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Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: 'The world will witness my despair...' In the heart of Beijing's business district, a man throws himself off the top of a building. Tied to an advertising hoarding on the roof, he leaves behind his dead and frozen child. Having earlier rejected the man's plea for help, Beijing private investigator Song has enough to deal with — Song's own father-in-law, soon to be tried on corruption charges, is…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 300) Аннотация: In 1509, in the kingdom of the Burren, people lived according to the ancient customs and Brehon laws of their ancestors. The Michaelmas Fair: a time for trade and celebration. A chance for the people of the Burren to gather, buy and sell their wares and give tribute to the lord of their clans. When the steward of the MacNamara clan demands more, tempers run high. Then the steward's body is found…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: When Chelsea Duke took a year out to travel round the world alone, she had no idea what she was letting herself in for. Never having described herself as the outdoorsy type or having stayed in a hostel before, life on the backpacker trail held some rather unpleasant surprises. But by the end of the year she had amassed a range of survival techniques to rival Ray Mears, all of which she is…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Offers an insight into the human story behind the money in our pockets, and reminds us that making a living is about exactly that — living. This title helps to discover the dark arts of haggling from the carpet merchants of Marrakech and learn what the ancient camel markets of Sudan can teach us about the current banking crisis.
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Скачать книгу (размер 1 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 200) Аннотация: This title celebrates the thirty years of comic genius of Douglas Adams. There is a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. It's not an easy thing to do and Arthur Dent thinks he's the only human who's been able to master this nifty little trick — until he meets Fenchurch, the girl of his dreams. Fenchurch knows how the world could be made a good…
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Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: An astonishingly inventive, wonderfully exuberant novel that takes us from the shimmering dunes of ancient Egypt to the war-torn streets of twenty-first-century Lebanon. In 2003, Osama al-Kharrat returns to Beirut after many years in America to stand vigil at his father’s deathbed. The city is a shell of the Beirut Osama remembers, but he and his friends and family take solace in the things that…
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Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: This is the revised and updated second edition of this popular and radical view of organizational politics. It presents a radical view of organizational politics — shows how they can be a positive force and enhance company performance. Politics are an integral part of corporate life but as yet little has been written on the subject. The authors are established experts in this field and have…