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Clements Jonathan: Dirty Rotten Vikings

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Who was vicious, who was vile and who was just very, very bad — or just mad? Discover what the Vikings were really like and what they were up to, and learn whether they really were that rotten. These colorful books are packed with the fun and grossness kids love, and also the real historical facts that parents and teachers want them reading. A half-illustrated, half-photographic approach creates…

Austen Jane: Pride and Prejudice

Скачать книгу (размер 769 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 152) Аннотация: Illustrated edition of the complete text captures the spirit of the Regency era.

Meade Glenn: Snow Wolf

Скачать книгу (размер 3 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 592) Аннотация: In the heart of the Cold War, they sent him to plot the ultimate assassination. Now they want him dead... It is 1953. Joseph Stalin, the world's most tyrannical dictator, is teetering on the edge of insanity, and about to plunge the world into nuclear chaos. Only one man and one woman can penetrate the Iron Curtain and stop this madman, before it's too late. But someone inside the Kremlin knows.…

Gruen Sara: Water For Elephants

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Orphaned and penniless at the height of the Depression, Jacob Jankowski escapes everything he knows by jumping on a passing train-and inadvertently runs away with the circus. So begins Water for Elephants, Sara Gruen's darkly beautiful tale about the characters who inhabit the less-than-greatest show on earth. Jacob finds a place tending the circus animals, including a seemingly untrainable…

Dick Philip: Paycheck and Other Classic Stories By Philip K: Dick

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: The earliest short and medium-length fiction by Philip K. Dick (including several previously unpublished stories) during the years 1952-1955 is contained in this collection of science fiction stories. In addition to the title story, the volume includes Beyond Lies the Wub, The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford, The Variable Man, and many others.

Don Lari: Breaking the Spell: Stories of Magic and Mystery from Scotlan

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Meet witches and kelpies, fairies and selkies, brave warriors and courageous girls, in ten spellbinding tales from Scotland, from Orkney and Skye to Perthshire and the Borders. . . The Stories included are... The Selkie?s Toes * Tam Linn * The Ring of Brodgar * The Witch of Lochlann * The King of the Dark Arts * The Monster of Raasay * School for Heroes * the Loch Fada Kelpie * Whuppity Stoorie *…

Pipe Jim: Lift, Look, and Learn Doll's House: Uncover the Secrets of a Victorian Home

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: You're invited to 51 Orchard Mansions, a lavish home in the year 1888. Open this die-cut book to meet the wealthy family that owned this extraordinary house and see how life was lived back in the Victorian era. Go upstairs and downstairs and through its many rooms, from the nursery where the children play to the kitchen where servants prepare the dinner. Lift the flaps to look behind doors, peer…

Northup Solomon: 12 Years a Slave: A True Story

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: The shocking first-hand account of one man's remarkable fight for freedom; now an award-winning motion picture. 'Why had I not died in my young years — before God had given me children to love and live for? What unhappiness and suffering and sorrow it would have prevented. I sighed for liberty; but the bondsman's chain was round me, and could not be shaken off.' 1841: Solomon Northup is a…

Woodward Colin: The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: This is the book that inspired 'Crossbones' the new NBC television series written and produced by Neil 'Luther' Cross and starring John Malkovich. In the early eighteenth century a number of the great pirate captains, including Edward Blackbeard Teach and Black Sam Bellamy, joined forces. This infamous Flying Gang was more than simply a thieving band of brothers. Many of its members had come to…

Kipling Rudyard: Just So Stories

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Have you ever wondered how the Leopard got his spots, how the Rhinosaurus got his skin, or how the Alphabet was made? This witty and wonderful collection embarks upon a fanciful voyage to unearth the answers to these very questions, and more. The Just So Stories have long been regarded as a true classic of children's literature. This Heritage edition is published with Rudyard Kipling's original…

Clement C. Moore: The Night Before Christmas (+ Audio CD)

Скачать книгу (размер 126 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 26) Аннотация: America's most-loved holiday poem is now presented by one of the world's favorite musical groups, and illustrated by the artist of the best-selling Puff, the Magic Dragon. Christmas just wouldn't be Christmas without a reading of Clement C. Moore's classic verse, which has brightened the season ever since it was first published in 1823. And now this heartwarming poem is more dazzling than ever…

Browning Tom: The Night Before Christmas

Скачать книгу (размер 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 40) Аннотация: For decades families have gathered together to read Clement C. Moore's enchanting holiday poem. Featuring beautiful original illustrations by award-winning artist Tom Browning, this stunning edition stands apart from the rest. Browning has created a classic Saint Nick—the quintessential round, jolly, white-bearded figure that everyone imagines. The look is timeless, filled with warmth and…

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Original stories plus contemporary illustrations and thumbnail text create the backdrop of Conan Doyle's master-sleuth in Victorian Britain.

Grisham John: Theodore Boone: The Activist

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Though he's only thirteen, Theodore Boone has spent more time in the courtroom than almost anywhere else, and there's always a new adventure waiting. After having been falsely accused of vandalism and theft, Theo is happy to finally be out of the hot seat, once more dispensing legal advice to friends and community members, when an exciting new case demands his urgent attention.

Oswald James: Natural Causes

Скачать книгу (размер 2 324 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 457) Аннотация: Edinborough Detective Inspector Tony McLean is drawn into a set of cases separated by six decades, but connected by a macabre and brutal ritual killing.

Dickens Charles: Oliver Twist

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Literary classic with unique illustrated content; Complete Unabridged Text. One of Dickens' most popular novels brought to life with contemporary photos and illustrations.

Wolmar Christian: To the Edge of the World: The Story of the Trans-Siberian Railway

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Christian Wolmar expertly tells the story of the Trans-Siberian railway from its conception and construction under Tsar Alexander III, to the northern extension ordered by Brezhnev and its current success as a vital artery. He also explores the crucial role the line played in both the Russian Civil War — Trotsky famously used an armoured carriage as his command post — and the Second World War,…

Constantine Pleshakov: Stalin's Folly: The Tragic First Ten Days of World War Two on the Eastern Front

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: On June 22, 1941, Hitler launched a massive three-pronged attack on the Soviet Union, and in days his troops were within reach of Moscow. The attack was stunning, but Stalin's response was even more astonishing. During the invasion, the mighty Soviet military stood in place while its soldiers were slaughtered by the hundreds of thousands. Drawing on a wealth of newly available documents, from…

Waddell Martin: Can't You Sleep, Little Bear? (+ DVD)

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: At bedtime, Big Bear patiently reassures Little Bear that he needn't fear the dark, in this tale for readers and listeners up to 5 by the author of Farmer Duck and Owl Babies. When all the lanterns in the cave aren't enough to comfort Little Bear, his father takes him outside to show him that the dark is lit up by the bright yellow moon and the twinkling stars. Barbara Firth's very cozy…

Rosen Michael: Little Rabbit Foo Foo (+ DVD)

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: The surprisingly aggressive Little Rabbit Foo Foo rides though the forest on his motorbike, picking up the field mice, wriggly worms, tigers, and goblins — and bopping them on the head with his red mallet. Again and again, the Good Fairy warns the mischievous bunny that if he doesn't stop, she will turn him into a goonie. What's a goonie? You'll just have to see. Arthur Robins's expressive…