Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Welcome to the world of infographics! This exciting form of data visualisation uses icons, pictograms and graphics to present information to kids in a whole new way. Marvel at the science behind the human anatomy, genetics, diseases, reproduction and our senses — all visualised in beautifully designed infographics.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Summer, 1944. As Allied soldiers prepare to land in France, Marc and his friends must destroy a battalion of German tanks that could halt the invasion in its tracks. The tide of war has turned against the Nazis, but desperation has made them more brutal than ever. Henderson's Boys' final mission will be their most dangerous. With food and weapons in short supply, survival is the biggest challenge…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Sooz, a 13 yr old girl from Surrey has become the Dark Mistress of Dirk's otherworldly kingdom, the Darklands. Thanks to the Ring of Power given to her by Dirk, his minions recognize her as their ruler. Sooz immediately sets about redecorating Dirk's Dark Tower to the taste of a young girl. But Sooz has to face her toughest challenge when an army of fanatical paladins and orcs gather to march…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Abby's memories are her most precious thing. Even though they're sometimes painful, she can't stop herself looking back, reliving the love of her life. Until a freak accident means that she could lose it all: every memory and experience she has ever had. Abby can't believe it's true. She feels fine. She is fine. How could she possibly forget all those moments that make her who she is? She's…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: The thrilling history of the turning point of the Second World War, when Hitler's armies were halted on the Eastern Front At the moment of crisis in 1941 on the Eastern front, with the forces of Hitler massing on the outskirts of Moscow, the miraculous occurred: Moscow was saved. Yet this turning point was followed by a long retreat, in which Russian forces, inspired by old beliefs in the sacred…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, grifters, and misfits — the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth — a second-rate travelling circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. Jacob, a veterinary student who almost earned his degree, is put in…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 304 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 453) Аннотация: Is it possible to fully know anyone? Even those we love the most? What tips someone over the edge to commit a crime? For a Nebraska farmer, the turning point comes when his wife threatens to sell off the family homestead.A cozy mystery writer plots a savage revenge after a brutal encounter with a stranger.Harry Streeter gets the chance to cure himself from illness — if he agrees to impose misery…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 404) Аннотация: Doesn't every girl dream of getting... something from Tiffany's? On 5th Avenue in New York City, two very different men are shopping for gifts for the women they love. Gary is buying his girlfriend Rachel a charm bracelet. Partly to thank her for paying for their holiday-of-a-lifetime to New York. But mainly because he's left his shopping far too late. Whereas Ethan's looking for something a…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: In a jazz bar on the last night of 1937, watching a quartet because she couldn't afford to see the whole ensemble, there were certain things Katey Kontent knew: the location of every old church in Manhattan how to sneak into the cinema how to type eighty words a minute, five thousand an hour, and nine million a year and that if you can still lose yourself in the first chapter of a Dickens novel…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 421 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 476) Аннотация: Thousands will die. It is not known where, or how, or who is behind the threat. 007 is given carte blanche to do anything necessary to protect his country, but there is no blank slate when innocent lives are at stake. The only suspects are career killers with no care for civilian victims. Bond must find out who is paying them, what they plan, and stop them. And he has five days to do it.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: Fifth century Britain is a country of chaos and division after the Roman withdrawal. This is the world of young Merlin, the illegitimate child of a South Wales princess who will not reveal to her son his father's true identity. Yet Merlin is an extraordinary child, aware at the earliest age that he possesses a great natural gift — the Sight. Against a background of invasion and imprisonment, wars…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: With the great sword Caliburn in his hand and Merlin the enchanter at his side, Arthur comes out of hiding to claim the crown he was born to wear. Merlin, Arthur's protector, sees the glories and horrors that await the new king... and to save him Merlin musters all his power to weave one last enchantment. He is showing signs of age and he gradually realises he is losing his powers of prophecy and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Stephen Fry's secret wife speaks out at last... Enjoyed a nice cuppa this morning with a HobNob and Jeremy Kyle. There was a woman on there who'd been married 16 years without realising her husband was gay. Extraordinary! Which reminds me, it's our 16th anniversary in a few weeks. What a coincidence. Stephen Fry — actor, writer, raconteur and wit. Cerebral and sophisticated, a true Renaissance…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: The latest mystery novel from Brandreth, featuring Oscar Wilde and Arthur Conan Doyle as sleuths. Oscar and Arthur must penetrate the innermost circle of the Catholic Church to solve a macabre mystery. The series is being developed for TV by Stephen Fry's Sprout Pictures. 'A cast of historical characters to die for' «Sunday Times».
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Welcome to Walls of Water, North Carolina, a place where secrets run thicker than the town's famous fog. Once upon a time, Willa Jackson's family owned the beautiful house on the top of the ridge. Now it symbolises her family's ruin and a legacy Willa longs to escape from. Paxton Osgood also yearns to break free, especially from her parents' expectations, and the heartbreak of unrequited love.…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: In February 1943, German forces surrendered to the Red Army at Stalingrad and the tide of war turned. By May 1945 Soviet soldiers had stormed Berlin and brought down Hitler's regime. Total War follows the fortunes of these fighters as they liberated Russia and the Ukraine from the Nazi invader and fought their way into the heart of the Reich. It reveals the horrors they experienced — the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Twenty years have passed since Stefan Salvatore last saw his brother, Damon. Now, living in a remote town in England, Stefan is finally able to start over. But when news from London reaches Stefan of a brutal killer on the loose, who goes by Jack the Ripper, Stefan suspects that the murders are the work of a vampire... his brother. Full of dark shadows and surprising twists, the fourth book in…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Set in an international high school in Paris, YOU DESERVE NOTHING is told in three voices: that of Will, a charismatic young teacher who brings ideas alive in the classroom in a way that profoundly affects his students; Gilad, one of Will's students who has grown up behind compound walls in places like Dakar and Dubai, and for whom Paris and Will's senior seminar are the first heady tastes of…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: A year of bones, of grave-dirt, relentless work. Of mummified corpses and chanting priests. A year of rape, suicide, sudden death. Of friendship too. Of desire. Of love... A year unlike any other he has lived. Deep in the heart of Paris, its oldest cemetery is, by 1785, overflowing, tainting the very breath of those who live nearby. Into their midst comes Jean-Baptiste Baratte, a young,…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 635 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 518) Аннотация: A legendary ruin. An ancient mystery. Will unveiling the past transform the future? In San Francisco, Madeline Moretti is grieving the sudden death of her fiance. Nothing brings her joy; not her family, her beloved apartment, nor the job she once treasured, where she fights for the rights of workers betrayed by a callous employer. Maddie's grandmother, a fiery Italian who feels a fierce…