Hill Eric: Night-Night, Spot
Скачать книгу (размер 116 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 24) Аннотация: Spot never seems sleepy — he would much rather stay up late and play with his toys instead of going to bed.
Alderson Maggie: Handbags and Gladrags
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Emily Pointer would rather jog naked through Harvey Nichols' beauty hall than be seen with last season's handbag. A fashion stylist with Chic magazine, Emily is a natural blonde, a effortless size 10, travels the world for work and gets 30 per cent discount at Prada. As far as she's concerned, life is perfect. So surely a night of wild sex with a hunky Australian photographer during the fashion…
Niall Ferguson: Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World
Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: Niall Ferguson recreates the excitement, brutality and adventure of the British Empire, showing on a vast canvas how the British Empire in the 19th century spearheaded real globalization with steampower, telegraphs, guns, engineers, missionaries and millions of settlers.
Richards Justin: Doctor Who: 100 Scariest Monsters
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: It's a big universe and there are some truly terrifying monsters out there! Here are the 100 scariest monsters the Doctor has ever encountered so far, from the devious Daleks to the weird Weeping Angels and the sinister Cybermen. With facts and stats on all the most fearsome scary monsters, this book will have you cowering behind the sofa!
Hill Catherine: The Weekend Cookbook
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: From celebrated food stylist and writer Catherine Hill, comes this sumptuous collection of recipes for all home cooks who love celebrity chefs such as Nigel Slater. From stews to slow-cooked joints to mouth-watering veg dishes, this is a fully illustrated cookbook to be relied upon for delicious, original and low-maintenance meals. With chapters from Friday Night Easy to fabulous Sunday lunches,…
James Henry: The Portrait of a Lady
Скачать книгу (размер 3 584 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 704) Аннотация: She knew of no wrong that he had done; he was not violent, he was not cruel; she simply believed that he hated her. When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved to enjoy her freedom, does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors. Then she finds herself irresistibly drawn…
Forster E.M.: Penguin English Library a Room with a View
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: «The Penguin English Library Edition of A Room with a View by E. M. Forster '»But you do,» he went on, not waiting for contradiction. «You love the boy body and soul, plainly, directly, as he loves you, and no other word expresses it ...» Lucy has her rigid, middle-class life mapped out for her until she visits Florence with her uptight cousin Charlotte, and finds her neatly ordered existence…
Austen Jane: Emma
Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: I never have been in love; it is not my way, or my nature; and I do not think I ever shall. Beautiful, clever, rich — and single — Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however, delights her more than interfering in the romantic lives of others. But when she ignores the warnings of her good friend Mr Knightley and attempts to…
Cussler C.: The Jungle
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: A new weapon unleashed in 13th-century China. A rescue mission in the mountains along the Afghanistan/Pakistan border. A woman goes missing in the jungles of northern Thailand and Myanmar. In this title, all of these events will come together.
Sally Bedell Smith: Elizabeth the Queen: The Woman Behind the Throne
Скачать книгу (размер 3 502 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 688) Аннотация: This is an intimate portrait of Her Majesty the Queen. As we celebrate her Diamond Jubilee, this brand new biography of Queen Elizabeth II is the first all-round, up-close picture of one of the most fascinating, enigmatic and admired women in the world. With exclusive access to the Queen's personal letters, close friends and associates, this intimate biography is a treasure trove of fresh…
Kelman James: If it is Your Life
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Giving voice to the dispossessed and crafting stories of lives on the edge, lives almost lost, lives held in the balance, James Kelman writes about the things that touch us all. With honesty, toughness and humour, he confronts the issues of language, class, politics, gender and age — identity in all its forms — with a sympathetic pen and a sharp and observant eye. No other British writer today…
Godin Seth: All Marketers are Liars
Скачать книгу (размер 1 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 220) Аннотация: The new rule of marketing is that it doesn't matter if something is actually better or faster or more efficient. What matters is whether consumers believe the story. Godin teaches readers to create a story that fits the consumer's world view, a story they will intuitively embrace and share with friends.
Duenas Maria: The Seamstress
Скачать книгу (размер 3 176 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 624) Аннотация: Spain, 1936 and the brink of civil war. Young, poor Sara Quiroga is swept up in a whirlwind romance with her wily love Ramiro. Fleeing Madrid together for Morocco, her love blinds her to his real failings. Soon abandoned, left penniless and in debt to the authorities, she has to rely on the one skill she still possesses: sewing. Taken under the wing of the bullish but caring housekeeper…
Ward J.R.: Lover Reborn
Скачать книгу (размер 3 191 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 627) Аннотация: Tohrment, the Brother who had it all, but lost everything to the enemy, is destined for a second chance at love and life. But will the past and his bitterness hold him back?
Keyes Marian: Angels
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: After catching her husband having an affair and being fired from her job, Maggie Walsh suddenly finds her perfectly organized existence has become a perfect mess. She decides, for the first time in her life, to do something daring — and flees to her best friend, Emily, in the faraway wonderland of Los Angeles. In this mecca of tanned, beautiful bodies, unsvelte, uncool Maggie is decidedly a fish…
Stockett Kathryn: The Help
Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: In Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, there are lines that are not crossed. Black maids raise the white children, but no one trusts them not to steal the silver. Black maids clean the toilets, but they have their own out back. Everyone stays within the lines. But, suddenly, three women: Aibileen, Minny, and Skeeter, who find themselves tired of the lines. In pitch-perfect voices, Kathryn Stockett…
Dahl Roald: Roald Dahl's Book of Ghost Stories
Скачать книгу (размер 1 559 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 307) Аннотация: «Who better to choose the ultimate in spine-chillers than Roald Dahl, whose own sinister stories have teased and twisted the imagination of millions? Here are fourteen of his favourite ghost stories, including Sheridan Le Fanu's «The Ghost of a Hand», Edith Wharton's «Afterward», Cynthia Asquith's «The Corner Shop» and Mary Treadgold's «The Telephone».»
Child: Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Volume 2
Скачать книгу (размер 3 502 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 688) Аннотация: «This isn't just any cookery book. It is «Mastering the Art of French Cooking», first published in 1961, and it's a book that is a statement, not of culinary intent, but of aspiration, a commitment to a certain sort of good life, a certain sort of world-view; a votive object implying taste and appetite and a little je ne sais quoi. Julia Child was like Amelia Earhart, or Eleanor Roosevelt: she…
Chaney Lisa: Chanel: An Intimate Life
Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: Coco Chanel was many things to many people. Raised in emotional and financial poverty, she became one of the defining figures of the twentieth century. She was mistress to aristocrats, artists and spies. She broke rules of style and decorum, seducing both men and women, yet in her work expected the highest standards.
Moore Michael: Here Comes Trouble
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Here Comes Trouble is Michael Moore's blistering anti-memoir, a hilarious book tracing the origins of his political rabble-rousing and his early forays into campaigning for change. Michael Moore has been called an iconoclast, a maverick, a vital dissenting voice and a one of the most un-American people alive. But what made him the man he is today? In his sensational and provocative 'anti-memoir',…