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Natural Causes
Автор: Oswald James Жанр: Daedalus Books Год: 2014 Страниц: 457 Дата загрузки: 19 марта 20172017-09-22
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Edinborough Detective Inspector Tony McLean is drawn into a set of cases separated by six decades, but connected by a macabre and brutal ritual killing.
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Oliver Twist
Автор: Dickens Charles Жанр: Daedalus Books Год: 2014 Страниц: 192 Дата загрузки: 16 мая 20172017-02-16
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Literary classic with unique illustrated content; Complete Unabridged Text. One of Dickens' most popular novels brought to life with contemporary photos and illustrations.
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Olivia Claus
Автор: Einhorn Kama Жанр: Daedalus Books Год: 2010 Страниц: 24 Дата загрузки: 28 мая 20132012-05-06
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It was the night before Christmas, and Olivia discovers that her favorite stuffed monkey, Mathilda, is missing. Not only is Mathilda missing, but other favorites keep disappearing around the house too. In the true spirit of Christmas, Olivia figures out how to not only give but to give back what has been missing.
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Peek in My Pocket
Автор: David A. Carter Жанр: Daedalus Books Год: 2007 Страниц: 16 Дата загрузки: 19 апреля 20112008-12-23
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This third collaboration between bestselling creators David A. Carter and Sarah Weeks offers toddlers a hide-and-seek guessing game with exciting, ingenious pop-ups and fun touchable features. With each turn of the page, animals give clues to the hidden surprises in their pockets, using hints that include shapes and colours. Kids will love guessing the secrets and lifting the flaps to find answers. The fun, rhyming text is just right for toddlers, and the final surprise — a new friend to play with — makes a perfect peekaboo partner.
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Pride and Prejudice
Автор: Austen Jane Жанр: Daedalus Books Год: 2015 Страниц: 152 Дата загрузки: 17 октрября 20182020-08-24
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Illustrated edition of the complete text captures the spirit of the Regency era.
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The Red Queen
Автор: Gregory Philippa Жанр: Daedalus Books Год: 2013 Страниц: 432 Дата загрузки: 22 мая 20162015-10-11
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«The inspiration for the critically acclaimed Starz miniseries The White Queen, #1 «New York Times» bestselling author Philippa Gregory brings to life Margaret Beaufort, heiress to the red rose of Lancaster, who charts her way through treacherous alliances to take control of the English throne. Margaret Beaufort never surrenders her belief that her Lancaster house is the true ruler of England, and that she has a great destiny before her. Married to a man twice her age, quickly widowed, and a mother at only fourteen, Margaret is determined to turn her lonely life into a triumph. She sets her heart on putting her son on the throne of England regardless of the cost to herself, to England, and even to the little boy. Disregarding rival heirs and the overwhelming power of the York dynasty, she names him Henry, like the king; sends him into exile; and pledges him in marriage to her enemy Elizabeth of York s daughter. As the political tides constantly move and shift, Margaret masterminds one of the greatest rebellions of all time all the while knowing that her son has grown to manhood, recruited an army, and awaits his opportunity to win the greatest prize in all of England. The Red Queen is a novel of conspiracy, passion, and coldhearted ambition, the story of a proud and determined woman who believes that she alone is destined, by her piety and lineage, to shape the course of history.»
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A Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire
Автор: Dickens Charles Жанр: Daedalus Books Год: 2008 Страниц: 134 Дата загрузки: 28 июля 20092010-10-30
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This is one of Dickens' earliest collections of stories. Intended for the holiday season, A Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire offers tales of romance, theft, justice and heart-warming family reunions. Continuing the tradition of ghost stories for Christmas, some of the haunting tales are inspiring while others are chilling. The voices of this round include servants and employers alike — host and charwoman, mother and nursemaid — and some surprising ruminations on topics as diverse as disability and interracial love.
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The Adrian Mole Diaries
Автор: Townsend Sue Жанр: Daedalus Books Год: 1997 Страниц: 293 Дата загрузки: 18 июля 20091998-06-28
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«Adrian Mole faces the same agonies which life sets before most adolescents: troubles with girls, school, parents, and an uncaring world. The difference, though, between young Master Mole and his peers is that this British lad keeps a diary — an earnest chronicle of longing and disaster that has convulsed more than five million readers since its two-volume initial publication. From teenage Adrian's obsession with intellectuality after understanding «nearly every word» of a Malcolm Muggeridge broadcast to his anguished adoration of a lovely, mercurial schoolmate, from his view of his parents' constantly creaking relationship to his heartfelt but hilarious attempts at cathartic verse, here is an outrageous triumph of deadpan and deadly accurate, satire. ABBA, Princess Di's wedding, street punks, Monty Python, the Falklands campaign — all the cultural pageantry of a keenly observed era marches past the unique perspective of Sue Townsend's creation: A. Mole, the unforgettable lad whose self-absorption only gets funnier as his life becomes more desperate.»
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Tales of Ancient Egypt
Автор: Roger Lancelyn Green Жанр: Daedalus Books Год: 2013 Страниц: 214 Дата загрузки: 25 мая 20162015-05-15
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This collection brings the world of Ancient Egypt to life with tales of journey and discovery. Among the many stories are the great myth of Amen-Ra, who formed all the creatures in the world; the entrancing tale of Isis, who searched the waters for her dead husband Osiris; and the miraculous story of the girl with the rose-red slippers, considered the first-ever Cinderella tale. Entertaining and enchanting, this is a timeless collection of the oldest stories in the world.
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Tales of the Greek Heroes
Автор: Roger Lancelyn Green Жанр: Daedalus Books Год: 2013 Страниц: 269 Дата загрузки: 25 июня 20152014-12-30
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«Here are the great stories of the heroic age — Dionysus, Heracles, Theseus, the quest for the Golden Fleece and many more. The story of Ancient Greece is continued in Roger Lancelyn Green's «The Tale of Troy».»
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To the Edge of the World: The Story of the Trans-Siberian Railway
Автор: Wolmar Christian Жанр: Daedalus Books Год: 2014 Страниц: 304 Дата загрузки: 03 августа 20162015-06-15
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Christian Wolmar expertly tells the story of the Trans-Siberian railway from its conception and construction under Tsar Alexander III, to the northern extension ordered by Brezhnev and its current success as a vital artery. He also explores the crucial role the line played in both the Russian Civil War — Trotsky famously used an armoured carriage as his command post — and the Second World War, during which the railway saved the country from certain defeat. Like the author's previous railway histories, it focuses on the personalities, as well as the political and economic events, that lay behind one of the most extraordinary engineering triumphs of the nineteenth century.
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The Vampire Lestat
Автор: Rice Anne Жанр: Daedalus Books Год: 1997 Страниц: 481 Дата загрузки: 10 декабря 20091999-10-11
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Once an aristocrat in the heady days of pre-revolutionary France, now Lestat is a rockstar in the demonic, shimmering 1980s. He rushes through the centuries in search of others like him, seeking answers to the mystery of his terrifying exsitence. His story, the second volume in Anne Rice's best-selling Vampire Chronicles, is mesmerizing, passionate, and thrilling. Frightening, sensual.
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World without End
Автор: Follett Ken Жанр: Daedalus Books Год: 2012 Страниц: 1280 Дата загрузки: 13 декабря 20142013-12-20
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On the day after Halloween, in the year 1327, four children slip away from the cathedral city of Kingsbridge. They are a thief, a bully, a boy genius and a girl who wants to be a doctor. In the forest they see two men killed. As adults, their lives will be braided together by ambition, love, greed and revenge. They will see prosperity and famine, plague and war. One boy will travel the world but come home in the end; the other will be a powerful, corrupt nobleman. One girl will defy the might of the medieval church; the other will pursue an impossible love. And always they will live under the long shadow of the unexplained killing they witnessed on that fateful childhood day. Ken Follett's masterful epic The Pillars of the Earth enchanted millions of readers with its compelling drama of war, passion and family conflict set around the building of a cathedral. Now World Without End takes readers back to medieval Kingsbridge two centuries later, as the men, women and children of the city once again grapple with the devastating sweep of historical change.
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New York Trilogy
Автор: Auster Paul Жанр: Daedalus Books Год: 2011 Страниц: 320 Дата загрузки: 19 февраля 20132013-07-14
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«The New York Trilogy is perhaps the most astonishing work by one of America's most consistently astonishing writers. The Trilogy is three cleverly interconnected novels that exploit the elements of standard detective fiction and achieve a new genre that is all the more gripping for its starkness. It is a riveting work of detective fiction worthy of Raymond Chandler, and at the same time a profound and unsettling existentialist enquiry in the tradition of Kafka or Borges. In each story the search for clues leads to remarkable coincidences in the universe as the simple act of trailing a man ultimately becomes a startling investigation of what it means to be human. The New York Trilogy is the modern novel at its finest: a truly bold and arresting work of fiction with something to transfix and astound every reader. «Marks a new departure for the American novel.» (Observer). «A shatteringly clever piece of work...Utterly gripping, written with an acid sharpness that leaves an indelible dent in the back of the mind.» (Sunday Telegraph). «The New York Trilogy established him as the only author one could compare to Samuel Beckett.» (Guardian).»
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The Nutcracker: Gift Box
Автор: Hoffman E.T.A. Жанр: Daedalus Books Год: 2010 Страниц: 32 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20122012-10-13
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When Herr Drosselmeir gives Marie a nutcracker for Christmas, the Nutcracker comes alive, and Marie enters a magical kingdom of fairies, dolls and royalty! Based on the beloved story by E.T.A. Hoffman, which inspired the famous ballet, this beautifully illustrated gift set containing a 24-page book plus two dioramas is sure to become a holiday favorite.
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Princess for a Day: A Pop-up Storybook
Автор: Johnson Shane L. Жанр: Daedalus Books Год: 2011 Страниц: 12 Дата загрузки: 14 августа 20132016-08-17
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In this enchanting story, the King and Queen of Poshtonia are coming for a visit to Olivia’s town. Olivia is thrilled, most of all because she can’t wait to meet their daughter, a real princess! When Olivia and Princess Stephanie meet, they can’t help but notice that they look alike . . . so much so that they trade places. Princess Stephanie will go home to Olivia’s house and Olivia will spend the day in the castle! Come along for the royal treatment with Olivia in this beautiful storybook with glitter on the cover and intricate pop-up windows and pull-tabs that allow readers to interact with the story.
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The American Heritage First Dictionary
Жанр: Daedalus Books Год: 2009 Страниц: 416 Дата загрузки: 05 июня 20112011-05-12
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This newly updated, award-winning dictionary gives children confidence as they learn to read. More than 2,000 entry words are clearly defined, and 850 full-color photographs and drawings enhance the text for today's visually sophisticated young readers.
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A Brief Guide to Jane Austen
Автор: Jennings Charles Жанр: Daedalus Books Год: 2013 Страниц: 288 Дата загрузки: 14 июля 20142015-07-24
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In this witty and accessible guide, author and expert Charles Jennings goes in search of the real Jane Austen. He includes a short biography, gives an overview of her novels, and explores the time period she lived in and the world she inhabited. He also includes Jane’s very own words of advice for the modern life.
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Interview with the Vampire
Автор: Rice Anne Жанр: Daedalus Books Год: 1997 Страниц: 368 Дата загрузки: 24 июля 20091998-06-15
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Here are the confessions of a vampire. Hypnotic, shocking, and chillingly erotic, this is a novel of mesmerizing beauty and astonishing force-a story of danger and flight, of love and loss, of suspense and resolution, and of the extraordinary power of the senses. It is a novel only Anne Rice could write.
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Manet
Автор: Courthion Pierre Жанр: Daedalus Books Год: 2004 Страниц: 128 Дата загрузки: 20 сентября 20092009-08-21
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Written by scholars for a general audience, each title in the 'Masters of Art' series has illustrations accompanied by commentaries discussing each individual work.
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