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Morris Joel: The Ladybird Book of the Hipster

Скачать книгу (размер 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 56) Аннотация: This delightful book is the latest in the series of Ladybird books which have been specially planned to help grown-ups with the world about them. The large clear script, the careful choice of words, the frequent repetition and the thoughtful matching of text with pictures all enable grown-ups to think they have taught themselves to cope. The subject of the book will greatly appeal to grown-ups.…

Dubner Steven: Think Like a Freak: How to Think Smarter About Almost Everything

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics changed the way we see the world, exposing the hidden side of just about everything. Then came SuperFreakonomics, a documentary film, an award-winning podcast, and more. Now, with Think Like a Freak, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have written their most revolutionary book yet. With their trademark blend of captivating storytelling and…

List of the Lost

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Beware the novelist... intimate and indiscreet... pompous, prophetic airs... here is the fact of fiction... an American tale where, naturally, evil conquers good, and none live happily ever after, for the complicated pangs of the empty experiences of flesh-and-blood human figures are the reason why nothing can ever be enough. To read a book is to let a root sink down. List of the lost is the…

The Ladybird Book of Mindfulness 

Скачать книгу (размер 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 56) Аннотация: From bestselling authors Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris — a nugget of wisdom in the phenomenal Ladybirds for Grown Ups series. This delightful book is the latest in the series of Ladybird books which have been specially planned to help grown-ups with the world about them. The large clear script, the careful choice of words, the frequent repetition and the thoughtful matching of text with pictures…

Arlidge M.J.: The Doll's House: DI Helen Grace 03

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller The Doll's House is the new twisting and terrifying thriller in the Detective Inspector Helen Grace series from M.J. Arlidge. Arlidge is the author of Eeny Meeny and Pop Goes the Weasel, and has been dubbed 'the new Jo Nesbo'. 'Detective Inspector Helen Grace is one of the greatest heroes to come along in years.' Jeffery Deaver, New York Times bestselling author of…

The Ladybird Book of the Mid-Life Crisis

Скачать книгу (размер 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 56) Аннотация: From bestselling authors Jason Hazeley and Joel Morris — a nugget of wisdom in the phenomenal Ladybirds for Grown Ups series. This delightful book is the latest in the series of Ladybird books which have been specially planned to help grown-ups with the world about them. The large clear script, the careful choice of words, the frequent repetition and the thoughtful matching of text with pictures…

Flaubert Gustave: Madame Bovary

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Emma Bovary is beautiful and bored, trapped in her marriage to a mediocre doctor and stifled by the banality of provincial life. An ardent reader of sentimental novels, she longs for passion and seeks escape in fantasies of high romance, in voracious spending and, eventually, in adultery. But even her affairs bring her disappointment and devastating consequences. Flaubert's erotically charged and…

Elliott Mel: How to Make Art

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Every child is an artist; the problem is staying an artist when you grow up — Pablo Picasso This isn't your usual art manual. It's for big kids everywhere everyone who loved getting covered in paint and glue at school and would secretly love to do it more often. It's also for people who love pop culture: comedy, trashy TV, great TV, pop videos, pop stars and pop music. And not only does it help…

Allen David: Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: A completely revised and updated edition of the blockbuster bestseller from the personal productivity guru (Fast Company) Since it was first published almost fifteen years ago, David Allen's Getting Things Done has become one of the most influential business books of its era, and the ultimate book on personal organization. GTD is now shorthand for an entire way of approaching professional and…

Service Robert: The Penguin History of Modern Russia: From Tsarism to the Twenty-First Century

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Russia's recent past has encompassed revolution, civil war, mass terror and two world wars, and the country is still undergoing huge change. In his acclaimed history, now updated to 2015, Robert Service provides a superb panoramic viewpoint on Russia, exploring the complex, changing interaction between rulers and ruled from Nicholas II, Lenin and Stalin through to Gorbachev, Yeltsin, Putin and…

Yancey Rick: The Infinite Sea

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: The hugely anticipated second book in in the phenomenal new series that began with The 5th Wave — from Carnegie-shortlisted Rick Yancey. For Cassie Sullivan and the rest of Earth's remaining human survivors, the situation was already desperate when the 5th Wave hit. It's about to get worse. No one yet knows the depths to which Earth's conquerors — the Others — will sink in order to rid the Earth…

Doctor Who: Official Annual 2016

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Join the Doctor for brand-new adventures on board the TARDIS in Doctor Who Annual 2016. With secrets from the brand-new series, fact files on the latest terrifying monsters, exciting comic strips, stories, puzzles, and activities, it is bound to keep all Doctor Who fans happy!

Lewis Michael: The Big Short

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: We fed the monster until it blew up... While Wall Street was busy creating the biggest credit bubble of all time, a few renegade investors saw it was about to burst, bet against the banking system — and made a fortune. From the jungles of the trading floor to the casinos of Las Vegas, this is the outrageous story of the misfits, mavericks and geniuses who, against all odds, made the greatest…

Laing Moray: Doctor Who: Model-Building Book

Скачать книгу (размер 361 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 72) Аннотация: Inside this activity book, you'll find three fantastic Doctor Who model-building challenges to complete. Featuring easy-to-follow instructions and fact file pages, press out the pieces to create cool keepsake models of the TARDIS, a Dalek, K-9, and a sinister Cyberman head!

Doctor Who: Time Lord Quiz Quest

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Get ready for the ultimate Doctor Who challenge! Packed with tricky puzzles and quiz questions, the Time Lord Quiz Quest sorts the pudding-brained humans from the actually quite handy ones. Can you solve a pressing problem like a true Time Lord? Do you know your Siltheen from you Silurians? And just how high is your Who IQ? With challenges devised by the Twelfth Doctor himself, this quiz book is…

Medina Nico: Where Is Mount Everest?

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: As the recent deaths of sixteen Sherpas underscore, climbing Mount Everest remains a daunting challenge. Located in the Himalayas, Everest is the highest mountain in the world at a whopping 29,029 feet. In this compelling narrative, Nico Medina guides readers through the mountain s ancient beginnings, first human settlers, historic climbs, and the modern commercialization of mountain-climbing.…

Doctor Who: The Dangerous Book of Monsters

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: In his travels across time and space, the Doctor has met hundreds of monsters — now, he's created this handy spotter's guide to the biggest, smallest, tallest, hungriest, smelliest, and most dangerous creatures in the Whoniverse! In this fantastic companion guide to How To Be A Time Lord, the Twelfth Doctor reveals, in tips and doodles, everything you need to know about each dangerous monster,…

Jefferies Dinah: The Tea Planter's Wife

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: Nineteen-year-old Gwendolyn Hooper is newly married to a rich and charming widower, eager to join him on his tea plantation, determined to be the perfect wife and mother. But life in Ceylon is not what Gwen expected. The plantation workers are resentful, the neighbours treacherous. And there are clues to the past — a dusty trunk of dresses, an overgrown gravestone in the grounds — that her…

Patricia Brennan Demuth: Where Is the Great Wall?

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: More than two thousand years ago, with his land under constant attack from nomads, the First Emperor of China came up with a simple solution: build a wall to keep out enemies. It was a wall that kept growing and growing. But its construction came at a huge cost: it is believed that more than a million Chinese died building it, earning the wall its nickname — the longest cemetery on earth. Through…