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Christie Agatha: The Hollow

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Hercule Poirot was invited to the Hollow to tea, but found a murder waiting for him instead. The victim — an extraordinarily vital, emotionally complex doctor — was the last person anyone expected to see lying dead by the pool. And his meek, befuddled wife was the last person anyone would expect to see standing over him with a gun. Did she really shoot her husband? Or is she merely a second…

Christie Agatha: The Mystery of the Blue Train

Скачать книгу (размер 1 610 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 317) Аннотация: Bound for the Riviera, detective Hercule Poirot has boarded Le Train Bleu, an elegant, leisurely means of travel, free of intrigue. Then he meets Ruth Kettering. The American heiress — bailing out of a doomed marriage — is en route to reconcile with her former lover. But by morning, her private affairs are made public when she is found murdered in her luxury compartment. The rumour of a strange…

Christie Agatha: Peril at End House

Скачать книгу (размер 1 263 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 249) Аннотация: Hercule Poirot is vacationing on the Cornish coast when he meets Nick Buckly. Nick is the young and reckless mistress of End House, an imposing structure perched on the rocky cliffs of St. Loo. Poirot has taken a particular interest in the young woman who has recently narrowly escaped a series of life-threatening accidents. Something tells the Belgian sleuth that these so-called accidents are…

Christie Agatha: Sad Cypress

Скачать книгу (размер 1 376 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 271) Аннотация: Beautiful, young Elinor Carlisle stands serenely in the dock accused of the murder of Mary Gerrard, her rival in love. The evidence is damning: only Elinor had the motive, the opportunity and the means to administer the fatal poison. Yet, inside the hostile courtroom, one man still presumes Elinor is innocent until proven guilty; Hercule Poirot is all that stands between Elinor and the gallows...

Christie Agatha: The Tuesday Club Murders

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: The unifying premise for this short story collection is the Tuesday Club: six people who meet socially one evening at Jane Marple's home and then decide to meet regularly each Tuesday night to solve a mystery which a group member must relate.

Gregory Philippa: The Boleyn Inheritance

Скачать книгу (размер 2 635 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 518) Аннотация: Three women who share one fate: the Boleyn Inheritance. She runs from her tiny country, her hateful mother, and her abusive brother to a court ruled by the terror of a vengeful king who despises her. Her Boleyn Inheritance: accusations and false witness. She is in love — but not with the diseased old man who made her queen and beds her night after night. Her Boleyn Inheritance: the threat of the…

Van Der Meer Ron: How Many: Spectacular Paper Sculptures

Скачать книгу (размер 55 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 12) Аннотация: This is a book that truly has to be seen to be appreciated. Each spread features a different shape (square, circle, star, triangle, rectangle) that has been cleverly paper-engineered to form spectacular sculptures. Readers are invited to find and count as many items as they can per spread-shapes within shapes, shapes of different colors, and so on. Whether readers search and count or not, the…

Mawdsley Evan: The Russian Civil War

Скачать книгу (размер 1 840 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 362) Аннотация: The best book ever written on the Russian civil war. A first-rate work of scholarly synthesis. Robert McNeal Petrograd, October 25, 1917: The Bolshevik Party stormed the capital city and seized the power of Russia's provisional government, which had been operating ineffectually since the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II eight months before. In that October revolution began the Russian Civil War,…

Tynyanov Yury: Young Pushkin

Скачать книгу (размер 2 620 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 515) Аннотация: Young Pushkin was first published in serial form between 1935 and 1943 and immediately achieved classic status in Russia. Although the author did not live to accomplish his full epic scheme, he did complete the first part, his fictional masterpiece of Pushkin's early years. This is the first English translation. In a blend of encyclopedic knowledge and creative imagination, Tynyanov thrillingly…

Wilson Jacqueline: Candyfloss

Скачать книгу (размер 1 722 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 339) Аннотация: Candyfloss is the perfect introduction to jacqueline Wilson. When Floss's mother and stepfather announce they are moving to Australia for six months, Floss has to decide whether to go with them or stay home with Dad — inept, but loving and always lots of fun. And how will her choice affect her friendship with her popular but not-so-loyal best friend, Rhiannon? About girls everywhere, for girls…

Bayard Peter: How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read

Скачать книгу (размер 937 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 185) Аннотация: »Born into a Milieu where reading was rare, deriving little pleasure from the activity, and lacking in any case the time to devote myself to it, I have often found myself in the delicate situation of having to express my thoughts on books I haven't read. Because I teach literature at the university level, there is, in fact, no way to avoid commenting on books that most of the time I haven't even…

Check Plus: The Desktop Reference Set

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Check Plus combines Spell Check, Word Check, and The American Heritage Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition, in a handsome and sturdy slipcase. Spell Check is a handy and up-to-date guide to the correct spelling of 40,000 commonly misspelled words. Word Check is a compact thesaurus that discusses 3,000 synonyms in easy-to-read paragraphs. The American Heritage Abbreviations Dictionary, Third…

Bitter with Baggage

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Work out with Sloane Tanen's embittered chenille chicks on the cover of this lined journal, as little Maude attempts to take an overcrowded yoga class without losing her inner tranquility. This attractive full-sized journal (6 3/4 x 9 inches closed) features ruled white pages with extra space at the top and bottom, in a laminated cover with a magnetic flap closure, pocket, and ribbon marker.

Hawkes Kevin: Owl and Raccoon Journal

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: An owl and a raccoon are engaged in earnest conversation in the moonlight, on the cover of this journal, while moths and other night insects look on. This slim, medium-format book has vividly colored and patterned spines and endpapers, and features pastel tinted pages — lined on the right-hand side and blank on the left.

Travel Notebook

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: 16 perforated airmail letters, 16 colourful stickers to seal your letter featuring the Taj Mahal, the Eiffel Tower, binoculars, laden cars, aeroplanes etc., space for 48 names, addresses, phone and emails of your closest friends and relatives, blank pages for your sketches complete with space for date and location of your journey. On quality bright white paper, here is a daily log to note the…

Laughinghouse Amy: The Orvis Book of Cabins

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: This lavishly illustrated volume celebrates one of the world's best-loved forms of rustic architecture — the cabin. The ultimate in escapism, the log cabin — whether functional or sophisticated — has the power to make us feel at home yet close to nature. The Orvis Book of Cabins is a compelling illustrated tour of more than twenty cabins, both large and small, rustic and sophisticated. Some have…

Frost Dr David: Frost/Nixon: Behind the Scenes of the Nixon Interviews

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Following the resounding success of the eponymous West End and Broadway hit play, Frost/Nixon tells the extraordinary story of how Sir David Frost pursued and landed the biggest fish of his career — and how the series drew larger audiences than any news interview ever had in the United States, before being shown all over the world. This is Frost's absorbing story of his pursuit of Richard Nixon,…

O'Brian Patrick: The Far Side of the World

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Now these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback by Harper Perennial with stunning new jackets. It is still the War of 1812. Patrick O'Brian takes his hero Jack Aubrey and his tetchy, sardonic friend Stephen Maturin on a voyage as fascinating as anything he has…

Jacot de Boinod Adam: Toujours Tingo: Extraordinary Words to Change the Way We See the World

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Did you know, that in Germany a young man with suspiciously good manners is called Tantenverf rhrer (literally, aunt seducer), that in Namibia there is a word for walking on tiptoe through warm sand or that, in Welsh, gwarlingo is the rushing sound a grandfather clock makes before striking the hour. Whether you are physiggomai (Ancient Greek — excited by eating garlic) or knedlikovy (Czech —…

Pratchett Terry: Wintersmith

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: When Tiffany Aching — young witch — steps into a dance she shouldn't, the spirit of winter falls in love with her. He gives her roses and icebergs, says it with avalanches and showers her with snowflakes — and suddenly winter is all around her. All the time. With the help of the Nac Mac Feegle, first met in The Wee Free Men, and a bit of advice from witches Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg,…