Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: It is a cold January morning and Shetland lies buried beneath a deep layer of snow. Trudging home, Fran Hunter`s eye is drawn to a vivid splash of colour on the white ground, ravens circling above. It is the strangled body of her teenage neighbour Catherine Ross. As Fran opens her mouth to scream, the ravens continue their deadly dance.
Скачать книгу (размер 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 40) Аннотация: Clever Aunt Ant has just moved to the zoo. Speaking in homophones, she describes the quirky animal behavior she sees. There's the MOOSE who loved MOUSSE and ATE EIGHT bowls, and the WHALE who was ALLOWED to WAIL ALOUD — and that's just for starters. This playful picture book introduces children to the richness of language through the concept of homophones. A romp through the zoo has never been so…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 200) Аннотация: If your dream is big enough, not even your enemies can stop you... Charlie Trumper's earliest memory is of hearing his grandfather's sales patter from behind his costermonger's barrow. When Grandpa Charlie dies, young Charlie wants nothing more than to follow in his footsteps — his burning ambition is to own a shop that will sell everything: 'The Biggest Barrow in the World'. Charlie's progress…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 200) Аннотация: Hers was the ultimate ambition... The magnificent story of love and politics that continues the saga of Kane and Abel. The titanic battle between two men obsessed with destroying each other follows on into the next generation. Florentyna Rosnovski, Abel's daughter, inherits all her father's drive, but none of his wealth. A woman gifted with beauty and spirit, but above all with indomitable will,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: The devil himself appears in Stalin's Moscow, disguised as a magician and accompanied by various demons (including a naked girl and a huge black cat who packs a gun), in Mikhail Bulgakov's acidly satirical masterpiece. They succeed in comically befuddling a population that denies the devil's existence, even as it is confronted with the diabolic results of his handiwork. Only the Master, a man…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 717 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 534) Аннотация: As a young conscripted soldier, Rufus Harms was jailed for the brutal killing of a schoolgirl. Yet, after twenty-five hard years of incarceration, a stray letter from the US army reveals new facts about the night of the murder — and the evil secret shared by some of Washington`s most powerful men. Fearful for his life, Harms seizes his one chance to escape. But within hours the only people who…
Скачать книгу (размер 442 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 88) Аннотация: The final volume in the series drawn by Tove Jansson «Moomin Book Five: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip» features the final strips drawn by Tove Jansson and written by her brother Lars for the «London Evening News,» before Lars took over both the art and the writing. The first «Moomin Winter» returns with more unwanted guests than in «Book One,» especially the curious and secret-spilling…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 244) Аннотация: The 20th Anniversary edition is a time to take stock, reflect and move forward. It rigorously reviews the past two decades of human development trends and challenges, and provides newly available data and supplementary indices weighing the effect of income inequalities, gender disparities and household-level poverty.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Earth has become a Utopia, guided by a strange unseen people from outer space whose staggering powers have eradicated war, cruelty, poverty and racial inequality. When the 'Overlords' finally reveal themselves, their horrific form makes little impression. Then comes the sign that the Overlords have been waiting for. A child begins to dream strangely — and develops remarkable powers. Soon this…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 079 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 409) Аннотация: For fifty years, economists have been developing elegant theories or how markets facilitate innovation, create wealth, and allocate society's resources efficiently. But what about when they fail, when they lead us to stock market bubbles, glaring inequality, polluted rivers, and credit crunches? In How Markets Fail, John Cassidy describes the rising influence of «utopian economies» — the thinking…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 484) Аннотация: When Alan Banks receives a disturbing message from his brother, Roy, he abandons the peaceful Yorkshire Dales for the bright lights of London, to seek him out. But Roy seems to have vanished into thin air. Meanwhile, DI Annie Cabbot is called to a quiet stretch of road just outside Eastvale, where a young woman has been found dead in her car. In the victim's pocket, scribbled on a slip of paper,…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Jealousies, distrust, and hidden rivalries uncover dark secrets, then a dozen vials of a deadly virus go missing. As a blizzard whips out of the north on Christmas Eve, several people converge on a remote family house. Stanley Oxenford, director of a pharmaceutical research company, has everything riding on a drug he is developing to fight a lethal virus. Several others are interested in his…
Скачать книгу (размер 687 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 136) Аннотация: Курс содержит: •двадцать один тематически организованный раздел; •упражнения на развитие навыков всех видов чтения: ознакомительного, изучающего, просмотрового, ПОИСКОВОГО; •задания на совершенствование письменной речи в различных жанрах и стилях; •упражнения на развитие навыков аудирования; •разнообразные задания на развитие монологической и диалогической речи; •упражнения на перевод;…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: When Allie's class puts on a play, every girl in Room 209 wants to try out for the part of the princess — including Allie, Sophie and (ew!) Cheyenne. Not everyone can be the leading lady — but who will try to steal the show, who will get scared, and who will get a tiny bit jealous? Some not-so-friendly competition puts some of Allie Finkle's rules to the test ...There are no small parts. Only…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Allie is excited when Erica's sister Missy enters the regional Twirltacular baton competition and Erica is allowed to bring all her best friends to watch. But Allie is also invited to Brittany Hauser's birthday party on the same day and will be driven in a stretch limo. She decides a little white lie is the best way to keep everyone happy, until...
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: When all issues of space, time, matter and the nature of being are resolved, only one question remains: Where shall we have dinner? «The Restaurant at the End of the Universe» provides the ultimate gastronomic experience and, for once, there is no morning after. Arthur Dent's odyssey through space continues as he takes a trip to the end of time itself in search of a decent meal, and accidentally…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 518 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 299) Аннотация: One midsummer's day in Arden, the Godley family gather at their dying father's bedside, a collection of troubled individuals and fraying relationships. The gods, those mischievous spirits, look on silently; unable to resist intervening, they spy, tease and seduce their mortal playthings. Old Adam Godley's time on earth seems to be running out, and his mind runs to disquieting memories. Little…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: In 1916, a young cameraman, Ambrose March, was killed on the Western Front. His astonishing and beautiful shots of soldiers, living and dying, remain testament to his talent. Now a major Hollywood movie aims to recreate his final days, but the cast and crew are running into trouble. Rory Fermoy, leading man and Hollywood bad-boy is giving the performance of his life. Off set he's the archetypal…
Скачать книгу (размер -1 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1) Аннотация: This adorable pocket library includes the classic tales of «Cinderella», «Sleeping Beauty», «Snow White» and «Beauty and the Beast» retold especially for the very youngest of princesses! Louise Comfort's charming illustrations bring these fairytale worlds to life and will keep little girls enthralled for hours.
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: What’s new in New Inside Out Advanced? There are now 8 pages of ‘core’ content per unit, plus extra pages which comprise the additional syllabus. Useful phrases – a language bank of practical English, built up unit-by-unit, to provide students with the key language they need outside the classroom. Vocabulary Extra pages – These are linked to the Macmillan English Dictionary, and develop…