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Sam Holden: Growing Pains of a Hapless Househusband

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: In theory, life for Sam as a stay-at-home dad is idyllic and stress-free. Months of honing his childcare programme have enabled him to run a ship-shape home with productive days spent creating finger-print masterpieces, cooking up organic cuisine and polishing the family silver. In practice, the Holden Childcare Programme has fallen out of favour. Sam’s days are filled with tantrums, food fights…

Drew Karpyshyn: Star Wars: Darth Bane: Rule of Two

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: In the New York Times bestseller Darth Bane: Path of Destruction, Drew Karpyshyn painted a gripping portrait of a young man’s journey from innocence to evil. That man was Darth Bane, a twisted genius whose iron will, fierce ambition, and strength in the dark side of the Force made him a natural leader among the Sith – until his radical embrace of an all-but-forgotten wisdom drove him to destroy…

Anne McCaffrey: Dragon Harper

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: For millions of readers the world over, the name Pern is magical, conjuring up grand vistas of a distant planet whose blue skies are patrolled by brave dragons and their noble riders, a paradise threatened by the periodic fall of deadly Thread. But not all dangers descend from the skies. Now, in their third collaboration, Anne McCaffrey and her son, Todd McCaffrey, spin a tale of a mysterious…

Terry Brooks: Armageddon's Children

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Terry Brooks is one of a handful of writers whose work defines modern fantasy fiction. His twenty-three international bestsellers have ranged from the beloved Shannara series to stories that tread a much darker path. Armageddon’s Children is a new creation – the perfect opportunity for readers unfamiliar with Brooks’s previous work to experience an author at the height of his considerable…

Tess Gerritsen: The Bone Garden

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: Unknown bones, untold secrets, and unsolved crimes from the distant past cast ominous shadows on the present in the dazzling new thriller from New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen.

Tess Gerritsen: The Keepsake

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen knows how to expertly dissect a brilliantly suspenseful story, all the while keeping fascinated readers riveted to her side. By turns darkly enthralling and relentlessly surprising, The Keepsake showcases an author at the peak of her storytelling powers. For untold years, the perfectly preserved mummy had lain forgotten in the dusty basement of…

Matt Forbeck: Mutant Chronicles

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: By the end of the twenty-third century, Earth is a plague-ridden, war-ravaged cesspool dominated by megacorporations whose ruthless armies fight one another for power and for the very scarce resources there are left. Capitol fighters Mitch Hunter and Nathan Rooker are battling the opposing forces of the Bauhaus corporation when a cannon blast exposes and destroys an ancient stone seal in the…

Random House Webster's Pocket Reference Boxed Set

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: The perfect pocket reference library for home, school or office. The set includes: · Random House Webster's Pocket American Dictionary, Fifth Edition · Random House Webster's Pocket American Thesaurus, Second Edition · Random House Webster's Pocket Grammar, Usage, and Punctuation, Second Edition

Diana Gabaldon: A Breath of Snow and Ashes

Скачать книгу (размер 4 986 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 979) Аннотация: «Eagerly anticipated by her legions of fans, this sixth novel in Diana Gabaldon’s bestselling Outlander saga is a masterpiece of historical fiction from one of the most popular authors of our time. Since the initial publication of «Outlander» fifteen years ago, Diana Gabaldon’s New York Times bestselling saga has won the hearts of readers the world over — and sold more than twelve million books.…

Christopher Paolini: Eldest

Скачать книгу (размер 5 379 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1056) Аннотация: Darkness falls…despair abounds…evil reigns… Eragon and his dragon, Saphira, have just saved the rebel state from destruction by the mighty forces of King Galbatorix, cruel ruler of the Empire. Now Eragon must travel to Ellesmera, land of the elves, for further training in the skills of the Dragon Rider: magic and swordsmanship. Soon he is on the journey of a lifetime, his eyes open to…

Danielle Steel: Sisters

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Four sisters, a Manhattan brownstone, and a tumultuous year of loss and courage are at the heart of Danielle Steel’s new novel about a remarkable family, a stunning tragedy — and what happens when four very different young women come together under one very lively roof. Candy – it’s the only name she needs — is blazing her way through Paris, New York, and Tokyo as fashion’s latest international…

Danielle Steel: Amazing Grace

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: On a warm May night in San Francisco, the Ritz-Carlton ballroom shimmers as a glittering, celebrity-studded crowd gathers for a charity dinner dance. The evening is perfect — until, just minutes before midnight, the room begins to sway…. In the earthquake’s aftermath, the lives of four strangers will converge.... Sarah Sloane, the wife of a financial whiz, watches her perfect world fall to…

Joanne Harris: Runemarks

Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: Seven o’clock, on a Monday morning, five hundred years after the end of the world, and goblins had been at the cellar again… Maddy Smith was born with a rusty-coloured runemark on her hand – a symbol of the old gods and definitely cause for suspicion. For magic is dangerous. Or so everyone thinks. But Maddy enjoys working magic. Even if it is just to control some pesky goblins. And every time her…

Dean Koontz: The Good Guy

Скачать книгу (размер 2 273 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 447) Аннотация: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz comes this pulse-pounding thriller that starts with a terrifying decision we all might face one day: Help—or run. Timothy Carrier is an ordinary guy. He enjoys a beer after work at his friend’s tavern, the eccentric customers and amusing conversations. But tonight is no ordinary night. The jittery man sitting beside him has mistaken Tim for…

Piers Brendon: The Decline and Fall of the British Empire

Скачать книгу (размер 4 155 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 816) Аннотация: «No empire has been larger or more diverse than the British Empire. At its apogee in the 1930s, 42 million Britons governed 500 million foreign subjects. Britannia ruled the waves and a quarter of the earth’s surface was painted red on the map. Where Britain’s writ did not run directly, its influence, sustained by matchless industrial and commercial sinews, was often paramount. Yet no empire…

R.A. Salvatore: The Orc King

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: «The Orc King» finds Drzzt's whirling scimitar blades tackle both familiar foes and refreshingly ambiguous challenges... The story line marks the continuation of Salvatore's maturation as a writer, introducing more complex themes into a frequently black-and-white landscape.»

Anthony McGowan: The Knife That Killed Me

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Paul Varderman could be at any normal school — bullies, girls and annoying teachers are just a part of life. Unfortunately 'normal' doesn't apply when it comes to the school's most evil bully, Roth, a twisted and threatening thug with an agenda quite unlike anyone else. When Paul ends up delivering a message from Roth to the leader of a gang at a nearby school, it fuels a rivalry with immediate…

Michael Freeman: Pocket Gardens: Contemporary Japanese Miniature Designs

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Called tsubo-niwa after a unit of measurement that is two person-sized tatami mats placed side by side, the pocket garden has been a part of the Japanese architectural canon for thousands of years. Undergoing a modernization in the last few decades in which a new generation of architects began experimenting with the concept in imaginative ways, the contemporary garden follows a distinct yet…

Anna Gavalda: Hunting and Gathering

Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: «Camille is doing her best to disappear. She barely eats, works at night as a cleaner and lives in a tiny attic room. Philibert Marquet de La Durbellière is a stammering, erudite aristocrat who sells postcards outside a museum. One evening he overcomes his own excruciating reticence to rescue Camille, unconscious, from her freezing garret, and install her in the large, ornate apartment he is…

Richard Yates: A Special Providence

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: «Robert Prentice is eighteen, and his boyhood dreams have disintegrated on the battlefields of Europe. At home, his mother, Alice, wraps herself in fantasy against the relentless disappointments of life. From his compelling portraits of these two damaged souls, Richard Yates creates a brilliant novel of post-war America, at odds with its own identity, striving to combine prosperity and ideals,…