Corgi book Johnny and the Bomb Пратчетт Терри

Почему именно Джонни стал видеть мёртвых? Ответа на этот вопрос никто не знает. Но как-то раз, проходя через кладбище, он постучал в дверь одного склепа – и дверь открылась. Так Джонни познакомился с Олдерменом (1822-1906). И этот призрак, то есть, простите, гражданин, перешедший в новое качественное состояние, оказался далеко не единственным! Жаль только, большинству живущих нет дела до старого кладбища и тех, кто на нем похоронен, – городские власти уже решили судьбу этого места, продав землю под застройку. Что тут может сделать двенадцатилетней мальчишка? • «Джонни и бомба», роман одного из самых ярких писателей жанра фэнтези, Терри Пратчетта, станет великолепным подарком для поклонников творчества автора • Книга на английском языке • Sell the cemetery? • Over their dead bodies

Человек без глаз. Совсем без глаз. Вместо них в его голове два мрачных провала… • Быть ведьмой – нелёгкая доля, которая отнюдь не сводится к полётам по небу на метле. До сих пор Тиффани Болен справлялась без нареканий. До сих пор. Пока от сна не пробудилось нечто злое. Нечто, напомнившее всем вокруг о злобных старых ведьмах, из-за чего даже носить остроконечную шляпу стало небезопасно. И будто этого мало – этот зловещий призрак прошлого охотится за одной конкретной ведьмой – за Тиффани. И он вот-вот её настигнет • «Платье цвета полуночи», роман одного из самых ярких писателей жанра фэнтези, Терри Пратчетта, станет великолепным подарком для поклонников творчества автора • Роман продолжает серию книг о Тиффани Болен • Книга на английском языке • A man with no eyes

Cycling journalist Felix Lowe makes the leap from raconteur to rouleur, taking to the saddle for the first time to complete his very own grand tour of Europe • Lowe's light-hearted and entertaining travelogue charts his progress as he cycles 2,800 kilometres from Barcelona to Rome, crossing three countries and cycling over three mountain ranges, taking in some of cycling's most fabled climbs. As he follows in the tracks of some of the world's greatest wheelmen, Lowe puts professional cycling's three major stage races – the Tour de France, Vuelta a Espaсa and Giro d'Italia – under the microscope, whilst capturing the potent mix of madness, humour and human spirit that make people identify with the sport so strongly • Powered by local delicacies and his trademark blend of self-deprecating humour and barbed wit, Lowe takes readers on an immersive journey through the Catalonian countryside, over the Pyrenean foothills and the rolling plains of Languedoc, through the flowery fields of Provence, over winding Alpine passes, between the vineyards and olive groves of Piedmont, and down the Apennine backbone of Italy

A brilliantly funny travelogue from the comedian and game show host Alexander Armstong • In an adventure of a lifetime, Alexander Armstrong wraps up warm and heads ever north to explore the hostile Arctic winter – the glittering landscape of Scandinavia, the isolated islands of Iceland and Greenland, and the final frontier of Canada and Alaska • Along the way he learns from the Marines how to survive sub-zero temperatures by eating for England, takes a white-knuckle drive along a treacherous 800-mile road that's a river in summer and, with great reluctance, strips off for a dip in the freezing Arctic waters - and that’s all before wrestling Viking-style with a sporting legend called Eva as part of an Icelandic winter festival • Sharing the wonder of the Arctic in his inimitable style, Land of the Midnight Sun is a brilliantly entertaining travelogue that takes readers on an exhilarating and hilarious journey to the farthest reaches of the globe

Norway, AD 785. A wild place, a place of blood, a place where the gods hold sway • Sigurd Haraldarson and his oathsworn band are winning fame and reputation. But to confront his hated enemy - the oath-breaker and betrayer King Gorm - they must win riches too • When a daring raid goes wrong, Sigurd finds himself a prisoner of the powerful Jarl Guthrum. Bound like a slave, he is taken to the sacred temple at Ubsola to face the sacrificial knife • But here Sigurd discovers a potent relic: Gungnir, a great spear that would give him the power to assemble a host strong enough to challenge King Gorm, and avenge the betrayal of his father and the murder of his family • The roar of Odin and the wild hunt will be as nothing compared to Sigurd's rage, for he and his warriors will be borne on the wings of the storm

Barnaby Grimes is a tick-tock lad, running errands in his city, day and night, and 'high-stacking' around the rooftops in search of new mysteries to solve. In this first adventure, Barnaby is attacked one night by an enormous dog. He kills it - but that's not the end of this particular mystery . . . as Barnaby finds himself swept up in a world of crooked doctors, poor and ill-advised patients, strange tonics and very expensive furs... Could there be more to the seemingly respectable Dr Cadwallader and the tonics he doles out to the poor? Is there a link between the tonic and the huge dogs - or possibly wolves - that are roaming the city at night? When Barnaby's old acquaintance Benjamin goes missing, Barnaby fears the worst for him, and decides to dig deeper

Deric's gentle tales of life in Huddersfield with his wife Aileen and their menagerie of playful cats have won him thousands of loyal fans. And after a few years break Deric returns with the latest, and eagerly awaited, instalment of his memoirs • Deric is getting on a bit now and so are his cats. Life chez-Longden has adjusted to a slower pace, but everyday is still full of opportunities for the sort of mischief, mishaps and adventures that come with sharing your house and life with a troop of small cats with big personalities • Paws in the Proceedings has all of Deric's trademark charm, homespun wisdom and gentle wit. His remarkable eye for the humorous detail and the keen observation are very much in evidence, and this is another comic gem that will delight Deric's loyal fans and bring him to a bigger audience than ever before

Johnny Peterson could light up a room with a word or a smile. He had a future filled with promise - until he stepped into a car on prom night and, in an instant, it was all taken away. In the months that followed, Johnny's family and his high school sweetheart, Becky, struggle to put together the pieces of their shattered lives. No-one is more devastated than Johnny's mother, Alice, but amid the heartache, something miraculous is about to happen. When a sudden illness sends Alice to hospital, a glorious vision comes to her - there, standing before her, is Johnny himself, gently urging his bewildered mother to be strong for her splintered family • Through a season of hope and healing, Johnny will walk by his mother's side, leading his parents, his girlfriend, his sister and his brother out of their grief

The first man to set foot on the summit of Everest, the man who led a team of tractors to the South Pole, the man who jetboated up the Ganges from the ocean to the sky has, for the first time, gathered all the remarkable adventures of a long life into one volume. But there is more to Edmund Hillary than this. He is also the man who repaid his debt of fame to the Himalayas by inaugurating a programme of building schools, clinics, airstrips and bridges in Nepal. With his still active support, these have gone from strength to strength in the 50 years since he himself mastered the Hillary Step and led his companion Tenzing Norgay up Everest's final summit ridge • View from the Summit is a thoughtful and honest reappraisal of a life spent pushing human ability to its limits and relishing the challenges thrown down by the elements

The people of the first nomadic empire left no written records, but from 200 BC they dominated the heart of Asia for 400 years. They changed the world. The Mongols, today’s descendants of Genghis Khan, see them as ancestors. Their rise cemented Chinese unity and inspired the first Great Wall. Their heirs under Attila the Hun helped destroy the Roman Empire • We don’t know what language they spoke, but they became known as Xiongnu, or Hunnu, a term passed down the centuries and across Eurasia, enduring today in shortened form as ‘Hun’. Outside Asia precious little is known of their rich history, but new evidence reframes our understanding of the indelible mark they left on a vast region stretching from Europe and sweeping right across Central Asia deep into China

Плоский Мир – это диск, покоящийся на спинах четырёх слонов, которые стоят на спине Великого А`туина, черепахи, плывущей в бесконечной пустоте космоса. А ещё это самое смешное место во всей вселенной • Наше сознание творит с нами самые невообразимые вещи. Мы помним только хорошее. Вот драконы, к примеру. Очень романтичные, красивые, полные достоинства зверюги. Но мы забываем, что к этим чертам следует добавить абсолютную прожорливость, мгновенную воспламеняемость и крайнюю зубастость. А эльфы? Да, они танцуют при луне, поют песни – в общем, веселые, милые существа… Но будете ли вы рады, когда они вернутся? О да, эльфы очень любят разные игры – только весело им, а не вам • «Дамы и господа», роман одного из самых ярких писателей жанра фэнтези, Терри Пратчетта, станет великолепным подарком для поклонников творчества автора

«Пока правда надевает башмаки, ложь успевает весь мир обежать» • Вильям де Словв каким-то образом стал редактором первой у Анк-Морпорке газеты. Ну, с такой-то фамилией… • Попав в мир журналистских расследований, Вильям быстро осознаёт, что новости могут быть крайне опасным делом. В его штат, помимо дерзкого репортёра Сахариссы Резник, входят вооружённые топорами гномы и лечащийся от зависимости вампир со смертельной любовью к искусству иконографии • А на этой неделе у нас большие новости! Самый могущественный человек в Анк-Морпорке арестован, и город остался без лидера. Опасная криминальная организация сделает всё, чтобы распространить свою версию событий • «Правда», роман из цикла «Плоский мир» одного из самых ярких писателей жанра фэнтези, Терри Пратчетта, станет великолепным подарком для поклонников творчества автора