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Pele: The Autobiography

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Even people who don't know football know Pele. The best of a generation of Brazilian players universally acknowledged as the most accomplished and attractive group of footballers ever to play the game, he won the World Cup three times and is Brazil's all-time record goalscorer. But how did this man — a sportsman, a mere footballer, like many others — become a global icon? Was it just by being the…

Pamela Aidan: These Three Remain: A Novel of Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: «One of the most beloved romantic heroes in all of literature, Fitzwilliam Darcy remains an enigma even to Jane Austen's most devoted fans. No longer. With this concluding volume in the «Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman» trilogy, novelist and Austen aficionada Pamela Aidan at last gives readers the man in full. «These Three Remain» follows a humbled Darcy on the journey of self-discovery, after…

Cruz Melissa: Skinny-dipping

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Not-so-poor-anymore Eliza has traded babysitting for velvet-rope-sitting. And Jacqui, in an odd twist, is doing all the babysitting because Mara's up every night doing her best second-rate party girl impression at the hot club where Eliza works. At first it's annoying, but the new au pair, Philippe, is sexy and French but off-limits to Jacqui, who claims she's sworn off guys. Your favorite…

Diane Setterfield: The Thirteenth Tale

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: Reclusive author Vida Winter, famous for her collection of twelve enchantingstories, has spent the past six decades penning a series of alternate livesfor herself. Now old and ailing, she is ready to reveal the truth about herextraordinary existence and the violent and tragic past she has kept secret forso long. Calling on Margaret Lea, a young biographer troubled by her ownpainful history, Vida…

Greg Cox: Ghost Rider

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: When he was seventeen, motorcycle stunt rider Johnny Blaze proved he would do anything to save his terminally ill father — even make a deal with the sinister Mephistopheles that would cost him everything, from the woman he loved, the beautiful Roxanne Simpson, to Johnny's own immortal soul. Years later, as Roxanne reenters Johnny's life, Mephistopheles returns to collect on his part of the…

Julie Kenner: The Givenchy Code

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: A mind-bending code spawned from the mind of a madman...or maybe just a jealous ex. A desperate race through the cathedrals and hotels of New York City...with a teeny bit of time for shopping, it's true. An astonishing truth concealed for years, unveiled at last...with more than a little help from a supercute new guy. As if a recent breakup, scrounging for rent money, and lusting after designer…

Steve Niles: 30 Days of Night: Immortal Remains

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Existing in shadow, thriving in night, a terrifying serial killer stalks theresidential streets of Savannah, Georgia — one whose brutal signature is now drawing the attention of other denizens of darkness, for better or worse. Butthere is more than meets the eye here, and the horrifying truth behind these savage killings is about to be revealed — a truth that has dire implications forthe very…

Miyazaki Hayao: The Art of Howl's Moving Castle

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: A hardbound, prestige format book with a generous collection of concept sketches, fully rendered character and background drawings, paintings and cell images. Along with the stunning visuals, the book also presents interviews and comments with the production staff, including key points from the director.

Matthew Reilly: Seven Deadly Wonders

Скачать книгу (размер 2 931 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 576) Аннотация: «The «New York Times» bestselling author of «Ice Station» is back in high gear on the greatest treasure hunt of all time — a headlong race to find the seven wonders of the ancient world.»

Poul Anderson: Time Patrol

Скачать книгу (размер 3 992 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 784) Аннотация: The discovery of time travel means that everything we know, anyone we know, might not only vanish, but never even have existed. Against that possibility stand the men and women of the Time Patrol, dedicated to preserving the history they know and protecting the future from fanatics, terrorists, and would-be dictators.

King Stephen: The Cell

Скачать книгу (размер 2 283 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 449) Аннотация: Graphic artist Clay Riddell was in the heart of Boston on that brilliant autumn afternoon when hell was unleashed before his eyes. Without warning, carnage and chaos reigned. Ordinary people fell victim to the basest, most animalistic destruction. And the apocalypse began with the ring of a cell phone...

Jennifer Weiner: Goodnight Nobody

Скачать книгу (размер 2 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 452) Аннотация: For Kate Klein, semi-accidental mother of three, the unsolved murder of a fellow mother is the most interesting thing to happen since the neighbours cracked their septic tank. Up until then life in suburbia has been distinctly underwhelming. Her once-loving husband is hardly ever home. The supermums on the playground routinely snub her and her days are filled with an empty routine. At night, most…

King Stephen: The Dark Tower

Скачать книгу (размер 5 348 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1050) Аннотация: «Perhaps the most anticipated book in King's legendary career, the final volume in the «New York Times» bestselling Dark Tower epic is breathtakingly imaginative, boldly visionary, and wholly entertaining. Now in a Premium Edition paperback. Grant/Scribner.»

Justin Somper: Tide of Terror

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: Connor Tempest may only be fourteen, but he's taken to the life of a pirate like a duck to water. But his loyalties are divided between his shipmates and his sister. Grace Tempest isn't finding the pirate life so appealing. She cannot shake the feeling that all is not well on the vampirate ship she left behind. Dare she try to return to it? Sidorio may have been expelled from the vampirate ship…

Christopher L. Bennett: X-Men: Watchers on the Walls

Скачать книгу (размер 1 799 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 354) Аннотация: For years, many have believed that the rise of superpowered mutants represents a threat to the survival of ordinary humans. The uncanny X-Men have dedicated their lives to proving that peaceful coexistence is possible. When a refugee spacecraft crashes on Earth, hounded by a warship bent on its destruction, the X-Men race to the rescue — only to learn that it carries beings of an entirely…

Marc Cerasini: Wolverine: Weapon X

Скачать книгу (размер 1 942 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 382) Аннотация: This original novel starring one of Marvel Comics' most famous figures is a harrowing chapter in the captivating saga of Wolverine.

Gena Showalter: Oh My Goth

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: «A fiercely individualist Goth girl wakes up to discover that the whole world has gone Goth and she's actually — gag — popular. Jade Leigh is a nonconformist who values individuality above all else. She has a small group of like-minded Goth friends who wear black, dabble in the dark arts, and thrive outside the norm. They're considered the «freaks» of their high school. But when Jade's smart…

Clint Richmond: Red Star Rogue: The Untold Story of a Soviet Submarine's Nuclear Strike Attempt on the U: S

Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: March 7, 1968: Several hundred miles northwest of Hawaii, the nuclear-armed K-129 surfaces and then sinks; all of its crewmen and officers perish at sea. Who was commanding the rogue Russian sub? What was its target? How did it infiltrate American waters undetected? Navy veteran Kenneth Sewell, drawing from newly declassified documents and extensive confidential interviews, exposes the stunning…

Holly Black: Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie

Скачать книгу (размер 1 595 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 314) Аннотация: «The «New York Times» bestselling author follows up her stunning debut «Tithe» with this rich, harrowing, and compulsively readable parable of betrayal, abuse, friendship, and love.»

Hardy Thomas: Tess of the D'Urbervilles

Скачать книгу (размер 2 727 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 536) Аннотация: ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP A young woman challenges the conventions of her time in this classic novel about nineteenth-century English society. THIS ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: A concise introduction that gives readers important background information A chronology of the author's life and work A timeline of significant events that provides the book's…