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Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: As the citizens of an unnamed Caribbean nation creep through the dusty corridors of the presidential palace in search of their tyrannical leader, they cannot comprehend that the frail and withered man laying dead on the floor can be the self-styled General of the Universe. Their egocentric, maniacally violent leader, known for serving up traitors to dinner guests and drowning young children at…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Sweeping through crumbling towns, travelling fairs and windswept ports, Gabriel García Márquez introduces a host of extraordinary characters and communities in his mesmerising tales of everyday life: smugglers, bagpipers, the President and Pope at the funeral of Macondo’s revered matriarch; a very old angel with enormous wings, stranded in a young couple’s back garden; a town plagued by…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Jonathan Coe’s previous novel, «The Rotters’ Club», was a novel of innocence: a nostalgic, humorous evocation of adolescent life in 1970s Britain. «The Closed Circle» is its mirror image: a novel of experience. On Millennium night, with Blair presiding over a superficially cool, sexed-up new version of the country, Benjamin Trotter finds himself watching the celebrations on his parents’ TV in the…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: You open your home and your heart to a victim. But your house is anything but safe... Samantha Laschen is a doctor specialising in post-traumatic stress disorder. She's moved to the coast to escape her problems and to be alone with her young daughter. But now the police want her to take in Fiona Mackenzie, a girl whose parents have been savagely murdered. Yet by allowing Fiona in, Sam is exposing…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Sunny McDonald is in the ultimate forbidden relationship. Her boyfriend Magnus is a vampire, and the leader of the Blood Coven. And when the Coven decides that Magnus needs a mate to be his co-ruler, Sunny's humanity puts her out of the running. The Coven's chosen candidate is Jane Johnson, a magna cum laude graduate of Oxford University who just happens to look like a vampiric supermodel. Sunny…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 457 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 287) Аннотация: Marsilia, the local vampire queen, has learned that Mercy crossed her by slaying a member of her clan. Now, she's out for blood. But since Mercy is protected from direct reprisal by the werewolf pack-and her relationship with its sexy Alpha-it's not Mercy's blood Marsilia is after...

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: For five novels, Clive Cussler has brought readers into the world of the Oregon, a seemingly dilapidated ship packed with sophisticated equipment, and captained by the rakish, one-legged Juan Cabrillo. And now the Oregon and its crew face their biggest challenge yet. Corsairs are pirates, and pirates come in many different varieties. There are the pirates who fought off the Barbary Coast in the…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: Dorina Basarab is a dhampir — half-human, half-vampire — and the only way she can stay sane is by unleashing her sometimes uncontrollable rage on demons and vampires that deserve killing. After the fortunate demise of her insane uncle Dracula, Dory is back home in Brooklyn, hoping that life will calm down for a while. But then two visitors arrive: her friend Claire, asking for Dory's help in…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 257 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 640) Аннотация: 1995, Scotland. The prison of Cornton Vale. Laura Brannigan is in jail for murder. For two years, she's been battling for justice — insisting that she didn't kill her best friend, Jackie. Yet with her spirits at their lowest ebb, she receives a letter that takes her back to a different time and memory of an old love...Twenty years ago was a heady time for Laura: she'd escaped an abusive home and…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 502 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 688) Аннотация: Somerset, 1836, and baby Hope is cast out from a world of privilege as living proof of her mother's adultery...Smuggled away from the Harveys and Briargate House to a nearby village, Hope grows up in the arms of the warm and loving Renton family, unaware of her true identity. But fate has harsh plans for Hope and a chain of events sees her forced to lead a vagabond's existence until she finds the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Trapped in a boring job and living in a tiny apartment in New York, Julie Powell regularly finds herself weeping on the way home from work. Then one night, through her mascara-smudged eyes, Julie notices that the few items she's grabbed from the Korean grocery store are the very ingredients for Potage Parmentier, as described in Julia Childs' legendary cookbook, «Mastering the Art of French…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Annie and Duncan are a mid-thirties couple who have reached a fork in the road, realising their shared interest in the reclusive musician Tucker Crowe (in Duncan's case, an obsession rather than an interest) is not enough to hold them together any more. When Annie hates Tucker's 'new release', a terrible demo of his most famous album, it's the last straw — Duncan cheats on her and she promptly…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: In schools we are taught to meet problems head-on: what Edward de Bono calls 'vertical thinking'. This works well in simple situations — but we are at a loss when this approach fails. Lateral thinking is all about freeing up your imagination. Through a series of special techniques, in groups or working alone, Edward de Bono shows us how to look at problems from a variety of angles and in so doing…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: When Fifi moves to London with her bricklayer boyfriend Dan, her mother is outraged. Despite initial feelings of horror at her new surroundings, Fifi finds the freedom from her middle-class family background exhilarating. Insatiably inquisitive, Fifi is fascinated by her new neighbours and wants to know what goes on behind all those shabby front doors. Why is Yvette, the French dressmaker, such a…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Take the combined fortunes of Bill Gates, Tiger Woods and Roman Abramovich. Now imagine someone stealing that much money — and being hailed as a financial genius. That man is Bernard Madoff. Backed by governments and global banks, Madoff defrauded $65 billion from charities and individual investors including Stephen Spielberg. Finally turned in by his own sons, Madoff opened his door in his…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Most people get presents on their sixteenth birthday. I get a prophecy that could save or destroy the world. That's how it is when you're the son of Poseidon, God of the Sea. According to an ancient prophecy, bad things will happen when I turn sixteen — because I'm the one who gets to decide the fate of the entire world. But no pressure. This is the one where Kronos, Lord of the Titans, is…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Look, I didn't want to be a half-blood. I never asked to be the son of a Greek god. I was just a normal kid, going to school, playing basketball, skateboarding. The usual. Until I accidentally vaporized my maths teacher. That's when things started really going wrong. Now I spend my time fighting with swords, battling monsters with my friends and generally trying to stay alive. This is the one…

Скачать книгу (размер 932 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 184) Аннотация: Percy Jackson has had an unnervingly quiet school year. But then he discovers that the magical borders protecting Half Blood Hill are failing. Unless something is done, the camp will be attacked by demons and monsters. The only way to restore power to the camp's borders is to find the mythical Golden Fleece. And the only person who can undertake this dangerous quest is Percy...This is the eagerly…

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: In these top-secret files, Rick Riordan, Camp Half-Blood's senior scribe, gives you an inside look at the world of demigods that no regular human child is allowed to see. These highly classified archives include three of Percy Jackson's most perilous adventures, a «Spotter's Guide to Monsters», a «Who's Who in Greek Mythology», «Percy's Summer Camp Report» and much more. So, if you're armed with…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 931 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 576) Аннотация: A New Year. Five women gather for their first ever Reading Group; each is uncertain, clasping her expectations and fears close to her chest. A New Page. Harriet and Nicole are best friends who find themselves — in different ways — trapped in loveless marriages. And Polly is the epitome of a successful single mum, until a marriage proposal and an unexpected pregnancy threaten to derail her. Susan…