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Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Join young Jack as he climbs a giant beanstalk to a magic castle in the clouds. Meet a hen that lays golden eggs and a harp that sings by itself. And don't forget the ogre. A classic fairy tale with a vigorous look that will leave you chanting «Fee-fi-fo-fum!»

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Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Girls, memory, parenting, millennial fear — all served Coupland-style. Karen, an attractive, popular student, goes into a coma one night in 1979. Whilst in it, she gives birth to a healthy baby daughter; once out of it, a mere eighteen years later, she finds herself, Rip van Winkle-like, a middle-aged mother whose friends have all gone through all the normal marital, social and political traumas…

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Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: When beautiful, star basketball player Kristina Kim is found murdered in the snow, Spencer OMalley, the young detective who had fallen in love with her, has to investigate the crime. What he finds is a life more mysterious than her death.

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: This is a brand new revised edition of the best-selling graphic novel based on the enchanting prelude to «The Lord of the Rings». First published in 1990, David Wenzel's comic book adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's «The Hobbit» was an immediate success and has become one of the best-loved graphic novels of the last 20 years. «The Hobbit» is the story of Bilbo Baggins, a quiet and contented hobbit…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Discover the Celtic Circle of Belonging John O'Donohue, poet, philosopher, and scholar, guides you through the spiritual landscape of the Irish imagination. In Anam Cara, Gaelic for «soul friend», the ancient teachings, stories, and blessings of Celtic wisdom provide such profound insights on the universal themes of friendship, solitude, love, and death as: — Light is generous — The human heart…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Georgeanne Howard leaves her fiancé at the altar when she realizes she can't marry a man old enough to be her grandfather, no matter how rich he is. Hockey superstar John Kowalsky unknowingly helps her escape, and only when it's too late does he realize that he's absconded with his boss's bride. This bad boy isn't looking to be anybody's savior but his own. Still, a long night stretches…