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Скачать книгу (размер 2 600 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 511) Аннотация: THE LOVE MACHINE In a time when steak, vodka and sleeping pills were the staples of a healthy diet and when movie stars wore wigs to bed, the TV set was known as ‘the love machine’, creating dreams, promising fame, bringing success. But for supermodel Amanda, socialite Judith and journalist Maggie, ‘the love machine’ meant something else — Robin Stone, brilliant, dynamic, magnetic… ONCE IS NOT…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 135 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 420) Аннотация: A powerful, exuberant romance through three generations, of Cornwall, of passion and drama, of sailing ships and the glory of wind and sea. Janet Coombe was born with the loving spirit and she passed it on to her son Joseph. In Janet's great-granddaughter Jennifer, it again reappeared, to break down the barrier of years. Wild and eerie, it was something that carried them beyond all prudence in…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Pigs might not fly but they are strangely altered. So, for that matter, are wolves and racoons. A man, once named Jimmy, lives in a tree, wrapped in old bedsheets, now calls himself Snowman. The voice of Oryx, the woman he loved, teasingly haunts him. And the green-eyed Children of Crake are, for some reason, his responsibility.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: After her resignation as Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner and the horrifying events which threatened her life in The Last Precinct, Kay Scarpetta has abandoned her elegant home in Richmond and is quietly living in Florida, beginning to get some balance back in her life and slowly establishing herself as a private forensic consultant. But her past won't let her rest, and her grief for Benton…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Music illuminates a person and provides him with his last hope; even Stalin, a butcher, knew that…' So said the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, who spent his life battling for the right to create his works under the Soviet Union's totalitarian regime. This proved dangerous under the autocratic Stalin, who perceived himself to be an erudite critic of modern culture. So when he stormed out of…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 849 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 560) Аннотация: When Janey Wilcox makes it big as a Victoria's Secret model, she finally gets the celebrity status she has always craved. Suddenly the car of her dreams is hers, and even better, so is that house in New York's exclusive Hamptons. No longer will she have to choose her boyfriends according to who has a house she can summer in. At the most exclusive of Hampton parties, Janey finds herself mingling…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: »The Five People You Meet in Heaven» is a wonderfully moving fable that addresses the meaning of life, and life after death, in the poignant way that made «Tuesdays with Morrie» such an astonishing book. The novels protagonist is an elderly amusement park maintenance worker named Eddie who, while operating a ride called the Free Fall, dies while trying to save a young girl who gets in the way of…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: This is the first book in a series of supernatural thrillers.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: It began with two bodies. Different locations, same cause of death. Vicki Nelson, P.I., knew right off that it wouldn`t be a straightforward case. The silver bullets found at the scene were a pretty big clue. Vicki is on the trail of an assassin hell-bent on wiping out Canada's last remaining werewolf clan.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: It began with a dazzling vision of the sun. And for Henry Fitzroy, that was the worst vision of all. Sunlight never features high on a vampire`s list of daydreams. But for Vicki Nelson, P.I., one hallucinatory vampire hardly warrants a drop-everything-case, even if they were sometimes lovers. Or so she thought at the time.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: A collection of sinister short stories including «The Birds» which was famously adapted for film by Alfred Hitchcock.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: The first volume in a trilogy of magic, intrigue and breathtaking epic adventure.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: In this fourth volume of the bestselling series — The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency, the ever-popular Precious Ramotswe — Botswana`s leading, and only, female private detective — faces a new and unwanted problem: competition.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Both a spellbinding love story and a superb evocation of Cornwall's mythic past, Castle Dor is a book with unique and fascinating origins. It began life as the unfinished last novel of Sir Arthur Quiller — Couch, the celebrated 'Q', and was passed by his daughter to Daphne du Maurier whose storytelling skills were perfectly suited to the task of completing the old master's tale. The result is…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 564 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 308) Аннотация: Once upon a time (or last Thursday, as it’s known in this matrix) everything was fine: Humpty Dumpty sat on his wall, Jack and Jill went about their lawful business, the Big Bad Wolf did what big bad wolves do, and the wicked queen plotted murder most foul. But the humans hacked cried havoc, shut down the wicked queen’s system (mirrors 3.1) and corrupted her database — and suddenly everything was…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: Jake Geismar cut his teeth as a foreign correspondent in pre-war Berlin. When he returns in 1945 to cover the Potsdam conference he finds the city unrecognisable — streets have vanished beneath the rubble, familiar landmarks truncated by high explosive. But amongst the ruins Berliners survive, including some he knew and, miraculously, his lost love, Lena. But in the way she would not leave with…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: When dogs begin dying under mysterious circumstances, a man is found dead in an open grave, and a sudden storm nearly drowns a group of students, some of the locals are convinced that the town of Smallville has been cursed by a suspected witch, whose long-dormant tomb was recently disturbed. And when not even an exorcism can lift the cloud of terror from the town, Clark becomes involved — and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: If you've ever had one of those days where nothing goes right and it seems like the entire world — even your closest friends — is against you, then you know how Clark Kent feels. There's only one thing he can think to do: leave his family, friends, and home in Smallville and try to make a new life in Metropolis. In the big city, Clark finds a band of other runaways, including a girl who seems to…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Alexander McCall Smith, best-selling author of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, has turned his hand to humour. The delightful result is a creation of comic genius. For in the unnaturally tall form of Professor Doctor Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld, we are invited to meet a memorable character whose sublime insouciance is a blend of the cultivated pomposity of Frasier Crane and of Inspecteur…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 592) Аннотация: Sonea knows the other novices in the Magicians' Guild all come from powerful families, but she also knows she can turn to Rothen and Dannyl for help when she needs it. That is, until someone starts spreading malicious rumours about her — and Akkarin, the High Lord, steps in. Prompted by the Guild Ambassador, Lord Dannyl leaves for the Elyne court. His first order from Administrator Lorlen is to…