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Мэй Роузвер достигла преклонного возраста в сто десять лет благодаря нескольким ломтикам тоста с маслом каждое утро, бокалу (или двум) портвейна и чудесам морского воздуха Корнуолла - по крайней мере, так она всем рассказывает • Но в Мэй есть нечто гораздо большее, чем ее замечательный возраст. У нее есть секрет. Тот, который никто никогда не открывал • Книга на английском языке • May Rosevere has reached the grand old age of one-hundred-and-ten, thanks to several slices of toast with butter every morning, a glass (or two) of port, and the wonders of the Cornish sea air - or so she tells everyone • But there's much more to May than her remarkable age. She has a secret. One that no one has ever discovered

Hailed as Newby's 'masterpiece', Love and War in the Apennines is the gripping real-life story of Newby's imprisonment and escape from an Italian prison camp during World War II • After the Italian Armistice of 1943, Eric Newby escaped from the prison camp in which he'd been held for a year. He evaded the German army by hiding in the caves and forests of Fontanellato, in Italy's Po Valley. Against this picturesque backdrop, he was sheltered for three months by an informal network of Italian peasants, who fed, supported and nursed him, before his eventual recapture • ‘Love and War in the Apennines’ is Newby's tribute to the selfless and courageous people who were to be his saviours and companions during this troubled time and of their bleak and unchanging way of life

Robert Fisk’s bestselling eyewitness account of the events that have shaped the Middle East is alive with vivid reporting and incisive historical analysis • The history of the Middle East is an epic story of tragedy, betrayal and world-shaking events. It is a story that Robert Fisk has been reporting for over thirty years. His masterful narrative spans the most volatile regions of the Middle East, chronicling with both rage and compassion the death by deceit of tens of thousands of Muslims, Christians and Jews • Robert Fisk’s remarkable history is also the tale of a journalist at war – learning of the 9/11 attacks while aboard a passenger jet, reporting from a bombed-out Baghdad, interviewing Osama bin Laden – and of the courage and frustration of a life spent writing the first draft of history

An astonishing tale of romance, resistance and bravery • ‘A sad and beautiful book, shining a light on quiet heroism in dark times.’ Lucy Adlington, New York Times bestselling author of The Dressmakers of Auschwitz • Sabine’s War is the previously untold story of a remarkable resistance fighter and her incredible story of survival against the odds • When Germany invaded Holland in May 1940, Sabine Zuur joined the resistance movement without a moment’s hesitation aged just 22. Helping to hide those avoiding the German authorities, she was soon betrayed and subjected to repeated violent interrogations. Many of her friends were executed but Sabine was instead sent to the Mauthausen concentration camp, via the Amersfoort and Ravensbruck camps. Enduring gruelling conditions and backbreaking forced manual labour, she survived through a combination of guile and good fortune

Salley Vicker’s sensational debut novel, ‘Miss Garnet’s Angel’ is a voyage of discovery; a novel about Venice but also the rich story of the explosive possibilities of change in all of us at any time • Julia Garnet is a teacher. Just retired, she is left a legacy which she uses by leaving her orderly life and going to live – in winter – in an apartment in Venice. Its beauty, its secret corners and treasures, and its people overwhelm a lifetime of reserve and caution. Above all, she’s touched by the all-prevalent spirit of the Angel, Raphael • The ancient tale of Tobias, who travels to Media unaware he is accompanied by the Archangel Raphael, unfolds alongside Julia Garnet’s contemporary journey • The two stories interweave with parents and landladies, restorers and priests, American tourists and ancient travellers abounding

На первый взгляд мисс Марпл может показаться самой обычной старушкой, которая всю свою жизнь провела в тихой английской деревушке Сент-Мэри-Мид. Однако годы наблюдений за жизнью соседей позволили ей развить невероятную проницательность, которая позволяет ей без труда расследовать даже самые запутанные преступления. Ее друг, бывший комиссар Скотленд-Ярда Генри Клиттеринг, называл ее величайшим детективом в мире…и многие поклонники Агаты Кристи могут с ним согласиться • Детективная карьера мисс Марпл началась с «Убийства в доме викария» (1930) и закончилась «Забытым убийством» (1977). В данном сборнике содержатся все рассказы, в которых фигурирует мисс Марпл, а также несколько более мрачных работ Агаты Кристи. Miss Marple and Mystery. The Complete Short Stories станет идеальным подарком для поклонников творчества писательницы

Девять захватывающих дел • Одна неподражаемая рассказчица • Окровавленный незнакомец в церкви. Смертоносная поездка. Убийство по мерке • Зло поджидает везде, даже в тихой деревушке Сент-Мэри-Мид. И если вы достаточно проницательны, как мисс Марпл, то вы его обнаружите • Сборник рассказов «Последние дела мисс Марпл» Агаты Кристи был опубликован посмертно. По мотивам цикла детективов о мисс Марпл было снято несколько фильмов и сериалов • Книга на английском языке • Nine intriguing tales • One unequalled storyteller • An unknown wounded man in a church. A fatal riding accident. A corpse and a tape measure • Whether in St Mary Mead or further afield, there is always much wickedness lurking below the surface, should, like Jane Marple, you have the eyes to see it

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. LADY CHATTERLEY'S LOVER was banned on its publication in 1928, creating a storm of controversy. Lawrence tells the story of Constance Chatterley's marriage to Sir Clifford, an aristocratic and an intellectual who is paralyzed from the waist down after the First World War. Desperate for an heir and embarrassed by his inability to satisfy his wife, Clifford suggests that she have an affair. Constance, troubled by her husband's words, finds herself involved in a passionate relationship with their gamekeeper, Oliver Mellors. Lawrence's vitriolic denunciations of industrialism and class division come together in his vivid depiction of the profound emotional and physical connection between a couple otherwise divided by station and society

War brings changes three friends could never foresee… • It's 1942 and as shortages of staff - and goods - begin to bite, young Lily Collins is nervously stepping up to sales junior at Marlow's department store • Bombs are still falling and Lily and fellow shop girls Gladys and Beryl need a stiff upper lip to wave boyfriends, husbands and brothers goodbye, especially with a baby on the way and grim news on the wireless. Jim, who works with Lily at the store, seems restless, and nothing can prepare Lily for the secrets that come tumbling out when her favourite brother comes home on leave… • Somehow, she must keep smiling through. Community, family and friends rally round as her home town - and the whole country - is tested once again

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HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. '!for her, life was as cold as an attic with a window looking to the north, and ennui, like a spider, was silently spinning its shadowy web in every cranny of her heart.' Married to Charles, a provincial doctor, Emma Bovary yearns for a more glamorous life. Disenchanted with her husband and seeking an escape from their dull marriage she is soon tempted into a brief romantic liaison with another man. Although short-lived, she remains desirous of passion and the finer things in life and embarks on another affair, destroying her reputation. Considered scandalous at the time, Emma Bovary's superficial and immoral behaviour shocked readers and caused moral outcry. Flaubert holds up to ridicule not only Madame Bovary herself, but the society that dares to judge her