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Anthony Horowitz: Stormbreaker

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: «Soon to be the focus of a major motion picture, the «New York Times» bestselling Alex Rider series follows the adventures of a teenage secret agent. Now is the chance to see the story visualized in a new format with bold, edgy, manga-like illustrations that bring Alex to life.»

Eric Carle: Mister Seahorse

Скачать книгу (размер 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 40) Аннотация: This is a stunning new picture book from Eric Carle about Mister Seahorse and other 'male mothers', with special acetate pages that hide fish behind rocks and reeds. As he floats through the sea, Mister Seahorse meets a Mr Stickleback, Mr Tilapia, Mr Kurtus and many other fish fathers caring for their eggs and babies in the most surprising ways.

Richard Dawkins: The Blind Watchmaker

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Acclaimed as the most influential work on evolution written in the last hundred years, The Blind Watchmaker offers an inspiring and accessible introduction to one of the most important scientific discoveries of all time. A brilliant and controversial book, which demonstrates that evolution by natural selection — the unconscious, automatic, blind, yet essentially non-random process discovered by…

Pamela Conn Beall: Wee Sing and Play (+ Audio CD)

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: These classic Wee Sing titles are now available in the new book-and-CD format packaged in a reusable blister pack. From school yard games to the silliest songs ever sung, these delightful titles include a 60-minute audio CD. Full color. Pkg.

Pamela Conn Beall: Wee Sing Mother Goose (+ Audio CD)

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: This new Wee Sing musical compilation contains new songs featuring favorite nursery rhymes from Mother Goose. Nursery rhyme favorites like Jack and Jill, Humpty Dumpty, and Simple Simon are set to music with the tried-and-true Wee Sing formula. Wee Sing Mother Goose features one hour of musical sing-along and finger play enjoyment. And best of all, parents and educators can use the suggestions in…

Julius Lester: The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit

Скачать книгу (размер 723 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 143) Аннотация: Generations of children have been captivated by the hair-raising adventures and misadventures of Brer Rabbit. Come along as he sneaks into Mr. Man's garden, persuades Brer Wolf to be burned in a hollow log, and kicks Brer Fox's Tar Baby. Jerry Pinkney's lively and humorous illustrations are a perfect match for Julius Lester's contemporary approach, which expertly introduces a modern sense of…

Beall Pamela Conn: Wee Sing Animals, Animals, Animals (+ Audio CD)

Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: An hour-long CD from the Wee Sing series that includes action songs, fun sing-alongs, silly poems, and fingerplays about animals comes packaged with a read-along paperback.

De los Santos Marisa: Love Walked In

Скачать книгу (размер 1 559 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 307) Аннотация: For 31 year old Cornelia Brown, life is a series of movie moments. When her very own Cary Grant walks through the door of the Philadelphia cafe in which she works, it seems that dreams may come true. Then Cornelia meets 11 year old Clare, and their lives are forever changed in unexpected ways.

Desai Kiran: The Inheritance of Loss

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: «This stunning second novel from Desai (Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard) is set in mid-1980s India, on the cusp of the Nepalese movement for an independent state. Jemubhai Popatlal, a retired Cambridge-educated judge, lives in Kalimpong, at the foot of the Himalayas, with his orphaned granddaughter, Sai, and his cook. The makeshift family's neighbors include a coterie of Anglophiles who might be…

Dawkins Richard: Climbing Mount Improbable

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: How could such an intricate object as the human eye — so complex and so precise — have come about by chance? In this masterful piece of popular science, Richard Dawkins builds a powerful and carefully reasoned argument for evolutionary adaptation as the force behind all life on earth. The metaphor of 'Mount Improbable' represents the combination of perfection and improbability that we find in the…

Chekhov Anton Pavlovich: The Major Plays

Скачать книгу (размер 1 931 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 380) Аннотация: «What makes his work great is that it can be felt and understood...by anybody» said Leo Tolstoy of Chekhov's plays, which express life through subtle construction, everyday dialogue, and an electrically charged atmosphere.»

Cooper: The Pathfinder

Скачать книгу (размер 2 589 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 509) Аннотация: Vigorous, self-reliant, amazingly resourceful, and moral, Natty Bumppo is the prototype of the Western hero. A faultless arbiter of wilderness justice, he hates middle-class hypocrisy. But he finds his love divided between the woman he has pledged to protect on a treacherous journey and the untouched forest that sustains him in his beliefs. A fast-paced narrative full of adventure and majestic…

Carle Eric: My Very First Library

Скачать книгу (размер 95 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 20) Аннотация: Carle's popular split-page board books are now packaged together in a handsome, boxed library.

Pyle Howard: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

Скачать книгу (размер 1 982 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 390) Аннотация: The life and times of Everyone's favorite thief Filled with action, villains, and surprises, the legend lives on. Days of old bursting with pageantry, knights, and beautiful maidens return in a superb edition of this favorite classic story.

Pyle Howard: The Story of King Arthur and His Knights

Скачать книгу (размер 2 023 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 398) Аннотация: The thrilling and timeless legend, masterfully illustrated. The story of the incomparable Arthur, the lovely Guinevere, the wicked Morgana le Fey, and the magical Merlin has enthralled and delighted readers for centuries.

Francis Dick: Nerve

Скачать книгу (размер 1 585 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 312) Аннотация: From the best writer in the mystery genre (Larry King) comes the story of a jockey who discovers that his losing streak is caused by something sinister.

Dostoyevsky Fyodor: Crime and Punishment

Скачать книгу (размер 2 849 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 560) Аннотация: The poverty-stricken Raskolnikov, believing he is exempt from moral law, murders a man only to face the consequences not only from society but from his conscience, in this seminal story of justice, morality, and redemption from one of Russia's greatest novelists.

Edgers Geoff: Who Were the Beatles?

Скачать книгу (размер 534 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 106) Аннотация: «Almost everyone can sing along with the Beatles, but how many young readers know their whole story? Geoff Edgers, a «Boston Globe» reporter and hard-core Beatles fan, brings the Fab Four to life in this «Who Was...?» book. Readers will learn about their Liverpudlian childhoods, their first forays into rock music, what Beatlemania was like, and why they broke up. It's all here in an easy-to-read…

Dessen Sarah: The Truth about Forever

Скачать книгу (размер 1 901 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 374) Аннотация: Macy's summer stretches before her, carefully planned and outlined. She will spend her days sitting at the library information desk. She will spend her evenings studying for the SATs. Spare time will be used to help her obsessive mother prepare for the big opening of the townhouse section of her luxury development. But Macy's plans don't anticipate a surprising and chaotic job with Wish Catering,…