Скачать книгу (размер 254 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 51) Аннотация: Keri Smith's Everything is Connected is not just a book of postcards. It's a series of experiments designed to shake us out of our ruts. Through the ingenious use of the common postcard, Keri Smith encourages us to embark on a quest to reanimate everyday life. No matter how hard we try, everyday life always becomes predictable. From the toothpaste we use and the clothing we wear, to the way we…
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: The Empty Stocking is a brilliantly funny Christmas story by Richard Curtis and Rebecca Cobb. Brilliant read by the one and only Dawn French. In this fantastically funny and heartwarming story by Richard Curtis, scriptwriter of Four Weddings and a Funeral and Love Actually, it's Christmas Eve and there's one very important question on everyone's mind — have you been good this year? For twins Sam…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 105 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 218) Аннотация: Greg Heffley's on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around, or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard luck story?
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Why do underdogs succeed so much more than they should? How do the weak outsmart the strong? In David and Goliath Malcolm Gladwell takes us on a scintillating and surprising journey to uncover the hidden dynamics that shape the balance of power between the small and the mighty. From the conflicts in Northern Ireland and Vietnam, through the tactics of civil rights leaders and the problem of…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: In the first of the four cases in Trouble is My Business, LA PI Philip Marlowe is offered a job that leaves a bad taste in the mouth: smearing a girl who's 'got her hooks into a rich man's pup'. Before too long Marlowe's up to his neck in corpses and cops and he's taken pity on the girl. There's nothing like making trouble of your business... The four novellas collected here are quintessential…
Скачать книгу (размер 4 237 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 832) Аннотация: The Complete Short Stories of Roald Dahl in the second of two unsettling and sinister volumes. 'Dahl finds the child in the adult and the adult in the child and, with a little smile, he sticks the knife in both' Anthony Horowitz, from his introduction Roald Dahl is one of the world's most popular writers, equally at home writing for both children and adults. In this, the second of two volumes…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 176 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 624) Аннотация: The Complete Short Stories of Roald Dahl in the first of two unsettling and sinister volumes. They are brutal, these stories, and yet you finish reading each one with a smile, or maybe even a hollow laugh, certainly a shiver of gratification, because the conclusion always seems so right. (Charlie Higson, from his introduction). Roald Dahl is one of the most popular writers of the modern age,…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: Steven Patrick Morrissey was born in Manchester on May 22nd 1959. Singer-songwriter and co-founder of the Smiths (1982-1987), Morrissey has been a solo artist for twenty-six years, during which time he has had three number 1 albums in England in three different decades. Achieving eleven Top 10 albums (plus nine with the Smiths), his songs have been recorded by David Bowie, Nancy Sinatra, Marianne…
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Doctor Who with the Official 2014 Annual! Packed with facts, features, puzzles, comics and stories about everyone's favourite Time Lord, as well as his brand new companion, Clara and the deadly enemies they face on their travels in the TARDIS! This annual is the perfect Christmas gift and stocking-filler for Doctor Who fans.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Dawn French, number one bestelling author of A Tiny Bit Marvellous and one of Britain's best loved comic writers, returns with Oh Dear Silvia, a darkly comic page-turner that will have you hanging on her every word. Who is in Coma Suite Number 5? A matchless lover? A supreme egotist? A selfless martyr? A bad mother? A cherished sister? A selfish wife? All of these. For this is Silvia Shute who…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: 'As the steady march of time takes its toll on my memory and the vultures circle, I thought I should have a stab at recollecting how it all happened'... Jennifer Saunders' brilliant comic creations have brought joy to millions for three decades. From Comic Strip to Comic Relief, from Bolly-swilling Edina in Absolutely Fabulous to Meryl Streep in Mamma Mia, her characters are household names. But…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 467 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 485) Аннотация: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: Richard Mabey, one of Britain's leading nature writers, looks at the relationship between city and country, and how this brings out the power of nature — part of a series of twelve books tied to the twelve lines of the London Underground. Exploring the creation of Metro-land as a powerful symbol of the English ruralist myth, A Good Parcel of English Soil looks at how individuals become sensitized…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 309 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 258) Аннотация: Cheap fashion has fundamentally changed the way most Americans dress. Stores ranging from discounters like Target to traditional chains like JCPenny now offer the newest trends at unprecedentedly low prices. And we have little reason to keep wearing and repairing the clothes we already own when styles change so fast and it's cheaper to just buy more. Cline sets out to uncover the true nature of…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Dirk Pitt is oceanography's answer to Indiana Jones, praises the Associated Press. And now the Cusslers bring us Pitt's most dangerous adventure of all.
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Quantum electrodynamics — or QED, for short — is the revolutionary theory that explains how light and electrons interact. Thanks to Richard Feynman and his colleagues, who won the Nobel Prize for their ground-breaking work in this area, it is also one of the rare parts of physics that is known for sure, a theory that has stood the text of time. Based on a series of lectures delivered to the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: A tsunami and a war, a mother and a daughter, a husband and a wife: Joanna Rossiter's haunting novel explores how these relationships are welded and dissolved by extraordinary circumstances beyond human control. Beautifully observed and moving, A Lost Place is a novel for fans of Sadie Jones' The Outcast, Amanda Hodgkinson's 22 Britannia Road and Natasha Solomons' The Novel in the Viola.…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: This essential anniversary guide to fifty years of Doctor Who includes all eleven incarnations of the Doctor and fascinating facts on his adventures in space and time, helpful companions and fearsome foes like the Daleks, Cybermen and Ice Warriors! Find out all about the Doctor's Tardis, his regenerations and much much more!
Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: Every time we choose a route to work, decide whether to go on a second date, or set aside money for a rainy day, we are making a prediction about the future. Yet from the financial crisis to ecological disasters, we routinely fail to foresee hugely significant events, often at great cost to society. In The Signal and the Noise, the New York Times political forecaster Nate Silver, who accurately…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten. Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is…