This book is a special edition of "Quick Reads" series. ... Have you ever been in the wrong place, at the wrong time? You are hiking in the Scottish highlands with three friends when you come across a girl. She is half-naked, has been badly beaten, and she can't speak English. She is clearly running away from someone. Do you stop to help her? Even if it means putting your friends' lives - and your own - in terrible danger? About the series "Quick Reads" are bite-sized books by bestselling writers and well-known personalities for the people who want a short, fast-paced read. They are designed ... |
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Sometimes divorce can be deadly. ... Kate wants a clean break from her husband Jack. They can still be friends. She just doesn't want to stay married to him. But Jack doesn't want a friend. He wants a wife. He wants Kate. And he will do anything to keep her. Jack remembers his wedding vow: "Till death do us part". He always keeps a promise. ... |
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Pride and Prejudice, which opens with one of the most famous sentences in English Literature, is an ironic novel of manners. In it the garrulous and empty-headed Mrs Bennet has only one aim - that of finding a good match for each of her five daughters. In this she is mocked by her cynical and indolent husband. With its wit, its social precision and, above all, its irresistible heroine, Pride and Prejudice has proved one of the most enduringly popular novels in the English language. ... |
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The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller. This book is a special edition of "Quick Reads" series. ... She gave you everything. But what does she want in return? When Lizzie’s daughter Meg is given a life-saving heart transplant, Lizzie feels hugely grateful to the nameless donor. Then she receives a letter from the donor’s mother, Karen, asking to meet, and it seems like the least she can do. But as soon as Karen is welcomed into their lives, Lizzie feels something isn’t right. And before long, she can’t help but worry that by inviting Karen in, she might have put Meg in danger... ... |
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From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Queenie. How do you find the one in a million? ... Sapphire is the hot-headed leader of the Red Roses in an area where gang loyalty is all that matters. But after a tragic event, Sapphire vows to leave her old life, friends and her gang behind. Life without the Red Roses and the violence that always followed them is certainly quieter. When she meets a boy called Apollo on her way to Notting Hill Carnival, she forms an instant bond with him. She thinks he could be the one. Until she discovers he’s a member of rival gang, the Gold Teeth. Will she ever escape her past with the ... |
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Крайно неуспешен банков обирджия се заключва заедно със свръхентусиазиран брокер, двама кисели любители на "ИКЕА", жена в напреднала бременност, суициден мултимилионер... и заешка глава. Сградата е обсадена, а на полицията се налага да води преговори и да носи пица. В крайна сметка заложническата драма има щастлив край - обирджията се предава и пуска всички, но когато полицаите нахлуват в апартамента, вътре няма никого. Започват серия объркани разпити на свидетели, при което възникват няколко въпроса, около които се заформя класическа мистерия: Как е успял да се измъкне обирджията? Защо всички са толкова ... |
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От автора на "Човек на име Уве" и "Баба праща поздрави и се извинява". ... "Това е цялата работа. Искаме да сте по-добри от нас. Защото, ако децата ни не станат по-добри от нас, какъв изобщо е смисълът? Искаме да сте по-добри, по-умни, по-скромни, по-щедри и по-неегоистични от нас. Искаме да ви осигурим най-добрите условия, които можем. Затова пробваме различни методи на приспиване, ходим на семинари, купуваме ергономични корита и притискаме продавачите на детски седалки към стената и крещим: "Най-безопасната! Искам най-безопасната, разбирашлиме!?". (Не че аз съм го правил, не бива да ... |
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James Joyce's astonishing masterpiece, Ulysses, tells of the diverse events which befall Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus in Dublin on 16 June 1904, during which Bloom's voluptuous wife, Molly, commits adultery. Initially deemed obscene in England and the USA, this richly-allusive novel, revolutionary in its Modernistic experimentalism, was hailed as a work of genius by W. B. Yeats, T. S. Eliot and Ernest Hemingway. Scandalously frank, wittily erudite, mercurially eloquent, resourcefully comic and generously humane, Ulysses offers the reader a life-changing experience. ... |
