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Cowell Cressida: How to Seize a Dragon's Jewel

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: The story continues in the tenth volume of Hiccup's How to Train Your Dragon memoirs. When we last left Hiccup things were getting very dark indeed. The Dragon Rebellion has begun. Snotlout is the new Chief of the Hooligan Tribe. Stoick has been banished and given the Slavemark. And Alvin the Treacherous has EIGHT of the King's Lost Things, and has been proclaimed the new King of the…

Kimmel Elizabeth Cody: Paranorman

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: In a quaint New England town with a history of witches and pilgrims, misunderstood 11-year-old Norman Babcock can see and talk to ghosts. No one believes him, of course — everyone just thinks he's weird (including his parents). But when a folktale of a witch who cursed her accusers turns out to be true, it's up to Norman to save the town from pilgrim zombies! In addition to the zombies, he'll…

Ray Jane: The Twelve Days of Christmas

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: With a sprinkling of festive, illustrative magic, Jane Ray has created a timeless version of this traditional Christmas verse. The exquisite artwork captures the very essence of the festive season, making this a book bound to be cherished and read year after year. Jane Ray fans and collectors will be eagerly anticipating this latest book from the incredibly talented artist.

King Stephen: Skeleton Crew

Скачать книгу (размер 3 992 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 784) Аннотация: Hold tight. We are going into a number of dark places, but I think I know the way. Just don't let go of my arm... Unrivalled master of suspense Stephen King takes the unsuspecting reader on a fantastic journey through the dark shadows of our innermost fears. Do the dead sing? In this bumper collection of chilling tales, which includes the brilliant story adapted into the acclaimed movie The Mist,…

King Stephen: Nightmares and Dreamscapes

Скачать книгу (размер 5 053 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 992) Аннотация: The Stephen King Amusement Park — an unnerving experience, with rides every which way to hell... and a few to glory. A solitary finger pokes out of a drain. Novelty teeth turn predatory. The Nevada desert swallows a Cadillac. Meanwhile, the legend of Castle Rock returns... and grows on you. What does it all mean? What else could it mean? Stephen King is here with a powerful collection of stories…

Carpenter Catrine: Get Started in Beginner's French (+ Audio CD)

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Do you want to... learn to communicate for yourself? Understand how French works? Review and measure your own progress? Then you need to Get Started in French. Speaking another language is the key to a fuller, more interesting life. We've all dreamed of travelling abroad and communicating with confidence. Who wants to be the tongue-tied visitor when you could be making friends and having new…

King Stephen: The Bachman Books

Скачать книгу (размер 5 053 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 992) Аннотация: For years, readers wrote asking if Richard Bachman was really world-bestselling Stephen King writing under another name. Now the secret is out — and so, brought together in one volume, are these three spellbinding stories of future shock and suspense. The Long Walk: A chilling look at the ultra-conservative America of the future where a gruelling 450-mile marathon is the ultimate sports…

Hart John: Iron House

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: Iron House is the remarkable story of two orphaned brothers separated by violence at a tender age. When a boy is savagely killed in their brutal orphanage, one brother runs and takes the blame with him, eventually finding his way to New York and into the heart of organized crime. Two decades later — a seasoned killer — he returns to North Carolina with a sentence on his head, the mob in hot…

King Stephen: The Regulators

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Wentworth, Ohio: a small friendly town where the Carver children bicker over sweets in the E-Z shop and writer Johnny Marinville is the only resident who minds his own business. On Poplar Street, apart from the impending storm, it's just a normal summer's day — with Frisbees flying, lawn mowers humming and barbeques grilling. As the paperboy makes his round, he is unaware of the chrome red van…

Bachman Richard: The Running Man

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: It's not just a game when you're running for your life. Every night they tuned in to the nation's favourite prime-time TV game show. They all watched, from the sprawling slums to the security-obsessed enclaves of the rich. They all watched the ultimate live death game as the contestants tried to bet not the clock, but annihhilation at the hands of the Hunters. Survive thirty days and win the…

Bachman Richard: Thinner

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: 'Thinner' — the old gypsy man barely whispers the word. Billy feels the touch of a withered hand on his cheek.Billy Halleck, prosperous if overweight citizen, happily married, shuddered then turned angrily away. The old woman's death had been none of his fault. The courts had cleared him. She'd just stumbled in front of his car. Now he simply wanted to forget the whole messy business. Later, when…

King Stephen: The Talisman

Скачать книгу (размер 5 053 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 992) Аннотация: Jack Sawyer was twelve years old and tall for his age... His mother was moving him through the world, twitching him from place to place; but what moved his mother? His mother was running, running. When Jack Sawyer meets a man called Speedy Parker, it is the beginning of a terrifying trip across America. For Jack must find the Talisman, the only thing that can save his dying mother. His quest…

King Stephen: On Writing

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Not since Dickens has a writer had so many readers by the throat... King's imagination is vast. He knows how to engage the deepest sympathies of his readers... It is part biography, part collection of tips for the aspiring writer. In the final chapters, King tells, in graphic details, the story of his recent accident... a bizarre and absorbing story, told brillinatly by one of the great…

King Stephen: Danse Macabre

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: It was not long after Halloween when Stephen King received a telephone call from his editor. Why don't you do a book about the entire horror phenomenon as you see it? Books, movies, radio, TV, the whole thing? The result is this unique combination of fantasy and autobiography, of classic horror writing honed to an unforgettable edge by the bestselling master of the genre. DANSE MACABRE ranges…

Bachman Richard: Blaze

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: He's got a plan. But he hasn't got a clue. Clayton Blaisdell's capers are strictly small-time until he meets George Rackley. With Blaze's brawn and George's brains, the pull of a hundred successful cons. Then George plans the one big score every small time dreams of: kidnapping the infant heir to a family fortune. The trouble is that by the time the deal goes down, the brains of the operation has…

Sadie Matthews: Secrets After Dark 2

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: SECRETS AFTER DARK will take you one step closer to the bittersweet edge of passion: the perfect read for fans of Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James, Sylvia Day and Nikki Gemmell.

Bowen James: A Street Cat Named Bob

Скачать книгу (размер 1 416 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 279) Аннотация: When James Bowen found an injured, ginger street cat curled up in the hallway of his sheltered accommodation, he had no idea just how much his life was about to change. James was living hand to mouth on the streets of London and the last thing he needed was a pet. Yet James couldn't resist helping the strikingly intelligent tom cat, whom he quickly christened Bob. He slowly nursed Bob back to…

Adams Julia: United Kingdom

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Each title looks at each country 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…

Smith L.J.: Destiny Rising

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Elena Gilbert has never been an ordinary teenager. After falling in love with the irresistible vampires Stefan and Damon Salvatore, she became a vampire, died, returned from the dead, and journeyed to hell and back to save Stefan. Now in college, Elena faces a terrifying new danger and discovers her destiny.

Smith L.J.: The Asylum

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Trust has never come easily to Stefan and Damon, but now that Samuel — a vampire from Katherine's past bent on revenge — is determined to ruin their lives, the Salvatores must join forces to defeat their foe. Samuel has already ruined Stefan's chances at a normal life, and now he's framing Damon for the Jack the Ripper murders, too. With the help of Cora, a human girl, Stefan and Damon track…