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Автор: William Nack

The remarkable true story of one of America’s finest racehorses.When her beloved Meadow Stables is faced with closure following her father’s illness, housewife and mother Penny Chenery agrees to take over. Despite her lack of horse-racing knowledge she calls in assistance from trainer Lucien Laurin and a host of successful jockeys.Pitted against the Phipps’ racing dynasty, Penny takes the decision to breed her mare Somethingroyal to the Phipps’ Bold Ruler, the nation’s favourite stallion. With the toss of a coin it is agreed that one family will take Somethingroyal’s first foal with the losing stable taking the colt out of Hasty Matelda and Somethingroyal’s second foal. Penny loses the toss, but the wait for the unborn foal proves fortuitous when a bright red chestnut colt is born, Secretariat. Nicknamed “Big Red,” with Laurin’s guidance, Penny manages to navigate the male-dominated business of horse racing, ultimately fostering the first Triple Crown winner in 25 years and what may be the greatest racehorse of all time.Now, more than 30 years after its initial publication, the story of «Big Red» continues to be a classic. Secretariat is the tale of a great racehorse but also a testimony to the dedication of Penny Chenery. Following her triumph with Secretariat she was elected as the first female member of The Jockey Club, changing the face of American horse racing forever.

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Автор: Kate Thompson

Home is where the heart is…Free spirit Rio Kinsella finds herself settled in the picture-postcard village of Lissamore on Ireland's West Coast. It's where she took her first step, had her first kiss and conceived her beloved son Finn. But now Finn's spread his wings and flown the nest, what's to keep her here? An old flame and a new prospect may provide the answer…City girl Dervla is poles apart from her bohemian sister. A businesswoman with a quick mind, a hard heart and a nose for a good deal, she has no time for love. But is there anywhere she can really call home? And will the arrival of a new client throw her glossy magazine life-style into disarray?Torn apart by a long-standing feud, the Kinsella sisters are reunited upon the death of their wayward father. But on clearing the family home, they discover a secret so intriguing it could change their lives forever…Welcome to blissfully unpredictable Lissamore. It's guaranteed you'll never want to leave…Praise for Kate Thompson:‘Sublimely addictive’ MARIAN KEYES‘Warm, witty, sexy and compulsively readable’ CATHY KELLY‘Irresistible’ DEIRDRE PURCELL‘Kate Thompson has come up trumps with this rollercoaster of a story. There are twists and turns even the most avid reader won't spot. Make sure you put some time aside, because once you start reading The Kinsella Sisters you won't want to put it down.’ RTE GUIDE‘Must-read blockbuster’ Irish Post

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Автор: Axel Adamitzki

Silvana Larbang, eine junge Frau unserer Zeit, ist erf?llt mit ?bersinnlichen F?higkeiten, die es ihr erm?glichen, lebende und auch verstorbene Seelen zu helfen, zu retten und letztlich sogar zu erl?sen. Doch noch ist sie sich dieser unvergleichlichen und verantwortungsvollen Veranlagungen nicht bewusst. Erst der schreckliche und viel zu fr?he Tod ihrer besten Freundin Melissa l?sst all das langsam erwachen. M?hsam, Schritt f?r Schritt, betritt sie sodann ihren wahren, tief in ihr ruhenden, Lebensweg, der voller Tr?ume, Selbstzweifel und ?berraschungen ist. Neben Silvanas feinf?hligem Wesen und ihrer Wahrhaftigkeit sind es surreale Tr?ume – die sie nun so intensiv erlebt wie seit ihrer Kindheit nicht mehr -, die ihr erst verschwommen, doch dann klar und beinahe greifbar ihren Weg mehr und mehr aufzeigen. Ohne es zu wissen, sch?pft sie auf diesem beschwerlichen Weg zus?tzlich Kraft aus der Erf?llung eines Versprechens, das sie ihrer verstorbenen Freundin Melissa in einem Traum gegeben hat. Voller Hingabe k?mmert sie sich um die kleine Rosa, Melissas Tochter. Und manchmal sieht es so aus, als w?rde sich das Baby auch um sie k?mmern. Eine Liebe, die nicht sein darf, verwirrt sie zus?tzlich, hilft ihr letztlich, wie nur wahrhaftige Liebe es vermag, wenn man sie zul?sst, ihren Weg zu finden. All das ereignet sich vor dem Hintergrund eines b?rgerlichen Lebens, dem Silvana und Melissa entstammen, und einer Welt des egoistisch blasierten Adels, in die Silvanas verstorbene Freundin aus Liebe eingeheiratet hatte. Buch 4 von 4 259 Normseiten

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Автор: Inez De Florio-Hansen

Inez De Florio-Hansen, von Geburt an blind, erz?hlt die faszinierende und bewegende Geschichte ihres visuellen Erwachens, als sie sich im Alter von 48 Jahren einer erfolgreichen Operation unterzieht – und pl?tzlich sehen kann, aber, so seltsam sich das auch anh?rt, genau dies – das Sehen – erst Schritt f?r Schritt erlernen muss, um sich die ungewohnt neue visuelle Welt zu erschlie?en.
W?hrend das Sehen f?r uns mit keinerlei Anstrengung verbunden ist, stellt es f?r Blindgeborene, die pl?tzlich sehen k?nnen, eine besondere Herausforderung dar. Dies zeigt sich auch darin, dass mehr als die H?lfte der Patienten, die durch eine OP zum Sehen gelangen, mit den neuen, ?berw?ltigenden visuellen Eindr?cken und Anforderungen so wenig zurechtkommen, dass sie als einzigen Ausweg den Selbstmord sehen.


De Florio-Hansen ging trotz vieler Schwierigkeiten zielstrebig ihren Weg – wobei die Blindheit ihrer ersten 48 Lebensjahre sie nicht davon abhielt, sp?ter, sehend, noch eine brillante akademische Karriere als Professorin f?r Fremdsprachenforschung und Interkulturelle Kommunikation zu durchlaufen.
Sie er?ffnet uns in ihrer kleinen Autobiografie nicht nur erstaunliche Einblicke in die oft so andersartige Alltagswelt der Blinden und Sehgesch?digten sowie deren Interaktion mit Sehenden, sondern gibt auf der Grundlage neuester wissenschaftlicher Erkenntnisse auch einen aufschlussreichen Bericht ?ber das Erlernen des Sehens und die Vorz?ge der visuellen Wahrnehmung, ohne die Bedeutung des Sehsinns ?berzubewerten.

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Автор: Stephani de Melles

Полный вариант заголовка: «Selecta oposcula philosophica, isagogica ad novum ejusdem philosophiae syntagma : horum feriem versa pagina demonstras / Stephani de Melles».

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Автор: Ken Blanchard

Twenty years after creating the phenomenal bestselling classic The One Minute Manager, Ken Blanchard returns to its roots with the most powerful and essential title in the series as he explores the skills needed to empower yourself to success.In this captivating business parable, bestselling author Ken Blanchard tells the story of Steve, a young advertising executive who is about to lose his job. During a series of talks with a gifted magician named Cayla, Steve comes to realize the power of taking responsibility for his situation and not playing the victim. Passing along the knowledge she has learned from The One Minute Manager, Cayla teaches Steve the three tricks of self leadership. These three techniques not only empower him to keep his job, but give him the skills he needs to keep growing, learning, and achieving.The primary message of SELF-LEADERSHIP AND THE ONE MINUTE MANAGER is that power, freedom, and autonomy come from having the right mindset and the skills needed to take personal responsibility for success.

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Автор: Cecelia Watson

‘Fascinating… I loved this book; I really did’ David Crystal, SpectatorA biography of a much misunderstood punctuation mark and a call to arms in favour of clear expression and against stifling grammar rules.Cecelia Watson used to be obsessive about grammar rules. But then she began teaching. And that was when she realized that strict rules aren’t always the best way of teaching people how to make words say what they want them to; that they are even, sometimes, best ignored.One punctuation mark encapsulates this thorny issue more clearly than any other. The semicolon. Hated by Stephen King, Hemingway, Vonnegut and Orwell, and loved by Herman Melville, Henry James and Rebecca Solnit, it is the most divisive punctuation mark in the English language, and many are too scared to go near it. But why? When is it effective? Have we been misusing it? Should we even care?In this warm, funny, enlightening and thoroughly original book, Cecelia Watson takes us on a whistle-stop tour of the surprising history of the semicolon and explores the remarkable power it can wield, if only we would stop being afraid of it.Forget the rules; you’re in charge. It’s time to make language do what you want it to.

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Автор: John Cornwell

One of the most extraordinary memoirs of recent years, the acclaimed writer John Cornwell has finally written his own story, and the story of a choice he had to make between the Church and a life lived outside its confines.John Cornwell decided to become a priest at the age of thirteen, a strange choice perhaps for a boy who'd been sent to a 'convalescent home' for having whacked a nun about the head. Growing up in a chaotic household, sharing two rooms with his brothers and sisters, his hot-headed mother and – when he was around – absconding father, John spent his time roaming the war-torn streets of London looking for trouble. One day, at his mother's suggestion, he responded to a call from his local parish priest for altar servers. The 'dance of the rituals', the murmur of Latin and the candlelit dawn took hold of his imagination and provided him with a new and unexpected comfort.He left post-war London for Cotton, a seminary in the West Midlands. In this hidden, all-male world, with its rhythms of devotion and prayer, John grew up caught between his religious feelings and the rough and tumble of his life back in London; between seeking the face of God in the wild countryside around him and experiencing his first kiss; between monitoring his soul and watching a girl from a moving train whose face he will never forget.Cornwell tells us of a world now vanished: of the colourful community of priests in charge; of the boys and their intense and sometimes passionate friendships; of the hovering threat of abuse in this cloistered environment. And he tells us of his struggle to come to terms with a shameful secret from his London childhood – a vicious sexual attack which haunts his time at Cotton.A book of tremendous warmth and humour, ‘Seminary Boy’ is about an adolescent's search for a father and for a home.

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Автор: John Brewer

On an April evening in 1779, a woman is shot on the steps of Covent Garden. Her murderer is a young soldier and Church of England minister; her lover, the Earl of Sandwich, one of the most powerful policians of the day. This compelling account of murder, love and intrigue brings Georgian London to life in a spellbinding historical masterpiece.On an April evening in 1779, Martha Ray, mistress of the Earl of Sandwich, was shot on the steps of Covent Garden by James Hackman, a young soldier and minister of the Church of England. She died instantly, leaving behind a grief-stricken lover and five small children. Hackman, after trying to kill himself, was arrested, tried and hanged at Tyburn ten days later. The story was to become one of the scandals of the age.It seemed an open-and-shut case, but why had Hackman killed Ray? He claimed he suffered from 'love's madness' but his motives remained obscure. And as Martha Ray shared the bed of one of the most powerful and unpopular politicians of the day (and one of Georgian London's greatest libertines), the city buzzed with the story, as every hack journalist sharpened his pen.John Brewer has written an account of this violent murder that is as thrilling and compelling as the best crime novel. Atmospheric, beautifully written, and alive with the characters and bustle of 18th-century London, the book examines in minute detail the events of a few crucial moments and gives an unforgettable account of the relationships between the three protagonists and their different places within society. However, the interest in Martha's murder did not end with the Georgians, and A Sentimental Murder ranges over two centuries, populated by journalists, biographers and historians who tried to make sense of the killing. And so it becomes an intriguing exploration of the relations between history and fiction, storytelling and fact, past and present. John Brewer has transformed a tragic tale of murder into an historical masterpiece.

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Автор: Gabriel Salazar Vergara

Исполнители: Natalia Valdebenito

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Автор: Nadia Koval

El poder del inminente don musical de Sergei Prokofiev, la originalidad, la diversidad y el volumen de su obra, la altura de su maestr?a y la certeza de su imagen art?stica lo ubica entre los m?sicos m?s importantes del siglo XX. Heinrich Neuhaus He recibido con alegr?a un ejemplar de la biograf?a de Sergei Prokofiev escrita por Nadia Koval. Encuentro sumamente interesante el hecho de que est? escrita por una compatriota suya que reside en Argentina. Martha Argerich

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Автор: Katja Brinkert

Arbeitslosigkeit und Armut sind im 22. Jahrhundert an der Tagesordnung. Die breite Masse der Unterschicht ist ?berschuldet und viele Menschen sind gezwungen ihre Freiheit zu verkaufen, um ihr eigenes ?berleben und das ihrer Familien zu sichern. Als versklavte Sergia dienen sie fortan ihren Mastern. Auch der achtzehnj?hrige Luke Williams verliert seine Freiheit und muss sich als Sergia seinem wohlhabenden Onkel unterwerfen. In einem Martyrium aus k?rperlichen Misshandlungen und psychischer Gewalt droht er, trotz seines starken Willens, allm?hlich zu zerbrechen. Freiheit scheint ein unerreichbarer Traum – aber manchmal werden Tr?ume wahr. Doch umsonst ist nur der Tod, das Leben fordert immer einen Preis.

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Автор: Massimo Longo

Seven Planets: in a parallel solar system, the people from seven different planets engage in a race against time that will decide their fate. The main characters’ destinies are intertwined with hatred, love and ambition, in an attempt to either govern or free the people of the KIC solar system. Imaginary and unique planets, races and cultures will get together in fantastic adventures in order to fight against their charming enemy's thirst for power.

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Автор: Alex Marsh

The story of a man who gives up the rock ‘n’ roll dream… to play bowls.Alex Marsh wanted to be a rock star – but it didn’t work out. Instead he toiled away in the big city – only to give up his career, move to rural Norfolk, and become a househusband. Only he isn’t a very good one. Whilst his pride won't let him admit it, he struggles with the cooking, the cleaning and the isolation. He hires a cleaner without telling his wife, his repertoire of baked potatoes exhausts quickly. He becomes hooked on daytime television and computer solitaire. He is in danger of becoming weird.So he takes up bowls. In Sex & Bowls & Rock and Roll we follow a season in the life of the village bowls team, a group of amateur sportsmen and mild eccentrics. In doing so we see this unfashionable pastime in a whole new light, and very funny it is too. But Alex hasn’t quite given up on his dreams of rock stardom. Discovering that some of his mates down the pub are a bit handy with bass and drums he makes one final stab at being in a band, with an eagerly awaited local gig. It is a complete disaster.Join Alex has he comes to terms with life as a domestic disappointment, attempts to learn the fine art of bowls and finally realises that supporting the Sultans Of Ping at the Pink Toothbrush in Rayleigh really was the highpoint of his musical career. Sex & Bowls & Rock and Roll is a hilarious account of the life of a genuinely modern man. Everyone will recognise themselves (or their husbands) and you will be hard pressed not to laugh out loud.

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Автор: Ирина Хакамада

Впервые! Две книги – в одном томе: «Succes (успех) в большом городе» и «Sex в большой политике». Ирина Хакамада делится с читателем искусством выживания в большой политике и новейшей методикой карьерного (и личного) счастья. Легкий и эмоциональный, с курьезами и анекдотами, точными наблюдениями и ироничным взглядом на известных лиц, «Самоучитель от self-made woman» понравится всем: как любителям серьезной литературы, так и поклонникам развлекательного чтения.

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Автор: Джон Лайдон

Жизнь фронтмена Sex Pistols Джона Лайдона никогда не была похожа на красочные фильмы о рок-звёздах. Мальчик вырос в трущобах Лондона среди насилия и бедности, а музыкантом стал, скорее, в знак протеста, нежели ради денег и славы. И он не боится об этом открыто говорить. Пронзительная и откровенная история о суровой жизни Лайдона в Англии, о жизни в Sex Pistols и за её пределами. В формате PDF A4 сохранен издательский макет.

Серия: Music Legends & Idols

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Автор: Джон Лайдон

Жизнь фронтмена Sex Pistols Джона Лайдона никогда не была похожа на красочные фильмы о рок-звёздах. Мальчик вырос в трущобах Лондона среди насилия и бедности, а музыкантом стал, скорее, в знак протеста, нежели ради денег и славы. И он не боится об этом открыто говорить. Пронзительная и откровенная история о суровой жизни Лайдона в Англии, о жизни в Sex Pistols и за её пределами. © Джон Лайдон, 2022 © Перевод Е. Г. Толмачева © & ℗ ООО «Издательство АСТ», «Аудиокнига», 2022

Серия: Music Legends & Idols

Исполнители: Юрий Гуржий

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Автор: Paul Martin

Is pleasure selfish and are we selfish to pursue it, scientifically speaking?'I know the ways of pleasure, the sweet strains,The lullings and relishes of it' George HerbertThis is a book about the lengths people will go to nuzzle out some pleasure – and the scientific reasons that lie behind those impulses, written in an accessible and entertaining way.Paul Martin looks at changing attitudes to pleasure over the centuries, including religious and philosophical lawgiving on the subject, before moving on to the scientific hardwiring that supports all this human frenzy. He looks too at chemical pleasures, at our attempts to bottle the pleasure-giving principle for easy access and regular self-medication – from caffeine to heroin, from tobacco to glue. Which brings us to addiction, and the darker side of pleasure's many moons – before coming back full circle to the therapeutic bliss of pleasure, its key role in an individual's health, and that least-promoted, most-undervalued but most satisfying daily pleasure of all – sweet sleep.

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Автор: Laurie Penny

Исполнители: Bettina Hoppe

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Автор: Stan Cattermole

Burdened with a face only a mother could love, Stan Cattermole determined to find a woman. Lugging his man-boobs along for the ride, Stan shows Bridget Jones how it's done in this hilarious, heart-wrenching and often outrageous account of his quest for love.This is no misery memoir, but a tell-it-like-it-is account of Stan's trials, tribulations and small triumphs, in and out of the bedroom. One part love story, one part family saga, eight parts outrageous, laugh-out-loud tragicomedy – and then, just for luck, another part love story – The Intimate Adventures of an Ugly Man wrenches at the heart strings and the funny bone, and will drag you screaming with laughter through the whole gamut of human emotions.CHORTLE! as Stan pops his cyber-cherry with the aid of a light sabre, a bowling ball and a large knob of butter.GASP! as Stan is blindfolded, tied to a bed and abused with an IKEA spatula.DESPAIR! as the pretty nose of yet another potential love interest wrinkles in utter, utter disgust.The story of one man overcoming his hurdles and making something wonderful of a miserable life, this ever-hopeful tale will resonate with anyone who's suffered pain and rejection, anyone who's vowed to transform their life and anyone who's ever learned to laugh in the face of adversity.http://betedejour.blogspot.com/

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Автор: Louise Arthur

The extraordinary diary and memoir of just under one year in a woman’s life.Louise Arthur was diagnosed in February 1999 as terminally ill with a malignant brain tumour. It was inoperable. She was then 28, had been married to Tim for 5 years: and they have a 4 year old daughter.After reading Ruth Picardie’s book, Louise decided to write her diary – named Shadow Diary – on the web. She started in April – it was frank, poignant, funny, brilliantly observed. Tim also contributed – occasionally – and showed what life was like for him, for their love together. By June 1999, the ‘hits’ to the web site were running at 1,000 a day: she started a column in the Daily Mail: and Channel 4 decided to do a documentary on her.On January 11, 2000, Louise Arthur died.Shadow in Tiger Country contains selections from both Louise’s and Tim’s contributions to the Shadow Diary, but has also been written by Tim since her death, and includes samples of both Louise’s earlier writing and her photographs.

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Автор: Simone van der Vlugt

Gripping psychological suspense, perfect for fans of Nicci French.Married. One child. A career: Lydia has her life in perfect order – if only everyone else around her could be as organised as she is. Her unmarried twin sister Elisa is still struggling to find what she wants to do. And her colleagues at the school where she teaches often fail to reach her high standards.But one day, it all falls apart from Lydia. When she is threatened by one of her pupils, her sister is the first person she turns to. But Elisa is powerless to stop the campaign of intimidation that follows. How far will it go? Or is someone else taking advantage of the situation? And what is Elisa’s part in all of this? Twins are close. Aren’t they?

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Автор: Билл Брайсон

From bestselling author Bill Bryson comes this compelling and concise biography of William Shakespeare, our greatest dramatist and poet.Examining centuries of myths, half-truths and downright lies, Bill Bryson makes sense of the man behind the masterpieces. As he leads us through the crowded streets of Elizabethan England, he brings to life the places and characters that inspired Shakespeare’s work, with his trademark wit and accessibility. Along the way he delights in the inventiveness of Shakespeare’s language, which has given us so many of the indispensable words and phrases we use today, and celebrates the Bard’s legacy to our literature, culture and history.Drawing together information from a vast array of sources, this is a masterful account of the life and works of William Shakespeare, one of the most famous and most enigmatic people ever to have lived – not to mention a classic piece of Bill Bryson, author of ‘A Short History of Nearly Everything’ and ‘Notes from a Small Island’.

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Автор: Dwall

Полный вариант заголовка: «Shakespeare et Addisson mis en point de comparaison : ou imitation et traduction libres en vers, des monologues d'Hamlet et de Caton / par M. Dwall».

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Автор: Roland Czerni

Chinesisches Karate im Drachenstil Der 1928 in der Mongolei als Spro? eines uralten Adelsgeschlechts geborene und heute in den Niederlanden lebende Dschero Khan Chen Tao (Adoptivname Gerald Karel Meijers) entwickelte auf Grundlage seiner Erfahrungen mit chinesischen und japanischen Kampfk?nsten ein eigenes Kampfkunstsystem, das Shaolin Kempo. Er ging u.a. bei chinesischen M?nchen in die Lehre und pflegte Kontakte zu japanischen Meistern wie Gogen Yamaguchi (Goju Ryu) und Nakano Michiomi («So Doshin»), Gr?nder des Shorinji Kempo. Zum ersten Mal in der Geschichte des Shaolin Kempo werden s?mtliche Techniken bis zum 1. Meistergrad vorgestellt, einschlie?lich der Blocktechniken bzw. Blockformen, die erst in j?ngerer Vergangenheit Eingang in diesen Stil gefunden haben. Damit ist das Buch ein wichtiges Nachschlagewerk f?r all jene, die sich auf eine G?rtelpr?fung vorbereiten wollen. Die in Wort und Bild dargestellten Techniken sind Bestandteil des Unterrichts- und Pr?fungsstoffes f?r die Graduierungspr?fungen der Fachschaft Shaolin Kempo innerhalb der Wushu Federation Deutschland. Dar?ber hinaus bietet das Buch aufgrund der effektiven und praxisnahen Techniken interessante Anregungen f?r Kampfsportler anderer asiatischer Stilrichtungen.

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Автор: Bernard Cornwell

Three classic Richard Sharpe adventuresRichard Sharpe and the Peace of 1814It is 1814. Rumours abound that Napoleon has surrendered, been murdered, or fled. But before the French are finally defeated and Sharpe can lay down his sword, one of the bloodiest conflicts of the war must be fought: the battle for the city of Toulouse.Sharpe and the Waterloo Campaign, 15 June to 18 June 1815It is 1815. Sharpe is serving on the personal staff of the Prince of Orange, who refuses to listen to Sharpe’s reports of an enormous army, led by Napoleon, marching towards them.Richard Sharpe and the Emperor, 1820-21Five years after the Battle of Waterloo, Sharpe’s peaceful retirement in Normandy is shattered. An old friend, Don Blas Vivar, is missing in Chile, reported dead at rebel hands – a report his wife refuses to believe. She appeals to Sharpe to find out the truth.

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Автор: Артур Конан Дойл

Der Meisterdetektiv und sein treuer Chronist reisen nach Aldershot, um dort Ermittlungen anzustellen, die den gewaltsamen Tod von Colonel James Barclay betreffen. Die Umst?nde, unter denen der Colonel starb, k?nnten mysteri?ser kaum sein. Seine Frau Nancy ist die Hauptverd?chtige der Polizei, doch Sherlock Holmes ist, obwohl alles gegen sie spricht, anderer Meinung, was ihre Schuld betrifft..

Исполнители: Detlef Bierstedt

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Автор: Arthur Conan Doyle

Исполнители: J?rgen Thormann

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Автор: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Исполнители: Markus Hamele

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Автор: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Исполнители: Christoph Hackenberg

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Автор: Артур Конан Дойл

Исполнители: Peter Groeger

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Автор: Артур Конан Дойл

Sherlock Holmes ist auf der Jagd nach dem Napoleon des Verbrechens: Professor Moriarty. Als Holmes Moriartys Londoner Verbrecherorganisation auffliegen l?sst, wird der Meisterdetektiv selbst zum Gejagten. Zusammen mit Watson flieht er auf den Kontinent und versteckt sich in den Schweizer Bergen. Dort kann Moriarty ihn unm?glich finden. Oder vielleicht doch?

Исполнители: Peter Groeger

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Автор: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Исполнители: Andreas Lange

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Автор: Kate Maryon

Tiff's mum is a thief and she's about to get caught … A brilliant novel from a fantastic writer for girls.Twelve-year-old Tiff loves her mum, Carla, who is glitzy and fun and always coming home with shiny new amazing stuff. The trouble is, Tiff's mum doesn't buy things, she takes them. The fact is, Tiff's mum is a thief…When Carla gets caught, Tiff’s shiny life is ruined. She's packed off to a remote island to live with Carla's family. A family her mum never even talks about and that Tiff has never even met! How can she survive in this dull, dull place?But the island of Sark isn't as awful as Tiff imagined it would be. The islanders are kind and honest and she's happy spending time with them. So three months later, when it's finally time for her mum to join her, Tiff can't help feeling more than a little bit worried…

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Автор: Edward Monkton

Sometimes all a woman needs is a great pair of shoes – sometimes chocolate is the swiftest route to happiness. In this beautifully produced collection of drawings specifically for women, Edward Monkton brings together some of his best-known musings in his own quirky and inimitable style. It’s the perfect gift for mothers and for women of all ages.Following the phenomenal success of such stylish and original gift books as The Lady and the Chocolate, The Pig of Happiness, The Shoes of Salvation, Love and The Wonderful Man, Edward Monkton now assembles those drawings and thoughts that speak most eloquently to the hearts of women everywhere.Edward Monkton’s strangely philosophical take on all aspects of love, life and happiness have made Monkton’s drawings stylish collectors’ items and a mark of good taste year in, year out. Reflecting on the indulgent pleasures that all women can enjoy, Shoes, Chocs, Bags and Frocks makes a perfect gift book for any special occasion without indulging in those sinful calories or stretching your credit card.

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Автор: Jon Snow

The compelling autobiography of one of the great and most committed newsmen of our time: full, frank, and occasionally very funny, Jon Snow’s memoirs are as revealing about the great and the not-so-good as about his own passionate involvement in the reporting of world affairs.Jon Snow is perhaps the most highly regarded newsman of our time; his qualities as a journalist and as a human being – his passion, warmth, intelligence, frankness and humour – are widely recognised and evident for all to see most nights on Channel 4 News and now in the pages of his first book.His vivid personal chronicle is filled with anecdotes and pithy observations, and delightfully records his life and times since becoming a journalist in the early 1970s. He reported widely on Cold War conflicts in Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Angola and Central America before becoming a resident correspondent in Washington D.C. in the 1980s, and he has met and interviewed most of the world’s leaders.Drawing lessons from these experiences, he has pertinent things to say about how the increasing world disorder came about following the fall of the Berlin Wall; how the West’s constant search for an enemy has helped unhinge the world; and how and why the media have, in general, been less than helpful in drawing attention to key political and global developments.

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Автор: Richard Holmes

In the ebook version of the classic, the author of 'Footsteps' collects the biographical stories that have captured his fancy in the course of researching his books on the romantic poets, creating a captivating mixture of biography and memoir.‘Sidetracks' is a sister book to 'Footsteps', conjured up from decades of 'wanderings from the straight and narrow' of his major biographies like Shelley and Coleridge. The collection is held together by a subtle autobiographical thread: 'to be sidetracked is, after all, to be led astray by a path or an idea, a scent or a tune, and maybe lost forever.'The centerpiece of book concerns Mary Woolstonecraft, the great feminist crusader and philosopher, and her relationship with William Godwin. Their story and travails are inspiring and poignant, all told in riveting and beautiful prose style.'Sidetracks' winds through an extraordinary and eclectic assortment of Romantic and Gothic writers and personalities: some French, some English, some Dutch, some American, some major, some minor, but all made hypnotically alive and memorable through Holmes's transforming touch. We meet Chatterton and Gautier, Pierrot and Voltaire, Mary Wollstonecraft and Godwin, Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda, James Boswell and Zelide, MR James and some very unpleasant gothic apparitions.With each of these twenty pieces Holmes shows how fluid, playful and unconstrained the many voices of biography can be. The book includes two documentary radio-plays, many different kinds of character sketch and travelogue, true love stories and true ghost stories, and one piece, 'Dr Johnson's First Cat' which may or may not be a piece of true biographical fiction.'Sidetracks' is a renewed examination of the strange and sometimes shadowy pathways of biography that have always fascinated Holmes.

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Автор: Сидни Шелдон

The master storyteller’s legacy continues… Glamour and suspense in the bestselling Sidney Sheldon novels from the international superstar Tilly Bagshawe. If Tomorrow Comes Tracy Whitey is on top of the world. Young, beautiful, intelligent, she is about to marry into wealth and glamour until, betrayed by her own innocence, she finds herself in prison, framed by a ruthless mafia gang and abandoned by the man she loves. Beaten and broken, but surviving with her dazzling ingenuity, Tracy emerges from her savage ordeal determined to avenge those who have destroyed her life. Nothing Lasts Forever Dr.Paige Taylor: She swore it was euthanasia, but when Paige inherited a million dollars from a patient, the D.A. called it murder. Dr. Kat Hunter: She vowed never to let another man too close again-until she accepted the challenge of a deadly bet. Dr. Honey Taft:To make it in medicine, she knew she'd need something more than the brains God gave her. Racing from the life-and-death decisions of a big major hospital to the tension-packed fireworks of a murder trial, Nothing Lasts Forever lays bare the ambitions and fears of healers and killers, lovers and betrayers. The Best Laid Plans: The explosive story of the beautiful and ambitious Leslie Stewart, who learns that for some men power is the greatest aphrodisiac; and of Oliver Russell, the handsome governor of a small southern state, who finds out why hell has no fury like a woman scorned. They both should have known that even the best laid plans can go dangerously astrayin a deadly dangerous way.

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Автор: Georgius Anastolsky

Fast jeder geht zumindest mit einem mulmigen Gef?hl zum Zahnarzt. Viele Patienten f?hlen sich auf dem Behandlungsstuhl schlicht ausgeliefert.
Allein schon der f?r viele Zahnarztpraxen typisch durchdringende Geruch h?lt viele davon ab, die Praxis gerne zu betreten. Manche springen gar beim Ger?usch der Bohrer vom Sessel. Selbst wer es aush?lt, dem steht der Schwei? oft auf der Stirn und der sitzt v?llig verkrampft auf dem Behandlungsstuhl.
Traurige Bilanz: Etwa zehn Prozent f?rchten sich so sehr vor dem Zahnarzt, dass sie erst gar nicht hingehen, auch wenn sie Schmerzen haben. Das hat meistens erhebliche Folgen f?r die Gesundheit: Karies, faulende Z?hne, Zahnausfall und weitergehende gesundheitliche Beeintr?chtigungen k?nnen die Folgen sein.
Dabei k?nnten die Z?hne bei rechtzeitiger Behandlung gerettet werden. Man fasst all diese Zahnarzt-?ngste unter dem medizinischen Fachbegriff «Dentalphobie» zusammen. Sie hat eine extreme Bandbreite von leichter Angst bis hin zur totalen Verweigerung. Dentalphobie ist die panische, krankhafte Angst vor dem Zahnarzt (nicht zu verwechseln mit der ganz normalen und nachvollziehbaren Angst vor einem Zahnarzt als gesunder, nat?rlicher Reflex), und sie ist eine ernst zu nehmende Krankheit.
Sollten Sie sich an dieser Stelle angesprochen f?hlen, weil auch Sie sehr gro?e, ja fast krankhafte Angst, vor dem Zahnarztbesuch haben, dann lesen Sie jetzt diesen Ratgeber! Er gibt Ihnen zahlreiche n?tzliche Tipps sowie Orientierung dabei, wie Sie ganz konkret mit Ihrer Zahnarzt-Angst umgehen bzw., wie Sie Ihre Dentalphobie vollst?ndig ?berwinden k?nnen!

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Автор: Mathilde Schwabeneder

?ber viele Jahrzehnte war die Bek?mpfung des organisierten Verbrechens in Italien von M?nnern dominiert. Doch seit den 1970ern hat eine neue Generation von Frauen begonnen, gegen die Mafia Widerstand zu leisten.So vertraute Piera Aiello, Augenzeugin bei der Ermordung ihres Mannes, ihr Wissen den Staatsanw?lten an und engagiert sich bis heute als Parlamentarierin f?r einen besseren Schutz der Kronzeugen. Fotografin Letizia Battaglia dokumentiert als Chronistin der Mafia ihre Taten, wie etwa die Ermordung des Bruders des heutigen Staatspr?sidenten. Die Journalistin Allessia Candito, mehrfach durch die kalabrische Mafia bedroht, deckt die Verbindungen zwischen Kirche und Mafia auf. Und Laura Garavini setzt mit ihrer Gr?ndung einer Anti-Mafia-Bewegung in Deutschland den Kampf gegen die Mafia auch im deutschsprachigen Raum fort. Mathilde Schwabeneders Portr?t dieser Frauenzeichnet ein verst?rendes und eindrucksvolles Bild eines Kampfes gegen eine Macht, bei dem ein Sieg aussichtslos scheint – trotzdem k?mpfen diese Frauen weiter.

Исполнители: Максим Суслов

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Автор: Deanna Raybourn

England, 1888 “There are things that walk abroad on the moor that should not. But the dead do not always lie quietly, do they, lady?” Grimsgrave Manor is an unhappy house, isolated on the Yorkshire moors, silent and secretive. Then its shroud of gothic gloom is lifted by a visit from the incurably curious Lady Julia Grey.Lady Julia intends to bring a woman’s touch to the restoration of Nicholas Brisbane’s new estate, whether he wants it or not. Her presence is more than necessary – Grimsgrave’s new owner seems to be falling into ruin along with the house. Confronted with gypsy warnings and Brisbane’s elusive behaviour, Lady Julia scents a mystery.It’s not long before her desire for answers leads her into danger unlike any other that she has experienced – and from which, this time, there may be no escape.

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Автор: Melanie McGrath

Melanie McGrath’s critically acclaimed East End family memoir now in ebook format.In this remarkable book, award-winning writer Melanie McGrath has given us a vivid and poignant memoir of the East End. McGrath spent years wondering about her East End roots. At the turn of the twenty-first century the places where her grandparents lived out their lives Poplar, East Ham and Silvertown – are virtually unrecognisable; her grandparents, Jenny and Len Page, long since dead and already half forgotten.Silvertown teems with stories of life in the docks and pubs and dog tracks of the old East End where Melanie McGrath's grandparents scraped a living. Here are the bustling alleys and lanes of Poplar in 1914, where eleven year old Jenny watches the men go off to fight; the Moses sweatshop on the Mile End Waste; the London docks, then the largest port in the world; and Jenny having her teeth pulled out on her seventeenth birthday. Here too is the Cosy Caf?, opened full of hope by Jenny and Len – later a home to their troubled marriage – and an East End landscape which is altered forever by the closure of the docks and the disintegration of this close knit community.The places Melanie McGrath describes have largely vanished now. This evocative and deeply moving family memoir recreates the lost East End and the struggles of those who live there.

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Автор: Anton Vamplew

A first-time skywatcher’s guide from bright new talent, BBC Blue Peter astronomer, Anton VamplewMost books on stargazing claim to be for beginners, but by page 12 are talking about celestial equators and sidereal months. No wonder so many people have planispheres but no idea how to use them.Working at the planetarium in Greenwich, Anton has met hundreds of enthusiastic but utterly bemused beginners of all ages, and has made sense of the night sky for them. In this book he introduces the night sky just as if he were by your side, pointing everything out. And contrary to popular belief, you don't need any expensive equipment to start skygazing. Anton takes you through all the things you can discover with just the naked eye.The book is suitable for use in the northern and southern hemispheres – two sections give equal coverage to where to start and what you can see wherever you are in the world, whenever.

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Автор: Н. З. Емельянова

Decision making by the aircrafts services of the international airport, which provides for intensive traffic of aircraft and their ground handling, becomes a very topical issue. If earlier it was believed that the intensity is provided only by the number of runways, nowadays a large accumulation of aircraft on the airport platform-field creates equally complex difficulties in comparison with aircraft take-offs and landings. Solving such problems with the use of «crisp methods» of queuing theory gives little. This article deals with modern «fuzzy methods» based on simulation modeling and fuzzy logic.

Серия: Прикладная информатика. Научные статьи

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Автор: Debra Webb

A deep dark secret and red-hot desireWhen Devon Pierce is framed for murdering his wife, Isabella Lytle knows she needs to do everything she can to clear his name. Bella must coax out Devon’s deepest secret – while resisting the undeniable allure she feels for him…

Серия: Colby Agency: Sexi-ER

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Автор: Лана Лайт

The English version and the Russian version. The most beautiful and important moments in life are those we share with other souls in human bodies. Since I have never been able to gather all of my dearest people in one place, I figured why not gather them under the cover of one book and introduce them to each other? This is also a way of sharing my deep feelings of appreciation toward each truly significant person I have met, as well as my thoughts on life, loss, love, and friendship. Happy reading! Версия на английском и на русском. Самые прекрасные и важные моменты в жизни всегда те, что мы разделяем с другими душами в человеческих телах. Поскольку мне никогда не удавалось собрать всех самых дорогих мне людей в одном месте, я подумала, почему бы не собрать их под обложкой одной книги и представить их друг другу. Это также способ выразить мою признательность всем по-настоящему значимым для меня людям, а еще поделиться мыслями о жизни, утратах, любви и дружбе. Приятного чтения!

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Автор: Rachel Trezise

‘Went out, got pissed. Same shit, different day.'Aberalaw, a tiny South Wales valley village where nobody ever arrives and nobody ever leaves. The new police chief has declared war on recreational drugs, resulting in an eighteen-month drought. The party-loving wives and girlfriends of local punk band, The Boobs, are getting desperate, both for drugs and thrills: Ellie, factory girl with dreams of a better life in New York; Rhiannon, hairdresser with a taste for violence and designer clothes and Si?n, unappreciated, obsessive compulsive mother of three. Into their lives, enter the languid dark stranger, Johnny: Englishman, drug dealer and shameless seducer. In the space of just a few months, three women's lives will be changed forever.Prize-winning writer, Rachel Trezise, dissects the morals and mores of a small Welsh village community with a scalpel-sharp pen and an incisive wit.

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Автор: Mary Hazard

When 18-year-old Mary Hazard touched down in post-war Putney to begin her nurse’s training, she could never have known that it was the beginning of a colourful career that would still be going 60 years later – one of the longest ever serving NHS nurses.For Mary, raised in a strict convent in rural south Ireland, working in her first London hospital was a shocking and life-changing experience. Against a backdrop of ongoing rationing and poverty, she saw for the first time the horrors of disease, the heart-breaking outcomes of failed abortions – and faced the genuine shock of seeing a man naked for the first time!60 Years a Nurse follows the dramas and emotions as Mary found her feet during those early years. From the firm friends she made under the ever-watchful gaze of Matron and the sisters, to the eclectic mix of Londoners she strove to care for; the Teddy Boys she danced with and the freedom of living away from home; and her own burgeoning love story, as extraordinary as it was romantic – these are the funny and heartwarming moments that helped Mary to follow her dream.

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Автор: ANAR

Tanınmış yazı?ı Anarın “Sizsiz” əsəri xatirə-romandır. Bu əsəri oxumaqla yazı?ını və onun ailəsini yaxından tanımaq m?mk?nd?r. Əsərdə atası Rəsul Rza, anası Nigar Rafibəyli haqqında yazılmış həqiqi hekayələr yer alıb. Anar bu əsərində sevinc, kədər, xəstəlik, vəfa kimi bəşəri m?vzularla mədəni dairələrimizdəki ideal və ?rnək ailənin cizgilərini m?əyyən edib. “Sizsiz” – səmimiyyətlə intellektuallığın vəhdətindən yaranan əsərdir.

Серия: Xatirə ədəbiyyatı

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Автор: Detlef Gaastra

Detlef Gaastra betrachtet das Leben seines Vaters Sjoerd Gaastra (1921 – 2013) aus der Familiengeschichte eines alten friesischen Geschlechts heraus, dessen Kindheits- und Jugendjahre, ?ber ein erf?lltes Berufsleben bis hin zum Tode.

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Автор: Casey Watson

Rejected by her mother and excluded by her school, Flip is a little girl desperate to be loved.‘Am I ugly, Mummy?’ are the first words that little Phillipa says to Mike and Casey as she stomps into their lives on a hot August afternoon. She has a Barbie doll in one hand and a pink vanity case in the other and the bemused Watsons can only stare in amazement at this tiny eight year old girl who is being guided into the room by her social worker.Phillipa, known as Flip has Foetal Alcohol Syndrome and life with her single mother has come to an abrupt end after a fire burned the house down. When Casey meets Flip, the child seems remarkably unfazed by what has happened and the thing that seems to worry her is that Casey might find her ugly.Casey has come across children with FAS in her previous job in a high school behaviour unit, but is now realising that fostering Flip is going to be full of challenges which will test her and Mike’s skills to the limit.

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