Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Nancy's class is going on a trip to the museum, and Nancy wants to be extra fancy for the occasion. After a bumpy bus ride, she doesn't feel very well. Luckily for Nancy, her teacher, Ms. Glass, has a few fancy tricks of her own. Nothing can keep Nancy from making this trip magnifique! (That's a fancy French word for great!)
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: The Frankenstein story is updated to the 21st century by the great American storyteller Dean Koontz. Now someone new is playing god. Frankenstein lives! And so too does his monstrous creation but this creature of legend is a monster no more, except in appearance. The scars he bears from his maker's wrath have been disguised with tattooes, but he has only half a face. His name is Deucalion.…
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Join the movement Combining the core elements of running, jumping, and climbing with the discipline of the martial artist, the grace of the gymnast, and the virtuosity of the skateboarder, parkour — or freerunning — is more than simply an elegant noncompetitive sport. It's an art form, a philosophy promoting fitness, imagination, community spirit, and ethical, healthy living. The Parkour and…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 404) Аннотация: Charmain Baker is in over her head. Looking after Great-Uncle William's tiny cottage while he's ill should have been easy. But Great-Uncle William is better known as the Royal Wizard Norland, and his house bends space and time. Its single door leads to any number of places — the bedrooms, the kitchen, the caves under the mountains, the past, and the Royal Mansion, to name just a few. By opening…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 666 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 328) Аннотация: A chaotically magical sequel to Howl's Moving Castle. Charmain Baker is in over her head. Looking after Great Uncle William's tiny cottage while he's ill should have been easy, but Great Uncle William is better known as the Royal Wizard Norland an his house bends space and time. Its single door leads to any number of places — the bedrooms, the kitchen, the caves under the mountains, the past, to…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: The Faith is the bible of graffiti. It forever captures the place, the time, and the writings of those of us who made it happen. In 1973, author Norman Mailer teamed with photographer Jon Naar to produce The Faith of Graffiti, a fearless exploration of the birth of the street art movement in New York City. The book coupled Mailer's essay on the origins and importance of graffiti in modern urban…
Скачать книгу (размер 116 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 24) Аннотация: Super Cheers! This delightful Christmas story with two punch-out ornaments and foil stickers to decorate them will make the holidays Super Cheerful! Mickey and his friends are all ready for a Christmas Eve sleepover at the Clubhouse. They've written their lists and can't wait for Santa Claus to arrive. But there's a big problem at the North Pole and Santa won't be coming unless he gets some help.…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: From the author of The Court of the Air and The Kingdom Beyond the Waves comes a thrilling new adventure set in the same Victorian-style world. Perfect for fans of Philip Pullman and Susanna Clarke. Born into captivity as a product of the Royal Breeding House, friendless orphan Purity Drake suddenly finds herself on the run with a foreign vagrant after accidentally killing one of her guards. Her…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: A gripping and unnerving story of a family's secrets and lies, from the bestselling author of 'Notes from an Exhibition'. Julian as a small boy is taken on the perfect Cornish holiday. When glamorous American cousins unexpectedly swell the party, however, emotions run high and events spiral out of control. Though he has been brought up in the forbidding shadow of the prison his father runs,…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: The superb new psychological thriller from 'Queen of Crime' Val McDermid fuses her trademark plot twists and characterization with one of the most important events in recent UK history — the 1984 Miners' Strike. Twenty-five years ago, the daughter of Scotland's richest man and her baby son were kidnapped and held to ransom. But Catriona Grant ended up dead and little Adam's fate is still unknown.…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 253 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 247) Аннотация: Una novela sobre la sorprendente historia de Brida O'Fern, una de las mas jovenes maestras en la Tradicion de las Hechiceras, donde la magia habla todas las lenguas del corazon del hombre Esta es la historia de Brida, una nina irlandesa, y su sed de conocimiento. Siempre se ha interesado en diversos aspectos de la magia, pero ahora esta en busca de algo mas. Su busqueda la lleva a conocer gente…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 391 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 274) Аннотация: Now that Michael has broken things off, Mia can barely get out of bed, and her parents are making her see a therapist. Just when things can't get any worse, Mia uncovers an old family secret that could change the fate of the Renaldos forever.
Скачать книгу (размер 208 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 42) Аннотация: «One was Johnny — but that's not all, count the others who come to call». When unwelcome visitors come to calkl, our young hero counts to ten — and back again — to get rid of them all.»
Скачать книгу (размер 2 931 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 576) Аннотация: A wide-ranging and eclectic collection of short stories on the theme of love in its various forms: romantic, erotic, impossible, undying and exhausted. No other aspect of the human experience regularly inspires such an outpouring of poetry, prose and philosophy as love. From passionate declarations to clinical analysis, writers of every age have been fascinated, tormented and inspired by love.…
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: A gentle and deeply moving story of a young girl and her bear, told with great charm by a master storyteller. High in the mountains, in a tiny village, an abandoned bear cub is adopted by a lonely orphan child. Soon they are inseparable, beloved by the whole village — safe, until the arrival of a glamorous film crew who need a dancing bear!
Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: Available for the first time in one volume, this is the definitive collection of Tolkien's five acclaimed modern classic 'fairie' tales in the vein of 'The Hobbit'. The five tales are written with the same skill, quality and charm that made The Hobbit a classic. Largely overlooked because of their short lengths, they are finally together in a volume which reaffirms Tolkien's place as a master…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: A brilliant memoir from the celebrated Chilean novelist on friends, family and life in California, her adopted home. Isabel Allende has sold more than 50 million copies of her books worldwide. The most beloved and successful of her books, 'The House of the Spirits', was based on her Chilean childhood, and her autobiographical works include the deeply moving 'Paula' — a family history written at…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: Matthew Hawkwood, ex-soldier turned Bow Street Runner, goes undercover to hunt down smugglers and traitors at the height of the Napoleonic Wars in this thrilling follow-up to Ratcatcher. For a French prisoner of war, there is only one fate worse than the gallows: the hulks. Former man-o'-wars, now converted to prison ships, their fearsome reputation guarantees a sentence served in the most…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Jack Higgins, master of the modern thriller, teams up with Justi Richards, bestselling author of Dr Who, to deliver a pulse-pounding new instalment in the adventures of the teenage Chance twins! This third gripping novel about the adventures of teenage twins Rich and Jade Chance takes the action and adventure to a new calibre — then pulls the trigger! With their secret agent dad in trouble, Jade…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: 'Last December, a woman entered my apartment who looked exactly like my wife...' Dr Leo Liebenstein is convinced that his wife has disappeared and that she has been replaced by a double. While everyone else may be fooled, Leo knows she cannot be his real wife, and sets off on a quixotic journey to reclaim his lost love. With the help of his psychiatric patient Harvey — who believes himself to be…