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Helen Szirtes: 101 Things to Do to Become a Superhero

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: You are just 101 Things away from global fame (and possibly world domination). Inside this book is everything you need to transform yourself from mere mortal into exciting, dynamic total superhero material. Make things, learn amazing tricks, and be inspired by genius ideas in order to complete the transition from ordinary person to object of worship and admiration. Develop your... Stealth…

Janet Skeslien Charles: Moonlight in Odessa

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian meets Desperate Housewives in this wry and sparkling debut.

Colum McCann: This Side of Brightness

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: On a bitter winter's day in 1916, deep below the streets of New York, a group of men are working in one of the huge pressurised tunnels that will make up the subway system. Suddenly, a tiny hole appears in the roof of the tunnel and air rushes in, sucking the men up through the bed of the Hudson, to be suspended on a plume of water high above the river. Almost ninety years later, a homeless man…

Shaffer Mary Ann: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: It's 1946 and author Juliet Ashton can't think what to write next. Out of the blue, she receives a letter from Dawsey Adams of Guernsey — by chance, he's acquired a book that once belonged to her — and, spurred on by their mutual love of reading, they begin a correspondence. When Dawsey reveals that he is a member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, her curiosity is piqued and…

William Boyd: Ordinary Thunderstorms

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: One May evening in London, as a result of a chance encounter and a split-second decision, the young climatologist Adam Kindred loses everything — home, job, reputation, passport, credit cards, money — never to get them back. With the police and a hit man in merciless pursuit, Adam has no choice but to go underground.

Gilbert Elizabeth: Eat, Pray, Love

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: It's 3 a.m. and Elizabeth Gilbert is sobbing on the bathroom floor. She's in her thirties, she has a husband, a house, they're trying for a baby — and she doesn't want any of it. A divorce and a turbulent love affair later, she emerges battered and bewildered and realises it is time to pursue her own journey in search of three things she has been missing: pleasure, devotion and balance. So she…

Alyxandra Harvey: Blood Feud

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: It has been centuries since Anais St. Croix survived the French Revolution. Now she's made her way back to the living and must face the ultimate test by confronting the evil British lord who turned her into a vampire and left her buried for two hundred years. That's if she can control her affection for Logan Drake, a vampire whose bite is as sweet as the revenge she seeks...

Ben Macintyre: Operation Mincemeat: The True Spy Story

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: One April morning in 1943, a sardine fisherman spotted the corpse of a British soldier floating in the sea off the coast of Spain and set in train a course of events that would change the course of the Second World War. Operation Mincemeat was the most successful wartime deception. This title tells the story of Operation Mincemeat.

J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Harry Potter is a wizard. He is in his second year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Little does he know that this year will be just as eventful as the last... even getting there is an adventure in itself! The three firm friends, Harry, Ron and Hermione, are soon immersed in the daily round of Potions, Herbology, Charms, Defence Against the Dark Arts, and Quidditch. But then horrible…

J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Harry Potter, along with his best friends, Ron and Hermione, is about to start his third year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry can't wait to get back to school after the summer holidays (who wouldn't if they lived with the horrible Dursleys?). But when Harry gets to Hogwarts, the atmosphere is tense.

J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Скачать книгу (размер 3 094 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 608) Аннотация: It is Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. As Voldemort's sinister forces amass and a spirit of gloom and fear sweeps the land, it becomes more and more clear to Harry that he will soon have to confront his destiny. But is he up to the challenges ahead of him? In this dark and breathtaking adventure, J.K. Rowling skilfully begins to unravel the complex web she…

Summers Judith: Casanova's Women: The Great Seducer and the Women He Loved

Скачать книгу (размер 1 855 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 365) Аннотация: Told from the perspective of his innumerable sexual conquests, Casanova's Women renders a vivid flesh-and-blood portrait of the famed philanderer, clearing away the myth while illuminating the lives of the women who have too long languished in the shadows. The eighteenth-century Venetian adventurer Giacomo Casanova used his magnetic personality to talk his way into the beds of more than two…

Negotiate Successfully

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: You negotiate every day in all types of situations and in many ways. This book will help build confidence and get better results with practical advice on the basic principles of negotiation, how to prepare, how to keep cool under pressure and how to understand and use body language to your advantage. The book contains a quiz to assess strengths and weaknesses, step-by-step guidance and action…

Colum McCann: Let the Great World Spin

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: New York, August 1974: a man is walking in the sky. Between the newly built Twin Towers, the man twirls through the air. Far below, the lives of complete strangers spin towards each other: Corrigan, a radical Irish monk working in the Bronx; Claire, a delicate Upper East Side housewife reeling from the death of her son; Lara, a drug-addled young artist; Gloria, solid and proud despite decades of…

Rupert Kingfisher: Madame Pamplemousse and the Time-Travelling Cafe

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: In Paris, there is a cafe, elegantly furnished with polished wooden tables and an awning of striped gold and green, whose walls are filled with drinks such as Green Fairy Liqueur, Mermaid Madeira and Red Devil Lemonade. And sitting on the bar is a large, silver, steam-powered espresso coffee machine. The cafe is owned by Monsieur Moutarde, and Monsieur Moutarde has made the most extraordinary…

Boyd W.: Ordinary Thunderstorms

Скачать книгу (размер 2 049 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 403) Аннотация: One May evening in London, Adam Kindred, a young climatologist in town for a job interview, is feeling good about the future as he sits down for a meal at a little Italian bistro. He strikes up a conversation with a solitary diner at the next table, who leaves soon afterward. With horrifying speed, this chance encounter leads to a series of malign accidents, through which Adam loses…

Louis Sachar: Alone in His Teacher's House

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: While Mrs North, Marvin's teacher, is on holiday she asks him to look after Waldo — her dog. Suddenly, Marvin has become the luckiest boy in school. He'll get to sniff about Mrs North's house, look in her wardrobe, check out her bathroom and rummage in her fridge... Well that's what Stuart and Nick, his best friends, would like to do. But Marvin takes things a little more seriously. After all, he…

J. K. Rowling: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Скачать книгу (размер 3 094 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 608) Аннотация: Harry Potter is preparing to leave the Dursleys and Privet Drive for the last time. But the future that awaits him is full of danger, not only for him, but for anyone close to him — and Harry has already lost so much. Only by destroying Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes can Harry free himself and overcome the Dark Lord's forces of evil.

Gliori Debi: Stormy Weather

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Bedtime will be eagerly anticipated when you read this wonderful lullaby picture book, populated with a rich cast of animal favourites, from rabbits and bears to owls and seals, as every parent and child prepares for a safe night's sleep. With boundless energy, the text takes a ride through a night-time of possibilities as stormy weather assails the characters. Each fearful moment is calmly laid…

Celia Rees: The Fool's Girl

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Violetta and Feste have come to London to rescue the holy relics taken from the church in Illyria by the evil Malvolio. Their journey has been long and their adventures many, but it is not until they meet the playwright William Shakespeare that they get to tell the entire story from beginning to end! But where will this remarkable tale ultimately lead Violetta and her companion? And will they…