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Powell Jillian: The Magic Paintbrush: A Chinese Tale

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: The Magic Paintbrush is a chinese tale. There once was a young man called Lian who loved to paint the animals in the forest around him. One night he dreamt of a magic paintbrush. When he woke up, Lian was amazed to find the paintbrush beside him!

Powell Jillian: The Raja and the Rice: An Indian Tale

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: The rain never came and so Tamwar's rice harvest is poor. He and his family desperately need some rice but will the Raja help?

Dekker Ted: The Bride Collector

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: FBI Special Agent Brad Raines is facing his toughest case yet. A Denver serial killer has killed four beautiful young women, leaving a bridal veil at each crime scene, and he's picking up his pace. Unable to crack the case, Raines appeals for help from a most unusual source: residents of the Center for Wellbeing and Intelligence, a private psychiatric institution for mentally ill individuals who…

Hill Melissa: Something from Tiffany's

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) 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…

Parkhurst Carolyn: The Nobodies Album

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Octavia Frost is no stranger to life's twists of fate. She has mourned a husband and a daughter. She has watched her son become a rock star, following his progress through gossip magazines: they have not spoken in four years. And in her own, less spectacular way, she has built a name for herself as a writer. But the news she receives today will make her rethink everything. And though the…

Andrews Lyn: To Love and to Cherish

Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: The enthralling new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author and Headline's queen of sagas Life in 1920s Liverpool for sisters Gloria and Betty Jenkins is secure and comfortable. Elder sister Gloria finds romance with the boy next door, until her wealthy, but snobbish and interfering Aunt Sybil steps in, offering her the opportunity of a lifetime. A trip to New York gives Gloria everything…

Deaver: The Empty Chair

Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: Lincoln Rhyme has travelled to a world-famous spinal cord injuries center in North Carolina for some risky, experimental surgery. It may make him a tiny bit better, it may kill him. But before he has a chance to undergo it, the local police department are drafting in Rhyme and Amelia, using their forensic skills to help find two women kidnapped by a psychotic young man known locally as the Insect…

Deaver: The Vanished Man

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: A killer flees the scene of a homicide at a prestigious Manhattan music school and locks himself in a classroom. Within minutes, the police have him surrounded. Then a scream rings out, followed by a gunshot. The police break down the door. The room is empty. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are brought in to help with the high-profile investigation. For the ambitious Sachs, solving the case could…

Robinson Peter: Bad Boy

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: When Juliet Doyle discovers a gun in her daughter's bedroom, she turns to old friend DCI Alan Banks for advice. But Banks is on holiday, and it's left to DI Annie Cabbot to deal with the removal of the firearm. No one can foresee the operation's disastrous consequences, or that the Doyles will not be the only family affected. Banks's daughter Tracy has fallen for the wrong boy. Her flatmate's…

Evans Jon: Understand Science

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Science is a vast subject and our understanding of the way the world works is growing all the time. No book could hope to include everything that science has discovered, but this book includes all of the essential facts about all the really key areas. Broken down into short, easy-to-digest sections it covers everything from evolution and cell biology to star formation and plate tectonics.…

Gillman Claire: Write Fantastic Non-fiction

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Write Fantastic Non-fiction and get it Published is designed specifically for you, if you want to turn your idea into a book. If you're wondering where to start, this book clearly explains how to select a subject, hone your research skills, explore different genres and styles and edit your work. It does more than simply review the different genres, however — it will, crucially, help you to master…

Shapiro Elena Mauli: 13 Rue Therese

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: An American in Paris falls in love with two women, one of whom he can only only imagine, in this wonderful debut. As he settles into his new office in Paris, American academic Trevor Stratton discovers a box full of century-old artifacts. The pictures, letters and objects in the box relate to the life of Louise Brunet, a Frenchwoman who lived through both World Wars. Trevor begins to piece…

Cottrill Peter: Heracles and the Terrible Tasks

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Heracles must serve King Eurystheus and do whatever the king orders. From beating a man-eating lion with his bare hands, to stealing apples from the gardens of Zeus, Heracles is given a list of death-defying tasks by the king!

James Robert: Just So Stories: The Elephant's Child

Скачать книгу (размер 116 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 24) Аннотация: Simple retellings of Rudyard Kipling's Just So stories with bright, fun illustrations, for children who are just starting to read on their own. In this story, the Elephant's child never, ever stops asking questions. But when he determines to find out what Crocodile eats for his dinner, he's in for a surprise!

Cowell Cressida: Hiccup the Viking Who Was Seasick

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: So who will save the day when everything goes disgustingly wrong aboard ship and all the big Vikings lose their cool? This wonderfully witty fable will delight all those who have ever faced up to their worse fears.

Thomson Ruth: Posters and Propaganda

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: During the two world wars of the 20th century, the British government used posters to influence people on a massive scale. This book, produced in association with the Imperial War Museum, tells the story of these weapons of mass persuasion.

Smith L.J.: Midnight

Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: The vampire love triangle that spawned hundreds of thousands of fans-and inspired a major new dramatisation shown on ITV -concludes in this powerful final volume of The Vampire Diaries. In Midnight, golden girl Elena Gilbert is back from the Dark Dimension, having successfully freed her vampire boyfriend Stefan Salvatore from imprisonment. Saving Stefan had an unlikely consequence: his vampire…

Cregan Sean: The Razor Gate

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: The second brilliant novel from the author of The Levels — Sean Cregan In Newport City men and women walk the streets, their lives literally ticking away. The Clocks are victims of a new serial crime, their existence kept secret by the authorities for fear of a wave of panic spreading through the US East coast city. Kidnapped by the mysterious Curator and subjected to the Curse — a medical…

Melling David: Don't Worry, Hugless Douglas

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: David Melling is one of the leading children's author/illustrators today and this, his second book about Douglas, the little brown bear is as funny and compelling as the first. It combines brilliantly imaginative illustrations with an endearing sense of what it is like to be a small child learning about the world. Douglas' Dad gives him a wonderful new woolly hat and he races outside to show it…