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Identical
Автор: Turow Scott Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2014 Страниц: 320 Дата загрузки: 20 октрября 20172016-05-16
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This is a gripping masterpiece of dark family rivalries, shadowy politics and hidden secrets, from the bestselling thriller author, writing at the height of his powers. Two families entangled in a long and complex history of love and deceit... Twenty five years ago, after a society picnic held by businessman and politician Zeus Kronon, Zeus headstrong daughter Dita was found murdered. Her boyfriend, Cass Gianis, confessed to the crime. Now Cass has been released from prison into the care of his twin, Mayoral candidate Paul Gianis, who is in the middle of a high profile political campaign. But Dita's brother Hal is convinced there is information surrounding his sister's death that remains buried — and he won't rest until he's discovered the truth. Hal's employee, former FBI Special Agent Evon Miller, teams up with Tim Brodie, a retired police officer, to investigate. After all this time, can they find evidence to place Paul Gianis, the 'innocent' twin, at the scene of the crime? Soon Paul will find himself struggling to hold his campaign together amidst Hal's increasingly damning allegations. But what does the mayoral candidate really have to hide? And why has Cass Gianis vanished? A gripping masterpiece of dark family rivalries, shadowy politics and hidden secrets, Identical is the stunning new thriller from bestselling author Scott Turow, writing at the height of his powers.
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Four Letters Of Love
Автор: Williams Niall Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2015 Страниц: 352 Дата загрузки: 25 апреля 20192019-03-19
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When I was twelve years old God spoke to my father for the first time. God didn't say much. He told my father to be a painter and left it at that... So begins Niall Williams magical tale about love and destiny. Nicholas Coughlan and Isabel Gore were made for each other — but fate doesn't always take the easiest or the most obvious route to true love. For a start, Nicholas and Isabel have never met and nor are they likely to, without some kind of divine intervention. But as God, ghosts, a series of coincidences and seemingly chance events and encounters conspire to bring the couple together, other — often more human — forces attempt to keep them apart. What will be, will be, of course, but that doesn't guarantee a happy-ever-after ending, nor answer the question Will they, won't they? Written in a lyrical, lilting tone, Four Letters of Love is a glorious, uplifting story about faith, about seizing the moment, believing in your instincts and acting on impulse — and about following your heart, no matter where it may lead.
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What I Know for Sure
Автор: Winfrey Oprah Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2014 Страниц: 240 Дата загрузки: 23 декабря 20162017-09-20
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In the first issue of O, The Oprah Magazine, Oprah wrote: We are all the causes of our own effects... That's why I'll never stop asking the question, What do you know for sure? In the fourteen years since Oprah wrote those words, she has retired The Oprah Winfrey Show (the highest-rated programme of its kind in history), launched her own television network, become America's only black billionaire, lost beloved pets and adopted new ones, watched friends and colleagues come and go, celebrated milestone birthdays — and through it all, she's continued to offer profound and inspiring words of wisdom in her monthly O column, What I Know For Sure. Now, for the first time, these thoughtful gems have been revised, updated and collected in What I Know For Sure, a beautiful book packed with insight and revelation from Oprah Winfrey. Organized by theme, these essays offer a rare and powerful glimpse into the mind of one of the world's most extraordinary women. Candid, moving, exhilarating, uplifting and dynamic, the words Oprah shares in What I Know For Sure shimmer with the sort of wisdom and truth that readers will turn to again and again.
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Alice in Wonderland: Down the Rabbit Hole (+ Audio CD)
Автор: Carroll Lewis Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2015 Страниц: 32 Дата загрузки: 16 мая 20182017-10-13
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Lewis Carroll's Wonderland characters are as fresh and engaging as the day he dreamt them up. Here, for young readers, is a glorious introduction to Alice's magical universe from bestselling illustrator Eric Puybaret. Puybaret's rich, jewel-like illustrations perfectly capture the wit and whimsy of Wonderland, while the elegantly simplified text retains Carroll's most memorable lines, such as Curiouser and curiouser and Oh dear, oh dear, I shall be too late. Fresh, modern and gloriously colourful, this is an enchanting first step down the rabbit hole and into the world of Alice. Includes a story CD, read by Downton Abbey's Joanne Froggatt (Anna).
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: The Little Folks' Edition
Автор: Carroll Lewis Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2015 Страниц: 128 Дата загрузки: 21 июля 20162017-05-22
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First published by Macmillan in 1907, this charming miniature edition of Carroll's classic tale is specially abridged for younger readers, a sixth of the length of the original 1865 edition. It features 32 brightly coloured illustrations by Sir John Tenniel, uniquely featuring Alice in a red dress. Faithfully reproduced from a rare archive copy, this unique little book retains all the charm of the historic original. With luxurious red Wibalin binding and gold sprayed edges, it is the perfect celebration of Alice's special anniversary, and a wonderful gift for fans of every age.
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The Diary of Lena Mukhina: A Girl's Life in the Siege of Leningrad
Автор: Mukhina Lena Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2015 Страниц: 368 Дата загрузки: 12 мая 20182018-02-29
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In May 1941 Lena Mukhina was an ordinary teenage girl, living in Leningrad, worrying about her homework and whether Vova, the boy she liked, liked her. Like a good Soviet schoolgirl, she was also diligently learning German, the language of Russia's Nazi ally. And she was keeping a diary, in which she recorded her hopes and dreams. Then, on 22 June 1941, Hitler broke his pact with Stalin and declared war on the Soviet Union. All too soon, Leningrad was besieged and life became a living hell. Lena and her family fought to stay alive; their city was starving and its citizens were dying in their hundreds of thousands. From day to dreadful day, Lena records her experiences: the desperate hunt for food, the bitter cold of the Russian winter, the cruel deaths of those she loved. The Diary of Lena Mukhina is a truly remarkable account of this most terrible era in modern history. It offers readers the vivid first-hand testimony of a courageous young woman struggling simply to survive.
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The Lovely Bones
Автор: Sebold Alice Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2015 Страниц: 336 Дата загрузки: 19 февраля 20172019-03-29
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My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973. My murderer was a man from our neighborhood. My mother liked his border flowers, and my father talked to him once about fertilizer. This is Susie Salmon. Watching from heaven, Susie sees her happy, suburban family devastated by her death, isolated even from one another as they each try to cope with their terrible loss alone. Over the years, her friends and siblings grow up, fall in love, do all the things she never had the chance to do herself. But life is not quite finished with Susie yet... An international bestseller, The Lovely Bones is a luminous and astonishing novel about life and death, forgiveness and vengeance, memory and forgetting — but, above all, about finding light in the darkest of places.
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Trylle: The Complete Trilogy
Автор: Hocking Amanda Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2015 Страниц: 1056 Дата загрузки: 11 августа 20172017-05-25
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When Wendy Everly was six years old, her mother was convinced she was a monster and tried to kill her. Eleven years later, Wendy discovers her mother might have been right. She's not the person she's always believed herself to be, and her whole life begins to unravel all because of Finn Holmes. Finn is a mysterious guy who always seems to be watching her. Every encounter leaves her deeply shaken... though it has more to do with her fierce attraction to him than she'd ever admit. But it isn't long before he reveals the truth: Wendy is a changeling who was switched at birth — and he's come to take her home. Now Wendy's about to journey to a magical world she never knew existed, one that's both beautiful and frightening. And where she must leave her old life behind to discover who she's meant to become...
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The Gruffalo's Child
Автор: Donaldson Julia Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2014 Страниц: 36 Дата загрузки: 10 декабря 20162017-02-19
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A new, limited edition of The Gruffalo's Child, one of the world's favourite picture books. Ten years after it was first published, the classic snowy adventure featuring the everyone's favourite characters from the deep dark wood continues to delight children and adults the world over. Created by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, the most successful picture book partnership ever, this sequel to The Gruffalo is a genuine modern classic in its own right. Join in the Gruffalo's Child's birthday celebrations with this new edition, which comes complete with exclusive bonus content, including early never-before-seen drawings from Axel's sketchbook, and a new specially written foreword from Julia herself. Look out for The Gruffalo fifteenth anniversary limited edition!
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Bridget Jones's Diary
Автор: Fielding Helen Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2014 Страниц: 320 Дата загрузки: 20 октрября 20172016-05-16
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A dazzlingly urban satire on modern relationships? An ironic, tragic insight into the demise of the nuclear family? Or the confused ramblings of a pissed thirty-something? Welcome to Bridget's first diary: mercilessly funny, endlessly touching and utterly addictive. 'I cannot recommend a book more joyfully... Hilariously funny, miraculously observed, endlessly touching' Jilly Cooper, Daily Telegraph 'Brilliant... any woman who has ever had a job, a relationship or indeed a mother will read it and roar' Gill Hornby, The Times 'Effortlessly addictive... presents a perfect zeitgeist of single female woes' Sunday Express 'A brilliant comic creation... even men will laugh' Salman Rushdie 'A gloriously funny book' Sunday Times.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Автор: Carroll Lewis Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2015 Страниц: 208 Дата загрузки: 18 июня 20172017-10-21
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Lewis Carroll's Alice has been enchanting children for 150 years. Curious Alice, the bossy White Rabbit, the formidable Queen of Hearts and the Mad Hatter are among the best-loved, most iconic literary creations of all time. Macmillan was the original publisher of Alice in 1865 and is proud to remain true to the vision of its creators. Every bit as iconic are Sir John Tenniel's remarkable illustrations, perfectly capturing the combination of the ordinary and the extraordinary at the heart of Wonderland.
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First Testbuilder, 3rd Edition: Student's Book Without Key Pack (+ Audio CD)
Автор: Harrison Mark Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2014 Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20162015-12-07
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Designed to prepare students for success in the updated 2015 Cambridge English: First (FCE) examination through exam-style questions and 'Further Practice and Guidance' sections. Packed with two audio CDs containing all the audio for the Listening sections of the exam. This is a 'Without Key' edition.
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First Testbuilder, 3rd Edition: Student's Book with Key Pack (+ Audio CD)
Автор: Harrison Mark Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2014 Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20162015-12-07
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Designed to prepare students for success in the updated 2015 Cambridge English: First (FCE) examination through exam-style questions and 'Further Practice and Guidance' sections. Packed with two audio CDs containing all the audio for the Listening sections of the exam. This is a 'With Key' edition.
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In Company 3: 0 Elementary Level Teacher's Book Pack
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Страниц: 104 Дата загрузки: 24 июля 20092004-04-19
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The Teacher's Book pack includes the Teacher's Book with access to the Online Workbook and Teacher's Resource Centre through a unique webcode. Here teachers can see students' progress via an automatic gradebook and access a wide range of additional resources including one-to-one and fast-track options.
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Discover China Workbook (+ Audio CD)
Автор: Ding Anqi et al Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2014 Страниц: 128 Дата загрузки: 21 июля 20152016-05-22
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«Discover China Workbook 4» is an accompanying workbook to «Discover China Student Book 4», designed for upper-intermediate teenage-adult learners of mandarin Chinese. «Workbook 4» is suitable for both in-class and self-study use. «Workbook 4» features clear language objectives which correspond with the «Student's Book» unit structure and activities. A wide variety of vocabulary and grammar exercises, as well as extra reading and listening activities, provide practice of the core language presented in «Student's Book 4». Each unit of «Discover China Workbook 4» contains a list of learning objectives which provide a clear outline of the language skills and knowledge which is practiced in each activity. Also contained in each unit is additional topic-related reading and listening material which provide extra practice of key grammar and vocabulary presented in the corresponding «Student Book» lesson and unit. Pinyin of characters learnt in the «Student Book 4» is removed from the listening and reading passages in «Workbook 4». Moreover a self-assessment section at the end of each unit using «I can — « descriptors enables students to reflect on their individual progress. «The Workbook 4» pays attention to developing students' character writing skills beyond the number taught in «Student Book 4». In «Student Book 4», students learn to write 100 characters, and in «Workbook 2» this number is increased to 400 characters.»
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Chocolate, Chocolate, Everywhere! The Chocolate Fountain: Level 4
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Страниц: 32 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20092002-12-13
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Chocolate, Chocolate, Everywhere! is a level 4 fact and fiction primary Reader, with back-of-book activities and Picture Dictionary.
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Clothes We Wear: George's Snow Clothes. Level 1
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Страниц: 24 Дата загрузки: 28 мая 20092002-06-05
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Clothes We Wear is a level 1 fact and fiction primary Reader, with back-of-book activities and Picture Dictionary.
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Beyond Level B1+ Workbook
Автор: Harvey Andy Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Страниц: 128 Дата загрузки: 20 октрября 20092004-09-20
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The Beyond Workbook provides students the chance to consolidate their learning throughout the course. Every Workbook unit includes extra grammar and vocabulary consolidation pages, which are cumulative throughout the book and therefore provide thorough language recycling. The Workbooks are ideal as a homework tool or for use in class.
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Beyond B2 Student's Book Premium Pack
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20092002-12-07
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The Beyond Student's Book Premium Pack consists of the Student's Book with a code that provides access to the Student's Resource Centre and Online Workbook. The Resource Centre contains the entire Student's Book audio and video material, as well as the workbook audio, extra vocabulary and listening materials. Perfect for self-study or class use.
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Big and Little Cats: Grandad's Weekend with Leo. Level 3
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Страниц: 32 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20092002-12-13
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Big and Little Cats is a level 3 fact and fiction primary Reader about cats, with back-of-book activities and Picture Dictionary.
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