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Child Lee: Never Go Back

Скачать книгу (размер 3 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 592) Аннотация: After an epic and interrupted journey all the way from the snows of South Dakota, Jack Reacher has finally made it to Virginia. His destination: a sturdy stone building a short bus ride from Washington DC, the headquarters of his old unit, the 110th MP. It was the closest thing to a home he ever had. Why?

Goddard Robert: The Ways of the World

Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: 1919. The eyes of the world are on Paris, where statesmen, diplomats and politicians have gathered to discuss the fate of half the world's nations in the aftermath of the cataclysm that was the Great War. A horde of journalists, spies and opportunists have also gathered in the city and the last thing the British diplomatic community needs at such a time is the mysterious death of a senior member…

Bryson Bill: One Summer: America 1927

Скачать книгу (размер 3 421 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 672) Аннотация: Britain's favourite writer of narrative non-fiction Bill Bryson travels back in time to a forgotten summer when America came of age, took centre stage, and, in five eventful months, changed the world for ever. In the summer of 1927, America had a booming stock market, a president who worked just four hours a day (and slept much of the rest of the time), a semi-crazed sculptor with a mad plan to…

Dawkins Richard: An Appetite for Wonder: The Making of a Scientist

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Born to parents who were enthusiastic naturalists, and linked through his wider family to a clutch of accomplished scientists, the author was bound to have biology in his genes. But what were the influences that shaped his life? This book tells his personal journey.

Steel Danielle: Pure Joy

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: This is the perfect gift for all animal lovers. In this charming, heartfelt memoir, Danielle Steel tells the story of how she met a dog the size of a mouse, with a personality that could light up an entire room. Brimming with warmth and insight on every page, Danielle takes a look at the beloved pets who have brought joy, and sometimes chaos, to her home through the years: from Minnie's arrival…

Bauer Belinda: Rubbernecker

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: This could be the most astonishing whodunnit you are ever likely to read. As good as Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time... and with more twists and coils than a hangman's noose. 'The dead can't speak to us', Professor Madoc had said. That was a lie. Because the body Patrick Fort is examining in anatomy class is trying to tell him all kinds of things. Life is already…

Pratchett Terry: Good Omens

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: “Armageddon only happens once, you know. They don’t let you go around again until you get it right.” According to the Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch – the world’s only totally reliable guide to the future, written in 1655, before she exploded – the world will end on a Saturday. Next Saturday, in fact. Just after tea… People have been predicting the end of the world almost…

Harris Robin: Not for Turning: The Complete Life of Margaret Thatcher

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: Margaret Thatcher is one of the most iconic politicians of the twentieth century. With the possible exception of Winston Churchill, no other Prime Minister has had such an impact on modern British history. Like it or not, her radical social and economic policies have made Britain the country it is today. Without Margaret Thatcher there could have been no New Labour, no Tony Blair and no David…

McNab Andy: Silencer

Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: 1993: Under deep cover, Nick Stone and a specialist surveillance team have spent weeks in the jungles and city streets of Colombia. Their mission: to locate the boss of the world's most murderous drugs cartel — and terminate him with extreme prejudice. Now they can strike. But to get close enough to fire the fatal shot, Nick must reveal his face. It's a risk he's willing to take — since only the…

Pratchett Terry: Raising Steam

Скачать книгу (размер 2 411 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 474) Аннотация: To the consternation of the patrician, Lord Vetinari, a new invention has arrived in Ankh-Morpork — a great clanging monster of a machine that harnesses the power of all of the elements: earth, air, fire and water. This being Ankh-Morpork, it's soon drawing astonished crowds, some of whom caught the zeitgeist early and arrive armed with notepads and very sensible rainwear. Moist von Lipwig is not…

Imogen Edwards-Jones: Restaurant Babylon

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: What makes a restaurant hot? Whose name do you need to drop to get a table? Why is one place booked solid for the next nine months while somewhere equally delicious is as empty and inhospitable as the Gobi desert? Welcome to the restaurant business, where the hours are punishing, the conditions are brutal and the Chef's Special has been languishing at the back of the fridge for the past three…

Watson S.J.: Before I Go to Sleep

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love — all forgotten overnight. And the one person you trust may only be telling you half the story. Welcome to Christine's life.

Child Lee: Personal

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Jack Reacher walks alone. Once a go-to hard man in the US military police, now he's a drifter of no fixed abode. But the army tracks him down. Because someone has taken a long-range shot at the French president. Only one man could have done it. And Reacher is the one man who can find him. This new heart stopping, nail biting book in Lee Child's number-one bestselling series takes Reacher across…

Steel Danielle: Winners

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: In the picturesque mountains of Squaw Valley, Colorado, a girl's dreams are about to be shattered. At just seventeen, Lily Thomas is already a ski champion training for the Olympics, her heart set on winning the gold. But in one moment, Lily's future is changed forever — her hopes for Olympic triumph swept away in a tragic accident. Her father, Bill, refuses to accept Lily's fate, while her…

Watson S.J.: Before I Go to Sleep

Скачать книгу (размер 1 937 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 381) Аннотация: Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love — all forgotten overnight. And the one person you trust may only be telling you half the story. Welcome to Christine's life.

Forsyth Frederick: The Kill List

Скачать книгу (размер 2 003 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 394) Аннотация: The Kill List: a top secret catalogue of names held at the highest level of the US government. On it, those men and women who would threaten the world's security. And at the top of it, The Preacher, a radical Islamic cleric whose sermons inspire his followers to kill high profile Western targets in the name of God. As the bodies begin to pile up in America, Great Britain and across Europe, the…

Stone Brad: The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon

Скачать книгу (размер 2 355 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 463) Аннотация: This is the winner of the 2013 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award. Though Amazon.com started off delivering books through the mail, its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, was never content with being just a bookseller. He wanted Amazon to become 'the everything store', offering limitless selection and seductive convenience at disruptively low prices. To achieve that…

Jackson Douglas: Sword of Rome

Скачать книгу (размер 2 569 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 505) Аннотация: Nero's turbulent reign draws to a close and Gaius Valerius Varens returns in his fourth brutal and bloody adventure. He's been Rome's hero, its defender and its avenger, and now he is the Empire's sword. The story I now commence is rich in vicissitudes, grim with warfare, torn by civil strife, a tale of horror even during times of peace. Tacitus, The Histories AD 68. The Emperor Nero's erratic…

Atkinson Kate: Life After Life

Скачать книгу (размер 3 257 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 640) Аннотация: This is the winner of the costa novel award. What if you had the chance to live your life again and again, until you finally got it right? During a snowstorm in England in 1910, a baby is born and dies before she can take her first breath. During a snowstorm in England in 1910, the same baby is born and lives to tell the tale. What if there were second chances? And third chances? In fact an…

Bolton Sharon: Like This, For Ever

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: Spine-tingling suspense! (Lisa Gardener). Barney has seen things. Things no child should see... and he knows the killer will strike again soon. The victim will be another boy, just like him. He will drain the body of blood, and leave it on a Thames beach. There will be no clues for detectives Dana Tulloch and Mark Joesbury to find. There will be no warning about who will be next. There will be no…