Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: When black cloaked Sarah Canary wanders into a railway camp in the Washington territories in 1873, Chin Ah Kin is ordered by his uncle to escort the ugliest woman he could imagine away. Far away. But Chin soon becomes the follower. In the first of many such instances, they are separated, both resurfacing some days later at an insane asylum. Chin has run afoul of the law and Sarah has been…
Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Marley was dead. Again. The legendary Ebenezeer Scrooge sits in his house counting money. The boards that he has nailed up over the doors and the windows shudder and shake under the blows from the endless zombie hordes that crowd the streets hungering for his flesh and his miserly braaaaiiiiiinns! Just how did the happiest day of the year slip into a welter of blood, innards and shambling,…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 094 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 608) Аннотация: The six wives of Henry VIII — Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anna of Cleves, Katherine Howard and Catherine Parr — have become defined in a popular sense not so much by their lives as by the way these lives ended. But, as Antonia Fraser conclusively proves, they were rich and feisty characters. They may have been victims of Henry's obsession with a male heir, but they were not…
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: AARDVARK: shouts at BAKED BEANS: drops on cat KETCHUP: decorates mother with Mr Punishment has the perfect punishment for every naughtiness in the world and every day his telephone rings with parents desperate for his advice. But Mr Punishment never seems to get it quite right — with chaotic results!
Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: A witness. Such a simple concept — and yet for Dexter Morgan, a perfectly well-disguised serial killer, the possibility of a witness is terrifying. As an upstanding blood-spatter analyst for the Miami Police, Dexter has always managed to keep the darker side of his life out of the spotlight. An expert at finding truly bad people — murderers who've long escaped justice — Dexter has long been…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 176 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 624) Аннотация: Joe Abercrombie is the most successful fantasy novelist of his generation, with a remarkable, cynical and powerful voice cutting through the cliches of the fantasy genre to create something compelling and exceptionally commercial. With a strong core readership already behind him, each new novel breaks new ground — the epic fantasy quest in The First Law Trilogy, revenge fantasy with the hit BEST…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Ed Hartlepool has been living in self-imposed exile for five years, but with a settlement regarding his inheritance looming, he must return to his ancestral seat, Hartlepool Hall. On his return, he discovers that his father has left him, along with the house, a seven million pound tax bill, two massive overdrafts, an 80-year-old butler, and a vast country estate that is creaking at the seams. Not…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: «This volume contains 25 classic short stories, including «We Can Remember It For You Wholesale», which inspired the film «Total Recall».»
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: In the second book in Vina Jackson's exhilarating new romance trilogy, fiery musician Summer and wealthy academic Dominik experience the passions and pitfalls of a thrilling love affair with a difference.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: It's 1999 and for the staff of one newspaper office, the internet is still a novelty. By day, two young women, Beth and Jennifer, spend their hours emailing each other, discussing in hilarious detail every aspect of their lives, from love troubles to family dramas. And by night, Lincoln, a shy, lonely IT guy spends his hours reading every exchange. At first their emails offer a welcome diversion,…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Max Frei, and the LABYRINTHS OF ECHO series, is a multi-million copy selling Russian literary sensation appearing in English for the first time. Intriguing, original, remarkable and wry... THE LABYRINTHS OF ECHO is a piece of absolute enchantment. Splash a bit of enchantment into my glass... there is no better phrase to describe the state that a reader may find themselves in when exposed to this…
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: When naughty Wizz Bee and Buzz Bee come home without any honey, Queen Bee is very cross. Can they cheer her up with a story?
Скачать книгу (размер 116 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 24) Аннотация: King Arthur is the ultimate English hero. According to mediaeval histories and romances, he led the defence of Britain against the Saxon invaders in the early 6th century. Even so, the historical basis of his existence is much disputed by modern historians, although it is impossible not to imagine him at the heart of much of our literature from stories to poems to films and plays. Richard…
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Horrid Henry gets up to some horrid tricks when the Queen comes to visit his school. The Queen is coming to visit Horrid Henry's school. The real live Queen! Henry can't believe it. But when Miss Battle-Axe puts him in the back row, Henry is furious. Now how is he meant to find out how many TVs she has? Somehow Henry has to get himself noticed — and show the Queen just how horrid he can be...
Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: Harry Bosch is facing the end of the line. He's been put on the DROP — Deferred Retirement Option Plan — and given three years before his retirement is enforced. Seeing the end of the mission coming, he's anxious for cases. He doesn't have to wait long. First a cold case gets a DNA hit for a rape and murder which points the finger at a 29-year-old convicted rapist who was only eight at the time…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Ned Beaumont is a tall, thin, moustache-wearing, TB-ridden, drinking, gambling, hanger-on to the political boss of a corrupt Eastern city. Nevertheless, like every Hammett hero (and like Hammett himself), he has an unbreakable, if idiosyncratic moral code. Neds boss wants to better himself with a thoroughbred senators daughter; but does he want it badly enough to commit murder? If hes innocent,…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Horrid Henry's favourite author TJ Fizz is coming to visit his class!
Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: Horrid Henry has a wonderful, spectacular idea for his family's Christmas presents.
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Horrid Henry is trapped inside on a rainy day.
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Horrid Henry hates Sports Day. But how can he get out of it?