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30 Days of Night: Immortal Remains
Автор: Steve Niles Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2007 Страниц: 384 Дата загрузки: 14 марта 20102012-08-31
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Existing in shadow, thriving in night, a terrifying serial killer stalks theresidential streets of Savannah, Georgia — one whose brutal signature is now drawing the attention of other denizens of darkness, for better or worse. Butthere is more than meets the eye here, and the horrifying truth behind these savage killings is about to be revealed — a truth that has dire implications forthe very future of the mortal world...
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30 Days of Night: Eternal Damnation
Автор: Steve Niles Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2008 Страниц: 304 Дата загрузки: 16 февраля 20102010-10-13
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Raising the stakes in an already perilous situation, the elite members of a clandestine government sect have taken it upon themselves to become the arbiters of pain and violence against one of the most terrifying forces humanity has ever encountered. But there will be a heavy — and horrifying — final price to pay for both sides of an inhuman struggle that now threatens to spill over into an unsuspecting world....
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Star Trek 101
Автор: Terry J. Erdmann Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2008 Страниц: 320 Дата загрузки: 19 апреля 20122011-09-12
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In the future, a heroic captain and his crew explore the Galaxy in a really fast spacecraft. The crew's standing orders are: «...to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.»™ Simple, straightforward — that's «Star Trek».® So what's all the fuss? Why do news crews always seem to find someone, somewhere dressed up in a «Star Trek» costume? What could be so interesting to so many people? «Star Trek 101» is the answer. You'll learn just a little about the heroes (Captain Kirk believes that man wasn't meant to live in paradise), the villains (Klingons have a thirst for conquest), and the important aliens (Vulcans live their lives by logic). In the handy recaps for all things «Star Trek», you'll discover that the television shows and movies run the gamut from action-adventure to comedy. Just want to sample? The ten essential episodes are offered for your consideration. «Star Trek 101» is a quick primer of the television shows and movies that carry the «Star Trek» name.
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Spider-Man: Down There Mean Streets
Автор: Keith R. A. DeCandido Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2005 Страниц: 288 Дата загрузки: 13 декабря 20092008-02-23
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A brand-new designer drug arrives in New York City with the force of a hurricane: Triple X, a potentially lethal combination of ecstasy and gamma radiation that is literally turning users from the shadowy, dank alleys to the glittering, raucous party circuit into living, rampaging nightmares. For high school science teacher Peter Parker, Triple X's onslaught on some of his students and his wife's professional life is as dangerous as it is unexpected. For Peter's secret alter-ego, the costumed crime-fighter known to the world as Spider-Man, the situation quickly accelerates from bad to worse, as the drug's effects run unchecked against law enforcement's and his own valiant efforts to rein in the city-wide chaos. But there is a growing consensus between Spider-Man and the police that, for reasons yet unknown, one of the arachnid's most fearsome enemies may be behind it all as part of a greater scheme to bring the city — and one of its most heroic and hated defenders — to its knees at long last...
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X-Men: Watchers on the Walls
Автор: Christopher L. Bennett Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2006 Страниц: 354 Дата загрузки: 26 февраля 20082007-12-20
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For years, many have believed that the rise of superpowered mutants represents a threat to the survival of ordinary humans. The uncanny X-Men have dedicated their lives to proving that peaceful coexistence is possible. When a refugee spacecraft crashes on Earth, hounded by a warship bent on its destruction, the X-Men race to the rescue — only to learn that it carries beings of an entirely different order whose very existence may jeopardize life as we know it. Now, facing a direct threat to all life on Earth, the X-Men grapple with an impossible moral dilemma — to defend the aliens whose only crime is being born different... or to embrace the methods of those who have long condemned mutantkind, joining forces with their own greatest persecutors to go hunt down their common enemy and end the evolutionary menace, once and for all.
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Just Like Heaven
Автор: Marc Levy Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2005 Страниц: 240 Дата загрузки: 22 апреля 20092008-04-19
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What do you do when you find a stranger in your closet and she can disappear and reappear at whim? What if she then tells you that her body is actually in a coma on the other side of town? What starts off as a dilemma that Arthur is faced with when he discovers Lauren in his apartment, becomes a heartwarming love story that's impossible to forget. Just Like Heaven is a captivating tale that evokes the essence of romance and our boundless capacity to believe.
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On, Off
Автор: Colleen McCullough Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2007 Страниц: 432 Дата загрузки: 20 сентября 20122008-06-05
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Colleen McCullough, who crafts «fiction at its best» (Time), triumphs with a searing murder mystery packed with heartpounding twists inside the world of science. All the victims were pretty girls. When the remains of a young woman are found at a Connecticut neurological institute, Lieutenant Carmine Delmonico is called to investigate. It is only the first of a serial killer's grisly crimes, however, and Delmonico is plunged into his most perplexing and terrifying case. All the victims looked alike. A frightening pattern emerges as the violence escalates, and Delmonico senses the killer is among the institute's staff of scientists and doctors. Infiltrating their ranks, he gets closer to manager Desdemona Dupre, who can help him uncover the secrets, politics, and backstabbing ambitions harbored there. All is not what it seems. But this audacious killer's game has only just begun — a game poised to unravel everything Delmonico believes, and pull the detective who's seen it all into a shocking face-off with a staggering revelation at its core.
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Wolverine: Weapon X
Автор: Marc Cerasini Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2006 Страниц: 382 Дата загрузки: 26 декабря 20082008-07-28
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This original novel starring one of Marvel Comics' most famous figures is a harrowing chapter in the captivating saga of Wolverine.
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Oh My Goth
Автор: Gena Showalter Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2006 Страниц: 256 Дата загрузки: 25 июня 20082010-03-28
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A fiercely individualist Goth girl wakes up to discover that the whole world has gone Goth and she's actually — gag — popular. Jade Leigh is a nonconformist who values individuality above all else. She has a small group of like-minded Goth friends who wear black, dabble in the dark arts, and thrive outside the norm. They're considered the «freaks» of their high school. But when Jade's smart mouth lands her in trouble — again — her principal decides to teach her a lesson she'll never forget. Taken to a remote location where she is strapped down and sedated, Jade wakes up in an alternate universe where she rules the school. But her best friends won't talk to her, and the people she used to hate are all Goth. Only Clarik, the mysterious new boy in town, operates outside all the cliques. And only Mercedes, the Barbie clone Jade loathes, believes that Jade's stuck in a virtual reality game — because she's stuck there, too, now living the life of a «freak.» Together, they realize they might never get back to reality...and that even if they do, things might never be the same.
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Red Star Rogue: The Untold Story of a Soviet Submarine's Nuclear Strike Attempt on the U: S
Автор: Clint Richmond Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2006 Страниц: 480 Дата загрузки: 11 июля 20092008-05-16
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March 7, 1968: Several hundred miles northwest of Hawaii, the nuclear-armed K-129 surfaces and then sinks; all of its crewmen and officers perish at sea. Who was commanding the rogue Russian sub? What was its target? How did it infiltrate American waters undetected? Navy veteran Kenneth Sewell, drawing from newly declassified documents and extensive confidential interviews, exposes the stunning truth behind an operation calculated to provoke war between the U.S. and China — a nightmare scenario averted by only seconds. In full, authoritative detail, Red Star Rogue illuminates this history-shaping event — and rings with chilling relevance in light of today's terrorist threat.
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The Marvel Comics Guide to New York City
Автор: Peter Sanderson Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2007 Страниц: 256 Дата загрузки: 25 июня 20092010-02-29
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Explore the most exciting city in the world through the eyes of comics' most exciting super heroes! Perhaps one of the most popular and recognizable «characters» in Marvel Comics is New York City itself. When comics legend Stan Lee decided that Marvel Super Heroes like Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four would work and play on the real-life streets of New York, he made it thrillingly easy for readers to imagine their favorite crimefighters just around the corner. Now, armed with this action-packed guidebook, Marvel fans can take a fun-filled tour of the Big Apple, visiting some of the most famous and obscure locations from Marvel's long, rich history: — The stately uptown museum that inspired the Avengers Mansion — The Greenwich Village street that is home to Dr. Strange's Sanctum Santorum — The bridge where Spider-Man tried — and failed — to save his girlfriend, Gwen Stacy — The site of the X-Men's first battle against Dark Phoenix From the Empire State Building to the Statue of Liberty to Times Square, you'll get blow-by-blow descriptions of Marvel's greatest adventures, and the lowdown on Marvel landmarks both real and imagined. Whether you're a native New Yorker, a thrill-seeking tourist, or a curious armchair traveler, with this one-of-a-kind guide you can explore the city that never sleeps and the comics that live forever.
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Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance
Автор: Gyles Brandreth Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2008 Страниц: 368 Дата загрузки: 10 октрября 20112010-07-24
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One of Britain's premier royal biographers pens the first in a series of fiendishly clever and stylish historical murder mysteries. Lovers of historical mystery will relish this chilling Victorian tale based on real events and cloaked in authenticity. Best of all, it casts British literature's most fascinating and controversial figure as the lead sleuth. A young artist's model has been murdered, and legendary wit Oscar Wilde enlists his friends Arthur Conan Doyle and Robert Sherard to help him investigate. But when they arrive at the scene of the crime they find no sign of the gruesome killing — save one small spatter of blood, high on the wall. Set in London, Paris, Oxford, and Edinburgh at the height of Queen Victoria's reign, here is a gripping eyewitness account of Wilde's secret involvement in the curious case of Billy Wood, a young man whose brutal murder served as the inspiration for «The Picture of Dorian Gray». Told by Wilde's contemporary — poet Robert Sherard — this novel provides a fascinating and evocative portrait of the great playwright and his own «consulting detective», Sherlock Holmes creator, Arthur Conan Doyle.
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Ghost Rider
Автор: Greg Cox Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2007 Страниц: 288 Дата загрузки: 13 октрября 20102008-12-23
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When he was seventeen, motorcycle stunt rider Johnny Blaze proved he would do anything to save his terminally ill father — even make a deal with the sinister Mephistopheles that would cost him everything, from the woman he loved, the beautiful Roxanne Simpson, to Johnny's own immortal soul. Years later, as Roxanne reenters Johnny's life, Mephistopheles returns to collect on his part of the deal... and as night falls and evil rises, Johnny Blaze becomes his bounty hunter — the Ghost Rider — a flaming host of vengeance and twisted justice annihilating anything daring to escape from the depths of the abyss. Now charged with destroying Mephistopheles' greatest nemesis, Blackheart, Johnny Blaze's curse becomes his power, and perhaps his destiny...
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The Givenchy Code
Автор: Julie Kenner Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2007 Страниц: 368 Дата загрузки: 10 декабря 20092012-08-23
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A mind-bending code spawned from the mind of a madman...or maybe just a jealous ex. A desperate race through the cathedrals and hotels of New York City...with a teeny bit of time for shopping, it's true. An astonishing truth concealed for years, unveiled at last...with more than a little help from a supercute new guy. As if a recent breakup, scrounging for rent money, and lusting after designer shoes weren't enough, Melanie Prescott starts receiving obscure codes and clues from a menacing stranger. She attempts to solve the mysteries — enlisting the help of a tall, dark, and handsome new friend — with high hopes for the multimillion-dollar reward guaranteed at the end (handbags, sunglasses, and shoes, oh my!). That is, if she can survive the deadly game.
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The Unquiet
Автор: John Connolly Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2005 Страниц: 544 Дата загрузки: 21 июня 20092008-04-24
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Daniel Clay, a once-respected psychiatrist, has gone missing. His daughter insists that he killed himself after allegations surfaced surrounding the harm done to patients in his care. Now a killer obsessed with finding the truth about his own daughter's disappearance is seeking revenge — and Charlie Parker finds himself trapped between those who want the truth about Clay to be revealed, and those who will go to any length — no matter the cost — to keep it hidden.
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Gone with the Wind
Автор: Margaret Mitchell Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2008 Страниц: 1448 Дата загрузки: 12 марта 20112009-12-30
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Margaret Mitchell's epic novel of love and war won the Pulitzer Prize and went on to give rise to two authorized sequels and one of the most popular and celebrated movies of all time. Many novels have been written about the Civil War and its aftermath. None take us into the burning fields and cities of the American South as «Gone With the Wind» does, creating haunting scenes and thrilling portraits of characters so vivid that we remember their words and feel their fear and hunger for the rest of our lives. In the two main characters, the white-shouldered, irresistible Scarlett and the flashy, contemptuous Rhett, Margaret Mitchell not only conveyed a timeless story of survival under the harshest of circumstances, she also created two of the most famous lovers in the English-speaking world since Romeo and Juliet.
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The Speed of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything
Автор: Stephen M.R. Covey Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2008 Страниц: 384 Дата загрузки: 14 февраля 20102010-07-23
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From Stephen R. Covey's eldest son comes a revolutionary new path towards productivity and satisfaction. Trust, says Stephen M.R. Covey, is the very basis of the new global economy, and he shows how trust — and the speed at which it is established with clients, employees and constituents — is the essential ingredient for any high–performance, successful organization. For business leaders and public figures in any arena, «The Speed of Trust» offers an unprecedented and eminently practical look at exactly how trust functions in our every transaction and relationship —from the most personal to the broadest, most indirect interaction — and how to establish trust immediately so that you and your organization can forego the time–killing, bureaucratic check–and–balance processes so often deployed in lieu of actual trust.
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Change Of Heart
Автор: Jodi Picoult Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2008 Страниц: 582 Дата загрузки: 05 июня 20102012-03-22
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Picoult bangs out another ripped-from-the-zeitgeist winner, this time examining a condemned inmate's desire to be an organ donor. Freelance carpenter Shay Bourne was sentenced to death for killing a little girl, Elizabeth Nealon, and her cop stepfather. Eleven years after the murders, Elizabeth's sister, Claire, needs a heart transplant, and Shay volunteers, which complicates the state's execution plans. Meanwhile, death row has been the scene of some odd events since Shay's arrival — an AIDS victim goes into remission, an inmate's pet bird dies and is brought back to life, wine flows from the water faucets. The author brings other compelling elements to an already complex plot line: the priest who serves as Shay's spiritual adviser was on the jury that sentenced him; Shay's ACLU representative, Maggie Bloom, balances her professional moxie with her negative self-image and difficult relationship with her mother. Picoult moves the story along with lively debates about prisoner rights and religion, while plumbing the depths of mother-daughter relationships and examining the literal and metaphorical meanings of having heart. The point-of-view switches are abrupt, but this is a small flaw in an impressive book.
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21 Nights: Prince (+ Audio CD)
Автор: Prince Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2008 Страниц: 256 Дата загрузки: 26 мая 20112011-02-29
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»21 Nights» — a first book by Prince and celebrated photographer Randee St. Nicholas is a stunning multimedia volume offering a rare glimpse into the life, lyrics and mystique of one of the most notable and prolific musicians of our time. This beautifully designed photographic essay flows from Prince's sensational, unprecedented, record-breaking, sold-out 21 concerts in 21 Nights at London's 02 Arena in 2007. Giving insight into his dueling worlds of performance and solitude, 21 Nights incorporates Prince's evocative poetry and lyrics to new songs and other selections, and 124 full-color, sumptuous never-before-published images by Randee St. Nicholas. As part of the multi-dimensional experience, it will also include «Indigo Night», a CD — available only with the book — capturing Prince's after-hours, live after-show sessions — rare and profound moments of musical genius. «21 Nights» takes the reader from the passenger seat of a limousine zipping through the streets of London to his sleeping quarters in a luxury hotel. In between we see him and his phenomenal band of musicians, singers and dancers backstage in the make up room to onstage, bathed in purple lights and a fog of gray smoke. Like a movie-in-a-book, readers are taken on his journey from London to Prague, in a style that takes glam rock to a new level. Then there is poetry and lyrics that reveal the heart and soul of Prince — in addition to his incomparable talent. Going beyond the catchy hook, he expresses himself on everything from the destructive forces of war, greed and superficiality the life giving energy of love, beauty, and — of course — music.
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Harry, A History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside the Harry Potter Phenomenon
Автор: Melissa Anelli Жанр: Simon & Schuster Издательство: Simon & Schuster Год: 2008 Страниц: 368 Дата загрузки: 10 октрября 20112010-07-24
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The Harry Potter Books Were Just The Beginning of the Story... During the brief span of just one decade, hundreds of millions of perfectly ordinary people made history: they became the only ones who would remember what it was like when the Harry Potter saga was still unfinished. What it was like to seek out friends, families, online forums, fan fiction, and podcasts to get a fix between novels. When the potential death of a character was a hotter bet than the World Series. When the unfolding story of a boy wizard changed the way books are read for all time. And as webmistress of the Leaky Cauldron, one of the most popular Harry Potter sites on the Internet, Melissa Anelli had a front row seat to it all. Whether it was helping Scholastic stop leaks and track down counterfeiters, hosting live PotterCasts at bookstores across the country, touring with the wizard rock band Harry and the Potters, or traveling to Edinburgh to interview J. K. Rowling personally, Melissa was at the center of the Harry Potter tornado, and nothing about her life would ever be the same. The Harry Potter books are a triumph of the imagination that did far more than break sales records for all time. They restored the world's sense of wonder and took on a magical life of their own. Now the series has ended, but the story is not over. With remembrances from J. K. Rowling's editors, agents, publicists, fans, and Rowling herself, Melissa Anelli takes us on a personal journey through every aspect of the Harry Potter phenomenon — from his very first spell to his lasting impact on the way we live and dream.
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