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City of Glass
Автор: Cassandra Clare Жанр: Simon and Schuster Год: 2010 Страниц: 576 Дата загрузки: 28 мая 20132012-07-14
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To save her mother's life, Clary must travel to the City of Glass, the ancestral home of the Shadowhunters — never mind that entering the city without permission is against the Law, and breaking the Law could mean death.
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Movie Storybook
Автор: Boaz Yakin Жанр: Simon and Schuster Год: 2010 Страниц: 47 Дата загрузки: 23 декабря 20122013-04-07
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A young prince is framed for the murder of his beloved father, the king of Persia. Now he must prove his innocence with the reluctant help of a conquered princess and a magic dagger that can reverse time, in this retelling featuring dozens of action-packed pictures from film, releasing in theaters on May 28.
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The Vorkosigan Companion
Автор: Lois McMaster Bujold Жанр: Simon and Schuster Год: 2010 Страниц: 400 Дата загрузки: 16 марта 20132013-04-22
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Lois McMaster Bujold's best-selling Vorkosigan series is a publishing phenomenon, winning record-breaking sales, critical praise, four Hugo Awards and a Nebula award. And the thousands of devotees of the series now have a book that will be a goldmine of information, background details, and little-known facts about the Vorkosigan saga. Included are an all-new interview with Bujold as well as essays by her on crafting the Vorkosigan universe, articles on the biology, technology and sociology of the planet Barrayar, appreciations of the individual novels by experts, maps, a complete timeline of the series, and more. Readers can't get enough of the Vorkosigan series and they'll jump at the chance to read this story behind the stories. Includes an excerpt from the new Miles Vorkosigan novel!
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The White Tiger
Автор: Adiga Aravind Жанр: Simon and Schuster Год: 2008 Страниц: 288 Дата загрузки: 13 октрября 20112009-12-23
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«Balram Halwai is the White Tiger — the smartest boy in his village. His family is too poor for him to afford for him to finish school and he has to work in a teashop, breaking coals and wiping tables. But Balram gets his break when a rich man hires him as a chauffeur, and takes him to live in Delhi. The city is a revelation. As he drives his master to shopping malls and call centres, Balram becomes increasingly aware of immense wealth and opportunity all around him, while knowing that he will never be able to gain access to that world. As Balram broods over his situation, he realizes that there is only one way he can become part of this glamorous new India — by murdering his master.»The White Tiger» presents a raw and unromanticised India, both thrilling and shocking — from the desperate, almost lawless villages along the Ganges, to the booming Wild South of Bangalore and its technology and outsourcing centres. The first-person confession of a murderer, «The White Tiger» is as compelling for its subject matter as for the voice of its narrator — amoral, cynical, unrepentant, yet deeply endearing.»
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The Town
Автор: Chuck Hogan Жанр: Simon and Schuster Год: 2010 Страниц: 622 Дата загрузки: 17 сентября 20152013-04-15
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Four masked men — thieves, rivals, and friends from the tough streets of Charlestown — take on a Boston bank at gunpoint. Holding bank manager Claire Keesey hostage and cleaning out the vault was simple. But career criminal Doug MacRay didn't plan on one thing: falling in love with Claire. With a tenacious FBI agent following his every move, Doug imagines a life away from his gritty, dangerous work. A life centered around Claire. But for Doug, that new life is just one final, perfect job away... Racing to an explosive climax, Chuck Hogan's brash tale of robbery in all its forms is an unforgettable odyssey of crime, love, ambition, and dreams.
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Space Wolf: The Second Omnibus
Автор: William King Жанр: Simon and Schuster Год: 2009 Страниц: 765 Дата загрузки: 23 февраля 20112012-04-25
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The Space Wolf Omnibus combines superb science-fiction drama with military battles on an epic scale, featuring the legendary hero Ragnar Blackmane.
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The Leader Who Had No Title
Автор: Robin S. Sharma Жанр: Simon and Schuster Год: 2010 Страниц: 224 Дата загрузки: 11 октрября 20132013-02-29
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Robin Sharma believes there are certain skills and attitudes that allow you to rise to extraordinary success. In his powerful new parable, he offers a story designed to help people from all walks of life to achieve great things. Blake DiFranco is down on his luck, trying to make ends meet. His job is unsatisfying, and he is disenchanted with the world around him. One day, a family friend offers him a life-altering opportunity: spend a day studying with a mysterious group of teachers and learn the secrets of limitless success. Blake is sceptical, but something compels him to take the opportunity seriously. The next morning, he embarks on a journey to discover the true meaning of the LWT philosophy — Lead Without a Title. He is ushered through the lessons of the four teachers: Anna, a maid who shows him that every job can be done with passion; Ty, a surfer who reminds him how important it is to rise to the riskiest challenges; Jackson, a former CEO who shows him the value of relationships; and Jet, a shoe shiner who proves that greatness begins within. Blake's world changes as the teachers make him realize his own potential to achieve greater things than he'd ever imagined. The book is packed with real-world lessons that will help any business person realize extraordinary results. Sharma distils over fifteen years of working with high-performers to deliver real-world strategies and foster a winning mindset. Here are formulas that will build success amidst times of deep change and will help readers both at work and at home.
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The Kiss of Life
Автор: Daniel Waters Жанр: Simon and Schuster Год: 2009 Страниц: 320 Дата загрузки: 19 марта 20122012-09-12
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When Phoebe's best friend Adam takes a bullet for her, it proves everyone right — Adam is in love with her. And now that he's come back to life, Phoebe's presence may be more important than ever. They say that a zombie can come back from death faster if they're loved... and kissed — which means Phoebe has to say goodbye to Tommy Williams, the other zombie in her life. While coaxing Adam back to normalcy and fending off Tommy's advances, Phoebe continues to carry on as if everything's normal. But normal has been different since American teenagers started rising from their graves. Although some try to bridge the gap between the living and the differently biotic, there are scores of people who want nothing more than to send all of the undead back to their graves. And the dead kids in Phoebe's school don't like that one bit...
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The Thirteen Curses
Автор: Michelle Harrison Жанр: Simon and Schuster Год: 2010 Страниц: 464 Дата загрузки: 26 декабря 20122013-02-16
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Red has been trapped in the fairy realm ever since she swapped places with Tanya in a desperate attempt to find her brother James who was snatched by a fairy as a baby. Eventually Red finds herself in front of the fairy court and asks for her brother to be returned to her. The court agrees, but only if she completes a quest — a quest that involves finding the thirteen scattered charms of Tanya's bracelet. With the help of Tanya and Fabian, Red starts to hunt down the charms, but the three soon discover that the charms are powerful in their own right and that the longer they are left unfound, the more damage they can do...
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Primal Heat
Автор: Susan Sizemore Жанр: Simon and Schuster Год: 2008 Страниц: 368 Дата загрузки: 10 октрября 20112010-07-24
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As Prime of his vampire Family, Mathias Bridger is sworn to protect his own kind at any cost, but years of acting as a fierce guardian of his people have left him yearning for more out of life. His chance comes in the form of Phillipa Elliot, the beautiful police officer whose allure hasn't dimmed in the two years since they had a brief, torrid affair. And although she's involved with someone else now, Phillipa can't deny the feeling that Matt is her destiny. When the Family comes under attack from fanatical vampire hunters, Matt uncovers treachery that shatters his world. So how can he possibly invite Phillipa into it? Fighting to protect his kin, he tries to push Phillipa away to the safety of her mortal life — but he aches for her, and his will is no match for their all-consuming passion...
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The Last Patriot
Автор: Brad Thor Жанр: Simon and Schuster Год: 2010 Страниц: 512 Дата загрузки: 18 июля 20112012-10-20
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632 AD. Deep within the Uranah Valley of Mount Arafat, the prophet Mohammed shares with his closest companions a final and startling revelation. Within days, he is assassinated. September, 1789. US minister to France, Thomas Jefferson, charged with forging a truce with the violent Muslim pirates of the Barbary Coast, makes a shocking discovery: one that could forever impact the world's relationship with Islam. Present day. When a car bomb explodes outside a Parisian cafe, Scot Harvath is thrust back into the life he has tried so desperately to leave behind. Saving the intended victim of the attack, Harvath becomes party to an amazing and perilous race to uncover a secret so powerful that militant Islam could be defeated once and for all without firing another shot or dropping another bomb. But, as desperate as the US government is to have the information brought to light, there are powerful forces just as determined that Mohammed's mysterious final revelation remain hidden forever.
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Little earthquakes
Автор: Jennifer Weiner Жанр: Simon and Schuster Год: 2005 Страниц: 417 Дата загрузки: 06 мая 20082008-04-12
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«Little Earthquakes» tells the story of three new mothers in Philadelphia. There's Becky, the chef, Kelly, the venture-capitalist, and Ayinde, who is married to Philadelphia's most beloved basketball star. The book tells the story of their friendship and the trials they face against the background of new motherhood.»
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Separation of Power
Автор: Vince Flynn Жанр: Simon and Schuster Год: 2003 Страниц: 448 Дата загрузки: 16 мая 20092006-09-24
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CIA superagent Mitch Rapp is back in action in this high-velocity thriller, from NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author of THE THIRD OPTION, TERM LIMITS and TRANSFER OF POWER CIA director Thomas Stansfield is dead — a fact many individuals in and around the nation's capital are pleased to hear. But their happiness proves to be short-lived once they learn that Stansfield's successor is the late director's close friend and protege, Dr. Irene Kennedy. Her plan of action is to pursue the very goals Stansfield established — something Stansfield's fiercest enemies don't want to hear. And something they refuse to accept. Meanwhile, Israel has discovered that Saddam Hussein is close to entering the nuclear arms race — and they've vowed to stop the Iraqi madman before he can get his hands on the ultimate weapon. With the Middle East teetering on the preciplce of chaos and devastation, the president of the United States is forced to act. The commander in chief's secret weapon? None other than the CIA's top counterterrorism operative, Mitch Rapp. With action that sizzles and true-to-life insider detail, SEPARATION OF POWER showcases NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Vince Flynn at his shell-shocking best.
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Ghost Story
Автор: Peter Straub Жанр: Simon and Schuster Год: 1989 Страниц: 567 Дата загрузки: 10 сентября 20091993-03-26
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In life, not every sin goes unpunished. GHOST STORY For four aging men in the terror-stricken town of Milburn, New York, an act inadvertently carried out in their youth has come back to haunt them. Now they are about to learn what happens to those who believe they can bury the past — and get away with murder. Peter Straub's classic bestseller is a work of superb horror (The Washington Post Book World) that, like any good ghost story, stands the test of time — and conjures our darkest fears and nightmares.
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To Outlive Eternity
Автор: Poul Anderson Жанр: Simon and Schuster Год: 2009 Страниц: 512 Дата загрузки: 17 августа 20112010-12-20
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From the aftermath of World War III to a world inherited by robots, where humans are unwelcome... from a handful of human survivors on a starship desperately searching for other ships carrying survivors of the destruction of the entire Earth by an unknown enemy, who may strike again at any time, to another starship hurtling through the cosmos at a speed so close to that of light — and unable to slow down — that relativistic effects make millennia fly by for each tick of the clock on board... from a team striving to make Venus habitable for humans to a group of men who find the ominous secret behind a new quasi-religious philosophy that is sweeping the world. The wide-ranging imagination and exciting storytelling of Poul Anderson brings many different worlds to vivid life in a great volume of his best stories that will thrill all fans of science fiction.
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Olivia Saves the Circus
Автор: Ian Falconer Жанр: Simon and Schuster Год: 2001 Страниц: 36 Дата загрузки: 9 февраля 20092005-03-19
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When all of the performers at the circus are out sick with ear infections, it's up to Olivia to save the day! That's no problem for Olivia, of course, because she knows how to do everything. From lion taming to trampoline jumping, unicycling to tight-rope walking, Olivia is the ultimate performer — with the ultimate imagination. Now in a board book edition perfect for little hands, readers will delight to see how Ringmaster Olivia learns to fly!
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Snappy Heads Tommy T Rex
Автор: Sarah Albee Жанр: Simon and Schuster Год: 2009 Страниц: 10 Дата загрузки: 12 мая 20122011-07-14
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Hey everybody! Come move your feet! Says Tommy T-Rex. I'll give you the beat! Tommy's claws clap-clap, his feet tap-tap, And his T-Rex jaws go SNAP! SNAP! SNAP! This sturdy board book introduces little ones to an unusual animal in snappy style — literally. This simple short tale tells how Tommy T-Rex sets the beat for an earth shaking dino dance-athon. And all the while, children can SNAP-SNAP along with the animal's jaw, which forms the top of each book.
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Pygmalion
Автор: George Bernard Shaw Жанр: Simon and Schuster Год: 2005 Страниц: 256 Дата загрузки: 24 июля 20092009-03-28
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Enduring Literature Illuminated by Practical Scholarship. An idealistic professor transforms an unsophisticated Cockney girl into a refined young lady in this classic. drama set in turn-of-the-century London. This Enriched Classic Edition includes: A concise introduction that gives readers important background information. A chronology of the author's life and work. A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context. An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations. Detailed explanatory notes. Critical analysis including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work. Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction. A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience. Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential. Series edited by Cynthia Brantley Johnson.
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass
Автор: Lewis Carroll Жанр: Simon and Schuster Год: 2010 Страниц: 314 Дата загрузки: 12 апреля 20142013-04-29
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A fresh, practical approach to two of Lewis Carroll's most beloved works, which chronicle the magical, captivating adventures of Alice of Wonderland.
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Wiseguy
Автор: Nicholas Pileggi Жанр: Simon and Schuster Год: 2009 Страниц: 383 Дата загрузки: 28 мая 20122011-10-30
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At the age of twelve my ambition was to become a gangster. To be a wiseguy. Being a wiseguy was better than being President of the United States. To be a wiseguy was to own the world. Henry Hill Wiseguy is Nicholas Pileggi's remarkable bestseller, the most intimate account ever printed of life inside the deadly high-stakes world of what some people call the Mafia. Wiseguy is Henry Hill's story, in fascinating, brutal detail, the never-before-revealed day-to-day life of a working mobster — his violence, his wild spending sprees, his wife, his mistresses, his code of honor. Henry Hill knows where a lot of bodies are buried, and he turned Federal witness to save his own life. The mob is still hunting him for what he reveals in Wiseguy: hundreds of crimes including arson, extortion, hijacking, and the $6 million Lufthansa heist, the biggest successful cash robbery in U.S. history, which led to ten murders. A firsthand account of the secret world of the mob, Wiseguy is more compelling than any novel.
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