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Книги издательства «Hachette Livre»
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Andy Carpenter rescues a golden retriever from being put down and finds that the dog was supposed to have died five years before during an incident that resulted in his master being convicted of murdering his fiancee at sea. Encouraged by the prisoner's sister, Andy endeavours to reopen the case by using the dog as a witness in court. He finds himself the object of violent interest by persons unknown who very much do not want a new trial, resulting in car chases, attempted assassination and dog-napping. Andy displays his usual court-room theatrics, but he has to bring in the Mafia before he gets to the bottom of a remarkable chain of impersonations and murder. |
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Saint City has always been Dante Valentine's home. It's where she grew up, it's where her dead are buried, and it's where she learned to hunt. Now, one call from an old friend will bring her back to investigate a murder too close to home for anyone's comfort. But the one person she trusted has just betrayed her. Sometimes revenge is best served demon-hot... |
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Newly vamped Sarah Dearly wants her normal life back, but fate is fighting against her. She tries to get a regular job and gets staked in the interview, only to be rescued by a masked vampire who calls himself the Red Devil. Then a wallflower-turned-witch curses her, making her a bloodthirsty, sun-allergic nightwalker — the worst vampire there is. As if all that weren't enough, she can't get married because her 600-year-old boyfriend, Thierry, is in a centuries-long marriage of convenience he can't escape. As Sarah's nightwalker tendencies make her more dangerous, even to those she loves, she'll have to counteract that curse, unmask the increasingly intriguing Red Devil, and get a commitment from her man. But if that's what it takes to secure her happiness, Sarah is ready...even if it means embracing her inner vamp to do it. |
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Sarah Dearly's vampire life is not all B-positive cocktails. A curse made her a nightwalker, the most vicious vamp there is; the charm she wears to curb her deadly tendencies is losing its juice; and a hunter from hell is turning up the heat. Gideon Chase will kill the ones she loves most if she doesn't obey his orders. That includes breaking up with master vampire Thierry and turning Gideon into an immortal vamp so he can escape a doom of eternal hellfire. Making things worse are Sarah's growing feelings for Gideon, a bad boy who keeps showing a vulnerable side... but is it for real? Will Sarah's dark side take over? Or can she cure herself of the nightwalker curse in time to stop Gideon and finally live happily ever after with Thierry...forever? |
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Dante Valentine has been through Hell. Literally. Her body shattered and her mind not far behind, she's dumped back into her own world to survive — or not — as a pawn in one of Lucifer's endless games. Unfortunately, he's just messed with the wrong Necromance. And this time she's mad enough to do something about it. This time, the Devil will pay. |
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After his adventure in New Ottosland changed his life forever, Gerald Dunwoody has gone into secret training for the Ottosland government. Unbeknownst to him, Princess Melissande is now living in Ottosland as well, and has started a witching and wizarding locum agency. Witches Incorporated is hired to solve a case of staff pilfering in a prestigious magical Research and Development firm. One that also happens to have ties to the government. Confusion arises when Melissande and Gerald discover that they are both working at the firm undercover...but for separate allegiances. Deciding to team up rather than work apart, Gerald and Melissande quickly find that their number one suspect also happens to be Gerald's professional rival. In order to triumph, they will have to rise above the chaos which unfolds and an enemy's promise of the ultimate retribution — Gerald's untimely death. WITCHES INCORPORATED is the second novel in the Rogue Agent trilogy, from one of fantasy's newest stars. |
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When the Devil needs a rogue demon killed, who does he call? The Player: Necromance-for-hire Dante Valentine is choosy about her jobs. Hot tempered and with nerves of steel, she can raise the dead like nobody's business. But one rainy Monday morning, everything goes straight to hell. The Score: The Devil hires Dante to eliminate a rogue demon: Vardimal Santino. In return, he will let her live. It's an offer she can't refuse. The Catch: How do you kill something that can't die? |
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LES exercices de grammaire niveau A1 propose: — une démarche d'observation et de découverte de la règle, associée à un entraînement intensif — plus de 500 exercices avec des contenus conformes au référentiel du niveau A1 du Cadre européen commun de référence. Pour chaque chapitre: des corpus accompagnés d'activités simples pour faire deviner la règle, — des illustrations pour faciliterla compréhension, — des exercices variés, progressifs et contextualisés, — un vocabulaire adapté au niveau des apprenants, — un bilan en fin de chapitre. En fin d'ouvrage: — un précis grammatical, — un index des notions grammaticales. |
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Des exercices pour s'entraîner en français, utilisables en classe ou en autonomie. Les 500 exercices de grammaire niveau B2 proposent: une démarche d'observation et de découverte de la règle associée à un entraînement intensif, plus de 500 exercices avec des contenus conformes au référentiel du niveau B2 du Cadre européen commun de référence. Pour chaque chapitre: des corpus accompagnés de questions simples pour faire découvrir la règle, des illustrations pour faciliter la compréhension, des exercices variés, progressifs et contextualisés, un vocabulaire adapté au niveau des apprenants, un bilan en fin de chapitre. En fin d'ouvrage: un index des notions grammaticales, une table renvoyant à la Nouvelle Grammaire du Français, cours de Civilisation Française de la Soi-bonne, les corrigés. |
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In a society driven by celebutante news and myspace profiles, women of class, style and charm are hard to come by. The Audrey and Katharines of the world continue to lose their lustre as thongs, rehab and outrageous behaviour burn up the daily headlines. But, despite appearances, guys still want a girl they can take home to their mother, employers still like to see a tailored suit and peers still respect classy conduct. So is it possible to maintain old fashioned virtues in a modern world without looking like a starchy Amish grandma? Christy shows women how in this guide to glamorous style, professional success and true love...the classy way. Full of fun assignments, notable names and real-life examples, Christy offers a new look at seemingly 'old fashioned' advice. She covers diet, speech, work ethic, friends, relationships, manners, makeup and fashionable yet modest clothing, showing modern ladies how they can be beautiful, intelligent and fun while retaining values and morals. |
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Howard Schatz, author of the critically acclaimed, ATHLETE, is among the most in-demand photographers working today and his distinctive style has been widely imitated in art and advertising. IN CHARACTER is a book of photographic portraits of working actors — many of them recognized stars — playing one or more roles as directed by the photographer. The images are composed of one or more different characters performed by each actor and might include an evil crime boss, an 8-year-old girl stumped at a spelling bee, a gambler at the track, a teenage flirt or a coach imploring his players to play harder to win. Comments accompanying the images reveal the actors' views on the creative process of acting and their personal experiences. Among those featured are Peter Falk, James Earl Jones, Natasha Richardson, George Segal, Hal Holbrook and Judd Hirsch. IN CHARACTER is a landmark project for Schatz. It provides a fascinating new vision of actors acting and the power of the creative imagination and the ongoing dialogue between actors and their audience. |
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«Have you ever stood in front of a full closet and proclaimed, without irony, 'I have nothing to wear'? Have you wondered if women who always manage to look chic are simply born with great taste? «The New Secrets of Style: The Complete Guide to Dressing Your Best Every Day takes the mystery out of fashion with straight-forward, simple strategies, and gives you the best tips and tricks from the experts who have made «Instyle» magazine today's most popular style publication. «The New Secrets of Style» — revised and updated with hundreds of new photos and ideas, shows you how to develop true personal style that is always uncomplicated and figure out which looks work best for you. A clear and convenient reference of 20 fully illustrated chapters, «The New Secrets of Style» covers everything you need to know to dress well with piece-by-piece wardrobe analysis, and easy-to-read 'flattery' charts. Plus shopping secrets, no-fall shoe rules, and tailoring, storage and care tips to make your stylish life even simpler. Inspirational celebrity images, how-to Illustrations and photos of gorgeous, trend-proof clothes are presented within the fun and fact-filled-pages.» |
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«Life»'s editors have re-visited and updated more than half of this book, refreshed the photography with new material (including more full-colour pictures), enlivened the design and added not only new photos but also text and quotations that set the M proper home-and-hearth tone, and then carry it straight through the book. The best 'Dad' images from Life's storied pictorial archive are here, as are disarming shots taken by the man in the street. The book represents a tribute to the bond each of us shares with our fathers, and also serves as an inspiration. It urges us to remember the best of times, the golden moments. It spurs us to remember the love.» |
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«Life's» editors have re-visited and updated more than half of the book, refreshed the photography with new material (including more full-color pictures) enlivened the design and format, and added not only new photos but also text and quotations that set the proper home — and hearth tone, then carry it straight through the book. The best 'Mum' images from «Life's» storied pictorial archive are here, as are disarming shots taken by the man in the street. The book represents a tribute to the bond each of us shares with our mothers, and also serves as an inspiration. It urges us to remember the best of times, the golden moments. It spurs us to remember the love.» |
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His talent was spectacular, electric. He was a thriller beyond compare. And he left us too soon. LIFE was there to capture the excitement that was Michael Jackson, from his earliest days when magazine's John Olson visited the Jackson 5 to the adult years when Jackson invited Harry Benson to tour Neverland for LIFE. This book is an intimate portrait of the artist and the chronicle of an extraordinary American life. There was never a performer quite like Michael Jackson and in the pages of this special commemorative book and singular superstar is captured in full. |
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Life has, of course, visited its archives before — but never like this. This edition puts the photographs on display, not only as part of the page layout but as the page itself. The explanatory text will be out of the way, so that each image can be savored. Moreover, prints will be included that are not just suitable for framing, but meant for framing. And not only will there be photographic prints; there will also be 75 other famous pictures that appeared in Life 's pages, the story behind each of them and the narrative history of what Life 's photography has long meant to the country and, indeed, to the world. This is a unique, ground-breaking book. It is the ultimate treatment of our photography to date in book form. As such it is ultra-commemorative and collectible. The Classic Collection, presented in this classic way, will be a definitive Life Book-and a category leader. |
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No movie star in history is as iconic as Marilyn Monroe. This fact has had the unfortunate effect of distancing the observer from the human being. Marilyn is too often seen as an object instead of as a person. Not in this book. Carefully choosing from the portfolios of photographers who knew her well and who were with her in her unguarded moments, Life presents an intimate, warm portrait of a bravely, vulnerable woman. The work of great Life shooters — Milton Greene, Alfred Eisenstaedt, and others — is here, as is material from several other equally fine lensmen. They show different aspects of Marilyn, sometimes in famous imagery and sometimes in shots rarely if ever seen by the public. The accompanying narrative, too, tries to get in close; it lets the reader know Marilyn in a new way. In this book, Marilyn finally lives. |
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«Already featured in Liz Smith's column and Playbill Online, this «scrapbook» of the inimitable Minnelli also includes discographies and videographies.» |
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Highlighted by dozens of photographs, a celebration of America's college and professional basketball from some of Sports Illustrated finest writers captures the great teams, players, games, memorabilia, artifacts, and important moments throughout the more than one hundred years of basketball history. |
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«Alex Cross battles the most ruthless and powerful killer he has ever encountered — a predator known only as «the Wolf.» Alex Cross's first case since joining the FBI has his new colleagues stymied. Across the country, men and women are being kidnapped in broad daylight and then disappearing completely. These people are not being taken for ransom, Alex realizes. They are being bought and sold. And it looks as if a shadowy figure called the Wolf — a master criminal who has brought a new reign of terror to organize crime — is behind this business in which ordinary men and women are sold as slaves. Even as he admires the FBI's vast resources, Alex grows impatient with the Bureau's clumsiness and caution when it is time to move. A lone wolf himself, he has to go out on his own in order to track the Wolf and try to rescue some of the victims while they are still alive. As the case boils over, Alex is in hot water at home too. His ex-fiancee, Christine Johnson, comes back into his life — and not for the reasons Alex might have hoped.» |
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