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Pyramid
Автор: Martin Tom Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2011 Страниц: 400 Дата загрузки: 16 февраля 20132014-04-22
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An eminent Oxford professor is murdered but the authorities are calling it a suicide. Beautiful young don Catherine Donovan refuses to believe the official verdict especially after she receives a cryptic note sent just before the professor`s death, along with a collection of priceless antique maps.
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Amis and Son
Автор: Powell Neil Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2008 Страниц: 429 Дата загрузки: 17 сентября 20132013-08-31
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Two of the most successful British novelists of the last fifty years, Kingsley and Martin Amis are both known for their savage wit and their indifference to causing controversy. In his critical biography, Neil Powell looks at the careers of these two very divisive, and hugely talented writers: how they were formed by their upbringings, developed as writers and in turn how they affected literature, and each other. He examines how success (which is the title one of Martin Amis' novels) affected their relationship, and themselves as writers (Kingsley: Martin's spending a year abroad for tax purposes. 29, he is. Little shit.). Through this we see what it has meant to be a man, and a writer, (and, most importantly, a comic writer) in Britain over the last sixty years, following Kinglsey from jazz-loving iconoclast to Thatcher-loving Tory and Martin from wild young man of letters to God knows what.
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Memories of a Pure Spring
Автор: Duong Thu Huong Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2001 Страниц: 352 Дата загрузки: 23 февраля 20092005-03-16
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One of the bestselling Vietnamese novels of all time. A searing love story set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War. Memories Of A Pure Spring was a huge bestseller when it was published in Vietnam in 1976 (it was subsequently, and still is, banned there). It is Huong's most commercial and engaging novel which deals with the aftermath of the war and how the ordinary Vietnamese people caught up in the conflict can readapt to their everyday lives and loves.
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The Debt to Pleasure
Автор: Lanchester John Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 1997 Страниц: 240 Дата загрузки: 21 августа 20092002-08-17
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Winner of the Whitbread Award for Best First Novel and a New York Times Notable Book, The Debt to Pleasure is a wickedly funny ode to food. Traveling from Portsmouth to the south of France, Tarquin Winot, the book' s snobbish narrator, instructs us in his philosophy on everything from the erotics of dislike to the psychology of the menu. Under the guise of completing a cookbook, Winot is in fact on a much more sinister mission that only gradually comes to light.
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Goddess
Автор: Angelini Josephine Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2013 Страниц: 464 Дата загрузки: 27 сентября 20182016-09-17
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She must rise, or they will fall... Helen's powers are increasing — and so is the distance between her and her mortal friends. To make matters worse, the Oracle reveals that a dangerous traitor is lurking among them, and all fingers point to Orion. Still unsure whether she loves him or Lucas, Helen is forced to make a terrifying decision, or risk all-out war. The final book in this heart-stopping trilogy.
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The Gruffalo Annual 2016
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20092002-12-07
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The official Gruffalo Annual is bursting with fun stories, perfect puzzles and amazing activities, featuring all your favourite characters from the deep dark wood. With 64 pages filled with crafts, recipes, quizzes, games, drawing, writing and colouring-in, it's enough to keep Gruffalo fans busy all year round! From the award-winning duo Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, the creators of The Gruffalo.
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Let's Read! A Squash and a Squeeze
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Страниц: 32 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20092002-12-13
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«The complete story and original illustrations of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's bestelling picture book, A SQUASH AND A SQUEEZE, have been specially re-designed into a smaller early reader format. Created with expert advice from a literacy consultant, this new version offers children a natural next step on from picture books to support them as they grow in reading confidence. The little old lady's house is far too small. So the wise old man tells her to squeeze in a crowd of farm animals. She'll be amazed how big her house feels when she pushes them out again! «This is a great series which, by using well-loved stories, will encourage young children to become enthusiastic, independent readers.» — Dr Fiona Maine, Lecturer in Literacy Education, University of Cambridge Sixteen titles available in this series, including THE GRUFFALO, ROOM ON THE BROOM, WHAT THE LADYBIRD HEARD, HAMILTON'S HATS, CATS AHOY!, THE PRINCESS AND THE PIG and MONSTERS: AN OWNER'S GUIDE.»
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Odd Egg
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Страниц: 32 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20092002-12-13
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Duck is delighted to find an egg of his own to look after. It's the most beautiful egg in the whole world! But all the other birds think it's very odd indeed -- and everyone's in for a BIG surprise when it finally hatches.
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The Singing Mermaid Sticker Book: Over 400 Stickers!
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2015 Страниц: 24 Дата загрузки: 14 апреля 20192017-05-06
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The Singing Mermaid Sticker Book is packed with games, activities, and hundreds of stickers. Perfect for birthdays, rainy days and school holidays, this is a great gift for any child. From Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks, an unstoppable picture book pairing, and creators of What the Ladybird Heard.
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Room on the Broom Sound Book
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Страниц: 32 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20092002-12-13
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Join the witch and her cat, a dog, a frog and a bird on a NOISY bumpy broomstick ride. The bestselling story from Children's Laureate, Julia Donaldson, and illustrator Axel Scheffler -- now an interactive gift book with 10 amazing, magical sound effects! From the creators of THE GRUFFALO, which has sold over three-and-a-half million copies worldwide.
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The Smartest Giant in Town: Sticker Book
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20092002-12-07
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Join George, the kindest giant you'll ever meet, in this must-have sticker book based on the bestselling The Smartest Giant in Town. Packed with games, activities and hundreds of stickers, this book is perfect for birthdays, rainy days and school holidays — a great gift for any child. The Smartest Giant in Town Sticker Book comes from the award-winning creators of The Gruffalo, Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.
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Through the Looking-Glass: And What Alice Found There
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Страниц: 224 Дата загрузки: 07 апреля 20092002-06-28
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«Alice's second adventure takes her through the looking glass to a place even curiouser than Wonderland. She finds herself caught up in the great looking glass chess game and sets off to become a queen. It isn't as easy as she expects: at every step she is hindered by nonsense characters who crop up and insist on reciting poems. Some of these poems, such as «The Walrus and The Carpenter» and «Jabberwocky» are as famous as the Alice stories themselves. 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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The Lie Tree
Автор: Hardinge Frances Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2015 Страниц: 416 Дата загрузки: 10 декабря 20172018-09-14
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Faith's father has been found dead under mysterious circumstances, and as she is searching through his belongings for clues she discovers a strange tree. The tree only grows healthy and bears fruit if you whisper a lie to it. The fruit of the tree, when eaten, will deliver a hidden truth to the person who consumes it. The bigger the lie, the more people who believe it, the bigger the truth that is uncovered. The girl realizes that she is good at lying and that the tree might hold the key to her father's murder, so she begins to spread untruths far and wide across her small island community. But as the tree bears more and more fruit, she discovers something terrifying — that her lies were closer to the truth than she could ever have imagined...
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The Boys In The Boat
Автор: Daniel James Brown Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2014 Страниц: 416 Дата загрузки: 09 февраля 20162016-10-13
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Cast aside by his family at an early age, abandoned and left to fend for himself in the woods of Washington State, young Joe Rantz turns to rowing as a way of escaping his past. What follows is an extraordinary journey, as Joe and eight other working-class boys exchange the sweat and dust of life in 1930s America for the promise of glory at the heart of Hitler's Berlin. Stroke by stroke, a remarkable young man strives to regain his shattered self-regard, to dare again to trust in others — and to find his way back home. Told against the backdrop of the Great Depression, The Boys in the Boat is narrative non-fiction of the first order; a personal story full of lyricism and unexpected beauty that rises above the grand sweep of history, and captures instead the purest essence of what it means to be alive. 'The Boys in the Boat is not only a great and inspiring true story; it is a fascinating work of history' Nathaniel Philbrick, author of In the Heart of the Sea 'I really can't rave enough about this book... I read the last fifty pages with white knuckles, and the last twenty-five with tears in my eyes' David Laskin, author of The Children's Blizzard and The Long Way Home 'A thrilling, heart-thumping tale of a most remarkable band of rowing brothers' Timothy Egan, author of The Worst Hard Time.
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Memory Man
Автор: Baldacci David Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2015 Страниц: 592 Дата загрузки: 16 февраля 20172017-10-21
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Amos Decker would forever remember all three of their violent deaths in the most paralyzing shade of blue. It would cut into him at unpredictable moments, like a gutting knife made of colored light. He would never be free from it. When Amos Decker returned home eighteen months ago to find the bodies of his wife and only daughter, he didn't think he could carry on living. Overwhelmed with grief, he saw his life spiral out of control, losing his job as a detective, his house and his self-respect. But when his former partner in the police, Mary Lancaster, visits to tell him that someone has confessed to the murder of his family, he knows he owes it to his wife and child to seek justice for them. As Decker comes to terms with the news, tragedy strikes at the local school. Thirteen teenagers are gunned down, and the killer is at large. Following the serious brain injury Amos suffered as a professional footballer, he gained a remarkable gift — and the police believe that this unusual skill will assist in the hunt for the killer. Amos must endure the memories he would rather forget, and when new evidence links the murders, he is left with only one option. Memory Man will stay with you long after the turn of the final page.
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The Lake House
Автор: Morton Kate Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Год: 2015 Страниц: 608 Дата загрузки: 07 апреля 20192018-09-30
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The beguiling new novel from Kate Morton; the number one bestselling author of The House at Riverton and The Secret Keeper. An abandoned house... After a particularly troubling case, Sadie Sparrow is sent on an enforced break from her job with the Metropolitan Police and retreats to her beloved grandfather's cottage in Cornwall. There she finds herself at a loose end, until one day she stumbles upon an abandoned house surrounded by overgrown gardens and dense woods, and learns the story of a baby boy who disappeared without a trace. A missing child... June 1933, and the Edevane family's country house, Loeanneth, is polished and gleaming, ready for the much-anticipated Midsummer Eve party. For Eleanor, the annual party has always been one of her treasured traditions, but her middle daughter, Alice, sixteen years old and with literary ambitions, is especially excited. Not only has Alice worked out the perfect twist for her novel, she's also fallen helplessly in love with someone she shouldn't. But by the time midnight strikes and fireworks light up the night sky, the Edevane family will have suffered a loss so great they leave Loeanneth and never return. An unsolved mystery... Seventy years later, in the attic writing room of her elegant Hampstead home, the formidable Alice Edevane leads a life as neatly plotted as the bestselling detective novels she writes. Until a young police detective starts asking questions about her family's past and seeking to resurrect the complex tangle of secrets Alice has spent her life trying to escape...
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Animal Music
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Страниц: 24 Дата загрузки: 28 мая 20092002-06-05
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There's harmony in the air when the animals get together for a concert with a difference. Koala's playing his flute, Badger's bashing away on the drums, and Squirrel's strumming on the guitar. Sing and dance along—you've never seen a show like it! With trademark Julia Donaldson rhyming text and Nick Sharratt's bold, funny illustrations, children will love this bright and playful book filled with silly animal antics.
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Baby Animals Shaped Buggy Book: Board book
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Страниц: 12 Дата загрузки: 14 августа 20092004-09-17
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Even very little toddlers will love turning the die-cut pages of this buggy book and discovering all the different shapes and sizes of these cute baby animals. Use the handy strap and clip to attach this sturdy board book to your buggy and take it with you wherever you go!
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Busy Fire Station: Push, Pull and Slide the Scene to Bring the Busy Fire Station to Life! Board book
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Страниц: 10 Дата загрузки: 12 мая 20092006-08-14
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With lots to see and heaps to do, in Busy Fire Station children really can join in by pushing, pulling and turning the tabs so that the firefighters can save the day! Help them slide down the pole at the fire station, switch on the fire engine's flashing lights, raise the ladder to the building and put the fire out. Children will love playing with this bright and colourful board book with gentle rhyming text and wonderful illustrations by Rebecca Finn, which is part of the Busy Book series. Also available: Busy Garage, Busy Builders, Busy Playtime, Busy Beach, Busy Garden, Busy Park, Busy Airport, Busy Railway, Busy Town, Busy Farm, Busy Bookshop and Busy Swimming.
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I'm a Chicken, Get Me Out of Here!
Жанр: Macmillan Publishers Страниц: 240 Дата загрузки: 21 июня 20092002-06-18
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Titch the chicken is trapped. She arrived at Wilf's house by mistake when one of Mum's Internet orders went wrong (again). Now she is desperate to get out of there! There's a dopey dog to deal with, and a very snooty cat—and, worse, Wilf has made her share a room with Brian, an extremely fussy guinea pig. Titch is no birdbrain, and plots to escape. But when the other pets are put in danger, Titch realizes she has to stay and help her new friends . . .
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