Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: As the great powers of Europe fight over the spoils of slavery, corruption and greed, the golden age of piracy is born. Sold by his father as a child for four guineas, captain's servant Patrick Devlin knows how cheap a man's life can be. But his instinct for survival is strong, and when his master's ship is sunk by pirates, Devlin makes his choice — to trade his servile existence for a life of…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: To 'walk in Pimlico' is, according to the Penguin Dictionary of Historical Slang, the colloquial expression 'to be handsomely dressed'. Comedian, clog dancer, comic vocalist, actor and all-round funny fellow Corney Sage is treading the boards at the Constellation in Whitechapel when he stumbles across the body of an actress outside the theatre and catches sight of the killer as he escapes. Corney…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: You aren't stupid. You know there's no such thing as a perfect mother. Plenty of other books will tell you there is, but this one won't lie to you. I was weak and I cheated and I was punished, but my god I loved my child through all of it. Love means you never break, and it means you're stronger than the things they do to you. I know this is true because I have been through fire, and I am the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Ryan Bingham`s job as a Career Transition Counselor (he fires people) has kept him airborne for years. He hates his job, but loves `Airworld, finding happiness in pressurized cabins and anonymous hotel rooms, and pursuing a noble ultimate goal: one million frequent flier miles. With sharp wit, and wisdom, `Up in the Air` combines brilliant social observation with an acute sense of the modern…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: Rhyme's cousin has been arrested for murder. The evidence clearly shows he did it, but Rhyme agrees to check things out. It turns out that the cousin along with other people has been wrongly convicted because the true killer knows every single detail about the lives of the victims he kills and the men he sets up to take the fall for those crimes. This allows him to get close to the victims under…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 584 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 704) Аннотация: It is a beleaguered and betrayed Secret Service that has been put in the care of George Smiley. A mole has been uncovered at the organisation's highest levels — and its agents across the world put in grave danger. But untangling the traitor's web gives Smiley a chance to attack his Russian counterpart, Karla. And part-time spy Jerry Westerby is the weapon at Smiley's disposal. The Honourable…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Would a proper adult ignore the spilt milk under the fridge for weeks? Would a proper adult take three years to post a solitary Christmas card? Would a proper adult have decades-old underwear in active service? Mike Gayle is nowhere near being a proper adult — even though his tenth wedding anniversary is looming; his second child is due any moment; and in less than twenty-four hours he is going…
Скачать книгу (размер 65 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 14) Аннотация: You can count on Mr Pusskins to teach you all about numbers! Mr Pusskins is being pesky again! Join the him as he races and chases through the neighbourhood until — uh-oh! — he bumps into mischief! Learn all about numbers with the irresistible Mr Pusskins. Each of the Mr Pusskins board books are packed with Sam Lloyd's trademark wit and humour — perfect for even the very youngest Mr Pusskins fans.
Скачать книгу (размер 65 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 14) Аннотация: Mr Pusskins and Little Whiskers show how opposites work! Mr Pusskins and Little Whiskers are playing in the garden. There's so much pesky fun to be had, from springing up and down on a trampoline, to splashing around in a paddling pool. However, perhaps Mr Pusskins has met his match when he tries bouncing on a space hopper... Thank goodness Emily is there to save the day! Learn all about…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 612) Аннотация: Between the end of Frank Herbert's Dune and his next novel Dune Messiah lies a mystery: how a hero adored by a planet became a tyrant hated by a universe. Paul of Dune begins the story of those twelve fateful years and the wars of the jihad of Paul Muad'Dib. It is an epic of battle and betrayal; of love and idealism; of ambition and intrigue. Above all, it is the story of how Paul Atreides — who…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: After their father's funeral, Erik and Inga Davidsen find a cryptic letter from an unknown woman among his papers, dating from his adolescence in rural Minnesota during the Depression. Returning to his psychiatric practice in New York, Erik sets about reading his father's memoir, hoping to discover the man he never fully understood. At the same time, another woman enters Erik's lonely, divorced…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: One cold November night when Kate White was fifteen years old, her friends held up a store. One of them killed an off-duty cop. They got away with it. Thirteen years later, Kate has built a new life for herself. Now a single mother with a nine-year-old son, she is a prosecutor in the Philadelphia district attorney's office. Until the nightmare morning when violence explodes in her courtroom — and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Dark Echo is an unlucky boat. Despite this knowledge, Martin Stannard falls under her spell and prepares to sail her across the Atlantic with his father. But his lover Suzanne is uneasy and begins exploring the yacht's past. What she finds is terrifying. Dark Echo isn't just unlucky, it's evil. It was built for Harry Spalding, a soldier and sorcerer who committed suicide yet still casts his…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: The FBI's Clarence Otto and CIA agent Dew Phillips comb the country, ruthlessly eliminating people whose minds have been taken over by the mysterious disease sweeping America. The black-ops team is proving a formidable weapon, thanks to the third member of their cadre: one-time football hero Perry Dawsey, once a victim of the disease, now a bloodthirsty psychotic possessed with a strange,…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: The girls who disappeared were all 'lost souls'... The police think they're runaways, but Kristi Bentz — who has survived a serial killer twice — senses there's something that links them, something terrifying. She enrolls at her old college in New Orleans, following the steps of the troubled, vulnerable girls. All Saints University has changed. Among the edgy new courses and plays, there are…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: They say that everybody has a secret. Mine lies underground. Her name was Rose and she was nine years old when she died... Grace lives in a quiet, Scottish fishing village — the perfect place for bringing up her twin girls with her loving husband Paul. Life is good. Until a phone call from her old best-friend, a woman Grace hasn't seen since her teens — and for good reason — threatens to destroy…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: A strange novel for strange young people. Young Samuel Johnson and his dachshund Boswell are trying to show initiative by trick-or-treating a full three days before Hallowe'en. Which is how they come to witness strange goings-on at 666 Crowley Avenue. The Abernathys don't mean any harm by their flirtation with Satanism. But it just happens to coincide with a malfunction in the Large Hadron…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: Four generations of the Haldanes are gathering for a family celebration. It ought to be the perfect reunion, but behind the doors of Fortune House, their beloved family home, life is not as idyllic as it seems. Caroline and David's marriage, scarred by a tragic loss many years before, is back in the spotlight as David's retirement is thrust upon them. Meanwhile, their three daughters, Fiona,…
Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Have you every felt like partners or colleagues constantly misunderstand what you are saying to them? Do you and your partner go round in circles? This book shows you how to break the cycle and really connect with everyone in your life — at work, at home and with friends. You will learn how to enhance your communication style to really get what you want out of your relationships, so you can move…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Cesar Millan is one of the most sought after dog behaviours experts in the world. Drawn from his bestselling book CESAR'S WAY, this reference book and journal is filled with tips, lists, questionnaires, prompts, and guided entry pages that are designed to help you establish a balanced and fulfilling relationship with your dog. You will learn to: Choose a dog that is appropriate for you and your…