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Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs.

Скачать книгу (размер 106 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 22) Аннотация: Spinning her web keeps the spider busy all day long. A number of animals try to distract the spider from her task, but the spider ignores them as she is too busy spinning. Each page shows the progress of the web which is raised from the page.

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: All Aboard Reading titles feature extra-large type, primer-easy sentence structure, and colorful rebus pictures that replace many nouns in the text. Nothing wakes this baby — not a beeping car, not a barking dog, not a ringing telephone! But when a tiny fly buzzes by, he finally wakes up. And what does it take to get him back to sleep? A kiss on the nose from big sister! Includes 24 cut-out flash…

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Picky eater Nicky declares that she would rather eat bees and parrots than peas and carrots until her inventive family devises a clever plan to overcome her finicky habits.

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Hardly able to sleep in a house of creaky floors, squeaky doors, and windows that go bang-bang, a discontented old man learns to appreciate his home after a temporary co-residence with a goat, cow, and donkey.

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: As ferociously fresh as it was more than a half century ago, this remarkable allegory of a downtrodden society of overworked, mistreated animals and their quest to create a paradise of progress, justice, and equality is one of the most scathing satires ever published. As readers witness the rise and bloody fall of the revolutionary animals, they begin to recognize the seeds of totalitarianism in…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Framed for murder, married to the exquisite Gwen Novak, fleeing for his life in the Wild West free enterprise zones of the moon, Colonel Colin Campbell (23rd century writer, traveller and bon viveur) is pursued by mysterious forces. Heinlein is also the author of «Stranger in a Strange Land».

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: By her own account she's an old Yankee bitch, Dolores Claiborne: foul temper, foul mouth, foul life. Folks on Little Tall Island have been waiting thirty years to find out just what happened on the eerie dark day her husband, Joe, died — the day of the total eclipse. The police want to know what happened yesterday, when rich, bedridden Vera Donovan, the island's grande dame sans merci and…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 396 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 471) Аннотация: With millions of copies sold worldwide, Frank Herbert's magnificent Dune books stand among the major achievements of the human imagination. The planet Arrakis—now called Rakis— is becoming desert again. The Lost Ones are returning home from the far reaches of space. The great sandworms are dying. And the children of Dune's children awaken from empire as from a dream, wielding the new power of a…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: This is the story of Rose Daniels, «the most richly portrayed female King's ever created» («Detroit Free Press»). Escape from her macabre marriage is not as easy as fleeing to a new city, picking a new name, finding a new job, and lucking out with a new man. Not with a husband like Norman...

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: There was snow when Arthur's tale began. It was a lifetime ago, in the last year of High King Uther's reign... However you count the years it was long ago, once upon a time, in a land called Britain, and I was there. Derfel, once a captain in Arthur's warband, recalls the dramatic days of wilful Guinevere, arrogant Lancelot, abstracted Merlin and intolerant Bishop Sansum, vying for mastery amid…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 437 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 283) Аннотация: The highly evocative stories in this treasury of tales have become part of our heritage and culture and are an essential part of every child's imaginative upbringing. In bringing to life a host of unforgettable characters such as Tom Thumb, the Frog-Prince and Ashputtel, the Brothers Grimm created a feast of stories to stimulate the mind and emotions of readers of all ages. Some of the tales are…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 437 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 283) Аннотация: The myth that has grown up around Robert Burns, Scotland's greatest popular poet, has sometimes obscured his original poetic gifts. The educated son of a poor cotter, Burns became known for his rustic background, his fraternity with the working man, his Jacobite loyalty and his amorous entanglements. Yet his contribution to literature is immense. His use of dialogue and colloquial speech is…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Jim Qwilleran and his Siamese sleuths, Koko and Yum Yum, investigate the disappearance of a wealthy railroad buff — and alleged multimillion-dollar embezzler — a case that becomes complicated by red herrings, a tragic train wreck, and murder at a railroad tavern.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: When «The Left Hand of Darkness» first appeared in 1969, the original jacket copy read, «Once in a long while a whole new world is created for us. Such worlds are Middle Earth, Dune — and such a world is Winter». Twenty-five years and a Hugo and Nebula Award later, these words remain true. In Winter, or Gethen, Ursula K. Le Guin has created a fully realized planet and people. But Gethen society…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Be all that you can be: clumsy, inane, sloppy, reckless, idiotic. Phule's Company is the laughingstock of the military. Their latest mission: to guard an intergalactic casino from an unlikely criminal takeover... The odds are against the oddballs.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Crime, high finances, and journalism are interconnected in this early thriller by the author of “On Wings of Eagles” and “Lie Down With Lions”. In one suspenseful, action-packed day, fortunes change hands as an ambitious young reporter scrambles to crack the story. A suicidal Junior Minister, an avaricious tycoon, and a seasoned criminal with his team of tough guys all play their parts in a…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: A basic Russian dictionary and phrasebook for the traveler (which, just in case, includes a section entitled Point to Answer). Organized thematically, common words and expressions are shown in English and Cyrillic with easy-to-decipher phonetic pronunciation.

Скачать книгу (размер 3 951 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 776) Аннотация: Celebrating the 500th anniversary of Michelangelo’s David, New American Library releases a special edition of Irving Stone’s classic biographical novel—in which both the artist and the man are brought to life in full. A masterpiece in its own right, this novel offers a compelling portrait of Michelangelo’s dangerous, impassioned loves, and the God-driven fury from which he wrested the greatest…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 896 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 373) Аннотация: Margo Sullivan had everything she could ask for. The daughter of the Templetons' stern housekeeper, she was treated like a member of the family. But money could not buy the thing she craved most-her mother's acceptance...