Collins O All the Invisible Things

With Pez, the days felt endless – cycling, climbing trees, sucking sour sweets till our tongues burned. I'd give anything to be that girl again • For four years Vetty Lake has been keeping her heart in hiding. Since her mum died and her family moved out of London it's felt so much safer not to tell people how she really feels. She's never even told anyone she's attracted to girls as well as boys • But now Vetty's seventeen and coming back to London she's determined to start living out loud. She's convinced that reconnecting with her childhood best friend Pez is the key. She was always fearless around him • But when she sees Pez again, he's different. Guarded. It's like their special connection never existed. And suddenly Vetty's sure he's been hiding too…

Today is day 364 • 364 days since my last night of sleep • 364 days since my son, Mason, was taken from his bed • The police have stopped looking. My husband wants me to move on • But I need to keep his story alive • Someone knows what happened to my son • And I’m going to find them • It’s been a year since Isabelle Drake’s son, Mason, disappeared from his bedroom. Since then, she hasn’t had a full night of sleep. Everyone else has moved on – the detectives, the press, her husband – but she can’t rest until she knows the truth • Teaming up with true crime podcaster Waylon Spencer, Isabelle investigates her son’s case. But Waylon has motives of his own and as long-forgotten memories of Isabelle’s past resurface, doubt begins to cloud her sleepless nights

"Все опасные вещи" - захватывающий триллер Стэйси Уиллингем об отчаявшейся матери с непростым прошлым • Сегодня 364-й день • 364 дня с тех пор, как я в последний раз спала ночью • 364 дня с тех пор, как моего сына Мейсона забрали из его постели • Полиция прекратила поиски. Мой муж хочет, чтобы я двигалась дальше • Но мне нужно сохранить его историю живой • Кто-то знает, что случилось с моим сыном • И я собираюсь найти их • Прошел год с тех пор, как сын Изабель Дрейк, Мейсон, исчез из своей спальни. С тех пор она не спит по ночам. Все остальные живут дальше - детективы, пресса, ее муж - но она не успокоится, пока не узнает правду • Объединившись с подкастером Уэйлоном Спенсером, Изабель расследует дело своего сына. Но у Уэйлона есть свои мотивы, и по мере того, как всплывают давно забытые воспоминания о прошлом Изабель, сомнения начинают омрачать ее бессонные ночи

The Moonstone is an epistolary novel, generally considered the first full length detective novel in the English language. Besides creating many of the ground rules of the detective novel, The Moonstone also reflected Collins' enlightened social attitudes, i. e. in his treatment of the servants. In 1877 Collins adapted The Moonstone for the stage, but the production was performed for only two months

William Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices tells the story of sightseeing trip to Cumberland of Charles Dickens and his friend, the rising star of literature, Wilkie Collins. Through their fictional counterparts, they relentlessly satirize. Dickens' maniacal energy and Collins' idleness. The result is an exuberant diary of a journey and a rare insight into one of literature's most famed and intriguing friendships

In autumn 1857, Charles Dickens embarked on a sightseeing trip to Cumberland with his friend, the rising star of literature Wilkie Collins. Writing together, they reported their adventures for Dickens’ periodical Household Words, producing a showcase of both long-cherished and entirely novel sides of these wellloved men of letters. Through their fi ctional counterparts, the men relentlessly satirize Dickens’ maniacal energy and Collins’ idleness. The result is an exuberant diary of a journey and a rare insight into one of literature’s most famed and intriguing friendships

Wilkie Collins was one of the leading English authors of the Victorian era. Collins was a prolific author and he is credited for writing the first modern detective novel in English literature. The novel follows the fortunes of four women, all in one way or another ‘fallen leaves’, who are linked by their relationships with the hero, Amelius Goldenheart, and also by secrets from the past

Wilkie Collins was an English novelist, playwright, and short story writer. The Yellow Mask is a complete mystery novel. The secret of Wilkie Collinss success is the combination of various genres: the writer-master of intrigue and fascinating plot skillfully combines melodrama, detective and a manners novel in his books, generously flavoring them elements of the Gothic novel. Sister Rose is Set against the background of the French Revolution and concerns Louis Trudaine; his sister, Rose, who contracts an unhappy marriage to the aristocratic Charles Danville; and Danvilles land-steward, Lomaque, who is indebted to Trudaines father. Trudaine fulfils a deathbed promise to his mother to protect Rose and arouses Danvilles animosity

Внезапно умирает Ричард Эбернети, хозяин викторианского поместья. Его сестра, Кора Лэнскене, считает, что это было убийство. На следующий день саму Кору убивают во сне. Теперь фраза, произнесенная ею после того, как была оглашена последняя воля погибшего, заиграла новыми красками…Юрист семьи, не видя другого выхода, обращается за помощью к Эркюлю Пуаро • По мотивам серии детективов про Эркюля Пуаро были сняты фильмы и сериал • Книга на английском языке • The master of a Victorian mansion dies suddenly – and his sister is convinced it was murder…. When Cora is savagely murdered with a hatchet, the extraordinary remark she made the previous day at her brother Richard’s funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. At the reading of Richard’s will, Cora was clearly heard to say: ‘It’s been hushed up very nicely, hasn’t it…But he was murdered, wasn’t he?’ In desperation, the family solicitor turns to Hercule Poirot to unravel the mystery

Exchanging vows of love with sailor Frank Aldersley the night before his departure, Clara Burnham is haunted by the memory of Richard Wardour, and his mistaken belief that they will one day marry. With her gift of ‘Second Sight’, Clara foresees terrible tragedy ahead and is racked by guilt. Allied to two different ships, the two men at first have no cause to meet - until disaster strikes and they find themselves united in a battle for survival. It cannot be long before they discover the nature of their rivalry

Познакомьте юных учащихся с тем, как определять время, с помощью этого веселого и увлекательного пособия для самостоятельной уборки • Множество возможностей попрактиковаться, чтобы помочь детям научиться определять время • Дети узнают о времени "по часам", "в половине второго", "без четверти два" и "в четверть третьего", а также о днях недели, месяцах и временах года • Протрите страницы и ручку, чтобы дети могли повторять эти действия снова и снова • Мотивирующие, красочные мероприятия, помогающие повысить уверенность в себе • Уровень: KS1 • Предмет: Математика • Книга на английском языке • Introduce young learners to telling the time with this fun and engaging wipe-clean activity book • Lots of practice opportunities to help children to learn how to tell the time

В книгу вошли известные романы классика мировой фантастики Герберта Уэллса "Машина Времени", "Человек-Невидимка", его рассказы и эссе. На аглийском языке