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Miracle at Speedy Motors
Автор: Alexander McCall Smith Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2009 Страниц: 256 Дата загрузки: 26 мая 20122010-12-30
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It has never occurred to Precious Ramotswe that there might be disadvantages to being the best-known lady detective in Botswana. But when she receives a threatening anonymous letter, she is compelled to reconsider her unconquerable belief in a kind world and good neighbours. While she ponders the identity of the letter-writer Mma Ramotswe has a further set of problems to solve, both professional and personal. There is an adopted child's poignant search for her true family, and Mr J. L. B. Matekoni's pursuit of an expensive miracle for their own foster daughter Motholeli. With these latest developments on Tlokweng Road, Alexander McCall Smith reveals with all his brilliant storytelling skill that there are very few troubles that cannot be solved with kindness, and very few dry seasons that do not end with welcome rain.
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The Crow Road
Автор: Banks Iain Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 1993 Страниц: 512 Дата загрузки: 12 марта 20091996-09-14
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From its bravura opening onwards, «The Crow Road» is justly regarded as an outstanding contemporary novel. It was the day my grandmother exploded. I sat in the crematorium, listening to my Uncle Hamish quietly snoring in harmy to Bachs Mass in B. Minor, and I reflected that it always seemed to be death that drew me back to Gallanach. Prentice McHoan has returned to the bosom of his complex but enduring Scottish family. Full of questions about the McHoan past, present and future, he is also deeply preoccupied: mainly with death, sex, drink, God and illegal substances.
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All Fun And Games
Автор: Brookmyre Christopher Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2006 Страниц: 416 Дата загрузки: 03 августа 20082008-07-11
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As a teenager Jane Bell had dreamt of playing in the casinos of Monte Carlo in the company of James Bond, but in her punk phase she'd got herself pregnant and by the time she reaches forty-six she's a grandmother, her dreams as dry as the dust her Dyson sucks up from her hall carpet every day. Then her son Ross, a researcher working for an arms manufacturer in Switzerland, is forced to disappear before some characters cut from the same cloth as Blofeld persuade him to part with the secrets of his research. But they are not the only ones desperate to locate him. A team of security experts is hired by Ross's firm: headed by the enigmatic Bett, his staff have little in common apart from total professionalism and a thorough disregard for the law. Bett believes the key to Ross's whereabouts is his mother, and in one respect he is right, but even he is taken aback by the verve underlying her determination to secure her son's safety as she learns the black arts of quiet subterfuge and violent attack. The teenage dreams of fast cars, high-tech firepower and extreme action had always promised to be fun and games, but in real life it's likely someone is going to lose an eye …
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A Tale Etched in Blood and Hard Black Pencil
Автор: Brookmyre Christopher Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2007 Страниц: 416 Дата загрузки: 04 июля 20082009-07-11
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Are the characteristics of an adult killer or his victim visible in the playground or at the school disco? Or are the roots of a motive for murder seeded there? With characteristic brio and humour, Christopher Brookmyre investigates.
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Attack of the Unsinkable Rubber Ducks
Автор: Brookmyre Christopher Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2008 Страниц: 416 Дата загрузки: 05 июня 20102009-06-11
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Bad language. Scatalogical humour. Razor wit. Convoluted plot. High readability. It`s the new Christopher Brookmyre novel.
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Breaking Dawn (Twilight Saga)
Автор: Stephenie Meyer Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2008 Страниц: 768 Дата загрузки: 26 марта 20112011-02-29
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To be irrevocably in love with a vampire is both fantasy and nightmare woven into a dangerously heightened reality for Bella Swan. Pulled in one direction by her intense passion for Edward Cullen, and in another by her profound connection to werewolf Jacob Black, she has endured a tumultuous year of temptation, loss and strife to reach the ultimate turning point. Her imminent choice to either join the dark but seductive world of immortals or pursue a fully human life has become the thread from which the fate of two tribes hangs. Now that Bella has made her decision, a startling chain of unprecedented events is about to unfold with potentially devastating and unfathomable consequences. Just when the frayed strands of Bella's life — first discovered in TWILIGHT, then scattered and torn in NEW MOON and ECLIPSE — seem ready to heal and knit together, could they be destroyed... forever?
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Eclipse (Twilight Saga)
Автор: Stephenie Meyer Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2008 Страниц: 672 Дата загрузки: 10 октрября 20112009-06-21
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‘Bella?’ Edward’s soft voice came from behind me. I turned to see him spring lightly up the porch steps, his hair windblown from running. He pulled me into his arms at once, and kissed me again. His kiss frightened me. There was too much tension, too strong an edge to the way his lips crushed mine — like he was afraid we had only so much time left to us. As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella once again finds herself surrounded by danger. In the midst of it all, she is forced to choose between her love for Edward and her friendship with Jacob — knowing that her decision has the potential to ignite the ageless struggle between vampire and werewolf. With her graduation approaching, Bella has one more decision to make: life or death. But which is which? Following the international bestsellers Twilight and New Moon, Eclipse is the much-anticipated third book in Stephenie Meyer’s captivating saga of vampire romance.
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New Moon (Twilight Saga)
Автор: Stephenie Meyer Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2007 Страниц: 512 Дата загрузки: 17 октрября 20102011-03-19
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I stuck my finger under the edge of the paper and jerked it under the tape. ‘Shoot’, I muttered when the paper sliced my finger. A single drop of blood oozed from the tiny cut. It all happened very quickly then. ‘No!’ Edward roared… Dazed and disorientated, I looked up from the bright red blood pulsing out of my arm — and into the fevered eyes of the six suddenly ravenous vampires. For Bella Swan, there is one thing more important than life itself: Edward Cullen. But being in love with a vampire is more dangerous than Bella ever could have imagined. Edward has already rescued Bella from the clutches of an evil vampire but now, as their daring relationship threatens all that is near and dear to them, they realise their troubles may just be beginning…
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Twilight (film tie-in)
Автор: Stephenie Meyer Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2008 Страниц: 464 Дата загрузки: 26 марта 20112011-04-15
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Bella Swan's move to Forks, a small, perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. But once she meets the mysterious and alluring Edward Cullen, Bella's life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. Up until now, Edward has managed to keep his vampire identity a secret in the small community he lives in, but now nobody is safe, especially Bella, the person Edward holds most dear. Deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful, Twilight captures the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This is a love story with bite.
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Twilight (Twilight Saga)
Автор: Stephenie Meyer Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2007 Страниц: 464 Дата загрузки: 25 апреля 20112009-05-15
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When 17 year old Isabella Swan moves to Forks, Washington to live with her father she expects that her new life will be as dull as the town. But in spite of her awkward manner and low expectations, she finds that her new classmates are drawn to this pale, dark-haired new girl in town. But not, it seems, the Cullen family. These five adopted brothers and sisters obviously prefer their own company and will make no exception for Bella. Bella is convinced that Edward Cullen in particular hates her, but she feels a strange attraction to him, although his hostility makes her feel almost physically ill. He seems determined to push her away — until, that is, he saves her life from an out of control car. Bella will soon discover that there is a very good reason for Edward’s coldness. He, and his family, are vampires — and he knows how dangerous it is for others to get too close.
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Twilight Saga Collection Box Set
Автор: Stephenie Meyer Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2009 Страниц: 2240 Дата загрузки: 08 марта 20122010-12-30
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Deeply romantic and extraordinarily suspenseful, TWILIGHT, NEW MOON, ECLIPSE and BREAKING DAWN capture the struggle between defying our instincts and satisfying our desires. This stunning set makes the perfect gift for fans of this bestselling vampire love story. The set will give existing fans a focus for their devotion and new fans will be entranced as the love story between Bella and the Vampire Edward develops from tentative beginnings in Twilight to its stunning conclusion in the publishing phenomenon that is Breaking Dawn.
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Twilight: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion
Автор: Mark Cotta Vaz Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2008 Страниц: 144 Дата загрузки: 20 декабря 20102009-06-11
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Designed as a celebration of the film, this lavishly illustrated paperback edition is an exclusive behind-the-scenes guide featuring full-color photos of the cast, locations, and sets, as well as storyboards, interviews, details of the special effects, and much more.
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Endgame 1945: Victory, Retribution, Liberation
Автор: David Stafford Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2008 Страниц: 608 Дата загрузки: 16 февраля 20102013-08-27
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In this remarkable account of the end of the Second World War, David Stafford looks behind the headlines of history and uncovers the stories of those, soldier and civilian alike, who had lived through the war and now must endure the daily horrors and hardships of its aftermath. Endgame 1945 is an unforgettable panorama of the defeat of Fascism, of ordinary men and women and extraordinary valour, and of Europe in every way tested to its limits. It is the final chapter of war.
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One Fifth Avenue
Автор: Candace Bushnell Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2009 Страниц: 480 Дата загрузки: 12 апреля 20132012-02-19
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One Fifth Avenue, the Art Deco beauty towering over Manhattan’s hippest neighbourhood, is a one-of-a-kind address, the sort of building you have to earn your way into — one way or another. For the women in Candace Bushnell’s stellar new novel, One Fifth Avenue is at the heart of the lives they’ve carefully established, or hope to establish. There is Schiffer Diamond, a forty-something actress busily proving that women of style are truly ageless. There is spoiled, self-assured Lola, who is determined to launch herself into society and the arms of the right man by clawing a way into the building. Annalisa is the wife of a hedge fund manager and reluctant socialite, while bitter Mindy is married to an under-published writer and has been the family breadwinner for too long. And then there is Enid, the glamorous grande dame and gossip columnist, who has lived at One Fifth Avenue for decades, and sees everything there is to see from her penthouse view...
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Sixth Lamentation
Автор: William Brodrick Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2008 Страниц: 448 Дата загрузки: 20 декабря 20102011-04-25
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What should you do if the world has turned against you? When Father Anselm is asked this question by an old man at Larkwood Priory, his response, to claim sanctuary, is to have greater resonance than he could ever have imagined. For that evening the old man returns, demanding the protection of the church. His name is Eduard Schwermann and he is wanted by the police as a suspected war criminal. With her life running out, Agnes Aubret feels it is time to unburden to her granddaughter Lucy the secrets she has been carrying for so long. Fifty years earlier, Agnes had been living in Occupied Paris, a member of a small group risking their lives to smuggle Jewish children to safety — until they were exposed by a young SS Officer: Eduard Schwermann. As Anselm attempts to uncover Schwermann's past, and as Lucy's search into her grandmother's history continues, their investigations dovetail to reveal a remarkable story.
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A Whispered Name
Автор: William Brodrick Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2009 Страниц: 352 Дата загрузки: 24 июля 20102011-07-18
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'To keep quiet about something so important... well, it's almost a lie, wouldn't you say?' When Father Anselm meets Kate Seymour in the cemetery at Larkwood, he is dismayed to hear her allegation. Herbert Moore had been one of the founding fathers of the Priory, revered by all who met him, a man who'd shaped Anselm's own vocation. The idea that someone could look on his grave and speak of a lie is inconceivable. But Anselm soon learns that Herbert did indeed have secrets in his past that he kept hidden all his life. In 1917, during the terrible slaughter of the Passchendaele campaign, a soldier faced a court martial for desertion. Herbert, charged with a responsibility that would change the course of his life, sat upon the panel that judged him. In coming to understand the court martial, Anselm discovers its true significance: a secret victory that transformed the young Captain Moore and shone a light upon the horror of war.
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Beauty's Release
Автор: A.N. Roquelaure Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2008 Страниц: 256 Дата загрузки: 26 мая 20112011-02-29
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Beauty has learned her lessons well. There are no pleasures that she hasn't given, no delights she hasn’t known — but there can be no freedom for her. It means she must deny her body the joy it expects, the excitement it so desperately craves. Now as our story nears its end, Beauty meets the Prince of her dreams — the one man whose touch can release the torrential passions locked within her. And, as with the best of fairy tales, they are destined to live ecstatically ever after. Beauty's Release: her climactic adventure.
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The Corporate Blogging Book: Absolutely everything you need to know to get it right
Автор: Debbie Weil Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2009 Страниц: 240 Дата загрузки: 22 марта 20122012-02-19
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At first, the business community saw blogging as an ideal marketing tool for free agents and entrepreneurs who needed a cheap way to get their message out. That was then. Now, the big guys are waking up to the amazing power of a great blog to enhance their company's communication both internally and externally. However, as with most elements of business, the key word is great. As online consultant Debbie Weil makes clear in this timely and accessible book, a corporate blog that is boring or confusing is worse than none at all. Using an informal, jargon-free style, The Corporate Blogging Book explains how to create a blog for your business that's engaging, smart, and, most important, likely to grow an audience. All aspects of corporate blogging are explored here, and all of your important questions answered, such as: How much time will it take? What are the legal risks? Who in my company should blog? What are the best corporate blogs out there? If you want your company to survive in the modern business world, The Corporate Blogging Book is an essential resource.
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Family Album
Автор: Danielle Steel Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2008 Страниц: 416 Дата загрузки: 05 июня 20102009-06-11
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Hollywood, 1945. Shipping heir Ward Thayer and screen star Faye Price are reunited after a chance meeting two years earlier. Unable to forget the connection they shared and helpless to resist it, romance quickly sparks. But for Faye, daring and passionate, the life she’s heading for with Ward is a threat to her ambition. How can she decide between Hollywood and motherhood? Is it right to choose fame over family? Faye is on the brink of an impossible choice that will shape her life — and the lives of those she loves — in ways she could scarcely have imagined.
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Full Circle
Автор: Danielle Steel Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2008 Страниц: 348 Дата загрузки: 19 февраля 20102009-06-11
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'A husband, security, a home, children — what’s wrong with all that?' At eighteen years old, beautiful Tana Roberts found it hard to say. All she knew was that, for her, career came before marriage — even if that meant defying convention and the wishes of her fussing, over-protective mother. Throughout the turbulent Sixties, Tana followed her heart wherever it lead her, searching for fulfilment in her work as a highly successful lawyer, in friendships, and in fleeting affairs. Until one day, quite unexpectedly, she discovers a gaping void in her life that only true love could fill…
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