Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: Koom Valley? That was where the trolls ambushed the dwarfs, or the dwarfs ambushed the trolls. It was far away. It was a long time ago. But if he doesn't solve the murder of just one dwarf, Commander Sam Vimes of Ankh-Morpork City Watch is going to see it fought again, right outside his office. With his beloved Watch crumbling around him and war-drums sounding, he must unravel every clue, outwit…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 028 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 399) Аннотация: Cambridge is sweltering, during an unusually hot summer. To Jackson Brodie, former police inspector turned private investigator, the world consists of one accounting sheet — Lost on the left, Found on the right — and the two never seem to balance. Jackson has never felt at home in Cambridge, and has a failed marriage to prove it. Surrounded by death, intrigue and misfortune, his own life haunted…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 992 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 784) Аннотация: Eragon battles on behalf of the Varden while Galbatorix ruthlessly attempts to crush and twist him to his own purposes. Rich with a thoughtful examination of Eragon`s maturing psyche, this book explores how Eragon must come to terms with his role as a leader and the moral obligations that weigh heavily upon his young shoulders as a Dragon Rider. Repackaged to appeal to an adult market.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Presents an insightful biography of Barack Obama, the President of the United States. This title covers his presidential campaign and shows how he learned his political skills in his early career, which led him from his university lecturer`s office in Iowa, to his nomination as a Democratic candidate, and finally to the Oval Office in Washington.
Скачать книгу (размер 4 726 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 928) Аннотация: Amidst the massacre he helped bring about, Carnelian is now desperate to find a way to avoid more carnage. His spurned lover Osidian—seeking revenge and determined to win back his stolen throne—has deliberately stoked the wrath of the Masters who rule the world from its center, Osrakum. Osidian's actions threaten to overturn the repressive order of the Commonwealth, and Carnelian soon learns that…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: It`s New York, 1926. Rocco Campobello, the great tenor collapses on stage. He emerges from this brush with death a changed man: a fallen, but enlightened colossus, casting off the mantle of celebrity, he embarks on a journey into his dark and sinister past which takes him back to his impoverished early life and to the city that made him: Naples.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: January 1972: the tiny outpost of British Honduras is threatened with imminent invasion by battle-hardened, US-trained Guatemalan paratroops. Britain's response must be immediate and decisive. But there is only one deterrent the government can offer: HMS Ark Royal, once the Navy's most powerful warship, now a white elephant on the verge of being scrapped. To save the small colony, she must launch…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: The Love Story. The marriage of Barack and Michelle stands as one of the great personal and political partnerships, and by the time he was sworn in, Barack and Michelle Obama were indisputably the First Couple not only of America but of the world. Yet, incredibly, the true nature of that relationship has remained a mystery. Until now. Christopher Andersen draws on those who know the Obamas best…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: At St Jude's School for Girls, four friends are facing very different problems ...Can Gina still be happy with her boyfriend when there's such an exciting new guy on the scene? How will Amy survive when her rich dad's money disappears? What can tomboy Niffy do to make herself gorgeous? And why is Min spending so much time in the study and missing all the fun? Sounds like all the St Jude's friends…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Using the Imperial War Museum's vast archive of personal diaries, this remarkable anthology examines the stories of ordinary men and women who fought, and in some cases died, on the front line and home front during the Second World War. The Words of War features diverse first-hand accounts from individuals who took part in the key campaigns of the war. In the words of the young officer facing…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: An enthralling, glamorous novel of two women, three men, and a gambling empire. From Las Vegas to Dubai, from Shanghai to London, the fatal pull of the gambling world stretches. Savannah, pleasure-loving It Girl, wants to prove herself to her powerful, ruthless father Michael Hudson — until a terrible tragedy forces her to re-think her life Lois, an ex-cop from the wrong side of the tracks, is…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: In this wonderfully written memoir of Jacqueline Wilson’s life as a teenager, stories about family problems, first love, school life and friends build up a fascinating picture of a real teenager and her inner life. She uses extracts from her real diary to cover issues as diverse as how she created beehive hairdos to her troubled school life.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Eva Valentine is back and Trouble is still her middle name! After surviving a near-death experience, Eva marries the man who nursed her back to health. Living it up in style on their honeymoon she discovers she is already three months pregnant. When little Daisy is born life is far from perfect and soon Eva is struggling with marriage to a man she hardly knows. Thankfully, her best friends drag…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: 'Once there was a widow with three sons, and their names were Black, Brown and Blue. Black was the eldest; moody and aggressive. Brown was the middle child, timid and dull. But Blue was his mother's favourite. And he was a murderer'. Blueeyedboy is the brilliant new novel from Joanne Harris: a dark and intricately plotted tale of a poisonously dysfunctional family, a blind child prodigy, and a…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: On a wind-swept summer day in San Francisco, a solitary figure walks down the beach, a dog at her side. At eleven, Pip Mackenzie's young life has already been touched by tragedy; nine months before, a terrible accident plunged her mother Ophelie into inconsolable grief. But on this chilly July afternoon, Pip meets artist Matt Bowles, who offers to teach the girl to draw — and can't help but…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 747 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 736) Аннотация: Danny Coughlin is Boston Police Department royalty and the son of one of the city's most beloved and powerful police captains. His beat is the predominately Italian neighbourhoods of the North End where political dissent is in the air — fresh and intoxicating. On the hunt for hard-line radicals as a favour to his father, Danny is drawn into the ideological fray and finds his loyalties compromised…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: Fernanda Barnes' life was once graced by security, success and stunning wealth. Now, widowed and with a mounting pile of debts, she is trying desperately to shield her three children from the rising panic within her. When a file of press clippings and photos of the Barnes family is found in the desk of a convicted criminal, police detective Ted Lee is sent to protect them from potential danger.…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: When a man dies from what appears to be a random snake bite in a quiet country village, the hospital seeks the expertise of wildlife vet Clara Benning. But the postmortem reveals this was no freak accident. Clara finds herself drawn into the hunt for a brutally inventive killer, putting herself in grave danger as she unravels links to a barbaric ancient ritual, an abandoned house and a…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Twelve-year-old Steven Lamb digs holes on Exmoor, hoping to find a body. Every day after school, while his classmates swap football stickers, Steven goes digging to lay to rest the ghost of the uncle he never knew, who disappeared aged eleven and is assumed to have fallen victim to the notorious serial killer Arnold Avery. Only Steven's Nan is not convinced her son is dead. She still waits for…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: It was New York, 1929, a city of speakeasies, swells and hoodlums at the fag end of the roaring twenties. It's a hell of a time and place for a young cop to be trying to make his way in the world. Joe Quinn's first case is one that could put his name up in lights; a banker takes a dive from a tall building onto Wall Street. All the signs point to murder. Pretty soon, the dead man has company; a…