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Best Served Cold
Автор: Joe Abercrombie Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2010 Страниц: 899 Дата загрузки: 18 июня 20122012-10-23
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After Grand Duke Orso decides to dispose of sister-and-brother mercenaries Monzcarro and Benna Mercatto, Monzcarro narrowly avoids her doom, and forges a gruesome plan of revenge.
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What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures
Автор: Malcolm Gladwell Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2010 Страниц: 528 Дата загрузки: 12 сентября 20152013-09-10
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Malcolm Gladwell is the master of playful yet profound insight. His ability to see underneath the surface of the seemingly mundane taps into a fundamental human impulse: curiosity. From criminology to ketchup, job interviews to dog training, Malcolm Gladwell takes everyday subjects and shows us surprising new ways of looking at them, and the world around us. Are smart people overrated? What can pit bulls teach us about crime? Why are problems like homelessness easier to solve than to manage? How do we hire when we can't tell who's right for the job? Gladwell explores the minor geniuses, the underdogs and the overlooked, and reveals how everyone and everything contains an intriguing story. «What the Dog Saw» is Gladwell at his very best — asking questions and seeking answers in his inimitable style.
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The Name of This Book Is Secret
Автор: Pseudonymous Bosch Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2008 Страниц: 384 Дата загрузки: 14 февраля 20102010-07-23
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This is the story about a secret. but it also contains a secret story. When adventurous detectives, Cass, an ever-vigilant survivalist, and Max-Ernest, a boy driven by logic, discover the Symphony of Smells, a box filled with smelly vials of colorful ingredients, they accidentally stumble upon a mystery surrounding a dead magician's diary and the hunt for immortality. Filled with word games, anagrams, and featuring a mysterious narrator, this is a book that won't stay secret for long.
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Eating Animals
Автор: Jonathan Safran Foer Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2010 Страниц: 352 Дата загрузки: 24 июля 20112012-07-18
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Jonathan Safran Foer spent much of his teenage and college years oscillating between omnivore and vegetarian. But on the brink of fatherhood-facing the prospect of having to make dietary choices on a child's behalf-his casual questioning took on an urgency His quest for answers ultimately required him to visit factory farms in the middle of the night, dissect the emotional ingredients of meals from his childhood, and probe some of his most primal instincts about right and wrong. Brilliantly synthesizing philosophy, literature, science, memoir and his own detective work, Eating Animals explores the many fictions we use to justify our eating habits-from folklore to pop culture to family traditions and national myth-and how such tales can lull us into a brutal forgetting. Marked by Foer's profound moral ferocity and unvarying generosity, as well as the vibrant style and creativity that made his previous books, Everything is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, widely loved, Eating Animals is a celebration and a reckoning, a story about the stories we've told-and the stories we now need to tell.
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The Tale of Custard the Dragon
Автор: Ogden Nash Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 1998 Страниц: 32 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20091999-12-13
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In this humorous poem, Custard the cowardly dragon saves the day when a pirate threatens Belinda and her pet animals.
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Michael Jackson: The Making of Thriller
Автор: Douglas Kirkland Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2010 Страниц: 196 Дата загрузки: 09 февраля 20122011-06-21
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Michael Jackson: The Making of Thriller is an illustrated tribute to the King of Pop and his groundbreaking music video, with never-before-seen photos of its creation. The book will feature over 200 exclusive, behind-the-scenes photographs of the artist on set during the 1983 production of the Grammy award winning video directed by John Landis. Considered to be the most successful project of all time, Thriller is beloved the world over, inspiring imitation and a cult-like following of millions of fans. Documenting the creation of the most popular and iconic music video of all time, this book will celebrate the artist and his music at the top of his career. Celebrated photographer Douglas Kirkland and journalist Nancy Griffin were the only members of the media allowed on the set of the video. The resulting photos capture Jackson both in high performance mode and relaxing on the set and depict his transformation into the characters in the video as well capturing the public and private faces of Michael Jackson. Compelling, intimate photos of the artist will be accompanied by interviews and quotes from musicians and celebrities. With a holographic cover that transforms the artist into his zombie character, the book will be an impressive gift to be treasured by fans and music lovers everywhere.
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Metropolitian Home Design 100
Автор: Michael Lassell Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2010 Страниц: 240 Дата загрузки: 23 февраля 20122011-12-20
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From its earliest days Metropolitan Home magazine grew into the standard bearer for contemporary home design in the US and became an active participant in reshaping the way Americans live. Always on the forefront of new trends, yet never elevating fashion over substantive style, Met Home championed creative re-use of old buildings, the opening up of homes to light, the reinvention of mid-century modernism, the green revolution in architecture, and the new big mix in interior decoration. Many of the designers and architects featured in its pages went on to become household names and leaders of the design profession. A favorite annual issue known as the Design 100 honored superlative invention and creativity in international design. Metropolitan Home Design 100 will focus on the best homes and the best rooms ever to have appeared in Met Home — as well as scores of new locations and never-before-published photographs. Each of the 100 houses, apartments, lofts, rooms, or design details included in the book is the greatest of something, and each has been created by one of the top designers or architects of our time. The 100 taken as a whole have been curated in the spirit of Met Home: lively, beautiful, accessible, aspirational, real. Metropolitan Home ceased publication with its December 2009 issue, but the spirit, the vision, and the legacy of the magazine lives on, in this book, in the hearts of thousands of loyal followers and in the way we live now. Metropolitan Home Design 100 is a celebration, a valediction, and a gift to anyone who loves modern design.
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A Walk to Remember
Автор: Sparks Nicholas Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2000 Страниц: 256 Дата загрузки: 22 сентября 20092001-06-25
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There was a time when the world was sweeter...when the women in Beaufort, North Carolina, wore dresses, and the men donned hats... Every April, when the wind smells of both the sea and lilacs, Landon Carter remembers 1958, his last year at Beaufort High. Landon had dated a girl or two, and even once sworn that he'd been in love. Certainly the last person he thought he'd fall for was Jamie, the shy, almost ethereal daughter of the town's Baptist minister...Jamie, who was destined to show him the depths of the human heart — and the joy and pain of living. From the internationally bestselling author Nicholas Sparks comes his most moving story yet...
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Divine Justice
Автор: David Baldacci Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2009 Страниц: 496 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20112010-12-30
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Known by his alias, 'Oliver Stone', John Carr is the most wanted man in America. With two pulls of the trigger, the men who hid the truth of Stone's past and kept him in the shadows were finally silenced. But Stone's freedom has come at a steep price; the assassinations he carried out have prompted the highest levels of the United States Government to unleash a massive manhunt. Joe Knox is leading the charge, but his superiors aren't telling him everything there is to know about his quarry — and their hidden agendas are just as dangerous as the killer he's trying to catch. Meanwhile, with their friend and unofficial leader in hiding, the members of the Camel Club must fend for themselves, even as they try to protect him. As Knox closes in, Stone's flight from the demons of his past will take him far from Washington, D.C., to the coal-mining town of Devine, Virginia — and headlong into a confrontation every bit as lethal as the one he is trying to escape.
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My Big Book of Spanish Words
Автор: Rebecca Emberley Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2008 Страниц: 16 Дата загрузки: 19 апреля 20122009-12-23
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Kids will love learning their very first words in Spanish and English with this colourful, oversized board book by beloved author and artist, Rebecca Emberley, whose bilingual book series has sold over 1 million copies to date. With sturdy board book pages, this book introduces kids to colours, numbers, animals, and more — a perfect first bilingual book!
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Six Thinking Hats
Автор: Edward De Bono Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 1999 Страниц: 192 Дата загрузки: 15 октрября 20092004-08-14
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Using case studies and real-life examples of his «six thinking hats», de Bono shows how each of us can become a better thinker through deliberate role-playing.
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Put Out More Flags
Автор: Evelyn Waugh Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2002 Страниц: 304 Дата загрузки: 16 мая 20092005-04-12
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Put Out More Flags is Waugh's superb send-up of smart England, the bohemian crowd, as World War II approaches. Making a return appearance, Basil Seal this time insinuates himself into an odd but profitable role in the country's mobilization.
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The End of the Battle
Автор: Evelyn Waugh Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 1979 Страниц: 352 Дата загрузки: 18 июня 20091981-10-31
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This is the third volume in the 'Sword of Honor' trilogy. The other volumes in this trilogy include: 'Men at Arms' and 'Officers and Gentlemen'.
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The Complete Stories of Evelyn Waugh
Автор: Evelyn Waugh Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2000 Страниц: 640 Дата загрузки: 06 мая 20092005-08-13
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Now in paperback, 39 short fiction works by Evelyn Waugh are available in onecomplete collection.
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Secret Smile
Автор: Nicci French Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2006 Страниц: 371 Дата загрузки: 13 декабря 20082007-06-11
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From the bestselling author of «Beneath the Skin» and «Killing Me Softly» comes a chilling novel about an affair that leads to a deadly obsession, available at a special low price.
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Catch Me When I Fall
Автор: Nicci French Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2007 Страниц: 356 Дата загрузки: 14 апреля 20112008-12-23
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A successful, happily married businesswoman, Holly Krauss is loved and admired by everyone she meets. But that's only one side of Holly: the other takes regular walks on the wild side. When the two sides of Holly's life collide, her world spirals out of control...
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Gone Too Soon
Автор: Robert Sullivan Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2010 Страниц: 128 Дата загрузки: 21 августа 20122011-06-21
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This book is a celebration. Yes, undeniably, there is some sadness in these pages. Why in the world was Kennedy killed? Why couldn't Marilyn have found happiness? Why did Michael leave the stage so early? But also, we revisit the dynamism of JFK, the beauty of Marilyn Monroe and the pure excitement that was Michael Jackson. In these pages, we lament the premature exits, but thrillingly celebrate the lives that were lived lived, often, to the very fullest. This special LIFE book is brimful with the stories of people we loved. The fans of Judy Garland, Elvis Presley and John Lennon were legion, and so were those of Tim Russert and John Ritter. These are people who, when we learned they had passed, made us sit up, take notice and focus on why they mattered-deeply-to all of us. IFE always takes the long view, and so this book salutes historical figures such as Abraham Lincoln and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as well as contemporary celebrities including Christopher Reeve and Farrah Fawcett. What might the world have been like had Lincoln not been shot, or with four score more compositions by Mozart? How richer might we all be with further F. Scott Fitzgerald stories to read, or more James Dean movies to watch? These many people-more than 100 in all-are commemorated not only in prose but also in the fine, often surprising and sometimes rare pictures for which LIFE is famous. In these pages, those we lost come vibrantly alive once more. We remember these people precisely, and celebrate their important, if too short, lives.
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Elizabeth
Автор: J. Randy Taraborrelli Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2007 Страниц: 670 Дата загрузки: 22 сентября 20122008-06-18
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For more than six decades she has been a part of our lives. Now acclaimed biographer J. Randy Taraborrelli looks past the tabloid version of Elizabeth's life and offers the first-ever fully realized portrait of this American icon. You'll meet her controlling mother who plotted her daughter's success from birth... see the qualities that catapulted Elizabeth to stardom in 1940s Hollywood... understand the psychological and emotional underpinnings behind the eight marriages... and, finally, rejoice in Elizabeth's most bravura performance of all: the new success in family, friendships, and philanthropy she achieved despite substance abuse and chronic illness. It's the story of the woman you thought you knew--and now can finally understand.
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