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Название: EMPIRE OF GOLD
Автор: McDermott Andy
Издательство: Hodder&Stoughton
Год: 2011 Страниц: 544 Формат: DOC
Размер: 13.60 mb
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Deep in the jungles of South America, an incredible treasure has been hidden for centuries. Archaeologist Nina Wilde possesses the key to finding it — but in her way stand revolutionaries and drug lords, all fighting for control over the riches from a lost empire! Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase are back for their seventh blockbusting adventure by the bestselling author of THE HUNT FOR ATLANTIS, Andy McDermott. This time their goal is the legendary last outpost of the Inca Empire — which could point the way to an even greater discovery long thought to be just a myth: El Dorado, the lost city of gold. Corrupt soldiers, ruthless mercenaries — led by a man with a personal grudge against Eddie — and murderous rebels will stop at nothing to obtain the unimaginable fortune for themselves. But even as they all battle to find the treasure, Nina and Eddie's greatest enemy may turn out to be someone much closer to home...
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Название: L'AUBERGE
Автор: Stagg Julia
Издательство: Hodder&Stoughton
Год: 2011 Страниц: 288 Формат: PDF
Размер: 10.08 mb
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The small commune of Fogas in the French Pyrenees has been thrown into turmoil by the revelation that the Auberge des Deux Vallees has been bought by an English couple and not by the Mayor's brother-in-law as had been expected. With everyone aghast at the idea of an English run restaurant and the certainty of gastronomic disasters, Mayor Serge Papon is in the mood to take revenge. Within hours of hearing the news, he has called an emergency Committee meeting and his machinations to force out the new owners have begun. But the Mayor hasn't reckoned on one of his deputies, Christian Dupuy, whose conscience always leads his politics. Refusing to condone Mayor Papon's calls to compulsory purchase the Auberge, he proposes an alternative solution which will prevent the Mayor from getting his own way. Or will it...
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Название: DOLORES CLAIBORNE
Автор: King Stephen
Издательство: Hodder&Stoughton
Год: 2011 Страниц: 306 Формат: DOC
Размер: 7.65 mb
Жанр: Hodder and Stoughton
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Dolores Claiborne has a story to tell. But not quite what the police had expected. Dolores Claiborne has a confession to make... She will take her time. Won't be hurried. Will do it her way, sparing neither details nor feelings. Hers or anyone else's. This is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Truth that takes you to the edge of darkness. Dolores Claiborne has a story to tell and you'd better pay attention — or else.
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Название: BOFFINOLOGY
Автор: Pollard Justin
Издательство: Hodder&Stoughton
Год: 2011 Страниц: 336 Формат: PDF
Размер: 11.76 mb
Жанр: Hodder and Stoughton
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The history of science is often seen as a story of advancement but nothing could be further from the truth. Science, it is true, has progressed, but rarely in the direction intended and seldom for the reasons given. This has a lot to do with the people responsible. Meet Thales, credited as 'the father of science', whose only real claim to fame is that he often fell into ditches, discover how Archimedes never said Eureka and hated baths anyway and how the most lucrative ancient Greek invention was not democracy but the slot machine. Justin Pollard also fills us in on Issac Newton who liked to disguise himself and lurk in London's less salubrious pubs, how eleven people claimed to have invented the steam engine and why the first website was twelve foot across and made of wood.
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Название: SPIRAL
Автор: Mceuen Paul
Издательство: Hodder&Stoughton
Год: 2011 Страниц: 448 Формат: DOC
Размер: 11.20 mb
Жанр: Hodder and Stoughton
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The first bio-tech thriller from acclaimed Cornell professor, Paul McEuen. Pacific Ocean 1946: Liam Connor of the British Army, a global expert on germ warfare, is sent to help the US Navy foil an attempt by a Japanese submarine to unleash the world's first biological super-weapon. Code-name: Uzumaki. Translation: Spiral. The devastating decision is made to annihilate Spiral by releasing the world's fourth atomic bomb, obliterating the weapon before it can release its catastrophic payload. New York, present day: Connor, now a world-renowned Nobel prize-winner working on the cutting edge of nano-science technology, prayed that the spectre of Spiral would never return. But now it is back and the stakes are exponentially higher. Spiral would be virtually unstoppable with current technological advances and only Connor holds the key to its cure. Those who seek Spiral will stop at nothing to obtain Connor's knowledge, even if it means his death and that of everyone he holds dear. As the race begins for Spiral, will the world survive the Doomsday scenario about to unfold?
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Название: INSOMNIA
Автор: King Stephen
Издательство: Hodder&Stoughton
Год: 2011 Страниц: 912 Формат: PDF
Размер: 31.92 mb
Жанр: Hodder and Stoughton
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You'll lose a lot of sleep... Ralph does. At first he starts waking up earlier. And earlier. Then the hallucinations start — the colours, shapes and strange auras. Not to mention the bald doctors who always turn up at the scene of a death. That's when Ralph begins to lose a lot more than sleep. When he begins to understand why his hitherto mild-mannered friend, Ed, is getting out of control — dangerously so. And why his home town is about to become the new Armageddon...
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Название: THE STAND
Автор: King Stephen
Издательство: Hodder&Stoughton
Год: 2011 Страниц: 1344 Формат: DjVu
Размер: 2.00 mb
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One man escapes from a biological weapon facility after an accident, carrying with him the deadly virus known as Captain Tripps, a rapidly mutating flu that — in the ensuing weeks — wipes out most of the world's population. In the aftermath, survivors choose between following an elderly black woman to Boulder or the dark man, Randall Flagg, who has set up his command post in Las Vegas. The two factions prepare for a confrontation between the forces of good and evil.
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Название: DESPERATION
Автор: King Stephen
Издательство: Hodder&Stoughton
Год: 2011 Страниц: 720 Формат: PDF
Размер: 25.20 mb
Жанр: Hodder and Stoughton
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Welcome to Desperation. Once a thriving copper mining town in the middle of the Nevada desert, Desperation is now eerily abandoned. It's the last place that travellers like the Carver family, bound for vacation, and writer Johnny Marinville, astride his Harley, would expect to be stopped and charged. But Desperation still has a local cop — a unique regulator who patrols the wilderness highway. The secrets buried in Desperation are as terrifying as the forces summoned to encounter them. A terrifying transformation is taking place and the travellers will soon discover the true meaning of desperation...
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Название: TOGETHER
Автор: Hemming Henry
Издательство: Hodder&Stoughton
Год: 2011 Страниц: 352 Формат: DOC
Размер: 8.80 mb
Жанр: Hodder and Stoughton
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What happens when a room full of people decide to work towards the same dream? Why is it that when we come together in small groups we are so much more than the sum of our parts? From druids to bingo-clubbers, eco-warriors to flash-mobbers, historical re-enactors to bee-keepers, books groups and knitting circles, W.I.s, Young Farmers and the fan-owners of a football club, Together reveals the true story of modern Britain. The country we live in is in fact an extraordinary composition of small groups powered by shared interests and common ideals. Hemming reveals a different way of seeing society, one that recognizes the massive, untapped potential of these hundreds of thousands of small groups, how they work and what they enable us to do that we can't do alone. Witty and provocative, Together gives us an extraordinary cast of characters, a series of unlikely alliances and most importantly, a vision of what we can achieve Together.
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Название: WINK MURDER
Автор: Knight Ali
Издательство: Hodder&Stoughton
Год: 2011 Страниц: 320 Формат: PDF
Размер: 11.20 mb
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Kate Forman has an enviable life: a loving family and a perfect husband, Paul. But one night she finds Paul drunk and covered in blood, mumbling about having killed something — or someone. When a young and attractive woman who works for Paul is found murdered, Kate's suspicions about what he has really done send her on an increasingly desperate search for the truth that threatens to smash her carefully constructed life. Doing the right thing should seem obvious, but as the lies multiply, the truth is not as straightforward as it seems; how well do you know the person you're married to?
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Название: THE SCHOOL OF NIGHT
Автор: Bayard Louis
Издательство: Hodder&Stoughton
Год: 2011 Страниц: 448 Формат: DOC
Размер: 11.20 mb
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A shared quest and a mysterious cabal, four centuries apart... When Henry Cavendish attends the funeral of an old friend, the last thing he expects is to be given a business proposition. A handsome sum to retrieve a document that was in his friend's possession when he died — a letter from Sir Walter Ralegh. Henry accepts the challenge, despite severe misgivings about his sinister new employer. Four centuries earlier, in Elizabethan England, another quest is playing out. Thomas Harriot, once a member of the mysterious School of Night, a group whose members included the toast of Elizabethan society, has shut himself off from the world. Working day and night, he devotes himself secretly to his experiments. As both searches deepen, the two men realise that there are forces at work against them. Harriot's work is threatened by discovery and Henry's search becomes a deadly one, when someone close to him dies in mysterious circumstances. The School of Night is the story of a quest that spans centuries, of alliances forged in unexpected circumstances and of men who will stop at nothing to get what they want.
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Название: LISEY'S STORY
Автор: King Stephen
Издательство: Hodder&Stoughton
Год: 2011 Страниц: 672 Формат: PDF (текст изображением)
Размер: 23.52 mb
Жанр: Hodder and Stoughton
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Every marriage has two hearts, one light and one dark. Lisey knew it when she first fell for Scott. And now he's dead, she knows it for sure. Lisey was the light to Scott Landon's dark for twenty-five years. As his wife, only she saw the truth behind the public face of the famous author — that he was a haunted man whose bestselling novels were based on a terrifying reality. Now Scott has gone, Lisey wants to lock herself away with her memories. But the fans have other ideas. And when the sinister threats begin, Lisey realises that, just as Scott depended on her strength — her light — to live, so she will have to draw on his darkness to survive.
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Название: THE DRESSMAKER
Автор: Graeme-Evans Posie
Издательство: Hodder&Stoughton
Год: 2011 Страниц: 464 Формат: PDF (текст изображением)
Размер: 16.24 mb
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Forced from her father's humble Norfolk vicarage, Ellen Gowan finds herself in an unforgiving London. At fifteen she falls for Raoul de Valentin, the dangerous descendant of French aristocrats. Raoul marries Ellen for her brilliance as a designer but abandons his wife when she becomes pregnant. Determined that she and her daughter will survive, Ellen begins her long climb to success. Toiling first in an east-end factory, she finally opens her own salon in Berkeley Square. One single dress, a ball gown created for the enigmatic Countess of Hawksmoor, transforms Ellen's fortunes, and as the years pass, her business thrives. She tells the world — and her daughter — she's a widow. But then Raoul de Valentin returns and threatens to destroy all that Ellen has achieved.
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Название: CONSTANCE: THE TRAGIC AND SCANDALOUS LIFE OF MRS OSCAR WILDE
Автор: Moyle Franny
Издательство: Hodder&Stoughton
Год: 2011 Страниц: 384 Формат: PDF (текст изображением)
Размер: 13.44 mb
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In the spring of 1895 the life of Constance Wilde changed irrevocably. Up until the conviction of her husband, Oscar, for homosexual crimes, she had held a privileged position in society. Part of a gilded couple, she was a popular children's author, a fashion icon, and a leading campaigner for women's rights. A founding member of the magical society the Golden Dawn, her pioneering and questioning spirit encouraged her to sample some of the more controversial aspects of her time. Mrs Oscar Wilde was a phenomenon in her own right. But that spring Constance's entire life was eclipsed by scandal. Forced to flee to the Continent with her two sons, her glittering literary and political career ended abruptly. Having changed her name, she lived in exile until her death. Franny Moyle now tells Constance's story with a fresh eye and remarkable new material. Drawing on numerous unpublished letters, she brings to life the story of a woman at the heart of fin-de-siecle London and the Aesthetic movement. In a compelling and moving tale of an unlikely couple caught up in a world unsure of its moral footing, she uncovers key revelations about a woman who was the victim of one of the greatest betrayals of all time.
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Название: FALL GIRL
Автор: Jordan Toni
Издательство: Hodder&Stoughton
Год: 2011 Страниц: 240 Формат: PDF
Размер: 8.40 mb
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Meet Ella Canfield, highly qualified evolutionary biologist. Attractive, if a little serious-looking in those heavy glasses — but then she's about to put her career on the line. Dr Canfield is seeking funding for a highly unorthodox research project. She wants to prove that an extinct animal still roams in one of Australia's most popular national parks. Meet Daniel Metcalf, good-looking, expensively dishevelled millionaire. Quite witty but far too rich to be taken seriously. He heads the Metcalf Trust, which donates money to offbeat scientific research projects. He has a personal interest in animals that don't exist. Problem number one: There is no such person as Dr Ella Canfield. Problem number two: Della Gilmore, professional con artist, has never met anyone like Daniel Metcalf before. Someone is going to take a fall. A sparkling, sexy read from the author of Addition, a Richard and Judy book club hit, Fall Girl is a story about passion and loyalty, deceit and integrity, and the importance of believing in things that don't exist.
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Название: AND THEN IT HAPPENED
Автор: Green Linda
Издательство: Hodder&Stoughton
Год: 2011 Страниц: 448 Формат: DOC
Размер: 11.20 mb
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An irresistibly warm and poignant love story from the sensational bestselling author Linda Green Mel Taylor found her Mr Right at age thirteen. Twenty years on they remain blissfully in love. Everything is perfect — she has the man she loves, a gorgeous daughter, a great job and a dream home. But Mel's happiness is overshadowed by a niggling feeling that it's all been a bit too easy. Despite her husband Adam's efforts to reassure her that nothing bad is going to happen, Mel can't shake the feeling that all good things must come to an end. And then it happens...
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Название: CUCKOO
Автор: Crouch Julia
Издательство: Hodder&Stoughton
Год: 2011 Страниц: 448 Формат: DOC
Размер: 11.20 mb
Жанр: Hodder and Stoughton
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A dark, juicy, deliciously unsettling, read-it-in-one-sitting psychological drama. Rose has it all — the gorgeous children, the husband, the beautiful home. But then her best friend Polly comes to stay. Very soon, Rose's cosy world starts to fall apart at the seams — her baby falls dangerously ill, her husband is distracted — is Polly behind it all? It appears that once you invite Polly into your home, it's very difficult to get her out again...
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Название: DUMA KEY
Автор: King Stephen
Издательство: Hodder&Stoughton
Год: 2011 Страниц: 690 Формат: PDF (текст изображением)
Размер: 24.15 mb
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When Edgar Freemantle moves to the remote island of Duma Key to escape his past, he doesn't expect to find much there.But Duma has been waiting for him, and something in the view from his window urges him to discover a talent he never knew he had.Edgar Freemantle begins to paint. And as he paints, the island's secrets begin to stir. Secrets of children lost in the undertow, of a ghost ship riding the distant horizon — and a family's buried past reaching long hands into the present.
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Название: FINDING MR: FLOOD
Автор: Geraghty Ciara
Издательство: Hodder&Stoughton
Год: 2011 Страниц: 480 Формат: PDF
Размер: 16.80 mb
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Dara Flood's sister will die unless she gets a kidney transplant. Neither Dara or their mother is a match. Could their long-lost father be the answer? With the help of an attractive but hapless private investigator, Dara sets out to find him...
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Автор: vaaano
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Название: THE JEFFERSON KEY
Автор: Berry Steve
Издательство: Hodder&Stoughton
Год: 2011 Страниц: 479 Формат: PDF
Размер: 16.77 mb
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Cotton Malone has been called on to defend his country's safety in many exotic locations around the world, often using his knowledge of history to get to the heart of mysteries and conspiracies stretching back for centuries. But never has the danger been quite so close to home. A stunning opening sets the tone of explosive action and mind-bending intrigue as Cotton battles an extraordinary group of families whose unseen influence dates back to the pages of the U.S. Constitution — and whose thirst for power is about to be satisfied by the cracking of a code devised by Thomas Jefferson himself.
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