Francesca est appelée Franky par ses amies mais se surnomme Zarbie les Yeux Verts, lorsque l’adolescente rebelle l’emporte sur la jeune fille sage. Elle habite a Seattle avec sa sour Samantha et leur demi-frere Todd. Elle a tout pour etre heureuse : une somptueuse maison, une mere artiste et attentive, un pere riche et surtout célebre, Reid Pierson, a qui elle voue une véritable...

Das Rätselbuch für Krimi-Fans. Spannende Fälle, knifflige Logikrätsel und ein verborgener Cold Case An kalten, verregneten Tagen zeigt sich Seattle von seiner dunkelsten Seite. 5 Leichen wurden gefunden, 5 Teams ermitteln. Wem gehört der Schädel aus den Untergrund-Tunneln am Pioneer Square? Starb der Barista bei der Verkostung seiner...

"Christopher Clark's The Sleepwalkers has become one of the most influential history books of our century: a remarkable rethinking of the origins of the First World War, which has had a huge impact on how we see both the past and the present. For the many readers who found the narrative voice, craftsmanship and originality of Clark's writing so compelling, Prisoners of Time will be a book...

Peter Grant is facing fatherhood, and an uncertain future, with equal amounts of panic and enthusiasm. Rather than sit around, he takes a job with émigré Silicon Valley tech genius Terrence Skinner's brand new London start up - the Serious Cybernetics Company. Drawn into the orbit of Old Street's famous 'silicon roundabout', Peter must learn how to blend in with people who are both civilians...

Czytasz wciągającą historię kryminalną i ćwiczysz angielski!A Way Out of Hell to wyjątkowa książka do nauki języka angielskiego. Dzięki lekturze wciągającej historii poznasz współczesne angielskie słownictwo w kontekście, utrwalisz poprawne konstrukcje leksykalno-gramatyczne i przekonasz się, że nauka języka obcego może być przyjemnością!Opis fabuły:Wielka Brytania po tabloidowej aferze...

No home library is complete without the classics! The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Other Stories brings together the essential works from Arthur Conan Doyle in an elegant, leather-bound, omnibus edition—a keepsake to be read and treasured. There is one literary detective who stands above all others, whose powers of deduction are known the world over, whose influence can...

The complete collection of Sherlock Holmes’s adventures in crime, including all four novels and fifty-six short stories featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic hero Volume I includes the early novel A Study in Scarlet, which introduced the eccentric genius of Sherlock Holmes to the world. This baffling murder mystery, with the cryptic word Rache written in blood, first...

Najnowsza książka mistrza gatunku. Billy Summers jest najlepszy w swoim fachu. Eliminuje ludzi, ale tylko tych naprawdę złych. Był snajperem w Iraku, więc zna się na rzeczy i zawsze strzela celnie. Tym razem przyjmuje ostatnie zlecenie. Czas w końcu na zasłużoną emeryturę. Niestety, coś idzie nie tak… A nawet wszystko. Stephen King (ur. 1947)...

Agatha Christie’s most daring crime mystery - an early and particularly brilliant outing of Hercule Poirot, ‘The Murder of Roger Ackroyd’, with its legendary twist, changed the detective fiction genre for ever. Roger Ackroyd knew too much. He knew that the woman he loved had poisoned her brutal first husband. He suspected also that someone had been blackmailing her. Now, tragically, came the...

He’s the best cop they’ve got. When a drug bust turns into a bloodbath it’s up to Inspector Macbeth and his team to clean up the mess. He’s also an ex-drug addict with a troubled past. He’s rewarded for his success. Power. Money. Respect. They’re all within reach. But a man like him won’t get to the top. Plagued by hallucinations and paranoia, Macbeth starts to unravel. He’s convinced he...

En el escenario majestuoso de la Ribeira Sacra, Álvaro sufre unaccidente que acabará con su vida. Cuando Manuel, su marido, llega aGalicia para reconocer el cadáver, descubre que la investigación sobre el caso se ha cerrado con demasiada rapidez. El rechazo de supoderosa familia política, los Muñiz de Dávila, le impulsa a huir pero le retiene el alegato contra la impunidad que Nogueira, un...

Tasio Ortiz de Zárate, el brillante arqueólogo condenado por los extra?os asesinatos que aterrorizaron la tranquila ciudad de Vitoria hace dos décadas, está a punto de salir de prisión en su primer permiso cuando los crímenes se reanudan de nuevo: en la emblemática Catedral Vieja de Vitoria, una pareja de veinte a?os aparece desnuda y muerta por picaduras de abeja en la garganta. Poco...

The Vatican Never Forgets Nicholas Lee’s job is one-of-a-kind, as unique as his charges. He’s UNESCO’s one and only field agent, their practical answer to the criminals seeking to plunder the world’s artifacts and cultural heritage. So Nick is perfectly placed when, on a personal visit to a friend in Belgium, the world-famous Ghent Altarpiece’s twelfth panel is burnt to ashes. Thankfully...

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners...

Sherlock Holmes, scourge of criminals everywhere, whether they be lurking in London\'s foggy...

From debut author Caroline Kepnes comes You, one of Suspense Magazine’s Best Books of 2014, and a brilliant and terrifying novel for the social media age. When a beautiful aspiring writer strides into the East Village bookstore where Joe Goldberg works, he does what anyone would do: he Googles the name on her credit card. There is only one Guinevere Beck in New York City. She has a public...

On the hottest day of the summer of 1934, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her is Robbie Turner, her childhood friend who, like Cecilia, has recently come down from Cambridge. By the end of that day, the lives of all three will have been changed for ever. Robbie and...

The best English novel since the war' Philip Roth Magnus Pym - ranking diplomat, consummate Englishman, loving husband, secret agent - has vanished. Has he defected? Gone to ground? As the hunt for Pym intensifies, the secrets of his life are revealed: the people he has loved and betrayed, the unreliable con-man father who made him, the two mentors who moulded and shaped him, and now wish to...

Charlie, a brilliant and beautiful young actress, is lured into 'the theatre of the real' by an Israeli intelligence officer. Forced to play her ultimate role, she is plunged into a deceptive and delicate trap set to ensnare an elusive Palestinian terrorist. The Little Drummer Girlis a thrilling, deeply moving and courageous novel of our times.

Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to...