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Alexander McCall Smith: The Muscle Machine

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Gordon is frustrated that Ted, the school bully, gets away with pushing people around — including Gordon! So when he spots an advertisement for Mr World's muscle machine, he's immediately curious and decides to send off for one. 'Don't be impatient' says the instruction booklet that comes with the machine. 'Muscles don't grow in one day. Take it bit by bit and you'll be surprised at what…

Alexander McCall Smith: Calculator Annie

Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: No matter how hard Annie tries, she just cannot do even the simplest sums. It's so embarrassing! When she goes to the shops, she can't work out how much money to hand the shopkeeper, and she always gets 0 for her maths homework. That is, until Annie goes to sleep with a calculator under her pillow, and something very strange happens. Overnight, Annie becomes a maths maestro capable of solving…

Moore Robin: The French Connection

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: The French Connection is a heart-stopping account of an extraordinary narcotics case told as it actually happened. The story is spread over many suspense-filled months and involves plush Manhattan night clubs, dark tenements in Brooklyn and the Bronx, tree-lined suburbs on the upper East Side, Paris, Marseilles and Palermo. The case involves both American and French criminals, including Jean…

Gooden Philip: Idiomantics: The Weird and Wonderful World of Popular Phrases

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Idiomania is a unique exploration of the world of idiomatic phrases. The very etymology of the word 'idiom' reveals what's so endlessly fascinating about the wide range of colourful phrases we use in everyday speech: their peculiarity. They're peculiar both in the sense of being particular or unique to the culture from which they originate, and in the sense of being downright odd. To cite three…

Ward Jesmyn: Salvage the Bones

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: A hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch's father is growing concerned. A hard drinker, largely absent, he doesn't show concern for much else. Esch and her three brothers are stocking food, but there isn't much to save. Lately, Esch can't keep down what food she gets; she's fourteen and pregnant. Her brother Skeetah is…

McCann Colum: TransAtlantic

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: 1919. Emily Ehrlich watches as two young airmen, Alcock and Brown, emerge from the carnage of the First World War to pilot the very first non-stop transatlantic flight from Newfoundland to the west of Ireland. Among the letters being carried on the aircraft is one which will not be opened for almost a hundred years. 1998. Senator George Mitchell criss-crosses the ocean in search of an elusive…

Harrison: Afterburn

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: This is a thriller from the author of 'The Havana Room' and 'Manhattan Nocturne'.

Chang-rae Lee: Aloft

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Being a solo flyer made sense to Jerry Battle right from the start. For his 56th birthday, his longtime (and recently ex-) girlfriend Rita Reyes had given him a gift certificate for a flying lesson. Once Jerry was up there he thought everything looked perfect. But everything isn’t perfect and for such a nice guy, Jerry can wreak an amazing amount of havoc ... Life is about to deal Jerry Battle…

Rhian Tracey: Bad Girl’s Club

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Four girls — Mary, Bea, Meena and Atlanta — are thrown together when they are picked for very different reasons by their teacher, to form a book review club. Their discussions and reviews will be heard on radio, chaired and presented by the incredibly cool Jazz. As the girls gradually relax and talk more and more animatedly about what they think about the different books, they find they are…

Colin Harrison: Break and Enter

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: By appearances Peter Scattergood leads a privileged life: a post as Assistant District Attorney, a loving wife, and a townhouse in Philadelphia’s exclusive Society Hill. Assigned to an explosive homicide case — the murder of the mayor’s nephew and the young man’s beautiful mistress — the power and prestige he’s always craved seem within his grasp. But soon the illusion of success shatters. His…

Dictionary of Medical Terms 4Ed

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: This fully revised edition of the bestselling Dictionary of Medical Terms now includes over 12,500 terms from British and international medical practice, explained in clear, simple English. It covers fields such as surgery, general practice, hospitals, clinics, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry and other specialisms, and includes example sentences for each entry, together with grammar notes and parts…

Anchee Min: Empress Orchid

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: It is the final days of the Chinese Empire. Trade in opium with Europe is slowly corroding the power of the Ch’ing Dynasty. Orchid, a beautiful seventeen-year-old from an aristocratic but impoverished family, is pushed into the maelstrom when she finds herself unexpectedly chosen to become a lower-ranking concubine of the Emperor. The world inside the Forbidden City is erotically charged and…

Ziegesar C.: Gossip Girl 7 Nobody Does It Better

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Read on to catch up with more gossip-licious pleasure from the anonymous narrator who made her catty debut with Gossip Girl and has enthralled readers in the juicy sequels, You Know You Love Me and All I Want is Everything. In Because I'm Worth It, Gossip Girl dishes up more doses of hefty dirt on all her friends — New York's wealthiest private school teens. In fact, wintertime has never been…

Rowling J.K.: Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince

Скачать книгу (размер 3 089 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 607) Аннотация: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince takes up the story of Harry Potter’s sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry at this point as Voldemort's power and followers are increasing day by day, in the midst of this battle of good and evil.

Rowling J.K.: Harry Potter and The Half Blood Prince

Скачать книгу (размер 3 089 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 607) Аннотация: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince takes up the story of Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry at this point as Voldemort's power and followers are increasing day by day, in the midst of this battle of good and evil.

Colin Harrison: The Havana Room

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Bill Wyeth is a successful attorney in his late thirties with a beautiful wife and son. Some would say he has it all, but, by the merest of chances, one day he loses everything: family, job, status. Unmoored and alone, Wyeth drifts toward the city’s darker corners, where restoration seems unlikely, redemption impossible. At his lowest ebb, Wyeth finds himself in an old-time Manhattan steakhouse…

Susanna Clarke: Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Enter the dazzling world of nineteenth century magicians fighting Napoleon's advancing army — and fighting between themselves... The year is 1806. England is beleaguered by the long war with Napoleon, and centuries have passed since practical magicians faded into the nation’s past. But scholars of this glorious history discover that one remains: the reclusive Mr Norrell whose displays of magic…

Dena Michelli: Make It Happen

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: We spend over 70% of our week at work, so being happy while we’re there is a major priority. A one-stop shop for anyone wanting to improve their life at work, Make It Happen is the ultimate guide to making the best of your talents and building the career you want. With practical and easy-to-read advice on how to deal with over 60 common career challenges, Make It Happen will help you to Go to…

Liz Jensen: The Ninth Life of Louis Drax

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Nine-year-old Louis Drax is a problem child: bright, precocious, deceitful, and dangerously, disturbingly, accident prone. When he falls off a cliff into a ravine, the accident seems almost predestined. Louis miraculously survives — but the family has been shattered. Louis’ father has vanished, his mother is paralysed by shock, and Louis lies in a deep coma from which he may never emerge. In a…

Steps to Success Balance Your Life and Work

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: There’s so much pressure on many people today to succeed at work that sometimes, ‘real life’ tends to take a backseat. Your relationships with friends, family, partner, and children can all suffer as you try to cram everything into a normal day. The book contains a quiz to assess strengths and weaknesses, step-by-step guidance and action points, top tips to bear in mind for the future, common…