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Diski Jenny: What I Don't Know About Animals

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: I propose to watch animals and write about them. I will visit places where animals are studied (university departments and field studies here and abroad) and spend time with the researchers and the animals. I will also watch in an unofficial way — birds outside my study window, ants on the patio, zoos, safari parks, my cats... I will use these travels and observations to encounter not only the…

Boyt Susie: My Judy Garland Life

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Fascinating and extraordinary, thrilling and poignant, My Judy Garland Life will speak to anyone who has ever nursed an obsession or held a candle to a star. Judy Garland has been an important figure in Susie Boyt's life since she was three years old, comforting, inspiring and at times disturbing her. In this unique book, Boyt travels deep into the underworld of hero worship, reviewing through…

Drummond Jack: Storm

Скачать книгу (размер 2 849 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 560) Аннотация: With his big seller AVALANCHE, Jack Drummond reinvented the disaster genre for the 21st century. With DIVE he returns with a thrilling new adventure, sure to satisfy his growing number of fans and new readers alike.

Bell Nina: Sisters-in-Law

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: Sisters-in-law Kate, Helen and Miranda all have one thing in common? They're hiding something. It's not easy being part of the high-achieving Fox family: the expectations and demands of their husbands and children; the jealousies and rivalries; and the endless Sunday lunches where somehow everything feels like a competition. So when mysterious Sasha enters their lives, bloodied from the…

Shreve Anita: Body Surfing

Скачать книгу (размер 1 340 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 264) Аннотация: «The bestselling author of «A Wedding in December» returns with a scintillating new novel about a young widow torn between two brothers during one long New England summer.»

Sparks Nicholas: The Choice

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Travis Parker has everything a man could want: a good job; loyal friends; his dream home in small-town North Carolina. In full pursuit of the good life, he believes that a serious relationship with a woman would only cramp his style. That is until Gabby Holland moves in next door. Despite Travis's attempts to be friendly, she seems to have a chip on her shoulder about him. But something compels…

Furnivall Kate: Under a Blood Red Sky

Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: «Under a Blood Red Sky» is a breathtaking epic novel — a tale of love, escape, revenge and redemption.»

Frame Janet: Towards Another Summer

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: 'The Southern Cross cuts through my heart instead of through the sky' Grace Cleave is spending a weekend away from London, where she has been battling with writer's block. But on holiday in the north of England she feels more and more like a migratory bird as the pull of her native New Zealand makes life away from it seem transitory. Grace longs to find her own place in the world if she can only…

Barbara Ewing: The Mesmerist

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: London, 1838: the controversial practice of Mesmerism, with its genuine practitioners and its fraudulent chancers, has hypnotised the city. Miss Cordelia Preston, a beautiful, ageing, out-of-work actress terrified of returning to the poverty of her childhood, suddenly emerges as a Lady Phreno-Mesmerist. In her candle-lit Bloomsbury basement she learns to harness her talent — and to finally look…

Brooks T.: Druid of Shannara

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: To the scions of Shannara have fallen three tasks: Par Ohmsford has recovered the fabled Sword of Shannara. This he has accomplished, but the Federation's Chief Seeker has planted an awful thought in Par's mind — that he himself is Shadowen, the very evil he seeks to destroy. Wren is in the Westland, seeking out the elves. And in the Northland... Walker Boh has been commanded by the shade of…

Christopher Moore: The Stupidest Angel: A Heartwarming Tale of Christmas Terror

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: 'Twas the night (okay, more like the week) before Christmas and little Joshua Barker is in desperate need of a Christmas miracle. Josh is sure he saw Santa take a shovel to the head and now the seven year old has only one prayer: Please Santa, come back from the dead! But coming to Earth, seeking a small child whose wish needs granting, is none other than Archangel Raziel. Unfortunately, he's not…

Freeman Pamela: Deep Water

Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: As unrest stirs across the Eleven domains, subversive questions lead to unexpected answers. And ghosts of the dead walk in increasing numbers — for those few that can see. In a land where stonecasters foretell destinies for a fee and gods talk to those who can listen, the future is uncertain and is built on a bloodsoaked past. So what did happen one thousand years ago, when Acton's people came…

Muir R.: People in Vogue: A Century of Portraits

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: The archives of British Vogue define modern portraiture. Its collection remains a stylish barometer of the social and cultural changes that shaped the 20th century. From princesses to rock stars, models to actors, society beauties to world leaders, these are portraits of figures who have made an enduring mark on their age. And just as the pictures are a who’s who of the brilliant and beautiful,…

Butler Jon: Do Bats Have Bollocks: And 101 More Utterly Stupid Questions

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: The 'Corrections and Clarifications' column of Old Git magazine continues to offer its readers an opportunity to ask and provide answers to the most pressing questions of our times. Questions such as: Would it help global warming if I left my fridge door open? What's the riskiest game of risk ever played? If I fell down a disused mineshaft would Lassie really run and get help, or just sit there…

Jones Christina: Happy Birthday

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: On midsummer's day, Phoebe Bowler star-sign demon should have returned home an ecstatically happy new bride. Instead, she's been jilted at the altar. In need of sympathy, perhaps she could turn to her neighbour, the dishy Rocky Lancaster? But with problems of his own he's turned into Mr Grumpy and wants to be left alone. That is until Essie Rivers arrives on the scene, and then Phoebe and Rocky's…

Williams Sean: Saturn Returns: Astropolis

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Part of a series that aims to collectively produce the most comprehensive statement on the psychotheraputic treatment of adolescents. This volume dicusses every aspect of individual and group therapy, and work with parents.

Somers Jeff: Electric Church

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Welcome to the future, where everlasting life is just an upload away.

Stross Charles: Halting State

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: The theft of millions of pounds from an online game`s bank means real world bloodshed in this compelling and timely thriller.