Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: A gripping and unnerving story of a family's secrets and lies, from the bestselling author of 'Notes from an Exhibition'. Julian as a small boy is taken on the perfect Cornish holiday. When glamorous American cousins unexpectedly swell the party, however, emotions run high and events spiral out of control. Though he has been brought up in the forbidding shadow of the prison his father runs,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: From one of the greatest living literary imaginations and the celebrated author of FAHRENHEIT 451 comes an all-new collection of effortlessly beautiful tales. Recently described in The Times as 'the uncrowned poet laureate of science fiction' Ray Bradbury has won numerous awards including a Pulitzer Prize special citation in 2007 and an Emmy (R). In this new volume of never-before-published…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 340 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 264) Аннотация: Nick Knight is among the world's most influential fashion photographers. His clients are among the top in fashion and design and include Alexander McQueen, Calvin Klein, Christian Dior, Levi Strauss, Yohji Yamamoto and Yves Saint Laurent. He has also shot album covers for Bjork, David Bowie, Kylie and Massive Attack, and his work has been exhibited at international institutions such as the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 666 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 328) Аннотация: A chaotically magical sequel to Howl's Moving Castle. Charmain Baker is in over her head. Looking after Great Uncle William's tiny cottage while he's ill should have been easy, but Great Uncle William is better known as the Royal Wizard Norland an his house bends space and time. Its single door leads to any number of places — the bedrooms, the kitchen, the caves under the mountains, the past, to…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Dean Koontz's compelling and high-concept new thriller is the story of a young man who owes his life to a heart transplant but confronts an imminent and far worse death because of whose heart it was. At 34, Ryan Perry never expected to find himself on a waiting list for a heart transplant, with time running out. So when miraculously he receives a new heart and the transplant is a success, he…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 029 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 203) Аннотация: In the futuristic world of Avatar, Jake, a wounded ex-marine, is thrust into an elaborate scheme to mine an exotic planet for its rare and valuable natural resources. Scientists have created Avatars — a body designed to look like the planet's alien inhabitants that have to be operated by a human consciousness. Walking in his Avatar body, Jake finds himself drawn to the planet's way of life. But…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Darren goes to a freak show with his friend, Steve. It's the gothic Cirque du Freak where weird, half human/half animals appear and interact with the audience. Darren falls in love with a tarantula and determines to steal the spider so that he can train it to perform amazing deeds.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Michael's newfound career started with an impulsive move to Barcelona, a vanished job assignment, no work visa, and an Hermes scarf sold on eBay to generate some quick cash. But soon the resourceful Michael discovered the truth about the waiting list and figured out the secret to getting Hermes to part with one of these precious bags. With down-to-earth wit, Michael chronicles the unusual…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 300) Аннотация: The new collection of stories from the Orange Prize-winning author of 'Purple Hibiscus' and 'Half of a Yellow Sun'. The first work from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie since her bestselling, prize-winning and phenomenally successful Richard and Judy pick 'Half of a Yellow Sun'. Told with the vividness and insight that make her novels exceptional, these are stories of universal conflicts — between…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: The life story of Isabel Allende – one of the world's favourite writers – is as exotic, passionate and inspiring as one of her novels.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: The fifth in the bestselling series of psychological thrillers featuring Carson Ryder, the detective with a unique perspective on serial killers — his brother's one. The heat-soaked madness of Alabama's steamy nights are the lifeblood of homicide detective Carson Ryder. His grim past carries a murderous burden that only his laid-back partner Harry Nautilus understands. They are all that stands…
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: What is a carbon footprint? Why do we think that the climate is changing? How does climate change affect our lives? And most important of all, what can we do about it? In partnership with the children's charity Plan, this book explores the topical issue of Climate Change and what it means through the experiences of children around the world.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: The spellbinding new novel from one of the world's best-loved authors, Paulo Coelho. This is the story of Brida, a young Irish girl, and her quest for knowledge. She has long been interested in various aspects of magic, and has taken courses in astrology, tarot, and numerology, but is searching for something more. Her search leads her to people of great wisdom, who begin to teach her about the…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 747 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 736) Аннотация: This latest edition of Collins dictionary comes with a new Phrasefinder supplement, making it the perfect choice for anyone needing a portable, up-to-the-minute Greek dictionary.
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: This book takes over two dozen of our most beloved Christmas carols and shreds them limb from limb, rewriting them from a zombie's point-of-view. Tiny tots' eyes are no longer aglow — they're in a bowl. And Mommy's not kissing Santa under the mistletoe — she's chewing his face. Nobody — not Rudolph, Old Saint Nick, or even those three Wise Guys who traveled afar — is spared when the undead come…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: This is the story of how we grow old — how we give up the dreams of youth for something better — and how many chances we have to get it right. George Bailey has been given the gift we all dream of — the chance to live his life again. After suffering a heart attack at the age of 42, George is given the heart of a 19-year-old — and suddenly everything changes... He is a friend to his teenage son…
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Get the inside scoop on the new feature film from 20th Century Fox, helmed by the director of Aliens and The Terminator and opening on December 18th. Learn all about how the Avatar world has been created, the creatures that inhabit it, and many other cool facts. Full color.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: The final work from the brightest star in science fiction's galaxy. Arthur C Clarke, who predicted the advent of communication satellites and author of 2001: A Space Odyssey completes a lifetime career in science fiction with a masterwork. 30 light years away, a race known simply as the One Point Fives are plotting a dangerous invasion plan, one that will wipe humankind off the face of the…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: The sensational human story of the hunt for oil, and the politics, power and personalities involved. Over the last 20 years, oil prices have soared from $7 a barrel to $147 and down to $37. Amid economic boom and bust, speculators, traders, politicians and monarchs have plotted to earn fortunes from oil, and prayed for salvation from unpredictable natural and man-made disasters. Behind the…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 421 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 672) Аннотация: Charles Ashworth is privileged, pampered and pleased with himself. As Bishop of Starbridge in 1965 he 'purrs along as effortlessly as a well-tuned Rolls-Royce' while he proclaims his famous 'absolute truths' to a society which he sees — with rage and revulsion — as increasingly immoral and disordered. But then a catastrophe tears his life apart and confronts him with the real absolute truths,…