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Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: When a man who claims to be from outer space is brought into the Manhattan Institute, the mental ward seems to be just the place for him. However this patient is unlike anyone psychiatrist Dr. Gene Brewer has had under his care before. Calling himself 'prot', he has no traceable background but says that he is an inhabitant of the planet K-PAX, a perfect world without wars, government or religion,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 778 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 350) Аннотация: This fully revised edition of this reference explains thousands of terms such as DVD, RealAudio, and streaming video. The dictionary explains acronyms used in desktop and Internet-based multimedia, as well as terms used in the fields of CD-ROM production, video, game, image, animation and graphics, and the Internet. The dictionary provides clear, concise definitions in an encyclopedic…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: At the age of 72, Lily Roberts becomes a national celebrity when she writes her spiritual memoirs. Her children, Alan and Clary, are disturbed by Lily's intimate revelations about her married life. Ten years on, Lily comes to live with Alan, and the bitterness threatens to upset their lives.
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Скачать книгу (размер 1 263 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 249) Аннотация: On the morning the last Lisbon daughter took her turn at suicide — it was Mary this time, and sleeping pills, like Therese — the two paramedics arrived at the house knowing where the knife drawer was, and the gas oven, and the beam in the basement from which it was possible to tie a rope...’ First published in 1993, the haunting, humorous and tender story of the brief lives of the five entrancing…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Stanley Yelnat’s family has a history of bad luck going back generations, so he is not too surprised when a miscarriage of justice sends him to Camp Green Lake Juvenile Detention Centre. As punishment, the boys must dig a hole, five foot wide by five foot deep, each day in the hard earth of the dried-up lake bed. The warden claims this is ‘character building’ – but it doesn’t take long for…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Harry Potter is a wizard. He is in his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Little does he know that this year will be just as eventful as the last. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is as good as its predecessor. Hogwarts is a creation of genius — The Times Literary Supplement. All the Harry Potter titles are now available in large print. This best-selling series has…
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Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Harry Potter is an ordinary boy who lives in a cupboard under the stairs at his Aunt Petunia and Uncle Vernon's house, which he thinks is normal for someone like him who's parents have been killed in a 'car crash'. That is until an owl turns up with a letter addressed to Harry and all hell breaks loose.
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Скачать книгу (размер 1 452 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 286) Аннотация: On 4 November 1945 a party from Moscow Dynamo Football Club travelled to Britain to play four matches against top British teams. They departed 33 days later, leaving a trail of controversy in their undefeated wake. On the pitch, they played exciting football, displaying their technically superior strikers. Off the pitch, they were constantly involved in disputes with the FA, the British clubs,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Stanley Yelnat's family has a history of bad luck going back generations, so he is not too surprised when a miscarriage of justice sends him to Camp Green Lake Juvenile Detention Centre. Nor is he very surprised when he is told that his daily labour at the camp is to dig a hole, five foot wide by five foot deep, and report anything that he finds in that hole. The warden claims that it is…