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Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: A pacy literary thriller, 'The Buried Circle' is a gripping blend of fact and fiction, peopled with extraordinary characters. The village of Avebury is one of the most mysterious places in the English countryside. Surrounded by ancient standing stones, crop circles and burial mounds, this is a place where all is not as it seems. In 1938, the archaeologist Alexander Keiller — a millionaire playboy…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: A novel for those who loved Behind the Scenes at the Museum, The Poisonwood Bible and The Lovely Bones. Raped then murdered in Japanese-occupied Hong Kong in 1942, Lin Shui's 'Hungry Ghost' clings tenaciously to life. Holing up in a hospital morgue, which is destined to become a school, just in time she finds a host off whom to feed. It is twelve-year-old Alice Safford, the deeply-troubled…

Скачать книгу (размер 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 40) Аннотация: Walking through the forest one moonlit night, Buzz and his dog Bingo find a sign pointing to a Monster Party. It sounds like fun — but first they have to find their way through the Monster Maze, meeting Count Dracula, a werewolf, a troll and a mummy along the way. *Purple/ Band 8 books offer developing readers literary language, with some challenging vocabulary. * Text type — A humorous story. *…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: Why is it that we destroy the things we love most? This is the question Paulo Coelho, the author of The Alchemist, faces in this story of his confrontation with his past. The Valkyries is a compelling account of his journey, as Paulo and his wife embark on a forty-day quest into the searing heat of the Mojave Desert, where they encounter the Valkyries, strange warrior women who travel the desert…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Chili Palmer plunges into the seediest, most dangerous corners of Hollywoods music business.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: Sumptuous historical novel set in the court of Elizabeth I, from Sunday Times No.1 bestseller Philippa Gregory, the author of The Other Boleyn Girl. Elizabeth I has acceded to the throne of England, a position she has waited and schemed for all her life. She is surrounded by advisers, all convinced that a young woman cannot form political judgements. Elizabeth feels that she can rely on just one…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: A lively reference tool for children aged 6+, with rhymes for key sounds and spelling patterns, as well as lots of ideas for writing your own amazing rhymes.

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Using a range of delightful animal characters throughout the book to depict the familiar, everyday words, artist Chris Fisher adds an abundance of humour and charm that will have readers coming back time and time again. Each head word is incorporated into a simple sentence, to show word usage, and accompanied by an illustration. Key letters are shown very big, so children can copy or trace them…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Covers all the main areas of business theory and practice: marketing, production, finance, human resources, business policy and international business Comprehensive coverage of terms such as cash flow, hedge fund, linear programming and cash flow and patent Includes commercial terms such as stocks and shares, options and forward market Wholly relevant to the world of modern business theory and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: A brutal murder. A country's darkest secret. A detective pushed to the edge! Inspector Kari Vaara returns, more haunted than ever, in the follow-up to Snow Angels. The Sufia Elmi case left Kari Vaara with a scarred face, chronic insomnia, a constant migraine, and a full body count's worth of ghosts. Now it's a year later, in Helsinki, and Kari is working the graveyard shift in the homicide unit,…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Nowhere to run! The spine-chilling new thriller from the New York Times bestselling author. No place to hide! The crime scenes are horrifying: the victims arranged with deliberate care, posed to appear alive despite their agonized last moments and the shocking nature of their deaths. For grief counsellor Audrey Sherrod it's clear the murders are work of a deranged serial killer. At first, the…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Collins First School Dictionary has been especially designed to support the language and literacy needs of children aged 5+. It introduces early learners to essential dictionary features such as headwords, definitions and other forms of the word (for example, plural forms). It includes example sentences which highlight the headword to show how it can be used. Simple full sentence defintions and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 860 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 366) Аннотация: «Now available in mass market is the definitive collection of short stories that reveals one of the world's most gifted fantasy writers at the peak of his form. Includes a sneak peek at Gaiman's new hardcover «Anasi Boys», available in September.»

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: From Jeanne Kalogridis, critically acclaimed author of The Borgia Bride, Painting Mona Lisa and The Devil's Queen, comes another irresistible historical novel about a countess whose passion and willfulness knew no bounds: Caterina Sforza. Daughter of the Duke of Milan and wife of the conniving Count Girolamo Riario, Caterina Sforza was the bravest warrior Renaissance Italy ever knew. She ruled…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 156 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 228) Аннотация: Annie Proulx, one of America's finest writers, invites us to share her experience in the building of her new home on a rich plot of untouched, unspoilt prairie and her pleasure in uncovering of the layers of American history locked beneath the topsoil. 'Bird Cloud' is the name Annie Proulx gave to 640 acres of Wyoming wetlands and prairie and 400 foot cliffs plunging down to the North Platte…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 421 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 280) Аннотация: Collins Junior Illustrated Dictionary has been especially written to support the needs of children aged 6 to 8. It introduces key dictionary features such as showing parts of speech (noun, verb, adjective or adverb) and other forms of a word (for example plurals or past tense of a verb). The clear, spacious layout, colour headwords, guidewords at the top of each page plus the A–Z ‘tab’ index on…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Just how badly do you want to find paradise? When Tom Finn is almost jailed for confronting two burglars in his own home, this taxi driver takes his young family to live on the tropical island of Phuket, Thailand. Phuket is all the Finn family dreamed of — a tropical paradise where the children swim with elephants, the gibbons sing love songs in the jungle, the Andaman Sea is like turquoise glass…

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Illustrated by award winning artist Nick Sharratt, this fabulous picture dictionary is designed as a child's very first introduction to Spanish. My First Spanish Picture Dictionary contains a selection of common everyday words, grouped in familiar themes such as In the Park, At the Seaside, and Things We Like to Eat. Each word is written in both Spanish and English and is accompanied by a bold,…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: The gorgeous, thought-provoking first YA novel from internationally bestselling author Cecelia Ahern. FLAWED is set in a powerfully realised society where perfection is valued above humanity, with an intense love story at its centre. Good-girl Celestine has always agreed with the system but following an act of kindness towards one of the Flawed is herself excluded and soon she is fighting for her…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: 'Keeps one reading long after the lights should have been out' ROBIN HOBB Read the explosive New York Times bestselling debut that's captivated readers worldwide. Set to be a major motion picture, An Ember in the Ashes is the book everyone is talking about. Under the Martial Empire, defiance is met with death. When Laia's grandparents are brutally murdered and her brother arrested for treason by…