Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Dinah and her sister Lisa are growing up in 1950s South Africa, where racial laws are tightening. They are two little girls from a dissenting liberal family. Big sister Lisa is strong and sensible, while Dinah is weedy and arty. At school, the sadistic Mrs Vaughan-Jones is providing instruction in mental arithmetic and racial prejudice. And then there's the puzzle of lunch break.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: It's 1984 and one of the hottest summers Yorkshire's seen. It's the kind of woozy heat to lose your mind in. Mona is fifteen years old. She's a drinker, a thief and a fruit machine addict. Things are already going badly in the pub where she lives with her obese step-brother PorkChop. But when Mona meets posh Tamsin Fakenham, a sassy girl with beautiful breasts, an actress mother and a sister…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: The final curtain is closing on the Second World War, and Hana, a nurse, stays behind in an abandoned Italian villa to tend to her only remaining patient. Rescued by Bedouins from a burning plane, he is English, anonymous, damaged beyond recognition and haunted by his memories of passion and betrayal. The only clue Hana has to his past is the one thing he clung on to through the fire — a copy of…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 855 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 365) Аннотация: Trained in the way of the Samurai, dreaming of the City of Brotherly Love, Hiro Tanaka impetuously jumps ship off the coast of Georgia — only to wash up on a barrier island populated by rednecks, descendants of black slaves, and a colony of crazed artists. Terrifying one islander — literally — to death, and fleeing not only from the Immigration Agents but also an elderly lady convinced he is…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: When Harry and his best friends go back for their third year at Hogwarts, the atmosphere is tense. There's an escaped mass-murderer on the loose and the sinister prison guards of Azkaban have been called in to guard the school. Lessons, however, must go on and there are lots of new subjects in third year — Care of Magical Creatures and Divination among others — to take Harry's mind off things.
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: A little fox is in a big bad mood, and is worried that its mother won't love it forever. In this beautiful and lyrical picture book, we see a clever and resourceful mother prove to her child that a parents love is limitless — no matter what! In this reassuring and warm picture book, the hugely talented Debi Gliori manages to treat the familiar subject of childhood worries in a very fresh,…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Coraline is not the kind of girl to be put off by a sign of danger read in some tea leaves or indeed a message sent to her by some very talented mice! No, she is the kind of girl who faces a challenge with bravery, intelligence and a lot of determination. Which is just as well because she is going to need all those skills, and more, in this wonderful, spooky tale of a girl caught on the wrong…
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Скачать книгу (размер 3 421 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 672) Аннотация: An essential reference source for anyone who regularly encounters scientific or technological nomenclature, this dictionary features accurate, up-to-date, and detailed entries for readers from a range of scientific backgrounds. Each definition is written in jargon-free English and is ideal for those less familiar with scientific terms and native and nonnative English speakers alike. This first…
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Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: This new compact general English dictionary for intermediate-level students of English provides clear and concise definitions of terms and includes over 30,000 references. Each entry includes part of speech, phonetic pronunciation, a clear definition and example sentences to show how the word is used in context. In addition, entries include collocations and grammar information. In its convenient…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 008 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 199) Аннотация: The Gossip Girl series is the ultimate in glamour and cool — set in New York's glamorous Upper East Side the narrative follows the thrills and spills (with Jimmy Choo shoes and shopping at Barneys mixed in along the way) of its richest and most beautiful teenage residents. Gossip Girl is the ultimate in sophistication, scandal and luxury — in fact if Carrie Bradshaw of Sex and the City had a…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: The Gossip Girl series is the ultimate in glamour and cool — set in New York's glamorous Upper East Side the narrative follows the thrills and spills (with Jimmy Choo shoes and shopping at Barneys mixed in along the way) of its richest and most beautiful teenage residents: in this second novel, this is the time they are interviewing for college (Ivy League only, naturally). Gossip Girl is the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: It’s Christmas and Blair and Serena are best friends again and up to their old tricks — partying hard and breaking hearts from Park Avenue to the Caribbean. Blair’s mother and Cyrus are having their honeymoon in Salt Key. And when school finishes, Blair, Serena, Aaron and company head down to blow off steam after their exams, and in between Pina Coladas, Blair and Serena plot revenge on…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: In the spring of 1974, Calliope Stephanides, a student at a girls' school in Grosse Pointe, finds herself drawn to a chain-smoking, strawberry-blond classmate with a gift for acting. The passion that furtively develops between them leads Callie to suspect that she is not like other girls. In fact, Callie has inherited a rare genetic mutation. The biological trace of a guilty secret, this gene has…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: As Witch Child ends so Sorceress begins. Alison Ellman is still searching for information about the wonderful Mary Newbury, she has a diary and some scattered information about other people in Mary's life, but Mary has disappeared into the forests and Alison has no way of following her. But when she meets Agnes Herne, Alison encounters the person who is going to tell her all about Mary's life…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 702 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 335) Аннотация: 1978: Lower East Side, New York. Fifteen-year-old Finn Earl's mother, Liz, is a thirty-two year-old masseuse with a taste for cocaine. When Liz's habit forces them to flee the city, they find protection under the wing of one of her clients, ageing billionaire Mr Osborne. In Vlyvalle, a golden playground for the super-rich, Finn discovers a people who are stranger, more savage, and more secretive…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: 'You know what they say about GIs and English girls'knickers', ran the wartime joke, 'One Yank and they're off.' When Gloria met Ron, he was an American pilot who thought nothing of getting hit by shrapnel in the cockpit. She was working in a munitions factory in Bristol during the Blitz, but still found time to grab what she wanted. Ciggies. Sex. American soldiers. But war has an effect on…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: The sequel to «Witch Child», this title reveals what happens to Mary Newbury, who has disappeared into the forest. Alison finds out from Agnes Hearnethat Agnes is a descendent of Mary's and has a special skill which allowsher to be in touch with Mary in the spirit world.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: During the witch hunts of the mid-1600s, many young Englishwomen died on the gallows, innocent victims of false or hysterical accusations of witchcraft. But what of those women who actually claimed the name «witch» as their own? In the pages of her secret journal, Mary Nuttall reveals what it is like to live in a climate of mistrust and piety in which differences are dangerous and rumors can…