Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: You are crossing the Atlantic on a liner with your boyfriend who may or may not be planning to propose. You are fleeing the past — your ex-lover Arthur, the man who helped you dupe the vulnerable into believing loved ones were trying to make contact from beyond the grave. But there's a secret you've kept from Arthur, a deception about the two of you that threatens to emerge when you discover…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 592) Аннотация: She was the Princess Diana of her day. Her story The English Gone With The Wind. She loved clothes and jewels and parties. She had exquisite taste in interior design. She seemed destined to reign as one of England's most glamorous queens, famed for the beautiful palaces she designed and decorated. Instead, Princess Henrietta Maria of France became caught up in the Civil War, one of the greatest…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Tessa has just a few months to live. Fighting back against hospital visits, endless tests and drugs with excruciating side-effects, Tessa compiles a list. It's her Before I Die list. And number one is sex. Starting tonight. Released from the constraints of 'normal' life, Tessa tastes new experiences to make her feel alive while her failing body struggles to keep up. Her feelings, her…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: In conformist 1950s America, Jack Kerouac's On the Road was greeted with dismay by the traditionalists and with delirium by those who craved the freedom he symbolized and the universe he created. Ever since, his hunt for the big experience and his longing for greatness have turned him into an icon. Barry Miles, a friend of Kerouac's, provides a portrait of this complex figure whose joyous…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: A man with no eyes. No eyes at all. Two tunnels in his head... It's not easy being a witch, and it's certainly not all whizzing about on broomsticks, but Tiffany Aching — teen witch — is doing her best. Until something evil wakes up, something that stirs up all the old stories about nasty old witches, so that just wearing a pointy hat suddenly seems a very bad idea. Worse still, this evil ghost…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Presenting the next must-have, fun-filled gift book from the team that created Ultimate Weird But True, 5,000 Cool Facts About Everything treats kids to brain candy and eye candy all rolled into one treasure trove of high-interest fascinating facts. Lively and information-packed, this book is literally busting its covers with fascinating, fun-tastic facts on super, sensational topics that kids…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: It's Zimbabwe, 1980s. The war is over, independence has been won and Robert Mugabe has come to power offering hope, land and freedom to black Africans. It is the end of the Old Way and the start of a promising new era. For Robert Jacklin, it's all new: new continent, new country, new school. And very quickly he learns that for some of his classmates, the sound of guns is still loud, and their…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Introspective, intense and poignant, The Wine of Solitude is the most autobiographical of all Irene Nemirovsky's novels, now available in English for the first time. Imbued with melancholy, and regret, it explores the troubled relationship between a young girl, her distant, self-absorbed mother and her mother's lover, Max. We follow the family through the Great War and the Russian Revolution, as…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: Every morning retired naval officer Hakan von Enke takes a walk in the forest near his apartment in Stockholm. Then, one day he fails to come home. Detective Kurt Wallander is not officially involved but Hakan's son is engaged to his daughter Linda. A few months earlier, at Hakan's 75th birthday party, he was eager to talk to Kurt about a controversial incident from his past. Could this be…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 849 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 560) Аннотация: Ryan Drake is a man who finds people who don't want to be found. Once a soldier in the British Army, he now works for the CIA, leading an elite investigation team that tracks down missing agents. But his latest mission — to free a prisoner codenamed Maras and bring her back onto US soil within forty-eight hours — is more dangerous than anything his team has attempted before. Despite the risks,…
Скачать книгу (размер 4 481 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 880) Аннотация: It began with Eragon... It ends with Inheritance. Not so very long ago, Eragon — Shadeslayer, Dragon Rider — was nothing more than a poor farm boy, and his dragon, Saphira, only a blue stone in the forest. Now, the fate of an entire civilization rests on their shoulders. Long months of training and battle have brought victories and hope, but they have also brought heartbreaking loss. And still…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: A storm. Rain-lashed city streets. A flash of lightning. A scruffy lad sees a girl leap desperately from a horse-drawn carriage, in a vain attempt to escape her captors. Can the lad stand by and let her be caught again? Of course not, because he's... Dodger.
Скачать книгу (размер 3 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 592) Аннотация: Anne Rice's legendary Vampire Chronicles immersed us in the mythology, lives and loves of a motley crew of undead they defined a genre. And now she has another age-old story in her sights, the terrifying werewolf legend... The werewolf is the classic monster of horror fiction — dark, gothic, with supernatural depth and power — but here it is reimagined and reinvented with all Anne Rice's…
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: While Bilbo embarks on his last journey to the West, his mind is cast back to his first big adventure, The Hobbit. J.R.R Tolkien's beautiful poem is brought to life through Pauline Bayne's stunning illustrations. It's the perfect introduction to the epic fantasy series of The Hobbit and Lord Of The Rings for younger readers, and a real treat for all Tolkien fans. Baynes' illustrations have been…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: The Spangled Mob are no ordinary American gangsters. They prey on the addictions of the wealthy and treat the poor as collateral. Their ruthless desire for power and fierce brotherly loyalty make them deadly and invincible. James Bond must go deep undercover in his urgent new assignment: to destroy their millionaire masterminds, Jack and Seraffimo Spang. But the Spangs' cruel influence is…
Скачать книгу (размер 8 276 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1624) Аннотация: Fifty Shades of Grey. When literature student Anastasia Steele interviews successful entrepreneur Christian Grey, she finds him very attractive and deeply intimidating. Unworldly and innocent, Ana is shocked to find she wants this man, and excited when she realises that Christian wants her too. As they embark on a passionate love affair, Ana discovers more about her own desires, as well as the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Who is Auric Goldfinger? The Bank of England wants to know and they're also curious to find out what he's done with the huge stock of gold he's been collecting since the war. James Bond is put on the trail. This isn't the first time 007 has come across the enigmatic millionaire and he quickly discovers that Goldfinger never forgets and never forgives. Bond is drawn inexorably into the most…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: Six shots. Five dead. A heartland city thrown into terror. But within hours the cops have it solved. A slam-dunk case. Apart from one thing. The accused gunman refuses to talk except for a single phrase: Get Jack Reacher for me. Reacher lives off the grid. He's not looking for trouble. But sometimes trouble looks for him. What could connect the ex-military cop to this psychopathic killer?
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Mr Big is brutal, brilliant and feared worldwide. Protected by Voodoo forces and the psychic powers of his prisoner Solitaire, he is an invincible SMERSH operative at the head of a ruthless smuggling ring. James Bond's new assignment will take him to the heart of the occult: to infiltrate this secret world and destroy Mr Big's global network. From Harlem's throbbing jazz joints to the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: The Man with the Golden Gun, Paco Scaramanga, is one of the deadliest hit men in the world and the British Secret Service want him eliminated. A brainwashed James Bond tried, and failed, to kill his boss, M. It's time for him to prove he can be trusted again. Bond finds his man in the sweltering heat of Jamaica. His plan is to infiltrate Scaramanga's gang of criminals to get close to the man…