Harpercollins Saturday Night and Sunday Morning Силлитоу Алан

From the Collins Crime Club archive, the third Inspector French novel by Freeman Wills Crofts, once dubbed 'The King of Detective Story Writers' • Three Corpses for Inspector French • A chance invitation from friends saves Ruth Averill's life on the night her uncle's old house in Starvel Hollow is consumed by fire, killing him and incinerating the fortune he kept in cash. Dismissed at the inquest as a tragic accident, the case is closed - until Scotland Yard is alerted to the circulation of bank-notes supposedly destroyed in the inferno. Inspector Joseph French suspects that dark deeds were done in the Hollow that night and begins to uncover a brutal crime involving arson, murder and body snatching

Роман "Одиночество бегуна на длинные дистанции" рассказывает о Смите, дерзком молодом бунтаре, живущем на ничейной земле в узаконенном Борстале. Когда его ровный ритм бега трусцой переносит его по безжалостной, промерзшей земле, он задается вопросом, почему, для кого и ради чего он бежит • Новаторская работа Алана Силлитоу запечатлела мрачную изоляцию рабочего класса в английском Мидленде в 1960-х годах. Но изображение Силлитоу мелкой преступности и глубоко укоренившегося гнева в промышленных и отчаявшихся городах сегодня остается таким же мощным, как и почти полвека назад • Книга на английском языке • Reissue of a groundbreaking work of fiction from one of our best loved authors • The title story in this classic collection tells of Smith, a defiant young rebel, inhabiting the no-man's land of institutionalised Borstal

It's time for a w(h)ine • 'Oh, for f*ck's sake' muttered Claire under her breath, as she opened the fridge to see what she could find for a no effort dinner. The children continued to fight behind her. They regarded any form of fish not encased in breadcrumbs as toxic, and were resistant enough to the delicious homemade fishfingers Claire had made for them, insisting they much preferred Captain Birdseye's version. White wine was starting to look like quite an appealing dinner actually. Maybe just a small glass • 'Are you having wine, Mum? You know you're not supposed to have wine every night. We did about alcohol units at school. That's quite a big glass of wine, how many units do you think are in it?' • 'Bet the bastards didn't tell you that wine is remarkably good at cancelling out whining though, did they?' muttered Claire

Замечательная книга для счета от Джудит Керр, автора бестселлеров серии "Мог" и "Тигр, который пришел на чай • " Одной лунной волшебной ночью в зоопарке • Слон подпрыгнул в воздух и полетел • Но никто не знал." • Только после того, как все посетители расходятся по домам, в зоопарке начинается настоящее веселье! Учитесь считать весело и с удивительным воображением, наблюдая всю ночь за животными в этой великолепной книжке с картинками и выясняя, в какие переделки они ввязываются • Книга на английском языке • A wonderful counting book from Judith Kerr, the best-selling author of the Mog series and The Tiger Who Came to Tea • "One moonlit, magical night in the zoo • An elephant jumped in the air and flew • But nobody knew." • It's only once all the visitors have gone home that the real fun starts in the Zoo! Learn to count in a fun and wonderfully imaginative way as you follow all the animals through the night in this gorgeous picture book, and find out what mischief they get into

Два лучших друга • Один упущенный шанс • И ночь, которая изменит всё • Ева, Джастин, Сьюзи и Эд дружат с восемнадцати лет. Сейчас им за 30, они по-прежнему близки, и каждый четверг устраивают вечер викторин в местном пабе, а Ева по-прежнему тайно влюблена в Эда • Возможно, Еве уже следовало отпустить свои чувства, но она не может перестать думать о том, что могло бы между ними случиться. И она знает, что Эд тоже иногда думает об этом • События одной ночи в одночасье меняют их жизни. Ева узнает, что её друзья совсем не те, кем кажутся, и что секрету есть не только у нее • “Last Night” – это роман 2021 Мхаири Макфарлейн • Книга на английском языке • Two best friends • One missed chance • And a night that changes everything • Eve, Justin, Susie and Ed have been friends since they were eighteen

«О музыка, ты пища для любви! • Играйте же, любовь мою насытьте» • Герцог прекрасной страны Иллирии страдает от безответной любви: графиня Оливия носит траур и не принимает ничьих знаков внимания. Однажды в Иллирии появляется Виола. Она переодевается в мужскую одежду и нанимается слугой в дом герцога. В это же самое время в городе объявляется пропавший брат Виолы, похожий на неё как две капли воды… • «Двенадцатая ночь, или Что угодно» – одна из самых веселых и жизнерадостных комедий величайшего английского драматурга Уильяма Шекспира. По ее мотивам были сняты десятки фильмов и сериалов • Книга на английском языке • If music be the food of love, play on • Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, • The appetite may sicken, and so die • A comedic romance of mistaken identity, Twelfth Night begins with a shipwreck, splitting up Viola and her twin brother Sebastian

Когда Сирил, Антея, Роберт, Джейн и их младший брат переезжают в сельскую местность, они сталкиваются с "Этим" - сварливой, странно выглядящей песчаной феей, известной как Псаммид • Псаммид может исполнять детям по одному желанию каждый день - но независимо от того, хотят ли они быть красивыми или богатыми, летать или жить в замке, кажется, каждому желанию суждено привести пятерых детей к большим неприятностям • Классическое фэнтезийное приключение "Пятеро детей и это" Эдит Несбет полно волшебства и неудач, воплощая в жизнь поговорку "будь осторожен в своих желаниях" • Книга на английском языке • This beautiful HarperCollins Children's Classics edition of E. Nesbit's Five Children and It is the perfect addition to any bookshelf • When Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and their baby brother move to the countryside, they encounter 'It' - a grumpy, strange-looking Sand-fairy known as a Psammead

From beloved powerhouse author Katherine Applegate comes The One and Only Ruby, starring the adorable baby elephant from the Newbery Medal-winning modern classic The One and Only Ivan and its bestselling sequel, The One and Only Bob • Ruby’s story picks up a few months after the events of The One and Only Bob. Now living in a wildlife sanctuary, Ruby’s caretaker from the elephant orphanage in Africa where she grew up is visiting. Seeing him again brings back a flood of memories both happy and sad of her life before the circus, and she recounts the time she spent in the African savannah to Ivan and Bob • In the timeless way that only Katherine Applegate could craft, this highly anticipated novel in verse is the perfect mix of heartfelt and humorous, poignant and sweet

From the best-selling author of Divergent and Carve the Mark comes a stunning collection of futuristic short stories. Illustrated throughout with striking black-and-white illustrations • Within this masterful collection, NO WORLD IS LIKE THE OTHER • Full of friendship and revenge, each story and setting is more strange and wonderful than the last, brimming with new technologies and beings. And yet, in these futuristic lands, the people must still confront deeply human emotions and dilemmas • Veronica Roth reaches into the unknown and immerses readers into six short stories that feel startlingly familiar and profoundly beautiful • With two new stories from the Carve the Mark universe, this collection has something for everyone

People die. Love doesn’t • Rasmus and Jay, Roisin and Nico – two beautiful, ordinary love stories, cut short by death. Jay and Nico don’t even believe in ghosts, yet they seem to be… still here. Still in love with Rasmus and Roisin. And maddeningly powerless • Both are incapable of leaving the living alone: Jay plays matchmaker, convinced that Rasmus and Roisin can heal each other; Nico, plagued by jealousy, doesn’t agree • Rasmus and Roisin are just trying to navigate their newly widowed lives • But all four of them are thinking the same thing: what is love, after death? What is it for? And what are we to do with it?

The royal house of France has fallen. Charles IV is dead, fulfilling the curse of the Templars once and for all. This leaves the path to the throne open for Robert of Artois to place his cousin, Philippe of Valois, upon it. Having committed fraud, perjury and murder in the name of the new king, Robert expects to receive a title and his full reward • But the days of betrayal are far from over and Robert is banished to England. In the land of France’s enemies vengeance sparks fresh conflict as King Edward III and his new ally prepare for war. As swords are sharpened the lion wakes and a pretender threatens France once more …

Rick Riordan did it for Greece. Now Sarwat Chadda does it for India... Book two in the incredible action-adventure trilogy about Ash Mistry, reluctant hero and living weapon of the death goddess Kali • Ash Mistry is leading a pretty complicated life. There's school, his unrequited crush on girl-next-door Gemma... and then there's the fact that he's the reincarnation of the great Indian hero Ashoka, not to mention the small detail that he died last year, and came back as an agent of the goddess of death • So when the demon servants of the evil Lord Savage come after Gemma in order to get to Ash, you'd think he'd be ready to take them on • But Lord Savage still has some tricks up his sleeve. And with Gemma out of the picture, the English villain is closer than ever to finding a magical aastra of his own, and the power to rule the world