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Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: A preliminary to Dick's masterwork, Valis, in which Phil appears as an explicitly named autobiographical character for the first time. As America gasps in the stranglehold of a skull-crushing totalitarian regime, a supernatural intelligence speaks from the stars...ARAMCHEK...the word scratched in the sidewalk of the President's childhood home. ARAMCHEK...the name of the subversive society 'with…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Based on the true story, this is the tale of the 18th Century Irish giant, Charles O’Brien. He was exhibited in London and eventually dissected by the surgeon Charles Hunter, and his bones hang to this day in the Hunterian Museum in Lincoln’s Inn Field. Charles O’Brien, bard and giant. The cynical are moved by his flights of romance; the craven stirred by his tales of epic deeds. But what of his…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: The second collection of short stories from the highly acclaimed author of the novels ‘The Mysteries of Pittsburgh’ and ‘Wonder Boys’. There are the two boys of the title story, locked in their own world of fantasy and make-believe, reaching out to each other to survive the terrible prospect of fatherlessness. ‘House Hunting’ shows us the grim spectacle of a couple whose marriage is in its death…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 992 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 588) Аннотация: A loyal soldier and a wealthy merchant have served bravely in the flames of an enduring war that is ravaging their land. But swords, bows, wits and courage will no longer be enough to defeat the scourge that is descending upon their home. For a foul and terrible thing has escaped from a world already devoured to feed on one consumed by chaos — an insatiable nightmare creature of dark and…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 592) Аннотация: A new B-format edition of JRR Tolkien's legacy of short stories which inhabit the realm of The Lord of the Rings. Unfinished Tales is a collection of narratives ranging in time from the Elder Days of Middle-earth to the end of the War of the Ring, and provides those who have read The Lord of the Rings with a whole collection of background and new stories from the twentieth century's most…

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: It's the Grouchy Ladybug's 20th birthday. To celebrate, we are introducing a new, larger format edition with brighter, more colorful pages created from Eric Carle's original artwork using the latest reproduction technology. The Grouchy Ladybug is bigger and brigher, as irascible but irresistable as ever and will surely delight new generations of readers, as well as her devoted fans of all ages.…

Скачать книгу (размер 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 40) Аннотация: Except for catching flies and changing colors occasionally, this chameleon doesn't find life very exciting. When a surprise visit to the zoo makes this wistful lizard realize it can change its shape and size as easily as its color, it ends up wanting to be like all the animals in the zoo at once — with hilarious results. Full-color illustrations.

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: First, Detective Dinosaur solves the mystery of the missing hat. Then he cracks the case of the squeaky shoe. Then he goes onto night patrol and spots a scary shadow in a dark alley. Can it be a monster? Help Detective Dinosaur follows the clues and find out!

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Издание полностью на английском языке.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Zoey fools around They've all grown up together on a tiny island. They think they know everything about one another...but they're only just beginning to find out the truth. Zoey fools around, and it turns their world upside down. New couples are formed, friends become enemies, and secrets and unearthed...

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: «This is a brand new revised edition of the best-selling graphic novel based on the enchanting prelude to «The Lord of the Rings». First published in 1990, David Wenzel's comic book adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's «The Hobbit» was an immediate success and has become one of the best-loved graphic novels of the last 20 years. «The Hobbit» is the story of Bilbo Baggins, a quiet and contented hobbit…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Girls, memory, parenting, millennial fear — all served Coupland-style. Karen, an attractive, popular student, goes into a coma one night in 1979. Whilst in it, she gives birth to a healthy baby daughter; once out of it, a mere eighteen years later, she finds herself, Rip van Winkle-like, a middle-aged mother whose friends have all gone through all the normal marital, social and political traumas…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 743 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 343) Аннотация: The magnificent new novel by the internationally bestselling author of The Other Side of Midnight and Morning, Noon and Night. He wanted power, she wanted revenge! Dear Diary: This morning I met the man I am going to marry. It was a simple enough entry in a young woman's diary which gave not the slightest portent of the elaborate chain of events that was about to occur. The Best Laid Plans tells…

Скачать книгу (размер 4 400 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 864) Аннотация: Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. As Warden of the north, Lord Eddard Stark counts it a curse when King Robert bestows on him the office of the Hand. His honour weighs him down at court where a true man does what he will, not what he must! And a dead enemy is a thing of beauty. The old gods have no power in the south, Stark's family…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 324) Аннотация: Clear-eyed and spirited, Taylor Greer grew up poor in rural Kentucky with the goals of avoiding pregnancy and getting away. But when she heads west with high hopes and a barely functional car, she meets the human condition head-on. By the time Taylor arrives in Tucson, Arizona, she has acquired a completely unexpected child, a three-year-old American Indian girl named Turtle, and must somehow…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 176 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 624) Аннотация: Jack Ryan returns to take on Irish terrorists in Clancy's third No 1 bestselling thriller — now reissued with a new cover. When Ryan foils an Ulster Liberation Army terrorist attack on the Prince of Wales and his family, his courageous actions not only win him the admiration of an entire nation, they also arouse the enmity and hatred of that nation's most dangerous men. Now a ULA target himself,…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Tolkien's famous translations and lectures on the story of two fifth-century heroes in northern Europe. Professor J.R.R.Tolkien is most widely known as the author of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, but he was also a distinguished scholar in the field of Mediaeval English language and literature. His most significant contribution to Anglo-Saxon studies is to be found in his lectures on Finn…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Throughout the series, there are references to Sharpe's early soldiering life in India. With the same meticulous research and attention to detail that is found in the Peninsular War books, Bernard Cornwell has sumptuously recreated the 1799 campaign against Seringapatam which made the British masters of southern India, a campaign that pitted brutalized soldiers against an ancient and splendid…

Скачать книгу (размер 116 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 24) Аннотация: Quack Quack What's that sound? Biscuit goes to see and meets a lost duckling. Biscuit helps the duckling find its way home, and then the fun begins. Woof Quack.

Скачать книгу (размер 228 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 46) Аннотация: Up, up, and away When Tom Tate hears that Wilbur and Orville Wright are building a flying machine, he can't wait to try it. Tom's dad thinks it's dangerous. Some people think the Wrights are crazy. Can Tom help the brothers get their dream off the ground?