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Leon Donna: Uniform Justice

Скачать книгу (размер 1 493 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 294) Аннотация: For more than a decade Donna Leon has been a bestseller in Europe with a series of mysteries featuring Commissario Guido Brunetti. Always ready to bend the rules to solve a crime, Brunetti manages to maintain his integrity while maneuvering through a city rife with politics, corruption, and intrigue. In «Uniform Justice», a young cadet has been found hanged, a presumed suicide, in Venice's elite…

Milne A.A.: Winnie-the-Pooh's ABC

Скачать книгу (размер 126 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 26) Аннотация: Learning the alphabet is more fun when the setting is the Hundred Acre Wood. Familiar scenes from the Milne and Shepard classics introduce not only the concepts of letters and words, but also Pooh and his friends. This sturdy board book with an elegant, timeless look has been designed to attract the most discerning Pooh fans and to delight their favorite toddlers.

Stephen King: Four Past Midnight

Скачать книгу (размер 3 910 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 768) Аннотация: NOW A BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE FROM COLUMBIA PICTURES STARRING JOHNNY DEPP Based on Secret Window, Secret Garden, a novella in Stepen King's Four Past Midnight. Mort Rainey is a best selling author whose imagination thrills his readers to the core. But one of his stories holds a secret that comes to life. A secret that even he can't imagine...

Durrell Gerald: Birds, Beasts, and Relatives

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Originally published in 1969 but long out of print, Durrell's dazzling sequel to «My Family and Other Animals» is based on his boyhood on the Greek Island of Corfu from 1935 to 1939 and filled with charming observations, amusing anecdotes, boyhood memories, and childlike wonder.

Coca-Leffler Maryann: Dog Wash Day

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: It's time to wash the dog. Have a splish-splashing good time with simple words, pictures, and flash cards to make learning to read easy and fun. Full color. Consumable.

Shaw George Bernard: Plays by George Bernard Shaw: Mrs: Warren's Profession; Arms and the Man; Candida; Man and Superman

Скачать книгу (размер 2 273 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 447) Аннотация: In Mrs. Warren's Profession, Arms and the Man, Candida, and Man and Superman, George Bernard Shaw satirizes society, military heroism, marriage, and the pursuit of man by woman. From a social, literary, and theatrical standpoint, these four plays are among the foremost dramas of the age-as intellectually stimulating as they are humorous.

Buehner Caralyn: Snowmen at Night

Скачать книгу (размер 126 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 26) Аннотация: New for the fall season, this New York Times bestseller is now available in a sturdy board book edition, previously sold only through the gift set. Snowmen at Night reveals a wonderful wintertime secret — when we are sleeping, the snowmen are out playing! This exuberant, rhyming tale continues to delight young toddlers, as well as older readers, in a format that's just right for little hands.

Coerr Eleanor: Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes

Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: An extraordinary book, one no reader will fail to find compelling and unforgettable. Booklist, starred review The star of her school's running team, Sadako is lively and athletic... until the dizzy spells start. Then she must face the hardest race of her life — the race against time. Based on a true story, Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes celebrates the courage that makes one young woman a…

Deveraux Jude: Wild Orchids

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Have you ever lost someone who meant more to you than your own soul? Ford Newcombe has. For years he loved his wife, Pat, more than anyone — and anything — in the world. She came into his life when he was just an inexperienced college student with big dreams of becoming a published author. With love and humour, she guided him down the path that would eventually lead him to more success than he…

Dostoyevsky Fedor: The Idiot

Скачать книгу (размер 3 910 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 768) Аннотация: ‘He’s simple-minded, but he has all his wits about him, in the most noble sense of the word, of course’ Returning to St Petersburg from a Swiss sanatorium, the gentle and naive Prince Myshkin – known as ‘the idiot’ – pays a visit to his distant relative General Yepanchin and proceeds to charm the General, his wife and his three daughters. But his life is thrown into turmoil when he chances on a…

Ernest Gowers: The Complete Plain Words

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: The Complete Plain Words is established as the classic guide for anyone who needs to express themselves clearly, fluently and accurately in writing. Whether you are working on paper or on a computer, this essential reference work will lead you through the intricacies of the English language with wit, common sense and authority. · Discusses the dangers of jargon, cliché and superfluous words…

John Pritchard: The New Penguin Guide to the Law

Скачать книгу (размер 4 400 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 864) Аннотация: This book is established as the best home reference guide to the law. It covers all aspects of the subject in an easy, accessible style which cuts through the legalease of the normal law guides. New topics covered in the fifth edition include pensions, child support changes, tax credits, squatters, unmarried fathers and parental responsibility, pre-nuptial contracts, the Adoption and Children Act…

Allen: Penguin Concise English Dictionary

Скачать книгу (размер 5 379 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1056) Аннотация: This concise edition of the bestselling New Penguin English Dictionary is the perfect reference book for everyday use, exploring every aspect of the English language as it is used today. Compiled by Britain’s foremost lexicographers, meticulously researched and presented in a clear, easy-to-read format, it is the ideal companion for every home and office. • Over 150,000 words, phrases and clear…

Fergusson: The Penguin Concise Thesaurus

Скачать книгу (размер 4 563 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 896) Аннотация: The Penguin Concise Thesaurus is the ideal desk companion for all writers. Authoritative, wide-ranging, up-to-date and easy to use, it offers a vast selection of synonyms for over 15,000 words. Whether you’re solving a crossword or searching for an imaginative phrase for a piece of writing, this companion to The Penguin Concise English Dictionary is an essential reference work. • Contains nearly…

John Fleming: The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture

Скачать книгу (размер 3 339 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 656) Аннотация: Without doubt, the standard work in the field. As reflected by its new title, The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture has now been expanded to include recent developments in the field of landscape architecture. Full account has been taken, too, of the huge range of building traditions around the world.

Michael Thain: The Penguin Dictionary of Biology

Скачать книгу (размер 3 829 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 752) Аннотация: The eleventh edition of the Penguin Dictionary of Biology has been fully revised and updated to include the latest developments in the field. An essential tool for A/ AS Level students, undergraduates and students of related disciplines, this dictionary offers clear explanations of biological concepts and processes, and the broadest coverage of the subject, from ecology to immunology and…

James H. MacLean: The Penguin Dictionary of Building

Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: The fourth edition of The Penguin Dictionary of Building has proved its claim to be the most popular and unique work of reference of its kind, being comprehensive, up-to-date and inexpensive. Illustrated throughout with clear, explanatory line drawings, it offers: • Clear definitions of terms used by architects, builders, DIY centres, planners and surveyors in the construction, use and care of…

David W. A. Sharp: The Penguin Dictionary of Chemistry

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: The Penguin Dictionary of Chemistry is the ideal source of information for students of all sciences, whatever their level, and for anyone who encounters chemical terms in the course of their everyday work. Comprehensive, packed with vital information and illustrated throughout, it has now been substantially updated to take account of the very latest developments in this key subject area. ·…

Macey D.: The Penguin Dictionary of Critical Theory

Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: Critical theory now underpins numerous academic disciplines, but, for the uninitiated, it can seem a bewildering maze of conflicting schools of thought, complex theories and endless jargon. David Macey's new dictionary cuts through the complexities to give a clear and straightforward account of all the key terms and concepts the average student is likely to encounter.

Bannock: The Penguin Dictionary of Economics

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Whether you want to follow the economic discussions in the media today, are studying economics or need some knowledge of it at work (in business, finance or the public sector), this wide-ranging and accessible dictionary explains a host of economic terms, with full cross-referencing, from acceleration principle to X-efficiency, globalization to venture capital, Euro to zero-sum game. Revised and…