Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Harmony, Texas, librarian Emily has started a writing group. But Emily suddenly has other things on her mind when a friend from her past shows up in Harmony's library. Now she must deal with a secret she's kept for 15 years Na secret that changed her life and threatens to shatter her future.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Ladybird's My First Storytime Treasury is a big, colourful book packed with eight gentle, funny animal and vehicle stories. The jolly characters range from lions and tigers to kittens, puppies and even a tractor — all the things that young children most like to hear about. An ideal Christmas or birthday gift, My First Storytime also has a squishy padded cover and shiny foil on the front, and an…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: For years Rupert Murdoch's newspapers had been hacking, spying, blagging, bribing and destroying the evidence. They thought they were untouchable. They were wrong. This is the book that exposed the shadow state at the heart of Britain. Now fully updated with the very latest in the News Corp scandal, it tells the story of how a criminal conspiracy involving politicians, the police and the press…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: Assassin's Creed: Forsaken is the latest thrilling novelization by Oliver Bowden based on the phenomenally successful game series. The new game, Assassin's Creed III, takes one of gaming's most popular franchises to new heights in its most realistic world yet and introduces a brand new Assassin, Connor. During the American Revolution, Connor has sworn to secure liberty for his people and his…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 665 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 720) Аннотация: Although his father had been reluctant to become a field operative, Jack Ryan Jr. wants nothing more. Privately training with a seasoned Special Forces drill instructor, he's honing his skills to transition his work within The Campus from intelligence analysis to hunting down and eliminating terrorists wherever he can — even as Jack Ryan Sr. campaigns for re-election as President of the United…
Скачать книгу (размер 503 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 100) Аннотация: The New Yorker was launched in 1925, and offers reporting, criticism, essays, fiction, poetry, humour, and cartoons. From the very outset, the founders, Harold Ross and Jane Grant, declared that their sophisticated magazine was 'not edited for the old lady in Dubuque'. The New Yorker has also offered great literature in short stories from such acclaimed writers as John Cheever, Roald Dahl, Alice…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: A chilling masterpiece of the horror genre, Dracula also illuminated dark corners of Victorian sexuality. When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to advise Count Dracula on a London home, he makes a horrifying discovery. Soon afterwards, a number of disturbing incidents unfold in England: an unmanned ship is wrecked at Whitby; strange puncture marks appear on a young woman's neck; and the inmate…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Chilling, prophetic and hugely influential, The Time Machine sees a Victorian scientist propel himself into the year 802,701 AD, where he is delighted to find that suffering has been replaced by beauty and contentment in the form of the Eloi, an elfin species descended from man. But he soon realizes that they are simply remnants of a once-great culture — now weak and living in terror of the…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: Paradox ruled Thomas Hardy's life. His birth was almost his death; he became one of the great Victorian novelists and reinvented himself as one of the twentieth-century's greatest poets; he was an unhappy husband but a desolate widower; he wrote bitter attacks on the English class system yet prized the friendship of aristocrats. In the hands of Claire Tomalin, Thomas Hardy the novelist, poet,…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 502 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 688) Аннотация: This isn't just any cookery book. It is «Mastering the Art of French Cooking», first published in 1961, and it's a book that is a statement, not of culinary intent, but of aspiration, a commitment to a certain sort of good life, a certain sort of world-view; a votive object implying taste and appetite and a little je ne sais quoi. Julia Child was like Amelia Earhart, or Eleanor Roosevelt: she was…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Bestselling author Marian Keyes has delighted readers with the lives, loves, and foibles of the irrepressible Walsh sisters and their eccentric mammy. In this Life in the Big Apple is perfect for Anna. She has the best job in the world, a lovely apartment, and great friends. Then one morning, she wakes up in her mammy's house in Dublin with stitches in her face, a dislocated knee, hands smashed…
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Reading Brodsky's essays is like a conversation with an immensely erudite, hugely entertaining and witty (and often very funny) interlocutor. This collection of forty-eight short pieces on Venice showcase Joseph Brodsky at his very best: witty, intelligent, moving and elegant. Looking at every aspect of Venice, from its waterways, streets and architecture to its food, politics and people, Brodsky…
Скачать книгу (размер 503 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 100) Аннотация: It is a collection of 100 postcards, each featuring a striking Vogue cover. From early aspirational illustrations to modern celebrity photography, this is a stunning selection of Vogue's most dazzling images. Since its launch in 1892, Vogue has brought sophistication to its readers around the world. Early illustrations from artists including George Wolfe Plank, Olive Tilton, Pierre Brissaud, and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: In the early hours of the morning, following a wedding reception, a car filled with stoned, drunk and sleepy guests accidentally hits and kills a girl on a dark country road. This title explores the after effects of one night's terrible trauma on three siblings over years.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: The Ugly Truth book & CD is a gorgeous gift edition of the bestselling fifth title in the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney. Perfect for holidays and long car journeys! Greg Heffley has always been in a hurry to grow up. But is getting older really all it's cracked up to be? Suddenly Greg is dealing with the increased pressures of boy-girl parties, increased responsibilities, and even…
Скачать книгу (размер 65 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 14) Аннотация: One little baby, just like you. When it's teatime, what does she do? «Teatime Baby» is a delightful book for parents and babies to look at together. The beautiful illustrations show one little baby at each stage of her teatime: getting in the highchair, being fed by Mum and having a few spills and splashes. «Ladybird Happy Baby Books» are peep-through books showing babies in their daily routines,…
Скачать книгу (размер 65 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 14) Аннотация: One little baby, just like you. When it's playtime, what does she do? Playtime Baby is a delightful book for parents and babies to look at together. The beautiful illustrations show one little baby at each stage of her playtime: rolling on her play mat, stacking up blocks and having a hug with her favourite ted. Ladybird Happy Baby Books are peep-through books showing babies in their daily…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 901 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 374) Аннотация: Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon have undergone many hair-raising adventures before — but never one quite like this. Jungles come in many forms. There are the steamy rain forests of the Burmese highlands. There are the lies and betrayals of the world of covert operations. And there are the dark and twisted thoughts of a man bent on near-global domination. To pull off their latest mission,…
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: When make-believe Princess Jessica throws a royal ball, she delivers invitations to her loyal subjects, picks out her best ball gown, and even loses her slipper. If only her sister wasn't such a royal pain! Jessie becomes a princess complete with a ball gown, a crown, royal jewels, and loyal subjects to come to the royal ball.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 044 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 402) Аннотация: A woman with a murky past who kills herself-or was it murder? A dying old man cared for by the son he pummeled mercilessly. A lovely woman whose life is about to splinter into a thousand fragments. A professional shoplifting ring racking up millions in stolen goods. A brutal and unscrupulous gangster. A wandering husband, rich and powerful. A spoiled kid awash in gambling debt thinking he can…