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Скачать книгу (размер 4 155 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 816) Аннотация: KALEIDOSCOPE: No one could have imagined that Sam Walker's fairytale love with his French bride would end in tragedy... Nine-year-old Hilary, the eldest of the Walker children, clung desperately to her two younger sisters, Alexandra and baby Megan. However, they too would be wrenched from her tender arms. Hilary swears that she will one day track down the man who destroyed her family, and find…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 244) Аннотация: Frank, no ordinary sixteen-year-old, lives with his father outsIde a remote Scottish village. Their life is, to say the least, unconventional. Frank's mother abandoned them years ago: his elder brother Eric is confined to a psychiatric hospital; and his father measures out his eccentricities on an imperial scale. Frank has turned to strange acts of violence to vent his frustrations. In the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 829 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 360) Аннотация: Anita Shreve`s eighth novel is a contemporary novel of love and forgiveness — and a life not lived.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Englishness is an ancient and powerful concept, but no one seems sure exactly what it means in the twenty-first century. In exploring our national identity, Tony Thorne has compiled a fascinating compendium of the hundred words and phrases that have become the cornerstones of modern English, and have been used — sometimes deliberately, but often inadvertently — to stake out our common ground, to…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 585 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 312) Аннотация: Are there tangible benefits in flossing? Is it wrong to fake orgasms? What does the perfect online dating ad look like? Should we bother doing the ironing? Is it really impossible to buy the perfect Christmas gift? (Other than this book, of course.) Economists might not be the first people you would think of to give you advice on such diverse areas as parenting, the intricacies of etiquette or…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: It's been a few years since Fiona Bristow has moved to Orcas Island. Within the small, tight-knit island community she's built up her business, a canine rescue centre that trains dogs to track missing persons. Whether they are lonely travellers on a hiking trip gone wrong or disappearances of a more sinister nature, more than once Fiona has been the last hope for those lost in Washington's vast…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Abby is dedicated to turning herself into a vampire. Her boyfriend Steve is researching a serum to turn the undead back into mortals. Chet? An enormous vampire cat? Is busy turning the stray cats of San Francisco into vampiric kitties. And vampire lovers Jody and Tommy are imprisoned in a bronze statue and have to try to escape... In the unpredictable, blood-sucking, thrillingly paranormal San…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: Kay Scarpetta has been training at the Dover Port Mortuary, mastering the art of 'virtual autopsy' — a groundbreaking procedure that could soon revolutionise forensic science. And it is not too long before these new skills urgently need to be put into practice. A young man drops dead, apparently from a heart condition, eerily close to Scarpetta's home. But when his body is examined the next…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: 1920. The Great War has been over for two years, and it has left a very different world from the Edwardian certainties of 1914. Following the death of his wife and baby and his experiences on the Western Front, Laurence Bartram has become something of a recluse. Yet death and the aftermath of the conflict continue to cast a pall over peacetime England, and when a young woman he once knew…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 196 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 628) Аннотация: It begins in the realm of the Real, where matter still matters. Lededje Y'breq is one of the Intagliated, her marked body bearing witness to a family shame, her life belonging to a man whose lust for power is without limit. Prepared to risk everything for her freedom, her release, when it comes, is at a price, and to put things right she will need the help of the Culture. It begins in the realm…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: To everyone who's anyone in New York, Victory Ford, Wendy Healy and Nico O'Neilly are riding high, the beautiful faces of success in the city. Victory is the hottest new designer on the block; Wendy is president of Parador Pictures with a sure-fire hit in production and three gorgeous children; and Nico is the editor of Bonfire magazine, the city's style bible. To the outside world they've hit…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: In Thailand, Anderson Lake is a calorie company man working for big business. Under cover as a factory manager, he combs Bangkok's street markets in search of near-extinct foodstuffs. And there he meets the Windup Girl, the beautiful and enigmatic Emiko — now abandoned to the streets. She is one of the underclass of New People, creche-grown and bred to suit the whims of the rich. Engineered as…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Scarlett O'Brien is in love... with the movies. Utterly hooked on Hugh Grant, crazy about Richard Curtis, dying with lust for Johnny Depp, Scarlett spends her days with her head in the clouds and her nights with her hand in a huge tub of popcorn. Which is not exactly what her sensible, DIY-obsessed fiance David has in mind for their future. So when Scarlett has the chance to house-sit an…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Cool. Balanced. Modern. The precisions of science, the wild variance of lust, the catharsis of confession and the fear of failure — these are things that happen in the Glass Room. High on a Czechoslovak hill, the Landauer House shines as a wonder of steel and glass and onyx built specially for newlyweds Viktor and Liesel Landauer, a Jew married to a gentile. But the radiant honesty of 1930 that…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: 'My sister would never have killed herself...' When Beatrice hears that her little sister, Tess, is missing, she returns home to London on the first flight available. But Bee is unprepared for the terrifying truths she must face about her younger sibling when Tess's broken body is discovered in Hyde Park. The police, Bee's friends, her fiance and even her mother accept the fact that Tess…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 257 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 640) Аннотация: In the dead silence, all the details suddenly fell into place for me with a burst of intuition. Something Edward didn't want me to know. Something that Jacob wouldn't have kept from me... It was never going to end, was it? Sink your teeth into eclipse, book III in Stephenie Meyer's riveting twilight saga.

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Fans of the twilight saga will be enthralled by this riveting story of bree tanner, a character first introduced in eclipse, and the darker side of the newborn vampire world she inhabits. Bree Tanner can barely remember life before she had uncannily powerful senses, superhuman reflexes, and unstoppable physical strengch. Life before she had a relentless thirst for blood... life before she became…

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Explore the making of the film The Twilight Saga: Eclipse in this ultimate visual companion, lavishly illustrated with full-color photos of the cast, locations, and sets. This beautiful paperback edition celebrates the onscreen creation of Stephenie Meyer's fascinating world, brought to life by critically acclaimed director David Slade. With never-before-seen images, exclusive interviews and…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 875 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 565) Аннотация: Physically and psychologically bruised by her encounter with the killer Chandonne, Dr Kay Scarpetta has to leave her home in the hands of the police team investigating the attack. She finds shelter with an old friend, Anna Zenner, but it is not the haven of security she needs when she discovers that Anna has been sub-poenaed to appear before a Grand Jury which is investigating Scarpetta for…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Louise and Rebecca, good friends since their BBC days in Belfast, work for a film company and are scouring the south of England for a suitable location to shoot a movie about Elizabeth I. As they stumble across Wooldene House, they meet Diana and Henry, who own the property. Diana, widowed, feels her life is slowly crumbling along with the house, and yearns for new romance. Diana spends her time…