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Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: The definitive edition of this beloved children's classic, featuring a wealth of accompanying illustrations and notes which take the reader further into both the story, and the tale of how it was written. Seldom has any book been so widely read and loved as J.R.R. Tolkien's classic tale, The Hobbit. Since its first publication in 1937 it has remained in print to delight each new generation of…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Another title in the new and stylish Agatha Christie Signature Editions series. The Argyle family is far from pleased to discover one of its number has been post-humously pardoned for murder — if Jacko Argyle didnt kill his mother, who did? The front door of the family home was locked... Dr. Arthur Calgary takes a ferry across the Rubicon River to Sunny Point, the home of the Argyle family. A…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: A new Signature Edition of the Agatha Christie thriller, rejacketed in the stylish new series livery. Baghdad is the chosen location for a secret summit of superpowers, concerned but not convinced, about the development of an, as yet, unidentified and undescribed secret weapon. Only one man has the proof that can confirm the nature of this fantastic secret weapon — a British agent named…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: The Amazing Maurice runs the perfect Pied Piper scam. This streetwise alley cat knows the value of cold, hard cash and can talk his way into and out of anything. But when Maurice and his cohorts decide to con the town of Bad Blinitz, it will take more than fast talking to survive the danger that awaits. For this is a town where food is scarce and rats are hated, where cellars are lined with…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Saturday night dates at the skating rink have been a tradition in the small southern town of Heartsdale for as long as anyone can remember, but when a teenage quarrel explodes into a deadly shoot-out, Sara Linton—the town's pediatrician and medical examiner—finds herself entangled in a terrible tragedy. What seemed at first to be a horrific but individual catastrophe proves to have wider…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: A collection of macabre mysteries, including the superlative story Witness for the Prosecution… Twelve unexplained phenomena with no apparent earthly explanation… A dog-shaped gunpowder mark; an omen from ‘the other side’; a haunted house; a chilling seance; a case of split personalities; a recurring nightmare; an eerie wireless message; an elderly lady’s hold over a young man; a disembodied cry…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: A middle-aged diplomat is accosted in an airport lounge and his identity stolen… Sir Stafford Nye’s journey home from Malaya to London takes an unexpected twist in the passnger loungs at Frankfurt – a young woman confides in him that someone is trying to kill her. Yet their paths are to cross again and again – and each time the mystery woman is introduced as a different person. Equally at home in…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: An illustrated A-Z guide to the names, places and events in the fantasy world of J.R.R. Tolkien. Tolkien's fantasy works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion have delighted millions of readers over the years. Middle-earth, the world in which the stories take place, is as real and complex as our own. Events, geography and names were created with care and loving attention by…

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Written by the writer and broadcaster Brian Sibley, this slipcase features Tolkien's maps of The Hobbit, Beleriand and Middle-earth. Each map is presented in a box-set illustrated by Tolkien artist John Howe, the conceptual artist employed by Peter Jackson to work on his Lord of The Rings film trilogy. The maps, presented with individual books and wallets show Tolkien's mythical lands in detail —…

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: To accompany the release of the live action movie of The Cat in the Hat, starring Mike Myers, HarperCollins are proud to present Dr. Seuss's original, classic tale of the coolest, hippest cat in history! When the Cat in the Hat steps in on the mat, Sally and her brother are in for a roller-coaster ride of havoc and mayhem! The Cat can rescue them from a dull rainy day, but it means lots of…

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Learning to count is made fun in this crazy tale of a dog, a lion and a tiger all showing off how many apples they can balance on their heads as they skip, walk the tightrope and roller skate their way through the book. This title belongs to the Beginner Book series developed by Dr. Seuss, in which the essential ingredients of rhyme, rhythm and repetition are combined with zany artwork and humour…

Скачать книгу (размер 860 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 170) Аннотация: Shirley Temple Wong sails from China to America with a heart full of dreams. Her new home is Brooklyn, New York. America is indeed a land full of wonders, but Shirley doesn't know any English, so it's hard to make friends. Then a miracle-baseball-happens. It is 1947, and Jackie Robinson, star of the Brooklyn Dodgers, is everyone's hero. Jackie Robinson is proving that a black man, the grandson of…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Some of Agatha Christie's earliest stories — including her very first — which show the Queen of Crime in the making... A macabre recurring dream... revenge against a blackmailer... jealousy, infidelity and a tortured conscience... a stolen gemstone... the haunting attraction of an ancient relic... a race against time... a tragic love triangle... a body in a box... an unexpected visitor from…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: A selection of mysteries, some light-hearted, some romantic, some very deadly... Twelve tantalizing cases! the curious disappearance of Lord Listerdale; a newlywed's fear of her ex-fiance; a strange encounter on a train; a domestic murder investigation; a wild man's sudden personality change; a retired inspector's hunt for a murderess; a young woman's impersonation of a duchess; a necklace hidden…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer and Pen/Faulkner prizes, The Hours is a daring and deeply affecting novel inspired by the life and work of Virginia Woolf. A passionate, profound and haunting story of love and inheritance, hope and despair. Exiled in Richmond in the 1920s, taken from her beloved Bloomsbury and lovingly watched over by her husband Leonard, Virginia Woolf struggles to tame her…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: A popular Hollywood interior designer shares insider tips on how color, detail, and historical themes can enhance any room, outlining the creative process while explaining how to apply a variety of elements and design ideas.

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Some people just won't take the hint when it's time to go to bed, but Marvin K. Mooney eventually gets the message! This fun tale by Dr. Seuss is aimed at young readers and remind them that they sometimes have to do what they are told! The new covers incorporate guidance on reading levels: Blue Back Books are for parents to share with young children, Green Back Books are for budding readers to…

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Packed with all the essential ingredients that have made Dr. Seuss so well-loved over the last 50 years — riotous rhyme, bizarre creatures, zany artwork, off-the-wall humour — If I Ran the Zoo is vintage Seuss at its very best. This paperback edition of a popular story tells of Gerald McGrew's grand designs for running his own zoo, packed with weird and wonderful creatures such as the incredible…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: A once-respected college professor and novelist, Dale Stewart has sabotaged his career and his marriage — and now darkness is closing in on him. In the last hours of Halloween he has returned to the dying town of Elm Haven, his boyhood home, where he hopes to find peace in isolation. But moving into a long-deserted farmhouse on the far outskirts of town — the one-time residence of a strange and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Within each of us is a warrior of light. Each of us is capable of listening to the silence of the heart, of accepting failure without letting it get us down and of holding onto hope even in the face of weariness and depression. Values like love for all things, discipline, friendship and learning to listen to our own hearts are the arms with which this warrior confronts the battles we face in the…