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The Mysterious Benedict Society
Автор: Stewart Trenton Lee Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2008 Страниц: 512 Дата загрузки: 17 сентября 20132011-02-19
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Are you a gifted child looking for special opportunities? When this peculiar ad appears in the newspaper, dozens of children enroll to take a series of mysterious, mind-bending tests. (And you, dear reader, can test your wits right alongside them.) But in the end just four very special children will succeed. Their challenge: to go on a secret mission that only the most intelligent and resourceful children could complete. To accomplish it they will have to go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened, where the only rule is that there are no rules. As our heroes face physical and mental trials beyond their wildest imaginations, they have no choice but to turn to each other for support. But with their newfound friendship at stake, will they be able to pass the most important test of all? Welcome to the Mysterious Benedict Society.
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Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle
Автор: Senor Dan Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2011 Страниц: 384 Дата загрузки: 15 октрября 20142014-04-24
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START-UP NATION addresses the trillion dollar question: How is it that Israel — a country of 7.1 million, only 60 years old, surrounded by enemies, in a constant state of war since its founding, with no natural resources — produces more start-up companies than large, peaceful and stable nations like Japan, China, India, Korea, Canada and the UK? With the savvy of foreign policy insiders, Senor and Singer examine the lessons of the country's adversity-driven culture, which flattens hierarchy and elevates informality — all backed up by government policies focused on innovation. In a world where economies as diverse as Ireland, Singapore and Dubai have tried to re-create the Israel effect, there are entrepreneurial lessons well worth noting. As America reboots its own economy and can-do spirit, there's never been a better time to look at this remarkable and resilient nation for some impressive, surprising clues.
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The Sherlockian
Автор: Moore Graham Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2012 Страниц: 431 Дата загрузки: 20 сентября 20172013-06-05
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A gripping historical suspense novel, set in the present day and Victorian London, centering upon the holy grail of Sherlock Holmes enthusiasts — the author´s famed missing diary. In December 1893, Sherlock Holmes — adoring Londoners eagerly opened their Strand magazines — anticipating the detective´s next adventure — only to find the unthinkable: his creator, Arthur Conan Doyle, had killed their hero off.
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The Sixth Man
Автор: Baldacci David Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2011 Страниц: 432 Дата загрузки: 21 июня 20132014-02-09
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After alleged serial killer Edgar Roy is apprehended and locked away in a mental facility private investigators Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are called in by Roy's lawyer — an old friend of Sean King — to look into the case. But their investigation is derailed before it begins: while en route to their first meeting with the lawyer, King and Maxwell discover his dead body. It is up to King and Maxwell to uncover the truth: is Roy a killer or not? Edgar Roy — an alleged serial killer held in a secure, fortress-like Federal Supermax facility — is awaiting trial. He faces almost certain conviction. Sean King and Michelle Maxwell are called in by Roy's attorney, Sean's old friend and mentor Ted Bergin, to help work the case. But their investigation is derailed before it begins-en route to their first meeting with Bergin, Sean and Michelle find him murdered. It is now up to them to ask the questions no one seems to want answered: Is Roy a killer? Who murdered Bergin? With help from some surprising allies, they continue to pursue the case. But the more they dig into Roy's past, the more they encounter obstacles, half-truths, dead-ends, false friends, and escalating threats from every direction. Their persistence puts them on a collision course with the highest levels of the government and the darkest corners of power. In a terrifying confrontation that will push Sean and Michelle to their limits, the duo may be permanently parted.
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The Story of a Beautiful Girl
Автор: Simon Rachel Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2011 Страниц: 392 Дата загрузки: 20 декабря 20132014-09-10
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An unforgettably moving love story about the improbable odds faced by a disabled couple and a lost child -from the author of the bestseller Riding the Bus with My Sister. Lynnie and Homan are an unlikely couple hindered by race and disabilities, hidden away in a hospital. One night the couple escapes and takes refuge in the home of a retired school teacher, Martha. When the authorities finally catch up, Lynnie mutters only two words to Martha, 'Hide Her'. THE STORY OF BEAUTIFUL is the tale of three lives desperate to connect, yet kept apart by seemingly insurmountable obstacles.
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Олимпия в прошлом и настоящем (+ DVD)
Жанр: Шедевры архитектуры Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2011 Страниц: 100 Дата загрузки: 20 сентября 20162013-10-13
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Первый оригинальный археологический путеводитель с реконструкциями древних монументов. Прошлое и настоящее переплетаются, предоставляя чарующий и неповторимый вид. Мы ведем вас к открытию прошлого. Олимпия оживает на 8 прекрасных прозрачных реконструкциях, наложенных на фотографии.
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Египет в прошлом и настоящем
Жанр: Африка Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2011 Страниц: 100 Дата загрузки: 20 сентября 20162013-10-13
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Иллюстрированный путеводитель с реконструкциями древних монументов
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California
Автор: Adams Ansel Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2008 Страниц: 112 Дата загрузки: 05 июня 20102010-07-23
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A celebration of California by its most renowned photographer, this book features many rarely seen images and an intriguing selection of writings about the state by classic and contemporary authors. This volume collects for the first time a full range of Adams' California images. Sixty-five beautifully reproduced photographs capture some of California's most inimitable vistas — San Francisco, the Golden Gate, Point Reyes, the North Coast, redwood forests, Mt. Lassen, orchards in Santa Clara, Lake Tahoe, lettuce fields in the Salinas Valley, and the gold country, among many others. Accompanying these beautiful photographs are evocative poems, essays, and passages about California by a wide range of notable writers, including Robert Louis Stevenson, Mark Twain, John Muir, Robinson Jeffers, John Steinbeck, John McPhee, Wallace Stegner, and Joan Didion.
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Examples
Автор: Adams Ansel Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2008 Страниц: 224 Дата загрузки: 10 декабря 20102012-03-29
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Ansel Adams recounts the circumstances surrounding the making of many of his most famous photographs and the methods he used in their realization. Each image is accompanied by a narrative that explores the technical and aesthetic problems presented by the subject, and includes reminiscences of the places and people involved and anecdotes on matters ranging from timing to the weather. Specific technical information about the camera and lens, filters, exposure times and development and printing of the image is given in an agreeable balance with more general information. Further technical considerations can be explored by using the references in each selection to the books in The New Adams Photography Series.
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Private Newport
Автор: Pardee B. Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2008 Страниц: 224 Дата загрузки: 10 декабря 20102012-03-29
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Newport, Rhode Island, blessed with stunning ocean vistas and constant sea breezes, is home to some of the most exceptional private residences in America. Its deeply rooted history makes it a perennial destination, with more than 3.5 million visitors each year. Although it is one of the most high profile towns in the country, Newport is also one of the most cloistered. Private Newport: At Home and in the Garden offers an invitation to venture beyond the privet hedges and massive iron gates. It is the first book to step inside the privately owned mansions to reveal a diverse collection of architectural jewels complemented by spectacular gardens. These homes, created by distinguished architects and landscape designers, are stunning examples of Newport's 375-year old-world heritage. Eighteen exquisite and unique homes are prominently featured-from the resilient crescent curve of majestic Seafair, which withstood the Hurricane of '38, to the prizewinning Japanese garden at Wildacre, to the nostalgic working farm of heritage breeds at Swiss Village-each contributing its own part to the Eden of America.
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101 Salivations
Автор: Hale Rachael Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2008 Страниц: 176 Дата загрузки: 12 мая 20112010-05-25
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Rachael Hale's signature style catches the eye of everyone who comes across it. Featuring 101 colour photographs of Westies and other Terriers, Retrievers and Great Danes and everything in between, 101 SALIVATIONS presents dogs in all sorts of wonderful poses that bring out their most endearing characteristics In between the irresistible photographs, the book is peppered with humorous and touching quotations from well-known authors, such as J.R. Ackerley, who wrote: A dog has one aim in life. To bestow his heart. or A.A. Milne's A Pekingese is not a pet dog... he is an undersized lion. This whimsical compilation of heartwarming portraits celebrates the quirky character of our canine companions. 101 SALIVATIONS is a tribute to the animals who have stood by us for centuries and continue to be our best friends.
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The Grand Canyon and the South West
Автор: Adams Ansel Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2008 Страниц: 112 Дата загрузки: 05 июня 20102010-07-23
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Next to Yosemite and the High Sierra, the Southwest was closest to Ansel Adams' heart. It was there, in the early 1930s, that he met photographer Paul Strand and decided to make photography his life's work. In this volume, roughly one quarter of the photographs, selected and edited by Adams' longtime editor Andrea Stillman, are little-known images of the Grand Canyon. The balance of the images portrays the variety and stark beauty of the southwestern landscape, from Texas to Death Valley in California. The pictures are complemented by an introduction by Andrea Stillman and a selection of Adams' vivid letters about the region.
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Photographs of the South-west
Автор: Adams Ansel Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2008 Страниц: 128 Дата загрузки: 21 августа 20102010-07-21
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This title celebrates the author's romance with the beguiling desert lands of Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah — places that he returned to again and again from 1928 to 1968. More than 100 superbly reproduced photographs, including Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico and other celebrated images, give us his powerful and evocative record of this unique region. Here are indelible photographs of our National Parks and Monuments — the Grand Canyon, Zion, Death Valley, and Joshua Tree, among others — as well as striking images of Navajo Mountain, Hopi Buttes, Taos Pueblo, saguaro cactus, gravestones, and other varied subjects.
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Preston Baileys Fantasy Weddings
Автор: Bailey Preston Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2008 Страниц: 176 Дата загрузки: 12 мая 20112010-05-25
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With engaging text, Bailey guides the reader through the process of deciding on the decor for ceremonies, rehearsal dinners, wedding receptions and parties, explaining how to bring diverse yet elegant elements together to compose the stunning environment of one's dreams. Beginning with large decisions, such as choosing a theme and transforming a wide array of spaces to fit the vision, he moves on to the details — centrepieces, arches, placemats, lighting, table settings and more. Throughout the book are full-colour photographs of nine weddings, with chapters that include a Glorious Glasshouse Fantasy, a Tropical Latin Fantasy, a Modern Metropolitan Fantasy and a New England Waterfront Fantasy. Also included are nine design motifs from the Preston Bailey 'Signatures' line. Above all, Bailey encourages anyone planning a wedding, whether it is large or small, to allow their creativity to blossom and to have fun while designing their dream event.
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What Remains
Автор: Mann Sally Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2008 Страниц: 132 Дата загрузки: 25 апреля 20122011-09-27
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A collection of more than eighty tritone photographs highlights a five-part reflection on mortality, the separation of body and soul, life and death, the moment of death, and the manner in which life renews the earth. By the author of Immediate Family.
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Yosemite
Автор: Adams Ansel Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2008 Страниц: 112 Дата загрузки: 05 июня 20102010-07-23
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This paperback original features Ansel Adams's photographs of his beloved Yosemite National Park. It includes Clearing Winter Storm and Moon and Half Dome. From the age of 14, Adams visited Yosemite virtually every year of his life, and his short quotes about experiencing the grandeur of Yosemite are interspersed with his photographs. Over 75 prints are included in this book.
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101 Cataclysms
Автор: Hale Rachael Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2008 Страниц: 176 Дата загрузки: 12 мая 20112010-05-25
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Celebrated animal portraitist Rachael Hale brings us the next instalment in her adorable pet book repertoire with 101 Cataclysms: For the Love of Cats. This collection features 101 images of enchanting and magnificent felines. Hale's special rapport with animals has allowed her to capture the true essence of her subjects. You will see it in the bald-faced cheekiness of Hilander, the Sphynx or the sassiness of Puffy, the Persian ball of fluff, and in the playfulness of Yabba Dabba Doo, the British Shorthair. Cataclysms also contains quotations from well-known personalities that will tickle the reader as they peruse this gem of a book, such as James Herriot's 'Cats are the connoisseurs of comfort'. 101 Cataclysms: For the Love of Cats is a loving tribute that will undoubtedly be irresistible to cat-lovers everywhere.
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Yosemite and the High Sierra
Автор: Adams Ansel Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2008 Страниц: 136 Дата загрузки: 15 сентября 20132009-12-07
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For sixty years, Ansel Adams photographed among the great peaks of Yosemite National Park and the High Sierra range — the range of light. Inspired by their grandeur, their wildness, and their primeval mystery, he made photographs that were to become the icons, the symbols, of America's national park ethic. During his lifetime Adams published seven books of images from this region; this new book brings together in a single volume the finest photographs from this vast body of work. His writings — alive with anecdote and insight — provide a backdrop for these stirring images, and John Szarkowski's introduction provides testimony to the enduring impact of Adams' Yosemite vision. Yosemite and the High Sierra represents Adams' legacy at its most distilled, and timeless.
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The Camera
Автор: Adams Ansel Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2008 Страниц: 224 Дата загрузки: 10 декабря 20102012-03-29
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This is an atrractively priced photography classic made accessible to a wider, new audience. It covers e very thing from seeing the finished photo in advance, to lens choices. It is illustrated with many of Ansel Adams most famous images.
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Афины в прошлом и настоящем (+ DVD)
Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2011 Страниц: 96 Дата загрузки: 15 апреля 20152013-07-24
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Первый оригинальный археологический путеводитель с реконструкциями древних монументов. Прошлое и Настоящее переплетаются, предоставляя чарующий и неповторимый вид. Мы ведем вас к открытию прошлого. Древняя Греция оживает на 16 прекрасных прозрачных реконструкциях, наложенных на фотографии.
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