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Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Are standards of English alright — or should that be all right? To knowingly split an infinitive or not to? And what about ending a sentence with preposition, or for that matter beginning one with 'and'? We learn language by instinct, but good English, the pedants tell us, requires rules. Yet, as Oliver Kamm demonstrates, many of the purists' prohibitions are bogus and can be cheerfully…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: When David Harwood is asked to look in on his cousin Marla, who is still traumatised after losing her baby, he thinks it will be some temporary relief from his dead-end life. But when he arrives, he's disturbed to find blood on Marla's front door. He's even more disturbed to find Marla looking after a baby, a baby she claims was delivered to her by an angel. Soon after, a woman's body is…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 257 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 640) Аннотация: History's greatest love story, Catherine the Great and Potemkin is a sweeping epic of sex, love, power, conquest and extravagance on a magnificent Russian scale. Not only was only was their romance wildly passionate but they were also probably the most successful political partnership of all, outstripping Antony and Cleopatra or Napoleon and Josephine. Their secret letters, which discuss other…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: Six months ago, Harry Bosch left the LAPD before they could fire him, and then hired maverick Defence Attorney Mickey Haller to sue the department for forcing him out. Although it wasn't the way he wanted to go, Harry has to admit that being out of the game has its benefits. Until Mickey asks him to help him on one of his cases, and suddenly Harry is back where he belongs, right in the centre of…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 992 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 784) Аннотация: The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surface. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world's greatest empire? And how did they lose it all? This is the intimate story of twenty tsars and tsarinas, some touched by genius, some by madness, but all inspired by holy autocracy and imperial ambition. Montefiore's gripping…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 484) Аннотация: A student has gone missing in Edinburgh. She's not just any student, though, but the daughter of well-to-do and influential bankers. There's almost nothing to go on until DI John Rebus gets an unmistakable gut feeling that there's more to this than just another runaway spaced out on unaccustomed freedom. Two leads emerge: a carved wooden doll in a toy coffin, found in the student's home village,…

Скачать книгу (размер 6 603 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1296) Аннотация: It is June 1778, and the world seems to be turning upside-down. The British Army is withdrawing from Philadelphia, with George Washington in pursuit, and for the first time, it looks as if the rebels might actually win. But for Claire Fraser and her family, there are even more tumultuous revolutions that have to be accommodated. Her former husband, Jamie, has returned from the dead, demanding to…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: Maggie is married with two grown children. Her twenty-five year-old marriage to Phil has lost its sparkle. Carol is widowed. She understands life is short so she lives it to the full. But is her new romance all that it seems? The two women meet in the beauty salon having their nails painted. Choosing the same colour to please their men leads them to discover the truth! When Maggie and Carol…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: In the fifth of his bestselling series Ben Aaronovitch takes Peter Grant out of whatever comfort zone he might have found and takes him out of London — to a small village in Herefordshire where the local police are reluctant to admit that there might be a supernatural element to the disappearance of some local children. But while you can take the London copper out of London you can't take the…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 829 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 752) Аннотация: July 1209: in Carcassonne a seventeen-year-old girl is given a mysterious book by her father which he claims contains the secret of the true Grail. Although Alais cannot understand the strange words and symbols hidden within, she knows that her destiny lies in keeping the secret of the labyrinth safe... July 2005: Alice Tanner discovers two skeletons in a forgotten cave in the French Pyrenees.…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: What would you do to protect your daughter ...? From the million-copy bestselling author of NO TIME FOR GOODBYE. Seven years ago, Terry Archer and his family experienced a horrific ordeal which nearly cost them their lives. Today, the echoes of that fateful night are still audible. Terry's wife, Cynthia, is living separate from her husband and daughter after her own personal demons threatened to…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: Ashcombe was the most beautiful house Saskia had ever seen as a little girl. A rambling pink cottage on the edge of the Suffolk village of Melbury Green, its enchanting garden provided a fairy-tale playground of seclusion, a perfect sanctuary to hide from the tragedy which shattered her childhood. Now an adult, Saskia is still living at Ashcombe and as a book restorer devotes her days tending to…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: James Bond is back w here he belongs. Anthony Horow itz's new novel is a thrilling tour de force, sure to delight fans of the original 007 novels and new readers alike. It also features previously unseen material w ritten by Bond's creator, Ian Fleming. The story begins in the lethal w orld of Grand Prix and an attempt by the Russians to sabotage a race at Nurburgring, the most dangerous track in…

Скачать книгу (размер 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 40) Аннотация: Comic, colourful and succinct, with short text, lots of pictures and jokey captions, this is a brilliant introduction to the story of Ireland. From its pictorial endpaper maps to the panels of 'Irish Icons' ranging from Brian Boru to the Abbey Theatre, it is packed with useful and fascinating information. A story that is often complicated and turbulent is told with sensitivity and clarity, from…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Belle and Boo are getting ready for Christmas, and they want you to join in with all the festive fun! There's so much to see and do in this delightful sticker and activity book. Decorate the Christmas tree, build a snowman, dress Belle and Boo is cosy winter clothes, and much, much more! With games, puzzles, dress-up figures, colouring and over 200 pretty stickers, this fabulously festive book…

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: New boutique hardback edition of the definitive version of The Night Before Christmas classic poem with a beautiful foiled cover and unbelievable illustrations from Angela Barrett, winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal. The perfect Christmas gift or stocking-filler. All the excitement and anticipation of Christmas Eve is captured in this magical version of this popular festive verse. Her detailed…

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Discover the magic of London at Christmas time with classic picture book character, Katie. When Katie and Jack are woken up late on Christmas Eve by a loud sneeze, little do they realise that they are about to embark on the most amazing evening! Soon they are flying high across London, over snow-dusted landmarks, through the star-scattered sky with the one and only Father Christmas, in his…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: In the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit, not many murder victims die almost a decade after the crime. So when a man succumbs to complications from being shot by a stray bullet nine years earlier, Bosch catches a case in which the body is still fresh, but any other evidence is virtually nonexistent. Now Bosch and his new partner, rookie Detective Lucia Soto, are tasked with solving what turns out to be a…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: They told David it was impossible — that even the Reckoners had never killed a High Epic. Yet, Steelheart — invincible, immortal, unconquerable — is dead. And he died by David's hand. Eliminating Steelheart was supposed to make life more simple. Instead, it only made David realize he has questions. Big ones. And there's no one in Newcago who can give him the answers he needs. Babylon Restored,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Anton is an undercover operative from future Earth, who travels to an alien world whose culture has not progressed beyond the Middle Ages. Although in possession of far more advanced knowledge than the society around him, he is forbidden to interfere with the natural progress of history. His place is to observe rather than interfere — but can he remain aloof in the face of so much cruelty and…