Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: You put together two things that have not been put together before. And the world is changed... Julian Barnes' new book is about ballooning, photography, love and grief; about putting two things, and two people, together, and about tearing them apart. One of the judges who awarded him the 2011 Man Booker Prize described him as an unparalleled magus of the heart. This book confirms that opinion.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Marjorie Daw is a librarian, and takes her job — and indeed the truth of words — very seriously. She doesn't know it, but her world and ours — Roundworld — is in big trouble. On Discworld, a colossal row is brewing. The Wizards of Unseen University feel responsible for Roundworld (as one would for a pet gerbil).
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: With unfinished business to attend to, the Seventh Doctor returns to where it all began: Coal Hill School in London in 1963. Last time he was here, the Doctor left something behind — a powerful Time Lord artefact that could unlock the secrets of time travel. Can the Doctor retrieve it before two rival factions of Daleks track it down? And even if he can, how will the Doctor prevent the whole of…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Reports of a time disturbance lead the Ninth Doctor to modern-day London, where he discovers a Neanderthal Man, twenty-eight thousand years after his race became extinct. A trip back to the dawn of humanity only deepens the mystery: who are these strange humans from the far future now living in the distant past? The Doctor must learn the truth about the Osterberg experiment before history is…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Wilfred Mott is very happy: his granddaughter, Donna, is back home, catching up with family and gossiping about her journeys, and he has just discovered a new star and had it named after him. He takes the Tenth Doctor with him to the naming ceremony. But the Doctor soon discovers something else new, and worryingly bright, in the heavens — something that is heading for Earth. It's an ancient force…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Sunlight 349 is one of countless Dalek Foundation worlds, planets created to house billions suffering from economic hardship. The Doctor arrives at Sunlight 349, suspicious of any world where the Daleks are apparently a force for good — and determined to find out the truth. The Doctor knows they have a far more sinister plan — but how can he convince those who have lived under the benevolence of…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: On a barren asteroid, the once-mighty Haddron Empire is on the brink of collapse, torn apart by civil war. The one man who might have saved it languishes in prison, his enemies planning his death and his friends plotting his escape. The Second Doctor arrives as the last act of this deadly drama is being played out — and with both terrifying killers and cunning traitors to defeat, the future hangs…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Anji has just had the worst week of her life. She should be back at her desk, not travelling through time and space in a police box. The Eighth Doctor is supposed to be taking her home, so why are there dinosaurs outside? The Doctor doesn't seem to know either, or else he surely would have mentioned the homicidal princesses, teen terrorists and mad robots? One thing is certain: Anji is never…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: On a moon of the ruined planet Akoshemon, an age-old terror is about to be reborn. Something that remembers the spiral of war, pestilence and deprivation — and rejoices in it. The Fifth Doctor joins a team of archaeologists searching for evidence of the planet's infamous past, and uncovers more than just ancient history. Forced to confront his own worst fears, even the Doctor will be pushed to…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: The Beautiful Death is the ultimate theme-park ride: a sightseeing tour of the afterlife. But something has gone wrong, and when the Fourth Doctor arrives in the aftermath of the disaster, he is congratulated for saving the population from destruction — something he hasn't actually done yet. He has no choice but to travel back in time and discover how he became a hero. And then he finds out. He…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: The aerodrome in Culverton has new owners, and they promise an era of prosperity for the idyllic village. But former Spitfire pilot Alex Whistler is suspicious — when black-shirted troops appear on the streets, he contacts his old friend Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart at U.N.I.T. The Third Doctor is sent to investigate — and soon uncovers a sinister plot to colonise the Earth. The Gaderene are on…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Arriving on the sun-baked veldt in the middle of the Boer War, the Sixth Doctor is soon involved in the adventures of struggling politician and war correspondent Winston Churchill. Of course, he knows Churchill is destined for great things, but unseen forces seem to be interfering with Winston's historic career. The Doctor suspects the hidden hand of the Players, mysterious beings who regard…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: It is the day after John F. Kennedy's assassination and the faces of the dead are everywhere. PC Reg Cranfield sees his deceased father in the mists along Totter's Lane. Reporter Mae Callon sees her late grandmother in a coffee stain on her desk. FBI Special Agent Warren Skeet finds his long-dead partner staring back at him from raindrops on a window pane. Then the faces begin to talk, and…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: 'My new Fire-Ice will solve all the problems of the planet'. The world is on the brink of crisis. As fuel runs short, society begins to break down. One man seems to have the answer. But is it too good to be true? The Doctor arrives at an old oil refinery near the South Pole, concerned by claims about this new form of energy. He soon discovers something huge and terrifying is stalking the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Deep in the heart of a hollowed-out moon the First Doctor finds a chilling secret: ten alien corpses, frozen in time at the moment of their death. They are the empire's most wanted terrorists, and their discovery could end a war devastating the galaxy. But is the same force that killed them still lurking in the dark? And what are its plans for the people of Earth? An adventure featuring the First…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: New York, 1933. The city and the nation are in the depths of the Great Depression. The crime families of New York have prospered in this time, but with the coming end of Prohibition, a battle is looming that will determine which organisations will rise... and which will face a violent end. For Vito Corleone, nothing is more important than his family's future. His youngest children, Michael,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Serena Frome, the beautiful daughter of an Anglican bishop, has a brief affair with an older man during her final year at Cambridge, and finds herself being groomed for the intelligence services. The year is 1972. Britain, confronting economic disaster, is being torn apart by industrial unrest and terrorism and faces its fifth state of emergency. The Cold War has entered a moribund phase, but the…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 931 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 576) Аннотация: This title is an epic story of life, love and survival at all odds and one of the most-talked and anticipated books of the year. In a ruined and hostile landscape, in a future few have been unlucky enough to survive, a community exists in a giant underground silo. Inside, men and women live an enclosed life full of rules and regulations, of secrets and lies. To live, you must follow the rules.…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: A gripping Quick Read from the master of the race against time thriller. Have you ever been in the wrong place at the wrong time? You are hiking in the Scottish highlands with three friends when you come across a girl. She is half-naked, has been badly beaten, and she can't speak English. She is clearly running away from someone. Do you stop to help her? Even if it means putting your friends'…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: Dan Brown's new novel, Inferno, features renowned Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and is set in the heart of Europe, where Langdon is drawn into a harrowing world centred around one of history's most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces. As Dan Brown comments: Although I studied Dante's Inferno as a student, it wasn't until recently, while researching in Florence, that I came to…