Скачать книгу (размер 2 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 396) Аннотация: WICKED above her hipbone, GIRL across her heart Words are like a road map to reporter Camille Preaker’s troubled past. Fresh from a brief stay at a psych hospital, Camille’s first assignment from the second-rate daily paper where she works brings her reluctantly back to her hometown to cover the murders of two preteen girls. NASTY on her kneecap, BABYDOLL on her leg Since she left town eight…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: A reality TV show starring a clone of Jesus Christ causes chaos across the U.S. of the near future in Punk Rock Jesus, a new graphic novel written and drawn by Sean Murphy, the acclaimed illustrator of Joe the Barbarian and American Vampire. J2 causes both outrage and adulation. Religious zealots either love or hate the show, angry politicians worry about its influence on the nation, and members…
Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: What happens when a performing actor leaves behind his lines, staging, sets, and lighting, and steps beyond the fourth wall? For three years, Amy Arbus has been exploring this question in a series of dramatic portraits of celebrated actors, both on and off Broadway. Fully costumed but stripped of their context, Arbus's actors remain in character as they step outside the fiction of theater into…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the…
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: The Cat in the Hat learns all about cats--wild and domestic--in this feline-focused Cat in the Hat's Learning Library book! Traveling aboard his Kitty-Cat-Copter, the Cat takes Sally and Nick to meet lions in Kenya, tigers in Bangkok, Siamese down the block — learning along the way those traits that all cats share: scratchy tongues, padded paws, sensitive wiskers, sharp claws, and those things…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: This lavishly illustrated volume shows you how to choose fabulous French decorating details to create interiors with an unforgettable sense of sophistication and charm. French details are the key to achieving the effortless chic of the French home. The first step is to understand how the French see — blending rich tradition with whimsy to achieve interiors that are as comfortable as they are…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 931 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 576) Аннотация: In a future less than fifty years away, the world is still as we know it. Time continues to tick by. The truth is that it is ticking away. A powerful few know what lies ahead. They are preparing for it. They are trying to protect us. They are setting us on a path from which we can never return. A path that will lead to destruction; a path that will take us below ground. The history of the silo is…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 992 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 784) Аннотация: Beginning with the bloody suppression of the Filipino struggle for independence and spanning the two World Wars, this title documents how US administrations have repeatedly intervened in conflicts on foreign soil, taking part in covert operations and wars in Latin American, Asia and the Middle East.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: My name is Jason — and I have just met the most incredible woman, on Charlotte Street. Well, I say 'met'. I sort of held her bags for a second. But she smiled at me! And it was this amazing smile. Of course, I don't know her name, or anything about her at all. But I do happen to have something of hers.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Anna and Bennett were never supposed to meet. Why would they? Anna's a sixteen-year-old in 1995, fiercely determined to secure a running scholarship so she can leave her quiet, dull town and finally travel the world. Bennett's a seventeen-year-old in 2012, living in San Francisco and trying to control his ability to travel through time — an incredible gift, but also an unpredictable curse, which…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: The Brigadier, mourning the loss of his wife Doris, is called to help find a nuclear weapon that's gone missing over the Wiltshire Downs. The Doctor is on his way there too, to pick up his companion Compassion, after her holiday on Earth. But when the Doctor's Tardis explodes, he, the Brigadier, Compassion and Fitz are thrown into the other-dimensional world of Avalon. Magic faces down science,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: When the Ninth Doctor lands in the town of Kennet, he finds that something is terribly wrong. The people are scared. They don't like going out at night, they don't like making too much noise, and they certainly don't like strangers asking questions. What alien force has invaded the town and why is it watching barmaid Alison Cheney? The Ninth Doctor is sardonic, witty, compassionate, and tired of…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: From petticoat duels and lucky cats to the Stiffs Express, Lord Nelson's spare nose, the Piccadilly earthquake and the Great Beer Flood of 1814, A Curious Guide to London takes you on a captivating, wildly entertaining tour of the city, unearthing the capital's secrets and celebrating its rich and colourful history. Brimming with tales about the city's forgotten past, its strangest traditions and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: The Tardis lands the Doctor and Martha in the Lake District in 1909, where a small village has been terrorised by a giant, scaly monster. The search is on for the elusive 'Beast of Westmorland', and explorers, naturalists and hunters from across the country are descending on the fells. King Edward VII himself is on his way to join the search, with a knighthood for whoever finds the Beast. But…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Jamie Grimm is a middle schooler on a mission: he wants to become the world's greatest stand-up comedian — even if he always seems to 'choke' in the spotlight. When Jamie finds out about a contest called the Funniest Kid on the Planet, he knows it's time to face his fears and enter. But are the judges rewarding him out of pity because he happens to be in a wheelchair, like his bullying cousin…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: In these nine stories, Salman Rushdie looks at what happens when East meets West, at the forces that pull his characters first in one direction, then the other. Fantasy and realism collide as a rickshaw driver writes letters describing his film star career in Bombay; a mispronunciation leads to romance and an unusual courtship in sixties London; two childhood friends turned diplomats live out in…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: I turned to Luke and reached for him. My blood felt as though it had seized up in my veins. Lanny, what is it? Luke asked. I clutched his lapel desperately It's Adair. He's free. For 200 years she's been hiding He gave her immortality. She tried to destroy him. Now he is searching for her. They must not meet. Or there will be a Reckoning.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: In this first-ever showcase of his work, Gregory Heisler, one of professional photography's most respected practitioners, shares 50 iconic portraits of celebrities, athletes, and world leaders, along with fascinating, thoughtful, often humorous stories about how the images were made. From his famously controversial portrait of President George H.W. Bush (which led to the revocation of Heisler’s…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: The twentieth century looked out at him from the piece of newsprint and bared its teeth in a sneer From the diamond mines of Sierra Leone to the jewellers of Hatton Garden, from race track to casino... Bond must infiltrate and destroy the criminal network of the Spangled Mob in Fleming's fourth 007 adventure.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: You start to die the moment you are born. Live and Let Die, Ian Fleming's second 007 novel, takes Bond from Harlem to Jamaica in a frenzied hunt for the deadly gangster Mr Big and his macabre network of associates.