John Murray Sarah's Key Де Ронэ Татьяна

Татьяна де Ронэ — англо-французская писательница, сценарист, журналист и литературный критик, произведения которой переведены на многие языки мира и изданы миллионными тиражами. Но самый громкий ее успех связан с романом «Ключ Сары» и одноименным фильмом, обошедшим мировые экраны • Париж, июль 1942 года: Саре Старзински десять лет. Вместе с родителями и младшим братом она живет в квартале Марэ. Мать нашивает ей на пальто желтую звезду, что означает проклятие и гибель. Ночью за ними приходят полиция. В панике Сара запирает младшего брата в стенном шкафу, пообещав вскоре вернуться • Париж, май 2002 года: Джулии Джармонд, американской журналистке, вышедшей замуж за француза, поручено написать об очередной годовщине облавы на евреев, которых нацисты собрали на стадионе Вель д`Ив

Татьяна де Ронэ — англо-французская писательница, сценарист, журналист и литературный критик, произведения которой переведены на многие языки мира и изданы миллионными тиражами. Но самый громкий ее успех связан с романом «Ключ Сары» и одноименным фильмом с Кристин Скотт-Томас в главной роли, обошедшим мировые экраны • «Часовой дождя» - это роман редкой драматической интенсивности, в котором психологическому напряжению способствует апокалиптическое наводнение. Париж под водой, уровень воды в Сене поднялся на рекордную высоту, затоплены прибрежные улицы, сотни домов остались без электричества. Именно в это время Мальгарды собираются отпраздновать семидесятилетие главы семейства Поля, всемирно известного арбориста. Всю жизнь он ухаживает за деревьями и защищает их

Впервые на русском языке новый роман Татьяны де Ронэ «Русские чернила». Молодой писатель Николя Дюамель внезапно попадает в странную ситуацию: при попытке получить новый паспорт он узнает, что в прошлом его отца есть некая тайна. В поисках своих корней он отправляется в путешествие, которое приводит его в Санкт-Петербург. Пораженный своим открытием, он создает роман, который приносит ему громкий успех. Казалось бы, с призраками прошлого покончено. Но тогда отчего Николя Дюамель не находит покоя в роскошном отеле на острове? И какие таинственные секреты омрачают безоблачное небо Тосканы?

John Julius Norwich's last book is the book he always wanted to write: the extremely colourful story of the country he loves best • From frowning Roman generals and belligerent Gallic chieftains, to Charlemagne (hated by generations of French children taught that he invented schools) through Marie Antoinette and the storming of the Bastille to Vichy, the Resistance and beyond, FRANCE is packed with heroes and villains, adventures and battles, romance and revolution. Full of memorable stories and racy anecdotes, this is the perfect introduction to the country that has inspired the rest of the world to live, dress, eat -- and love better

When a house explodes in a quiet Oxford suburb and a young girl disappears in the aftermath, Sarah Tucker - a young married woman, bored and unhappy with domestic life - becomes obsessed with finding her. Accustomed to dull chores in a childless household and hosting her husband's wearisome business clients for dinner, Sarah suddenly finds herself questioning everything she thought she knew, as her investigation reveals that people long believed dead are still among the living, while the living are fast joining the dead • What begins in a peaceful neighbourhood reaches its climax on a remote, unwelcoming Scottish island as the search puts Sarah in league with a man who finds himself being hunted down by murderous official forces

From Boudicca to Ukraine, battlefields have always contained a surprising number of women. Tracing the long history of female fighters, Forgotten Warriors puts the record straight, exploring how war became an all-male space, and getting to the bottom of why women were allowed to be astronauts a full thirty years before they were allowed to fight in combat • From the Mino, the all-female army that protected Dahomey from the West for two hundred years to the Night Witches, Soviet flying aces that decimated the Nazis; from the real story of Joan of Arc to the cross-dressing soldiers whose disguises were so effective the men around them never realized who they were fighting with, Sarah Percy shines a fascinating new light on the history of warfare

Short Stories in Spanish for Beginners has been written especially for students from beginner to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, and most importantly - enjoyment! Mapped to A2-B1 on the Common European Framework of Reference, these eight captivating stories will both entertain you, and give you a feeling of progress when reading • What does this book give you? • Eight stories in a variety of exciting genres, from science fiction and crime to history and thriller - making reading fun, while you learn a wide range of new vocabulary • Controlled language at your level, including the 1000 most frequent words, to help you progress confidently • Authentic spoken dialogues, to help you learn conversational expressions and improve your speaking ability • Pleasure! It's much easier to learn a new language when you're having fun, and research shows that if you're enjoying reading in a foreign language, you won't experience the usual feelings of frustration - 'It's too hard!' 'I don't understand!' • Accessible grammar so you learn new structures naturally, in a stress-free way • Carefully curated to make learning a new language easy, these stories include key features that will support and consolidate your progress, including • A glossary for bolded words in each text • A bilingual word list • Full plot summary • Comprehension questions after each chapter

Smart-mouthed and filthy-minded, Maeve Murray has always felt like an outsider in the shitty wee town in Northern Ireland that she calls home. She hopes her exam results will be her ticket to a new life in London; a life where no one knows her business, or cares about her dead sister. But first she's got to survive a tit-for-tat paramilitary campaign as brutal as her relationship with her mam, iron 800 shirts a day to keep her summer job in the local factory, and dodge the attentions of Handy Andy Strawbridge, her dubious English boss • Maeve and her two best friends try to squeeze as much fun as possible into their last summer at home. But as marching season raises tensions among the Catholic and Protestant workforce, Maeve realises something is going on behind the scenes at the factory, forcing her to make a choice that will impact her life - and the lives of others - for ever

It's the summer of 1994, and all Maeve Murray wants is some money and good exam results so she can escape her shitty wee town in Northern Ireland • Over the holidays, Maeve bags herself a job at the local shirt factory with her best friends Caroline and Aoife. It's set to be the summer of their lives, but first she's got to survive a tit-for-tat paramilitary campaign as brutal as her relationship with her mam, iron 800 shirts a day to keep her job and dodge the attentions of Handy Andy Strawbridge, her slimy English boss. And when she starts to notice things aren't adding up at the factory, it seems like revealing the truth may just be her one-way ticket out of town

What do the $350 million Ford Motor Company disaster known as the Edsel, the fast and incredible rise of Xerox, and the unbelievable scandals at General Electric and Texas Gulf Sulphur have in common? Each is an example of how an iconic company was defined by a particular moment of fame or notoriety • These notable and fascinating accounts are as relevant today to understanding the intricacies of corporate life as they were when the events happened • Stories about Wall Street are infused with drama and adventure and reveal the machinations and volatile nature of the world of finance. John Brooks's insightful reportage is so full of personality and critical detail that whether he is looking at the astounding market crash of 1962, the collapse of a well-known brokerage firm, or the bold attempt by American bankers to save the British pound, one gets the sense that history really does repeat itself

In 1999 a programmer is trying to fix the millennium bug, but can't shake the sense he's been chosen for something • In 1888 five women are brutally murdered in the East End by a troubled young man in thrall to a mysterious master • In 1777 an apprentice engraver called William Blake has a defining spiritual experience; thirteen years later this vision returns • And in 1666 poet and revolutionary John Milton completes the epic for which he will be remembered centuries later • But where does the feeling come from that the world is about to end?

Ronald Blythe lived at the end of an overgrown farm track deep in the rolling countryside of the Stour Valley, on the border between Suffolk and Essex. His home was Bottengoms Farm, a sturdy yeoman's house once owned by the artist John Nash. From here, Blythe spent almost half a century observing the slow turn of the agricultural year, the church year and village life in a series of rich, lyrical rural diaries • Beginning with the arrival of snow on New Year's Day and ending with Christmas carols sung in the village church, Next to Nature invites us to witness a simple life richly lived. With gentle wit and keen observation Blythe meditates on his life and faith, on literature, art and history, and on our place in the landscape • It is a celebration of one of our greatest nature writers, and an unforgettable ode to the English countryside