wyszukanych pozycji: 49
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Set In Stone
ISBN: 9780552164160 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) In Robert Goddard's haunting mystery a strange house links past and present, a murder, a political scandal and an unexplained tragedy. Recovering from the recent death of his wife in a cliff fall, Tony Sheridan goes to stay with her sister and her husband at their house in Rutland. The house, called Otherways, is in some sense a character in the story: a strange, circular, moted construction dating from Edwardian times.
Disturbed by memories of his wife and a growing attraction to her sister, and troubled by vivid dreams, Sheridan learns that a murder committed at the house in 1939 still... In Robert Goddard's haunting mystery a strange house links past and present, a murder, a political scandal and an unexplained tragedy. Recovering from...
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65,23 |
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Rockets: Two Classic Papers
ISBN: 9780486425375 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Rockets, in the primitive form of fireworks, have existed since the Chinese invented them around the thirteenth century. But it was the work of American Robert Hutchings Goddard (1882-1945) and his development of liquid-fueled rockets that first produced a controlled rocket flight. Fascinated by rocketry since boyhood, Goddard designed, built, and launched the world's first liquid-fueled rocket in 1926. Ridiculed by the press for suggesting that rockets could be flown to the moon, he continued his experiments, supported partly by the Smithsonian Institution and defended by Charles Lindbergh....
Rockets, in the primitive form of fireworks, have existed since the Chinese invented them around the thirteenth century. But it was the work of Americ...
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49,22 |
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The Corners of the Globe: (The Wide World - James Maxted 2)
ISBN: 9780552167062 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) A thrilling mix of espionage, treachery and murder set in the aftermath of the First World War from the master of the triple-cross
Spring, 1919. James Max Maxted, former Great War flying ace, returns to the trail of murder, treachery and half-buried secrets he set out on in The Ways of the World. He left Paris after avenging the murder of his father, Sir Henry Maxted, a senior member of the British delegation to the post-war peace conference. But he was convinced there was more much more to be discovered about what Sir Henry had been trying to accomplish. And he suspected... A thrilling mix of espionage, treachery and murder set in the aftermath of the First World War from the master of the triple-cross
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60,21 |
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Found Wanting
ISBN: 9780552159852 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Richard Eusden is on his way to work in London one morning when he is intercepted by his ex-wife, Gemma. She has sad news of his old friend, her other ex-husband, Marty Hewitson. Marty is dying, but needs a favour done for him - now, today, at once. Eusden reluctantly agrees and sets off on what should be a simple errand.
Richard Eusden is on his way to work in London one morning when he is intercepted by his ex-wife, Gemma. She has sad news of his old friend, her other...
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65,23 |
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Past Caring
ISBN: 9780385341172 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) At a lush villa on the sun-soaked island of Madeira, Martin Radford is given a second chance. His life ruined by scandal, Martin holds in his hands the leather-bound journal of another ruined man, former British cabinet minister Edwin Strafford. What's more, Martin is being offered a job--to return to England and investigate the rise and fall of Strafford, an ambitious young politician whose downfall, in 1910, is as mysterious as the strange deaths that still haunt his family. Martin is intrigued by Strafford's story, by the man's overwhelming love for a beautiful suffragette, by her...
At a lush villa on the sun-soaked island of Madeira, Martin Radford is given a second chance. His life ruined by scandal, Martin holds in his hands th...
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72,22 |
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The Fine Art of Invisible Detection: The thrilling BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick
ISBN: 9780552172622 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) A case which means Wada will have to leave Japan for the first time and travel to London. Following the only lead she has, Wada quickly realises that being a detective isn't as easy as the television makes out.
A case which means Wada will have to leave Japan for the first time and travel to London. Following the only lead she has, Wada quickly realises tha...
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50,16 |
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This is the Night They Come For You
ISBN: 9780552178471 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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50,16 |
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Painting The Darkness
ISBN: 9780552164955 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) When the creak of the garden gate heralds the arrival of an unexpected stranger, William Trenchard is puzzled but not alarmed. He cannot know the destruction this man will wreak on all he holds most dear. The stranger announces himself as James Norton, but claims he is in reality Sir James Davenall, the man to whom Trenchard s wife, Constance, had been engaged, and who had committed suicide eleven years ago. Sir Hugo, James s younger brother, and his mother, Lady Catherine, refuse to recognize Norton and force Trenchard into an uneasy alliance against him. But Trenchard must plumb the depths...
When the creak of the garden gate heralds the arrival of an unexpected stranger, William Trenchard is puzzled but not alarmed. He cannot know the dest...
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65,23 |
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Beyond Recall
ISBN: 9780385341141 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) On a bright autumn afternoon in Truro, the Napier family celebrates one couple's golden wedding anniversary and another's marriage. But for one member of the clan, the day turns dark. Chris Napier, prodigal son, suddenly spots the ragged specter of a former friend, Nicky Lanyon--a man whose own family was ruined by the same twist of fate with which the Napiers were blessed. And the next morning, Chris is horrified to find Nicky dead, hanging from a tree where the boys once played.... For Chris, the suicide opens a floodgate of doubt and suspicion. How did his family's wealth slip out of...
On a bright autumn afternoon in Truro, the Napier family celebrates one couple's golden wedding anniversary and another's marriage. But for one member...
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72,22 |
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The Fine Art of Uncanny Prediction
ISBN: 9780552178488 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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49,98 |
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The Ways of the World: (The Wide World - James Maxted 1)
ISBN: 9780552167055 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) A thrilling espionage story set in Paris after the First World War, full of classic Goddard double crosses and triple twists.
1919. The eyes of the world are on Paris, where statesmen, diplomats and politicians have gathered to discuss the fate of half the world's nations in the aftermath of the cataclysm that was the Great War. A horde of journalists, spies and opportunists have also gathered in the city and the last thing the British diplomatic community needs at such a time is the mysterious death of a senior member of their delegation. So, when Sir Henry Maxted falls from the roof of... A thrilling espionage story set in Paris after the First World War, full of classic Goddard double crosses and triple twists.
1919. The eyes of th... |
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60,21 |
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Never Go Back
ISBN: 9780552164979 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) In the spellbinding new mystery by the master of "the clever twist," a group of ex-RAF comrades journey to a Scottish castle for a reunion. But by the time they reach their destination, two of them are dead. Harry Barnett is leading a contented life in Vancouver with his wife and daughter when he is brought back to England by the death of his mother. He intends to spend just a few days sorting out her affairs when a chance meeting he will regret for the rest of his life makes him change his plans. Two old acquaintances from his National Service days track Harry down to his mother's house...
In the spellbinding new mystery by the master of "the clever twist," a group of ex-RAF comrades journey to a Scottish castle for a reunion. But by the...
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60,21 |
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Painting the Darkness
ISBN: 9780802124357 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) In Robert Goddard s third novel, a bestseller in the United Kingdom and now back in print, is a masterful exercise in suspense set in Victorian-era England. On a mild autumn afternoon in 1882, thirty-four-year-old husband and father William Trenchard sits smoking his pipe in the garden of his comfortable family home. When the creak of the garden gate announces the arrival of an unexpected visitor, he is puzzled but not alarmed. He has no inkling of the destruction this man will wreak on all he holds most dear.
The stranger offers his name as James Norton, but claims he is in reality Sir... In Robert Goddard s third novel, a bestseller in the United Kingdom and now back in print, is a masterful exercise in suspense set in Victorian-era En...
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76,02 |
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Blood Count
ISBN: 9780552161305 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) There's no such thing as easy money. As surgeon Edward Hammond is about to find out. Thirteen years ago he performed a life saving operation on a Serbian gangster, Dragan Gazi. Gazi is now standing trial for war crimes in the international court in The Hague. After his life was saved, his men went on to slaughter thousands in the Balkan civil wars.
Now Gazi's family want more from him: in exchange for keeping Hammond's dirty little secret, they want him to find for them the man who holds the key to all the money Gazi squirreled away before he was locked up. But Italian financier, Marco... There's no such thing as easy money. As surgeon Edward Hammond is about to find out. Thirteen years ago he performed a life saving operation on a Serb...
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55,19 |
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Into the Blue
ISBN: 9780385339193 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Harry Barnett lives the life of an Englishman on permanent vacation in Greece, house-sitting for a powerful friend and hiding from a past disgrace. That is, until a guest at the villa disappears on a walking tour, and Harry is the number one suspect. While a Greek detective tries to trap him, and the British tabloids pillory him at home, Harry's conscience is his worst enemy of all. What happened to young, beautiful Heather Mallender? Who took her--and why didn't Harry realize that something was amiss? Suddenly, a man steeped in failure has found a purpose, retracing the strange, twisting...
Harry Barnett lives the life of an Englishman on permanent vacation in Greece, house-sitting for a powerful friend and hiding from a past disgrace. Th...
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79,82 |
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Panic Room
ISBN: 9780552175715 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) PANIC ROOM is Robert Goddard at his best. A sliver of a mystery kicks off a juggernaut of a thriller. Layers of secrets, half-truths and lies must be peeled back to reveal what really lies within.
PANIC ROOM is Robert Goddard at his best. A sliver of a mystery kicks off a juggernaut of a thriller. Layers of secrets, half-truths and lies must be ...
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35,10 |
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Hand In Glove
ISBN: 9780552164511 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) In her seaside cottage, Beatrix Abberley bravely confronts an intruder moments before her life is brutally taken. The crime stuns the elderly spinster s family especially Beatrix s niece, Charlotte Ladram. But Charlotte has little time to mourn the loss of her beloved aunt and little patience when police quickly arrest a man Charlotte believes is innocent. For Charlotte, a harrowing quest for answers begins one that will take her into the shadows of the past and into the life and secrets of the dead woman s brother, famed poet and casualty of the Spanish Civil War, Tristram Abberley.
Now,... In her seaside cottage, Beatrix Abberley bravely confronts an intruder moments before her life is brutally taken. The crime stuns the elderly spinster...
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65,23 |
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Play To The End
ISBN: 9780552164948 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) Actor Toby Flood is visited by his estranged wife who is worried about a strange man hanging around outside the shop where she works. Her partner, Roger Colborn, has dismissed her concerns and she hopes that Toby will get to the bottom of the mystery.
Actor Toby Flood is visited by his estranged wife who is worried about a strange man hanging around outside the shop where she works. Her partner, Rog...
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65,23 |
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The Fine Art of Uncanny Prediction
ISBN: 9781787635111 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) |
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87,47 |
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The Ways of the World: A James Maxted Thriller
ISBN: 9780802125064 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa w 2026 r.) From the Edgar Award-winning writer Robert Goddard comes a captivating new historical thriller, set at the tail end of World War I and featuring the devilishly charismatic James "Max" Maxted, a Royal Flying Corps veteran who has a knack for getting himself in trouble.
In the spring of 1919, Paris is filled with delegates working towards the Treaty of Versailles British diplomat Sir Henry Maxted among them. But before his work is done, he turns up dead outside a Montparnasse apartment building. The French police conclude that Sir Henry tripped and fell from the roof, but when his son Max... From the Edgar Award-winning writer Robert Goddard comes a captivating new historical thriller, set at the tail end of World War I and featuring the d...
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64,62 |