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Swift Erin: French Accents: At Home with Parisian Objects and Details

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: This lavishly illustrated volume shows you how to choose fabulous French decorating details to create interiors with an unforgettable sense of sophistication and charm. French details are the key to achieving the effortless chic of the French home. The first step is to understand how the French see — blending rich tradition with whimsy to achieve interiors that are as comfortable as they are…

Stone Oliver: The Untold History of the United States

Скачать книгу (размер 3 992 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 784) Аннотация: Beginning with the bloody suppression of the Filipino struggle for independence and spanning the two World Wars, this title documents how US administrations have repeatedly intervened in conflicts on foreign soil, taking part in covert operations and wars in Latin American, Asia and the Middle East.

Wallace Danny: Charlotte Street

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: My name is Jason — and I have just met the most incredible woman, on Charlotte Street. Well, I say 'met'. I sort of held her bags for a second. But she smiled at me! And it was this amazing smile. Of course, I don't know her name, or anything about her at all. But I do happen to have something of hers.

Indridason Arnaldur: Black Skies

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: Detective Sigurdur Oli is in trouble. After a school reunion exposed the chasm between his life and those of his much more successful contemporaries, leaving him bitter and resentful, one of his old friends asks him to pay an unofficial visit to a couple of blackmailers. He readily agrees, only to arrive to find one of the pair lying in a pool of blood. When the victim dies in hospital, Sigurdur…

Amis Martin: Lionel Asbo: State of England

Скачать книгу (размер 1 396 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 275) Аннотация: Lionel Asbo — a very violent but not very successful young criminal — is going about his morning duties in a London prison when he learns that he has just won GBP139,999,999.50 on the National Lottery. This is not necessarily good news for his ward and nephew, the orphaned Des Pepperdine, who still has reason to fear his uncle's implacable vengeance. Savage, funny, and mysteriously poignant,…

Harkaway Nick: Angelmaker

Скачать книгу (размер 3 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 592) Аннотация: This title comes from the acclaimed author of The Gone-Away World — a new riveting action spy thriller, blistering gangster noir, and howling absurdist comedy: a propulsively entertaining tale about a mobster's son and a retired secret agent who are forced to team up to save the world. All Joe Spork wants is a quiet life. He repairs clockwork and lives above his shop in a wet, unknown bit of…

Goodhart Pippa: Just Imagine

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Just imagine what it would be like to be as small as a mouse; or as big as a house. Imagine exploring the depths of the ocean, travelling into the past or the future — or something even stranger... This wonderfully inventive and interactive book allows a child to tell their own story, combining new elements each time. And with intricately detailed illustrations for parent and child to pore over…

Patterson James: NYPD Red

Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: It's the start of the Hollywood on Hudson film festival, and New York City is swept up in the glamour. There's a red carpet premiere every night; the most exclusive restaurants are filled with wealthy producers and pre-eminent directors; and thousands of fans gather with the paparazzi, hoping to catch a glimpse of the most famous and beautiful faces in the world. With so many celebrities in town,…

Nawaz Maajid: Radical: My Journey from Islamist Extremism to a Democratic Awakening

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Born and raised in Essex, Maajid Nawaz was recruited into politicised Islam as a teenager. Abandoning his love of hip hop music, graffiti and girls, he was recruited into Hizb ut-Tahrir (the Liberation Party) where he played a leading and international role in the shaping and dissemination of an aggressive anti-West narrative. While studying for his Arabic and law degree, he travelled around the…

Pratchett Terry: The Science of Discworld II: The Globe

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Acclaimed The Science of Discworld centred around an original Pratchett story about the wizards of Discworld. In it they accidentally witnessed the creation and evolution of our universe, a plot which was interleaved with a Cohen & Stewart non-fiction narrative about Big Science. In The Science of Discworld II: The Globe our authors join forces again to see just what happens when the wizards…

Pratchett Terry: The Science of Discworld

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: When a wizardly experiment goes adrift, the wizards of Unseen University find themselves with a pocket universe on their hands: Roundworld, where neither magic nor common sense seems to stand a chance against logic. The Universe, of course, is our own. And Roundworld is Earth. As the wizards watch their accidental creation grow, we follow the story of our universe from the primal singularity of…

Palacio R.J.: Wonder

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: 'My name is August. I won't describe what I look like. Whatever you're thinking, it's probably worse'. Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-years-old. He does ordinary things — eating ice cream, playing on his Xbox. He feels ordinary — inside. But Auggie is far from ordinary. Ordinary kids don't make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. Ordinary kids aren't stared at wherever they…

Thompson Walker Karen: The Age of Miracles

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: From a stunning new literary voice comes a brilliant debut novel about a young girl growing up in extraordinary times.

Graeber David: The Democracy Project: A History, a Crisis, a Movement

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Global democracy is at a crossroads and David Graeber, one of the most influential scholars and activists of recent decades, here offers the perfect book to address this historical moment: a short, provocative exploration of the idea of democracy, its current crisis, and its still untapped potential as a tool for change.

Kinsella Sophie: I`ve Got Your Number

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: Poppy Wyatt has never felt luckier. She is about to marry her ideal man, Magnus Tavish, but in one afternoon her “happily ever after” begins to fall apart. Not only has she lost her engagement ring in a hotel fire drill but in the panic that follows, her phone is stolen.

Cronin Justin: The Twelve

Скачать книгу (размер 3 502 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 688) Аннотация: A literary thriller unfolding in multiple time frames, THE TWELVE is a page-turning and epic tale of sacrifice and survival. In the present day: As three strangers attempt to navigate the chaos cast upon civilization by a U.S. government experiment gone wrong, their destinies intertwine. A hundred years in the future: Amy, Peter, Alicia, and the others introduced in THE PASSAGE hunt the original…

Binchy Maeve: A Week in Winter

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Maeve Binchy, 'the grand story teller', returns with a cast of characters you will never forget when they all spend a winter week together on holiday at Stone House, a restful inn by the sea...

Snyder Scott: Batman: The Black Mirror

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: A NEW YORK TIMES #1 Bestseller and Amazon Best Book of 2011In «The Black Mirror,» a series of brutal murders pushes Batman's detective skills to the limit and forces him to confront one of Gotham City's oldest evils. Helpless and trapped in the deadly Mirror House, Batman must fight for his life against one of Gotham City's oldest and most powerful evils!Then, in a second story called «Hungry…

Riggs Ransom: Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where…

Child Lee: A Wanted Man

Скачать книгу (размер 3 176 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 624) Аннотация: “The indomitable Reacher burns up the pages.” USA Today Four people in a car, hoping to make Chicago by morning. One man driving, another telling stories that don’t add up. A woman in the back, silent and worried. And a hitchhiker with a broken nose. An hour behind them, the FBI descends on an old pumping station where a man was stabbed to death — the knife work professional, the killers nowhere…