Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: In a small New England town, over half a century ago, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister. Charles Jacobs, along with his beautiful wife, will transform the local church. The men and boys are all a bit in love with Mrs Jacobs; the women and girls feel the same about Reverend Jacobs — including Jamie's mother…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Randall Munroe left NASA in 2005 to start up his hugely popular site XKCD 'a web comic of romance, sarcasm, math and language' which offers a witty take on the world of science and geeks. It's had over a billion page hits to date. A year ago Munroe set up a new section — What If — where he tackles a series of impossible questions: If your cells suddenly lost the power to divide, how long would…
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: This title looks at New Zealand through a variety of themes such as location, landscape and climate, population and health, settlements, family life, religion and beliefs, education and learning, employment and economy, industry and trade, farming and food, transport and communications, leisure and tourism and environment and wildlife. Includes maps, statistics panels and simple graphs and…
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Welcome to the world of infographics! This exciting form of data visualisation uses icons, pictograms and graphics to present information to kids in a whole new way. Marvel at amazing facts about the countries of the world — all visualised in beautifully designed infographics.
Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: It is Christmas Eve, and the Famous Five are very excited about their mountain of presents — even Timmy! But when Timmy barks furiously he is sent outside, leaving a thief free to steal all the presents. Can Timmy still manage to save the day? In addition to the 21 novels in the Famous Five series, Enid Blyton wrote a clutch of short stories based on the characters. These were published in…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 258 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 444) Аннотация: City of love. City of splendour. City of terror. City of dreams. Inspired by the haunting, passionate story of the city of lights, this epic novel weaves a gripping tale of four families across the centuries: from the lies that spawn the noble line of de Cygne to the revolutionary Le Sourds who seek their destruction; from the Blanchards whose bourgeois respectability offers scant protection…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: Jenna Metcalf was with her mother the night she disappeared in tragic and mysterious circumstances, but she remembers nothing. Over ten years have passed, and still Jenna reads and rereads her mother's journals, hoping to find some clue hidden there, in the meticulous recording of her scientific research with elephants. Desperate for answers, Jenna uses all her savings to recruit the aid of a…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: A powerful and important book for fans of Mark Haddon, THE SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK and Jay Asher. How would you spend your birthday if you knew it would be your last? Eighteen-year-old Leonard Peacock knows exactly what he'll do. He'll say goodbye. Not to his mum — who he calls Linda because it annoys her — who's moved out and left him to fend for himself. Nor to his former best friend, whose…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 931 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 576) Аннотация: The ultimate duo — Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase — return in their ninth action-packed adventure. Secrets from the past emerge to threaten archaeologist Nina Wilde and her husband, former SAS soldier Eddie Chase, when a Viking runestone is stolen by a murderous gang of raiders. The stone holds the key to an ancient evil concealed in one of Norse mythology's holiest places: Valhalla. Travelling to…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Fear me, o miserable worm! I, the Great Dirk, take up my pen once more to record the utter misery that is SCHOOL. My sworn enemy, Hasdruban the White, has infiltrated Whiteshields School and seeks vengeance on me. Naturally, I will triumph. But it is the Dirkest Hour indeed... BUY THIS BOOK OR SUFFER ONE OF THE FOLLOWING: — Being struck with a Blast of Ravening Flame; — Banishment to the Slave…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Norm knew it was going to be one of those days when he woke up and found himself in 18th century France... If only he hadn't fallen asleep in History! And if only he'd done his punishment exercise! And if only he could go biking instead of playing stupid football! Except Norm can't go biking. Why not? BECAUSE HIS BIKE'S BEEN STOLEN, THAT'S WHY! Nightmare? It's worse than that... IT'S AN…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Norm knew it was going to be one of those days when he was woken by the sound of an elephant breaking wind in the next room... Not the best start to a day, but it's about to get a whole lot worse. As if a trip to see his perfect cousins isn't bad enough, they've only gone and got the brand new Call Of Mortal Battle! Not that Norm could play anyway what with being banned off Xbox due to a curious…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: A gripping, thought-provoking and intriguing novel about murder, death row and how a life can change in a heartbeat. An irresistible read for those who loved WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN. At just twenty-five, Noa P. Singleton was confined to death row for the murder of Sarah Dixon. For nearly ten years she has languished there, and in six months she will be executed. It's a fate she has long…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: David Suchet shares his many memories of creating this iconic television series and reflects on what the detective has meant to him over the yearsIn the summer of 2013 David Suchet filmed his final scenes as Hercule Poirot. After 24 years in the role, he played the character in every story that Agatha Christie wrote about him (bar one, deemed unfilmable) and he bid adieu to a role and a character…
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: The first HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON book ever, and the inspiration for Cressida Cowell's best-selling fiction books that is now a Dreamworks feature film. So begins Cressida Cowell's stories about a little Viking who cannot fit in. Unlike his dad, Stoick the Vast, Hiccup is tiny, thoughtful and polite and scared of almost everything — especially of going to sea for the very first time. But go he…
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Celebrating 25 years of Katie with a beautiful new cover look! When Katie and her brother, Jack, visit London with Grandma, at first it seems it's full of big buses, big buildings and bigger crowds. When they stop off at Trafalgar Square, something quite unusual happens they meet a talking stone lion! The lion takes them on a wonderful tour of the city taking in such sights as The Tower of…
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Ten little pirates sailing out to sea, Looking for adventure, happy as can be. Are they hunting treasure? Are they going far? Ten little pirates all say, 'Arrrrrr!' Ten little pirates set out to sea in search of adventure. But what will the ten little pirates do when they meet a hurricane... and a giant squid... and a HUNGRY SHARK? This fun-filled rhyming story, which incorporates counting…
Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: When the Seven visit the haunted house on Hallows Hill they discover it is not as empty as legend has it! Some thieves are angry that their hiding place has been discovered, and lock the gang in the larder until they can dispose of the stolen goods. How will the Secret Seven ever escape? And are those the wails of the ghost dog they can hear? In addition to the 15 novels in the Secret Seven…
Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: The Famous Five — Julian, Dick, George, Anne and Timmy — have been delighting readers for over 70 years. After the Five see a boy being kidnapped at the beach, they set out to find him. But where have the kidnappers hidden the boy? Will Timmy lead them to the answer?
Скачать книгу (размер 3 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 592) Аннотация: In this completely revised and updated edition of international bestseller WATCHING THE ENGLISH, anthropologist Kate Fox takes a revealing look at the quirks, habits and foibles of the English people. Now with new survey data to add weight to her original fieldwork findings, and more extensive field-research and experiments to back up earlier observations, Kate Fox has deciphered yet more…