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Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Moscow, 2028. A cold, snowy morning. Andrei Danilovich Komiaga is fast asleep. A scream, a moan, and a death rattle slowly pull him out of his drunken stupor — but wait, that's just his ring tone. And so begins another day in the life of an oprichnik, one of the czar's most trusted courtiers — and one of the country's most feared men. Welcome to the new New Russia, where futuristic technology and…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 865 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 563) Аннотация: In 1946, an alien virus that rewrites human DNA was accidentally unleashed in the skies over New York City. It killed ninety percent of those it infected. Nine percent survived, mutated into tragically deformed creatures. And one percent gained superpowers. The Wild Cards shared-universe series, created and edited by New York Times #1 bestseller George R. R. Martin (called the American Tolkien by…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 472 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 290) Аннотация: A provocative examination of Ayn Rand's ideas and her enormous impact on American culture and politics — from Alan Greenspan to the Tea Party. Thirty years after her death in March 1982, Ayn Rand's ideas have never been more important. In Ayn Rand Nation, Gary Weiss explores the people and institutions that continue to be heavily influenced by Rand's work, particularly in the current political…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: This masterfully crafted horror classic, featuring a brand-new introduction by Dan Simmons, will bring you to the edge of your seat, hair standing on end and blood freezing in your veins It's the summer of 1960 and in the small town of Elm Haven, Illinois, five twelve-year-old boys are forging the powerful bonds that a lifetime of change will not break. From sunset bike rides to shaded hiding…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Jean le Flambeur is a post-human criminal, mind burglar, confidence artist, and trickster. His origins are shrouded in mystery, but his exploits are known throughout the Heterarchy — from breaking into the vast Zeusbrains of the Inner System to stealing rare Earth antiques from the aristocrats of Mars. Now he's confined inside the Dilemma Prison, where every day he has to get up and kill himself…

Скачать книгу (размер 6 409 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1258) Аннотация: A New York Times bestseller — a richly imagined epic by the author chosen to complete Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, set in a world relentlessly blasted by awesome tempests, where emotions take physical form, and terrible secrets hide deep within the rocky landscape.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 656 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 326) Аннотация: From the bestselling author of «The Exorcist» comes a riveting story of violence, murder, and suspense. Told with unrelenting pace, «Dimiter's» compelling, page-turning narrative is haunted by the search for faith and the truths of the human condition.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 901 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 374) Аннотация: From the «New York Times»-bestselling author of «Something Borrowed» — now a major motion picture opening on June 10 — comes a novel that shows how someone with a «perfect life» can lose it all — and then find everything. Martin's Griffin.

Скачать книгу (размер 116 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 24) Аннотация: Teaching phonics is recognised educationally as an essential part of the teaching of reading and writing. This reading scheme teaches children how to sound out words and blend sounds to read words and to segment the sounds in the words in order to accurately spell them.

Скачать книгу (размер 116 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 24) Аннотация: Teaching phonics is recognised educationally as an essential part of the teaching of reading and writing. This reading scheme teaches children how to sound out words and blend sounds to read words and to segment the sounds in the words in order to accurately spell them.

Скачать книгу (размер 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 120) Аннотация: One of a graded series of retold versions of popular classic and contemporary titles and specially written stories, Call of the Wild is the story of Buck, who starts life as a domestic dog but is suddenly stolen and his natural wild dog's instincts are awakened.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: The iron wheel began to spin, slowly at first, then faster and faster. The room grew darker. As the light lessened, so did the sound. Deeba and Zanna stared at each other in wonder. The noise of the cars and vans and motorbikes outside grew tinny... The wheel turned off all the cars and turned off all the lamps. It was turning off London. Zanna and Deeba are two girls leading ordinary lives,…

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: The much-loved classic Christmas poem is brought beautifully to life in this gorgeous new picture book and CD set, sure to bring visions of sugarplums to everyone's head. With dreamy, magical artwork by Eric Puybaret and an audio CD recorded by the iconic folk group Peter, Paul and Mary, this is the perfect Christmas present for any child.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Step into a London ravaged by unearthly creatures at once utterly alien and chillingly familiar. In China Mieville's award-winning novella 'The Tain', we learn the reason for the invaders' terrible revenge. One survivor must trek through the ruins of the city with a desperate plan to stand against their assault. In addition to 'The Tain', this superb collection contains thirteen short stories, of…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Something is stirring in London's dark, stamping out its territory in brickdust and blood. Something has murdered Saul's father, and left Saul to pay for the crime. But a shadow from the urban waste breaks into his prison cell and leads him to freedom. A shadow called King Rat. In the night-land behind London's facade, in sewers and slums and rotting dead spaces, Saul must learn his true nature.…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: It is a time of revolts and revolutions, conflict and intrigue. New Crobuzon is being ripped apart from without and within. War with the shadowy city-state of Tesh and rioting on the streets at home are pushing the teeming metropolis to the brink. In the midst of this turmoil, a mysterious masked figure spurs strange rebellion, while treachery and violence incubate in unexpected places. In…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: This is the true story of a 24-hour period on Everest, when members of three separate expeditions were caught in a storm and faced a battle against hurricane-force winds, exposure, and the effects of altitude, which ended the worst single-season death toll in the peak's history. In March 1996, «Outside» magazine sent veteran journalist and seasoned climber Jon Krakauer on an expedition led by…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Having written enthralling biographies of London and of its great river, the Thames, Peter Ackroyd now turns to England itself. This first volume of six takes us from the time that England was first settled, more than 15,000 years ago, to the death in 1509 of the first Tudor monarch, Henry VII. In it, Ackroyd takes us from Neolithic England, which we can only see in the most tantalising glimpses…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer whose cancer cells — taken without her knowledge — became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first 'immortal' human tissue grown in culture, HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the effects of the atom bomb; helped lead to…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 472 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 290) Аннотация: Heddy Partridge was never my friend. I have to start with that. Heddy Partridge was never my friend because I was pretty, popular, clever and blonde and my friends were pretty, popular, clever and generally blonde, too. Heddy Partridge was none of these things. Laura Hamley is the woman who has everything: a loving and successful husband, two beautiful children, an expensive home and a set of…