Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: When two dead bodies are found inside a wrecked car on the Golden Gate Bridge, Detective Lindsay Boxer doubts that it will be anything as simple as a traffic accident. The scene is more gruesome than anything she has seen before. It definitely wasn't the crash that killed these people. While Lindsay starts to piece this case together, she gets a call she wasn't expecting. Sightings of her…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: A visually stunning and comprehensive guide to the hit BBC series, Sherlock: Chronicles tells the full story of the show as you've never seen it before. Packed with exclusive unseen material, including all-new interviews with the cast and crew, this is Sherlock from the ground up: from story and script development to casting, sets, costumes, props, music and more. Each episode of the spectacular…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 849 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 560) Аннотация: The celebrated Dutch journalist follows John Steinbeck around America, 50 years on from the journey (in 1960) that became Travels With Charley. Steinbeck, great chronicler of the ordinary American working man, at 57 and with his great novels published, felt at odds with 'this monster of a land', and set out to reacquaint himself with his home country at a time of huge change and boundless…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: The unbelievably riveting adventure of an unlikely young explorer who emerged from the jungles of Africa with evidence of a mysterious, still mythical beast--the gorilla — only to stumble straight into the center of the biggest debate of the day: Darwin's theory of evolution In 1856 Paul Du Chaillu marched into the equatorial wilderness of West Africa determined to bag an animal that, according…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Fins and Brinco are best friends, and they both adore the wild and beautiful Leda. The three young friends spend their days exploring the dunes and picking through the treasures that the sea washes on to the shores of Galicia. One day, as they are playing in the abandoned school on the edge of the village, they come across treasure of another kind: a huge cache of whisky hidden under a sheet. But…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: If you've approached Bains Stores recently, you'd be forgiven for hesitating on doing so. A prominent window advert for a discontinued chocolate bar suggests the shop may have closed in 1994. The security shutters are stuck a quarter-open, adding to the general air of dilapidation. A push or kick of the door triggers something which is more grating car alarm than charming shop bell. To Arjan…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Will love or loyalty conquer? Lady-in-waiting Lucy Morgan is once again torn between her dangerous attraction to William Shakespeare and her loyalty to Queen Elizabeth I. England is facing its gravest threat yet. The Spanish have declared war, and Elizabeth finds herself attacked by sea — and by Catholic conspiracy from within her own court. Master Goodluck goes undercover, tasked with…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: A stunning work of art that bears no comparisons the New York Observer wrote of Haruki Murakami's masterpiece, The Wind-up Bird Chronicle. In its playful stretching of the limits of the real world, his magnificent new novel, Kafka on the Shore is every bit as bewitching and ambitious. The narrative follows the fortunes of two remarkable characters. Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 998 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 393) Аннотация: Stone Barrington finds intrigue abroad in the sensational thriller from «New York Times» bestselling author Stuart Woods. Stone Barrington is no stranger to schemes and deceptions of all stripes — as an attorney for the premier white-shoe law firm Woodman & Weld, he's seen more than his share. But when he travels to Europe under highly unusual circumstances, Stone finds himself at the center of…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Rubble lives in a caravan and works on a battery farm. Totally oblivious to the outside world, he spends his days disposing of the sick and injured chickens. But all the while he dreams of a life in the army — despite the fact his numerous applications have been rejected. Then one day a mysterious visitor arrives and sees Rubble's child-like naivety combined with an ability to kill without…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 319 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 456) Аннотация: For MI5 Intelligence Officer Liz Carlyle the nagging complications of her private life are quickly forgotten at Monday's Counter-Terrorist meeting. An invisible may have entered mainland Britain. An «invisible» — a terrorist who is an ethnic native of the target country, who can cross its borders unchecked and move about unnoticed — is the ultimate nightmare. For Liz this signals the start of an…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: Rebecca Brandt hat beschlossen, ihrem Leben ein Ende zu setzen. Nichts kann die junge Witwe über den Tod ihres Mannes hinwegtrösten. Da lernt sie durch Zufall in Südfrankreich die beiden Studenten Inga und Marius kennen und schöpft durch die Freundschaft mit dem jungen Paar neuen Lebensmut. Während eines Segeltörns kommt es zu einem schrecklichen Unfall: Marius…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: The women of Freesia Court are convinced that there is nothing good coffee, delectable desserts, and a strong shoulder can’t fix. Laughter is the glue that holds them together — the foundation of a book group they call AHEB (Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons), an unofficial “club” that becomes much more. It becomes a lifeline. Holding on through forty eventful years, there’s Faith, a lonely mother…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 549 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 305) Аннотация: The official novelization of the upcoming film from Warner Bros. that reveals the exciting origins of the ultimate crime fighter. Directed by Christopher Nolan («Memento») and starring Christian Bale and Michael Caine, the film is set for release on June 17, 2005. Original.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 615 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 318) Аннотация: Exploring many of the themes contained in Dostoevsky's novels, this unique collection of short masterpieces illuminates the author's astonishing depth and current relevance.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: In his final hours in the Oval Office, the outgoing President grants a controversial last-minute pardon to Joel Backman, a notorious Washington power broker who has spent the last six years hidden away in a federal prison. What no one knows is that the President issues the pardon only after receiving enormous pressure from the CIA. It seems Backman, in his power broker heyday, may have obtained…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: This 1862 novel, in a vibrant new translation by Peter Constantine, is Tolstoy's semiautobiographical story of young Olenin, a wealthy, disaffected Muscovite who joins the Russian army and travels to the untamed frontier of the Caucasus in search of a more authentic life. While striving to adopt the rough and ready lifestyle of the local Cossacks, Olenin falls in love with a free-spirited girl…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 738 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 342) Аннотация: A collection of thirty-two classic stories of fantasy and science fiction.
Скачать книгу (размер 310 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 62) Аннотация: In 1957, Dr. Seuss published the very first Beginner Book, The Cat in the Hat, and made a major impact on the world of education. Proving that learning to read can indeed be fan. Now, for the first time, children can hear their favorite Beginner Books on compact disk.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: As any herpetologist will tell you, the fer-de-lance is among the most dreaded snakes known to man. When someone makes a present of one to Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin knows he's getting dreadully close to solving the devilishly clever murders of an immigrant and a college president. As for Wolfe, he's playing snake charmer in a case with more twists than an anaconda — whistling a seductive tune he…