Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: It is a time of revolts and revolutions, conflict and intrigue. New Crobuzon is being ripped apart from without and within. War with the shadowy city-state of Tesh and rioting on the streets at home are pushing the teeming metropolis to the brink. In the midst of this turmoil, a mysterious masked figure spurs strange rebellion, while treachery and violence incubate in unexpected places. In…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: «This is the true story of a 24-hour period on Everest, when members of three separate expeditions were caught in a storm and faced a battle against hurricane-force winds, exposure, and the effects of altitude, which ended the worst single-season death toll in the peak's history. In March 1996, «Outside» magazine sent veteran journalist and seasoned climber Jon Krakauer on an expedition led by…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Having written enthralling biographies of London and of its great river, the Thames, Peter Ackroyd now turns to England itself. This first volume of six takes us from the time that England was first settled, more than 15,000 years ago, to the death in 1509 of the first Tudor monarch, Henry VII. In it, Ackroyd takes us from Neolithic England, which we can only see in the most tantalising glimpses…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. She was a poor Southern tobacco farmer whose cancer cells — taken without her knowledge — became one of the most important tools in medicine. The first 'immortal' human tissue grown in culture, HeLa cells were vital for developing the polio vaccine; uncovered secrets of cancer, viruses, and the effects of the atom bomb; helped lead to…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 472 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 290) Аннотация: Heddy Partridge was never my friend. I have to start with that. Heddy Partridge was never my friend because I was pretty, popular, clever and blonde and my friends were pretty, popular, clever and generally blonde, too. Heddy Partridge was none of these things. Laura Hamley is the woman who has everything: a loving and successful husband, two beautiful children, an expensive home and a set of…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 630 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 517) Аннотация: Oliver Stone and the Camel Club are back in their most dangerous adventure yet — a war on two fronts. Casino king Jerry Bagger from The Collectors is hunting Annabelle Conroy, the beautiful woman who conned him out of millions. Stone and his colleagues Reuben, Milton, and Caleb marshal all their resources to protect Annabelle. Yet all their skills may not be enough when a deadly new opponent rips…
Скачать книгу (размер 4 400 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 864) Аннотация: «This is a huge novel that follows five families through the world-shaking dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for votes for women. It is 1911. The Coronation Day of King George V. The Williams, a Welsh coal-mining family, is linked by romance and enmity to the Fitzherberts, aristocratic coal-mine owners. Lady Maud Fitzherbert falls in love with Walter von…
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Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: «After a ten-year absence, the return of one of the most enduring series characters in modern SF James Bolivar «Slippery Jim» DiGriz, Special Corps agent, master con man, interstellar criminal (retired), is living high on the hog on the planet of Moolaplenty when a long-lost cousin and a shipful of swine arrive to drain his bank account and send him and his lovely wife, Angelina, wandering the…
Скачать книгу (размер 4 481 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 880) Аннотация: «This is a collection of three volumes of Jeffrey Archer's masterful short stories. This edition of short stories, bringing together the short stories from three collections by Jeffrey Archer, showcases the master storyteller's skill like never before. Every reader will have their own favourites: the choices run from love at first sight across the train tracks to the cleverest of confidence…
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Freddie found a fairy, tangled in a tree. Freddie is desperate for a pet, so when he rescues Bessie-Belle and she offers to grant his wishes he knows just what to ask for. The only problem is that Bessie-Belle can't hear very well, and Freddie tends to mumble. Whatever can they do? Luckily the Fairy Queen is on hand to explain... A delightful tale full of Julia Donaldson's trademark rhyme and…
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Скачать книгу (размер 519 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 103) Аннотация: ‘It was the first murder case I ever investigated on my own’. Wexford said angrily. ‘There’s no mystery. Herbert Arthur Painter killed his ninety-year-old employer by hitting her over the head with an axe. He did it for two hundred pounds.’ Chief Inspector Wexford was sure that the murder of an old lady had been carried out by her employee, Herbert Painter, and the courts agreed with him. But…
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