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Lords and Ladies
Автор: Pratchett Terry Жанр: Transworld Publishers Издательство: Transworld Publishers Год: 2005 Страниц: 400 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20092008-09-20
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'When you start believing in Spirits, you start believing in demons, and then before you know where you are, you're believing in Gods. And then you're in trouble.' Reality is all very well in small doses. It's a perfectly conventional and convenient way of neutralising the imagination. But sometimes when there's more than one reality at play, imagination just won't be neutralised, and the walls between realities come tumbling down. Unfortunately there's usually a damned good reason for there being walls between them in the first place. To keep things out. Things who want to make mischief and play havoc with the natural order...
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The Best Thing That Never Happened To Me
Автор: Tait Laura Жанр: Transworld Publishers Издательство: Transworld Publishers Год: 2014 Страниц: 368 Дата загрузки: 11 июня 20162018-03-28
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Best friends Holly and Alex have been in love since they were teenagers. Unfortunately, neither of them have any idea how the other one feels. Something always seemed to get in the way, and the perfect moment just never arrived. Then Holly left for uni in London, while Alex stayed put in their northern hometown. But it's ten years later, things have changed. Surely if you got a second chance with your first love you wouldn't let it pass you by. Would you?
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1914: Fight the Good Fight. Britain, the Army and the Coming of the First World War
Автор: Mallinson Allan Жанр: Transworld Publishers Издательство: Transworld Publishers Год: 2014 Страниц: 624 Дата загрузки: 21 июля 20152017-09-20
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In the run up to the centenary of the First World War comes a fascinating and revelatory new history of the origins of the war, of those first few crucial weeks of fighting, and of how Britain and its army fared. No part of the Great War compares in interest with its opening, wrote Churchill. The measured, silent drawing together of gigantic forces, the uncertainty of their movements and positions, the number of unknown and unknowable facts made the first collision a drama never surpassed... in fact the War was decided in the first twenty days of fighting, and all that happened afterwards consisted in battles which, however formidable and devastating, were but desperate and vain appeals against the decision of fate. In this major new history, one of Britain's foremost military historians and defence experts tackles the origins — and the opening first few weeks of fighting — of what would become known as the war to end all wars. Intensely researched and convincingly argued, Allan Mallinson explores and explains the grand strategic shift that occurred in the century before the war, the British Army's regeneration after its drubbings in its fight against the Boer in South Africa, its almost calamitous experience of the first twenty days' fighting in Flanders to the point at which the British Expeditionary Force — the Old Contemptibles — took up the pick and the spade in the middle of September 1914. For it was then that the war changed from one of rapid and brutal movement into the now familiar image of the trenches and the coming of the Territorials, Kitchener's Pals, and ultimately the conscripts and of course the poets. And with them, that terrible sense of the pity and of the futility. Mallinson brings his experience as a professional soldier to bear on the individuals, circumstances and events and the result is a vivid, compelling new history of the beginnings of the Great War that speculates — tantalizingly — on what might have been.
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The Kill List
Автор: Forsyth Frederick Жанр: Transworld Publishers Издательство: Transworld Publishers Год: 2014 Страниц: 394 Дата загрузки: 9 февраля 20162019-08-14
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The Kill List: a top secret catalogue of names held at the highest level of the US government. On it, those men and women who would threaten the world's security. And at the top of it, The Preacher, a radical Islamic cleric whose sermons inspire his followers to kill high profile Western targets in the name of God. As the bodies begin to pile up in America, Great Britain and across Europe, the message goes out: discover this man's identity, locate him and take him out. Tasked with what seems like an impossible job is an ex-US marine who has risen through the ranks to become one of America's most effective intelligence chiefs. Now known only as The Tracker, he must gather what scant evidence there is, collate it and unmask The Preacher if he is to prevent the next spate of violent deaths. Aided only by a brilliant teenaged hacker, he must throw out the bait and see whether his deadly target can be drawn from his lair.
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Long Mars (Long Earth 3)
Автор: Pratchett Terry Жанр: Transworld Publishers Издательство: Transworld Publishers Год: 2014 Страниц: 368 Дата загрузки: 11 июня 20162018-03-28
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2040-2045: In the years after the cataclysmic Yellowstone eruption there is massive economic dislocation as populations flee Datum Earth to myriad Long Earth worlds. Sally, Joshua, and Lobsang are all involved in this perilous work when, out of the blue, Sally is contacted by her long-vanished father and inventor of the original Stepper device, Willis Linsay. He tells her he is planning a fantastic voyage across the Long Mars and wants her to accompany him. But Sally soon learns that Willis has an ulterior motive for his request: he needs her help to trace an advanced alien technology that, he believes, will help mankind's post-Yellowstone recovery. Meanwhile U. S. Navy Commander Maggie Kauffman has embarked on an incredible journey of her own, leading an expedition to the outer limits of the far Long Earth. For Joshua, the crisis he faces is much closer to home. He becomes embroiled in the plight of the Next, the super-bright post-humans who are beginning to emerge from their 'long childhood' in the community called Happy Landings, located deep in the Long Earth. Ignorance and fear have caused 'normal' human society to turn against the Next, and the authorities, afraid of anything or anyone not deemed 'normal', order that all Next children be imprisoned. Joshua is determined to liberate the children — and a dramatic showdown over the inhumanity of humans against their own kind seems inevitable . . .
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A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Non-fiction
Автор: Pratchett Terry Жанр: Transworld Publishers Издательство: Transworld Publishers Год: 2014 Страниц: 336 Дата загрузки: 19 февраля 20162017-04-29
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A collection of essays and other non fiction from Terry Pratchett, spanning the whole of his writing career from his early years to the present day.
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Silencer
Автор: McNab Andy Жанр: Transworld Publishers Издательство: Transworld Publishers Год: 2014 Страниц: 544 Дата загрузки: 24 июля 20152017-04-07
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1993: Under deep cover, Nick Stone and a specialist surveillance team have spent weeks in the jungles and city streets of Colombia. Their mission: to locate the boss of the world's most murderous drugs cartel — and terminate him with extreme prejudice. Now they can strike. But to get close enough to fire the fatal shot, Nick must reveal his face. It's a risk he's willing to take — since only the man who is about to die will see him. Or so he thinks... 2012: Nick is in Moscow; semi-retired; semi-married to Anna; very much the devoted father of their newborn son. But when the boy falls dangerously ill and the doctor who saves him comes under threat, Nick finds himself back in the firing line. To stop his cover being terminally blown, he must follow a trail that begins in Triad-controlled Hong Kong and propels him back into the even more brutal world he thought he'd left behind. The forces ranged against him have guns, helicopters, private armies and a terrified population in their vice-like grip. Nick Stone has two decades of operational skills that may no longer be deniable — and a fierce desire to protect a woman and a child who now mean more to him than life itself.
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Raising Steam
Автор: Pratchett Terry Жанр: Transworld Publishers Издательство: Transworld Publishers Год: 2014 Страниц: 474 Дата загрузки: 20 декабря 20162018-03-24
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To the consternation of the patrician, Lord Vetinari, a new invention has arrived in Ankh-Morpork — a great clanging monster of a machine that harnesses the power of all of the elements: earth, air, fire and water. This being Ankh-Morpork, it's soon drawing astonished crowds, some of whom caught the zeitgeist early and arrive armed with notepads and very sensible rainwear. Moist von Lipwig is not a man who enjoys hard work — as master of the Post Office, the Mint and the Royal Bank his input is, of course, vital... but largely dependent on words, which are fortunately not very heavy and don't always need greasing. However, he does enjoy being alive, which makes a new job offer from Vetinari hard to refuse... Steam is rising over Discworld, driven by Mister Simnel, the man wi' t'flat cap and sliding rule who has an interesting arrangement with the sine and cosine. Moist will have to grapple with gallons of grease, goblins, a fat controller with a history of throwing employees down the stairs and some very angry dwarfs if he's going to stop it all going off the rails...
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Before I Go to Sleep
Автор: Watson S.J. Жанр: Transworld Publishers Издательство: Transworld Publishers Год: 2014 Страниц: 384 Дата загрузки: 15 августа 20162017-02-24
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Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love — all forgotten overnight. And the one person you trust may only be telling you half the story. Welcome to Christine's life.
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Personal
Автор: Child Lee Жанр: Transworld Publishers Издательство: Transworld Publishers Год: 2014 Страниц: 400 Дата загрузки: 17 октрября 20172015-12-23
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Jack Reacher walks alone. Once a go-to hard man in the US military police, now he's a drifter of no fixed abode. But the army tracks him down. Because someone has taken a long-range shot at the French president. Only one man could have done it. And Reacher is the one man who can find him. This new heart stopping, nail biting book in Lee Child's number-one bestselling series takes Reacher across the Atlantic to Paris — and then to London. The stakes have never been higher — because this time, it's personal.
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Shopaholic to the Stars
Автор: Kinsella Sophie Жанр: Transworld Publishers Издательство: Transworld Publishers Год: 2005 Страниц: 400 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20092008-09-20
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Becky Brandon (nee Bloomwood) is in Hollywood! It's as if all her life has been leading to this moment! She's hanging out with the stars a or at least she will be, when she finally gets to meet movie superstar Sage Seymour, whom Luke is now managing. There's so much to see and do! And getting Minnie through the hurdles for her A-list Hollywood pre-school will require someaerahelp. Becky sets her heart on a new career — she's going to be celebrity stylist to the stars. Red carpets, here she comes! Becky soon finds it's tough to make it in Tinseltown, but luckily her best friend Suze comes over to keep her company — and everything changes when they both discover that Suze's husband Lord Tarquin is a movie backer. Starstruck Suze and budding-stylist Becky embark on the Hollywood insider trail. They're going to be extras on a big-budget set! But somehow... things don't quite work out. Becky so wants to make it in Hollywood. But will Becky be a wowa or just a wannabe?
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Winners
Автор: Steel Danielle Жанр: Transworld Publishers Издательство: Transworld Publishers Год: 2014 Страниц: 416 Дата загрузки: 09 февраля 20162016-10-13
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In the picturesque mountains of Squaw Valley, Colorado, a girl's dreams are about to be shattered. At just seventeen, Lily Thomas is already a ski champion training for the Olympics, her heart set on winning the gold. But in one moment, Lily's future is changed forever — her hopes for Olympic triumph swept away in a tragic accident. Her father, Bill, refuses to accept Lily's fate, while her neurosurgeon, Dr Jessie Matthews, is adamant that all hope is not lost. But when Jessie endures a tragedy of her own, her spirit is truly tested. Then Bill decides to build a rehab facility for his daughter and transforms countless other lives too. But will courage and kindness be enough to make winners of them all? An inspirational story of courage and triumph from one of the world's greatest storytellers. A perfect read for fans of Susan Lewis, Jodi Picoult and Penny Vincenzi.
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Before I Go to Sleep
Автор: Watson S.J. Жанр: Transworld Publishers Издательство: Transworld Publishers Год: 2014 Страниц: 381 Дата загрузки: 27 сентября 20192016-05-28
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Memories define us. So what if you lost yours every time you went to sleep? Your name, your identity, your past, even the people you love — all forgotten overnight. And the one person you trust may only be telling you half the story. Welcome to Christine's life.
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His Bright Light
Автор: Steel Danielle Жанр: Transworld Publishers Издательство: Transworld Publishers Год: 2009 Страниц: 416 Дата загрузки: 05 июня 20112011-05-12
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From the day he was born, Nick Traina was his mother's joy. By nineteen, he was dead. This is Danielle Steel's powerful, personal story of the son she lost and the lessons she learned during his courageous battle against darkness. Sharing tender, painful memories and Nick's remarkable journals, Steel brings us a haunting duet between a singular young man and the mother who loved him-and a harrowing portrait of a masked killer called manic depression, which afflicts between two and three million Americans. At once a loving legacy and an unsparing depiction of a devastating illness, Danielle Steel's tribute to her lost son is a gift of life, hope, healing, and understanding to us all.
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The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
Автор: Stone Brad Жанр: Transworld Publishers Издательство: Transworld Publishers Год: 2014 Страниц: 463 Дата загрузки: 26 декабря 20162017-02-16
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This is the winner of the 2013 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award. Though Amazon.com started off delivering books through the mail, its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, was never content with being just a bookseller. He wanted Amazon to become 'the everything store', offering limitless selection and seductive convenience at disruptively low prices. To achieve that end, he developed a corporate culture of relentless ambition and secrecy that's never been cracked. Until now... Jeff Bezos stands out for his relentless pursuit of new markets, leading Amazon into risky new ventures like the Kindle and cloud computing, and transforming retail in the same way that Henry Ford revolutionized manufacturing. Amazon placed one of the first and largest bets on the Internet. Nothing would ever be the same again.
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Sword of Rome
Автор: Jackson Douglas Жанр: Transworld Publishers Издательство: Transworld Publishers Год: 2014 Страниц: 505 Дата загрузки: 10 сентября 20192015-06-11
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Nero's turbulent reign draws to a close and Gaius Valerius Varens returns in his fourth brutal and bloody adventure. He's been Rome's hero, its defender and its avenger, and now he is the Empire's sword. The story I now commence is rich in vicissitudes, grim with warfare, torn by civil strife, a tale of horror even during times of peace. Tacitus, The Histories AD 68. The Emperor Nero's erratic and bloody reign is in its death throes when Gaius Valerius Verrens is dispatched to Rome on a mission that will bring it to a close. With Nero dead, the city holds its breath and awaits the arrival his successor, Servius Sulpicius Galba, governor of Hispania. The Empire prays for peace, but it prays in vain. Galba promises stability and prosperity, but his rule begins with a massacre and ends only months later in chaos and carnage. This will become known as the Year of the Four Emperors, a time of civil war which will tear Rome apart and test Valerius's skills and loyalties to their very limit. Fortunate to survive Galba's fall, Valerius is sent on a mission by Rome's new Emperor, Otho, to his old friend Vitellius, commander of the armies of the north. Vitellius's legions are on the march, and only Valerius can persuade him to halt them before the inevitable confrontation. In an epic adventure that will take him the length and breadth of a divided land, the one-armed Roman fights to stay alive and stave off a bloodbath as he is stalked by the most implacable enemy he has ever faced.
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A Dark and Twisted Tide
Автор: Bolton Sharon Жанр: Transworld Publishers Издательство: Transworld Publishers Год: 2014 Страниц: 528 Дата загрузки: 16 мая 20172017-04-12
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Ex-Detective Lacey Flint has quit the police for a safer, quieter life. Or that's what she thinks. Living alone on a houseboat, she is trying and failing to get over the love of her life, undercover Detective Mark Joesbury. But Mark is missing in action and impossible to forget. And danger won't leave Lacey alone... When she finds a body floating in the river, wrapped in white burial cloths, she can't resist asking questions. Who is this woman and why was she hidden in the fast-flowing depths? And who has been delivering unwanted gifts to Lacey? Someone is watching her very closely. Someone who knows exactly what makes her tick...
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Dead Scared
Автор: Bolton Sharon Жанр: Transworld Publishers Издательство: Transworld Publishers Год: 2013 Страниц: 464 Дата загрузки: 27 сентября 20182016-09-17
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When a Cambridge student dramatically attempts to take her own life, DI Mark Joesbury realizes that the university has developed an unhealthy record of young people committing suicide in extraordinary ways. Against huge personal misgivings, Joesbury sends young policewoman DC Lacey Flint to Cambridge, with a brief to work under-cover, posing as a depression-prone, vulnerable student. Psychiatrist Evi Oliver is the only person in Cambridge who knows who Lacey really is — or so they both hope. But as the two women dig deeper into the darker side of university life, they discover a terrifying trend... And when Lacey starts experiencing the same disturbing nightmares reported by the dead girls, she knows that she is next.
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Balancing Act
Автор: Trollope Joanna Жанр: Transworld Publishers Издательство: Transworld Publishers Год: 2014 Страниц: 432 Дата загрузки: 22 апреля 20182017-09-12
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Four strong women. All working in a family business. But what happens when they begin to want different things? And what about the men — and the children — in their lives? Susie Moran has always been the breadwinner in her family. Her husband was the one who was there for their three girls. But now he wants something of his past back — the life he had before Susie's career took off, before they had children. And those children don't see their mother's business the way she has always seen it, thereby threatening the balance she has worked so hard to achieve. And then, amidst the simmering tensions, someone significant from the past, someone almost forgotten, turns up. The problems of the past, the present, and the future all become challenges to the stability of both family and work. Which relationships — if any — will survive?
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Mrs Bradshaw's Handbook
Автор: Pratchett Terry Жанр: Transworld Publishers Издательство: Transworld Publishers Год: 2014 Страниц: 144 Дата загрузки: 22 сентября 20192017-04-12
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Authorised by Mr Lipwig of the Ankh-Morpork and Sto Plains Hygienic Railway himself, Mrs Georgina Bradshaw's invaluable guide to the destinations and diversions of the railway deserves a place in the luggage of any traveller, or indeed armchair traveller, upon the Disc. Mrs Bradshaw has travelled the length of the great permanent way to Quirm, Sto Lat and even as far as Ohulan Cutash, investigating the most edifying sights, respectable lodgings and essential hints on the practicalities of travel upon the wonder of the age. Sample the delights of Dimmuck, the pleasures of Little Swelling, the charm of Shankydoodle, and enough cabbage in all its many guises to satisfy the keenest brassica connoisseur.
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