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Bledwell Magnus: Sons of Thor: Dane the Defiant

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Imagine being a teenage Viking with a lot of growing up to do. Imagine stealing the Shield of Odin, the talisman that offers protection to your entire village, just to impress a beautiful girl who has a mean way with an axe. Now imagine losing both the shield and the girl to an evil prince, leading to the destruction of your home, the death of your father and the possible annihilation of…

Ruth Rendell: Shake Hands Forever Reader (+ Audio CD)

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: The murder of Angela Hathall was extremely well planned. The only clue left was a single fingerprint with an L-shaped scar. The detective in charge, Reg Wexford, suspects that Angela's husband Robert Hathall killed his wife. But one question troubles Wexford most of all. Who is the mysterious woman Wexford is sure Hathall is seeing? Does she have an L-shaped scar on her finger?

Laurie Keller: Do Unto Otters: A Book about Manners

Скачать книгу (размер 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 40) Аннотация: Mr. Rabbit's new neighbors are Otters. OTTERS! But he doesn't know anything about Otters. Will they get along? Will they be friends? Just treat otters the same way you'd like them to treat you, advises wise Mr. Owl. And so begins Mr. Rabbit's reflection on good manners. In her smart, quirky style Laurie Keller highlights how to be a good friend and neighbor — just follow the Golden Rule!

New Inside Out: Intermediate. Workbook (+ Audio CD)

Скачать книгу (размер 478 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 95) Аннотация: New Inside Out takes all the best elements of the original Inside Out series — including the emphasis on personalisation and meaning — and adds a host of brand-new features. Sue and Vaughan have gone back to the classroom to write this new edition, working with teachers and students to find out exactly what works in the real world. The result is one of the most relevant and exciting general…

Higgins F.E.: The Bone Magician

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Since his father disappeared under a dark cloud of scandal, Pin Carpue has been alone in the world. His work for the local undertaker keeps him busy, but his life is bleak. Then Pin encounters the Bone Magician, a man who can raise corpses and make the dead speak. As Pin pieces together the secrets of Bone Magic, his own life becomes fraught with grave danger...

Peter James: Dead Tomorrow

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Lynn gripped the sides of the armchair, trying to put aside her own inner terror. 'I can't believe I'm thinking this, Ross. I'm not a violent person, even before Caitlin's influence, I never even liked killing flies in my kitchen. Now I'm sitting here actually willing some stranger to die.' The body of a teenager dredged from the seabed off the coast of Sussex is found to be missing its vital…

Roy Blount: Alphabet Juice: Spirits of Letters and Words

Скачать книгу (размер 1 850 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 364) Аннотация: Ali G: How many words does you know? Noam Chomsky: Normally, humans, by maturity, have tens of thousands of them. Ali G: What is some of 'em? -Da Ali G Show Did you know that both mammal and matter derive from baby talk? Have you noticed how wince makes you wince? Ever wonder why so many h-words have to do with breath? Roy Blount Jr. certainly has, and after forty years of making a living using…

Marilyn Kaye: Gifted: Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Thirteen year old Queen-of-mean Amanda Beeson, wakes up one morning in the wrong body. She's become lonely, unfashionable Tracey Devon — one of Amanda's targets for bullying. Amanda discovers that Tracey, ignored at home and at school, has the ability to turn invisible. Amanda sets out to rescue her one-time victim from obscurity — as well as rescuing herself from Tracey's life!

Marilyn Kaye: Gifted: Better Late Than Never

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Teenage goth and occasional rebel Jenna Kelly can read anyone's mind without even trying. When her alcoholic mother has to go into hospital, a stranger turns up who says he's her long-lost dad, and promises her a better future. While Jenna is happy to discover what it's like to have a proper parent, the gifted class have their concerns, but will Jenna listen?

Marilyn Kaye: Gifted: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: These students look like the others, but each of them has a special supernatural attribute that marks them out. You could call it a skill, a talent or a disadvantage, but each of these students is unique — they're gifted. Shy, dreamy Emily's premonitions aren't always quite right, and the gifted class usually don't take her seriously. But as Emily's visions get clearer, her classmates are forced…

Kathleen Kent: The Heretic's Daughter

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Martha Carrier was hanged on August 19th, 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, unyielding in her refusal to admit to being a witch, going to her death rather than joining the ranks of men and women who confessed and were thereby spared execution. Like her mother, young Sarah Carrier is bright and wilful, openly challenging the small, brutal world in which they live. In this startling novel, she narrates…

Karen Richardson: English for Law Enforcement Teacher's Book

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: The Teacher’s Book provides detailed background information for those less familiar with the law enforcement world •A detailed 'briefing' double page spread provides the background and introduction to each unit

Sue Kay: New Inside Out Intermediate Level Student's Book (+ CD-ROM)

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: There are now 4 pages of ‘core’ content per unit, plus extra pages which comprise the additional syllabus. Useful phrases – a language bank of practical English, built up unit-by-unit, to provide students with the key language they need outside the classroom. Vocabulary Extra pages – Recycles the key vocabulary from the previous unit and provides the student with a wordlist of useful vocabulary…

Charles Boyle: English for Law Enforcement Student's Book (+ CD-ROM)

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: It covers the full range of essential law enforcement situations including: vehicle identification, stop and search, crowd control and issuing statements. •The accompanying CD-ROM provides additional grammar and vocabulary practice, and an intensive workout of situational language in context. •World English boxes highlight linguistic differences between British and American English •Clear…

Sue Kay: New Inside Out Intermediate Workbook without Key (+ Audio CD)

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: New Inside Out takes all the best elements of the original Inside Out series — including the emphasis on personalisation and meaning — and adds a host of brand-new features. Sue and Vaughan have gone back to the classroom to write this new edition, working with teachers and students to find out exactly what works in the real world. The result is one of the most relevant and exciting general…

J. Randy Taraborrelli: The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: This is the definitive biography of the most enduring icon in popular culture. Beautiful, damaged, the ultimate sex symbol, publicly celebrated, privately unhappy — Marilyn Monroe's tumultuous life and untimely death continue to fascinate us. When Marilyn Monroe became famous in the 1950s, the world was told that her mother was either dead or simply not a part of her life. However, that was not…

Archer Jeffrey: First Among Equals

Скачать книгу (размер 2 370 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 466) Аннотация: In the 1960s, four ambitious new MPs take their seats at Westminster. Over three decades they share the turbulent passions and upheavals of the race for power with their wives and families, men and women caught up in a dramatic game for the highest stakes of all. But only one man can gain the ultimate goal — the office of Prime Minister.

Barbara Ehrenreich: This Land Is Their Land: Reports from a Divided Nation

Скачать книгу (размер 1 212 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 239) Аннотация: America in the 'aughts — hilariously skewered, brilliantly dissected, and darkly diagnosed by one of the country's most prominent social critics Now in paperback, Barbara Ehrenreich's widely acclaimed This Land Is Their Land takes the measure of what we are left with after the cruelest decade in memory and finds lurid extremes all around. While members of the moneyed elite have bought up…

Jennifer Crusie: Dogs and Goddesses

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Abby has just arrived in Summerville, Ohio, with her placid Newfoundland, Bowser. She’s reluctantly inherited her grandmother’s coffee shop, but it’s not long before she’s brewing up trouble in the form of magical baked goods and steaming up her life with an exasperating college professor. And then there’s Daisy, a web code writer, and her hyperactive Jack Russell, Bailey. Her tightly-wound world…

Winton Tim: That Eye, the Sky

Скачать книгу (размер 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 156) Аннотация: Ort knows the sky is watching. He knows what it means to watch; he spends long hours listening at doors and peering through cracks. Things are terribly wrong. His father is withering away, his sister is consumed by hatred, his grandmother is all inside herself, and his mother, a flower-child of the 1960s, is brave but helpless. Then a strange man appears at the door. That Eye, The Sky is about…