Bloomsbury The Good Thieves Ранделл Кэтрин

Вместе с матерью Феодора живет в заснеженном лесу дореволюционной России, наслаждаясь счастливой жизнью и не зная ни в чем нужды. А разрушенную часовенку неподалеку от их дома облюбовала... волчья стая. Мама Феодоры - адаптатор волков, человек, который в противовес укротителю учит одомашненных зверей выживать в дикой природе: охотиться, сражаться, убегать и - опасаться людей. И Фео упорно учится, чтобы продолжить семейное дело • Но когда семья Феодоры и их подопечные становятся мишенью безжалостной армии, все, что им остается, - бежать • Это захватывающая история о темных революционных временах, приключениях и смелости, о том, как нелегко бороться и защищать то, что тебе дорого. И о волках, конечно же • Книга на английском языке • Feodora and her mother live in the snowbound woods of Russia, in a house full of food and fireplaces

Jay McInerney's classic novel of New York in the shadow of 9/11 tells a story of love, family and conflicting desires • Ten years on from Brightness Falls, Russell Calloway is still a literary editor; his wife Corrine has sacrificed her career to watch anxiously over their children. Across town Luke McGavock, a wealthy ex-investment banker, is taking a sabbatical from moneymaking, struggling to reconnect with his socially resplendent wife Sasha and their angst-ridden teenage daughter, Ashley. These two Manhattan families are teetering on the brink of change when 9/11 happens. Through the lens of catastrophe, The Good Life explores that territory between hope and despair, love and loss, regret and fulfilment. This is Jay McInerney doing what he does best, presenting us with life in New York City, in all its moral complexity

А.Х. Бенджамин: Добрый маленький волк • Маленький волк не хочет быть похожим на плохих волков из его сборников рассказов. Итак, он убегает в лес, где старается быть хорошим. Но каждый раз, когда Маленький Волк помогает, все злятся! Станет ли Маленький Волк когда-нибудь героем? И напишет ли кто-нибудь когда-нибудь историю о добром маленьком волке? • Это необычное приключение от автора А.Х. Бенджамина идеально подходит для детей, которые учатся читать самостоятельно, и для ключевого этапа. В нем представлены привлекательные иллюстрации Сары Аспиналл и симпатичный герой, перед которым юным читателям будет трудно устоять • Книга на английском языке • A charming alternative fairy tale, ideal for practising reading with children at home or in school • Little Wolf doesn't want to be like the bad wolves in his storybooks

The Tent – это сборник эссе канадской писательницы Маргарет Этвуд. По духу работы напоминают ее предыдущие произведения, Good Bones и Murder in the Dark. Эссе писательницы одновременно жуткие и остроумные, пророческие и глубоко личные, увлекательные и язвительные. Этвуд с невероятной точностью отображает в них современную реальность. Иллюстрации для сборника были выполнены самой писательницей • Книга на английском языке • One of the world's most celebrated authors, Margaret Atwood has written a collection of smart and entertaining fictional essays, in the genre of her previous books Good Bones and Murder in the Dark. Chilling and witty, prescient and personal, delectable and tart, these highly imaginative tales tackle a broad range of subjects, reflecting the times we live in with deadly accuracy and knife-edge precision

The magical follow-up to The Monster Who Wasn't. The second book in this brilliantly rich and strange fantasy series will make us all believe in monsters – be they good, bad or somewhere in between • Sam might be half-monster and half-fairy, but since finding a loving family with the Kavanaghs, his daily life has been all human. And now he's facing one of the greatest human challenges – starting secondary school • But Sam barely has time to worry about the strange stuff teachers say (why do they call it the Great War when it sounds like was anything but great?) before he is thrust back into the world of monsters. Sam's school friends Amira, Hazel and Wilfred reveal that they are shifters: noble twin-souled beings who live half their lives as humans and the other half as dogs

The New Silk Roads – Peter Frankopan's follow-up to the 'Book of the Decade', The Silk Roads – takes a fresh look at the network of relationships being formed along the length and breadth of the Silk Roads today • The world is changing dramatically and in an age of Brexit and Trump, the themes of isolation and fragmentation permeating the western world stand in sharp contrast to events along the Silk Roads, where ties have been strengthened and mutual cooperation established • Following the Silk Roads eastwards from Europe through to China, by way of Russia and the Middle East, The New Silk Roads provides a timely reminder that we live in a world that is profoundly interconnected. In this prescient contemporary history, Peter Frankopan assesses the global reverberations of these continual shifts in the centre of power – all too often absent from headlines in the west

The internet is a network of physical cables and connections, a web of wires enmeshing the world, linking huge data centres to one another and eventually to us. All are owned by someone, financed by someone, regulated by someone • We refer to the internet as abstract from reality. By doing so, we obscure where the real power lies • In this powerful and necessary book, James Ball sets out on a global journey into the inner workings of the system. From the computer scientists to the cable guys, the billionaire investors to the ad men, the intelligence agencies to the regulators, these are the real-life figures powering the internet and pulling the strings of our society • Ball brilliantly shows how an invention once hailed as a democratising force has concentrated power in places it already existed – that the system, in other words, remains the same as it did before

The New Silk Roads takes a fresh look at the relationships being formed along the length and breadth of the ancient trade routes today. The world is changing dramatically and in an age of Brexit and Trump, the themes of isolation and fragmentation permeating the western world stand in sharp contrast to events along the Silk Roads, where ties are being strengthened and mutual cooperation established • This prescient contemporary history provides a timely reminder that we live in a world that is profoundly interconnected. Following the Silk Roads eastwards from Europe through to China, by way of Russia and the Middle East, Peter Frankopan assesses the global reverberations of continual shifts in the centre of power - all too often absent from headlines in the west

The Digital Republic is the definitive guide to the great political question of our time: how can freedom and democracy survive in a world of powerful digital technologies? • Not long ago, the tech industry was widely admired and the internet was regarded as a tonic for freedom and democracy. Not anymore. Every day, the headlines blaze with reports of racist algorithms, data leaks, and social media platforms festering with falsehood and hate. In The Digital Republic, acclaimed author Jamie Susskind argues that these problems are not the fault of a few bad apples at the top of the industry. They are the result of our failure to govern technology properly, a failure derived from decades of muddled ideas and wishful thinking • The Digital Republic charts a new course, with new legal standards, new public bodies and institutions, new duties on platforms, new rights and regulators, and new codes of conduct for people in the tech industry

The Sunday Times bestseller, from the bestselling author of The Bone Season and The Priory of the Orange Tree • Paige Mahoney has eluded death again. Snatched from the jaws of captivity and consigned to a safe house in the Scion Citadel of Paris, she finds herself caught between those factions that seek Scion's downfall and those who would kill to protect the Rephaim's puppet empire • The mysterious Domino Programme has plans for Paige, but she has ambitions of her own in this new citadel. With Arcturus Mesarthim - her former enemy - at her side, she embarks on an adventure that will lead her from the catacombs of Paris to the glittering hallways of Versailles. Her risks promise high reward: the Parisian underworld could yield the means to escalate her rebellion to outright war

The Wombles live in a beautifully snug, well-ordered and cosy burrow underneath Wimbledon Common - the perfect base from which to sort and recycle all the rubbish that unthinking humans constantly drop. But the Wombles' peaceful and harmonious existence is suddenly under threat. The heavy lorries that thunder along the roads near the Common make the burrow shake and tremble so much that it is no longer safe for the Wombles to live there. With a heavy heart, Great Uncle Bulgaria decides that the Wombles will have to move from the burrow that they have lived in for many, many years. And it is up to young Bungo and Orinoco to bravely sally forth and try to locate a new home for the Wombles

The Fitness Instructor's Handbook, 4th edition, is the ultimate resource for anyone working in, or wishing to enter, the fitness industry. Packed full of illustrations, exercise photos, case studies, revision questions and sample programmes – this guide covers every aspect of the theory needed to work as a fitness instructor • Clear, concise and accessible, the content is organised with the specific needs of the fitness professional in mind and covers topics such as • – The skeletal system • – Muscles and tendons • – The energy system • – Circulation and respiration • – Components of fitness • – Safety issues • – Customer service • – Screening clients • – Planning and programme design • – Exercise evaluation • This new edition includes advice on how to avoid poor exercise technique that can increase the risk of injury