Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Chinese edition of the bestseller Churchill, a biography of the political figure whose work impacted the entire world. Paul Johnson is a consummate biographer who doesn't hide the fact that he likes Churchill, but the biography is first rate, scholarly as well as entertaining. In Traditional Chinese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 288 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 450) Аннотация: The #1 New York Times bestseller is now a major motion picture, staring Academy Award winners Julia Roberts and Javier Bardem, and Golden Globe winner James Franco.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: Aibileen is a black maid in 1962 Jackson, Mississippi, raising her seventeenth white child. She's always taken orders quietly, but lately it leaves her with a bitterness she can no longer bite back. Her friend Minny has certainly never held her tongue, or held on to a job for very long, but now she's working for a newcomer with secrets that leave her speechless. And white socialite Skeeter has…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: The «New York Times» — bestselling authors return with a heart-stopping new novel. On the first day of Royal Ascot, a man steps forward claiming to be Ned Talbot's long-lost father. Barely an hour later, the man is found stabbed to death. Ned embarks on a race to solve his father's murder.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 967 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 387) Аннотация: The husband-and-wife treasure hunting team of Sam and Remi Fargo stumble across a WWII German U-boat in a Delaware swamp. Inside they found a curious bottle supposedly from Napolean's «lost cellar». While they look for the rest of the collection, millionaire Hadeon Bondaruk, who claims to be direct descendant of Persian emperor Xerxes the great, is also looking for that bottle. He is interested…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Eyewitness testimony is notoriously unreliable. Even more so when Kinsey Milhone's only lead is a grown man dredging up a repressed childhood memory — of something that may never have happened. (Grafton's) most structurally complex, psychologically potent book to date.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 294 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 451) Аннотация: In this sequel to The Chase, Detective Isaac Bell returns to try and stop the mysterious saboteur of the Southern Pacific railroad known as The WRECKER. Who is he? What does he want? Whoever he is, whatever his motives, The WRECKER knows how to create maximum havoc, and Bell senses that he is far from done-that, in fact, The WRECKER is building up to a grand act unlike anything he has committed…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 743 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 343) Аннотация: Tully Sullivan is just like any other suburban mom — except she's just woken up in a strange place surrounded by strange people who keep insisting that they're dragons — and that she's one too...
Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: California, 1984: three children make a gruesome discovery in the woods: a partially buried female body. Their teacher, Ann Navarre, is shocked at the discovery which marks the end of innocence for the whole community due to the acts of a serial killer. Tami Hoag is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Daddy's Girl and Pandora's Daughter, among others.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 743 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 343) Аннотация: When Francesca arrives at GothFaire to save her mother from the trickster god, Loki, things go from bad to worse. Her immortal ex, Benedikt, is there, full of secrets-and with a new girlfriend. Now Fran must battle a power-hungry group who wishes to dominate both the immortal and mortal worlds-and the woman who claimed Ben's heart. It's a good thing Fran's no ordinary mortal...
Скачать книгу (размер 2 865 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 563) Аннотация: Jim Butcher's Breakthrough #1 New York Times bestseller. The Warden Morgan has been accused of treason against the Wizards of the White Council-and there's only one final punishment for that crime. He's on the run, he wants his name cleared, and he needs someone with a knack for backing the underdog. Like Harry Dresden. Now, Harry must uncover a traitor within the Council, keep a…
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Скачать книгу (размер 1 748 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 344) Аннотация: At the end of her bestselling memoir Eat, Pray, Love, Elizabeth Gilbert fell in love with Felipe, a Brazilian living, in Indonesia. The couple swore eternal love, but also swore (as skittish divorce survivors) to never marry. However, when Felipe was unexpectedly kicked out of the United States by U.S. Immigration officials, the couple was faced with a strict ultimatum: get married or Felipe…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 931 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 576) Аннотация: Turning 27 may be terrifying for some, but for Alex, a struggling artist living in the Midwest, it is cataclysmic. Something about this birthday, his name, and the beautiful woman whose life he has just saved has suddenly made him — and everyone he loves — a target. A target for extreme and uncompromising violence...
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Скачать книгу (размер 1 972 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 388) Аннотация: Itas just another day in the life of an average kid. If youare Alex Rider, that is. A con artist has realized there is big money in charitya the bigger the disaster, the greater the money flow! So that is what he will produce: the biggest disaster known to man, all thanks to genetically modified corn that can release a virus so potent it can knock out an entire country in one windy day. But Alex…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: A collection of seven short plays following the story of Roald Dahl's book in sequence. Some are for three or four actors and a couple are ideal for performance by a whole class.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Early thirtysomething Emma decides it's time to have the baby — but it just doesn't happen to order. Emma goes through a funny, touching and ultimately moving journey as she struggles to accept the reality that maybe it's never going to happen. The Baby Trail is a novel rich in texture, light and dark, and humour with a biting undercurrent.
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Following the success of his stage adaptation of The BFG, David Wood has now written a series of scenes, or playlets for performance by children in schools and other amateur groups. With notes on simple staging, props and costumes, these plays can be performed with the minimum of experience or resources.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: 'I will seek Vengeance upon those who betrayed my family. I am Ezio Auditore da Firenze. I am an Assassin...' Betrayed by the ruling families of Italy, a young man embarks upon an epic quest for vengeance. To eradicate corruption and restore his family's honour, he will learn the art of the assassins. Along the way, Ezio will call upon the wisdom of such great minds as Leonardo Da Vinci and…