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Скачать книгу (размер 1 095 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 216) Аннотация: It was better than a hotel, this anonymous room on a secluded side street of a small country town. No register to sign, no questions asked, and for five bucks a man could have three hours of undisturbed, illicit lovemaking. Then one evening a man with a knife turned the love nest into a death chamber. The carpet was soaked with blood — but where was the corpse? Meanwhile, a beautiful, promiscuous…
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Illus. in full color. «A rhyming story that is full of laughs. 'The alarm can ring. The birds can peep... Today's the day I'm going to sleep, 'says a lazy boy one morning, and despite a pail of icy water, television coverage, and the arrival of the Marines, he vows to stay in bed — and he does! The repetition of concepts and words will keep children turning the pages, as will the energetic…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Luke Skywalker was a twenty-year-old who lived and worked on his uncle's farm on the remote planet of Tatooine...and he was bored beyond belief. He yearned for adventures that would take him beyond the farthest galaxies. But he got much more than he bargained for...
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: First published in 1986 and just as fresh and relevant today, this widely acclaimed, child-friendly poetry anthology is now being reissued with a striking new jacket. In his introduction to this book Jim Trelease, bestselling author of The Read-Aloud Handbook, writes, “No one better recognizes the essence of the child-poetry connection than poet and anthologist Jack Prelutsky. . . . Here are more…
Скачать книгу (размер 5 542 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1088) Аннотация: Since his first appearance in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created. Now, in two paperback volumes, Bantam presents all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Conan Doyle's classic hero — a truly complete collection of Sherlock Holmes's adventures in crime! Volume I includes the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 121 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 221) Аннотация: Here they are — some of the funniest tales and ruminations ever put into print, by one of the great comic minds of our time. From THE WHORE OF MENSA, to GOD (A Play), to NO KADDISH FOR WEINSTEIN, old and new Woody Allen fans will laugh themselves hysterical over these sparkling gems.
Скачать книгу (размер 3 910 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 768) Аннотация: Since his first appearance in «Beeton’s Christmas Annual» in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created. Now, in two paperback volumes, Bantam presents all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Conan Doyle’s classic hero — a truly complete collection of Sherlock Holmes’s adventures in crime! Volume II begins with…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: It was a brutal, vicious crime — sixteen years old. A helpless old woman battered to death with an axe. Harry Painter hung for it, and Chief Inspector Wexford is certain they executed the right man. But Reverend Archery has doubts... because his son wants to marry the murderer's beautiful, brilliant daughter. He begins unravelling the past, only to discover that murder breeds murder — and often…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Sir Manuel Camargue, yesterday one of the most celebrated musicians of his time, today floats face down in the lake near his sprawling English country house. The consensus is accidental death — but Inspector Wexford knows the stench of murder most foul when he smells it. Particularly in the company of two suspects — one, the victim's fiancee, who is too young to be true, the other his daughter…
Скачать книгу (размер 44 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 10) Аннотация: Chief Inspector Wexford agrees to investigate the disappearance of a neighbor's husband and finds a connection with a man-hating girls' club.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 738 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 342) Аннотация: Matt read the forbidden runes and found himself in a world where reciting verses worked magic. He got himself locked in a dungeon, created a fire-breathing dragon, and eventually discovered a beautiful princess he swore to save. Little did he guess how hard that would be...
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Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: It is a time of political unrest in Great Britain. And behind the Iron Curtain an insidious plot is being hatched, a plan so incendiary that even the KGB is ignorant of its existence — Aurora, the sinister brainchild of two of the world's most dangerous men: the general secretary of the Soviet Union and master spy Kim Philby. The wheels are in motion, the pawns are in place, and the countdown has…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Seventy-five short masterpieces of fiction.
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Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: A secret group of Washington's most powerful men have J. Edgar Hoover killed in order to reach his secret files only to discover there is someone else capable of using these personal dossiers for blackmail and extortion.
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