain — more than anyone realizes. For one man's disaster is another man's fortune... Dead simple... «James has got the gift for turning mind-stretching subjects into novels that are irresistibly readable as well as utterly believable». (Robert Goddard). «A brilliant idea, superbly crafted. A terrific page-turner». (James Herbert).
Название: The Fourth Estate
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA
Год: 2010
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The world's most powerful newspaper barons — which of them will triumph? At first glance, Richard Armstrong and Keith Townsend seemed to have little in common. One was the son of an illiterate peasant, who emerged from the most backward corner of a Europe ravaged by a bitter war. The other was raised in a mansion on the far side of the world while the war was just another piece of news. Once was a hustler, a thief, ready to change even his identity, if it would gain him a momentary advantage. The other was the scion of a well-known family, groomed for a public role, a rebel who didn't care if anyone approved of what he got up to. One craved wealth, recognition, status. The other quickly discovered that real power comes from anonymity. But they did have one thing in common. Both of them were gamblers. Both were prepared to risk everything in their battle to control the biggest newspaper empire in the world.
Название: The New Collected Short Stories
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA
Год: 2011
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This is a collection of three volumes of Jeffrey Archer's masterful short stories. This edition of short stories, bringing together the short stories from three collections by Jeffrey Archer, showcases the master storyteller's skill like never before. Every reader will have their own favourites: the choices run from love at first sight across the train tracks to the cleverest of confidence tricks, from the quirks of the legal profession — and those who are able to manipulate both sides of the Bar — to the creative financial talents of a member of Her Majesty's diplomatic service — but for a good cause. In «Caste-Off», Jamwal and Nisha fall in love while waiting for a traffic light to turn green in Delhi, and in «Don't Drink The Water», a company chairman tries to poison his wife while on a trip to St Petersburg — with unexpected consequences... The stories held in these pages are irresistible: ingeniously plotted, with richly drawn characters and deliciously unexpected conclusions. Some will make you laugh. Others will bring you to tears. And, as always, every one of them will keep you spellbound.
Название: Proof
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA
Год: 1986
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Wine merchant Tony Beach has expertly catered his latest society soiree, but the fun's over when a team of hit men crash the party... literally. The event leaves Tony with a bitter aftertaste of suspicion — and sets off a mystery that's an intoxicating blend of deception, intrigue, and murder.
Название: Faces
Год: 2002
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Following on from the hugely successful PETS and FARM, this well-researched cloth book has been developed to appeal to babies from birth. The mix of high-contrast images, crinkly pages and mirror will stimulate baby's senses and make this a perfect first introduction to books. Babies love looking at faces and will find the friendly animal images and patterns fascinating. The book also has a strap, so it can be attached to cots or buggies, and very simple text to help parents discuss the images with baby. It's never too early to give baby the gift of books.
Название: Colours
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA
Год: 2012
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This is a book about colour with adorable dinosaur characters, which helps make learning fun! The bright, bold illustrations are full of humour, and little ones will love pulling the chunky tabs and helping the creatures 'talk'. The speech bubbles will help them to join in and the mirror ending will encourage them to make some noise themselves.
Название: Counting
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA
Год: 2012
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This is a book about counting with adorable pet characters, which helps make learning fun! The bright, bold illustrations are full of humour, and little ones will love pulling the chunky tabs and helping the creatures 'talk'. The speech bubbles will help them to join in and the mirror ending will encourage them to make some noise themselves.
Название: Freddie and the Fairy
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA
Год: 2011
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Freddie found a fairy, tangled in a tree. Freddie is desperate for a pet, so when he rescues Bessie-Belle and she offers to grant his wishes he knows just what to ask for. The only problem is that Bessie-Belle can't hear very well, and Freddie tends to mumble. Whatever can they do? Luckily the Fairy Queen is on hand to explain... A delightful tale full of Julia Donaldson's trademark rhyme and wit, with a subtle message about hearing impairments.
Название: My First Gruffalo: Animal Actions
Год: 2011
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The launch of an exciting new Gruffalo baby and toddler series from the bestselling Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, featuring all your favourite characters from the Deep Dark Wood! Join the fun and wriggle like a snake, scamper like a fox and growl like the Gruffalo in this bold, bright and chunky board book — one of four brilliant board books in the My First Gruffalo range. Other titles include Opposites, Numbers and Colours. All perfect for small paws!
Название: My First Gruffalo: Colours
Год: 2011
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The launch of an exciting new Gruffalo baby and toddler series from the bestselling Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, featuring all your favourite characters from The Deep Dark Wood! Learn all about colours with the Gruffalo in this bold, bright and chunky board book — one of four brilliant board books in the My First Gruffalo range. Other titles include Opposites, Numbers and Animal Actions. All perfect for small paws!
