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Fergusson R.: The Penguin Dictionary of English Synonyms and Antonyms

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: What words mean exactly the same as delectable? Did you know that the opposite of friable is tough? Can you think of the antonym for ceaseless or another word for capsize? To extend your vocabulary, broaden your verbal range and spice up your linguistic dexterity, you need look no further than The Penguin Dictionary of English Synonyms and Antonyms. This classic work of reference provides: • A…

David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Statistics

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: A new reference title, The Penguin Dictionary of Statistics is an extremely useful and comprehensive guide to the subject. An ideal reference book for A-level mathematics students and undergraduates, this dictionary is also accessible to students of other disciplines (economics, geography) who regularly use statistics, and to those in the business community who want to understand the terminology.…

Laurell K. Hamilton: Cerulean Sins

Скачать книгу (размер 2 849 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 560) Аннотация: Once a sworn enemy of all monsters, Anita is now the human consort of both Master Vampire Jean Claude and leopard shapeshifter Micah. When a centuries-old vampire hits St. Louis, Anita finds herself needing all the dark forces her passion can muster to save the ones she loves.

Orwell George: Why I Write

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves — and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives — and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook…

Milne A.A.: Winnie-the-Pooh's ABC

Скачать книгу (размер 126 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 26) Аннотация: Learning the alphabet is more fun when the setting is the Hundred Acre Wood. Familiar scenes from the Milne and Shepard classics introduce not only the concepts of letters and words, but also Pooh and his friends. This sturdy board book with an elegant, timeless look has been designed to attract the most discerning Pooh fans and to delight their favorite toddlers.

Arnold Tedd: More Parts

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Give me a hand... hold your tongue... scream your lungs out... what's a kid to do if he wants to keep all his body parts in place? Well, one thing is for sure, he'll have to be creative. Like, if you want to keep your heart from breaking, just make sure it's well padded and protected by tying a pillow around your chest. Want to keep your hands attached? Simple-stick them on with gloves and lots…

King Stephen: Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Roland, the world’s last gunslinger, tracks an enigmatic Man in Black toward a forbidding dark tower, fighting forces both mortal and other-worldly on his quest.

Ahlberg Allan: The Improbable Cat

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: The story begins when a seemingly harmless kitten limps into the Burrell family's garden. The kitten gets bigger and bigger and soon the family, apart from the narrator David, are in thrall to the creature. They slowly descend into squalor and sloth as they are sucked into the service of the enormous black cat that has taken over their lives. Eventually David breaks the spell and sends in a pack…

King Stephen: Dark Tower III: Waste Lands

Скачать книгу (размер 3 094 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 608) Аннотация: Roland, The Last Gunslinger, moves ever closer to The Dark Tower of his dreams-and nightmares-as he crosses a desert of damnation in a macabre world that is a twisted image of our own...

Charlaine Harris: Club Dead

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Sookie's boyfriend has been very distant-in another state, distant. Now she's off to Mississippi to mingle with the underworld at Club Dead-a little haunt where the vampire elite go to chill out. But when she finally finds Bill — caught in an act of betrayal — she's not sure whether to save him...or sharpen some stakes.

Evelyn Waugh: Decline and Fall

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Sent down from Oxford in outrageous circumstances, Paul Pennyfeather is oddly unsurprised to find himself qualifying for the position of schoolmaster at Llanabba Castle. His colleagues are an assortment of misfits, rascals and fools, including Prendy (plagued by doubts) and Captain Grimes, who is always in the soup (or just plain drunk). Then Sports Day arrives, and with it the delectable Margot…

Chekhov Anton Pavlovich: Selected Stories

Скачать книгу (размер 1 539 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 303) Аннотация: One of the great masters of the short story, Tolstoy called Chekhov an incomparable artist of life, who wrote about the everyday world with humor, insight, and honesty.

Sue Grafton: Q Is for Quarry

Скачать книгу (размер 1 784 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 351) Аннотация: «The #1 «New York Times» bestseller, based on an unsolved homicide that occurred in 1969, is now available in paperback. Revisiting the past can be a dangerous business, and what begins with the pursuit of Jane Doe's real identity ends in a high-risk hunt for her killer.»

Armstrong John: Conditions of Love

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: What does it really mean to love another person? Is there such a thing as the perfect partner? How does infatuation differ from the real thing? The need to love and be loved is central to our idea of happiness, yet it sometimes seems that the more we reflect on it the more elusive it becomes. In this lucid and graceful meditation on the deeper meanings of intimacy, John Armstrong explores the…

Gibson William: Neuromancer

Скачать книгу (размер 1 376 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 271) Аннотация: Case was the sharpest data thief in the Matrix, until an ex-employer crippled his nervous system. Now a new employer has recruited him for a last-chance run against an unthinkably powerful artificial intelligence. With a mirror-eyed girl street-samurai riding shotgun, he's ready for the silicon-quick, bleakly prophetic adventure that upped the ante on an entire genre of fiction.

Macdonald Hector: The Mind Game

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Northing should be this good. Three weeks on the Keniyan coast with the gorgeous Cara and a part in a cutting-edge experiment on the human mind for Oxford's hottest researcher. But now Ben Ashurst has been humiliated, betrayed and abandoned to the brutal reality of Africa. Why? Is Ben being played for a fool, or is he in real danger& A nerve-stretching thriller of deceit and manipulation, this is…

Carle Eric: My Own Very Hungry Caterpillar: Coloring Book

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Now available for the first time as a coloring book, Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar will delight children as they bring their own imagination to this classic story. Including a new introduction by Eric Carle, as well as blank pages at the end of the book for your own pictures, this is the perfect way to turn story time into coloring time. At the same time interactive and timeless, this…

Hill Eric: Where's Spot? Board book

Скачать книгу (размер 55 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 12) Аннотация: Already available in board book format, this very first Spot book now has a brand-new cover in a fresh, vibrant color that makes it jump off the shelf.

Fletcher Jessica: Majoring in Murder

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Celebrity mystery writer Jessica Fletcher is riding out Schoolman College's first tornado in over sixty years. As a visiting professor, she is there to teach a creative writing class. But after two men choose to brave the tornado rather than take shelter and one of them is found dead-Jessica wonders if her darkest suspicions are strictly academic.

Stevenson Robert Louis: The Black Arrow

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: In this swashbuckling novel, by the author of Treasure Island, young Dick Shelton is left orphaned. So he seeks the help of the mysterious Black Arrow fellowship. Brimming with adventure and suspense, this is a portrait of England during the War of the Roses, when many, like Dick, were torn between their loyalties.