Скачать книгу (размер 5 053 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 992) Аннотация: Everything was similar. But everything had changed.Coming back to the little community was like walking into a nightmare for Jim Gardener, poet, drunk, potential suicide.It all looked the same, the house, the furniture, Jim's friend Bobbi, her beagle (though ageing), even the woods out at the back.But it was in the woods that Bobbi had stumbled over the odd, part buried object and had felt a…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Elena Gilbert has never been an ordinary teenager. After falling in love with the irresistible vampires Stefan and Damon Salvatore, she became a vampire, died, returned from the dead, and journeyed to hell and back to save Stefan. Now in college, Elena faces a terrifying new danger and discovers her destiny.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: Everyone in the kingdom talked about the King-in-waiting, Roland's elder son, Peter. And one man thought and planned and brooded on something else: how to make sure that Roland's younger son, Thomas, should be crowned King instead.The King is dead, murdered by an unusual poison. While evidence is gathered, and the land of Delain mourns, Flagg the King's magician, unscrupulous, greedy and…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 421 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 672) Аннотация: When the Metropolitan Police fail to realise a serial killer is at work, London ignites over the fact that the killer's victims are young black and mixed race boys. Institutionalised racism is claimed by the community's activists and tabloids alike. Acting Superintendent Thomas Lynley is given the case, and his Scotland Yard task force is soon handling more killings and a looming tragedy.…
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Countries in Our World focuses on the countries that shape and influence our modern world. Each book examines physical features, daily life, industry, media, leisure and much more. Each title in Countries in our World is a mine of useful information ideal for school and project work.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: The story continues in the tenth volume of Hiccup's How to Train Your Dragon memoirs. When we last left Hiccup things were getting very dark indeed. The Dragon Rebellion has begun. Snotlout is the new Chief of the Hooligan Tribe. Stoick has been banished and given the Slavemark. And Alvin the Treacherous has EIGHT of the King's Lost Things, and has been proclaimed the new King of the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Trust has never come easily to Stefan and Damon, but now that Samuel — a vampire from Katherine's past bent on revenge — is determined to ruin their lives, the Salvatores must join forces to defeat their foe. Samuel has already ruined Stefan's chances at a normal life, and now he's framing Damon for the Jack the Ripper murders, too. With the help of Cora, a human girl, Stefan and Damon track…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: In a quaint New England town with a history of witches and pilgrims, misunderstood 11-year-old Norman Babcock can see and talk to ghosts. No one believes him, of course — everyone just thinks he's weird (including his parents). But when a folktale of a witch who cursed her accusers turns out to be true, it's up to Norman to save the town from pilgrim zombies! In addition to the zombies, he'll…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 257 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 640) Аннотация: The sudden death of Guy Brouard after his morning swim shocks the residents of Guernsey. A generous patron and benefactor of the island since his arrival there a decade ago, his demise puts a question mark over many cherished projects. When a young American woman is charged with the murder, her brother seeks help from the only contact he has in the UK — Deborah St James. Deborah is horrified to…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Seventeen year old Bianca Piper is smart, cynical, loyal — and well aware that she's not the hot one in her group of friends. But when high-school jock and all round moron Wesley Rush tells her she's a DUFF — a Designated, Ugly Fat Friend — Bianca does not the see funny side. She may not be a beauty but she'd never stoop so low as to go anywhere near the likes of Wesley... Or would she? Bianca is…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 988 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 391) Аннотация: Dodge Hanley is a private investigator who doesn't let rules get it in his way That's why he's the first person Caroline King — who after a thirty-year separation continues to haunt his dreams — asks for help when a deranged stalker attempts to murder their daughter... the daughter Dodge has never met. He has a whole bagful of grudging excuses for wishing to ignore Caroline's call, and one…
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Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Do you want to... learn to communicate for yourself? Understand how French works? Review and measure your own progress? Then you need to Get Started in French. Speaking another language is the key to a fuller, more interesting life. We've all dreamed of travelling abroad and communicating with confidence. Who wants to be the tongue-tied visitor when you could be making friends and having new…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: It might be a dream, but Norm soon finds that things go from bad to worse — when his perfect cousins arrive for a walk. If there was one thing worse than spending time with his perfect cousins it was being forced to go on a flipping walk with them! What's the point in going for a walk — except to get from A to B?! Jonathan Meres follows up May Contain Nuts with another laugh-out-loud story about…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: It seems like the whole world has gone mad. His dad's obsessed with gas, his best friend has come down with a case of hormones and his brother is in dire need of deodorant. Looks like there's going to be quite a stink. Is life still unfair for Norm? ABSO-FLIPPING-LUTELY! Jonathan Meres follows up May Contain Nuts and May Cause Irritation with another laugh-out-loud story about Norm, a boy who…