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Скачать книгу (размер 2 237 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 440) Аннотация: Beautifully reproduced and cleanly presented, the four hundred images in this volume represent the finest work of a pre-eminent landscape photographer. The photographs are arranged chronologically into five major periods in order to convey Adams's maturation as an artist — from his first photographs in 1916 to his last great photograph in 1968. ANSEL ADAMS' 400 PHOTOGRAPHS is intended as a…

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: The movie audience respects talent but revels in charisma, and is always ready to elevate a star who is as much as character off the screen as on it. Ever since he came to the attention of the American public in the 1960s, Jack Nicholson has been the whole package. But who among us really knows the man who smiles that wicked grin from behind the darkest of shades? His generation's Mr. Hollywood,…

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: For over 30 years, they've been the reigning kings of the heavy metal world — and deservedly so! Metallica have stubbornly persisted, doing their hard, fast and furious thing with as much passion as the day they started it all in a garage back in 1982. Read of the storied band's rise to prominence and dominance, learn how they coped with the accidental 1986 death of original bassist Cliff Burton,…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: We know them better than we know our friends: brilliant Sherlock Holmes; stingy Ebenezer Scrooge; the idealistic Don Quixote; the obsessed Captain Ahab. Hamlet is indecisive and world-weary; Romeo and Julief are young, lusty and impulsive; Indiana Jones is dashing, learned and courageous. We speak of men with Oedipus Complexes or Peter Pan Syndromes. We know women who dream of being Cinderella —…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: Is death the end or only the beginning? Ethan Wate has spent most of his life longing to escape the stiflingly small Southern town of Gatlin. He never thought he would meet the girl of his dreams, Lena Duchannes, who unveiled a secretive, powerful, and cursed side of Gatlin, hidden in plain sight. And he never could have expected that he would be forced to leave behind everyone and everything he…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 372) Аннотация: Amazon made its mark sending new books quickly in nice, smile-embossed boxes. But its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, wasn't content with being a bookseller. He wanted Amazon to become the world's store, where everything is available to everyone, usually in 24 hours. To do so, he developed a corporate culture of relentless ambition and drive and revolutionized retail the way Ford revolutionized…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 592) Аннотация: It begins with a hit gone wrong. Robie is dispatched to eliminate a target unusually close to home in Washington, D.C. But something about this mission doesn't seem right to Robie, and he does the unthinkable. He refuses to kill. Now, Robie becomes a target himself and must escape from his own people. Fleeing the scene, Robie crosses paths with a wayward teenage girl, a fourteen-year-old runaway…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Daniel Boulud, one of America's most respected and successful chefs, delivers a definitive, yet personalcookbook on his love of French food. From coming of age as a young chef to adapting French cuisine to American ingredients and tastes, Daniel Boulud reveals how he expresses his culinary artistry at Restaurant Daniel. With more than 75 signature recipes, plus an additional 12 recipes Boulud…

Скачать книгу (размер 11 581 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 2272) Аннотация: There were no surprises in Gatlin County. At least, that's what I thought. Turns out, I couldn't have been more wrong. Ethan Wate used to think of Gatlin, the small Southern town he had always called home, as a place where nothing ever changed. Then he met mysterious newcomer Lena Duchannes, who revealed a secret world where a curse has marked Lena's family of powerful Supernaturals for…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 100 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 217) Аннотация: Love is in the air — but what does that mean for Greg Heffley? A Valentine's Day dance at Greg's middle school has turned his world upside down. As Greg scrambles to find a date, he's worried he'll be left out in the cold on the big night. His best friend, Rowley, doesn't have any prospects either, but that's a small consolation. An unexpected twist gives Greg a partner for the dance and leaves…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: In this breathtaking new story from the astonishing imagination of James Patterson, a girl has to save herself from an army assembled just to capture her — and maybe save the planet while she's at it. Maximum Ride is a perfectly normal teenager who just happens to be able to fly, the result of an out-of-control genetic experiment. Max and the other members of the flock-five kids who share her…

Скачать книгу (размер 4 073 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 800) Аннотация: Simply Irresistible After losing her boyfriend and her job, Maddie leaves L.A. to claim her inheritance — a ramshackle inn nestled in the little town of Lucky Harbor, Washington. She sees the potential for a new home and a new career — if she can give the inn the makeover it needs. Enter Jax, a tall, handsome contractor who knows exactly what Maddie needs... The Sweetest Thing Helping her sister…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 910 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 768) Аннотация: As the police boat speeds across Miami's Biscayne Bay, the scene is set for Officer Nestor Camacho's great moment of heroism. Except that in this feverous melting pot of a city, Nestor's one act of heroism can be seen as an utter betrayal of his Cuban roots. As Nestor's world disintegrates — his family disowns him, he can't get a Cuban coffee without ugly stares, and his girlfriend Magdalena…

Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: The first book of Ansel Adam's early photographs of the Canadian Rockies. These mountains are breathtaking — utterly different than anything we have seen. The peaks and forest and tone fulfill almost every ideal I have had of what my mountains could be... These are the great mountains we dream about. — Ansel Adams to his wife Virginia, 1928 The Sierra Club's twenty-ninth annual outing or High…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: From #1 «New York Times» bestselling author David Baldacci comes a moving family drama about learning to love again after heartbreak and loss. ONE SUMMER It's almost Christmas, but there is no joy in the house of terminally ill Jack and his family. With only a short time left to live, he spends his last days preparing to say goodbye to his devoted wife, Lizzie, and their three children. Then,…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: 1.Diary of a Wimpy Kid It's a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up before you're ready are uniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records them in his diary. In book one of this debut series, Greg is happy to have Rowley,…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 931 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 576) Аннотация: Army Special Agent John Puller is the best there is. A combat veteran, Puller is the man the U.S. Army relies on to investigate the toughest crimes facing the nation. Now he has a new case--but this time, the crime is personal: His aunt has been found dead in Paradise, Florida. A picture-perfect town on Florida's Gulf Coast, Paradise thrives on the wealthy tourists and retirees drawn to its…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Ali Winters is not having a good day. Her boyfriend left her, everyone in town thinks she's a thief, and now she's about to be kicked out of her home. Her only shot at keeping a roof over her head and clearing her name is to beg for help from a police detective who's as sexy as he is stern... After a high-profile case goes wrong, Luke Hanover returns to his hometown for some peace and quiet.…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Zoe issmart, funny, and... directionless. She's a brilliant pastry chef who didn't finish her fancy French school. Was in the running for a reality show chef position but screwed it up. She comes home when her Grandma Eli has knee surgery and needs someone to run her bakery. Except Grandma Eli is a sly, old, mischievous fox who didn't really have knee surgery. Jack is an ex-hotshot wildlife…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: In this title, every cover and model who has appeared in the Swimsuit Issue is represented, including in-depth profiles of the supermodels — household names such as Elle, Christie, Heidi and Tyra — who skyrocketed to fame after gracing the coveted cover. From Cheryl Tiegs' fishnet suit to the bodypainting creations that stagger the imagination to the superstar athletes who have graced its pages,…