Скачать книгу (размер 4 997 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 981) Аннотация: For ten years Fraa Erasmas, a young avout, has lived in a cloistered sanctuary for mathematicians, scientists, and philosophers, protected from the corrupting influences of the outside world. But before the week is out, both the existence he abandoned and the one he embraced will stand poised on the brink of cataclysmic change and Erasmas will become a major player in a drama that will determine…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 661 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 327) Аннотация: For 17-year-old actress Kelley Winslow, faeries are from childhood stories. Then she meets Sonny Flannery, who guards the Samhain Gate that connects the mortal realm with the Faerie's enchanted, dangerous Otherworld. Kelley's eyes soon are opening not just to the Faerie that surround her but to the heritage that awaits her.
Скачать книгу (размер 590 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 117) Аннотация: Newbery Medalist Gaiman and illustrator Helquist team up for a new fantasy novella in which a young boy must free Asgard — the city of the gods — from the evil Frost Giants.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 819 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 358) Аннотация: Revisiting the paranormal realms they've made famous in their popular fiction, «New York Times» — bestselling authors Kim Harrison, Jeaniene Frost, Vicki Pettersson, and Jocelynn Drake — plus YA author Melissa Marr with her first adult work — unleash their full arsenal of dark talents.
Скачать книгу (размер 315 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 63) Аннотация: A funny and informative look at the nation's presidents, this revised editionincludes brand-new information about the 2009 president-elect.
Скачать книгу (размер 3 584 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 704) Аннотация: Danny Coughlin is Boston Police Department royalty and the son of one of the city's most beloved and powerful police captains. His beat is the predominately Italian neighbourhoods of the North End where political dissent is in the air — fresh and intoxicating. On the hunt for hard-line radicals as a favour to his father, Danny is drawn into the ideological fray and finds his loyalties compromised…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: Thirty-four-year-old Sandy Shortt has made it her life's ambition to search for all the missing things in life. It started with the disappearance of her class mate Jenny-May, back when they were both ten. Since then it has become an obsession — from the single sock that comes out of the dryer, missing its mate, to the people who leave for work one morning never to return to their loved ones.&…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: It seems excessive... but that doesn't mean it didn't happen. Saul " Slash" Hudson was born in Hampstead to a Jewish father, an album cover artist, and a black American mother of Nigerian descent, who created David Bowie's look in The Man Who Fell to Earth. He was raised in Stoke until he was 11, when he and his mother moved to LA. Frequent visitors to the house were David Bowie, Joni…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 207 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 434) Аннотация: An explosion rips through New York City's Grand Central Station one morning, destroying the train Karen Friedman's husband, a successful hedge fund manager, is riding in to work. Days later, with many bodies still unidentifiable, Karen resigns herself to the awful truth: her husband of eighteen years is dead. On that same day, a suspicious hit-and-run accident leaves a young man dead in Karen's…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: They call him the Devil, the most notorious laird in all of Scotland. But Cullen, the new Larid of Donnachaidh, pays them no heed. He cares only about the survival of his clan, and for that, he needs a wife. He wants someone stout to bear him sons. He wants a pliable woman who wouldn't question his dictates. He wants a passionate woman to warm his bed... one out of three isn't bad. Evelinde has…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 839 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 558) Аннотация: From the co-creator of the bestselling Animorphs comes a gripping new series in which everyone disappears in an flash on the day they turn 15. It's a terrifying new world, and time is running out.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: A sequel to her beloved bestselling book, «Paula», Isabel Allende's new memoir is the inspirational story of a remarkable woman-mother, step-mother, grandmother, wife and lover, fiercely loyal friend, and dedicated writer-and of the unusual extended family Allende creates after the tragic loss of her daughter Paula.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 600 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 315) Аннотация: The long-awaited paperback edition of FREAKONOMICS, with a new preface, additional material, and an exclusive Q &A with Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner.»9780061956270 KurztextIn the summer of 2003, the New York Times Magazine sent Stephen J. Dubner, an author and journalist, to write a profile of Steven D. Levitt, a heralded young economist at the University of Chicago. Levitt was not remotely…
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Nancy's class is going on a trip to the museum, and Nancy wants to be extra fancy for the occasion. After a bumpy bus ride, she doesn't feel very well. Luckily for Nancy, her teacher, Ms. Glass, has a few fancy tricks of her own. Nothing can keep Nancy from making this trip magnifique! (That's a fancy French word for great!)
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: The Frankenstein story is updated to the 21st century by the great American storyteller Dean Koontz. Now someone new is playing god. Frankenstein lives! And so too does his monstrous creation but this creature of legend is a monster no more, except in appearance. The scars he bears from his maker's wrath have been disguised with tattooes, but he has only half a face. His name is Deucalion.…
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Join the movement Combining the core elements of running, jumping, and climbing with the discipline of the martial artist, the grace of the gymnast, and the virtuosity of the skateboarder, parkour — or freerunning — is more than simply an elegant noncompetitive sport. It's an art form, a philosophy promoting fitness, imagination, community spirit, and ethical, healthy living. The Parkour and…
Скачать книгу (размер 116 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 24) Аннотация: Nancy has an exciting Halloween party to attend with her friend. Nancy gets fancy in a very special costume for the big event, in this new storybook that comes with a full page of glamorous stickers and a punch-out door sign.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 404) Аннотация: Charmain Baker is in over her head. Looking after Great-Uncle William's tiny cottage while he's ill should have been easy. But Great-Uncle William is better known as the Royal Wizard Norland, and his house bends space and time. Its single door leads to any number of places — the bedrooms, the kitchen, the caves under the mountains, the past, and the Royal Mansion, to name just a few. By opening…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 539 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 303) Аннотация: The magic of the Christmas season is brought to life with favorite Disney characters in the second edition of this popular title. Join Cinderella, Mickey Mouse, Ariel, Pinocchio, plus new stories with Nemo and the gang from Toy Story, and over a dozen more Disney characters in festive holiday tales. Each story has been updated and given a fresh look with both spot and full-page art throughout.…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Scale: 1:17,500 (3.6 inches to 1 mile). Full colour street level map of a large area of central London, bound in an attractive card cover. Ideal for tourists. MAIN FEATURES This attractive tourist map, presented in a durable card cover, has clear full colour mapping at 3.6 inches to 1 mile. It has a wealth of detail, showing colour-coded land use information in addition to the intricate named…