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Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Justine Picardie has spent the last decade puzzling over the truth about Coco Chanel, attempting to peel away the accretions of romance and lies. In this full-scale biography we finally discover the history of the incredible woman who created the way we look now. Coco Chanel was an extraordinary inventor — she conjured up the little black dress, bobbed hair, trousers for women, contemporary chic,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable and quiet life. His contentment is disturbed one day when the wizard, Gandalf, and the dwarves arrive to take him away on an adventure. Smaug certainly looked fast asleep, when Bilbo peeped once more from the entrance. He was just about to step out on to the floor when he caught a sudden thin ray of red from under the drooping lid of Smaug's left…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Potent poisons and deadly rivalries in this glamorous thriller. Jim and Millie Hunter have it all: good looks, brilliant minds, and a meteoric rise to fame. Dr Jim Hunter is a genius biochemist, and author of a smash-hit science book that is propelling him to the top. His wife Millie, is a blonde bombshell and fellow scientist, researching rare poisons derived from puffer fish. They seem to have…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Ten incredible trips into the unknown await you... Blast off with: 'Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo' an all-new and exclusive tale from Rick Riordan; 'A Day in the Life' by award-winning author/illustrator Shaun Tan; 'Rise of the RoboShoes' by Tom Angleberger of Origami Yoda fame And many more weird and wonderful stories by legendary writer Ray Bradbury, Newbery medalist Rebecca Stead,…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 156 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 424) Аннотация: Heartbreaking and uplifting, Me and You is a story about how hard it is to leave our old selves behind, the tough choices we sometimes have to make and how love and friendship can heal the most damaged of hearts. I'm fine. I'm sorry. Please take care of him for me. And maybe one day I'll get to explain. Angie knows a lot about her best friend Kitty. She knows Kitty is mad and wild and loves to…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable and quiet life. His contentment is disturbed one day when the wizard, Gandalf, and the dwarves arrive to take him away on an adventure. Smaug certainly looked fast asleep, when Bilbo peeped once more from the entrance. He was just about to step out on to the floor when he caught a sudden thin ray of red from under the drooping lid of Smaug's left…

Скачать книгу (размер 340 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 68) Аннотация: A curriculum-supportive Primary World Atlas for children aged 7-11 years (Key Stage 2). Designed for use in the classroom or at home, this revised edition includes informative politically coloured reference mapping of all major world regions.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: A hilarious field guide to the world's most remarkable and unusual creatures: the English Thanks to television documentaries by Bruce Parry and David Attenborough, we are better acquainted with the hunting rituals of the San bushmen and the mating habits of Papua New Guinean tribes than we are with the everyday lives of the strangest species of them all — the English. In Life on England, Sunday…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 748 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 344) Аннотация: The sixth Odd Thomas thriller from the master storyteller. Our reluctant hero is drawn once more into a strange encounter with the lingering dead. Later that morning, when I walked downtown to buy blue jeans and a few pairs of socks, I met a guy who offered to neuter me with a .45 pistol. In a sinister encounter with a rogue truck driver, Odd — who has the gift of seeing the dead and the…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 592) Аннотация: Star Product Designers offers an insider's look at the best product designers working today. With the goal of eliminating the need for instruction manuals, every designer in this book endeavors to create products that are user-friendly, efficient, and beautiful. Perfect for both the amateur designer as well as the most accomplished-and anyone else in between — this comprehensive compendium…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 845 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 363) Аннотация: S. J. Watson makes his powerful debut with Before I Go to Sleep, a compelling, fast-paced psychological thriller, reminiscent of Shutter Island and Memento, in which an amnesiac who, following a mysterious accident, cannot remember her past or form new memories, desperately tries to uncover the truth about who she is — and who she can trust.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: An earthquake in Masada, Israel, kills hundreds and reveals a tomb buried in the heart of the mountain. A trio of investigators-Sergeant Jordan Stone, a military forensic expert; Father Rhun Korza, a Vatican priest; and Dr, Erin Granger, a brilliant but disillusioned archaeologist-are sent to explore the macabre discovery, a subterranean temple holding the crucified body of a mummified girl. But…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: For the first time, Lauren Oliver's short stories about characters in the Delirium world appear in print. Originally published as digital novellas, Hana, Annabel, and Raven each center around a fascinating and complex character who adds important information to the series and gives it greater depth. This collection also includes an excerpt from Requiem, the final novel in Oliver's New York Times…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Discworld's only demonology hacker, Eric, is about to make life very difficult for the rest of Ankh-Morpork's denizens. This would-be Faust is very bad... at his work, that is. All he wants is to fulfill three little wishes: to live forever, to be master of the universe, and to have a stylin' hot babe. But Eric isn't even good at getting his own way. Instead of a powerful demon, he conjures,…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 135 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 420) Аннотация: Where do you run to when your life has fallen apart? Lucy Jorik is a champ at never embarrassing the family she adores — not surprising since her mother is one of the most famous women in the world. But now Lucy has done just that. And on her wedding day, no less, to the most perfect man shes ever known. Instead of saying I do to Mr. Irresistible, Lucy flees the church in an ill-fitting blue…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: The bestselling author of The Madonnas of Leningrad returns with a breathtaking novel of love, madness, and devotion set against the extravagant royal court of eighteenth-century St. Petersburg. Born to a Russian family of lower nobility, Xenia, an eccentric dreamer who cares little for social conventions, falls in love with Andrei, a charismatic soldier and singer in the Empress's Imperial…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: The uplifting and thoughtful novel from the uniquely talented author. Everyone has a story to tell... Kitty Logan has lost her way... As a journalist, she's spent the past few years chasing the big scoops — no matter the consequences. When she makes a terrible mistake, she finds herself mired in scandal, her career implodes and even her personal relationships are tested to the limit. At a loss,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: The eleventh Discworld novel. 'Death has to happen. That's what bein' alive is all about. You're alive, and then you're dead. It can't just stop happening'. But it can. And it has. So what happens after death is now less of a philosophical question than a question of actual reality. On the disc, as here, they need death. If Death doesn't come for you, then what are you supposed to do in the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 901 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 374) Аннотация: Rachel Gibson, New York Times bestselling author of Rescue Me, returns to Texas with a tale of what happens when a tough guy meets his match — and falls harder than a ton of red-hot bricks. There's nothing like fleeing Miami to ruin a girl's day. Stella Leon's bartending gig was going fine until gorgeous ex-Marine Beau Junger decked her mob-connected boss, spirited her out of the city, and…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 385 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 469) Аннотация: New York Times bestselling author Tilly Bagshawe, who delivered the late beloved author's brilliance in Sidney Sheldon's After the Darkness, is back with a stunning tale of duplicity and vengeance in Sidney Sheldon's The Tides of Memory. The members of the formidable and captivating De Vere family of London live enviable lives in the world's most powerful and desirable places, from London's…