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Andrew Gross: The Blue Zone

Скачать книгу (размер 1 993 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 392) Аннотация: From the number one New York Times bestselling coauthor of Judge & Jury and Lifeguard comes this electrifying solo debut, The Blue Zone, Kate Raab's life seems almost perfect: her boyfriend, her job, her family... until her father runs into trouble with the law. His only recourse is to testify against his former accomplices in exchange for his family's placement in the Witness Protection Program.…

Timothy White: Hollywood Pinups

Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: In the 1980s, to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the original Varga Girl's first appearance in Esquire, the magazine commissioned Timothy White to create a contemporary version of the perennially popular pinup. Simultaneously paying homage to Vargas yet completely reinventing the form, White created a series of pin-up portraits of the hottest actresses and models at the time. White's…

Francesco Poli: Post-modern Art 1945-2008

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Richly illustrated and clearly focused, Post-Modern Art surveys American and European art, 1945-2008. It discusses the major art movements and features all the great painters who changed the landscape of art history, including Pollock, Rauschenberg, Warhol, De Koons, Haring and others. The volume contains an overview of other artistic disciplines — sculpture, architecture, design, cinema, and…

Graphis Design: Graphis Annual Reports 2007-2008

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: The best annual reports express a company's accomplishments and goals with compelling design solutions. Annual Reports 2007-2008 showcases the finest in corporate communication with spreads and covers from award-winning reports selected by a distinguished international jury. This year's judging panel includes B. Martin Pedersen, Deanna Kuhlmann, Joyce Nesnadny and other highly respected design…

Haggai Carmon: The Red Syndrome

Скачать книгу (размер 1 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 372) Аннотация: While working on a routine case of money laundering by the Russian mob, Dan Gordon discovers a plot by Islamic terrorists to unleash a devastating bio-weapon on the world.

Geraldine Brooks: Year of Wonders

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of 'March' and 'People of the Book'. A young woman's struggle to save her family and her soul during the extraordinary year of 1666, when plague suddenly struck a small Derbyshire village. In 1666, plague swept through London, driving the King and his court to Oxford, and Samuel Pepys to Greenwich, in an attempt to escape contagion. The north of England…

Tish Rabe: There's No Place Like Space!

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: «I'm the Cat in the Hat, and we're off to have fun. We'll visit the planets, the stars and the sun!» And so Dr. Seuss' famous Cat in the Hat whisks young readers off on a fun-filled tour of the solar system. This title and others form part of a series of books that takes an off-beat look at nature and natural sciences through a fun combination of Seussian rhymes and zany illustrations. Aimed at…

Lois Lowry: The Giver

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: t's a perfect world, where everything looks right. But ugly truths lie beneath the surface! It is the future. There is no war, no hunger, no pain. No one in The Community wants for anything. Everyone is provided for. Each Family Unit is entitled to one female and male child. Each member of The Community has their profession carefully chosen for them by the Committee of Elders, and they never make…

Susan Amerikaner: Clubhouse Christmas

Скачать книгу (размер 55 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 12) Аннотация: Ho, Ho, Ho Merry Christmas Join Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald, Daisy, and Pluto as they deck the halls in preparation for their favorite holiday. The Clubhouse pals and Toodles need to make sure that each tree is trimmed, each sprig of mistletoe is hung, each twinkling light is just right before the big day arrives. With this new Clubhouse-shaped novelty format, preschoolers will have great fun…

Frank Delaney: Ireland

Скачать книгу (размер 2 844 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 559) Аннотация: In the winter of 1951, a storyteller, the last practitioner of an honored, centuries-old tradition, arrives at the home of nine-year-old Ronan O'Mara in the Irish countryside. For three wonderful evenings, the old gentleman enthralls his assembled local audience with narratives of foolish kings, fabled saints, and Ireland's enduring accomplishments before moving on. But these nights change young…

Agatha Christie: Problem at Pollensa Bay

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: A collectionof short stories featuring some of Agatha Christie's best-loved detectives — Hercule Poirot, Parker Pyne, Mr Satterthwaite and Harley Quin! All great crime writers have their favourite creations. Similarly, every great sleuth has his, or her, own preferred method of deduction. Take the charming Parker Pyne, who relies upon an intuitive knowledge of human nature to solve the Problem at…

Agatha Christie: Poirot's Early Cases

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Captain Hastings recounts 18 of Poirot's early cases from the days before he was famous... Hercule Poirot delighted in telling people that he was probably the best detective in the world. So turning back the clock to trace eighteen of the cases which helped establish his professional reputation was always going to be a fascinating experience. With his career still in its formative years, the…

Agatha Christie: Cards on the Table

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: A flamboyant party host is murdered in full view of a roomful of bridge players! Mr Shaitana was famous as a flamboyant party host. Nevertheless, he was a man of whom everybody was a little afraid. So, when he boasted to Poirot that he considered murder an art form, the detective had some reservations about accepting a party invitation to view Shaitana's private collection. Indeed, what began as…

Sheila Sweeny Higginson: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Minnie's Rainbow

Скачать книгу (размер 116 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 24) Аннотация: Meeska, Mooska, Mickey Mouse! Welcome to the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse! Join Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy, Goofy and Pluto in stories that teach valuable lessons about letters, numbers, shapes, decision-making, and friendship. Kids love rainbows! In this colorful tale, Minnie Mouse simply explains how these beautiful apparitions are formed. Soon, she and her Clubhouse pals begin to see a world of…

Patrick Gale: Notes from an Exhibition

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: The new novel from the bestselling Patrick Gale. Renowned Canadian artist Rachel Kelly — now of Penzance — has buried her past and married a gentle and loving Cornish man. Her life has been a sacrifice to both her extraordinary art and her debilitating manic depression.

Trisha Ashley: A Winter's Tale

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: A charming romantic comedy about a hard-up single mum inheriting a stately home — and a host of headaches — The perfect novel for curling up with during the long winter nights. Sophy Winter is not your typical Lady of the Manor!. When she unexpectedly inherits Winter's End — a crumbling mansion in the beautiful Lancashire countryside — it seems like all Sophy's prayers have been answered. She…

Rachel Gibson: Not Another Bad Date

Скачать книгу (размер 1 916 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 377) Аннотация: What does a gal have to do to get a good date in this town? Adele Harris can't even begin to answer that question. She's had so many lousy dates that she's sure she's cursed. Why else would every man she goes out with suddenly act like he's lost his mind — and his manners? Adele thought life couldn't get any more confusing... until she learns the marriage of her seemingly Miss Perfect sister is…

Paulo Coelho: La Bruja de Portobello

Скачать книгу (размер 1 268 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 250) Аннотация: «La Bruja de Portobello» relata la vida de Athena mediante la gente que la conocia bien o que no la conocia nada. Entre ellos, su madre adoptiva, un periodista, una sacerdotisa, un historiador y una actriz. Cada persona ilustra un aspecto diferente del caracter de Athena, describiendo lo que vieron y experimentaron y tambien compartiendo sus propias impresiones, creencias e inquietudes. Edda,…

Stars 'n' Cars

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Join your favourite roaring new friends in this action-packed new Roary storybook tying in with the new pre-school show! Meet Big Chris, Marsha the Marshall, Flash the Rabbit and all of Roary's new friends — Maxi, Cici, Tintop, Drifter and Plugger in this brilliant new storybook. Big Chris has been invited to appear on a TV karaoke show but the Silver Hatch gang are worried the fame will go to…

Smith Penny: Coming Up Next

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: A darkly comic novel about the fall and rise of a TV presenter. Written by an insider, it's a page-turning account of life on the sofa and in front of the cameras. When Katie Fisher, morning TV presenter, returns from holiday it's to discover that she's literally yesterday's news. Publicly sacked from her job as anchor of Hello Britain! and replaced by a pert young thing, she does what any…