Книги издательства Macmillan Publishers
Название: Britney
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers
Год: 2006
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Since she sashayed down the corridor in a schoolgirl uniform singing 'Baby One More Time', Britney Spears has become the most talked-about woman in popular culture. In this fascinating unauthorized biography, the author chronicles for the first time the amazing story of how a little southern girl described by her tutor at Disney as 'the most innocent person you'd ever want to meet' grew up to become the ultimate tabloid obsession. Bestselling author Sean Smith has conducted a series of exclusive interviews across America to discover if she really cheated on Justin Timberlake, what happened the first time she fell in love and what she finds irresistable about husband Kevin Federline. He details her journey from American dream to American nightmare — scarred by her break-up with Timberlake, humiliated by his video featuring a Britney look-alike, booed at the London premiere of her first film, Crossroads, and deeply upset by her parents' divorce, she hit rock bottom with her notorious 55-hour Las Vegas marriage. But she has come back stronger than ever winning a prestigious Grammy award and starring in her own reality TV series. Speculating on what an uncertain future holds for new mother Mrs Federline, this is a thoroughly entertaining and insightful biography of one of the most misunderstood figures in pop.
Название: The Last Days of Dogtown
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers
Год: 2006
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The tiny rural backwater of Dogtown nestled on Cape Ann and hugging the Massachusetts coast line, is a place that is reputedly dying, but its few remaining inhabitants show an enduring spirit that keeps a small flame of life alight. For here, in this forgotten hamlet, lives a cast of dignified, yet utterly eccentric characters. Black Ruth is one of only two Africans still living in the area; she dresses as a man, speaks to no-one, and continues her craft as the local stonemason, casting love and care over the stones she hews. Mrs. Stanley is blousey, blonde and the local madam; a woman of total self-absorption, who cares nothing for her young grandson, coming of age amid the sights and sounds of a wretched rural brothel. Oliver Younger, a man with ambition, overcomes a cruel and miserable childhood to marry the woman of his dreams and create a family infused with love. At the centre of it all is Judy Rhines, a fiercely independent woman, generous and wise, but also heartbroken and lonely, whose taboo love for Cornelius, a former slave, burns at the core of her soul. Loosely based on the true story of a community, «The Last Days of Dogtown» is a rich, compassionate and compelling novel which illuminates a small, but vivid, chapter of nineteenth century America.
Название: Take a Chance
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers
Год: 2006
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'Abbafab', the hugely popular Abba tribute band, are in trouble. Gemma Redden has just broken her ankle and finding a new singer to fill her white platform boots at such late notice isn't going to be easy. But desperate times call for desperate measures, and the youngest Redden sister, Mia, reluctantly agrees to don the blonde wig and sky-blue hot pants. For Mia, a shy piano teacher who has felt third best all her life, this is her big chance to prove herself to her two older sisters, Gemma and Wendy. Meanwhile, Mia's oldest friend, Alva Ryan, is having a life crisis of her own, Her builder boyfriend and all-round-good-guy, Sean Malone, has just walked out and this time he swears he's not coming back. And Alva's sister, Kerry, is having rather unusual problems of her own. Things come to a head when Wendy has a terrible accident. Because Wendy is harbouring a secret that could blow the band apart and devastate the close bond of the Redden sisters. But secrets have a way of coming out when you least expect them to. And sometimes even the best of sisters gets it horribly wrong.
Название: Hippy Chick
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers
Год: 2007
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Ibiza: paradise for the clubbers, hedonists and sun-seekers, but for Honey Ballantyne it is the only home she has ever known. With the responsibility of running a hotel on her shoulders, and two hippy-dippy parents whose idea of a hard day’s work is a yoga class without their clothes on, Honey feels trapped. When her first love, Edouard, returns to the island from London and truths about her parents start to unravel, Honey is forced to realize that before she can make decisions about her future she must reconcile herself with the past...
Название: The Princess Diaries: Seventh Heaven
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers
Год: 2007
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Poor Mia. Not only has she made a total ass of herself with J.P. (a.k.a. the Guy Who Hates It When They Put Corn in the Chili), trying to prove that she's a super-chilled party girl. She's also bankrupted the student council. Way to go, Princess. Just as Mia's scared that she's lost Michael and a ton of money, Grandmere steps in up with a fund-raising plan. She's going to stage a musical in front of the world's hottest celebs — and the reluctant star will be none other than Princess Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo!
Название: Tommy Sullivan is a Freak
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers
Год: 2009
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Katie Ellison is not a liar. But she can’t exactly tell the truth, either – not when she’s juggling two boyfriends, secretly hating the high school football team and trying to have the best summer ever. At least Katie has it all under control (sort of). Until Tommy Sullivan comes back to town – a gorgeous and irresistible reminder of a long-ago secret, who could ruin all her plans. Tom Sullivan is NOT a popular guy. Everyone hates him for what he did that night four years ago. Even being seen with him could ruin Katie’s social life. So falling in love with him is not an option. Is it?
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers
Год: 2008
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The Works 7 really does contain every poem that you will ever need for the Literacy Hour, but it is also a book packed with fantastic poems that will delight any reader. These are the poems that punctuate our lives — at school, at home, at weddings and celebrations, and in sadder times too. It features treasured gems from generations of poets and hundreds of years of our history. The book is arranged in sections which include The Sea, Weather, People, Creatures, Time, Magic and Mystery, Travel, Seasons, Childhood and Night and Day.
Название: Not Dead Enough
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers
Год: 2007
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On the night Brian Bishop murdered his wife, he was sixty miles away, asleep in bed at the time. At least, that’s the way it looks to Detective Superintendent Roy Grace who is called in to investigate the kinky slaying of beautiful young Brighton socialite, Katie Bishop. Soon, Grace starts coming to the conclusion that Bishop has performed the apparently impossible feat of being in two places at once. Has someone stolen his identity, or is he simply a very clever liar? As Grace digs deeper behind the facade of the Bishops’ outwardly respectable lives, it starts to become clear that all is not at all as it first seemed. And then he digs just a little too far, and suddenly the fragile stability of his own troubled, private world is facing destruction...
Название: Dead Man's Footsteps
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers
Год: 2008
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Amid the tragic unfolding mayhem of the morning of 9/11, failed Brighton businessman and ne’er-do-well Ronnie Wilson sees the chance of a lifetime, to shed his debts, disappear and reinvent himself in another country. Six years later, the discovery of the skeletal remains of a woman’s body in a storm drain in Brighton, leads Detective Superintendent Roy Grace on an enquiry spanning the globe, and into a desperate race against time to save the life of a woman being hunted down like an animal in the streets and alleys of Brighton.
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers
Год: 2007
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Lizzie Miller, the smart and witty East Coast girl clinging for dear life to the bottom rung of the Hollywood ladder has been promoted. No more coffee runs and sorting thumb tacks by colour for, as First Assistant, Lizzie is now making decisions and learning the ins and outs of The Business. And unlike other air-heads, she vows not to be wooed by the glamour and mystique of La-La land, though with a smart and wealthy boyfriend, and diamonds galore, it's getting harder for Lizzie to keep her pumps firmly on the ground. Full to the brim with schmoozing, snubbing, wheeling and dealing, The First Assistant is a wry and witty glimpse of life behind the Hollywood curtain.
Название: Avalon High
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers
Год: 2007
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Avalon High, Ellie's new school, is pretty much what she'd expected. There's Lance, the hunky footballer. Jennifer, the cute cheerleader. Marco, the troublemaker. And then there's Will — the most gorgeous guy Ellie's ever met. She can hardly believe he likes HER. When Will says he thinks he's met Ellie before, things start getting a little weird. A feeling that grows as Ellie discovers the strange bonds that entwine Will, Lance, Jen, Marco — and herself. As darkness turns to danger, can Ellie stop the horrific chain of events that is about to engulf them all...
Название: The Forgotten War
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers
Год: 2008
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The third book in the wartime series continuing from Tuesday’s War and Charlie’s War. The war’s over. Charlie Bassett is one of England’s brave young survivors. Haunted by one woman’s smile and by his wartime adventures, he finally returns back home to try to pick up the pieces of his broken life. There’s just one small problem – everyone thinks he’s dead. Arrested as a deserter, his only way out of prison is to work for a shadowy government agency monitoring the growth of Communism in post-war Europe. Special radio missions keep him busy in the air, while his all-female team, headed up by the icy Miss Miller, keeps his feet firmly on the ground. But then Charlie is forced to go undercover as a spy in a Communist group called the Rubble Rats. The government calls them the Red Menace, but Charlie finds a group of hard-working families just trying to get by – and his loyalties are torn. When he discovers that Grace Baker is one of them, Charlie must make some difficult decisions. For king and country? Or for the woman he once loved?
Название: The Himmler Brothers
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers
Год: 2008
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Katrin Himmler’s cool but meticulous examination of the Himmler story reveals – in all its dark complexity – the gulf between the ‘normality’ of bourgeois family life and the horrors perpetrated by one member. This riveting family memoir provides essential new information on the private life and background of one of the twentieth-century’s most notorious killers – not a lone evil executioner, but a middle-class family man, loved and fully supported by his respectable German family. It also offers a unique account of one women’s courageous attempt to deal with her chilling inheritance.
Название: Lucky
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers
Год: 2007
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A brand spanking new, rejacketed B format edition featuring a letter from Jackie Collins to her fans... Daughter of one of the world’s richest and most powerful men, wildly beautiful Lucky Santangelo is set on continuing the family tradition... Sex and the rich fruits of crime are her aphrodisiacs. Power is the ultimate thrill – power over the Santangelo empire, power over the men of her choice. Moving in the fast lane from Las Vegas to New York, Beverly Hills to a Greek island paradise, Lucky takes up where Chances left off. Winning is all that matters – and luck has nothing to do with it.
Название: Lady Boss
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers
Год: 2007
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A brand spanking new, rejacketed B format edition featuring a letter from Jackie Collins to her fans... Lucky Santangelo – she’s ruthless, wild... and dangerous. In «Chances» she showed how deadly a woman can be. In «Lucky» she showed what she had to do to win – one hundred per cent of the time. Now she’s reaching for the ultimate prize – control over a major Hollywood studio. Control over the destinies of some of the richest and most powerful people on earth. Lucky Santangelo is the «Lady Boss». And what Lucky Wants, Lucky always gets...
Название: The Princess Diaries 8: After Eight (A)
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers
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The new school year's only just begun — and already there have been some big surprises. Not least, Tina's revelation that Lilly's probably Done It with J.P.! And what about Mia's new haircut, which has turned out kind of ...extreme? But then Michael drops a bombshell. He has been accepted on a year-long computer science course ...in Japan! Can Mia's perfect prince really love her if he can go away for a year? And what would it take to make him stay?
Название: Tyrannosaur Canyon
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers
Год: 2007
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A moon rock missing for thirty years... Five buckets of blood-soaked sand found in a New Mexico canyon... A scientist with ambition enough to kill... A monk who will redeem the world... A dark agency with a deadly mission... The greatest scientific discovery of all time... What fire bolt from the galatic dark shattered the Earth eons ago, and now hides in that remote cleft in the southwest United States known as... Tyrannosaur Canyon? The stunning new masterwork from the acclaimed bestselling author recently hailed by «Publishers Weekly» as 'better than Crichton'.
Название: The Chameleon's Shadow
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers
Год: 2008
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When Lieutenant Charles Acland is flown home from Iraq with serious head injuries, he faces not only permanent disfigurement but also an apparent change to his previously outgoing personality. Crippled by migraines, and suspicious of his psychiatrist, he begins to display sporadic bouts of aggression, particularly against women, especially his ex-fiancee who seems unable to accept that the relationship is over. After his injuries prevent his return to the army, he cuts all ties with his former life and moves to London. Alone and unmonitored, he sinks into a private world of guilt and paranoid distrust... until a customer annoys him in a Bermondsey pub and he attracts the attention of local police investigating three murders which appear to have been motivated by extreme rage... Under suspicion, Acland is forced to confront the real issues behind his isolation. How much control does he have over the dark side of his personality? Do his migraines contribute to his rages? Has he always been the duplicitous chameleon that his ex-fiancee claims? And why – if he hates women – does he look to a woman for help?
Название: Dangerous Kiss
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers
Год: 2007
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A brand spanking new, rejacketed B format edition featuring a letter from Jackie Collins to her fans... In «Chances», Lucky grew up in a top crime family, in» Lucky» she was married three times, in» Lady Boss» she took on Hollywood and bought Panther Studios, and in «Vendetta: Lucky's Revenge», she fought off a life-long enemy to keep the studio and her husband. Now in «Dangerous Kiss», when a member of her family is brutally gunned down in a random car-jacking, Luky's fury knows no bounds. While tracking the killer, her relationship with her husband is severely put to the test. And suddenly into her life comes a man from her past. A man with a dangerous kiss.
Название: Enquiry
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers
Год: 2007
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No jockey likes being labelled a cheat. Least of all by a Stewards' Enquiry. Kelly Hughes career looks doomed. He knows he's been framed, but finding the reason could prove dangerous. Especially with a killer on his tail... Hughes' own enquiry uncovers dynamite that could blow the racing world to smithereens. Only a few powerful — and violent — men know the sordid secret. And they'll go to extraordinary lengths to keep it that way. Murder is just one option...
