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Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: 2040-2045: In the years after the cataclysmic Yellowstone eruption there is massive economic dislocation as populations flee Datum Earth to myriad Long Earth worlds. Sally, Joshua, and Lobsang are all involved in this perilous work when, out of the blue, Sally is contacted by her long-vanished father and inventor of the original Stepper device, Willis Linsay. He tells her he is planning a…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: A collection of essays and other non fiction from Terry Pratchett, spanning the whole of his writing career from his early years to the present day.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: Fiona Carson has proven herself as CEO of a multibillion-dollar high-tech company — a successful woman in a man's world. Devoted single mother, world-class strategist, and tough negotiator, Fiona has to keep a delicate balance every day. Meanwhile, Marshall Weston basks in the fruits of his achievements. At his side is his wife Liz who has gladly sacrificed her own career to raise their three…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 840 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 362) Аннотация: An icon in the world of television news, Blaise McCarthy seems to have it all: beauty, intelligence and courage. But privately, there is a story she has protected for years... Blaise's daughter Salima, blinded by juvenile diabetes, now lives in a year-round boarding school with full-time assistance. When the school closes suddenly, Salima returns home to Blaise's New York apartment with her new…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: One life-changing war. A love story that would echo across the decades. On the cusp of the Second World War in Europe, Nicolas and Alex are two widowed men raising their children alone. They lead contented, peaceful lives, until a long-buried secret about Nicolas's ancestry threatens his family's safety. To survive, they must flee to America. The only treasures Nicolas and his sons can take are…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Determined to overcome a difficult past, Erica Hathaway learns early on to make it on her own. Days after her college graduation, she finds herself face to face with a panel of investors who will make or break her fledgling start-up website. The only thing she didn't prepare for was going weak in the knees over an arrogant and gorgeous investor who seems determined to derail her plans.…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: From the author of the 2 million+ copy, worldwide bestseller, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, an exquisite, funny and heartrending parallel story. When Queenie Hennessy discovers that Harold Fry is walking the length of England to save her, and all she has to do is wait, she is shocked. Her note had explained she was dying. How can she wait? A new volunteer at the hospice suggests that…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Imagine that all around you, hidden from sight, there are thousands of tiny people. They are four inches tall, brave, stubborn and resourceful. They are the nomes. The nomes in this story live under the floorboards of a large Department Store and have never been outside. In fact, they don't even believe in outside. But new nomes arrive, from — where else? — and they bring with them terrifying…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: Jack Reacher has no place to go, and all the time in the world to get there, so a remote railroad stop with the curious name of Mother's Rest seems perfect for an aimless one-day stopover. He expects to find a lonely tombstone in a sea of nearly-ripe wheat... but instead there is a woman waiting for a missing private investigator, a cryptic note about two hundred deaths, and a small town full of…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: In 1993, before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire to move back to the States for a few years with his family, Bill Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home. His aim was to take stock of the nation's public face and private parts (as it were), and to analyse what precisely it was he…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: Three confessions. Two liars. One killer. Three friends have had their lives ripped apart. Their pasts haunt them. They are consumed by guilt. And they don't trust anyone. Not even themselves. But in their small, isolated, island community, trust is the only way to survive. Now a child has gone missing. And no one knows who to believe...

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Unseen University are proud to present the most comprehensive map and guide to the Disc yet produced. In this noble endeavour, drawing upon the hard won knowledge of many great and, inevitably, late explorers, one may locate on a detailed plan of our world such fabled realms as the Condiment Isles, trace the course of the River Kneck as it deposits silt and border disputes in equal abundance on…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: What if you realized the book you were reading was all about you? Disclaimer stealthily steals your attention and by the end holds you prisoner — a searing story that resonates long after the final page. The best thriller I've read this year. (Rosamund Lupton, bestselling author of Sister). When an intriguing novel appears on Catherine's bedside table, she curls up in bed and begins to read. But…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 849 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 560) Аннотация: Kate Atkinson's dazzling Life After Life, one of the top selling adult books of 2014, explored the possibility of infinite chances, as Ursula Todd lived through the turbulent events of the last century again and again. In A God in Ruins, Atkinson turns her focus on Ursula's beloved younger brother Teddy — would-be poet, RAF bomber pilot, husband and father — as he navigates the perils and…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: In the company of his friend Stephen Katz (last seen in the bestselling Neither Here nor There), Bill Bryson set off to hike the Appalachian Trail, the longest continuous footpath in the world. Ahead lay almost 2,200 miles of remote mountain wilderness filled with bears, moose, bobcats, rattlesnakes, poisonous plants, disease-bearing tics, the occasional chuckling murderer and — perhaps most…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: This could be the most astonishing whodunnit you are ever likely to read. As good as Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time... and with more twists and coils than a hangman's noose. 'The dead can't speak to us', Professor Madoc had said. That was a lie. Because the body Patrick Fort is examining in anatomy class is trying to tell him all kinds of things. Life is already…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Bill is a dedicated young lawyer working in New York. He leaves everything he trained for to follow his dream to become a minister in rural Wyoming. Jenny, his fashion stylist wife, leaves the milieu and life she loves to join him. The certainty they share is that their destinies are linked forever. Fast forward thirty-eigh.

Скачать книгу (размер 4 538 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 891) Аннотация: Can you commit the perfect crime? Pilgrim is the codename for a man who doesn't exist. The adopted son of a wealthy American family, he once headed up a secret espionage unit for US intelligence. Before he disappeared into anonymous retirement, he wrote the definitive book on forensic criminal investigation. But that book will come back to haunt him. It will help NYPD detective Ben Bradley track…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 592) Аннотация: After an epic and interrupted journey all the way from the snows of South Dakota, Jack Reacher has finally made it to Virginia. His destination: a sturdy stone building a short bus ride from Washington DC, the headquarters of his old unit, the 110th MP. It was the closest thing to a home he ever had. Why?

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Born to parents who were enthusiastic naturalists, and linked through his wider family to a clutch of accomplished scientists, the author was bound to have biology in his genes. But what were the influences that shaped his life? This book tells his personal journey.