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Moggach Deborah: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: When Ravi Kapoor, an over-worked London doctor, is driven beyond endurance by his obnoxious father-in-law, he asks his wife: 'Can't we just send him away somewhere? Somewhere far, far away'. His prayer seems to have been answered when his entrepreneurial cousin, Sonny, sets up a retirement home, recreating a lost corner of England in a converted guesthouse in Bangalore. Travel and set-up are…

Patterson James: Kill Alex Cross

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: Detective Alex Cross is one of the first on the scene of the biggest case he's ever been part of. The President's son and daughter have been abducted from their school — an impossible crime, but somehow the kidnapper has done it. Alex does everything he can but is shunted to the fringes of the investigation. Someone powerful doesn't want Cross too close. A deadly contagion in the DC water supply…

Morgenstern Erin: The Night Circus

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: In 1886, a mysterious travelling circus becomes an international sensation. Open only at night, constructed entirely in black and white, Le Cirque des Reves delights all who wander its circular paths and warm themselves at its bonfire. Although there are acrobats, fortune-tellers and contortionists, the Circus of Dreams is no conventional spectacle. Some tents contain clouds, some ice. The circus…

Doyle Sir Arthur Conan: Sherlock: The Hound of the Baskervilles

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: The hit BBC series Sherlock offers a fresh, contemporary take on the original Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories, and has helped introduce a whole new generation of fans to the legendary detective. In this TV tie-in edition of the classic novel, first published in The Strand in 1901, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson are called to the haunting and beautiful moors of Dartmoor and the home of the…

Doyle Sir Arthur Conan: Sherlock: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: The hit BBC series Sherlock offers a fresh, contemporary take on the original Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories, and has helped introduce a whole new generation of fans to the legendary detective. This TV tie-in edition to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's second collection of Sherlock Holmes short stories, which was first published in 1894, includes the infamous The Final Problem . It is one of Conan…

Martin George R.R.: Choque de Reyes

Скачать книгу (размер 4 726 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 928) Аннотация: Cuando los reyes estan en guerra, toda la tierra tiembla... Ahora hay mas reyes en el reino que ratas en un castillo, afirma uno de los personajes de Choque de reyes. Despues de la sospechosa muerte de Robert Baratheon, el monarca de los Siete Reinos, su hijo Joffrey ha sido impuesto por la fuerza, aunque quienes realmente gobiernan son su madre, un eunuco y un enano, como dice la voz del pueblo.…

Rabe Tish: How to Help the Earth-By the Lorax

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: The star of The Lorax by Dr. Seuss makes his Step into Reading debut in this rhymed reader that offers kids easy suggestions for going green! After explaining how the trash in a wastebasket ultimately ends up in a landfill or incinerator, the Lorax suggests realistic ways children can reduce waste, such as by carrying a lunch box, donating old clothes and toys, sharing magazines with friends,…

Brooks David: The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: With unequaled insight and brio, David Brooks, the New York Times columnist and bestselling author of Bobos in Paradise, has long explored and explained the way we live. Now, with the intellectual curiosity and emotional wisdom that make his columns among the most read in the nation, Brooks turns to the building blocks of human flourishing in a multilayered, profoundly illuminating work grounded…

Martin George R.: A dance with dragons

Скачать книгу (размер 5 787 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1136) Аннотация: The fifth volume in the greatest epic work of the modern age The future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance. In the east, Daenerys, last scion of House Targaryen, her dragons grown to terrifying maturity, rules as queen of a city built on dust and death, beset by enemies. Now that her whereabouts are known many are seeking Daenerys and her dragons. Among them the dwarf, Tyrion Lannister,…

Hawkes Ben: London ABC

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: From Aquarium to Zoo: all of London is here in this covetable portable guide to the capital. This title is brilliant for any visitor to London as a handy checklist, as well as a gorgeous gift for the London lover. There are tons to spot in the pictures, including a lost penguin, trying to find his way home. Illustrated in a gloriously retro palette by Ben Hawkes, The London ABC is quirky, witty…

Taylor D.J.: Derby Day

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: In Belgrave Square old Mr Gresham is baffled by his tigerish daughter Rebecca, whose intentions he cannot fathom. In the clubs of St James' rakish Mr Happerton plays billiards with his crony Captain Raff, while in darkest Lincolnshire sad Mr Davenant broods over his financial embarrassments and waits for his daughter's new governess.

Patterson James: Private Games

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: July 2012: The Games have arrived in London. Preparations have gone flawlessly and the stage is set for one of the greatest ever showcases of sporting excellence. But one man has a devastating plan. Having waited years for this chance, he is now ready for vengeance. When Sir Denton Marshall, a key member of the London Olympic organising committee, is found decapitated in his garden, Peter Knight,…

Winslow Don: Savages

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Part-time environmentalist and philanthropist Ben and his ex-mercenary buddy Chon run a Laguna Beach-based marijuana operation, reaping significant profits from their loyal clientele. In the past when their turf was challenged, Chon took care of eliminating the threat. But now they may have come up against something that they can't handle — the Mexican Baja Cartel wants in, sending them the…

Eco Umberto: The Prague Cemetery

Скачать книгу (размер 2 931 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 576) Аннотация: Nineteenth-century Europe, from Turin to Prague to Paris, abounds with the ghastly and the mysterious. Conspiracies rule history. Jesuits plot against Freemasons. Italian priests are strangled with their own intestines. French criminals plan bombings by day and celebrate black masses by night. Every nation has its own secret service, perpetrating forgeries, plots, and massacres. From the…

Ondaatje Michael: The Cat's Table

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy boards a huge liner bound for England — a 'castle that was to cross the sea'. At mealtimes, he is placed at the lowly 'Cat's Table' with an eccentric group of grown-ups and two other boys, Cassius and Ramadhin. As the ship makes its way across the Indian Ocean, through the Suez Canal, into the Mediterranean, the boys become involved in the worlds and…

King Stephen: The Shining

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: Jack Torrance's new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he'll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever more remote... and more sinister. And the only one to notice the strange and terrible…

Stephens John: The Emerald Atlas

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Kate, Michael, and Emma have been in one orphanage after another for the last ten years, passed along like lost baggage. Yet these unwanted children are more remarkable than they could possibly imagine. Ripped from their parents as babies, they are being protected from a horrible evil of devastating power, an evil they know nothing about. Until now. Before long, Kate, Michael, and Emma are on a…

Mankell Henning: Depths

Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: It is October 1914: the destroyer Svea emerged from the Stockholm archipelago bearing south-south-east. On board was Lars Tobiasson-Svartman, a naval engineer charged with making depth soundings to find a navigable channel for the Swedish navy. As a child Tobiasson-Svartman was fascinated by measurement; nothing is as magical as exact knowledge. His instinct for his profession is reflected in the…

Murakami Haruki: 1Q84: Books 1, 2 and 3

Скачать книгу (размер 6 766 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1328) Аннотация: The year is 1Q84. This is the real world, there is no doubt about that. But in this world, there are two moons in the sky. In this world, the fates of two people, Tengo and Aomame, are closely intertwined. They are each, in their own way, doing something very dangerous. And in this world, there seems no way to save them both. Something extraordinary is starting.

Morgenstern Erin: The Night Circus

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rкves, and it is only open at night. But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway — a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco,…