Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: «In this sumptuous vision of Venice, Peter Ackroyd turns his unparalleled skill at evoking place from London and the River Thames, to Italy and the city of myth, mystery and beauty, set like a jewel in its glistening lagoon. His account is at once romantic and packed with facts, conjuring up the atmosphere of the canals, bridges and sunlit squares, the churches and the markets, the fiestas and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Harry is in trouble. He's burned down the family kitchen so now has to spend a week of his summer hols with his uncle Tristram — who's heading off to stay with a new girlfriend — Morning Glory — on a tiny British island. Harry doesn't expect it to be a lot of fun — with just a wacky competition at the end of the week to look forward to. He certainly didn't expect to discover all the beards. Or…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: In his remarkable book, Jonathan Phillips explores the conflict of ideas, beliefs and cultures and shows both the contradictions and diversity of holy war. He draws on contemporary writings — on chronicles, songs, sermons, travel diaries and peace treaties — to throw a brilliant new light on people and events we thought we knew well. Although the notion of fighting for one's faith fell into…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: The dazzling vampire Lestat was once the epitome of evil. But now he struggles with his immortality, yearning for a more saintly path. His chance comes when he rescues a witch from death by turning her into a vampire. But the repercussions are swift as the powerful Mayfair family rally to punish Lestat for creating a killer from one of their flock. Yet in the midst of this schism comes a…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Tiffany Aching put one foot wrong, made one little mistake... And now the spirit of winter is in love with her. He gives her roses and icebergs, says it with avalanches and showers her with snowflakes — which is tough when you're 13, but also just a little bit... cool. And just because the Wintersmith wants to marry you is no excuse for neglecting your chores. So Tiffany must look after Miss…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Ellie Woods spends her days immersed in the escapist pages of the romantic novels she lovingly edits. But her reality is somewhat less rose-tinted. Once upon a time, Ellie had her 'happily ever after' moment when she married her beloved Nick, but fifteen years later her husband's tragic death leaves her alone with their soon-to-become-a-teenager son, faced with a mountain of debt, and on the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: John Grisham takes you into the heart of America's Deep South with a collection of stories connected by the life and crimes of Ford County: a place of harsh beauty where broken dreams and final wishes converge. From a hard-drinking, downtrodden divorce lawyer looking for paydirt, to a manipulative death row inmate with one last plea, Ford County features a vivid cast of attorneys, crooks,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 748 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 344) Аннотация: What's a better present than a classic Beginner Book? Six of them for less than the price of two! Following on the success of The Big Blue Book of Beginner Books and The Big Green Book of Beginner Books, we've taken the complete text and art of P. D. Eastman's Sam and the Firefly, Robert Lopshire's I Want to Be Somebody New!, Marilyn Sadler's The Very Bad Bunny, Mike McClintock's Stop That Ball!,…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: Three and a half years ago former Grant County medical examiner Sara Linton moved to Atlanta hoping to leave her tragic past behind her. Now working as a doctor in Atlanta's Grady Hospital she is starting to piece her life together. But when a severely wounded young woman is brought in to the emergency room, she finds herself drawn back into a world of violence and terror. The woman has been hit…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Dieser außergewöhnliche All-Age-Krimi hat die Herzen von Lesern, Buchhändlern und Kritikern aus aller Welt im Sturm erobert! Die junge Flavia de Luce staunt nicht schlecht, als sie im ersten Morgenlicht das Opfer eines Giftmordes in ihrem Gurkenbeet entdeckt! Da jeder ihren Vater, den sanftmütigen Colonel de Luce, für den Mörder zu halten scheint, nimmt die naseweise…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: With his fabulous restaurants and bestselling Ottolenghi Cookbook, Yotam Ottolenghi has established himself as one of the most exciting new talents in the world of cookery and food writing. This exclusive collection of vegetarian recipes is drawn from his column 'The New Vegetarian' for the Guardian's Weekend magazine, and features both brand-new recipes and dishes first devised for that column.…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 257 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 640) Аннотация: Ein verwunschener Garten, eine adlige Familie, ein dunkles Geheimnis. Als die junge Australierin Cassandra von ihrer Großmutter ein kleines Cottage an der Küste Cornwalls erbt, ahnt sie nichts von dem unheilvollen Versprechen, das zwei Freundinnen ein Jahrhundert zuvor an jenem Ort einlösten. Auf den Spuren der Vergangenheit entdeckt Cassandra ein Geheimnis, das seinen Anfang in…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 697 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 334) Аннотация: El nuevo bestseller de la reina del suspense. En su nuevo y apasionante thriller, Mary Higgins Clark explora la batalla legal sobre la inocencia o culpabilidad de un hombre acusado de matar a su mujer, sobre el trasfondo de un poco conocido fenomeno medico donde el receptor de un transplante de corazon percibe las emociones y recuerdos del donante. La joven abogada Emily Wallace se enfrenta al…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: An der Schwelle zwischen Leben und Tod findet Logan Thibault einen Glücksbringer: die Fotografie einer lächelnden, schönen Frau. Obwohl er sie noch nie zuvor gesehen hat, glaubt Thibault, dass sie den Schlüssel zu seinem Schicksal in Händen hält. Er sucht die geheimnisvolle Frau auf — und sein Leben nimmt eine so wunderbare wie dramatische Wendung.
Скачать книгу (размер 3 094 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 608) Аннотация: In 1954, in the cookhouse of a logging and sawmill settlement in northern New Hampshire, an anxious twelve-year-old boy mistakes the local constable's girlfriend for a bear. Both the twelve-year-old and his father become fugitives, forced to run from Coos County — to Boston, to southern Vermont, to Toronto — pursued by the implacable constable. Their lone protector is a fiercely libertarian…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Romantisch und gefühlvoll: Der dritte Roman des Jahreszeitenzyklus von Nora Roberts. Gemeinsam mit ihren drei besten Freundinnen betreibt die hübsche Konditorin Laurel die erfolgreiche Hochzeitsagentur Vows. Tag für Tag hilft sie glücklichen Paaren, ihre Liebe mit einem rauschenden Fest zu krönen, in Laurels eigenem Privatleben sieht es aber alles andere als rosig aus.…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 773 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 349) Аннотация: I have a meanness inside me, real as an organ. Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in The Satan Sacrifice of Kinnakee, Kansas. As her family lay dying, little Libby fled their tiny farmhouse into the freezing January snow. She lost some fingers and toes, but she survived-and famously testified that her fifteen-year-old brother, Ben, was the killer. Twenty-five years…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: 'This is the Gyre — the most hostile environment in the galaxy'. 250,000 years' worth of junk is floating in deep space, home to the shipwrecked Sittuun, the carnivorous Sollogs, and worst of all — the Humans. The Doctor and Amy arrive on this terrifying world in the middle of an all-out frontier war between Sittuun and Humans, and the countdown has already started. There's a comet in the sky,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Ethan Blake is seventeen and desperate to escape from his dead-end life. When he sees someone B.A.S.E. jump from the top of his block of flats, it changes the way he sees the world for ever. Soon, Ethan is caught up in the adrenaline-fuelled world of skydiving. He's a natural, so it's no surprise when he's invited to join an elite skydive team, but is he signing up for more than just jumping out…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: «Once a successful surgeon, Frederick Welin now lives in self-imposed exile on an island in the Swedish archipelago. Nearly twelve years have passed since he was disgraced for attempting to cover up a tragic mishap on the operating table. One morning in the depths of winter, he sees a hunched figure struggling towards him across the ice. His past is about to catch up with him. The figure…