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Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: It's a small world. Tiny figures bustle through the dusty townships of South Africa and alleyways of Shanghai, while miniature Greek riot police, smaller than your thumb, take time to pose for holiday snaps in front of the Acropolis. From the red flagstones of Marrakech to the lowest of low-rise views of Manhattan, all life is here. Little People: The Global Model Village collects together the…

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: There's a commotion in the classroom as Goat and the other animals spend the day at playgroup. The musical instruments and the dressing up box are lots of fun, but oh dear! Goat gets into a muddle or two. Luckily, it's not long before everything is all better.

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Due to the resounding success of the hardcover Moomin comics by Tove Jansson and Lars Jansson, D+Q is reissuing this classic comic in an all-new format. Available in an affordable kid-proof but kid-friendly flexicover, and in full color for the first time, these books are slimmer versions of the hardcovers, with one story in each volume while previous editions collected four. A crate filled with…

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Due to the resounding success of the hardcover Moomin comics by Tove Jansson and Lars Jansson, D+Q is reissuing this classic comic in an all-new format. Available in an affordable kid-proof but kid-friendly flexicover, and in full color for the first time, these books are slimmer versions of the hardcovers, with one story in each volume while previous editions collected four. Moomin wakes up one…

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: There is a significant market for a secondary course for students preparing for their school leaving exams. Macmillan does not currently publish specifically for this sector — currently adult courses and FCE courses fill the gap. Gateway is written specifically for upper/secondary students entering their final years of school. An academically rich, text based course, it includes lengthy…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Learning Teaching has been one of the most successful guides to English since it was first published in 1994. Its no-nonsense approach has made it a superb teaching textbook for initial training courses, and also an essential handbook for practising ELT teachers. The third edition has been extensively revised and restructured to take recent developments in ELT into account and now includes a DVD…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Written in a lively and personal style, Internation English for Call Centres uses examples from real-life situations to illustrate the communication problems experienced by UK customers and overseas call centre staff. The authors offer solutions, detailed advice and resources to improve English language skills and knowledge of life in the UK.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: The year is 1868, and Sherlock Holmes is fourteen. He has witnessed his first murder and travelled to America to unravel a deadly mystery, but now he faces his most dangerous mission yet. Mycroft, Sherlock's older brother, has suddenly vanished. Sherlock discovers that he has headed to Russia and has no choice but to follow him, across the freezing Baltic Sea, into strange territory and to face…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: The Camel Club returns in the breathtaking follow up to Divine Justice from the Number One International Bestselling author. On the night of the State Dinner honouring the British Prime Minister, Oliver Stone witnesses an explosion as the motorcade leaves the White House. A bomb has been detonated in what looks like a terrorist plot directed at the President and the Prime Minister. In the…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 592) Аннотация: Shardlake goes to war... It's Summer, 1545. England is at war. Henry VIII's invasion of France has gone badly wrong, and a massive French fleet is preparing to sail across the Channel... Meanwhile, Matthew Shardlake is given an intriguing legal case by an old servant of Queen Catherine Parr. Asked to investigate claims of 'monstrous wrongs' committed against his young ward, Hugh Curteys, by Sir…

Скачать книгу (размер 4 793 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 941) Аннотация: This is an epic of love, hatred, war and revolution. This is a huge novel that follows five families through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for votes for women. It is 1911. The Coronation Day of King George V. The Williams, a Welsh coal-mining family, is linked by romance and enmity to the Fitzherberts, aristocratic coal-mine owners. Lady…

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Скачать книгу (размер 3 053 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 600) Аннотация: From the international bestselling author of The House at Riverton and The Forgotten Garden comes a brand new tale of love, mystery, betrayal and dark secrets... Edie Burchill and her mother have never been close, but when a long lost letter arrives with the return address of Milderhurst Castle, Kent, printed on its envelope, Edie begins to suspect that her mother's emotional distance masks an…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 300) Аннотация: In an age of treachery and turmoil, brutal murder brings the ultimate test of faith. Henry VIII has proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Church and the country is waking up to savage new laws, rigged trials and the greatest network of informers ever seen. Under the order of Thomas Cromwell, a team of commissioners is sent through the country to investigate the monasteries. There can only be one…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: Detective Superintendent Roy Grace returns... I want them to suffer, and i want them dead... Carly Chase is still traumatised after being in a fatal traffic accident which kills a teenage student from Brighton University. Then she receives news that turns her entire world into a living nightmare. The drivers of the other two vehicles involved have been found tortured and murdered. Now Detective…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 200) Аннотация: This is the second in C. J. Sansom's remarkable historical crime series. It's 1540, three years after Shardlake was commissioned by Cromwell to investigate the murders at Scarnsea monastery. It is the hottest summer of the sixteenth century. Shardlake is trying to keep a low profile, believing himself to be out of favour with Thomas Cromwell while at the same time maintaining his London-based…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: With her young son's potentially fatal neuroblastoma in complete remission, New York City medical examiner Laurie Montgomery returns to work at the Office of Chief Medical Examiner. Worried that she still has what it takes, Laurie finds her first case back to be a dangerous puzzler, involving organized crime and two start-up bio-tech companies caught in a zero-sum game. Satoshi Machita, a former…

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