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Tau Zero
Автор: Poul Anderson Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2009 Страниц: 192 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20112012-04-15
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The epic voyage of the spacecraft Leonora Christine will take her and her fifty-strong crew to a planet some thirty light-years distant. But, because the ship will accelerate to close to the speed of light, for those on board subjective time will slow and the journey will be of only a few years' duration. Then a buffeting by an interstellar dustcloud changes everything. The ship's deceleration system is damaged irreperably and soon she is gaining velocity. When she attains light-speed, tau zero itself, the disparity between ship-time and external time becomes almost impossibly great. Eons and galaxies hurtle by, and the crew of the Leonora Christine speeds into the unknown.
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Grave Surprise
Автор: Charlaine Harris Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2008 Страниц: 304 Дата загрузки: 16 февраля 20102010-10-13
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A bolt of lightning struck Harper Connelly when she was 15, leaving her with a strange spider web of red on her torso and right leg, episodes of weakness, shakes and headaches — and an ability to find dead people. Harper is summoned to Memphis to demonstrate her unique talent, but there are still plenty of sceptics, even as Harper stands atop a grave and announces there are two bodies buried there. The police are convinced there's something fishy going on when the grave is opened to reveal the centuries-dead remains of a man, which they'd expected (that being his grave, after all) and a dead girl, which no one expected — except Harper, of course. And suspicions are raised even further because Harper had failed to find eleven-year-old Tabitha Morgenstern when she was abducted two years before. Harper and Tolliver need to find the real killer to prove Harper's innocence, especially after their nocturnal visit to the cemetery in hopes that Harper can sense something more is followed by the discovery, the following morning, of a third dead body in the grave ...
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Song of Kali
Автор: Dan Simmons Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2008 Страниц: 288 Дата загрузки: 13 октрября 20112009-12-23
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Calcutta, a monstrous city of immense slums, disease and misery, is clasped in the foetid embrace of an ancient cult. At its decaying core is the Goddess Kali: the dark mother of pain, four-armed and eternal, her song the sound of death and destruction. Robert Luczak has been hired by a New York magazine to find a noted Indian poet who has reappeared, under strange circumstances, years after he was thought dead. But nothing is simple in Calcutta, and before long Luczak's routine assignment turns into a nightmare ...it is rumoured that the poet has been brought back to life, in a bloody and grisly ceremony of human sacrifice.
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An Ice Cold Grave
Автор: Charlaine Harris Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2008 Страниц: 288 Дата загрузки: 13 октрября 20112009-12-23
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Harper Connelly was struck by lightning as a teenager, and now she can find the dead. In her third case, Harper and Tolliver, her stepbrother, are hired to find a missing grandson. But the truth is far worse than a single dead child, for numerous teenage boys, all unlikely runaways, have disappeared from Doraville, North Carolina. Harper soon finds the eight bodies, buried in the half-frozen ground, but then, still reeling from coming into contact with her first serial killer, she is attacked and injured. Now she and Tolliver have no choice but to stay in Doraville while she recovers, and as she reluctantly becomes part of the investigation, she learns more than she cares to about the dark mysteries and long-hidden secrets of the town: knowledge that makes her the most likely person to be next to end up in an ice-cold grave.
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Last Argument of Kings: The First Law Book Three
Автор: Abercrombie Joe Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2009 Страниц: 704 Дата загрузки: 16 марта 20122013-03-08
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The end is coming. Logen Ninefingers might only have one more fight in him but it's going to be a big one. Battle rages across the North, the King of the Northmen still stands firm, and there's only one man who can stop him. His oldest friend, and his oldest enemy. It's past time for the Bloody-Nine to come home. With too many masters and too little time, Superior Glokta is fighting a different kind of war. A secret struggle in which no-one is safe, and no-one can be trusted. His days with a sword are far behind him. It's a good thing blackmail, threats and torture still work well enough. Jezal dan Luthar has decided that winning glory is far too painful, and turned his back on soldiering for a simple life with the woman he loves. But love can be painful too, and glory has a nasty habit of creeping up on a man when he least expects it. While the King of the Union lies on his deathbead, the peasants revolt and the nobles scramble to steal his crown. No-one believes that the shadow of war is falling across the very heart of the Union. The First of the Magi has a plan to save the world, as he always does. But there are risks. There is no risk more terrible, after all, than to break the First Law...
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Chronicles of the Black Company — Omnibus
Автор: Glen Cook Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2008 Страниц: 704 Дата загрузки: 15 апреля 20122010-05-06
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Darkness wars with darkness as the hard-bitten men of the Black Company take their pay and do what they must. They bury their doubts with their dead. Then comes the prophecy: The White Rose has been reborn, somewhere, to embody good once more... This is fantasy for all fans of Steven Erikson, Joe Abercrombie and David Gemmell. Contains the first three Black Company novels: «The Black Company», «Shadows Linger», «The White Rose».
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Dead Until Dark (tv tie-in)
Автор: Charlaine Harris Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2009 Страниц: 336 Дата загрузки: 16 мая 20122014-08-27
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Sookie Stackhouse is a small-time cocktail waitress in small-town Louisiana. She's quiet, keeps to herself, and doesn't get out much — not because she's not pretty — she's a very cute bubbly blonde — or not interested in a social life. She really is ...but Sookie's got a bit of a disability. She can read minds. And that doesn't make her too dateable. And then along comes Bill: he's tall, he's dark and he's handsome — and Sookie can't 'hear' a word he's thinking. He's exactly the type of guy she's been waiting all her life for. But Bill has a disability of his own: he's fussy about his food, he doesn't like suntans and he's never around during the day ...Yep, Bill's a vampire. Worse than that, he hangs with a seriously creepy crowd, with a reputation for trouble — of the murderous kind. And then one of Sookie's colleagues at the bar is killed, and it's beginning to look like Sookie might be the next victim ...
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The Cult
Автор: Anita Burgh Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 1997 Страниц: 416 Дата загрузки: 16 мая 20091998-06-25
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Three women, each despairing in their own way, discover an organisation which appears to offer them hope. At first they are amused and intrigued by the ways of the group; they relax and are lulled into a false sense of well-being. But the meditation and encounter groups become more sinister, and as the novel builds to a gripping climax, we see that dramatic change is inevitable for each of them.
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Hemingway Adventure
Автор: Michael Palin Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2001 Страниц: 224 Дата загрузки: 07 апреля 20092002-06-28
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When Michael Palin was researching for his novel HEMINGWAY'S CHAIR his interest was stimulated by Hemingway's appetite for travel and 'Papa's' evocations of the places he knew. Hemingway remains a compelling figure, and Palin's goal was to revisit Hemingway's world. This book includes the American West ('wide lawns and narrow minds'), Idaho, Michigan ('fly fishing, hunting'), Europe in the First World (where Hemingway was wounded serving in the Ambulance Brigade), Cuba (where Hemingway wrote «For Whom The Bell Tolls»), Paris in the Roaring Twenties and Spain during the Spanish Civil War, Sun Valley and Key West — where the Hemingway lookalike competition is an annual event.
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Exiles
Автор: Anita Burgh Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2001 Страниц: 496 Дата загрузки: 14 марта 20092003-10-27
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Kate Howard is no longer a struggling author. Far from it, she believes she leads a charmed life. A successful writer, for the past three years she has lived happily with her lover Stewart and her daughter Lucy in an old farmhouse in the beautiful, wild Auverge region of central France. When her son announces that he too intends to move to France, it would seem that life for Kate could not be sweeter. Then comes a bolt from the blue, a phone call from Kate's literary agent in London that threatens her whole way of life. But worse is to follow with the arrival of newcomers Mo and Tristram. Mo is a striking beauty and charming — when it suits her. As Kate discovers, she's one of those people who brings chaos to other people's lives, and Kate's is no exception.
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Tell No One
Автор: Harlan Coben Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2002 Страниц: 352 Дата загрузки: 23 февраля 20092006-03-16
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Eight years ago David Beck was knocked unconscious and left for dead, and his wife Elizabeth was kidnapped and murdered. For the next eight years Dr Beck re-lived the horror of what happened that day every day of his life. Then one afternoon, he receives an anonymous e-mail telling him to log on to a certain web-site at a certain time, using a code that only he and his wife knew. The screen opens on to a web cam — and it is Elizabeth's image he sees. Is it a practical joke? But as Beck tries to find out if Elizabeth is truly alive, and what really happened the night she disappeared, the FBI are trying to pin Elizabeth's murder on him. And everyone he turns to seems to end up dead?
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Why Men Don't Listen and Women Can't Read Maps: How We're Different and What To Do About It
Автор: Allan Pease Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2001 Страниц: 320 Дата загрузки: 17 августа 20092004-04-07
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Barbara and Allan Pease travelled the world collating the dramatic findings of new research on the brain, investigating evolutionary biology, analysing psychologists research, studying social change and annoying the locals. The result is WHY MEN DON'T LISTEN AND WOMEN CAN'T READ MAPS, the sometimes shocking, always illuminating, frequently hilarious look at where the battle line is drawn between the sexes, why it was drawn and how to cross it. Revealed: Why men really can't do more than one thing at a time Why women make such a mess of parallel parking Why men should never lie to women Why women talk so much and men so little WHAT MEN AND WOMEN REALLY WANT A must-read for everyone — you will learn as much about yourself and how to improve your relationships, as you will about the opposite sex.
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A Swell-Looking Babe
Автор: Jim Thompson Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2006 Страниц: 160 Дата загрузки: 26 марта 20092007-06-05
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The Manson looked like a respectable hotel; Dusty Rhodes looked like a selfless young man working as a bellhop; and the woman on the tenth floor who arrived on the midnight train looked like a slumming angel. But appearances can be deceptive — deceptive enough to lead to robbery, treachery and murder ...
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The Unadulterated Cat
Автор: Terry Pratchett Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2002 Страниц: 160 Дата загрузки: 25 апреля 20092004-07-04
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The Unadulterated Cat is becoming an endangered species as more and more of us settle for those boring mass-produced cats the ad-men sell us — the pussies that purr into their gold-plated food bowls on the telly. But the Campaign for Real Cats sets out to change all that by helping us to recognise a true, unadulterated cat when we see one. For example: real cats have ears that look like they've been trimmed with pinking shears; real cats never wear flea collars... or appear on Christmas cards... or chase anything with a bell in it; real cats do eat quiche. And giblets. And butter. And anything else left on the table, if they think they can get away with it. Real cats can hear a fridge door opening two rooms away...
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The Starter Marriage
Автор: Kate Harrison Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2005 Страниц: 384 Дата загрузки: 14 апреля 20092008-09-30
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Tess Leonard thought matrimony was for life, but her husband has decided that their marriage is the relationship equivalent of a starter home: cramped, claustrophobic and something he's definitely outgrown. Now, at thirty-five, Tess is in the biggest mess of her life. Known to all her friends as 'Tip Top Tess' because of her dogged pursuit of the perfect home, the perfect marriage and the perfect career, she's now a candidate for How Clean Is Your House? And it's all because Barney has walked out. But there's a life raft on the horizon: The Divorce Survival Class. It may be uncomfortable, overcrowded and nearly sinking under the weight of excess baggage, but it's a boot-camp for the broken-hearted. Over eight weeks, Tess and her battle-weary classmates will lay bare the darkest secrets of their failed marriages — from the thrills of a threesome to the monotony of monogamy. And course leader William, an alchemist for the unloved and rejected, will turn their lives around in truly spectacular style…
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The Maltese Falcon
Автор: Dashiell Hammett Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2005 Страниц: 224 Дата загрузки: 09 февраля 20092008-04-29
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Sam Spade is hired by the fragrant Miss Wonderley to track down her sister, who has eloped with a louse called Floyd Thursby. But Miss Wonderley is in fact the beautiful and treacherous Brigid O'Shaughnessy, and when Spade's partner Miles Archer is shot while on Thursby's trail, Spade finds himself both hunter and hunted: can he track down the jewel-encrusted bird, a treasure worth killing for, before the Fat Man finds him?
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Horrid Henry Meets the Queen (+ Audio CD)
Автор: Francesca Simon Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2004 Страниц: 96 Дата загрузки: 15 мая 20092007-09-22
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Four uproarious new stories enhanced by Miranda Richardson's inspired reading and really horrid music and sound effects, in which the Queen visits Horrid Henry's school and watches the children make wattle and daub; and Horrid Henry tries to hypnotise Moody Margaret, tricks Perfect Peter into doing his household chores, and gets his own way at bathtime.
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Horrid Henry and the Mummy's Curse (+ Audio CD)
Автор: Francesca Simon Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2004 Страниц: 96 Дата загрузки: 15 мая 20092007-09-22
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Four hilarious unabridged stories in the book and on the tape, with really horrid music and sound effects: Horrid Henry and the Mummy's Curse Horrid Henry's Hobby Horrid Henry's Homework Horrid Henry's Swimming Lesson
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Horrid Henry (+ Audio CD)
Автор: Francesca Simon Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2005 Страниц: 96 Дата загрузки: 15 мая 20082010-08-23
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Four complete hilarious stories with really horrid music and sound effects. Horrid Henry's Perfect Day Horrid Henry's Dance Class Horrid Henry and Moody Margaret Horrid Henry's Holiday
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Dearly Devoted Dexter
Автор: Jeff Lindsay Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2006 Страниц: 304 Дата загрузки: 16 марта 20092007-12-13
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Miami's best-dressed serial killer is back and on the prowl, at least he would be if he could shake off his permanent shadow. Ever since their paths first crossed, Sergeant Doakes hasn't let Dexter Morgan out of his sight. Dexter may well be the Miami PD's blood-spatter analyst, but Sgt. Doakes has a pretty good idea of how Dex likes to spend his free time and he's determined to catch him in the act. Dex hasn't killed in months and is getting twitchy. To throw Doakes off his scent, he's spending more time with Rita, his girlfriend. But no matter how many cosy nights they spend in front of the TV, Doakes is still watching. Then a body turns up, horribly mutilated and barely alive. To trap the torturer, Doakes and Dexter will have to work together, if they can trust each other. It's a devil's pact and one of them will have to be the bait...
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