Скачать книгу (размер 1 258 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 248) Аннотация: Mister В. Gone marks the long-awaited return of Give Barker, the great master of the macabre, to the classic horror story. This bone-chilling now a medieval devil speaks directly to Mrs reader — his tone murderous one moment the next — is a never-before-published memoir allegedly penned in the year 1438. The demon has embedded himself in the very words of this tale of terror, turning the book…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: In de los Santos' second novel («Love Walked In», 2006) having moved out of New York City after the double whammy of a miscarriage and 9/11, Cornelia finds herself a shunned outsider among the community's perfect blond matrons. Particularly unwelcoming is her tightly wound neighbour Piper, who is as sharp-tongued as she is judgmental about fashion, flowers and childrearing. Cornelia does begin a…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: The heartwarming and unforgettable story of a family in the making and the wondrously neurotic dog who taught them what really matters in life. John and Jenny were young and in love, with a perfect little house and not a care in the world. Then they brought home Marley, a wiggly yellow furball of a puppy—and their life would never be the same. Marley quickly grew into a barreling,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 156 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 228) Аннотация: When Amy Klasse loses her TV job to a dancing chicken, handsome veterinarian Jake Elliott rescues her with an offer to be his receptionist. Jake just can't resist a damsel in distress, and Amy certainly doesn't mind Jake's charming sincerity. Then suddenly the job-stealing chicken disappears and Amy is suspected of foul play. Amy and Jake search for clues to prove her innocence. But will Jake be…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: The United States government is given a warning by the pre-eminent biophysicists in the country: current sterilization procedures applied to returning space probes may be inadequate to guarantee uncontaminated re-entry to the atmosphere. Two years later, seventeen satellites are sent into the outer fringes of space to «collect organisms and dust for study». One of them falls to earth, landing in…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Lavish wealth and appalling poverty live side by side in Victorian London—and Edward Pierce easily navigates both worlds. Rich, handsome, and ingenious, he charms the city's most prominent citizens even as he plots the crime of his century, the daring theft of a fortune in gold. But even Pierce could not predict the consequences of an extraordinary robbery that targets the pride of England's…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: »The Dracula Dossier» tells the story of the Irish novelist, Bram Stoker's encounter with and conquest of Jack the Ripper-events which pass from the all-too-real into the fictive, and foreshadow Stoker's later «Dracula». Trouncing from Manhattan to London's West End and Whitechapel, from Dublin to a ritualistic denouement in Edinburgh, this sweeping, magnificent novel is a suspenseful trip into…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: At the centre of Francine Prose's profoundly moving new novel is a young girl facing the consequences of sudden loss after the death of her sister. As her parents drift towards their own risky consolations, thirteen-year-old Nico is left alone to grope towards understanding and clarity, falling into a seductive, dangerous relationship with her sister's enigmatic boyfriend. Over one haunted…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: In this captivating New York Times bestseller, beloved author Gregory Maguire returns to the land ofOz and introduces us to Liir, an adolescent boy last seen hiding in the shadows of the castle after Dorothy did in the Witch. Bruised, comatose, and left for dead in a gully, Liir is shattered in spirit as well as in form. At the Cloister of Saint Glinda the silent novice Candle tends to him,…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: The cow. The world's most industrious animal. A beast central to the existence of mankind since the beginning of time, not only as a source of sustenance, but also as an economic measure, a labor resource, and even a religious icon. So how did it come to occupy the sorry state it does today-more factory product than animal? In this fascinating book, Andrew Rimas and Evan Fraser answer that…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Drought, plague, and war have left the Isle of the Mighty battered and its heart, the beloved Arthur, grievously injured—until a secret relic is brought before the dying KIng; a Holy Grail that heals his wounds and restores his vigor. But soon evil enters the royal court in the guise of a beautiful maiden; a soulless, malevolent force capable of seducing the King's loyal champion, confounding the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 697 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 334) Аннотация: The author of the #1 bestselling «The Day Diana Died» draws on important sources — many talking here for the first time — to reveal the truths behind the tabloid headlines and to answer provocative questions about her now-grown sons.
Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Out of print for 15 years, this classic by the author of «The Stainless SteelRat» is available once again. Reissue.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: The organization responsible for producing nine world-renowned awards competitions, New York Festivals′ mission is to showcase the world's newest and most exciting ideas in advertising-the best of which are presented in this book. This perennially successful compilation contains full-color photographs of award-winning work from newspapers, magazines, billboards, web sites, and point of sale…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Written in the early days of the Soviet Unionand using examples from Mark Twain, H.G. Wells, Charles Darwin, and their Russian counterpartsthis lively bestseller from the 1930s is filled with answers to basic questions about physics.
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Sandy Shortt has been obsessed about where missing things — and people — end up ever since the disappearance of a childhood friend twenty years ago. It has even motivated her to become a private investigator, attempting to track down missing loved ones and giving devastated families hope. So when she finds herself one of the missing people, stuck in a strange place with people who vanished into…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Preparations are underway in New York for an exclusive gala hosted by the city's wealthy, powerful Blue Bloods. But it is an after-party masquerade where true danger lurks, and a young vampire's destiny is changed.
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: When the goddess Artemis goes missing, she is believed to have been kidnapped. And now it's up to Percy and his friends to find out what happened. Who is powerful enough to kidnap a goddess? They must find Artemis before the winter solstice, when her influence on the Olympian Council could swing an important vote on the war with the titans. Not only that, but first Percy will have to solve the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: »Healthcare Spaces 4» showcases impressive new work by some of the leading architects and interior designers serving the nation's health care institutions. More than 40 design firms present 150-plus projects with over 700 color images in this 300-page book. Health care administrators, physicians, medical planners, and their architects and interior designers will find this an excellent way to…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: In this compelling collection of short stories, bestselling author Michael Chabon explores adolescent desire, love, friendship and fatherhood – moving across this powerful emotional ground with subtlety and incisiveness. Written with wryness, whimsy, and intellectual depth, this is a collection of eleven wonderful stories of growing up and growing wise. In ‘S Angel’ a group of wedding guests is…