Книга: Vine Barbara «Grasshopper»
Серия: "-" Blamed by her parents for the tragic death of a friend, Clodagh has been banished from their home in the countryside to a dingy basement flat in the city. Her life is transformed when she meets the inhabitants on the top floor of 15 Russia Road. An exotic range of young people who explore a London of roofs, eaves and ledges, thrilling in the freedom and danger. Clodagh, haunted still by the accident, finds that running the roofs brings her back to life, but it seems that tragedy and misfortune may not be done with her yet. Barbara Vine's 10th novel, Grasshopper is an enthralling, chilling novel that mirrors Vine's acclaimed London Underground novel King Solomon's Carpet. Издательство: "Penguin Group" (2001)
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Grasshopper | From the writer Patricia Cornwell calls the most brilliant mystery novelist of our times comes a typically astute and suspenseful tale of what happens when a taste for dangerous heights becomes a way… — Random House, Inc., - Подробнее... | бумажная книга | ||
The Brimstone Wedding | Jenny's marriage is loveless, and she is having an affair. She works at an old people's home, where she is especially fond of Stella, a woman dying of cancer - whose own secrets parallel Jenny's … — Penguin Group, - Подробнее... | бумажная книга | ||
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The Brimstone Wedding | Jenny`s marriage is loveless, and she is having an affair. She works at an old people`s home, where she is especially fond of Stella, a woman dying of cancer - whose own secrets parallel Jenny`s … — Penguin Group, Подробнее... | бумажная книга |
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Grasshopper — Grass hop per, n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any jumping, orthopterous insect, of the families {Acridid[ae]} and {Locustid[ae]}, having large hind legs adapted for leaping, and chewing mouth parts. The species and genera are very numerous and some are very… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
grasshopper — (n.) mid 14c. (late 13c. as a surname), earlier greshoppe (c.1200), from O.E. gærshoppa; see GRASS (Cf. grass) + HOP (Cf. hop). Cf. M.Swed. gräshoppare, Ger. Grashüpfer. As a term of reproach, from Eccl. xii:5. Also recorded c.1300 as a name for… … Etymology dictionary
grasshopper — ► NOUN ▪ a plant eating insect with long hind legs which are used for jumping and for producing a chirping sound … English terms dictionary
grasshopper — [gras′häp΄ər] n. [ME grashoppere, extended with er suffix (see ER) < greshoppe < OE gærshoppe < gærs (see GRASS) + base of hoppian (see HOP1)] 1. any of various families (esp. Acrididae) of leaping, plant eating orthopteran insects with… … English World dictionary
Grasshopper — Grasshoppers Voller Name Grasshopper Club Zürich Gegründet 1. September 1886 Stadion … Deutsch Wikipedia
Grasshopper — Taxobox name = Caelifera fossil range=Late Permian Recent image width = 250px image caption = Immature grasshopper regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Hexapoda classis = Insecta ordo = Orthoptera subordo = Caelifera subdivision… … Wikipedia