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Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Sparky Sweets, Ph.D. and Wisecrack present Thug Notes, the outrageously funny, ultra-sharp guide to sixteen of literature s most beloved classics including The Catcher in the Rye, To Kill a Mockingbird, Pride & Prejudice and Things Fall Apart. Having already taught millions around the world, Dr. Sweets makes it easy to love and understand these important literary works. With hilarious character…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: It was world-famous sculptor Gutzon Borglum's dream to carve sixty-foot-high likenesses of four presidents on a granite cliff in South Dakota. Does that sound like a wacky idea? Many at the time thought so. Borglum faced a lot of opposition and problems at every turn; the blasting and carving carried out through the years of the Great Depression when funding for anything was hard to come by. Yet…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: The history of the White House, first completed in 1799, reflects the history of America itself. It was the dream of George Washington to have an elegant presidential mansion in the capital city that was named after him. Yet he is the only president who never got to live there. All the rest have made their mark — for better or worse — on the house at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Megan Stine explains…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: There are canyons all over the planet, and the Grand Canyon in Arizona is not the biggest. Yet because of the spectacular colors in the rock layers and fascinating formations of boulders, buttes, and mesas, it is known as one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. Starting with a brief overview of how national parks came into being, this book covers all aspects of the canyon — how it formed,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: From Salman Rushdie, one of the great writers of our time, comes a spellbinding novel that blends history, mythology, and a timeless love story. A lush modern fairytale in which our world has been plunged into an age of unreason, Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights is a breathtaking achievement and an enduring testament to the power of storytelling.
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: He's neither dead nor alive. He's Kid Eternity, a teenager endowed with supernatural powers and the ability to bring back the dead — a gift from the powers above for being taken by death ahead of his time. Now the free-spirited Kid Eternity is back as an agent of Chaos, in a world that's just a bit too ordered for his taste. The Kid must free his partner, Mr Keeper, from indentured servitude in…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: This is the compelling stand alone novel from the Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author of Unseen and Criminal. Atlanta, 1974. As a brutal killing and a furious manhunt rock the city, Kate Murphy wonders if her first day on the police force will also be her last. For life is anything but easy in the male-dominated world of the Atlanta Police Department, where even the other female cops have…
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Скачать книгу (размер 769 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 152) Аннотация: This treasury collection includes: Elmer and the Lost Teddy, Elmer and the Wind, Elmer and Grandpa Eldo, Elmer, Rose and Super El.
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Скачать книгу (размер 2 288 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 450) Аннотация: The tale of The Wolf Gift continues... In Anne Rice’s surprising and compelling best-selling novel, the first of her strange and mythic imagining of the world of wolfen powers (I devoured these pages... As solid and engaging as anything she has written since her early Vampire Chronicles fiction — Alan Cheuse, The Boston Globe; A delectable cocktail of old-fashioned lost-race adventure,…
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Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: In 1876, France decided to give the United States a very big and very special present — the Statue of Liberty. The gift was to commemorate the 100th birthday of the United States, and just packing it was no small feat — 350 pieces in 214 crates shipped across the ocean. The story of how the 111-foot-tall lady took her place in the New York Harbor will fascinate young readers.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: The unforgettable story about a family with a secret at its core, from Top Ten bestseller Lisa Jewell, author of Ralph's Party, The Making of Us and Before I Met You. Picture a picture-book cottage in a village. A family in a sun-drenched kitchen filled with love and laughter. Picture an Easter weekend when tragedy strikes — so unexpected, so devastating that no one can talk about it. The years…
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Скачать книгу (размер 1 906 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 375) Аннотация: There were four of us down there for the first thirty-two months and eleven days of our captivity. And then, very suddenly and without warning, there were three. Even though the fourth person hadn't made any noise at all in several months, the room got very quiet when she was gone. For a long time after that, we sat in silence, in the dark, each of us wondering what this meant for her and for us,…