Премия Коста (Costa Book Award) — 83 книги — стр. 3

Tad and Cissie are on the run with Khush the elephant. Clammy-fingered, steely-eyed Hannibal Jackson will do anything to capture the animal. Maybe even kill ...Staying ahead means being faster and smarter-but how do you hide an elephant? Especially one with a mind of its own.

Tad and Cissie are on the run with Khush the elephant. Clammy-fingered, steely-eyed Hannibal Jackson will do anything to capture the animal. Maybe even kill ...Staying ahead means…

'A modern work of genius' Spectator
Winner of the Costa/Whitbread Book of the Year Award 1993
Forced into slavery as a child, Jonathan Carrick escapes to a new life but within him lies the need for revenge against George Stokes, the son of his former master.
Mallory Carrick, confined to a wheelchair, seeks to find out the truth about her grandfather's history.
Haunting, elegant and passionate, Theory of War is a novel about how the past lives on through following generations. It follows one woman's journey to discover what her grandfather might have experienced and how his suffering still haunts his descendants.

'A modern work of genius' Spectator
Winner of the Costa/Whitbread Book of the Year Award 1993
Forced into slavery as a child, Jonathan Carrick escapes to a new life but within…

Inez and her brother are amazed to find a huge hole being dug right outside the front door of their father's shop. Then suddenly more holes appear all over the main street and before long the cars can't use the road and everyone has to walk around balancing on planks of wood. It can only be a matter of time before the foundations give way and the whole town collapses. People are travelling from all over the country - the word on everyone's lips is GOLD.

Inez and her brother are amazed to find a huge hole being dug right outside the front door of their father's shop. Then suddenly more holes appear all over the main street and…

`Портрет человеческой души в аду` - эти слова из горестного монолога главного героя `Прощального вздоха Мавра` можно было бы предпослать всей книге Салмана Рушди. Они являются своего рода ключом к прочтению романа - истории жизни, любви, приключений и страданий Мавра, - умного, талантливого и глубоко несчастного скитальца, затерявшегося в странном, причудливом мире, рае - аде призрачного Бомбея…

`Портрет человеческой души в аду` - эти слова из горестного монолога главного героя `Прощального вздоха Мавра` можно было бы предпослать всей книге Салмана Рушди. Они являются…

Michael travels to Scilly for his Great Aunt Laura's funeral and inherits her diary, which reveals the moving story of her childhood, the great storms and the discovery of Zanzibar.

Michael travels to Scilly for his Great Aunt Laura's funeral and inherits her diary, which reveals the moving story of her childhood, the great storms and the discovery of…

A stunning adaptation for schools by the Children’s Laureate Anne Fine, of her much-loved children’s novel. Why is Tulip always in trouble? And why does Natalie find Tulip’s dangerous games so fascinating. A powerful story about troubled teenagers and their relationship to the adult world.
The Tulip Touch is suitable for class work, drama lessons and school productions. The resource material includes advice on staging the play, ideas for improvisation arising from the script, poems and extracts from fictional and non-fictional writing. The issues of parenthood, families, growing up and peer pressure are explored through drama, discussion and written work.

A stunning adaptation for schools by the Children’s Laureate Anne Fine, of her much-loved children’s novel. Why is Tulip always in trouble? And why does Natalie find Tulip’s…

Two thousand years ago four travellers enter the Judean desert to fast and pray for their lost souls. In the blistering heat and barren rocks they encounter the evil merchant Musa, who holds them in his tyrannical power. Yet there is also another, afaint figure in the distance, fasting for forty days, a Galilean who they say has the power to work miracles ...

Two thousand years ago four travellers enter the Judean desert to fast and pray for their lost souls. In the blistering heat and barren rocks they encounter the evil merchant…

It's a spaceship from the past - can it change the future?

Aquila has been found by boys bunking off a geography field trip. They have no idea where it came from or what it does. But Geoff's discovered that when you sit in it these little coloured lights come on, and if you push one of the big blue oneS . . . WHOOSH!

It's a spaceship from the past - can it change the future?

Aquila has been found by boys bunking off a geography field trip. They have no idea where it came from or what it…

Dan Silas returns to America for his high school reunion where he makes some unexpected discoveries. His former girlfriend tells him that her daughter was his child and Dan's oldest friend has suffered a breakdown and now believes himself to be the reincarnation of an Indian chief. In an attempt to make sense of these disturbing facts, Dan digs further into their lives, with both tragic and comic results. "Leading The Cheers" is a rich portrayal of small-town life with wonderfully evoked characters and Justin Cartwright's beautifully observed writing.

Dan Silas returns to America for his high school reunion where he makes some unexpected discoveries. His former girlfriend tells him that her daughter was his child and Dan's…

Дэвид Амонд - современный английский писатель. Первая же его повесть с загадочным названием "Скеллиг" была удостоена медали Карнеги и премии Уитбреда за лучшую детскую книгу года.

В этой доброй, увлекательной и поэтичной книжке рассказывается о том, как в жизнь самого обычного подростка, не слишком, как и положено мальчишке, послушного, обожающего гонять мяч с закадычными дружками, неожиданно входят два чуда: то ли птеродактиль, то ли ангел, обитающий среди ненужного хлама в старом сарае, и удивительная девочка с жгучими глазами. Перед героем и перед читателями встает вопрос: поверить ли в эти чудеса или отмахнуться от них?

Дэвид Амонд - современный английский писатель. Первая же его повесть с загадочным названием "Скеллиг" была удостоена медали Карнеги и премии Уитбреда за лучшую детскую книгу года.…

"Музыка и Тишина" - один из самых известных романов современной английской писательницы Роуз Тремейн, чьи книги удостоены многочисленных литературных премий и переведены на 14 языков. Действие этой нежной и яростной истории, полной безутешного горя, страсти и музыки, разворачивается в Дании XVII века.

"Музыка и Тишина" - один из самых известных романов современной английской писательницы Роуз Тремейн, чьи книги удостоены многочисленных литературных премий и переведены на 14…

'A big, ambitious novel with a rich historical sweep and a host of narrative voices. Its subject is a vicar's ludicrous expedition in 1857 to the Garden of Eden in Tasmania, [as] meanwhile, in Tasmania itself, the British settlers are alternately trying to civilise and eliminate the Aboriginal population ... The sort of novel that few contemporary writers have either the imagination or the stamina to sustain' - Daily Telegraph

'A big, ambitious novel with a rich historical sweep and a host of narrative voices. Its subject is a vicar's ludicrous expedition in 1857 to the Garden of Eden in Tasmania, [as]…

Eighteenth-century England is the setting for Jamila Gavin's sweeping saga of growing-up, struggle, tradition and corruption. From an acorn of an idea about a real-life good Samaritan of yesteryear, the author has crafted a satisfying, if occasionally painful, novel that spans the lives of several fortunate and unfortunate young people of the day.
The author has researched her backdrop very well, and the atmospheric sights and sounds of the time are both vivid and captivating. Readers will smell the dirty streets and close-living of urban London, revel in the summer splendour of the finest country houses and then flinch when the harshness of life for the poorest souls is revealed in uncomfortable detail.

For in the late 1700s your circumstance of birth meant everything. Toby and Aaron may both find themselves living at Captain Thomas Coram's Hospital for parentless children, but their histories are as far apart as they could possibly be. Toby has been rescued from a life of slave labour in a faraway country; Aaron is the illegitimate son of the heir to a large country estate. They are watched over by Mish--a simple soul who has been with them since their arrival. His devotion to them is absolute, but his motives are not altogether straightforward. Could this curious man really be Meshak, the son of a wicked child-killer who was hanged at the gallows for his crimes?

Coram Boy is a glorious web of changing fortunes and subtle intrigues. There is tragedy and corruption, hope and evil. Sometimes brutal and sometimes unceasingly bleak, the genre of historical fiction has rarely been this good. It's undoubtedly the kind of book that wins awards. (Age 12 and over) --John McLay

Eighteenth-century England is the setting for Jamila Gavin's sweeping saga of growing-up, struggle, tradition and corruption. From an acorn of an idea about a real-life good…

Книга английского писателя и известного диджея - это история жизни немолодой проститутки, рассказанная случайному попутчику. Казалось бы - что особенного? Но Патрику Ниту, талантливому во всем, удалось создать "роман о джазе, судьбе, семье и дружбе", за что он и получил Уитбредскую литературную премию.

Книга английского писателя и известного диджея - это история жизни немолодой проститутки, рассказанная случайному попутчику. Казалось бы - что особенного? Но Патрику Ниту,…

Лондонское предместье, начало 1940-x. Два мальчика играют в войну. Вообразив, что мать одного из них - немецкая шпионка, они начинают следить за каждым ее шагом. Однако невинная, казалось бы, детская игра неожиданно приобретает зловещий поворот... А через 60 лет эту историю - уже под другим углом зрения, с другим пониманием событий - вспоминает постаревший герой.

Майкл Фрейн (р. 1933), известный английский писатель и драматург, переводчик пьес А. П. Чехова, демонстрирует в романе "Шпионы" незаурядное мастерство психологической нюансировки. Это тонкая проза, главное в которой - сложная игра восприятий; образ реальности складывается здесь подобно паззлу, составлять который - ни с чем не сравнимое интеллектуальное наслаждение. В 2002 году роман был включен в лонг-лист Букеровской премии.

Лондонское предместье, начало 1940-x. Два мальчика играют в войну. Вообразив, что мать одного из них - немецкая шпионка, они начинают следить за каждым ее шагом. Однако невинная,…