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Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Detective Harry Mason has rejoined the South African Police Service after a two-year leave of absence, and moved over to the specialised Serious and Violent Crimes unit, headed by the tough and fiery veteran commander Superintendent Carl 'Blackie' Swarts. Soon afterwards, Harry is assigned to investigate the slaying of a minor politician and his family, in a township west of Johannesburg. The…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: When Florrie Maltby defies her father by refusing to marry Gervase Richards, she sets off a chain of events that will alter her life. Instead she goes to London and becomes involved with the suffragette movement. She's imprisoned for her militant actions, and goes on hunger strike. With her health deteriorating, there is one person who can save her — Gervase. After a brief stay in the countryside…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Al Greenwood has decided to kill his wife, and he`s planned the perfect murder. But things don`t turn out quite the way he hoped, and Al finds himself committing more crimes to cover his tracks.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Why are Iraqi prisoners of war forced to listen to Barney the Purple Dinosaur's theme tune repeatedly, at top volume? Why have a hundred de-bleated goats been secretly placed inside the Special Forces command centre at Fort Bragg, North Carolina? Has the US Army really enlisted the help of Uri Geller? In The Men Who Stare at Goats, Jon Ronson searches for answers to these and many other…

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 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: This is the story of a man who loved two women, and one of them killed him. Some people have dreams that are so outrageous that if they were to achieve them, their place in history would be guaranteed. Francis Drake, Robert Scott, Percy Fawcett, Charles Lindbergh, Amy Johnson, Edmund Hillary and Neil Armstrong are among such individuals. But what if one man had such a dream, and when he'd…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: The Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer follows an unlikely couple: Bella, a gawky teenager, and her boyfriend, Edward, a vampire who has sworn off human blood. Seductive and compelling, the four-book series has become a worldwide phenomenon. With legends and lore about vampires and werewolves, insight into the lives and loves of the characters and loads of exclusive facts and quizzes, this guide…

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…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 300) Аннотация: They live in a city built for sin, where fantasy is just a phone call away... For three Las Vegas women, the Strip is an adults-only playground, a neon-splashed boulevard where excitement, seduction, and betrayal never go to sleep: Kristin Fox — the bestselling writer of controversial and sexy bestsellers who hungers for passion outside the pages of her money-making fiction; Jennifer Payne — the…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Mandy is turning 30 and has a lot of love to give, but that special person has so far eluded her. Then, at her birthday party with close friends at the Wolseley, Cupid strikes from across a crowded room. It's love at first sight, but Jake, the man she's fallen for, is happily married. Mandy is determined to stick to her principles and not enter into such dangerous territory, but her resistance is…

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…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 372) Аннотация: An extraordinary epic of love, family, and war set in the Basque town of Guernica before, during, and after its destruction by the German Luftwaffe during the Spanish Civil War. GUERNICA is a wonderful debut telling the story of two branches of one family. History and fiction merge seamlessly in this beautiful novel about the resilience of love and tradition in the face of hardship.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Paul Cartledge, one of the world's foremost scholars of ancient Greece, illuminates the brief but iconic life of Alexander (356-323 B.C.), king of Macedon, conqueror of the Persian Empire, and founder of a new world order. Alexander's legacy has had a major impact on military tacticians, scholars, statesmen, adventurers, authors, and filmmakers. Cartledge brilliantly evokes Alexander's remarkable…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 095 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 216) Аннотация: The Harry Potter books are some of the bestselling books of all time. In this fascinating study, Susan Gunelius analyzes every aspect of the brand phenomenon that is Harry Potter. Delving into price wars, box office revenue, and brand values, amongst other things, this is the story of the most incredible brand success there has ever been and is the perfect case study for academics, professionals…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Being the chairman of a company is the top job. Forget the hyperbole and hero-worship surrounding CEOs, it is the world's chairmen who call the real corporate shots. It is chairmen who hire and fire CEOs. Little wonder that some CEOs choose to neuter the chairman by combining the two roles. Leading the Board provides unique and powerful insights into what it takes to succeed as a chairman leading…