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Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: In The Power of Habit, award-winning New York Times business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. With penetrating intelligence and an ability to distill vast amounts of information into engrossing narratives, Duhigg brings to life a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential for…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: «A NEW YORK TIMES #1 Bestseller and Amazon Best Book of 2011In «The Black Mirror,» a series of brutal murders pushes Batman's detective skills to the limit and forces him to confront one of Gotham City's oldest evils. Helpless and trapped in the deadly Mirror House, Batman must fight for his life against one of Gotham City's oldest and most powerful evils!Then, in a second story called «Hungry…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of very curious photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 176 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 624) Аннотация: “The indomitable Reacher burns up the pages.” USA Today Four people in a car, hoping to make Chicago by morning. One man driving, another telling stories that don’t add up. A woman in the back, silent and worried. And a hitchhiker with a broken nose. An hour behind them, the FBI descends on an old pumping station where a man was stabbed to death — the knife work professional, the killers nowhere…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Take one aspiring cook, one judge, and a spoonful of romance... When Zoe Harper wins a coveted place in a televised cookery competition she's thrilled. It's a chance to cook her way to fame and fortune and the little delicatessen she's set her heart on. The first task has hardly begun when she finds herself with rather too much on her plate. Not only has she got to contend with the fiercely…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: When Helen Fielding first wrote Bridget Jones' Diary, charting the life of a 30-something singleton in London in the 1990s, she introduced readers to one of the most beloved characters in modern literature. The book was published in 40 countries, sold more than 15 million copies worldwide, and spawned a best-selling sequel, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. The two books were turned into major…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: The Doctor's old friend and fellow Time Lord Professor Chronotis has retired to Cambridge University — where nobody will notice if he lives for centuries. But now he needs help from the Doctor, Romana and K-9. When he left Gallifrey he took with him a few little souvenirs — most of them are harmless. But one of them is extremely dangerous. The Worshipful and Ancient Law of Gallifrey isn't a book…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: I never thought I could care so passionately for a zombie... the most unexpected romantic lead I've ever encountered. A mesmerising evolution of a classic contemporary myth. 'R' is a zombie. He has no name, no memories, and no pulse, but he has dreams. He is a little different from his fellow Dead. Amongst the ruins of an abandoned city, R meets a girl. Her name is Julie and she is the opposite…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 665 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 720) Аннотация: As a police launch speeds across Miami's Biscayne Bay — with officer Nestor Camacho on board — Tom Wolfe is off and running. Into the feverous landscape of the city, he introduces the Cuban mayor, the black police chief, an ambitious young journalist and his Yale-marinated editor.

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Yves Harteloup is a disappointed young man, scarred by the war. He returns for the summer to the rich, comfortable Atlantic resort of Hendaye, where he spent blissful childhood holidays. There he becomes infatuated by a beautiful, bored young woman, Denise, whose rich husband is often away on business.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Meet Raymond Gunt. A decent chap who does the right thing. Or, to put it another way, the worst person ever: a foul-mouthed, misanthropic cameraman, trailing creditors, ex-wives and homeless people in his wake. Men dislike him, women flee from him. Worst. Person. Ever. is a deeply unworthy book about a dreadful human being with absolutely no redeeming social value. Gunt, in the words of the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Alice Munro captures the essence of life in her brilliant new collection of stories. Moments of change, chance encounters, the twist of fate that leads a person to a new way of thinking or being: the stories in Dear Life build to form a radiant, indelible portrait of just how dangerous and strange ordinary life can be.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: Detective Alex Cross arrests renowned plastic surgeon Elijah Creem for sleeping with teenage girls. Now, his life ruined, Creem is out of jail, and he's made sure that no one will recognize him — by giving himself a new face. A young woman is found hanging from a sixth-floor window, and Alex is called to the scene. The victim recently gave birth, but the baby is nowhere to be found. Before Alex…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: A history lesson they'll never forget... and neither will you. Mattie Engel is one of the rising stars at Private Berlin, and believes she's seen the worst of people in her previous life with the Berlin police force. That is until Chris, her colleague — and until recently, her fiance — is found dead, brutally murdered in an old slaughterhouse outside the city. The slaughterhouse is filled with…

Скачать книгу (размер 4 073 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 800) Аннотация: Wordsworth Classics covers a huge list of beloved works of literature in English and translations. This growing series is rigorously updated, with scholarly introductions and notes added to new titles.

Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: Stories in the Travelman Short Stories series take the reader to places of mystery, fantasy, horror, romance, and corners of the universe yet unexplored. In turn, readers take them on the bus or subway, slip them into briefcases and lunchboxes, and send them from Jersey to Juneau. Each classic or original short story is printed on one sheet of paper and folded like a map. This makes it simple to…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: Based on 15 years of original research, Acemoglu and Robinson marshal extraordinary historical evidence from the Roman Empire, the Mayan city-states, medieval Venice, the Soviet Union, Latin America, England, Europe, the United States, and Africa to build a new theory of political economy with great relevance for the big questions of today.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: «In an upscale L.A. neighborhood, a backyard renovation unearths an infant's body, buried sixty years ago. Soon thereafter, in a nearby park, another disturbingly bizarre discovery is made not far from the body of a young woman shot in the head. Helping LAPD homicide detective Milo Sturgis to link these eerie incidents is brilliant psychologist Alex Delaware. But even the good doctor's vast…

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: «Inspired by the master of literature, this is a humorous retelling of George Lucas' epic «Star Wars». The text is accompanied by fantastic Elizabethan woodcut illustrations of Chewbacca, C-3PO and other classic characters. Students, scholars and general readers will appreciate the humour and impressive attention to detail. Who knew iambic pentameter could be so funny?»