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Allen Robert: How to Write Better English (B)

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: The Penguin Writers' Guides series provides authoritative, succinct and easy-to-follow guidance on specific aspects of written English. Whether you need to brush up your skills or get to grips with something for the first time, these invaluable Guides will help you find the best way to get your message across clearly and effectively. This essential guide covers the key rules — and pitfalls — of…

Trask R.L.: How to Write Effective Emails

Скачать книгу (размер 1 085 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 214) Аннотация: The Penguin Writers' Guides series provides authoritative, succinct and easy-to-follow guidance on specific aspects of written English. Whether you need to brush up your skills or get to grips with something for the first time, these invaluable Guides will help you find the best way to get your message across clearly and effectively. Many of us are spending more and more time using emails,…

Green Simon R.: Paths Not Taken

Скачать книгу (размер 1 330 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 262) Аннотация: John Taylor just discovered his long-gone mother created the Nightside — the dark heart of London — and intends to destroy it. To save his birthplace, he will have to travel back through a very distant — and probably deadly — past.

Starmer Aaron: Insight Guides: New York City Guide

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: City Guide New York is a comprehensive guidebook to one of North America's most exciting destinations. Full-color photography combines with the lively text to help you discover the real Big Apple. Forget all the crowds at the regular sights and explore New York like a New Yorker, in the delis, local bars, and small theaters that give this city its energy. With more than 48.7 million visitors in…

Albert Susan Wittig: The Tale of Hill Top Farm

Скачать книгу (размер 1 452 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 286) Аннотация: The author of Peter Rabbit and other tales, Beatrix Potter is still, after a century, beloved by children and adults worldwide. In this first Cottage Tale, Albert introduces Beatrix, an animal lover and Good Samaritan with a knack for solving mysteries. With help from her entourage of talking animal friends, Beatrix sets out to win over the human hearts of Sawrey, where she's just bought an old…

Gulland: The Penguin Dictionary of English Idioms

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Power napping, the Oprah effect, girl power — these are just some of the recent figures of speech to have entered our language. The perfect guide to the idiosyncrasies of the English language, this best-selling dictionary has been completely revised for its second edition and includes hundreds of new idioms. It provide clear and concise definitions and explains how the idioms should be used. At…

Ivan March: The Penguin Guide to CDs and DVDs 2005/6

Скачать книгу (размер 8 235 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1616) Аннотация: This new, completely revised edition of The Penguin Guide surveys the key classical recordings issued and reissued on CD over the past two decades, many of which have dominated the catalogue because of their sheer excellence, irrespective of their recording dates. Now DVDs have also been added, with their extra video dimension, as well as the sound-enhanced SACDs. If you want to be sure of…

Laurell K. Hamilton: Incubus Dreams

Скачать книгу (размер 3 829 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 752) Аннотация: As consultant to the Regional Preternatural Crime Investigation Unit, Anita's called in on what appears to be a case involving a serial killer — a vampire serial killer — who may be preying on strippers. She's sure that none of the local vamps are responsible — but her judgment may be clouded by a conflict of interest. For she is, after all, the consort of Jean-Claude, the ever-intoxicating…

Carle Eric: My Very First Book of Colors

Скачать книгу (размер 95 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 20) Аннотация: The beloved Eric Carle offers colorful puzzles that help the youngest of readers learn about colors and shapes. Readers can find the bottom half of a page that matches the top half.

Lewis Michael: The Big Short

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: While Wall Street was busy creating the biggest credit bubble of all time, a few renegade investors saw it was about to burst, bet against the banking system — and made a fortune. This book tells the story of the misfits, mavericks and geniuses who, against all odds, made the greatest financial killing in history.

Francis Dick: Reflex

Скачать книгу (размер 1 503 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 296) Аннотация: Longtime jockey Philip Nore suspects that a racetrack photographer's fatal accident was really murder — and unravels some nasty secrets of corruption, blackmail, and murder.

Cornwell Patricia: The Bone Bed

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: A woman has vanished while digging a dinosaur bone bed in the remote wilderness of Canada. Somehow, the only evidence has made its way to the inbox of Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta, over two thousand miles away in Boston. She has no idea why. But as events unfold with alarming speed, Scarpetta begins to suspect the paleontologist's disappearance is connected to a series of crimes much…

Francis Dick: Shattered

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: After his friend is killed in a horse-racing accident, up-and-coming glass artisan Gerard Logan finds himself embroiled in a deadly search for a stolen videotape — a videotape that just might destroy his own life.

Dahl Roald: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Willy Wonka's famous chocolate factory is opening at last! But only five lucky children will be allowed inside. And the winners are: Augustus Gloop, an enormously fat boy whose hobby is eating; Veruca Salt, a spoiled-rotten brat whose parents are wrapped around her little finger; Violet Beauregarde, a dim-witted gum-chewer with the fastest jaws around; Mike Teavee, a toy pistol-toting…

Dick Francis: Slay Ride

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: When a champion jockey disappears — right before a big race and the birth of his child — Investigator David Cleveland bets on foul play.

Twain Mark: Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: In this acclaimed tour de force, Twain moves from broad comedy to biting social satire, from the pure joy of wild high jinks to deeply probing insights into the nature of man. Features a new Introduction by Leland Krauth.

Fine Anne: The Return of the Killer Cat

Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: The killer cat is back — and he's dangerous! Tuffy can't wait for Ellie and the family to go away on holiday. A week of freedom lies ahead — if only he can get away from the catsitter. But everything goes wrong when Tuffy is catapulted into the arms of horrid, sweet-as-pie Melanie. Melanie has always longed for a lovely, cuddly ickle pussykins. And, with the promise of cream, fresh fish and…

Walpole Horace: The Castle of Otranto

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: On the day of his wedding, Conrad, heir to the house of Otranto, is killed in mysterious circumstances. His calculating father Manfred fears that his dynasty will now come to an end and determines to marry his son's bride himself despite the fact he is already married. But a series of terrifying supernatural omens soon threaten this unlawful union, as the curse placed on Manfred's ancestor, who…

Chekhov Anton: Lady With Little Dog and Other Stories

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: In the final years of his life, Chekhov had reached the height of his powers as a dramatist, and also produced some of the stories that rank among his masterpieces. The poignant The Lady with the Little Dog and About Love examine the nature of love outside of marriage — its romantic idealism and the fear of disillusionment. And in stories such as Peasants, The House with the Mezzanine and My Life…

Sebald W.G.: On the Natural History of Destruction

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: In the last years of World War II, the Allies dropped a million bombs on Germany. Yet the German people have been silent about the resulting devestation and loss of life, failing to recognise the terrible shadow that destruction from the air cast over their land. Here W.G. Sebald asks why it is we turn our backs on the horrors of war, and in addressing our response to the past, offers insights…