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Dahl: Going Solo

Скачать книгу (размер 1 059 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 209) Аннотация: Going Solo is the action-packed tale of Roald Dahl's exploits as a World War II pilot. Learn all about his encounters with the enemy, his worldwide travels, the life-threatening injuries he sustained in a plane accident, and the rest of his sometimes bizarre, often unnerving, and always colorful adventures. Told with the same irresistible appeal that has made Roald Dahl one of the world's…

Dahl: The Enormous Crocodile

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: The Enormous Crocodile is incredibly hungry—and incredibly greedy. His favorite meal is a plump, juicy little child, and he intends to gobble up as many of them as he can! His is sure that his “secret plans and clever tricks” cannot be foiled. But when the other animals in the jungle join together to put an end to his wicked schemes, the Enormous Crocodile learns a lesson he won’t soon forget.

Dr. Seuss: Oh, The Places You'll Go!

Скачать книгу (размер 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 56) Аннотация: Dr. Seuss’s wonderfully wise Oh, the Places You’ll Go! is the perfect send-off for grads—from nursery school, high school, college, and beyond! From soaring to high heights and seeing great sights to being left in a Lurch on a prickle-ly perch, Dr. Seuss addresses life’s ups and downs with his trademark humorous verse and illustrations, while encouraging readers to find the success that lies…

Pushkin Alexander: Eugene Onegin

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: This novel in verse, said to be the parent of all Russian novels, is a tragic story of innocence, love and friendship. Eugene Onegin, an aristocrat, much like Pushkin and his peers in his attitude and habits, is bored. He visits the countryside where the young and passionate Tatyana falls in love with him. In a touching letter she confesses her love but is cruelly rejected. Years later, it is…

Dick and Jane Alphabet Book Bag, Board book

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: 26 mini books featuring classic images from Dick & Jane books — one book for each letter of the alphabet — in clear poly bag.

Ninth Grade Slays 2: The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: The second graphic novel in the series of adaptations of Heather Brewer's New York Times best-selling series. Freshman year stinks for Vlad Tod. Bullies still harass him. The photographer from the school newspaper is tailing him. And failing his studies could be deadly. A trip to Siberia gives study abroad a whole new meaning as Vlad connects with other vampires and advances his mind-control…

Consciousness and the Brain: Deciphering How the Brain Codes Our Thoughts

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: How does our brain generate a conscious thought? And why does so much of our knowledge remain unconscious? Thanks to clever psychological and brain-imaging experiments, scientists are closer to cracking this mystery than ever before. In this lively book, Stanislas Dehaene describes the pioneering work his lab and the labs of other cognitive neuroscientists worldwide have accomplished in defining,…

Steinbeck: The Short Novels of John Steinbeck

Скачать книгу (размер 3 176 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 624) Аннотация: Collected here for the first time in a deluxe paperback volume are six of John Steinbeck's most widely read and beloved novels. From the tale of commitment, loneliness and hope in Of Mice and Men, to the tough yet charming portrait of people on the margins of society in Cannery Row, to The Pearl's examination of the fallacy of the American dream, Steinbeck stories of realism, that were imbued…

I Love Spot Baby Books Splish Splash Spot! Bath Book

Скачать книгу (размер 34 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 8) Аннотация: Splish splash with Eric Hill's famous puppy, Spot! This sweet bath book is padded, lightweight and fully immersible. It comes with a squeaker for added sound fun and is perfect for sharing with your baby at bath time. At bathtime, Spot plays with his sponge and rubber duck and dries off with his fluffy towel. The bright, simple images of familiar bathtime things will appeal to very young babies…

Stephenson: The Diamond Age

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: The future is small. The future is nano... And who could be smaller or more insignificant than poor Little Nell — an orphan girl alone and adrift in a world of Confucian Law, Neo-Victorian values and warring nano-technology? Well, not quite alone. Because Nell has a friend, of sorts. A guide, a teacher, an armed and unarmed combat instructor, a book and a computer: the Young Lady's Illustrated…

Stephenson N.: Snow Crash

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: After the Internet, what came next? Enter the Metaverse — cyberspace home to avatars and software daemons, where anything and just about everything goes. Newly available on the Street — the Metaverse's main drag — is Snow Crash, a cyberdrug. Trouble is Snow Crash is also a computer virus — and something more. Because once taken it infects the person behind the avatar. Snow Crash bleeds into…

Robb J.D.: Fantasy in Death

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: It is the most puzzling case Eve Dallas has ever faced: the founder of the computer gaming giant U-Play is found decapitated in his locked, private playroom. And now Eve and her team are about to enter the next level of police work, in a world where fantasy is the ultimate seduction-and the price of defeat is death...

Mellon T.: In My Shoes: A Memoir

Скачать книгу (размер 1 391 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 274) Аннотация: When Tamara Mellon's father lent her the money to start a high-end shoe company, he cautioned her: 'Don't let the accountants run your business.' Little did he know. Over the next fifteen years the struggle between 'the suits' and 'the creatives' would dominate, as Tamara Mellon's business savvy and design flair built Jimmy Choo into a premier name in the ultra-competitive fashion world. Jimmy…

The Idea of Justice

Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: Is justice an ideal, for ever beyond our grasp, or something that may actually guide our practical decisions and enhance our lives? At the heart of Sen's argument is his insistence on the role of public reason in establishing what can make societies less unjust. But there are always choices to be made between alternative assessments of what is reasonable, and competing positions can each be well…

The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis

Скачать книгу (размер 3 829 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 752) Аннотация: 'Big rejoicing: Lydia Davis has won the Man Booker International prize. Never did a book award deliver such a true match-winning punch. Best of all, a new audience will read her now and find her wit, her vigour and rigour, her funniness, her thoughtfulness, and the precision of form, which mark Davis out as unique. Daring, excitingly intelligent and often wildly comic [she] reminds you, in a…

Gardner Lisa: Catch Me

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Charlene Grant believes she is going to die. For the past few years, her childhood friends have been murdered one by one. Same day. Same time. Now she’s the last of her friends alive, and she’s counting down the final four days of her life until January 21. Charlene doesn’t plan on going down without a fight. She has taken up boxing, shooting, and running. She also wants Boston’s top homicide…

Cosgrove L.: The New Rules of Lifting for Women

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: «In The New Rules of Lifting for Women, authors Lou Schuler, Cassandra Forsythe and Alwyn Cosgrove present a comprehensive strength, conditioning and nutrition plan destined to revolutionize the way women work out. All the latest studies prove that strength training, not aerobics, provides the key to losing fat and building a fit, strong body. This book refutes the misconception that women will…

New Penguin English Dictionary

Скачать книгу (размер 8 429 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1654) Аннотация: Revised and updated, this dictionary is accessible yet authoritative. It offers clear, detailed definitions with particular emphasis on difficult meanings, and there are usage notes, explanations of key concepts and word histories. The entries cover technical and specialist vocabulary, slang and the most up-to-date jargon and buzzwords.

Penguin Elementary Listening Skills

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: This develops the student's ability to understand spoken English at an elementary level. Part of an elementary skills series, it is intended to enable students to cope with normal conversations, lectures and announcements. The cassette provides authentic dialogues for the 15 units.

Tolstoy Lev: Anna Karenina

Скачать книгу (размер 4 400 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 864) Аннотация: ‘Everything is finished. I have nothing but you now. Remember that’ Anna Karenina seems to have everything – beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son. But she feels that her life is empty until the moment she encounters the impetuous officer Count Vronsky. Their subsequent affair scandalizes society and family alike and soon brings jealously and bitterness in its wake. Contrasting with this…