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All Creatures Great and Small
Автор: James Herriot Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA Год: 1998 Страниц: 437 Дата загрузки: 24 августа 20092002-03-18
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«Take an unforgettable journey through the English countryside and into the homes of its inhabitants — four-legged and otherwise — with the world's best-loved animal doctor. For over 25 years, since «All Creatures Great and Small» was first published, readers have delighted to the storytelling genius of James Herriot, the Yorkshire veterinarian whose fascinating vignettes brim with the wonder of life, animal and human.»
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All Things Bright and Beautiful
Автор: James Herriot Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA Год: 1998 Страниц: 438 Дата загрузки: 25 мая 20092003-08-23
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Young James, now married and working as a small-town vet, encounters a cast of extraordinary characters as he makes his way through the Yorkshire countryside tending to sick cattle, pregnant ewes, ailing dogs — and their eccentric owners. As always, Herriot's warmth, humor, and singular view of life makes readers laugh and cry, as they marvel at the everyday miracles he creates.
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All Things Wise and Wonderful
Автор: James Herriot Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA Год: 1998 Страниц: 440 Дата загрузки: 28 июля 20092001-09-10
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In the midst of WW II, James is training for the Royal Air Force, while going home to Yorkshire whenever possible to see his very pregnant wife, Helen. Musing on past adventures through the dales, visiting with old friends, and introducing scores of new and amusing characters — animal and human alike — Herriot enthralls readers once again with his uncanny ability to spin a most engaging and heartfelt yarn.
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Battlestar Galactica
Автор: Jeffrey A.Carver Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA Год: 2006 Страниц: 352 Дата загрузки: 24 сентября 20112008-10-17
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«This novel based on the hit Sci Fi Channel series — itself inspired by the original 1970s «Battlestar Galactica» created by Glen A. Larson — tells the story of the first episode from the teleplay written by Ronald D. Moore and Christopher Eric James.»
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Conversational Russian In 20 Lessons
Автор: Cortina Language Institute Staff Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA Год: 1990 Страниц: 444 Дата загрузки: 15 сентября 20091992-10-13
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Includes: -Guide to pronunciation: simple phonetics based on English spelling -20 conversational lessons: useful vocabularies; interesting conversations with pronunciation and helpful footnotes -Cultural information: panorama of Russian life and literature -Complete reference grammar: clear explanations of rules of grammar and structure of the language -Bilingual dictionary: all useful words you need to know Special offer: -High quality sound -Compact and portable -Useful conversations -Easy to use -At home, in your car, or wherever you go
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Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell
Автор: Susanna Clarke Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA Год: 2006 Страниц: 1006 Дата загрузки: 12 мая 20092007-06-11
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Sophisticated, witty, and ingeniously convincing, Clarke's magisterial novel — the story of the rise of two very different magicians — weaves magic into a flawlessly detailed vision of 19th-century England.
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Country Houses
Автор: F. De Haro Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA Год: 2008 Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20102009-12-07
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«This sumptuous volume takes readers on a fascinating journey that shows how architecture and nature can be seamlessly combined to create some of the most stunning, yet functional homes in the world.By way of a stunning portfolio of more than 200 full-colour photographs, «Country Houses» shows how natural surroundings can inspire, and give shape to innovative design — a place where mind, body and soul can be revitalised.This is a must-have volume for anyone who wants to combine the best of architecture with the best of nature.»
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Landscape Art
Автор: Carles Broto Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA Год: 2006 Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20082007-12-07
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Mountains, valleys, weather conditions and open spaces become the foundations and support to fresh ways of artistic expression that do not adhere to the conventional walled boundaries of museums or art galleries.
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Spaces 9
Автор: F. De Haro Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA Год: 2008 Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20102009-12-07
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«Architecture and design has always been defined in terms of space, but now, more than ever, it is also being defined by time. Ways of living are rapidly evolving. Being driven by the onward march of technology and globalisation, architects and designers are constantly finding themselves faced with increasingly challenging and demanding horizons. «Spaces 9» brings together a collection of the most innovative and creative projects that showcase how the best architects of the day are coming to terms with these new challenges, and creating spaces that combine functionality, form, and aesthetic.»
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As the Crow Flies
Автор: Jeffrey Archer Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA Год: 2004 Страниц: 800 Дата загрузки: 14 марта 20092009-08-23
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«Growing up in the slums of East End London, Charlie Trumper dreams of someday running his grandfather's fruit and vegetable barrow. That day comes suddenly when his grandfather dies leaving him the floundering business. With the help of Becky Salmon, an enterprising young woman, Charlie sets out to make a name for himself as «The Honest Trader». But the brutal onset of World War I takes Charlie far from home and into the path of a dangerous enemy whose legacy of evil follows Charlie and his family for generations. Encompassing three continents and spanning over sixty years, As the Crow Flies brings to life a magnificent tale of one man's rise from rags to riches set against the backdrop of a changing century.»
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Black Coffee
Автор: Agatha Christie Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA Год: 1999 Страниц: 290 Дата загрузки: 14 июля 20092001-07-24
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«Nearly a quarter-century after her death, Agatha Christie remains the most popular mystery writer of all time. Now, in a celebrated publishing event, fans and newcomers alike are treated to another Christie novel. Created in 1930 as a stage play and faithfully adapted by Charles Osborne, Black Coffee brings back beloved detective Hercule Poirot to exercise his «little grey cells» one more deliciously deductive time... An urgent call from physicist Sir Claud Amory sends famed detective Hercule Poirot rushing from London to a sprawling country estate. Sir Claud fears a member of his own household wants to steal a secret formula destined for the Ministry of Defense. But Poirot arrives too late. The formula is missing. Worse, Sir Claud has been poisoned by his after-dinner coffee. Poirot soon identifies a potent brew of despair, treachery, and deception amid the mansion's occupants. Now he must find the formula and the killer...while letting no poison slip 'twix his low lips.»
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The Black Company (Chronicles of The Black Company 1)
Автор: Glen Cook Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA Год: 1996 Страниц: 320 Дата загрузки: 16 декабря 20092001-08-03
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Some feel the Lady, newly risen from centuries in thrall, stands between humankind and evil. Some feel she is evil itself. The hardbitten men of the Black Company take their pay and do what they must, burying their doubts with their dead. Until the prophesy: The White Rose has been reborn, somewhere, to embody good once more. There must be a way for the Black Company to find her...
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The Bourne Legacy
Автор: Eric Van Lustbader Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA Год: 2005 Страниц: 560 Дата загрузки: 23 августа 20092008-04-22
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Once, Jason Bourne was notorious in the clandestine world of covert-ops as one of the CIA's most expert international killers for hire. Out of the ashes of his violent past he's emerged today as a Georgetown professor, living a quiet life, retired from danger-until he narrowly escapes the bullet of a faceless assassin. And when two of Bourne's closest associates are murdered, Bourne knows that his legacy has followed him-and set him up as prime suspect for the brutal crimes. The quicksand of lies and betrayals is deeper than Bourne ever imagined. Hunted by the CIA as a dangerous rogue agent, he has only one option to stay alive-and one last chance to stay one step ahead of an unseen assailant whose vengeance is personal. Pursued across the globe, Bourne's on the run, and on the edge of discovering the truth-that he's become the expendable pawn in an international terrorist plot. One that's taking every living witness with it and plunging Bourne one step closer to the world-shattering consequences of...
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Collected Poems in English
Автор: Joseph Brodsky Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA Год: 2002 Страниц: 560 Дата загрузки: 20 декабря 20092004-07-21
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One of the greatest and grandest advocates of the literary vocation, Joseph Brodsky truly lived his life as a poet, and for it earned eighteen months in an Arctic labor camp, expulsion from his native country, and the Nobel Prize in Literature. Such were one man's wages. Here, collected for the first time, are all the poems he published in English, from his earliest collaborations with Derek Walcott, Richard Wilbur, Howard Moss, and Anthony Hecht to the moving farewell poems he wrote near the end of his life. With nearly two hundred poems, several of them never before published in book form, this will be the essential volume of Brodsky's work.
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Deep Black: Jihad
Автор: Stephen Coonts Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA Год: 2007 Страниц: 416 Дата загрузки: 04 июля 20082009-07-11
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he word’s most effective anti-terrorist force has the tools to monitor every move the enemy makes. They’ve planted a listening device inside a terrorist’s skull, and activated a video spy drone disguised as a bird. But knowing is only half the battle… Multi-lingual, nerves-of-steel agents Charlie Dean, Lia DeFrancesca, and Tommy Karr prowl the winding streets of Istanbul to the crowded airports of America to stop terrorists in their tracks. Hooked into a real-time, high-tech system, this army of three goes head-to-head with the most dangerous people in the world. Al Qaeda is launching a series of devastating attacks against the West — and the ultimate strike is aimed at the heart of the USA! In a war where both sides operate in deep disguise, Deep Black must fight a world where betrayal, trust, faith, and doubt collide….
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The Diamond Hunters
Автор: Wilbur Smith Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA Год: 2005 Страниц: 352 Дата загрузки: 23 октрября 20082007-10-17
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The Van Der Byl Diamond Company, willed by its founder to his son Benedict, daughter Tracey and estranged foster-child Johnny Lance, turns out to be a bequest not of love, but of hatred. For it is couched in such terms as to offer Benedict an instrument of destruction of his bitterest rival. 'Destroy Johnny' was the old man's implacable message to his son, and, obsessively jealous of his foster-brother, Benedict sets out in ruthless pursuit of this goal. In a desperate bid to support Johnny, Tracey acquires for him the concession in the diamond-rich seabed round the coral islands of Thunderbolt and Suicide off the savage South West African coast, and Johnny throws all his resources into the construction of a vessel that will recover the stones from the ocean floor and repair his fortune at last. But Benedict, already involved in illegal diamond-dealing as a sideline, seizes this chance to attack his rival and, with a network of accomplices and some ingenious electronic tampering, plots to syphon off the diamonds. Johnny will not only be ruined by his liabilities, he will also be a laughing stock. However, Benedict's obsessive jealousy is his undoing. He cannot resist stripping his rival of his beautiful but bitchy wife Ruby as well, and when he then discards her, she takes her revenge, precipitating a climax of murder and destruction that consumes Benedict at last. Narrated with Wilbur Smith's irresistible driving thrust, this is a tale of brotherly hatred, redeemed only by the deepening love between Johnny and Tracey. It is set in London, Cape Town, on the thunderous seas around the ocean diamond fields and ends in a final confrontation between Johnny and Benedict in the blistering hyena-infested desert.
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The Disunited States of America
Автор: Harry Turtledove Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA Год: 2007 Страниц: 288 Дата загрузки: 13 октрября 20102008-12-23
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«Time travel doesn't work. You can't go backward or forward; you're stuck at «now». What you can do is travel sideways, to the same «now» in another timeline where history turned out differently. So far, only our home timeline has figured out how to do that. We use it to conduct discreet trading operations in less advanced timelines, selling goods just a little bit better than the locals can make. It's profitable, but families who work as Time Traders have to be careful to fit in, lest the locals become suspicious. Justin's family are Time Traders. The summer before he's due to start college, he goes with them to a different Virginia, in a timeline where the American states never became a single country, and American history has consisted of a series of small wars. Despite his unease, he accompanies Randolph Brooks, another Time Trader, on a visit to the tiny upland town of Elizabeth, Virginia. He'll only be away from his parents for a few days. Beckie Royer thanks her stars that she's from California, the most prosperous and advanced country in North America. But just now she's in Virginia with her grandmother, who wants to revisit the tiny mountain town where she grew up. The only interesting thing there is a boy named Justin — and he'll be gone soon. Then war between Virginia and Ohio breaks out anew. Ohio sets a tailored virus loose on Virginia. Virginia swiftly imposes a quarantine, trapping Beckie and Justin and Randolph Brooks in Elizabeth. Even Crosstime Traffic can't help. All the three of them can do is watch as plague and violence take over the town. It's nothing new in history, not in this timeline or any other. It's part of the human condition. And just now, this part of the human condition sucks.»
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The Dosadi Experiment
Автор: Frank Herbert Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA Год: 2002 Страниц: 320 Дата загрузки: 18 июля 20092006-03-08
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Generations of a tormented human-alien people, caged on a toxic planet, are conditioned by constant hunger and war. They are subjects of the Dosadi Experiment, which has succeeded too well. For the Dosadi have bred for vengeance as well as cunning, and they have learned how to pass through the God Wall to exact revenge on the Universe that created them. From the author of the classic Dune series.
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Dune: The Butlerian Jihad
Автор: Brian Herbert Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA Год: 2003 Страниц: 704 Дата загрузки: 13 декабря 20092006-02-24
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Frank Herbert’s Dune series is one of the great creations of imaginative literature, science fiction’s answer to The Lord of the Rings. Decades after Herbert’s original novels, the Dune saga was continued by Frank Herbert’s son, Brian Herbert, in collaboration with Kevin J. Anderson. Working from Frank Herbert’s own notes, the acclaimed authors reveal the chapter of the Dune saga most eagerly anticipated by readers: the Butlerian Jihad. Throughout the Dune novels, Frank Herbert frequently referred to the war in which humans wrested their freedom from “thinking machines”. In Dune: The Butlerian Jihad, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson bring to life the story of that war, a tale previously seen only in tantalizing hints and clues. Finally, we see how Serena Butler’s passionate grief ignites the struggle that will liberate humans from their machine masters; here is the amazing tale of the Zensunni Wanderers, who escape bondage to flee to the desert world where they will declare themselves the Free Men of Dune. And here is the backward, nearly forgotten planet of Arrakis, where traders have discovered the remarkable properties of the spice melange....
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Dune: The Battle of Corrin
Автор: Brian Herbert Жанр: Macmillan Publishers USA Год: 2005 Страниц: 704 Дата загрузки: 14 августа 20092008-09-02
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Following their internationally bestselling novelsDune: The Butlerian Jihad and Dune: The Machine Crusade, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson forge a final tumultuous finish to their prequels to Frank Herbert's Dune. It has been fifty-six hard years since the events of The Machine Crusade. Following the death of Serena Butler, the bloodiest decades of the Jihad take place. Synchronized Worlds and Unallied Planets are liberated one by one, and at long last, after years of victory, the human worlds begin to hope that the end of the centuries-long conflict with the thinking machines is finally in sight. Unfortunately, Omnius has one last, deadly card to play. In a last-ditch effort to destroy humankind, virulent plagues are let loose throughout the galaxy, decimating the populations of whole planets... and once again, the tide of the titanic struggle shifts against the warriors of the human race. At last, the war that has lasted many lifetimes will be decided in the apocalyptic Battle of Corrin. In the greatest battle in science fiction history, human and machine face off one last time... And on the desert planet of Arrakis, the legendary Fremen of Dune become the feared fighting force to be discovered by Paul Muad'Dib in Frank Herbert's classic, Dune.
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