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Patrick Moon: Virgile's Vineyard: A Year in the Languedoc Wine Country

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: During his year of exploration, Patrick meets a rich cast of characters. Among them is a young local wine-maker called Virgile, who offers to initiate Patrick into the mysteries of each season's work in the fields and in the cellar. Virgile is passionately committed to perfection, though he operates on a shoestring. At the other extreme is Manu, Patrick's dipsomaniac neighbour, a die-hard…

Virginia Ironside: The Huge Bag of Worries

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: The usually happy Jenny has started to have lots of worries until they grow into a huge bag of worries that follow her everywhere. They are there when she goes swimming, when she is watching TV, and even when she is in the lavatory. Jenny decides they will have to go. But who can help her?

David Nicholls: Starter for Ten

Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: It's 1985 and Brian Jackson has arrived at university with a burning ambition — to make it onto TV's foremost general knowledge quiz. But no sooner has he embarked on 'The Challenge' than he finds himself falling hopelessly in love with his teammate, the beautiful and charismatic would-be actress, Alice Harbinson. When Alice fails to fall for his slightly over-eager charms, Brian comes up with a…

Le Carre: Smileys People

Скачать книгу (размер 2 309 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 454) Аннотация: Smiley's People is one of John le Carré's classic Cold War novels and George Smiley one of his most acclaimed characters. Into a shadowy, violent and intricate world steeped in moral ambivalence steps George Smiley, sometime acting Chief of the Circus, as the Secret Service is known. His brief is to bury crime, not solve it, as he fights his own private battle from London to Paris and to…

James Mayhew: Katie in London

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Imagine a friendly lion showing you the sights of London! When Katie and her cousin Jack visit London with Grandma, they don't think there's much to see and do. At Trafalgar Square they meet a talking stone lion, and he takes them on a wonderful tour of the city taking in such sights as The Tower of London, Buckingham Palace and the London Eye!

Anholt Laurence: Old King Cole Played in Goal

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: A bonkers book of rib-tickling rhymes and loopy limericks. Warning: You'll laugh your socks off!

Anholt Laurence: Mary, Mary, Fried Canary

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: A crazy collection of ridiculous rhymes and laugh-out-loud limericks. Guaranteed to give you the giggles!

Thomson Emma: Little Book of Christmas

Скачать книгу (размер 116 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 24) Аннотация: Christmas is for sending cards to your friends. Use your best fairy handwriting! Christmas is for decorating your home until it sparkles! Don't forget the fairy for the top of the tree! This is another new title in our highly successful Felicity Wishes range.

Riley Andy: Book of Bunny suicides

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Presents a collection of cartoons.

Glenn Ward: Teach Yourself Postmodernism

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Postmodernism embodies the idea that there are no new ideas to be invented — everything is borrowed from previous times and we live in a post-modern age. This book is the essential introduction to postmodernism and offers an indispensable guide to this sometimes demanding terrain. It is aimed at readers encountering theories of post modernism for the first time, and places the subject in a wide…

B.A. Phythian: Teach Yourself Correct English

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: This classic by Brian Phythian has been fully updated and simplified to make it accessible and relevant to today's readers. Never has the ability to express yourself well — in job interviews and presentations as well as in the writing of letters and reports — been more important. This book will help you to improve your ability to express yourself clearly and correctly in both spoken and written…

J. Randall Stott: Basic Accounting

Скачать книгу (размер 1 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 236) Аннотация: Requiring no prior knowledge of book keeping or accounting, this is a complete, step-by-step course in elementary accounting. It gives clear and concise explanations of accounting principles and practice including PAYE, cashflow statements, accounting for share capital, accounting standards and non-financial reporting. Clear explanation, diagrams and worked examples enable the student to master…

Jonathan Gabay: Teach Yourself Marketing

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Powerful marketing campaigns are based on original thinking and creative planning. This book concentrates on the engine which drives successful marketing — imagination. Revealing many profitable tips and secrets to help you target, brand and sell your enterprise whilst generating provocative publicity, this book should help keep you three steps ahead of the competition. Suitable for anyone…

Mike Gayle: Dinner for Two

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Thirty-two-year-old music journalist Dave Harding has got a nice house, a cushy job and in Izzy, his partner, the ideal companion for an intimate dinner for two. But when friends of Dave announce they're having a baby the biological clock he never knew existed starts ticking. Loudly. When the magazine Dave works for folds he is forced to take the worst job in journalism — Agony Uncle for Teen…

Charles Cross: Heavier Than Heaven: The Biography of Kurt Cobain

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Alongside the death of Elvis Presley and the assassination of John Lennon, Kurt Cobain's suicide in 1994 ranks as one of the generational milestones of American life — an epochal event in both rock 'n' roll and youth culture. This book is the story of Kurt Cobain's life, from abject poverty to unbelievable wealth, power and fame. It traces the journey from his humble origins in Aberdeen to…

Anholt Laurence: Little Red Riding Wolf

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: The Big Bad Girl is always teasing Little Wolfie. She thinks her naughty tricks are funny — but who's going to get the last laugh?

Clements Gillian: The Great Fire of London

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: The great events of British history are part of our shared heritage and it is important that children know the facts behind the famous dates from a young age. In this series, Gillian Clements tells the stories of some of these events through a lively combination of text and illustration (including some speech bubbles, labelled maps etc). In this way she makes history child-friendly and accessible…

Gogerly Liz: The Great Fire of London

Скачать книгу (размер 116 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 24) Аннотация: This book combines good quality artwork and contemporary illustrations with simple, well-written text. Young readers will discover how the fire started, what devastation it caused and will be able to compare fire-fighting in 1666 to the present day. Photos of artefacts and original illustrations help bring the topic to life.

Robson Pam: All About the Great Fire of London 1666

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: This book is ideal for school project work or for those who want an 'at-a-glance' overview of The Great Fire of London. This work is complete with descriptions of how and where the fire started, how the people of London coped, and how it was eventually overcome. The timeline, glossary and clearly-headed spreads make it easy to refer to essential dates, facts and personalities. Maps, contemporary…

Clayton Tim: Diana: Story of a Princess

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: The life of Diana, Princess of Wales, has never before been told with such insight and authority. This book is a subtle, honest portrait, without the bias and exaggeration of the past. Drawing on new research and dozens of specially commissoned interviews — many with senior members of the royal household who have never spoken before — DIANA: STORY OF A PRINCESS explains how a shy teenager grew up…