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The Watcher in the Shadows
Автор: Zafon Carlos Ruiz Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2013 Страниц: 256 Дата загрузки: 28 марта 20162016-09-10
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A mysterious toymaker who lives as a recluse in an old mansion, surrounded by the mechanical beings he has created... an enigma surrounding strange lights that shine through the mists that envelop the small island on which the old lighthouse stands...a shadowy creature that hides deep in the woods...these are the elements of a mystery that bind will bind 14-year-old Irene to Ismael during one magical summer spent in the Blue Bay. He mother has taken a job as a housekeeper for the toymaker, Lazarus, but his house contains more secrets than Irene and Ishmael have bargained for.
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Mistletoe Bride and Other Winter Tales
Автор: Mosse Kate Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2013 Страниц: 304 Дата загрузки: 02 сентября 20182015-07-14
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A wonderfully atmospheric collection of short stories, rooted deep in the landscape — some Carcassonne, some elsewhere — and powerful portraits of lonely (often heartbreakingly lonely) women seeking, or coming to terms with, their destiny. The collection will include The Mistletoe Bride, La Fille de Melisande, Red Letter Day, The Lending Library, The House on the Hill...
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The Lincoln Lawyer
Автор: Connelly Michael Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2011 Страниц: 480 Дата загрузки: 13 февраля 20132013-10-21
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They're called Lincoln Lawyers: the bottom of the legal food chain, the criminal defence attorneys who operate out of the back of a Lincoln Town Car, taking whatever cases the system throws in their path. When a Beverly Hills rich boy is arrested, Mickey Haller has his first high-paying client in years. The evidence mounts on the defence's side, and Haller might even be in the rare position of representing a client who is actually innocent. But when his case starts to fall apart, Haller quickly discovers that when you swim with the sharks, it's easy to wind up as prey.
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Broken Homes
Автор: Aaronovitch Ben Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2014 Страниц: 368 Дата загрузки: 11 июня 20162018-03-28
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Ben Aaronovitch has stormed the bestseller list with his superb London crime series. A unique blend of police procedural, loving detail about the greatest character of all, London, and a dash of the supernatural. A mutilated body in Crawley. Another killer on the loose. The prime suspect is one Robert Weil; an associate of the twisted magician known as the Faceless Man? Or just a common or garden serial killer? Before PC Peter Grant can get his head round the case a town planner going under a tube train and a stolen grimoire are adding to his case-load. So far so London. But then Peter gets word of something very odd happening in Elephant and Castle, on an housing estate designed by a nutter, built by charlatans and inhabited by the truly desperate. Is there a connection? And if there is, why oh why did it have to be South of the River? Full of warmth, sly humour and a rich cornucopia of things you never knew about London, Aaronovitch's series has swiftly added Grant's magical London to Rebus' Edinburgh and Morse's Oxford as a destination of choice for those who love their crime with something a little extra.
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Wolfhound Century
Автор: Higgins Peter Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2014 Страниц: 336 Дата загрузки: 19 февраля 20162017-04-29
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A thousand miles east of Mirgorod, the great capital city of the Vlast, deep in the ancient forest, lies the most recent fallen angel, its vast stone form half-buried and fused into the rock by the violence of impact. As its dark energy leeches into the crash site, so a circle of death expands around it, slowly — inexorably — killing everything it touches. Alone in the wilderness, it reaches out with its mind. The endless forest and its antique folk lore are no concern to Inspector Vissarion Lom, summoned to the capital in order to catch a terrorist — and ordered to report directly to the head of the secret police. A totalitarian state, worn down by an endless war, must be seen to crush home-grown terrorism with an iron fist. But Lom discovers Mirgorod to be more corrupted than he imagined: a murky world of secret police and revolutionaries, cabaret clubs and doomed artists. Lom has been chosen because he is an outsider, not involved in the struggle for power within the party. And because of the sliver of angel stone implanted in his head at the children's home. Lom's investigation reveals a conspiracy that extends to the top echelons of the party. When he exposes who — or rather what — is the controlling intelligence behind this, it is time for the detective to change sides. Pursued by rogue police agents and their man-crushing mudjhik, Lom must protect Kantor's step-daughter Maroussia, who has discovered what is hidden beneath police headquarters: a secret so ancient that only the forest remembers. As they try to escape the capital and flee down river, elemental forces are gathering. The earth itself is on the move.
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Eric
Автор: Pratchett Terry Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2014 Страниц: 144 Дата загрузки: 22 сентября 20192017-04-12
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Eric is the Discworld's only demonology hacker. The trouble is, he's not very good at it. All he wants is the usual three wishes: to be immortal, rule the world and have the most beautiful woman fall madly in love with him. The usual stuff. But what he gets is Rincewind, the Disc's most incompetent wizard, and Rincewind's Luggage (the world's most dangerous travel accessory) into the bargain. Terry Pratchett's hilarious take on the Faust legend stars many of the Discworld's most popular characters in an outrageous adventure that will leave Eric wishing once more — this time, quite fervently, that he'd never been born.
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The Eye of God
Автор: Rollins James Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2014 Страниц: 432 Дата загрузки: 22 апреля 20182017-09-12
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When a US military satellite crashes into the remote wilds of Mongolia, a desperate search begins. The satellite contains a code-black physics project — research linked to the birth of our universe. And the last blurry image from the satellite offered a terrifying glimpse of the future. Meanwhile, a mysterious parcel arrives at the Vatican, containing a skull scrawled with ancient Aramaic and a tome bound with human skin. DNA testing reveals that both are from Genghis Khan — the Mongol King whose undiscovered tomb is rumoured to hold the vast treasures and knowledge of a lost empire. Commander Gray Pierce and SIGMA race to uncover a truth tied to the fall of the Roman Empire, a mystery bound in the roots of Christianity, and a weapon that holds the fate of humanity.
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The Gillian Flynn Collection: Sharp Objects, Dark Places, Gone Girl
Автор: Flynn Gillian Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2013 Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20152014-12-07
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GONE GIRL. Who are you? What have we done to each other? These are the questions Nick Dunne finds himself asking on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police suspect Nick. Amy's friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn't true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they weren't made by him. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone. So what really did happen to Nick's beautiful wife? SHARP OBJECTS. When two girls are abducted and killed in Missouri, journalist Camille Preaker is sent back to her home town to report on the crimes. Long-haunted by a childhood tragedy and estranged from her mother for years, Camille suddenly finds herself installed once again in her family's mansion, reacquainting herself with her distant mother and the half-sister she barely knows. As Camille works to uncover the truth about these violent crimes, she finds herself identifying with the young victims — a bit too strongly. Clues keep leading to dead ends, forcing Camille to unravel the psychological puzzle of her own past to get at the story. Dogged by her own demons, Camille will have to confront what happened to her years before if she wants to survive this homecoming. DARK PLACES. Libby Day was just seven years old when her older brother massacred her family while she hid in a cupboard. Her evidence helped put him away. Ever since then she has been drifting, surviving for over 20 years on the proceeds of the 'Libby Day fund'. But now the money is running out and Libby is desperate. When she is offered $500 to do a guest appearance, she feels she has to accept. But this is no ordinary gathering. The Kill Club is a group of true-crime obsessives who share information on notorious murders, and they think her brother Ben is innocent. Was Ben capable of murder? Libby must delve into her family's past to uncover the truth — no matter how painful...
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Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success
Автор: Grant Adam Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2014 Страниц: 288 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20162016-07-24
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The motivations behind today's most successful leaders and entrepreneurs come to a simple yet decisive explanation: there are people who give, people who take, people who match, and people who fake. Our world is filled with these givers, takers, matchers and fakers. Amazingly, those who succeed (not only personally but for their clients and companies) don't take or match. They give. (Although they're not necessarily philanthropic.) GIVE AND TAKE presents the fascinating secrets to givers' success. The results are unequivocal: givers gain big. Jack Welch, Richard Branson, Jon Huntsman Sr. — all of them are givers. In a world in which so many takers such as Bernard Madoff and Raj Rajaratnam have ruined lives and reputations, this book will reassure readers that the real power lies in becoming a giver. Since the vast majority of people aren't born givers, Grant not only presents the case for why givers win, he also offers their hidden strategies for winning.
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Horrid Factbook: Horrid Henry's Animals
Автор: Simon Francesca Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2014 Страниц: 80 Дата загрузки: 15 декабря 20162016-07-18
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How far away can you hear a lion roar? How do dolphins breathe underwater? Is it really true that elephants never forget? Bursting with weird facts and freaky trivia, this is the perfect guide to everything a Horrid Henry fan has ever wanted to know about animals. Gross out your parents, scare your little brother and amaze your friends with your new knowledge.
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Love on the Rocks
Автор: Henry Veronica Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2014 Страниц: 448 Дата загрузки: 25 июня 20162019-08-27
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When Lisa and her boyfriend George take on the run-down Rocks Hotel, they are determined to throw everything they have into making it THE chic maritime retreat. But renovating a hotel is about a lot more than stripping the wooden floors and supplying Indian cotton sheets. And the locals aren't exactly welcoming to the newcomers, either... especially Bruno, the tall, dark and decidedly surly owner of a rival hotel. Amid the sandcastles and surf, passions run high as ghosts from the past come out of the freshly-painted woodwork and a summer season looks like it is heading dangerously close to the rocks.
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Mort
Автор: Pratchett Terry Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2013 Страниц: 272 Дата загрузки: 28 мая 20162018-08-03
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It is known as the Discworld. It is a flat planet, supported on the backs of four elephants, who in turn stand on the back of the great turtle A'Tuin as it swims majestically through space. And it is quite possibly the funniest place in all of creation... Death comes to us all. When he came to Mort, he offered him a job. After being assured that being dead was not compulsory, Mort accepted. However, he soon found that romantic longings did not mix easily with the responsibilities of being Death's apprentice.
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Pyramids
Автор: Pratchett Terry Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2014 Страниц: 320 Дата загрузки: 20 октрября 20172016-05-16
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'Look after the dead', said the priests, 'and the dead will look after you'. Wise words in all probability, but a tall order when you have just become the pharaoh of a small and penniless country whose largesse — and indeed treasury — is unlikely to stretch to the building of a monumental pyramid to honour your dead father. And particularly when your only visible means of support is a recently acquired qualification from the Guild of Assassins where running a kingdom and basic financial acumen were not prerequisites for course entry...
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Reaper Man
Автор: Pratchett Terry Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2013 Страниц: 304 Дата загрузки: 02 сентября 20182015-07-14
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DEATH IS MISSING — PRESUMED... ER... GONE. Which leads to the kind of chaos you always get when an important public service is withdrawn. Meanwhile, on a little farm far, far away, a tall, dark stranger is turning out to be really good with a scythe. There's a harvest to be gathered in...
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Small Gods
Автор: Pratchett Terry Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2014 Страниц: 352 Дата загрузки: 25 апреля 20182018-03-19
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In the beginning was the Word. And the Word was: Hey, you! For Brutha the novice is the Chosen One. He wants peace and justice and brotherly love. He also wants the Inquisition to stop torturing him now, please...
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Sourcery
Автор: Pratchett Terry Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2014 Страниц: 288 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20162016-07-24
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There was an eighth son of an eighth son. He was, quite naturally, a wizard. And there it should have ended. However (for reasons we'd better not go into), he had seven sons. And then he had an eighth son... a wizard squared... a source of magic... a Sourcerer. Sourcery sees the return of Rincewind and the Luggage as the Discworld faces its greatest — and funniest — challenge yet.
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Tuf Voyaging
Автор: Martin George R.R. Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2014 Страниц: 448 Дата загрузки: 25 июня 20162019-08-27
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Haviland Tuf is an honest space-trader (one of the few), and he likes cats. So how is it that, despite being up against the worst villains in the universe, he has become the proud owner of the last working seedship, pride of Earth's Ecological Engineering Corps? We'll leave that aside for now — just be thankful that the most powerful weapon in space is in good hands, hands which now control cellular material for thousands of outlandish creatures. With his unique equipment and powerful spacecraft, Tuf is set to tackle the myriad problems that human settlers have created during their colonisation of far flung worlds. Hosts of hostile monsters, a population addicted to procreation, a dictator who is willing to unleash plagues to get his own way — and all that stands between the colonists and disaster is Tuf's ingenuity, and his reputation as an honest dealer in a universe of rogues...
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The Mistletoe Bride and Other Haunting Tales
Автор: Mosse Kate Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2014 Страниц: 304 Дата загрузки: 03 августа 20162015-06-15
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A wonderfully atmospheric collection of short stories, rooted deep in the landscape and inspired by traditional folk tales and country legends from England and France. These tales are richly populated by ghosts and spirits seeking revenge; by grief-struck women and haunted men coming to terms with their destiny — all rooted deep in the elemental landscapes of Sussex, Brittany and the Languedoc. The collection will include The Mistletoe Bride, La Fille de Melisande, Red Letter Day, The Lending Library, The House on the Hill...
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Britannia: Great Stories from British History
Автор: Mccaughrean Geraldine Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2014 Страниц: 264 Дата загрузки: 19 марта 20172018-03-22
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King Canute, Lady Godiva, Guy Fawkes, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Grace Darling and other famous names live again in these 101 tragic, comic, stirring tales of adventure, folly and wickedness. Spanning nearly three thousand years, and including stories as up-to-date as Live Aid, the Braer Oil Tanker disaster and the Hadron Collider, each story includes a note on what really happened.
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The Mansions of the Gods
Автор: Goscinny Rene Жанр: Orion Books Издательство: Orion Books Год: 2004 Страниц: 48 Дата загрузки: 24 августа 20092006-10-11
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Gaul was divided into three parts. No, four parts — for one small village of indomitable Gauls still held out against the Roman invaders. BOOK 17 A multinational team of slave construction workers are to clear the forest around the Gaulish village and build a modern housing development forcing the villagers to take swift action to protect themselves against the Roman newcomers.
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