Скачать книгу (размер 493 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 98) Аннотация: A perfect introduction to Agatha Christie — four of the best Hercule Poirot stories, chosen for their readability and sense of adventure. A man is found shot through the head in a locked room. A wealthy banker vanishes while posting a letter. A thief disappears with a haul of rubies and emeralds. And, in the golden sands of Egypt, the men who discovered an ancient tomb are dying one by one...…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: Katy writes with humour and heart. The Lonely Hearts Travel Club is like Bridget Jones goes backpacking. Holly Martin, author of The White Cliff Bay series What if you had a second chance... to find yourself? Instead of slipping on her something borrowed and tripping up the aisle to wedded bliss, Georgia spends her big day crying into a warm Sex-on-the-Beach, wondering where it all went wrong.…
Скачать книгу (размер 9 622 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1888) Аннотация: Collins English Dictionary is a rich source of words for everyone who loves language. Not only is the dictionary comprehensive and authoritative, but it also offers outstanding coverage of world, regional and dialect English. Including a much wider range of words than ever before, the extensive coverage of geographical, scientific, and technical entries has been updated by our team of leading…
Скачать книгу (размер 116 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 24) Аннотация: Join Splat the Cat in New York Times bestselling author-artist Rob Scotton's Splat the Cat: The Big Helper. When Splat's parents give him a list of chores to do, Splat worries that they will take forever! But when Splat puts his mind to it, helping out becomes more fun than a pirate adventure. Full of imaginative surprises and classic Splat humor, this 8x8 storybook is perfect for fans of the…
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Read along with your favorite I Can Read Book characters I Can Read Books are the premier line of beginning readers encouraging children to learn-and love-to read. Featuring award-winning authors and illustrators, I Can Read Books offer a full spectrum of entertaining stories for every stage of a child's reading development. Now the beloved characters and adventures from this popular line of…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: A sumptuous large-format hardback containing sketches and paintings from the illustrated Lord of the Rings, together with brand new and previously unseen material. In this large-format hardback Alan Lee reveals in pictures and in words how he created the images in the authorised illustrated edition of The Lord of the Rings. These images would prove so powerful, matching perfectly with Tolkien's…
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: In this hilarious tale of mishap and misadventure, Dr. Seuss reminds us that there is always someone, somewhere, worse off than ourselves. With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr. Seuss has been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat, and ranking among the UK's…
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Rikk-tikk-tikki-tikki-tchk A classic story from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book, adapted and illustrated by award-winning artist Jerry Pinkney, this is the tale of Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, a fearless young mongoose. Soon after a flood washes Rikki into the garden of an English family, he comes face-to-face with Nag and Nagaina, two giant cobras. The snakes are willing to attack Rikki, and even the…
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Everyone laughs when Horton the Elephant offers to sit on Mayzie bird's egg while she goes on holiday. Horton's kindness and faithfulness are sorely tested when he, and the egg, are kidnapped and sold to a circus — but his reward for being faithful is more wonderful than he could ever have dreamed! With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr Suess has…
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: «Horton the kindly elephant has his work cut out saving the tiny Who's who live on a speck of dust — no one else believes they are there! But Horton eventually convinces everyone that, «A person's a person, no matter how small».»
Скачать книгу (размер 294 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 59) Аннотация: As our hero struggles to reach the city of Solla Sollew, where they never have troubles, at least very few, we realise that it's better to face up to life's problems than to try to run away from them! With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr. Suess has been delighting young children and helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of the…
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: In this rip-roaring story a young boy delights in explaining how his alphabet starts where our alphabet ends. Carrying on beyond Z for zebra, we find letter Yuzz for Yuzz-a-ma-Tuzz, and Glikk as in Glikker, who lives in wild weeds and spends his time juggling with cinnamon seeds!
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: A glorious new fantasy from an award-winning author. The story is narrated by two very different teenagers, who each inhabit two extraordinarily different worlds. Arianrhod Hyde's world (or Roddy, as she prefers to be called) is very much the world of magic, pageantry and ritual. Not unlike Britain in King Arthur's Day, Roddy is daughter of two Court Wizards and therefore part of the King's…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: With the four short novels in this collection, Doris Lessing once again proves that she is unequalled in her ability to capture the truth of the human condition. The title story, ‘The Grandmothers’, is an astonishing tour de force, a shockingly intimate portrait of an unconventional extended family and the lengths to which they will go to find happiness and love. Written with a keen cinematic…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Fire alone can save our Clan... For generations, four Clans of wild cats have shared the forest according to the laws laid down by the powerful ancestors. But the warrior code is threatened, and the ThunderClan cats are in grave danger. The sinister ShadowClan grows stronger every day. Noble warriors are dying — and some deaths are more mysterious than others. In the midst of this turmoil appears…
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Just how wacky can a Wednesday get? With shoes on the wall, tortoises in trees, pigs without legs and teachers on roller skates, children will have lots of fun counting all the wacky things they can find on each spread of this entertaining book. With his unique combination of hilarious stories, zany pictures and riotous rhymes, Dr. Suess has been delighting young children and helping them learn…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Sara Linton, medical examiner in the small town of Heartsdale, Georgia, is called out to an apparent suicide on the local college campus. The mutilated body provides little in the way of clues — and the college authorities are eager to avoid a scandal — but for Sara and police chief Jeffrey Tolliver, things don't add up. Two more suspicious suicides follow, and a young woman is brutally attacked.…
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: From dreamy thoughts about colour to fantastic notions on left and right, this surreal book encourages young children to let their imaginations run riot and think up all kinds of weird and wonderful things.
Скачать книгу (размер 442 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 88) Аннотация: In this book, featuring three timeless fables, Dr Seuss explores the pitfalls of growing too big for your boots. The text is a Yellow Back Book, which means that it is suitable for fluent readers aged five and over to enjoy on their own, or for reading aloud to younger children.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Following on from ‘A Change in Climate’, this brilliant novel follows two girls as they leave behind their pasts and set off to the new preoccupations of 1970s London. It is London, 1970. Carmel McBain, in her first term at university, has cut free of her childhood roots in the north. Among the gossiping, flirtatious girls of Tonbridge Hall, she begins her experiments in life and love. But the…