Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Although Lola agrees with her brother that it would be useful to learn how to write, read and count, she can't go to school because her invisible friend's too nervous to go. This third title in the 'Charlie and Lola' classic picture book series deals sympathetically with children's fears surrounding the first day at school.
Скачать книгу (размер 3 094 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 608) Аннотация: Adam Ryan went playing in the woods with his two friends. He never saw them again. Their bodies were never found, and Adam himself was discovered with his back pressed against an oak tree and his shoes filled with blood. 20 years on, Rob Ryan — the child who came back — is a detective in the Dublin police force. He`s changed his name.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: It's a dank January in the Worcestershire village of Black Swan Green and thirteen-year-old Jason Taylor — covert stammerer and reluctant poet — anticipates a stultifying year in the deadest village on Earth. But Jason hasn't reckoned with a junta of bullies, simmering family discord, the Falklands War, an exotic Belgian emigre, a threatened gypsy invasion and the caprices of those mysterious…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Life begins at fifty... Well, it certainly does for Hope, though not at all as she had planned. She reluctantly hits her half-century on New Year's Day and six months later she has lost her job, her husband and her mother. But Hope has guts — and a sense of humour. By the time she reaches fifty-one, she has acquired a taste for designer underwear, a Labrador puppy — and the memory of one perfect…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Teach Yourself Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Tsunamis is the essential guide to these fascinating natural hazards. These three phenomena pose the most frightening geological events with which we inhabitants of planet earth have to contend. This book focuses on plate tectonics before delving into the intricacies of each one of these hazards so that you soon have a clear understanding of what causes…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: When Inspector Chen Cao agrees to do a translation job for a Triad-connected businessman he is given a laptop, a 'little secretary' to provide for his every need, medical care for his mother. There are, it seems, no strings attached... Then, a murder is reported: Chen is loath to shorten his working holiday, so Sergeant Yu is forced to take charge of the investigation. The victim, a middle-aged…
Скачать книгу (размер 208 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 42) Аннотация: Ten years after it was first published, THE BLUE BALLOON is now a celebrated classic which continues to delight millions of children. Kipper has found a soggy blue balloon in the garden. At first, it seems like an ordinary balloon, but it's not. It's full of fun and magic. This is a book to be treasured, loved, read time and time again, with fantastic fold out pages.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: A boy grows up bewitched by his French grandmother's memories of Paris before the Great War. Yet, despite what he also learns of her suffering in the Soviet Union under Stalin, as an adolescent, he finds himself proud to be a Russian. Torn between the two cultures, he eventually makes a choice which has a wholly unexpected outcome. Locked behind the Iron Curtain, a young boy grows up bewitched by…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: «Brigid Keenan was a glamorous and successful young London fashion journalist. But falling in love with a diplomat saw her leave behind the gilt chairs of the Paris salons for a large chicken shed in the forests of Nepal. Thirty years later (at the farewell party for the Papal Nuncio in Kazakhstan), Brigid found herself wondering whether her decision had been the right one. This is her marvelous…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Through Siberia by Accident is a book about a journey that didn't happen — and what happened instead. Dervla Murphy never had any intention of spending three months in the vast territories of Siberia. Instead she had planned to go to Ussuriland, because it appealed to her as a place free from tourism. But by accident, or rather because she had an accident — a painful leg injury — she found…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: For Josh Harper, being in show-business means everything he ever wanted — money, fame, a beautiful wife, and a lead role on the London stage. For Stephen C. McQueen, it means a disastrous career playing passers-by and dead people. Stephen is stuck with an unfortunate name, a hopeless agent, a daughter he barely knows, and a job as understudy to Josh Harper, the 12th Sexiest Man in the World. And…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: First published in 1998, the Instants have established themselves as the best-selling range of language titles from teach yourself. When published as part of the teach yourself relaunch in May 2003, they were given a new cover, internal text re-design and availability on CD for the first time, but now they have undergone an extensive revision, with 16 more pages to give room for additional…
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Jack's little sister, Susie, is so annoying! The Secret Seven are furious when they discover she's formed her own detective gang! Then some money is stolen, and Susie is a chief suspect. The Seven can't quite believe it — Susie wouldn't do anything that bad, would she?
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: The Theory of Knowledge course is central to the philosophy of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. It encourages students to question the basis of knowledge and to develop the ability to evaluate critically information from a wide range of sources. Unlike most academic courses, where students are used to being given facts that they are expected to learn, in this course they are…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: The Theory of Knowledge course is central to the philosophy of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. It encourages students to question the basis of knowledge and to develop the ability to evaluate critically information from a wide range of sources. Unlike most academic courses, where students are used to being given facts that they are expected to learn, in this course they are…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: In the shadow of Auschwitz, a flamboyant German industrialist grew into a living legend to the Jews of Cracow. He was a womaniser, a heavy drinker and a bon viveur, but to them he became a saviour. This is the extraordinary story of Oskar Schindler, who risked his life to protect Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland and who was transformed by the war into a man with a mission, a compassionate angel of…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Most books about bullying tell children how to act without addressing how they feel. But the usual advice to 'ignore it' or 'say something smart' is doomed to fail, as you can't act brave and confident if you feel stressed and helpless inside. Jenny Alexander's approach is to develop readers' psychological defences. Through an entertaining mix of exercises, quizzes and fictional scenarios, she…
Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: There are strange happenings indeed at Torling Castle! Someone is hiding out in the ruined tower, making the resident jackdaws very unsettled. Who is it, and what do they want? The Secret Seven are on it!
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Dogs are disappearing from the village, but the Seven are so busy arguing and falling out with each other that they don't even notice. Then poor Scamper becomes the latest victim and it's all systems go for the Secret Seven!
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: «Ranging across the whole spectrum of horror in popular culture from the seminal classics of «Count Dracula» and «Frankenstein», Stephen King describes his ideas on how horror works on many levels and how he brings it to bear on his own inimitable novels. Told in the chatty, intelligent style of the course for which this was originally devised, this is a charming book replete with pertinent…