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Скачать книгу (размер 1 702 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 335) Аннотация: «1978: Lower East Side, New York. Fifteen-year-old Finn Earl's mother, Liz, is a thirty-two year-old masseuse with a taste for cocaine. When Liz's habit forces them to flee the city, they find protection under the wing of one of her clients, ageing billionaire Mr Osborne. In Vlyvalle, a golden playground for the super-rich, Finn discovers a people who are stranger, more savage, and more secretive…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: 'You know what they say about GIs and English girls'knickers', ran the wartime joke, 'One Yank and they're off.' When Gloria met Ron, he was an American pilot who thought nothing of getting hit by shrapnel in the cockpit. She was working in a munitions factory in Bristol during the Blitz, but still found time to grab what she wanted. Ciggies. Sex. American soldiers. But war has an effect on…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: «The sequel to «Witch Child», this title reveals what happens to Mary Newbury, who has disappeared into the forest. Alison finds out from Agnes Hearnethat Agnes is a descendent of Mary's and has a special skill which allowsher to be in touch with Mary in the spirit world.»

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: A little fox is in a big bad mood, and is worried that its mother won't love it forever. In this beautiful and lyrical picture book, we see a clever and resourceful mother prove to her child that a parents love is limitless — no matter what! In this reassuring and warm picture book, the hugely talented Debi Gliori manages to treat the familiar subject of childhood worries in a very fresh,…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Coraline is not the kind of girl to be put off by a sign of danger read in some tea leaves or indeed a message sent to her by some very talented mice! No, she is the kind of girl who faces a challenge with bravery, intelligence and a lot of determination. Which is just as well because she is going to need all those skills, and more, in this wonderful, spooky tale of a girl caught on the wrong…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 421 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 672) Аннотация: An essential reference source for anyone who regularly encounters scientific or technological nomenclature, this dictionary features accurate, up-to-date, and detailed entries for readers from a range of scientific backgrounds. Each definition is written in jargon-free English and is ideal for those less familiar with scientific terms and native and nonnative English speakers alike. This first…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 008 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 199) Аннотация: The Gossip Girl series is the ultimate in glamour and cool — set in New York's glamorous Upper East Side the narrative follows the thrills and spills (with Jimmy Choo shoes and shopping at Barneys mixed in along the way) of its richest and most beautiful teenage residents. Gossip Girl is the ultimate in sophistication, scandal and luxury — in fact if Carrie Bradshaw of Sex and the City had a…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: The Gossip Girl series is the ultimate in glamour and cool — set in New York's glamorous Upper East Side the narrative follows the thrills and spills (with Jimmy Choo shoes and shopping at Barneys mixed in along the way) of its richest and most beautiful teenage residents: in this second novel, this is the time they are interviewing for college (Ivy League only, naturally). Gossip Girl is the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: It’s Christmas and Blair and Serena are best friends again and up to their old tricks — partying hard and breaking hearts from Park Avenue to the Caribbean. Blair’s mother and Cyrus are having their honeymoon in Salt Key. And when school finishes, Blair, Serena, Aaron and company head down to blow off steam after their exams, and in between Pina Coladas, Blair and Serena plot revenge on…

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 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: Addresses one of the most urgent issues facing the world — who owns and controls the past — for decisions taken by those in power cast shadows into the future. This book pursues these demanding moral questions as a personal quest, building up the big picture from a series of intimate conversations with people who have lived that history.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Janek Janowiec is awaiting trial. In his cramped attic apartment in Krakow he has decided to set straight the record of his life, and yet he is wracked by the guilt and knowledge of a number of terrible secrets. What happened to his friend, the charismatic revolutionary leader, Fredzio? What exactly did his father do in the war? And where is his wife Rachel? With Janek himself telling the story…

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.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: After twenty-five years of sex, drugs, bad behaviour and haute cuisine, chef and novelist Anthony Bourdain has decided to tell all. From his first oyster in the Gironde to his lowly position as a dishwasher in a honky-tonk fish restaurant in Provincetown (where he first experiences the real delights of being a chef); through the kitchen of the Rainbow Room atop the Rockefeller Center to drug…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Framed by the 9-day Nagorno-Karabakh conflict of 1994, The Time of Light is skilfully weaved from historical narration and tales — tales of war and tales of women — as two men talk. Markus, a former German soldier devastated by the outbreak of this new war, seeks atonement from an Armenian priest for his part in the Nazi invasion of Russia. Captured at the Battle of Stalingrad, Markus never…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 257 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 640) Аннотация: The summer holidays are dragging on and Harry Potter can't wait for the start of the school year. It is his fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and there are spells to be learnt and (unluckily) Potions and Divination lessons to be attended. But Harry needs to be on his guard at all times — his worst enemy is preparing a terrible fate for him. With characteristic wit,…

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…

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Every morning a very large and very snappy crocodile shouts this selfish message: 'Stay away from my river! It's MY river! If you come in my river, I'll eat you all!' The animals in the forest don't know what to do. They are frightened of the crocodile. Even the fish, tadpoles, frogs, crabs and crayfish stay out of the water. Until one day, the creatures are woken by a loud groaning sound which…

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: A book about one of the most ridiculous hairstyles of all-time.