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Madeline in London
Автор: Ludwig Bemelmans Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2000 Страниц: 56 Дата загрузки: 7 октрября 20092002-05-15
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Madeline's fun-loving spirit and bold personality get her into the greatest adventures. In these five books she turns a trip to the hospital into a grand adventure, tumbles into the river Seine only to be rescued by a fearless dog, runs off to join the circus — and that's just the beginning! Thanks to humorous, lyrical text, breathtaking artwork, and a spunky redhead named Madeline, these books have timeless appeal and perennial popularity.
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Madeline
Автор: Ludwig Bemelmans Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2000 Страниц: 56 Дата загрузки: 7 октрября 20092002-05-15
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Madeline is one of the best-loved characters in children's literature. Set in picturesque Paris, this tale of a brave little girl's trip to the hospital was a Caldecott Honor Book in 1940 and has as much appeal today as it did then. The combination of a spirited heroine, timelessly appealing art, cheerful humor, and rhythmic text makes Madeline a perennial favorite with children of all ages. No one has ever written more delightful stories than the Madeline books, whose text and pictures are cherished by parents as well as by youngsters, and which have brightened the evening shadows at many a bedtime.
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King Solomon's Mines
Автор: H. Rider Haggard Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2012 Страниц: 320 Дата загрузки: 20 декабря 20142013-06-15
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Three men trek to the remote African interior in search of a lost friend — and reach, at the end of a perilous journey, an unknown land cut off from the world, where terrible dangers threaten anyone who ventures near the spectacular diamond mines of King Solomon...
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Moonfleet
Автор: John Meade Falkner Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2011 Страниц: 256 Дата загрузки: 27 апреля 20152013-10-31
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»Moonfleet» (1898) begins as a mystery and an adventure story, a tale of smuggling set among the cliffs, caves, and downs of Dorset. What will be the outcome of the conflict between smugglers and revenue men? And how can the hero, John Trenchard, discover the secret of Colonel John Mohune's treasure? As the book progresses these two interwoven themes resolve themselves into a third and richer one, with the friendship and suffering of both John Trenchard and the craggy, taciturn Elzevir Block. Falkner's feeling for history and for the landscape of his Dorset setting combine with his gift for storytelling to turn «Moonfleet» into a historical romance of moving intensity.
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The Portrait of a Lady
Автор: Henry James Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2011 Страниц: 544 Дата загрузки: 23 октрября 20142013-07-04
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When Isabel Archer, a beautiful, spirited American, is brought to Europe by her wealthy aunt Touchett, it is expected that she will soon marry. But Isabel, resolved to enjoy the freedom that her fortune has opened up and to determine her own fate, does not hesitate to turn down two eligible suitors. Then she finds herself irresistibly drawn to Gilbert Osmond. Charming and cultivated, Osmond sees Isabel as a rich prize waiting to be taken. Beneath his veneer of civilized behaviour, Isabel discovers cruelty and a stifling darkness. In this portrait of a young woman affronting her destiny, Henry James created one of his most magnificent heroines, and a story of intense poignancy.
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In the Night Garden: My Special Bedtime Box of Books
Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2011 Страниц: 24 Дата загрузки: 28 мая 20142013-05-06
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Not suitable for children under 1 year 6 months of age This bedtime themed gift box contains two exciting storybooks featuring Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy, Makka Pakka and their friends, and a lovely songs and rhymes book with all the character rhymes from the ever popular CBeebies TV show. There are also stickers to decorate your books and a beautiful night-time wall frieze, featuring the words of the opening Night Garden rhyme on one side and on the other side, the bedtime routine at the end of the show, showing all the characters going to sleep. Goodnight, sleep tight
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Decide Your Destiny: The Coldest War
Автор: Colin Brake Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2010 Страниц: 192 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20122014-03-16
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Book two in the brand new «Doctor Who Decide Your Destiny» series, based on the new «BBC One» series featuring Matt Smith as the Doctor! You're in the TARDIS when it loses power and crash-lands in a deserted snowy landscape. Something is sucking the energy from everything that passes! Is it the Sycorax? Or something else entirely? Help the Doctor and Amy unravel the mystery, before it's too late... Join the Eleventh Doctor and Amy on their travels through time and space in the TARDIS and influence the story with your decisions. Choose a direction and let the adventures begin... This new series contains interactive stories that continue online. With links to exclusive animated scenes and an exciting online game, there's a new adventure with every read! Also available: «Doctor Who: Decide Your Destiny: The Claws of the Macra».
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Decide Your Destiny: Claws of the Macra
Автор: Trevor Baxendale Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2010 Страниц: 192 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20122014-03-16
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Book one in the brand new «Doctor Who Decide Your Destiny» series, based on the new «BBC One» series featuring Matt Smith as the Doctor! Danger and adventure await you on a school trip to a gas refinery infested by giant crustaceans! Only you can help the Doctor and Amy put a stop to the Macra's plans and save Earth! Join the Eleventh Doctor and Amy on their travels through time and space in the TARDIS and influence the story with your decisions. Choose a direction and let the adventures begin... This new series contains interactive stories that continue online. With links to exclusive animated scenes and an exciting online game, there's a new adventure with every read! Also available: «Doctor Who: Decide Your Destiny: The Coldest War».
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Black Wind
Автор: Clive Cussler Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2006 Страниц: 639 Дата загрузки: 09 февраля 20082009-04-17
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A New York Times Bestseller. Kirkus Reviews hailed Clive Cussler's last Dirk Pitt(R) novel, Trojan Odyssey, as Hurricane Clive at his most tumultuous. Nobody has been able to match Cussler for the intricate plotting and the sheer audacity of his work — and Black Wind sets the bar even higher.
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Fall of Giants
Автор: Ken Follett Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2011 Страниц: 944 Дата загрузки: 20 декабря 20132014-09-24
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A thirteen-year-old Welsh boy enters a man's world in the mining pits...An American law student rejected in love finds a surprising new career in Woodrow Wilson's White House....A housekeeper for the aristocratic Fitzherberts takes a fateful step above her station, while Lady Maud Fitzherbert herself crosses deep into forbidden territory when, she falls in love with a German spy... And two orphaned Russian brothers embark on radically different paths when their plan to emigrate to America falls afoul of war, conscription, and revolution. From the dirt and danger of a coal mine to the glittering chandeliers of a palace, from the corridors of power to the bedrooms of the mighty, Fall of Giants takes us into the inextricably entangled fates of five families — and into a century that we thought we knew, but that now will never seem the same again...
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Holiday in Death
Автор: J. D. Robb Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 1998 Страниц: 326 Дата загрузки: 24 августа 20092000-10-31
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Futuristic cop Eve Dallas is back on the job. This time it's Christmas in New York, and all the lonely hearts are easy pickings for a serial killer spreading death through a dating service.
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Loyalty in Death
Автор: J. D. Robb Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 1999 Страниц: 368 Дата загрузки: 25 июня 20092001-05-16
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With this month's release of the new Eve Dallas thriller, Betrayal in Death, fans will learn the true identity of author J.D. Robb — she's #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts. But fans won't feel betrayed — they'll snap up the previous titles in this New York Times bestselling police series... and push it straight to the top.
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Nights of Rain and Stars
Автор: Maeve Binchy Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2005 Страниц: 358 Дата загрузки: 15 августа 20092008-04-25
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In a small Greek island village, a group of travelers from around the world and the local residents they encounter are brought together in unexpected ways when sudden tragedy strikes. In her inimitable style, Maeve Binchy shares with readers the lives of these strangers, learning their hopes, dreams, and fears as they move forward, forever changed by their experience. Here is the story of old Andreas, the gentle taverna owner who has spent many years regretting the argument that drove his only son to America; Elsa, the beautiful German reporter who gave up her television career and the man she loves once she learned the secret he hid from her; and Fiona, the Irish nurse and dutiful daughter, who's gone off to travel with the man everyone says is wrong for her, determined to show them all — even if everyone is right. This is also the story of David, the only son who loves his family but not the family business; Thomas, the Californian who is able to cope with his recent divorce but not with sharing his son with his wife's new husband; and Vonni, who rashly left behind her life in Ireland to follow her true love to this village thirty years ago — and who is wise for everyone but herself. A story that only Maeve Binchy could tell, told with the authenticity, charm, and grace that are her trademark, Nights of Rain and Stars will be rightly cherished by her millions of fans around the world.
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The Sacred Book of the Werewolf
Автор: Victor Pelevin Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2009 Страниц: 333 Дата загрузки: 05 июня 20112010-12-23
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The worldas first Zen Buddhist paranormal romanceapublished to coincide with Halloween. One of the most progressive writers at work today, Victor Pelevinas comic inventiveness has won him comparisons to Kafka, Calvino, and Gogol, and Time has described him as a apsychedelic Nabokov for the cyberage.a In The Sacred Book of the Werewolf, a smash success in Russia and Pelevinas first novel in six years, paranormal meets transcendental with a splash of satire as A Hu-Li, a two-thousand-year-old shape-shifting werefox from ancient China meets her match in Alexander, a Wagner-addicted werewolf whoas the key figure in Russiaas Big Oil. Both a supernatural love story and an outrageously funny send-up of modern Russia, this stunning and ingenious work of the imagination is the sharpest novel to date from Russiaas most gifted literary malcontent.
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The Ten Commandments for Business Failure
Автор: Donald R. Keough Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2011 Страниц: 196 Дата загрузки: 10 декабря 20132013-05-22
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Don Keough a former top executive at Coca-Cola and now chairman of the elite investment banking firm Allen & Company? Has witnessed plenty of failures in his sixty-year career (including New Coke). He has also been friends with some of the most successful people in business history, including Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, Jack Welch, Rupert Murdoch, and Peter Drucker. Now this elder statesman reveals how great enterprises get into trouble. Even the smartest executives can fall into the trap of believing in their own infallibility. When that happens, more bad decisions are sure to follow. This light-hearted? How-not-to? book includes anecdotes from Keough's long career as well as other infamous failures. His commandments for failure include: Quit Taking Risks; Be Inflexible; Assume Infallibility; Put All Your Faith in Experts; Send Mixed Messages; and Be Afraid of the Future. As he writes? After a lifetime in business? Ive never been able to develop a step-by-step formula that will guarantee success. What I could do, however, was talk about how to lose. I guarantee that anyone who follows my formula will be a highly successful loser?
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Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street
Автор: Andrew Ross Sorkin Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2010 Страниц: 618 Дата загрузки: 12 марта 20132011-12-30
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A real-life thriller about the most tumultuous period in America's financial history by an acclaimed New York Times Reporter. Andrew Ross Sorkin delivers the first true behind-the-scenes, moment-by-moment account of how the greatest financial crisis since the Great Depression developed into a global tsunami. From inside the corner office at Lehman Brothers to secret meetings in South Korea, and the corridors of Washington, Too Big to Fail is the definitive story of the most powerful men and women in finance and politics grappling with success and failure, ego and greed, and, ultimately, the fate of the world's economy. We've got to get some foam down on the runway! a sleepless Timothy Geithner, the then-president of the Federal Reserve of New York, would tell Henry M. Paulson, the Treasury secretary, about the catastrophic crash the world's financial system would experience. Through unprecedented access to the players involved, Too Big to Fail re-creates all the drama and turmoil, revealing neverdisclosed details and elucidating how decisions made on Wall Street over the past decade sowed the seeds of the debacle. This true story is not just a look at banks that were too big to fail, it is a real-life thriller with a cast of bold-faced names who themselves thought they were too big to fail.
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Treachery in Death
Автор: J. D. Robb Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2011 Страниц: 372 Дата загрузки: 15 апреля 20152013-07-14
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In the latest in the New York Times bestselling series, Eve Dallas tracks down those who break the law-including the ones sworn to uphold it.
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The Diamond As Big As The Ritz And Other Stories
Автор: F.Scott Fitzgerald Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2012 Страниц: 192 Дата загрузки: 16 мая 20152015-02-16
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Scott Fitzgerald blends wit and cynicism in his satirical portraits of the swinging Jazz Age. The stories capture a glittering whirl of dancing, laughter and champagne, and the gods that are worshipped are glamour, wealth and social status. «The Bowl» is a clear metaphor for this cold and brittle world, as a beautiful woman is made to suffer for the cruelty of her youth, her punishment ironically taking the shape of a cut-glass punch-bowl. The amusing «Bernice Bobs Her Hair» depicts a dull girl striving at all costs to enter society, where the competition and jealousy wrought between women leads to bitter vengeance and a quirky twist in the tale. However, the powerful and destructive influence of money is never more stunningly revealed than in Fitzgerald's most famous and unusual story, «The Diamond as Big as the Ritz».
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Far from the Madding Crowd
Автор: Thomas Hardy Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2011 Страниц: 384 Дата загрузки: 15 октрября 20142014-04-24
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Independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest estate in the area. Her bold presence draws three very different suitors: the gentleman-farmer Boldwood, soldier-seducer Sergeant Troy and the devoted shepherd Gabriel Oak. Each, in contrasting ways, unsettles her decisions and complicates her life, and tragedy ensues, threatening the stability of the whole community. The first of his works set in Wessex, Hardy's novel of swiftpassion and slow courtship is imbued with his evocative descriptions of rural life and landscapes, and with unflinching honesty about sexual relationships.
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Kidnapped
Автор: Robert L.Stevenson Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2011 Страниц: 240 Дата загрузки: 23 февраля 20132012-12-20
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Seventeen-year-old David Balfour's villainous uncle has him kidnapped in order to steal his inheritance. David escapes only to fall into the dangerous company of rebels who are resisting British redcoats in the Scottish highlands.
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