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Earth: A Visitor's Guide to the Human Race
Автор: Jon Stewart Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2011 Страниц: 244 Дата загрузки: 28 июля 20122015-03-26
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Where do we come from? Who created us? Why are we here? These questions have puzzled us since the dawn of time, but when it became apparent to Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show that the world was about to end, they embarked on a massive mission to write a book that summed up the human race: What we looked like; what we accomplished; our achievements in society, government, religion, science and culture — all in a tome of 238 pages with lots of color photos, graphs and charts. After two weeks of hard work, they had their book. EARTH (The Book) is the definitive guide to our species. With their trademark wit, irreverence, and intelligence, Stewart and his team posthumously answer all of life's most hard-hitting questions, completely unburdened by objectivity, journalistic integrity, or even accuracy.
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Arthur Meets the President (+ Audio CD)
Автор: Marc Brown Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2008 Страниц: 32 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20102010-10-13
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When Arthur wins the «How I Can Help Make America Great» contest, he and his classmates are excited about attending the special ceremony at the White House. But when Arthur learns he has to recite his winning essay on TV, he is terrified! When his notes are blown away by the helicopter's wind, it is his irrepressible sister, D.W., who saves the day and underscores Brown's message that, 'We can all help to make America great by helping others.
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Life 75 Years: The Very Best of Life
Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2011 Страниц: 224 Дата загрузки: 11 октрября 20142012-12-30
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In this deluxe commemorative edition, LIFE's editors focus on the publication's achievements more tightly than they ever have before: This is truly the best of everything LIFE has accomplished. In these pages are the best war photos ever taken for LIFE; the best photo essays ever to grace our pages (including the works of Capa and Parks and Smith); the loveliest pictures from Hollywood (in fact, the best pictures of Marilyn Monroe ever taken by such as Halsmann, Eisenstaedt and her dear friend Milton Greene), the best sports pictures, the funniest pictures we ever ran. The best pictures from the space race, and the most significant pictures to the human race, including Lennart Nilsson's «Life Before Birth». This is a premium volume of LIFE, and beyond its 200-plus pages, which include a review of every LIFE cover ever published, there is, included here, the ultimate premium: The first-ever LIFE issue, with the Margaret Bourke-White photograph of the Fort Peck Dam on the cover, reprinted in its entirety, at actual size and able to be detached. We've come a long way: We, you, those places, LIFE itself. This book tells, and celebrates, that voyage.
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New Cottage Style: A Sunset Design Guide
Автор: Allison Serrell Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2011 Страниц: 192 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20132015-03-16
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Rich with inspirational photography and design advice, The Sunset Design Guide series brings together a talented panel of today's top design and building professionals. New Cottage Style: A Sunset Design Guide offers an updated take on the well-loved design genre of cottage decorating. New Cottage Style offers not only inspirational photography, but also expert design advice on how readers can create these inspiring looks in their own homes. Helping readers identify new styles and looks to fit their lifestyle, this book guides them to contemporary cottage style whatever their budget may be. New Cottage Style: A Sunset Design Guide includes: Expert tips and advice on helping readers identify new styles and looks to fit both their lifestyle and their budget; Guidance on choosing the right mix of materials, fixtures, and furnishings to create a uniquely livable home; Beautiful photography and design instruction on a variety of cottages-from seaside cottages to desert bungalows and mountain chalets; Room-by-room design inspiration and advice on choosing every element in the room, including flooring and window treatments.
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The Adventures of Tintin: The Chapter Book
Автор: Stephanie Peters Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2011 Страниц: 80 Дата загрузки: 14 февраля 20132016-08-17
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An easy-to-read adaptation of the film for younger readers, featuring gorgeous full-color movie stills throughout! When Tintin buys a model ship called the Unicorn, he doesn't realize he's about to become the center of a centuries-old family feud involving nefarious pirates and treasure! Following clues from the high seas to the blazing-hot desert, Tintin makes new friends and outwits new enemies as he uncovers the secret of the Unicorn.
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Cathedral
Автор: Nelson DeMille Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 1990 Страниц: 576 Дата загрузки: 21 июня 20091993-02-19
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St. Patrick's Day, New York City. Everyone is celebrating, but everyone is in for the shock of his life. Born into the heat and hatred of the Northern Ireland conflict, IRA man Brian Flynn has masterminded a brilliant terrorist act — the seizure of Saint Patrick's Cathedral. Among his hostages: the woman Brian Flynn once loved, a former terrorist turned peace activist. Among his enemies: an Irish-American police lieutenant fighting against a traitor inside his own ranks and a shadowy British intelligence officer pursuing his own cynical, bloody plan. The cops face a booby-trapped, perfectly laid out killing zone inside the church. The hostages face death. Flynn faces his own demons, in an electrifying duel of nerves, honor, and betrayal...
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Charm School
Автор: Nelson DeMille Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 1989 Страниц: 640 Дата загрузки: 15 августа 20091992-04-24
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On a dark road deep inside Russia, a young American tourist picks up a most unusual passenger — a U.S. POW on the run with an incredible secret to reveal to an unsuspecting world. The secret concerns The Charm School, a vast and astounding KGB conspiracy that stands poised against the very heartland of America. Arrayed against this renegade power of the Soviet state are three Americans: an Air Force officer, who will fly one last covert mission into the center of a mad experiment; an embassy liaison, who will have her hopes for a saner superpower balance brutally tested; and the chief of the CIA's Moscow station, who will find his intricate dance of destiny and death reaching its devastating conclusion.
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Last Man Standing
Автор: David Baldacci Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2002 Страниц: 656 Дата загрузки: 22 мая 20092004-05-28
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When Web London's FBI Hostage Negotiation Team is ambushed in a dark alley, Web is the only survivor. As the FBI investigates, suspicion surrounding Web deepens. Now, he needs help from an unlikely ally in his desperate search for the killer of his friends, and finds himself up against a force intent on finishing the job that began in the alley.
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The Black Island
Автор: Herge Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2012 Страниц: 96 Дата загрузки: 16 марта 20152014-07-24
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Join Tintin and Snowy — the world's greatest adventurers — as they solve thrilling mysteries around the world! Off to trace a mysterious plane crash, Tintin must be onto something big! Someone is trying to keep him away from the crash site, but Tintin manages to escape without harm, until clues start leading to a suspicious and dangerous Doctor. The case leads Tintin to Scotland, where he learns of a monster that stalks his destination, called Black Island. Will Tintin find out what these international crooks are up to or will he fall victim to the beast? This edition includes an in depth guide to the creation of this Tintin adventure, filled with photos and fun Tintin facts — just for kids!
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White Oleander
Автор: Janet Fitch Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2000 Страниц: 480 Дата загрузки: 9 февраля 20092003-02-09
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Everywhere hailed as a novel of rare beauty and power, White Oleander tells the unforgettable story of Ingrid, a brilliant poet imprisoned for murder, and her daughter, Astrid, whose odyssey through a series of Los Angeles foster homes-each its own universe, with its own laws, its own dangers, its own hard lessons to be learned-becomes a redeeming and surprising journey of self-discovery.
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Life Remembering George Harrison: 10 Years Later
Автор: The Editors of LIFE Magazine Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2011 Страниц: 112 Дата загрузки: 05 июня 20132012-06-23
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He was the quiet Beatle only in that he was standing alongside two louder-than-life characters and in front of a guy playing drums. He held many strong opinions — on Beatlemania, on global want, on his right to privacy, on his God — and gave firm voice to most of them. But George Harrison was certainly the most reluctant Beatle, wanting out almost as soon as he was in. He often said that his luckiest break was joining the band and his second luckiest was leaving it. The standard line is that George Harrison was an enigma, but perhaps he was transparent: a terrific guitarist, a fine songwriter, a wonderer, a seeker and, overriding all, a celebrity who hated and feared celebrity. George Harrison died at a friend's home in Los Angeles ten years ago, in late 2001, at age 58, losing his last battle with cancer. He was beloved, and had been for a long time. He had thrived in the aftermath of the band's breakup, becoming a recording artist on the level of his former mates McCartney and Lennon. As would be expected from «LIFE», it is all here in pictures — the Hamburg days, the Cavern Club, the craze that was Beatlemania, the fun movies, the psychedelic period and the solo years. This is an intimate look back, with many visual surprises.
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The General's Daughter
Автор: Demille Nelson Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 1993 Страниц: 464 Дата загрузки: 22 мая 20091996-09-10
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Captain Ann Campbell is a West Point graduate, the daughter of legendary General Fighting Joe Campbell. She is the pride of Fort Hadley until, one morning, her body is found, naked and bound, on the firing range. Paul Brenner is a member of the army's elite undercover investigative unit and the man in charge of this politically explosive case. Teamed with rape specialist Cynthia Sunhill, with whom he once had a tempestuous, doomed affair, Brenner is about to learn just how many people were sexually, emotionally, and dangerously involved with the army's golden girl . And how the neatly pressed uniforms and honor codes of the military hide a corruption as rank as Ann Campbell's shocking secret life.
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The Gold Coast
Автор: DeMille Nelson Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 1991 Страниц: 640 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20091992-12-07
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Welcome to the fabled Gold Coast, that stretch on the North Shore of Long Island that once held the greatest concentration of wealth and power in America. Here two men are destined for an explosive collision: John Sutter, Wall Street lawyer, holding fast to a fading aristocratic legacy; and Frank Bellarosa, the Mafia don who seizes his piece of the staid and unprepared Gold Coast like a latter-day barbarian chief and draws Sutter and his regally beautiful wife, Susan, into his violent world. Told from Sutter's sardonic and often hilarious point of view, and laced with sexual passion and suspense, The Gold Coast is Nelson DeMille's captivating story of friendship and seduction, love and betrayal.
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Gossip Girl, Psycho Killer
Автор: Von Ziegesar Cecily Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2011 Страниц: 307 Дата загрузки: 12 сентября 20162013-05-18
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Welcome to New York City's Upper East Side, where my friends and I live, go to school, play, and sleep-sometimes with each other. It's a luxe life, but someone's got to live it... until they die. So begins Gossip Girl, Psycho Killer, a re-imagined and expanded slasher edition of the first groundbreaking Gossip Girl novel, featuring all new grisly scenes and over-the-top gore by #1 New York Times bestselling author Cecily von Ziegesar. Just as in the original story, Serena returns from boarding school hoping to make amends with her BFF Blair Waldorf — things just haven't been the same since Nate Archibald came between them. But here's where our dark tale takes a turn: Serena decides that the only way for her to make things right with Blair is to eliminate Nate. If that means killing him, well, c'est la vie. Her attempted murder doesn't go unnoticed by Blair, however, who isn't about to let Serena kill whoever she wants-not when there's Cyrus Rose and Chuck Bass and Titi Coates and everyone else who's ever irritated Blair to get rid of first... American Psycho's Patrick Bateman has met his match in Manhattan's newest, most fabulous trendsetting serial killers, Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodsen.
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I Know What You Did Last Summer
Автор: Duncan Lois Жанр: Hachette Livre Издательство: Hachette Livre Год: 2010 Страниц: 224 Дата загрузки: 11 октрября 20132013-02-29
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Some secrets just won't stay buried. They didn't mean it. They didn't mean to hit the boy. There was a party, and it was an accident... that wasn't who they were. They were pre-law, a football player, bound for New York. No one could know, so Barry, Julie, Helen, and Ray swore one another to secrecy. But now, a year later, someone knows. Julie receives a haunting, anonymous threat: I know what you did last summer. The dark lie is unearthed, and before the four friends know it they need to outsmart a killer... or they will be the next to die. Leave the lights on when reading this classic thriller! This new edition features modernized text and a new introduction by Lois Duncan, the master of teen horror.
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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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