ryan alice there s been a little incident
Ryan Alice There's Been a Little Incident
Molly Black has disappeared. She's been running away since her parents died. But this time, or so says her note, she's gone for good. There's Been a Little Incident is an award-winning debut about grief, family and the people who are there for you when you can't be there for yourself.
2106 Руб.
Munro Alice Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
2021 sees all of Alice Munro's backlist reissued in a new, modern look. These editions will appeal to a broad range of literary readers WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE In these stories lives come into focus through single events or sudden memories which bring the past bubbling to the surface. The past, as Alice Munro's characters discover, is made up not only of what is remembered, but also what isn't. The past is there, just out of the picture, but if memories haven't been savoured, recalled in the mind and boxed away, it's as if they have never been - until a moment when the pieces of the jigsaw re-form suddenly, sometimes pleasurably but more often painfully. Women look back at their young selves, at first marriages made when they were naive and trusting, at husbands and their difficult, demanding little ways.
2419 Руб.
Wilson Jacqueline Best Friends
Gemma and Alice were born on the same day and have been devoted best friends ever since. Despite Gemma's larger-than-life personality and Alice's quieter, calmer character, the two are inseparable - until Alice has to move house, all the way to Scotland. Gemma is utterly distraught, particularly at the thought that Alice might find a new best friend. Is there anything Gem's brothers, or perhaps her grandad, can do to help?
2979 Руб.
Burton Rachel The Secrets of Summer House
An emotional, atmospheric summer read about family secrets and loyalty from the author of Kindle bestseller A Bookshop Christmas. The secrets of Summer House are about to come out at last... 1976. Rushing out of the University Library, undergraduate Alice Kenzie bumps straight into PhD student Tristan Somers. There begins a whirlwind romance, and Alice falls pregnant and gives birth to a baby girl. Then Tristan is killed in a car accident. Unable to cope, Alice takes her baby to Summer House, Tristan's family home in Suffolk, leaves her there and disappears. 2018. Olivia Somers has always been told that her mother died in the same accident as her father. But when she finds a bundle of old letters in Summer House, everything she ever believed about her mother is called into question. Can she find her – and even more importantly, forgive her?
2519 Руб.
Child Lee A Wanted Man
When you're as big and rough as Jack Reacher - and you have a badly set, freshly busted nose - it isn't easy to hitch a ride in Nebraska. At last, he's picked up by three strangers - two men and a woman. Within minutes it becomes clear they're all lying about everything - and there's a police roadblock ahead. There has been an incident, and the cops are looking for the bad guys . . . Will they get through because the three are innocent? Or because the three are now four? Is Reacher just a decoy?
2146 Руб.
Diamond Lucy Hens Reunited
Hens Reunited is a humorous story of friendship and romance, from the author of The Beach Cafe, Lucy Diamond. Katie, Georgia and Alice were at each other's hen nights but now the chickens have come home to roost; their marriages have fallen apart and their friendships have been tested to the limits. Control-freak Katie has become a commitment-phobe - there's no way she wants to get married again. Is there? Ambitious Georgia always puts her career first. If anyone gets hurt, it's their look-out - right? And faithful Alice wants to make a fresh start, but can't get over her cheating ex - and Georgia's betrayal. Hearts have been broken, and feathers ruffled . . . can the hens ever be reunited?
2035 Руб.
Kennedy Nicole After Paris
Three best friends. A weekend away. And a whole lot of baggage. Alice, Nina and Jules have been best friends for twenty years. They met in Paris and return there once a year, to relive their youth, leave the troubles of home behind, and indulge in each other's friendship and warmth. But this year, aged thirty-nine, the cracks in their relationships are starting to show... After their weekend together in Paris, the three women never speak again. Each claims the other two ghosted them. But is there more to the story?
2339 Руб.
Visit the Farm
JoJo is excited to show Gran Gran around the city farm - it's been a few months since she was last there, and she can't wait to see Melanie the chick again. But where could she be? In this story, JoJo is excited to show Gran Gran around the city farm - it's been a few months since she was last there, and she can't wait to see Melanie the chick again. But when they arrive at the chicken enclosure, they can't find the little fluffy chick - where could she be?
1732 Руб.
Hargreaves Roger Mr. Men Little Miss Treasury. 20 Classic Stories
This charming collection celebrates the enduring popularity of the Mr. Men and Little Miss by bringing together 20 classic stories for you to enjoy. The Mr Men and Little Miss have been tickling children for generations with their funny and charming antics. This delightful collection includes 20 classic stories in one volume. From Mr Tickle and his extraordinarily long arms to Little Miss Twins who live in a place where there is two of everything, there are lots of fun stories to share and enjoy.
4322 Руб.
Stevenson Robert Louis Kidnapped
'As a writer of the English language there has been no one to touch Stevenson in a hundred years...as a story-teller he is unsurpassed' George MacDonald Fraser When young David Balfour is orphaned he discovers some surprising truths about his family. His meeting with his uncle Ebenezer turns out to have disastrous consequences leading to kidnap and imprisonment on board a ship bound for the Carolinas. However, the voyage is full of incident and after violent conflict and a shipwreck, David finds himself in a daredevil chase across the Scottish Highlands in the company of the irrepressible warrior Alan Breck Stewart...
1821 Руб.
Wentworth Patricia Pilgrim's Rest
A bloody curse fells four before Miss Silver investigates in this classic crime mystery. Judy Elliot, meeting an old friend, Detective Sergeant Abbott tells him that, having been left the custody of her motherless little niece, she is taking a domestic job in the country with a family named Pilgrim. Frank is appalled, mysterious deaths have been taking place there. A curse is on the house of Pilgrim's Rest and by the time Miss Silver investigates she has four murders to solve.
2058 Руб.
Tremain Rose The Way I Found Her
Lewis Little, precocious thirteen-year-old, is spending summer in Paris with his mother, Alice. Alice is translating the latest medieval romance by Valentina Gavrilovich, the bestselling and exotic Russian emigre. Lewis is there to make his first acquaintance with one of the greatest cities in the world; neither can foresee the momentous events that lie in wait for them. Valentina slowly casts a spell over Lewis, but when her past begins to encroach on all their lives and, as this enchanted world is gradually lost, Lewis is driven on a terrifying quest.
2608 Руб.
Blathwayt Benedict The Little Red Train: Great Big Train (+CD)
There are some things that simply never change, and no matter how high tech we get it is a simple fact of life that little children have always been, and will continue to be, fascinated by trains. In Little Red Train, a bright and breezy board book for the very young, children are given the chance to indulge their fascination as they are taken through the glossy pages of a seriously sturdy little book that will stand the test of even the roughest handling. Now you can enjoy this thrilling Little Red Train adventure again and again with this new picture book and CD set, read by Richard Briers.
395 Руб.
Jewell Lisa I Found You (Exp)
'How long have you been sitting out here?' 'I got here yesterday.' 'Where did you come from?' 'I have no idea.' Surrey: Lily Monrose has only been married for three weeks. When her new husband fails to come home from work one night she is left stranded in a new country where she knows no one. East Yorkshire: Alice Lake finds a man on the beach outside her house. He has no name, no jacket, no idea what he is doing there. Against her better judgement she invites him in to her home. But who is he, and how can she trust a man who has lost his memory?
1118 Руб.
Morrison Boyd The Roswell Conspiracy
The thrilling new novel from the bestselling author of The Noah's Ark Quest 1947 Ten-year-old Fay Allen of Roswell, New Mexico, witnesses the fiery crash of an extraordinary craft unlike anything she's ever seen... 2012 More than sixty years later, army engineer Tyler Locke rescues Fay from a pair of assassins. She says they were after a piece of wreckage she obtained from the Roswell crash - and she claims to know secrets about that incident that have never previously been revealed. Tyler is initially sceptical, but after he is kidnapped by a mysterious band of mercenaries, he comes to believe that Roswell holds the key to his and his countrymen's survival. And he realises that there is a desperate race against time for him to uncover its secrets... Fast-paced and thrilling, The Roswell Conspiracy draws on actual details from the Roswell Incident to create a page-turning and thought-provoking thriller.
1949 Руб.
Riley Lucinda The Girl on the Cliff
How did a secret from 1914 cause a century of heartache? . . . After a devastating loss, Grania Ryan returns home to Ireland and the arms of her loving family. There, she meets young Aurora while walking along the cliffs. Mysteriously drawn to her, Grania discovers that the histories of their families are strangely and deeply entwined. From a bittersweet romance in wartime London, to a troubled relationship in contemporary New York, the two families, past and present, have been entangled for a century. Can Aurora help Grania understand the past, and change her future? Haunting, intriguing and deeply moving, The Girl on the Cliff tells of the triumph of hope over loss.
2851 Руб.