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Alex Wheeler: Star Wars: Rebel Force 2 — Hostage

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: For the first time ever, the world of the original, classic Star Wars movies — Episode IV, V, and VI — comes to a Scholastic series for young readers. It is a critical moment in the struggle between the Rebels and the Empire: the Force itself hangs in the balance, and all the hopes of the galaxy depend on the adventures of Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Han Solo, Chewbacca, and a host of other…

Margaret Simpson: 10 Best Arthurian Legends Ever

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: The ten best Arthurian Legends are re-told ... with a modern twist. Readers can follow Arthur's sensational rise to fame in the Celtic Clarion and find out who proves to be the best in the quest for the Holy Grail. With fact files on knights and jousting, plus a who's who of Arthurian Legends this title is 100% Horrible!

Terry Deary: 10 Best Shakespeare Stories Ever

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Terry Deary re-tells the bard's ten best stories ... with a modern twist. From midsummer mix-ups and magic, to ten dead in Denmark, fans will love Shakespeare's stories presented as never before. Romeo and Juliet take centre stage in a photo love story and weird witchcraft features in the Ballad of Big Mac. With fact files on Shakespeare's foul wordplay, quick quizzes and hilarious cartoons…

Michael Cox: 10 Best Viking Legends Ever

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: The ten best Viking Legends are revamped and retold with a hilarious modern twist. Readers can find out about Thor's missing hammer, Fenrir the out-of-control giant wolf, how the Vikings thought the world would end, and much more! Plus there are cool cartoons and fantastic fact sections, including a gallery of the gods, and ten Norse monsters to avoid. It's the best book on Viking Legends... ever!

Alan MacDonald: Churchill and His Woeful Wars

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: You've probably heard of Winston Churchill... He's the one who raised his fingers in a V sign and smoked a massive cigar. Inside: Get to know the man behind the cigar in Winston's secret diary! Re-live events of the century in The Winston Weekly! Read how Winston led Britain to victory in the Second World War!

Guy Bass: Monster Trouble (Gormy Ruckles)

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Being a monster isn't as easy as it looks! Gormy's parents are going away for the evening and that can only mean one thing — a monster-sitter! Oh no! But when Nana the Noog arrives, she's like no monster-sitter Gormy's had before. And when the sun goes down, he'll find out just how different she is! He's going to have to use every monster skill he has to survive until morning.

Michael Coleman: Foul Football: The Bootiful Game

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: From the first mad matches with a pig's bladder to the faithful fans and cracking competitions of the 21st Century, this glorious guide knows the score. You can find out which foolish team played in their Y-fronts, which fearsome goalie dangled the opposing team by the ankles and much more! Heaving with facts and cartoons, if you want to be in the game, get Foul Football!

Terry Deary: Frightful First World War and Woeful Second World War

Скачать книгу (размер 1 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 292) Аннотация: The Frightful First World War tells readers all the horrors and hardships of the war that was meant to last four months ... but ground on for four grim years. The Woeful Second World War reveals the dire details about the worst war ever — from snow-bound cities under siege to fly-infested jungle trenches. Packed with curious quizzes, rotten recipes, gruesome games and terrible tests. History has…

Terry Deary: Gorgeous Georgians and Vile Victorians

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: In Gorgeous Georgians readers will meet lords and ladies with personal hygiene problems, as well as the starving and pitiful poor. The Vile Victorians dishes up all the terrible truth about revolting events affecting everyone not so very long ago — from the vile Victorian queen herself, to some vicious Victorian villains. With curious quizzes, rotten recipes, gruesome games and terrible tests,…

Terry Deary: The Groovy Greeks and the Rotten Romans

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: The Groovy Greeks is full of fab facts about the hip 'n' happenin' Greeks. In Rotten Romans, readers follow life for folk in Roman times, from Nasty Nero to brave Brit Boudicca. Featuring curious quizzes, rotten recipes, gruesome games and terrible tests, thanks to this new edition history has never been so horrible!

Terry Deary: Terrible Tudors and Slimy Stuarts

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Readers will delight in the dreadful details of Tudor life — from cruel kings and queens like horrible Henry VIII to poor peasants and common criminals — in the Terrible Tudors. The Slimy Stuarts is full of foul but fascinating facts about lousy life for the plague-ridden Stuarts, revolting Roundheads and crafty Cavaliers. With curious quizzes, gruesome games and terrible tests, history is now in…

Ludwig Bemelmans: Madeline in London — picture book

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Pepito lives next door to Madeline and her friends. When he moves to London, he pines for the twelve little girls terribly. So Miss Clavel and her charges pay him a visit in London...and come home with a new friend! The small but feisty heroine, Madeline, and her charming Parisian world have been loved by children and adults alike for seventy years.

Alan MacDonald: Henry VIII and His Wicked Wives

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Everyone's heard of Henry VIII. He's the one who had a bit of a weight problem and married six unlucky ladies. Inside readers can find out everything they don't already know about Henry and everything that makes him Horribly Famous, including the wife he accused of witchcraft, his closest friends who got the chop, and how he bricked up his bedroom door in fear for his life.

Tracy Mack: Mystery of the Conjured Man

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: CaseBook #2 in this exciting series gives Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars a most unusual case to crack! A young woman named Elsa Hoffman seeks out the detective when her aunt dies a mysterious death. When the gang starts investigating, seemingly real ghosts suddenly appear and Elsa is being followed by shady characters. Holmes must decide if he and his assistants can solve the…

Terry Deary: Ten Best Greek Legends Ever

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: In this title, from killer king Oedipus to monstrous Medusa's horrible hair, the classic Greek legends are back... with a modern twist. Heroic Heracles sits his SATs and the wife of top god Zeus spills the beans about her legendary husband. Discover foul fact about furies, harpies and other killer creatures plus the evils of the Underworld revealed. This title is 100% horrible.

Celia Rees: Blood Sinister

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Ellen hasn't seen Andy for years — and the transformation is incredible. He's tall, with high cheekbones and tousled hair. If Ellen was normal, she'd have a massive crush on him. But Ellen is dying. Her illness is a mystery. It's as if all the strength is slowly being sucked from her. What dark force is reaching out to claim her, draining her lifeblood away? This is a dark, compelling vampire…

Suzanne Collins: Catching Fire

Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: After winning the brutal Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen returns to her district, hoping for a peaceful future. But Katniss starts to hear rumours of a deadly rebellion against the Capitol. A rebellion that she and Peeta have helped to create. As Katniss and Peeta are forced to visit the districts on the Capitol's cruel Victory Tour, the stakes are higher than ever. Unless Katniss and Peeta can…

Michael Coleman: Famously Foul Football Book

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Over the years, all the Foul Football books have given step-by-step instructions on how to recreate the best penalty shoot-outs, kick-offs, headers and goals in footballing history. Our plan is to bring these into one great book, in horribly handy huge format or wire-o-bound. Over 30 great moments will be featured, with accompanying facts, including: Stanley Matthews' 1966 flick trick, Beckham's…

Emily Diamand: Flood Child

Скачать книгу (размер 1 947 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 383) Аннотация: Flooded England, 2216... England has changed for ever: most of it is under water. Worse, bloodthirsty pirates prowl the shores, and when they kidnap the Prime Minister's daughter it looks like war. But out of this drowning world comes Lilly Melkun, a girl determined to put things right, with the help of a pirate boy — and an extraordinary treasure from the past, with the power to change the…

Terry Deary: The Barmy British Empire and the Blitzed Brits

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: This book features history with twice the nasty bits... and in an incredible new edition! In Barmy British Empire, readers get all the brutal facts about how Britannia really ruled the waves — from infamous antics in India to dreadful deeds down under. Blitzed Brits reveals what life was like for those who stayed at home in World War Two, from foul food facts about rotten rationing to awful…