Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: After being abducted by aliens — not once, but twice — a stuffy Washington D.C. talk-show host demands that Congress and the White House seriously investigate UFOs, while friends and family urge him to seek therapy before he ruins his reputation for good. A comic tour de force from the author of»Wry Martinis.»
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Immerse yourself in an electrifying reading experience like no other — international bestselling author Paulo Coelho's «The Fifth Mountain.» A stunning novel in the tradition of the highly acclaimed «The Alchemist, « this is Coelho's daring retelling of the prophet Elijah. During the chaos of the ninth century B.C., Jezebel, wife to Israel's ruler, orders the execution of all prophets who refuse…
Скачать книгу (размер 126 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 26) Аннотация: I can do it! is the confidence-building message of this fun-filled interactive picture book. A variety of familiar animals, depicted in colorful collages, invites young children to copy their antics as they wiggle, stomp, thump, and bend across the strikingly designed pages.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 635 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 518) Аннотация: Why did Abraham Lincoln sneak into Washington for his inauguration? Was the Gettysburg Address written on the back of an envelope? Where did the Underground Railroad run? Can you answer these questions? If not, you're not alone New York Times-bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis comes to the rescue, deftly sorting out the players, the politics, the key events — Emancipation and Reconstruction,…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: The tough neighborhood of Dorchester is no place for the innocent or the weak. A territory defined by hard heads and even harder luck, its streets are littered with the detritus of broken families, hearts, dreams. Now, one of its youngest is missing. Private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro don't want the case. But after pleas from the child's aunt, they open an investigation that…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 516) Аннотация: A dread darkness is descending upon a great land called Midkemia-a powerful and malevolent race of monsters that has slipped through a hole in the dimensions. And two unlikely young heroes-a bastard heir denied his birthright and an irrepressible scoundrel with a penchant for thievery-must take up arms in the struggle to protect their besieged world; two friends chosen by Destiny to stand at the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Sharpe and Patrick Harper set sail for Chile in order to track down a friend gone missing. As a favor to Napoleon, they carry a seemingly harmless gift with them — one that embroils them in a web of conspiracy and danger.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: The «Washington Post» has hailed «Sharpe's Battle» as a book that «combines those strengths that have come to characterize Bernard Cornwell's fiction — immaculate historical reconstruction and the ability to tell a ripping yarn».
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe's Fortress — the stunning successor to Sharpe's Tiger and Sharpe's Triumph — marks the explosive finale in Richard Sharpe's trio of unforgettable adventures in India. Richard Sharpe, now an officer in Wellesley's army, faces a battle of a different kind-this time among his own ranks. Uncomfortable with his newfound authority and unwilling colleagues, Sharpe is relegated…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: In a battery of events that will make a hero out of an illiterate private, a young Richard Sharpe poses as the enemy to bring down a ruthless Indian dictator backed by fearsome French troops. The year is 1799, and Richard Sharpe is just beginning his military career. An inexperienced young private in His Majesty's service, Sharpe becomes part of an expedition to India to push the ruthless Tippoo…
Скачать книгу (размер 218 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 44) Аннотация: This beloved Eric Carle classic returns once again in a colorful new board book format. For generations, The Grouchy Ladybug has delighted readers of all ages with the story of a bad-tempered bug who won't say please or thank you, won't share, and thinks she is bigger and better than anyone else. As children follow the Grouchy Ladybug on her journey, they will learn the important concepts of…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 829 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 752) Аннотация: From the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns as pretenders to the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms prepare to stake their claims. As a prophecy of doom cuts across the sky — a comet the colour of blood and flame — five factions struggle for control of a divided land. Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, the price of…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Set in the Middle East during the turbulent 9th century, this text tells the story of Elijah who, at 23, faces both lost earthly love and the ultimate trial of shaken faith — doubt about the very existence of God. Published in over 100 countries, translated into 42 different languages, with over 21 million copies of his books sold internationally, Paulo Coelho can truly claim to be one of the…
Скачать книгу (размер 6 521 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1280) Аннотация: “Fantasy of a superior order.” — Washington Post Book World “A storyteller without peer. He created worlds as colorful and exotic and memorable as any our genre has ever seen.” — George R.R. Martin One of the most revered names in sf and fantasy, the incomparable Roger Zelazny was honored with numerous prizes- including six Hugo and three Nebula Awards—over the course of his legendary career.…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 372) Аннотация: Prim and proper Juliet Rose Astor Lowell doesn't want her body guarded by anyone while she's in New Orleans for the grand opening of Daddy's new hotel — especially not by consummate macho cop Beau Dupree. He's just too big, too pushy, too virile, too...everything! His shameless, hungry-eyed gaze shakes her carefully cultivated decorum like no one ever has, but Juliet is a Lowell — and there's no…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Sir Claud Amory’s revolutionary new formula for a powerful explosive is stolen. Locking his house-guests in the library, Sir Claud switches off the lights to allow the thief to replace the formula, no questions asked. When the lights come on, he is dead, and Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings have to unravel a tangle of family feuds, old flames and suspicious foreigners to find the killer and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: A young woman in love with a man torn between his love for her and his incorrigible womanizing; one of his mistresses and her humbly faithful lover — these are the two couples whose story is told in this masterful novel. In a world in which lives are shaped by irrevocable choices and by fortuitous events, a world in which everything occurs but once, existence seems to lose its substance, its…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Based on the true story, this is the tale of the 18th Century Irish giant, Charles O’Brien. He was exhibited in London and eventually dissected by the surgeon Charles Hunter, and his bones hang to this day in the Hunterian Museum in Lincoln’s Inn Field. Charles O’Brien, bard and giant. The cynical are moved by his flights of romance; the craven stirred by his tales of epic deeds. But what of his…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: The second collection of short stories from the highly acclaimed author of the novels ‘The Mysteries of Pittsburgh’ and ‘Wonder Boys’. There are the two boys of the title story, locked in their own world of fantasy and make-believe, reaching out to each other to survive the terrible prospect of fatherlessness. ‘House Hunting’ shows us the grim spectacle of a couple whose marriage is in its death…
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Paddington visits the Spring carnival in Little Venice. It's Springtime again and Mr Gruber is taking Paddington down to the canal to join in the fun at the Spring Carnival. Hoping to win a boat ride for two, the friends enter the Busy Bee Adventure Trail. Paddington soon discovers that he's very good at spotting things beginning with the letter B, but it seems that he's not the only one with his…