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Clive Cussler: Lost Empire

Скачать книгу (размер 1 886 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 371) Аннотация: While scuba diving in Tanzania, Sam and Remi Fargo come upon a relic belonging to a long-lost Confederate ship. An anomaly about the relic sets them off chasing a mystery-but unknown to them, a much more powerful force is engaged in the same chase. Mexico's ruling party, the ultranationalist Mexica Tenochca, is intent on finding that artifact as well, because it contains a secret that could…

Coben Harlan: Live Wire

Скачать книгу (размер 1 896 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 373) Аннотация: Myron Bolitar's family takes center stage in this novel. When news of his estranged brother arrives, providing tantalizing clues to his whereabouts, Myron hopes to salvage a relationship about which he has his share of regrets. Harlan Coben is a #1 New York Times bestselling author.

Heck Ed: Monster Opposites

Скачать книгу (размер 65 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 14) Аннотация: Big/small — above/below — hairy/smooth? This monstrous collection has traditional opposites, but some silly ones, too.

Dahl Roald: My Uncle Oswald

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Meet Oswald Hendryks Cornelius, Roald Dahl's most extraordinary adult creation... Aside from being thoroughly debauched, strikingly attractive and astonishingly wealthy, Uncle Oswald was the greatest bounder, bon vivant and fornicator of all time. In this instalment of his scorchingly frank memoirs, he tells of his early career and erotic education at the hands of a number of enthusiastic…

Brookfield Amanda: Before I Knew You

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: Everyone needs a holiday — but who knows where it will lead? Sophie and Andrew are looking for relief from the daily grind — if not each other — so when a friend puts them in touch with William and Beth, newlyweds looking to swap houses for the summer, it seems a solution of sorts. They find themselves in a stylish Connecticut home, a stone's throw from New York, while William and Beth take over…

Soufan Ali: The Black Banners

Скачать книгу (размер 2 288 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 450) Аннотация: 'If you see the Black Banners coming, then go to them, even if you have to crawl' — Prophet Muhammad. Ali Soufan was for years the FBI's lead agent in the war against Al Qaeda, as well as its most effective interrogator. On September 11th 2001, he was handed a secret file that could have prevented the attacks, and he has prevented many others by gaining important confessions from Al Qaeda…

Soper Paula: Insight Guides: Spain

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: This brand new edition Insight Guide to Spain features illuminating text written by expert, local writers alongside inspiring full-colour photography. This new edition contains over 250 brand-new photographs, vividly bringing Spain and its people to life at the turn of a page. The top attractions are highlighted to help you plan your trip priorities, and a brand new 'Best of' section features…

McIntyre Michael: Life and Laughing

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Michael McIntyre has become Britain's biggest comedy star. His debut stand-up DVD, Live & Laughing, was the fastest selling of all time, only to be eclipsed by his second, Hello Wembley, that sold over 1.4 million copies and was the 2009 Christmas number one. He hosts his own BAFTA nominated BBC1 series, Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow, and won the British Comedy Award for Best Live Stand-up…

Cauwelaert Didier van: Unknown

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: When everything has been taken from you... There's nothing left to lose. Martin Harris has been in a coma for three days. When he wakes up, otherwise unharmed, he is shocked to discover that no one knows who he is — he no longer exists. Worse still, another man is living Martin's life. His identity, his home, even his wife have been stolen. He has lost everything. Except his memory... Will anyone…

Hunt Rebecca: Mr Chartwell

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: July, 1964. In bed at home in Kent, Winston Churchill is waking up. There's a visitor in the room, someone he hasn't seen for a while, a dark, mute bulk, watching him with tortured concentration. It's Mr Chartwell. In her terraced house in Battersea, Esther Hammerhans, young, vulnerable and alone, goes to answer the door to her new lodger. Through the glass she sees a vast silhouette the size of…

Clancy Tom: Locked On

Скачать книгу (размер 3 665 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 720) Аннотация: Master of explosive international intrigue Tom Clancy brings together his greatest characters and a new generation to fight the war on terror. Although his father had been reluctant to become a field operative, Jack Ryan Jr. wants nothing more. Privately training with a seasoned Special Forces drill instructor, he's honing his skills to transition his work within The Campus from intelligence…

Linhart Elizabeth: Insight Guides: Alaska

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Insight Guide Alaska is your comprehensive guide book to one of the world's most exciting destinations. Full-color photos throughout combine with the lively text to help you discover this vast state — Alaska is more than twice the size of Texas, is home to 17 of the nation's 20 highest peaks, and has more active glaciers than the rest of the inhabited world. Our Insight recommends section…

Moore Michael: Here Comes Trouble

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: The Extermination of Michael Moore is his anti-memoir. Breaking the autobiographical mode, he hilariously presents 20 far-ranging, irreverent vignettes from his own life. Moore is his own meta-Forrest Gump, as one moment he's an 11-year old boy stuck on a Senate elevator with Bobby Kennedy, and the next moment he's inside the Bitburg cemetery with a dazed and confused Ronald Reagan. Changing…

Lezard Sian: Insight Guides: Florence and Siena City Guide

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: This brand new edition provides a comprehensive and highly visual introduction to Florence; over 600 superb photographs capture the history, local people and variety of everyday life in one of Italy's most magical cities. The 'Places' section provides a detailed, district-by-district exploration of all the places to visit and principal sites along the way are clearly cross-referenced by number to…

McEvedy Colin: Cities of the Classical World

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: From Alexandria to York, this unique illustrated guide allows us to see the great centres of classical civilization afresh. The key feature of Cities of the Classical World is 120 specially drawn maps tracing each city's thoroughfares and defences, monuments and places of worship. Every map is to the same scale, allowing readers for the first time to appreciate visually the relative sizes of…

Smith Ali: The Accidental

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: I was born in a trunk. It was during the matinee on Friday. I stopped the show. Arresting and wonderful, The Accidental pans in on the Norfolk holiday home of the Smart family one hot summer. There, a beguiling stranger called Amber appears at the door bearing all sorts of unexpected gifts, trampling over family boundaries and sending each of the Smarts scurrying from the dark into the light. A…

Bradbury Malcolm: The Penguin Book of Modern British Short Stories

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: 'The short story has become one of the major forms of modern literary expression — in some ways the most modern of them all'. The story of the British short story since the Second World War is one of change and revolution and this powerful and moving collection brilliantly demonstrates the evolution of the form. Containing thirty-four of the most widely regarded postwar British writers, it…

Hampton-Jones Hollis: Comes the Night

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Meade is nineteen and living in Paris with her twin brother, Ben Ho, far from their privileged upbringing in Nashville, Tennessee. Hers is a restless quest of balancing addictions: to her brother, her pills and her purging. But when Ben Ho falls for a girl at art school, Meade's precarious equilibrium is shaken. Meade descends into a vortex of glamour and passion with the fashion photographer who…

Edwards Eve: The Rogue's Princess

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: 1586 — London, England. Sixteen-year-old Mercy Hart is the daughter of one of London's richest — and strictest — cloth merchants. Kit Turner is an actor and the illegitimate son of the late Earl of Dorset. A chance encounter finds Kit falling for the beautiful Mercy's charms, but their love is forbidden. A merchant's daughter and a vagabond — it simply cannot be. If Mercy chooses Kit she must…

Pattison Claudia: The Fat Chance Guide to Dieting

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Think nothing tastes as good as slim feels? You're obviously not eating the right food... Holly, Naomi and Kate are determined to win the battle of the bulge. So it's down to the local slimming club, where carbs are strictly off the menu and there's no escaping the scales. But calorie-counting isn't the only thing on their minds. Newly engaged Holly should be over the moon. So why does she blush…