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Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: The Mortal Instruments Companion takes fans deeper into the world of Cassandra Clare's Shadowhunters: evil-hunting warriors living on the edge of society. Covering both The Mortal Instruments series plus steampunk prequels The Infernal Devices, follow modern-day Clary Fray and Victorian Tessa Gray as they are inexplicably pulled into a world of magic, desire, sizzling-hot romance and unspeakable…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Midwinter. A child is found wandering in an ancient woodland, her hands covered in blood. But it is not her own. Unwilling or unable to speak, the only person she seems to trust is the young officer who rescued her, Detective Sergeant Lucy Black. Soon afterwards, DS Black is baffled to find herself suddenly moved from a high-profile case involving a kidnapping of another girl, a prominent…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: On a bright September morning in 1939, two days after Britain has declared war, a group of privileged but desperate people gather in Southampton to board the largest, most luxurious airliner ever built — the Pan American Clipper, bound for New York: an English aristocrat, fleeing with his family and a fortune in jewels; a German scientist, escaping from the Nazis; a murderer under FBI escort; a…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 860 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 562) Аннотация: The Sunday Times Novel of the Year ‘With The Stranger’s Child, an already remarkable talent unfurls into something spectacular’ Sunday Times In the late summer of 1913, George Sawle brings his Cambridge friend Cecil Valance, a charismatic young poet, to visit his family home. Filled with intimacies and confusions, the weekend will link the families for ever, having the most lasting impact on…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 319 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 456) Аннотация: Understanding the modern city and the powerful forces within it is the life's work of Harvard urban economist Edward Glaeser, who at forty is hailed as one of the world's most exciting urban thinkers. Travelling from city to city, speaking to planners and politicians across the world, he uncovers questions large and small whose answers are both counterintuitive and deeply significant. Should New…

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: A pack of full-colour flashcards with all the key vocabulary from Macmillan English Quest 1. Ideal for playing language games in class.

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: A pack of full-colour flashcards with all the key vocabulary from Macmillan English Quest 2. Ideal for playing language games in class.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: When an elderly woman is shot in a tragic accident, Shetland detective Jimmy Perez is called to investigate. The sparse landscape and the emptiness of the sea have bred a fierce and secretive people. As Jimmy looks to the islanders for answers, he finds instead two feuding families whose envy, greed and bitterness have lasted generations. Then there's another death and, as the spring weather…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: For LA producer Larry Brooker, this is the movie that could bring the fortune that has so long eluded him... For rock superstar, Gaia, desperate to be taken seriously as an actor, this is the role that could get her an Oscar nomination For the City of Brighton and Hove, the publicity value of a major Hollywood movie being filmed on location, about the city's greatest love story between King…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Elizabeth’s 1558 coronation procession was met with an extravagant outpouring of love. Only twenty-five years old, the young queen saw herself as their Protestant savior, aiming to provide the nation with new hope, prosperity, and independence from the foreign influence that had plagued her sister Mary’s reign. Given the scars of the Reformation, Elizabeth would need all of the powers of…

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: It's a small world. Tiny figures bustle through the dusty townships of South Africa and alleyways of Shanghai, while miniature Greek riot police, smaller than your thumb, take time to pose for holiday snaps in front of the Acropolis. From the red flagstones of Marrakech to the lowest of low-rise views of Manhattan, all life is here. Little People: The Global Model Village collects together the…

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: There's a commotion in the classroom as Goat and the other animals spend the day at playgroup. The musical instruments and the dressing up box are lots of fun, but oh dear! Goat gets into a muddle or two. Luckily, it's not long before everything is all better.

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Due to the resounding success of the hardcover Moomin comics by Tove Jansson and Lars Jansson, D+Q is reissuing this classic comic in an all-new format. Available in an affordable kid-proof but kid-friendly flexicover, and in full color for the first time, these books are slimmer versions of the hardcovers, with one story in each volume while previous editions collected four. A crate filled with…

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Due to the resounding success of the hardcover Moomin comics by Tove Jansson and Lars Jansson, D+Q is reissuing this classic comic in an all-new format. Available in an affordable kid-proof but kid-friendly flexicover, and in full color for the first time, these books are slimmer versions of the hardcovers, with one story in each volume while previous editions collected four. Moomin wakes up one…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 094 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 608) Аннотация: John and Naomi Klaesson are grieving the death of their four-year-old son from a rare genetic disorder. They desperately want another child, but when they find out they are both carriers of a rogue gene, they realize the odds of their next child contracting the disease are high. Then they hear about geneticist Doctor Leo Dettore. He has methods that can spare them the heartache of ever losing…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: Three very different women work together at Cadbury's Bournville factory, and their lives become entwined by war and work — and a child called David. Edie, the main character, marries young to escape her unhappy family home. Widowed at 19 and, after losing her child from the marriage, she faces the war grieving and lonely. Then one night during the Blitz, an infant mysteriously abandoned during…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Honey leaped round as the music got faster. She put her paws on my shoulders, and we danced! It was the proudest moment of my life. It's showtime! Summer and her adorable puppy, Honey, enter a talent contest as a spectacular dancing duo. The competition is tough but they are determined to leap, prance and woof their way to success! Jubilee-tastic new cover look by Clare Elsom.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: I wonder if I should keep these diaries under lock and key. Jenny Spede has disturbed them again... What does she make, I wonder, of an old woman, deformed by arthritis, stripping naked for a young man? The pills worry me more. Ten is such a round number to be missing... Mathilda Gillespie's body was found nearly two days after she had taken an overdose and slashed her wrists with a Stanley…

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Alfred Edward Housman's A Shropshire Lad is the wonderful collection of poems that are so evocative of 'the blue remembered hills' of his youth. In this half-imaginary 'land of lost content' the recurring theme is one of the helplessness of man against an achingly beautiful countryside. It has inspired generations of readers, and has found its way into the canon of English folksong with settings…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 666 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 524) Аннотация: One of the great revelations of William Shawcross's official biography was the Queen Mother's private correspondence. Indeed, The Sunday Times described her letters as wonderful... brimful of liveliness and irreverence, steeliness and sweetness. Now, drawing on the vast wealth of material in the Royal Archives, at Glamis Castle, and elsewhere, Shawcross has put together a selection of those…