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Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: After moving from the Barleywood garden where he hosted BBC Gardeners' World for seven years, Alan Titchmarsh set up home in an old farmhouse a few miles down the road, and went about planting his own private eden away from the public eye. In this horticultural memoir Alan finally reveals all about this secret garden, explaining with his trademark warmth the personal stories behind its design and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Vivienne Michel is a troubled young woman on the run. Fleeing England she comes to a deserted motel in the Adirondack Mountains where she thinks she has finally escaped her past. Sluggsy and Horror are ruthless mobsters on a mission of their own. Holding a terrified Viv hostage in the motel, they plot death and destruction. Bond has just one night to take on the gangsters. But with two hardened…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: As a part of DC Comics — The New 52 event of September 2011, welcome to a world waging a new kind of war that's faster and more brutal than ever before. It's fought by those who would make the innocent their targets, using computers, smart weapons and laser-guided missiles. The new enemy is hard to find — and closer to home than we think. Between us and them stand the Blackhawks, an elite force…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: Castle, royal palace, prison, torture chamber, execution site, zoo, mint, treasure house, armoury, record office, observatory and the most visited tourist attraction in the country, the Tower of London has been all these things and more. No building in Britain has been more intimately involved in our island's story than this mighty, brooding stronghold in the very heart of the capital, a place…

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school. Sex-hungry and book-hungry, they would navigate the girl-less sixth form together, trading in affectations, in-jokes, rumour and wit. Maybe Adrian was a little more serious than the others, certainly more intelligent, but they all swore to stay friends for life. Now Tony is in middle age. He's had a career and a single marriage, a calm…

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Elmer frees a butterfly that is trapped behind a fallen branch, and the grateful butterfly promises to help him if he ever needs it. Our intrepid elephant laughs A butterfly saving an elephant — that's a good one! but when the remote cliff path that he is treading starts to crumble away, it doesn't seem so ridiculous after all! But just how can a butterfly help an Elephant?

Скачать книгу (размер 840 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 166) Аннотация: In the mid-1930s Stalin announced that life has become better, life has become merrier; these words were endlessly repeated on the radio, in newspapers, on posters and placards. In Happy Moscow Andrey Platonov exposes the gulf between Stalin's rhetoric and the reality of the time. The heroine, Moscow Chestnova, is an orphaned girl who has been named after the fairy-tale Soviet capital. A bold,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Amateur photographers will love this practical guide to understanding and maximising natural light, as well as modifying it with flash, for a wide variety of subjects including nature, landscapes, people, flowers, animals and travel destinations. The book's conversational tone means readers will connect easily with it and the learn-by-doing assignments make concepts easy to grasp. Also includes…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 257 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 640) Аннотация: Fodor's. For Choice Travel Experiences. Fodor's helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you're at the helm, Fodor's offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It's like having a friend in Central America — Updated annually,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: If you had a second chance at first love... would you take it? It's been three years since Adam's love saved Mia after the accident that annihilated life as she knew it... and three years since Mia walked out of Adam's life forever. Now living on opposite coasts, Mia is Julliard's rising star and Adam is LA tabloid fodder, thanks to his new rock star status and celebrity girlfriend. When Adam…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: When a young woman returns from holiday to find her elderly neighbour dead, she immediately alerts the police. Commissario Brunetti is called to the scene but, though there are signs of a struggle, it seems the woman has simply suffered a fatal heart attack. Vice-Questore Patta is eager to dismiss the case as a death from natural causes, but Brunetti believes there is more to it than that. His…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: This title comes from the international bestseller of The Godfather. A story of big-time gamblers in a feverish world where law and organised crime are one and the same... From New York to Las Vegas, Merlyn and his brother Artie obey their own code of honour in the ferment of contemporary America — a world of greed, lust, violence and betrayal, where the power of corruption and the corruption of…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: For Rebecca Bloomwood, life is peachy. She has a job on morning TV, her bank manager is actually being nice to her, and when it comes to spending money, her new motto is Buy Only What You Need — and she's really (sort of) sticking to it. The icing on the brioche is that she's been offered a chance to work in New York. New York! The Museum of Modern Art! The Guggenheim! The Metropolitan Opera…

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Everyone can see the Queen's smart coats and dresses, but what does she wear underneath, particularly for a school visit? Through the eyes of a little girl hoping for a school visit by the Queen, the range of royal underwear is revealed, in all its regal glory — garden party and Christmas speech knickers to the VIP (Very Important Pair) for the opening of Parliament. This is a gently humorous…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: The beloved plays of Shakespeare are still produced everywhere, yet the life of the world's most famous playwright remains largely a mystery. Young Will left the town of Stratford to pursue theater in London, where his work eventually thrived and made him a famous and wealthy man. With black-and-white illustrations that include a diagram of the famous Globe theater, Celeste Davidson Mannis puts…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end — the dinosaurs destroyed, the park dismantled, the island indefinitely closed to the public. There are rumors that something has survived.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: The countdown to her winter wedding has begun... Anna Carter wants the perfect Christmas Eve wedding. It's been on her 'to-do' list since she was a little girl stuck living in a children's home and dreaming of a far happier family life than she'd ever experienced. Now she's found the perfect Georgian country manor as a venue, to which she will be taken in a reindeer-drawn sleigh. She's got a…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: From H. P. Mallory — the exciting author of Fire Burn and Cauldron Bubble — comes her new paranormal romance featuring the sassy, self-deprecating witch Jolie Wilkins. Jolie thinks she's seen it all, but life continues to spring surprises. The latest shocker? She's just been crowned Queen of the Underworld. Jolie may possess a rare gift for reanimating the dead, but she doesn't know the first…

Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: Meet the dirtiest beasts in the world! The comic creations in these rhymes can be bloodthirsty, gruesome and often act in unexpected ways. A collection of hilarious and naughty rhymes with a touch of the magical, and a dash of the dangerous...

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: From Aquarium to Zoo: all of London is here in this covetable portable guide to the capital. This title is brilliant for any visitor to London as a handy checklist, as well as a gorgeous gift for the London lover. There are tons to spot in the pictures, including a lost penguin, trying to find his way home. Illustrated in a gloriously retro palette by Ben Hawkes, The London ABC is quirky, witty…