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Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Cursed! David was only trying to be cool when he helped some other boys steal an old lady's cane. But when the plan backfires, he is the one whom she 'curses'. Now David can't seem to do anything right. The cool kids taunt him and his only friends are weirdos. He even walks into Spanish class with his fly unzipped! And when he finally gets his nerve up to ask out a cute girl, his trousers fall…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: 'Why did the guy eat two dead skunks for breakfast?' 'Because dead ones squeal when you stick the fork in.' Gary W. Boone knows he was born to be a stand-up comedian. It is the rest of the kids in the class who think he is a fool. Then the Floyd Hicks Junior High School Talent Show is announced, and he starts practising his routine non-stop to get it just right. Gary's sure that this will be his…
Скачать книгу (размер 95 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 20) Аннотация: When a little girl can't find her teddy bear she refuses to go to bed. Accompanied by a brilliant cast of animal characters, she searches behind all the wonderful flaps in this beautiful novelty book for the very young. Children will love helping her search!
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: When the young Ian Wharton first meets Mr Broadhurst, he is completely unaware of the influence he will come to exert over his life as 'The Fat Controller' — a constant companion and confidant and also the obese, erudite manifestation of Ian' s mental illness. As Ian's idea of fun becomes increasingly extreme, the reader is taken to a place where morality is eroded by the dull grind of modernity…
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Marvin is not a happy sheep. All the other sheep are bigger than him, and can run faster and jump higher than he can. So Marvin decides to do something about it. He eats. And eats, and eats, until he is so big that there is nothing left for him to eat in the world — at which point Marvin eats the world itself! But that is a step too far, and what went in is going to have to come out. This is a…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: 101 of the most fascinating, most disgusting, most unbelievable facts — at your fingertips. Utterly addictive (but not illegal) will keep any 10+ child occupied at weekends, on holiday, in the evening... 101 marvellous facts, brilliantly explained: Why do we have nails? Why is the sky blue? Why can birds stand on electric wires and not be electrocuted? Educate your child with minimum effort, and…
Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: «Check Your English Vocabulary for Law» is a workbook designed to help non-native English speakers improve their knowledge and understanding of core legal terminology. The workbook includes crosswords, puzzles and word games to test English vocabulary and a combination of self-study exercises and practical speaking activities meaning that this book is ideal for both home and classbased study.»
Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: Max and Maddy Twist's parents were once famous, international detectives — before the evil Professor Sardine ruined their careers, that is. Now they run an ice-cream parlour, and it is the services of their crime-busting Cluedo-champion children that are called upon. Mr Huffendort, a rich Swiss banker is very worried about a series of raids upon banks, carried out by a team of highly-trained St…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Blart is not an average boy. He lives on a pig farm with his grandfather and doesn't care about being heroic or famous or legendary, but he does know that if you want to catch a pig you have to sneak up behind it and take it by surprise. So when a great wizard visits and explains that humankind depends on Blart joining his quest, Blart says no — until the wizard threatens his pigs. Reluctantly,…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: «With more than 15,000 definitions, this book provides a definitive guide to the use of slang today. It deals with drugs, sport and contemporary society, as well as favourite slang topics such as sex and bodily functions. In this convenient paperback edition of the highly acclaimed «Dictionary of Contemporary Slang», language and culture expert, Tony Thorne explores the ever-changing underworld…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: The topics covered in this title include travel, tourism, ticketing, hotels and staff, restaurants, kitchens, table settings, service and cooking, along with general business, accounting and personnel terms. Handy supplements include quick-reference lists of airline and airport codes, currencies, international dialling codes, time zones, balance sheets and international public holidays. This work…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: «The fictional world of Will Self is unlike any other. In «The Quantity Theory of Insanity» we learn, amongst other things, the dark and terrible secret of Ward 9, why you are right to think that London is full of dead people and that each and every human being is caught up in a colossal balancing act between the sane and the insane. «The Quantity Theory of Insanity» is acerbic, satirical,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: This new collection of short stories from T. C. Boyle finds him at his mercurial best. Inventive, wickedly funny, sometimes disturbing, these are stories about drop-outs, deadbeats and kooks. Take the man who shares his apartment with a wildcat won in a drunken bet; the drive-time shock jock hallucinating from sleep deprivation for a publicity stunt; the suburban woman who joins a pack of dogs,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: «One minute John is the cornerstone of Eva's world, rock to his two teenage stepdaughters and his own son Theo; the next he is tossed through the air in a traffic accident, and killed. His sudden death changes everything. Eva struggles with the desolation of loneliness, finding herself drawn back to her untrustworthy ex-husband; Emily, the eldest daughter, grapples with her new-found independence…
Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: No matter how hard Annie tries, she just cannot do even the simplest sums. It's so embarrassing! When she goes to the shops, she can't work out how much money to hand the shopkeeper, and she always gets 0 for her maths homework. That is, until Annie goes to sleep with a calculator under her pillow, and something very strange happens. Overnight, Annie becomes a maths maestro capable of solving…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: It's springtime — hundreds of Crows set out on their yearly migration and converge at the Gathering Tree. This sacred Gathering is an opportunity for the six crow Clans of the Family Kinaar to assemble, to make decisions and to celebrate being together. But when young blood is lost, sacred laws are tested as an illegal Mob seeks revenge, and a schism threatens the unity of the flock. The Family's…
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: One day, out of the blue, Harriet Bean's dad says to her, 'Your aunts would like to hear about that!' Harriet is shocked — this is the first time she's heard anything about any aunts, and suddenly, she has five of them! Naturally, she's very curious to meet them, especially as her dad has told her that they each have a rather special ability (apart from Aunt Majolica who's just extremely bossy).…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Richard and Lelia's child is conceived in a moment of giggling chaos as they dress for a Christmas party. They arrive rudely late and still glowing, and barely register a slight, drab woman in the hall. Sylvie. As their baby grows, so does the presence of Sylvie — she seems to be nowhere, yet everywhere, harmless yet sinister. Richard is seduced by her subtle, inexplicable charm, while Lelia,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Ram has no memory of who he is, his background or where he has come from. He awakes in a darkened corridor of a block of flats with no idea of how he has got there. And then, the lift doors nearby open and inside is a dying man. Ram is now the murder suspect and on the run. But, there is something that draws him back — the dying man's last words. And, as he discovers more about the murdered man,…