Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: An extremely entertaining compendium of bon mots, anecdotes, and trivia about Winston Churchill from a leading Churchill lecturer and performer — useful for speakers, students, of history, and World War II buffs, as well as general readers.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: A Discworld novel. Its hard to grow up normally when grandfather rides a white horse and wields a scythe — especially when you have to take over the family business, everyone thinks youre the Tooth Fairy, and you have to face the new and addictive music that has reached the Discworld.
Скачать книгу (размер 3 176 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 624) Аннотация: Tully Makker is a tough young woman who forms an enduring bond with jennifer and Julie, two friends from very different backgrounds. Tully emerges into adulthood, marriage and a career, and then lifes strikes back in the most unexpected way.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Arthur is King—but darkest evil has descended upon Britain's shores in many guises. In this black time of plague and pestilence, Arthur's most trusted counselor Myrddin—the warrior, bard, and kingmaker whom legend will name Merlin—is himself to be tested on a mystical journey through his own extraordinary past. So the noble king must stand alone against a great and terrible adversary. For only…
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Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: The naked body was lying in the tub. Not unusual for a proper bath, but highly irregular for murder — especially with a pair of gold pince-nez deliberately perched before the sightless eyes. What's more, the face appeared to have been shaved after death. In this, his first murder case, Lord Peter untangles the mystery of the corpse in the bath.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: The wealthy woman was dead — a trifle sooner that expected. The intricate trail of horror and senseless murder led from a beautiful Hampshire village to a fashionable London flat and a deliberate test of amour — staged by the debonair sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey.
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Amelia Bedelia must look for a new job — Mrs. Rogers has finally had enough. But for poor Amelia Bedelia, each new job is a bigger mess than the last. Can she ever find a place to belong?
Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: Isaac Asmiov's classic novel about the decline and fall of Solaria. Gladia Delmarre's homeworld, the Spacer planet Solaria, has been abandoned — by its human population. Countless robots remain there. And when traders from Settler worlds attempt to salvage them, the robots of Solaria turn to killing... in defiance of the Three Laws of Robotics. Pax Robotica Long ago, Gladia's robots Daneel and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: The human survivors of the «nature cruise of the century», are quietly evolving into sleek, furry creatures with flippers and small brains. All other forms of humankind have ceased to exist, made redundant by their prized big brains. From the author of «Slaughterhouse 5».
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Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Enjoy The Chronicles of Narnia in its entirety with this paperback box set, containing the mass market editions of C. S. Lewis's classic fantasy series. C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia has captivated readers of all ages for over sixty years, enchanting them with fantastical talking creatures, epic battles between good and evil, and magical doorways into new lands. This box set includes all…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Beautiful and serene Venice is a city almost devoid of crime. But that is little comfort to Maestro Helmut Wellauer, a world-renowned conductor whose intermission refreshment comes one night with a little something extra in it-cyanide. For Guido Brunetti, vice-commissario of police and detective genius, finding a suspect isn't a problem; narrowing the large and unconventional group of enemies…
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Kevyn Aucoin partners with the industry's greatest talents to create an exquisite, star-studded collection of portraits, and reveals some timeless beauty tips that helped earn him his super-status in the fashion industry. It's a visual feast as supermodels and celebrities such as Susan Sarandon, Jessica Lange, Grace Jones, Christie Brinkley and Janet Jackson, to name a few, are exquisitely made…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: The fifth and final volume in Doris Lessings visionary novel cycle Canopus in Argos: Archives. It is a mix of fable, futuristic fantasy and pseudo-documentary accounts of 20th-century history.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: In this sixth volume of «The History of Middle-Earth», Bilbos magic ring becomes evolved into the dangerous Ruling Ring of the Dark Lord and a Black Rider first rides into the Shire. The book comes complete with reproductions of the first maps and facsimile pages from the earliest manuscripts.
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