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В аббатстве Шрусбери останавливается Гервас Бонел вместе со своей женой и слугами. Внезапно мужчину одолевает странная болезнь. Ему очень повезло, что брат Кадфаэль – превосходный травник, который готов оказать ему необходимую помощь. Однако его ждет сразу два потрясения. Во-первых, женой Бонела оказывается Ричильдис – женщина, которую он любил в мирской жизни. Во-вторых – Бонела кто-то отравил • В убийстве обвиняют Эдвина, сына Ричильдис, у которого было множество причин ненавидеть отчима. Однако Кадфаэль, как и его бывшая возлюбленная, верит, что юноша невиновен. Отыскать настоящего преступника ему поможет блестящее знание трав и невероятная проницательность • «Монаший капюшон» – это детективный роман Эллис Питерс, третья книга из серии «Хроники монаха Кадфаэля»

Лето 1138 года, разгар войны между королем Стефаном и императрицей Матильдой. Брат Кадфаэль вынужден оставить свой сад и отправиться на поле битвы • Оборона замка Шрусбери пала, а его защитники, верные Матильде, были повешены за предательство. Кадфаэль соглашается предать их тела земле, но замечает, что среди них есть один лишний труп…Монах понимает, что было совершено хладнокровное убийство • Однако до лишнего трупа нет дела никому, кроме доброго бенедиктинца. Раскрыть преступление ему поможет девочка, одетая в мальчишечью одежду, потерянный артефакт и обломанный цветок • «Один лишний труп» – это детективный роман Эллис Питерс, вторая книга из серии «Хроники монаха Кадфаэля». Произведение станет прекрасным подарком для поклонников жанра • По мотивам цикла был снят сериал «Брат Кадфаэль»

A rich collection of classic Christmas mysteries • Christmas is a season of overindulgence. For most of us, that means an extra mince pie, a second helping of turkey, or perhaps a third glass of mulled wine. But for some, the festive season is a time to settle old scores, dispatch new enemies and indulge ... in murder • Here, ten masters of the genre serve up mystery and mayhem aplenty. From a dowager's missing jewels to a festive dinner gone horribly wrong, these classic crime stories will delight, puzzle and satisfy long after the last strands of tinsel have been cleared away

Peter Kent's brilliant cross-sections show how an early settlement changes into a bustling, modern-day city. The lively, warm and friendly illustrations are packed with absorbing and eye-opening details, and clearly show how new buildings are constructed on the rubble of the old. Eagle-eyed readers will have hours of fun spotting the descendants of one particular family though the centuries, and seeing how once-grand buildings become buried and how some structures remain through the centuries. Brand-new artworks and spreads reveal the prehistoric origins of the settlement, its 21st-century development and even give a glimpse into the far future, when ice sheets threaten to overwhelm the city

More than fifty years ago, Peter Lovesey published a short story in an anthology. That short story caught the eye of the great Ruth Rendell, whose praise ignited Lovesey's life-long passion for short form crime fiction • More than a hundred stories later, Peter Lovesey has assembled this devilishly clever collection, fifteen yarns of mystery, melancholy, and mischief, inhabiting such deadly settings as a theatre, a monastery, and the book publishing industry. The collection includes that first story that launched his story-writing career as well as three new stories exclusive to this volume. In addition, Lovesey fans will delight in a personal essay by the author about the historical inspirations for his creation - and in an appearance by the irascible Bath detective Peter Diamond, who has, in the author's words, 'bulldozed his way' into this collection

Their lives were torn apart . . . but can love bring them together? • Heart surgeon Dr Peter Hallam was trained to fight time, to conquer odds beyond hope. He had saved the lives of countless strangers, only to see his own wife die tragically beyond the reach of his healing hands. Months later the deep wound of loss had begun to heal as he learned to live without love • Melanie Adams, television newscaster, lived for her work and her children: nothing else mattered. On screen she was the ultimate professional, covering the biggest stories and meeting the hardest deadlines, but she was lonely inside. After heartbreak and desertion she had made her way to the top alone. And she, like Peter, had learned to live without love • But one day, for Peter and Melanie, everything changes

The Patron Saint of Plumbing is not answering Nino Speranza's prayers • Without the thousands of euros in taxes that he could never bring himself to collect from his neighbours, the water board will cut the town off. All 212 inhabitants will be forced to leave • So, in a desperate bid to save his hometown, he starts a rumour that major movie star Dante Rinaldi is filming his next movie in the village • Soon, all the locals want to be involved: Speranza's assistant has written a screenplay and the local butcher will invest - each of his fifteen enormous sons is given a role. It seems the only way to save the town is to actually make the movie • And Nino Speranza starts to think he might have created the second chance they all needed . . . until word of the production reaches Dante Rinaldi himself

The Excellence Dividend is a critical new book from one of today's leading visionaries in business. This year's winner of the Thinkers50 Lifetime Achievement Award and the CEO Reads Lifetime Contribution to the Business Book Industry Award, Tom Peters is one of the world's most revered management gurus and global business thinkers. For decades, he has been preaching the gospel of putting people first, and in today's rapidly changing business environment, this message is more important than ever. Studies show that fewer than one-third of employees feel engaged with their work and that half of all jobs are at risk due to technology. But Peters has a solution: a sustained commitment to excellence combined with a commitment to people. These are, he argues, the only tools for coping with and thriving amidst the tsunami of change facing business today

In 1360, the Great Bridge over the River Cam is close to collapse. To repair it will cost the town and the University dear, especially if its rotten wood is replaced by more durable stone. As arguments rage over raising the money other, equally heated, differences are coming to the boil over the election of a new Chancellor. While the majority support Brother Michael for the post, at least one of his opponents aims to seize it by fair means or foul. Then the discovery of a body under the bridge and the disappearance of two scholars throws a more sinister shadow over both disputes • Matthew Bartholomew, the University's Corpse Examiner, already has his hands full: due to marry in under a fortnight, he is determined to conclude his teaching duties and deal with an outbreak of the summer flux before relinquishing his official duties

Заслуживает ли первая любовь второго шанса? • Когда ей было почти семнадцать, Рози встретилась взглядом со студентом по имени Питер в их первую неделю в колледже искусств, что изменило ее жизнь навсегда. Теперь, на пороге ее шестидесятипятилетия, Рози недавно стала вдовой и медленно примиряется со своим будущим. И после шанса столкнуться с Питером через сорок семь лет, они оба начинают задаваться вопросом «что если»… • Рассказанная с теплом, остроумием и юмором «У нас всегда будет Париж» – это прелестный, трогательный и воодушевляющий роман о двух людях. О выборах, которые они совершают, о жизни, которую ведут и любви, которой делятся • Does first love deserve a second chance? • When she was almost seventeen, Rosie Jackson locked eyes with a charismatic student called Peter during their first week at art college, changing the course of her life forever

White is Bret Easton Ellis's first work of nonfiction. Already the bad boy of American literature, from Less Than Zero to American Psycho, Ellis has also earned the wrath of right-thinking people everywhere with his provocations on social media, and here he escalates his admonishment of received truths as expressed by today's version of "the left." Eschewing convention, he embraces views that will make many in literary and media communities cringe, as he takes aim at the relentless anti-Trump fixation, coastal elites, corporate censorship, Hollywood, identity politics, Generation Wuss, "woke" cultural watchdogs, the obfuscation of ideals once both cherished and clear, and the fugue state of American democracy. In a young century marked by hysterical correctness and obsessive fervency on both sides of an aisle that's taken on the scale of the Grand Canyon, White is a clarion call for freedom of speech and artistic freedom

This is based on the new Peter Rabbit animated TV series. Peter and Benjamin find some radishes one day, but then they start losing them! Is there a radish robber about? For over thirty-five years, the best-selling Read it yourself with Ladybird has helped children learn to read. All stories feature essential key words and story-specific words are repeated to practise throughout. They are designed to be read independently at home or used in a guided reading session at school. All titles include comprehension puzzles, guidance notes and book band information for schools. This Level 1 title is suitable for very early readers who are ready to take their first steps in reading real stories. Each simple story uses a small number of frequently repeated words