Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Crazy Hair is a fantastically fun tale written by New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman and illustrated by the astoundingly talented Dave McKean, the award-winning team behind The Wolves in the Walls. In Crazy Hair, Bonnie makes a friend who has hair so wild there's even a jungle inside of it! Bonnie ventures through the crazy hair, but she may need more than a comb to tame her friend's…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'He looked at her hair and longed to touch it again, and to tell her that it smelt of the woods; but he had never learned to say such things...' In the harsh winter climes of 1900s New England Ethan Frome toils at his farm while struggling to maintain a bearable existence with his forbidding wife, Zeena.…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: The new Hercule Poirot novel — another brilliant murder mystery that can only be solved by the eponymous Belgian detective and his little grey cells. Since the publication of her first book in 1920, Agatha Christie wrote 33 novels, two plays and more than 50 short stories featuring Hercule Poirot. Now, for the first time ever, the guardians of her legacy have approved a brand new novel featuring…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE The stories of Kseniya Melnik's debut collection are small-town miracles, each a miniature epic. Their focus is Magadan, a town in the Northern Far East of Russia, and the unvisited lives of its inhabitants and emigrants — schoolchildren, doctors, teachers, mothers, daughters. Some characters span several stories. Some of their stories span decades and…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: «From one of the most critically acclaimed and beloved storytellers of our time comes a major new collection of stories and verse We each have our little triggers... things that wait for us in the dark corridors of our lives. So says Neil Gaiman in his introduction to Trigger Warning, a remarkable compendium of twenty-five stories and poems that explore the transformative power of imagination. In…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 482 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 488) Аннотация: Especially designed for children aged 8 and over, Collins Primary Illustrated Dictionary contains full sentence definitions, example sentences, parts of speech (noun, verb, etc) as well as synonyms, word histories, cross-references and pronunciation.
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: A beautifully illustrated picture atlas designed to take children on an exciting journey around the world. The atlas opens with the continents, then presents a world view of countries before exploring deeper into each country and the exciting places to visit within each. The maps are clear, colourful and perfect for children to explore the world and let their imaginations run riot. Illustrated by…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Focussing on the most common errors in English, this book is the easiest way to improve your everyday language skills. Using simple explanations and corpus examples, it uses a thematic approach to steer learners away from the most common pitfalls in English. This invaluable guide is suitable for learners of English wishing to improve their accuracy and avoid the most basic mistakes. The book…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 421 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 280) Аннотация: HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Second to the right... and then straight on till morning! Desperate to hear bed-time stories, Peter Pan waits outside the nursery window of Wendy, John and Michael Darling. When Peter asks Wendy to fly with him to Neverland, the Darling children are whisked away to a world of adventure — of daring fairies,…
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Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation. That is why I have chosen my own particular profession, or rather created it, for I am the only one in the world...' In London, 1888, the razor-sharp detective skills of Sherlock Holmes are to be put to the test. Mary Morstan reports two…
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Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'The girl he had come across... that human being so near and still so strange, gave him a greater sense of his own reality than he had ever known in all his life.' Damaged by his father's nihilistic philosophy, Axel Heyst has withdrawn from the world to live in near-isolation on the island of Samburan. His…
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Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. 'But it was not only the heart-rending sound that almost paralysed poor Mimi with terror. What she saw was sufficient to fill her with evil dreams for the remainder of her life...' At the estate of Castra Regis in Derbyshire, mystery lurks in the woods, a place where snakes dwell and murderous deeds take…
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