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Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: The chilling new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of Retribution and Pretty Little Things THEY WATCH. The body of a student who went missing from a Florida nightclub is found in a dumpster. A horrifying scene, but nothing compared to what she had to endure before her murder. She was drugged and tortured — all broadcast live for the twisted pleasure of a snuff club. THEY WAIT.…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: The ultimate celebration of the first Hobbit movie reveals the culmination of the creative vision for the film through exclusive interviews with the designers, cast and crew, and more than 500 previously unpublished photographs, written and designed by the team at Weta Workshop.

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Chu is a little panda with a big sneeze. When Chu sneezes, bad things happen. Will Chu sneeze today?

Скачать книгу (размер 2 192 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 431) Аннотация: From Michael Crichton, the #1 bestselling author of Jurassic Park and The Andromeda Strain, comes an astounding, eye-opening look at the world of genetics: Next. Is a loved one missing some body parts? Are blondes becoming extinct? Is everyone at your dinner table of the same species? Humans and chimpanzees differ in only 400 genes; is that why a chimp fetus resembles a human being? And should…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Michael Crichton's Prey is a terrifying page-turner that masterfully combines a heart-pounding thriller with cutting-edge technology. Deep in the Nevada desert, the Xymos Corporation has built a state-of-the-art fabrication plant, surrounded by miles and miles of nothing but cactus and coyotes. Eight people are trapped. A self-replicating swarm of predatory molecules is rapidly evolving outside…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 023 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 398) Аннотация: New York Times bestselling author Robin Hobb returns to world of the Rain Wilds — called one of the most gripping settings in modern fantasy (Booklist) — in City of Dragons. Continuing the enthralling journey she began in her acclaimed Dragon Keeper and Dragon Haven, Hobb rejoins a small group of weak, half-formed and unwanted dragons and their displaced human companions as they search for a…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 069 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 603) Аннотация: New York Times bestselling author Michael Crichton delivers another action-packed techo-thriller in State of Fear. When a group of eco-terrorists engage in a global conspiracy to generate weather-related natural disasters, its up to environmental lawyer Peter Evans and his team to uncover the subterfuge. From Tokyo to Los Angeles, from Antarctica to the Solomon Islands, Michael Crichton mixes…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 090 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 411) Аннотация: In This Explains Everything, John Brockman, founder and publisher of Edge.org, asked experts in numerous fields and disciplines to come up with their favorite explanations for everyday occurrences. Why do we recognize patterns? Is there such a thing as positive stress? Are we genetically programmed to be in conflict with each other? Those are just some of the 150 questions that the world's best…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: 'Have you noticed how each of us conjures up our own city'? Every city is made of stories: stories that meet and diverge, stories of the commonplace and the strange, of love and crime, of ghosts and monsters. Reminiscent of David Mitchell's Ghostwritten and Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities, this is the story of a place that never looks the same way twice: a place imagined anew by each citizen who…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 503 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 296) Аннотация: Another hilarious and moving novel from bestselling, critically acclaimed author David Walliams, the natural successor to Roald Dahl. A story of prejudice and acceptance, funny lists and silly words, this new book has all the hallmarks of David's previous bestsellers. Our hero Ben is bored beyond belief after he is made to stay at his grandma's house. She's the boringest grandma ever: all she…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: Interweaving real and fictional elements, The American Boy is a major new literary historical crime novel in the tradition of An Instance of the Fingerpost and Possession. England 1819: Thomas Shield, a new master at a school just outside London, is tutor to a young American boy and the boy's sensitive best friend, Charles Frant. Drawn to Frant's beautiful, unhappy mother, Thomas becomes caught…

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: A heart-lifting, heartbreaking story by Michael Morpurgo, the second-biggest children's author in the UK. In the Imperial War Museum is a wooden Dachshund, carved by a German prisoner of war for the children of the British family with which he stayed after the fighting ended. This is the story of how it got there...

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: The incredible new novel from internationally bestselling author of The Alchemist. After lying undiscovered for over 700 years, a manuscript holding the answers to a city's final questions is unearthed from a cave in Cairo. Centuries before, on the eve of the invasion of Accra, the citizens gathered. A man stood before them and invited the people share their fears that he might offer hope and…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 166 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 622) Аннотация: A miracle of still-plentiful hair, raw sex-appeal, and strutting talent. The frontman of one of the most influential and controversial groups of all time. A musical genius with a career spanning over four decades. He is a testament to British glamour, the ultimate architect and demi-god of rock. Bestselling biographer Philip Norman offers an unparalleled account of the life of a living legend,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: The stunning and magical new novel from the Number One bestselling author Lying on Lucy Silchester's carpet one day when she returns from work is a gold envelope. Inside is an invitation — to a meeting with Life. Her life. It turns out she's been ignoring it and it needs to meet with her face to face. It sounds peculiar, but Lucy's read about this in a magazine. Anyway, she can't make the date:…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: «Amidst a sea of insta-books, «Michael» will be the deepest, most authoritative, and most collectable book on the life and music of Michael Jackson. Including Rolling Stone's unparalleled, in-depth reporting on Jackson that spans almost three decades, «Michael» features Alan Light's interview with Quincy Jones on the making of «Thriller», Gerri Hirshey's one of a kind look into the world of…

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: The charismatic Kat Von D, the star of LA Ink, opens the door to the world of contemporary tattooing, the way only a true insider can. The book will be targeted to the tattoo audience, particularly the younger demographic that actively gets tattoos. It will include Kat's story, what inspires her, information about her show and her shop, her sketches, and her personal tattoos (she's a walking…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: ‘It’s difficult to top Giorgio Locatelli’s last book, the magnificent Made in Italy. But with Made in Sicily, a tome devoted to the food of that magical island, he might just have done it. In fact, it’s possibly the best book on Sicilian food in the English language…A classic from one of the great Italian chefs.’ Tom Parker-Bowles, Mail on Sunday.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 442 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 284) Аннотация: Cheating is reaching epidemic heights. The world is full of cheaters. We hear about them every day on the news from Washington to Wall Street. We see it all around us and we do it ourselves, whether its the white lie to keep us out of trouble or that extra cookie that breaks our diet. In this book, award-winning and bestselling author Dan Ariely explores why we just cant stop cheating. He…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 181 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 429) Аннотация: In the vein of Jurassic Park, this high concept thriller follows a group of graduate students lured to Hawaii to work for a mysterious biotech company — only to find themselves cast out into the rain forest, with nothing but their scientific expertise and wits to protect them. An instant classic, Micro pits nature against technology in vintage Crichton fashion. Completed by visionary science…