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The Fifth Child
Автор: Doris Lessing Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 2001 Страниц: 160 Дата загрузки: 25 мая 20092006-08-03
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A classic tale from Doris Lessing, Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007, of a family torn apart by the arrival of Ben, their feral fifth child. 'Listening to the laughter, the sounds of children playing, Harriet and David would reach for each other's hand, and smile, and breathe happiness'. Four children, a beautiful old house, the love of relatives and friends, Harriet and David Lovatt's life is a glorious hymn to domestic bliss and old-fashioned family values. But when their fifth child is born, a sickly and implacable shadow is cast over this tender idyll. Large and ugly, violent and uncontrollable, the infant Ben, 'full of cold dislike', tears at Harriet's breast. Struggling to care for her new-born child, faced with a darkness and a strange defiance she has never known before, Harriet is deeply afraid of what, exactly, she has brought into the world!
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Martha Quest
Автор: Doris Lessing Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 1996 Страниц: 352 Дата загрузки: 21 июня 20091998-07-14
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«The first book in the «Children of Violence» series, a quintet of novels tracing the life of Martha Quest from her childhood in colonial Africa through to old age in a post-nuclear Britain. The other novels are «A Proper Marriage», «A Ripple from the Storm», «Landlocked» and «The Four-Gated City».»
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Love, Again
Автор: Doris Lessing Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 1997 Страниц: 352 Дата загрузки: 22 мая 20091999-07-14
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A fierce, compelling account of the nature and origins of love from Doris Lessing, one of the most acclaimed authors of the twentieth-century and Winner of the Nobel Pize for Literature 2007. Sarah Durham, sixty-year-old producer and founder of a leading fringe theatre company, commissions a play based on the journals of Julie Vairon, a beautiful, wayward nineteenth-century mulatto woman. It captivates all who come into contact with it, and dramatically changes the lives of all those who take part in it. For Sarah the changes are profound — she falls in love with two younger men causing her to relive her own stages of growing up, from immature, infantile with the beautifual and androgynous Bill, to the mature love, Henry.
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PS, I Love You
Автор: Cecelia Ahern Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 2005 Страниц: 496 Дата загрузки: 15 октрября 20082006-06-28
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With the help of letters her husband left her before he died, and a little nudging from an eccentric assortment of family and friends, a young widow learns to laugh, overcome her fears, and discover the world.
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The Same Sweet Girls
Автор: Cassandra King Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 2007 Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20092008-12-07
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«Now in paperback — the critically acclaimed novel by the celebrated author of «The Sunday Wife» about a group of women who have been holding reunions every year since college, and the impact they have on one another's lives.»
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For One More Day
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20092002-12-07
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«This is a story about a family and, as there is a ghost involved, you might call it a ghost story. But every family is a ghost story. The dead sit at our tables long after they have gone». So begins «For One More Day», a novel by the author of «Tuesdays with Morrie» and «The Five People You Meet in Heaven». This slender fable poses a simple yet almost infinitely resonant question: What would you do if you could spend one more day with a lost loved one? Charley Benetto's miraculous reunion with his deceased mother offers him — and us — a springboard into possibilities. A fiction that seems palpably real.»
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Top Performer: A Bold Approach to Sales and Service
Автор: Stephen C. Lundin Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 2006 Страниц: 165 Дата загрузки: 16 мая 20092009-04-27
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«From one of the creative forces behind the mega-bestselling FISH! series, in collaboration with a street performer, comes a business fable in the tradition of FISH!, providing innovative ways to achieve dramatic sales results. In «Top Performer», Lundin shares lessons from the street... the street performer, that is! In this engaging parable, a performer known as the Rat Catcher teaches a disciplined but uninspired sales manager named Jim how to harness his natural energy in order to takes his sales to the next level.»
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Blue Bloods v: 2: Masquerade
Автор: Melissa de La Cruz Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 2008 Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20102009-12-07
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Preparations are underway in New York for an exclusive gala hosted by the city's wealthy, powerful Blue Bloods. But it is an after-party masquerade where true danger lurks, and a young vampire's destiny is changed.
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Blue Bloods v: 3: Revelations
Автор: Melissa de La Cruz Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 2009 Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20112010-12-07
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As Schuyler Van Alen's blood legacy is called into question, an ancient place of power in Rio de Janeiro is threatened, and the Blue Bloods need Schuyler on their side.
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Winnie the Pooh: The Easter Egg Hunt Read-Along Storybook (+ Audio CD)
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 2010 Страниц: 32 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20122012-10-13
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It's spring in the Hundred-Acre Woods, and Winnie the Pooh is going on an Easter-egg hunt. There are many different parts of the Wood to explore, and much fun to be had, in this Easter-themed storybook. With a read-along CD that features charming narration, plus the voices of the beloved characters and dazzling sound effects, this book and CD make the perfect holiday gift!
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Donald's Christmas Gift
Автор: Sheila Sweeny Higginson Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 2007 Страниц: 24 Дата загрузки: 28 мая 20102008-06-05
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Donald and Mickey travel to the North Pole to help Santa repair his broken sleigh. Will they arrive in time to save Christmas?
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A Model World
Автор: Michael Chabon Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 2008 Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20102009-12-07
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In this compelling collection of short stories, bestselling author Michael Chabon explores adolescent desire, love, friendship and fatherhood – moving across this powerful emotional ground with subtlety and incisiveness. Written with wryness, whimsy, and intellectual depth, this is a collection of eleven wonderful stories of growing up and growing wise. In ‘S Angel’ a group of wedding guests is hijacked by a fast-talking real estate agent, but not before the bride herself disappears. ‘Smoke’ takes us to a baseball catcher’s funeral, where one of the mourners – a has-been pitcher – confronts the ruins of his career. In the hilarious title story, a graduate student plagiarizes a dissertation on the movement of clouds, only to find himself and his faculty advisor in a parlour game where each player must confess the worst thing he or she has ever done. The second part of the book ‘The Lost World’ is a series of stories about a young boy, Nathan Shapiro, who must face the wrenching emotions caused by his parents’ bitter divorce. Serious, yet shot through with wit, humour and compassion, these are unforgettable stories from one of America’s most celebrated writers.
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The Giant, O'Brien
Автор: Hilary Mantel Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 1999 Страниц: 224 Дата загрузки: 06 мая 20092001-07-28
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Based on the true story, this is the tale of the 18th Century Irish giant, Charles O’Brien. He was exhibited in London and eventually dissected by the surgeon Charles Hunter, and his bones hang to this day in the Hunterian Museum in Lincoln’s Inn Field. Charles O’Brien, bard and giant. The cynical are moved by his flights of romance; the craven stirred by his tales of epic deeds. But what of his own story as he is led from Ireland to seek his fortune beyond the seas in England? The Surprising Irish Giant may be the sensation of the season but only his compatriots seem to attend to his mythic powers of invention. A motley court surrounds him: slow witted Jankin; the thrusting Claffey brothers; sharp-tongued Bride Claskey, the procuress. None so low as Bitch Mary, and none so opportunistic as impressario Joe Vance, yet London shall make its mark on them all. In addition to the daunting task of taking his storytelling across the sea, The Giant O'Brien must be wary of John Hunter, a celebrated surgeon and anatomist who buys dead men from the gallows and the corpses of babies by the inch. The only problem for John Hunter is that the Giant is still alive. But for how long? ‘The Giant, O’ Brien’ is an unforgettable novel; lyrical, shocking and spliced with black comedy.
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Werewolves in Their Youth
Автор: Michael Chabon Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 1999 Страниц: 224 Дата загрузки: 06 мая 20092001-07-28
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The second collection of short stories from the highly acclaimed author of the novels ‘The Mysteries of Pittsburgh’ and ‘Wonder Boys’. There are the two boys of the title story, locked in their own world of fantasy and make-believe, reaching out to each other to survive the terrible prospect of fatherlessness. ‘House Hunting’ shows us the grim spectacle of a couple whose marriage is in its death throes, and whose search for a happy home is doomed; in another story a couple struggle to overcome the effects of a brutal rape. Elsewhere, a family therapist comes face to face with the dark secret of his childhood, and an American football star down on his luck makes his peace with his father. The collection culminates in a daring and wonderfully baroque horror story ‘In the Black Mill’, which chronicles the terrifying fate that befalls an archaeologist as he uncovers cannibalism and ritual sacrifice in a gloomy Pennsylvanian town. Serious in their subject matter, yet shot through with wit, humour and compassion, these nine short stories demonstrate Chabon’s ability to weave together comedy and tragedy with unforgettable results.
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Designers Usa No: 2
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 2008 Страниц: 407 Дата загрузки: 24 сентября 20132010-05-24
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From cities across the United States, design firms have been selected to showcase their work in DesignersUSA No. 2 Each of these cutting age design companies have provided its own unique statement of purpose. This volume serves to illustrate graphic design's unusual power that has come about due to the growing reliance of the modern world on visual communications to convey its messages.
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Graphis Poster Annual 2007
Автор: B. Martin Pedersen Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 2007 Страниц: 237 Дата загрузки: 19 апреля 20112008-06-15
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«Graphis Poster Annual 2007» features the year's finest poster designs, selected from thousands of international entries. Stunning, striking, even shocking, the award-winning posters were produced for a variety of corporate and social causes. Taken together, they clearly illustrate the power of the poster. Full information for each project, including designer, writer, illustrator, photographer, art director, and client, gives credit where credit is due. For collectors, designers, corporations, art directors, advertising professionals, and anyone with an interest in design and communications, «Graphis Poster Annual 2007» is a must-have.»
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Graphis Brochures 6
Автор: B. Martin Pedersen Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 2007 Страниц: 256 Дата загрузки: 25 июня 20092010-02-29
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«This book features an international array of lavishly illustrated brochures covering every industry from automobiles and computer technology to the best in fashion and graphic design. Showcasing the unique work of top designers, «Brochures 6» also includes comprehensive indices of creatives, clients, and design firms. For anyone interested in effective business communication, this is a must-have addition to the library.»
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English
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 2008 Страниц: 32 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20102010-10-13
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Collins Easy Learning English Age 5-6 develops literacy skills. Its colourful motivating activities make learning fun. Helpful tips and answers are included to help support learning. Hours of fun activities — builds literacy skills — boosts confidence — develops a love of learning Collins Easy Learning English Age 5-6 gives support, practice and guidance for year-by-year school learning. Easy to use — clear guidance for parent and child. Easy to learn — colourful and engaging activities keep motivation levels high. Easy to remember — information and activities organised in clear, memorable chunks.
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First Phonics
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 2008 Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20102009-12-07
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Collins Easy Learning First phonics Age 3-5 develops literacy skills. Its colourful motivating activities make learning fun. Helpful tips and answers are included to help support learning. Hours of fun activities builds literacy skills, boosts confidence, develops a love of learning. Collins Easy Learning First phonics Age 3-5 develops early literacy skills to get children ready for preschool. Easy to use — small chunks of information are easy to absorb and clear sign posting shows the way. Easy to learn — every activity is highly practical allowing children to learn by doing. Easy to remember — engaging and fun activities help children retain information.
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Numbers: Age 3-5
Жанр: HarperCollins Publishers Год: 2008 Страниц: 24 Дата загрузки: 28 мая 20112009-06-05
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Collins Easy Learning Numbers Age 3-5 develops numeracy skills. Its colourful motivating activities make learning fun. Helpful tips and answers are included to help support learning. Hours of fun activities builds literacy skills, boosts confidence, develops a love of learning. Collins Easy Learning Numbers Age 3-5 develops early numeracy skills to get children ready for preschool. Easy to use-small chunks of information are easy to absorb and clear sign posting shows the way. Easy to learn-every activity is highly practical allowing children to learn by doing. Easy to remember-engaging and fun activities help children retain information.
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