Скачать книгу (размер 2 849 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 560) Аннотация: Just after sunset, as darkness grips the imagination, is the time when you feel the unexpected creep into the every day. As familiar journeys take a different turn, ordinary objects assume extraordinary powers. A blind intruder visits a dying man — and saves his life, with a kiss. A woman receives a phone call from her husband. Her late husband. In the emotional aftermath of her baby's sudden…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: A collection of tales to invade and paralyse the mind as the safe light of day is infiltrated by the shadows of the night.As you read, the clutching fingers of terror brush lightly across the nape of the neck, reach round from behind to clutch and lock themselves, white-knuckled, around the throat. This is the horror of ordinary people and everyday objects that become strangely altered; a world…
Скачать книгу (размер 5 134 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1008) Аннотация: At midnight comes the point of balance. Of danger. The instant of utter stillness when between two beats of the heart, an alternative reality can slip through, like a blade between the ribs, and switch you into a new and terrifying world. FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT: four heart-stopping accounts of that moment when the familiar world fractures beyond sense, the fragments spinning away from the desperate,…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 502 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 688) Аннотация: In this classic collection of four novellas, the grand master takes you on irrestistible journeys into the far reaches of horror, heartache and hope. Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption is the story of two men convicted of murder — one guilty, one innocent — who form the perfect partnership as they dream up a scheme to escape from prison. In Apt Pupil a golden schoolboy entices an old man with…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Every charm bracelet tells a story and Holly O'Neill knows this better than most. Years ago, at a difficult time in her life, a silver bracelet in a pretty wrapped box was delivered anonymously to her, a single charm attached. Some time later, another mysterious charm appeared, and the same thing happened many times over the years. Each charm proved to be significant in her life, as if her…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Five years ago, Nicky was on holiday with a group of friends when her best friend Grace was brutally murdered. No one was ever charged with this terrible crime and Nicky in her grief sought solace in the arms of Grace's widower. They're now married but he is often out of the country for work, and when Nicky meets Adam, who is young, good-looking and obviously interested, she's tempted. But what…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 131 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 223) Аннотация: In INSIDE APPLE, Adam Lashinsky provides readers with an insight on leadership and innovation. He introduces Apple business concepts like the 'DRI' (Apple's practice of assigning a Directly Responsible Individual to every task) and the Top 100 (an annual event where that year's top 100 up-and-coming executives are surreptitiously transported to a secret retreat with company founder Steve Jobs).…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: In the depths of the Maine woods, the wreckage of an aeroplane is discovered. There are no bodies, and no such plane has ever been reported missing, but men both good and evil have been seeking it for a long, long time. What the wreckage conceals is more important than money: it is power. Hidden in the plane is a list of names, a record of those who have struck a deal with the Devil. Now a battle…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: Tom Sagan is staring down the barrel of a gun. He has lost everything he ever loved: his job, his wife, his daughter, his reputation.What hurts most is that he knows his Pulitzer Prize-winning career as a journalist was sabotaged. He was set up, but he can't prove it. They — whoever they are — have beaten him. So he decides to end his life. But before he can pull the trigger, an enigmatic…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 849 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 560) Аннотация: Nothing is quite as it seems.Expect the unexpected in this veritable treasure trove of enthralling, witty, dark tales that could only come from the imagination of the greatest storyteller of our time.In this eerie, enchanting compilation, Stephen King takes readers down a road less travelled (for good reason) in the blockbuster e-book 'Riding the Bullet'. Terror becomes deja vu all over again…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: When Luke Warren is involved in a car accident which leaves him in a coma, his family are gathered together against the odds; they face an impossible dilemma. His daughter Cara is praying for a miracle: she will fight everything and everyone to save her father's life. His son Edward can't imagine that a man who once ran with wolves could ever be happy with a different life. But Edward hasn't…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: Afflicted by classic paranoia, the self-styled Master and God sees enemies everywhere. As he vents his suspicions, no one is safe. A reluctant hero, Gaius Vinius Clodianus is hand-picked for high rank in the Praetorian Guard a brave man striving for decency in a world of corruption and deceit. Flavia Lucilla, tending the privileged women at court, hears the intimate secrets of a ruler who plays…
Скачать книгу (размер 5 053 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 992) Аннотация: Everything was similar. But everything had changed.Coming back to the little community was like walking into a nightmare for Jim Gardener, poet, drunk, potential suicide.It all looked the same, the house, the furniture, Jim's friend Bobbi, her beagle (though ageing), even the woods out at the back.But it was in the woods that Bobbi had stumbled over the odd, part buried object and had felt a…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 421 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 672) Аннотация: When the Metropolitan Police fail to realise a serial killer is at work, London ignites over the fact that the killer's victims are young black and mixed race boys. Institutionalised racism is claimed by the community's activists and tabloids alike. Acting Superintendent Thomas Lynley is given the case, and his Scotland Yard task force is soon handling more killings and a looming tragedy.…
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Countries in Our World focuses on the countries that shape and influence our modern world. Each book examines physical features, daily life, industry, media, leisure and much more. Each title in Countries in our World is a mine of useful information ideal for school and project work.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: The story continues in the tenth volume of Hiccup's How to Train Your Dragon memoirs. When we last left Hiccup things were getting very dark indeed. The Dragon Rebellion has begun. Snotlout is the new Chief of the Hooligan Tribe. Stoick has been banished and given the Slavemark. And Alvin the Treacherous has EIGHT of the King's Lost Things, and has been proclaimed the new King of the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: In a quaint New England town with a history of witches and pilgrims, misunderstood 11-year-old Norman Babcock can see and talk to ghosts. No one believes him, of course — everyone just thinks he's weird (including his parents). But when a folktale of a witch who cursed her accusers turns out to be true, it's up to Norman to save the town from pilgrim zombies! In addition to the zombies, he'll…
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: With a sprinkling of festive, illustrative magic, Jane Ray has created a timeless version of this traditional Christmas verse. The exquisite artwork captures the very essence of the festive season, making this a book bound to be cherished and read year after year. Jane Ray fans and collectors will be eagerly anticipating this latest book from the incredibly talented artist.
Скачать книгу (размер 3 992 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 784) Аннотация: Hold tight. We are going into a number of dark places, but I think I know the way. Just don't let go of my arm... Unrivalled master of suspense Stephen King takes the unsuspecting reader on a fantastic journey through the dark shadows of our innermost fears. Do the dead sing? In this bumper collection of chilling tales, which includes the brilliant story adapted into the acclaimed movie The Mist,…
Скачать книгу (размер 5 053 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 992) Аннотация: The Stephen King Amusement Park — an unnerving experience, with rides every which way to hell... and a few to glory. A solitary finger pokes out of a drain. Novelty teeth turn predatory. The Nevada desert swallows a Cadillac. Meanwhile, the legend of Castle Rock returns... and grows on you. What does it all mean? What else could it mean? Stephen King is here with a powerful collection of stories…