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LIFEGUARD
Lifeguard
Название: LIFEGUARD
Автор: 
Издательство: Headline Publishing
Год:  2006
Страниц:  512
Формат: DjVu
Размер: 1.00 mb
Жанр: Headline Publishing
The perfect job. Working for an easy-going boss at his luxurious mansion by the sun-kissed beach, watching beautiful women walk by. The perfect girl. Tess – gorgeous, funny, apparently very rich and crazy for him. The perfect score. Five million up for grabs. And to get his share, all he needs to do is trigger three house alarms to throw the cops off the scent of the real robbery. Could things get any better for Ned Kelly? But things don’t go according to plan. And when Tess is brutally murdered and the others involved in the robbery are massacred, Ned is the prime suspect. With danger at every twist and turn, he’s running for his life. James Patterson skilfully delivers an addictive cocktail of suspense, surprise and tension that will keep you gripped to the very end.
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MAXIMUM RIDE: THE ANGEL EXPERIMENT
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment
Название: MAXIMUM RIDE: THE ANGEL EXPERIMENT
Автор: 
Издательство: Headline Publishing
Год:  2006
Страниц:  470
Формат: PDF (текст изображением)
Размер: 16.45 mb
Жанр: Headline Publishing
Max Ride and her five friends grew up in a science lab/prision called the School. They were created as an experiement. An experiment where they ended up only 98 percent human. These children are special and when they find themselves on the run in an adventure beyond even their wildest dreams.
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ANANSI BOYS
Anansi Boys
Название: ANANSI BOYS
Автор: 
Издательство: Headline Publishing
Год:  2006
Страниц:  480
Формат: PDF
Размер: 16.80 mb
Жанр: Headline Publishing
Fat Charlie Nancy is not actually fat. He was fat once but he is definitely not fat now. No, right now Fat Charlie Nancy is angry, confused and more than a little scared — right now his life is spinning out of control, and it is all his dad's fault. If his rotter of an estranged father hadn't dropped dead at a karaoke night, Charlie would still be blissfully unaware that his dad was Anansi the spider god. He would have no idea that he has a brother called Spider, who is also a god. And there would be no chance that said brother would be trying to take over his life, flat and fiancee, or, to make matters worse, be doing a much better job of it than him. Desperate to reclaim his life, Charlie enlists the help of four more-than-slightly eccentric old ladies and their unique brand of voodoo — and between them they unleash a bitter and twisted force to get rid of Spider. But as darkness descends and badness begins is Fat Charlie Nancy going to get his life back in one piece or is he about to enter a whole netherworld of pain?
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THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
The Secret Life of Bees
Название: THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
Автор: 
Издательство: Headline Publishing
Год:  2005
Страниц:  384
Формат: PDF (текст изображением)
Размер: 13.44 mb
Жанр: Headline Publishing
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SMALL ISLAND
Small Island
Название: SMALL ISLAND
Автор: 
Издательство: Headline Publishing
Год:  2004
Страниц:  560
Формат: PDF (текст изображением)
Размер: 19.60 mb
Жанр: Headline Publishing
It is 1948, and England is recovering from a war. But at 21 Nevern Street, London, the conflict has only just begun. Queenie Bligh s neighbours do not approve when she agrees to take in Jamaican lodgers, but Queenie doesn't know when her husband will return, or if he will come back at all. What else can she do? Gilbert Joseph was one of the several thousand Jamaican men who joined the RAF to fight against Hitler. Returning to England as a civilian he finds himself treated very differently. It s desperation that makes him remember a wartime friendship with Queenie and knock at her door. Gilbert s wife Hortense, too, had longed to leave Jamaica and start a better life in England. But when she joins him she is shocked to find London shabby, decrepit, and far from the golden city of her dreams. Even Gilbert is not the man she thought he was.
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LIVING HISTORY
Living History
Название: LIVING HISTORY
Автор: 
Издательство: Headline Publishing
Год:  2004
Страниц:  592
Формат: DOC
Размер: 14.80 mb
Жанр: Headline Publishing
Hillary Clinton's memoir focuses on her eight years at the White House — what she lived through, how she felt about her experiences then and now, why she made the choices she did — in short, a very personal book. She talks about all the political events and highlights and about Bill Clinton's impeachment. She feels it is time to put the record straight on many issues on which she has not been able to speak out. The book covers her principal areas of interest such as the welfare of children, the status of women internationally and social justice. This is a woman whose steely resolve and intelligence proved the bedrock of her husband's presidency and whose courage when he let her down impressed women everywhere. Her determination to succeed in her own right provides a powerful role model.
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JACK: STRAIGHT FROM THE GUT
Jack: Straight from the Gut
Название: JACK: STRAIGHT FROM THE GUT
Автор: 
Издательство: Headline Publishing
Год:  2003
Страниц:  496
Формат: PDF
Размер: 17.36 mb
Жанр: Headline Publishing
«Jack Welch is perhaps the greatest corporate leader of the 20th century. When he first became CEO of General Electric in 1981 the company was worth $12 billion. Twenty years later it is worth a total of $280 billion. But Welch was more than just the leader of the most successful business in the world. He revolutionised GE's entire corporate culture with his distinctive, highly personal management style: the individual appreciation of each of his 500 managers, the commitment to an informal but driven work style and the encouragement of candour were all part of the Welch approach. Following John Harvey Jones's «Making It Happen» and «Troubleshooter», «Jack» has already become the businessman's Bible for the 21st century — an inspiration for a new generation of corporate players.»
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AGATHA RAISIN AND THE DAY THE FLOODS CAME
Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came
Название: AGATHA RAISIN AND THE DAY THE FLOODS CAME
Автор: 
Издательство: Macmillan Publishers
Год:  2003
Страниц:  240
Формат: PDF
Размер: 8.40 mb
Жанр: Headline Publishing
Crankier than ever, Agatha Raisin wants to forget that her husband left her to enter a monastery-a turn of affairs more humiliating than when she caught him with a mistress. She feels abandoned, fat, frumpy, and absolutely furious. What are her options? She takes an island vacation and joins a Pilates class. But what finally lifts her spirits is finding a corpse. The dead girl is a member of Agatha's exercise class, afloat in a rain-swollen river, dressed in a bridal gown, and clutching a wedding bouquet. Agatha's policeman friend Bill Wong suggests she leave this macabre murder to the Worcester CID. Pah What do they know? Once she enlists the aid of the bachelor mystery writer next door, puts on a disguise, and interviews some likely suspects, Agatha will be her brash, redoubtable self again unless she becomes the killer's next victim first...
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SUZANNE'S DIARY OF NICHOLAS
Suzanne's Diary of Nicholas
Название: SUZANNE'S DIARY OF NICHOLAS
Автор: 
Издательство: Headline Publishing
Год:  2002
Страниц:  320
Формат: PDF
Размер: 11.20 mb
Жанр: Headline Publishing
Katie Wilkinson has found the perfect man at last — but one day he disappears from her life, leaving behind only a diary for her to read. The diary was written by a new mother, as a keepsake for her baby son. In it she touchingly recounts the initial romance between herself and the child's father, and the unparalleled joy that motherhood has brought her. As Katie reads this moving account, it becomes clear that the lover who has left her is the same man as the husband and father in the diary. She reads on, filled with terror and hope as she struggles to understand what has happened — and whether her new love has a prayer of surviving. An unforgettable love story — at once heartbreaking and full of hope.
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AMERICAN GODS
American Gods
Название: AMERICAN GODS
Автор: 
Издательство: Headline Publishing
Год:  2002
Страниц:  672
Формат: PDF (текст изображением)
Размер: 23.52 mb
Жанр: Headline Publishing
After three years in prison, Shadow has done his time. But as the time until his release ticks away, he can feel a storm brewing. Two days before he gets out, his wife Laura dies in a mysterious car crash, in adulterous circumstances. Dazed, Shadow travels home, only to encounter the bizarre Mr Wednesday claiming to be a refugee from a distant war, a former god and the king of America. Together they embark on a very strange journey across the States, along the way solving the murders which have occurred every winter in one small American town. But the storm is about to break... Disturbing, gripping and profoundly strange, Gaiman's epic new novel sees him on the road to the heart of America.
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NEVERWHERE
Neverwhere
Название: NEVERWHERE
Автор: 
Издательство: Headline Publishing
Год:  2000
Страниц:  352
Формат: DOC
Размер: 8.80 mb
Жанр: Headline Publishing
Under the streets of London there is a world of which most people could never dream. When Richard Mayhew accidentally stumbles on this hidden city of monsters, saints, murderers and angels, he is catapulted from a safe and predictable world into one that is eerily familiar yet utterly bizarre.
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SMOKE AND MIRRORS
Smoke and Mirrors
Название: SMOKE AND MIRRORS
Автор: 
Издательство: Headline Publishing
Год:  2000
Страниц:  431
Формат: PDF (текст изображением)
Размер: 15.09 mb
Жанр: Headline Publishing
Best known for his Sandman graphic novels about Morpheus, Lord of Dreams, Neil Gaiman has also written the standalone books Good Omens (with Terry Pratchett), Never Where from his BBC TV series revealing a fantastic realm under London, and Star Dust, a poignant fairy tale. His shorter fantasies are regularly picked for Year's Best collections. Smoke and Mirrors assembles 36 of his favourite stories, prose poems, and verse pieces. Among the imaginative inventions here are a murder mystery set among angels in heaven; the discovery of the Holy Grail at Oxfam; warped retellings of fairy tales and folklore, including a Snow White that's black beyond belief; several clever variations on vampirism; a firm of contract killers with a very remarkable discount scheme; homages to Michael Moorcock and H.P. Lovecraft (one splendidly funny) that avoid mere pastiche; an SF world of rapid and reversible sex changes; Beowulf retold as a Baywatch episode; a tasty amalgamation of computers and black magic; a new final book of the Bible; and the grim wedding present that's simply a manuscript telling a bleakly different story of the recipients' unfolding marriage. Fantasy professionals themselves envy Gaiman's perpetual flow of new ideas and ability to put a fresh spin on old ones. Smoke and Mirrors is a dazzlingly varied and rewarding collection.
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STARDUST
Stardust
Название: STARDUST
Автор: 
Издательство: Headline Publishing
Год:  2000
Страниц:  218
Формат: PDF (текст изображением)
Размер: 7.63 mb
Жанр: Headline Publishing
Life moves at a leisurely pace in the tiny town of Wall — named after the imposing stone barrier which separates the town from a grassy meadow. Here, young Tristran Thorn has lost his heart to the beautiful Victoria Forester and for the coveted prize of her hand, Tristran vows to retrieve a fallen star and deliver it to his beloved. It is an oath that sends him over the ancient wall and into a world that is dangerous and strange beyond imagining... This title includes extra material exclusive to Headline Review's edition.
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SEIZE THE NIGHT
Seize the Night
Название: SEIZE THE NIGHT
Автор: 
Издательство: Headline Publishing
Год:  1999
Страниц:  480
Формат: PDF
Размер: 16.80 mb
Жанр: Headline Publishing
Moonlight Bay, California. A safe, secluded small town that is at its most picturesque in the gentle night-times that inspired its name. Now, somewhere in the night, children are disappearing. The police cannot be trusted since they were long ago corrupted by a greater authority, hidden behind the supposedly shuttered walls of the adjacent military base, Fort Wyvern. Christopher Snow, victim of a rare genetic disorder that leaves him dangerously vulnerable to light, believes the lost children are still alive and is convinced the disappearances have everything to do with the catastrophic effects of secret research conducted deep within Fort Wyvern. Forced to live in the shadows, he knows the night world better than anyone, and sets out to find the missing five-year-old son of a former sweetheart. Never before in Dean Koontz's phenomenal writing career has he created a character quite like Christopher Snow — a creation so complex, so fascinating that the author has felt compelled to return to him. Readers of Fear Nothing already know why. Those who meet him for the first time in Seize the Night will soon join leagues of others whose imaginations have been touched by this unique character and the extraordinarily eerie world of Moonlight Bay.
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MAXIMUM RIDE: SCHOOL'S OUT FOREVER
Maximum Ride: School's Out Forever
Название: MAXIMUM RIDE: SCHOOL'S OUT FOREVER
Автор: 
Издательство: Headline Publishing
Страниц:  480
Формат: PDF
Размер: 16.80 mb
Жанр: Headline Publishing
The second exhilarating novel in bestselling novelist James Patterson's first teen series. It's 24 hours since Max Ride and her fellow bird-kids escaped the New York Institute, and they're still on the run. But the six companions — 98% human, 2% bird — came away with some vital information. If they can decode the garbled words and numbers, perhaps they'll find out where their parents are. There's a lot of trouble ahead for Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, the Gasman and Angel — not to mention Total, the talking dog. Their enemies, the fearsome Erasers, have acquired a new skill — they too can now fly. After an air-battle, Fang ends up in hospital. The FBI track down the flock, who've become more visible than they ever wanted to be. They even end up going to school! But that doesn't quite fit in with searching for parents, or with what the insistent Voice in Max's head keeps reminding her — that her mission is 'to save the world'.
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YOU'VE BEEN WARNED
You've Been Warned
Название: YOU'VE BEEN WARNED
Автор: 
Издательство: Headline Publishing
Страниц:  448
Формат: DOC
Размер: 11.20 mb
Жанр: Headline Publishing
Kristin Burns has lived her life by the philosophy, ‘don’t think, just shoot’ – pictures that is. Struggling to make ends meet, she works full time as nanny to the fabulously wealthy Turnbull family, looking after their two children and waiting for her life as a New York fashion photographer to begin. But Kristin has a major distraction: forbidden love. The man of her dreams is almost hers for keeps. Breathless with an inexhaustible passion and the excitement of being within reach of everything she wants, Kristin ignores all signs of catastrophe brewing. Fear exists for a reason. And Kristin can only dismiss the warnings for so long. Searching desperately for the truth through the lens of her camera she can only hope that it’s not too late.
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BURN
Burn
Название: BURN
Автор: 
Издательство: Headline Publishing
Страниц:  458
Формат: DOC
Размер: 11.45 mb
Жанр: Headline Publishing
An epic tale for fans of Justin Cronin, THE HUNGER GAMES and Cormac McCarthy. The final part in the PURE trilogy. Inside the Dome, Partridge has taken his father's place as leader of the Pures. His struggle has led him here, intent upon bringing down the Dome from the inside, with the help of a secret resistance force. But things are not as simple from his new position of power and he finds himself tempted by his father's words: perhaps if the world is to survive it needs the Dome — and Partridge — to rule it...As Partridge's resolve weakens, Pressia and Bradwell continue piecing together the clues left to them from the time before the Detonations. It is their hope that they will be able to heal the Wretches, and free them from their monstrous fusings and the Dome's oppression once and for all. But everything depends, too, on Partridge. Separated by distance and history, can they still trust their friend and ally? Or is the world doomed to an eternity of war and hardship?
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FUSE
Fuse
Название: FUSE
Автор: 
Издательство: Headline Publishing
Страниц:  560
Формат: PDF (текст изображением)
Размер: 19.60 mb
Жанр: Headline Publishing
The next part in the epic PURE trilogy, for fans of Cormac McCarthy, Justin Cronin and Suzanne Collins. Partridge has escaped the safety of his father's empire and left the Dome, where his people — the Pures — have sheltered for so long. He has ventured into the destroyed world inhabited by the Wretches, who live crippled by their injuries. Pressia, a Wretch, is desperate to decode the secrets of the past and, together with Partridge, she must seek out the answers that will save all their futures. But Partridge's actions will not be forgiven. As the Dome unleashes horrifying vengeance upon the Wretches, Partridge has no choice but to return to face the darkness that lies there, leaving Pressia to continue searching for the truth that will change the fate of the world for all time.
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THE TRUTH IS A CAVE IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS
The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains
Название: THE TRUTH IS A CAVE IN THE BLACK MOUNTAINS
Автор: 
Издательство: Headline Publishing
Страниц:  80
Формат: PDF
Размер: 2.80 mb
Жанр: Headline Publishing
«Beautifully illustrated by renowned artist Eddie Campbell, this is a four-colour edition of Neil Gaiman's award-winning novelette «The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains» — a haunting story of family, the otherworld, and a search for hidden treasure. The text of The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains was first published in the collection Stories: All New Tales (Headline, 2010). This gorgeous full-colour illustrated book version was born of a unique collaboration between writer Neil Gaiman and artist Eddie Campbell, who brought to vivid life the characters and landscape of Gaiman's story. In August 2010, The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains was performed in the concert hall of the Sydney Opera House to a sell-out crowd — Gaiman read his tale live as Campbell's magnificent artwork was presented, scene by scene, on large screens. Narrative and art were accompanied by live music composed and performed especially for the story by the FourPlay String Quartet.»
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THE ALCHEMISTS
The Alchemists
Название: THE ALCHEMISTS
Автор: 
Издательство: Headline Publishing
Страниц:  520
Формат: DOC
Размер: 13.00 mb
Жанр: Headline Publishing
When the first rumblings of the coming financial crisis were heard in august 2007, three men who were never elected to public office suddenly became the most powerful men in the world. They were the leaders of the world's three most important central banks: ben bernanke of the u. S. Federal reserve, mervyn king of the bank of england, and jean-claude trichet of the european central bank. Over the next five years, they and their fellow central bankers deployed trillions of dollars, pounds and euros to try and contain the waves of panic that threatened to bring down the global financial system. Neil irwin's the alchemists is both a gripping account of the most intense exercise in economic crisis management we've ever seen, and an insightful examination of the role and power of the central bank. It begins in stockholm, sweden, in the seventeenth century, where central banking had its rocky birth, and then progresses through a brisk but dazzling tutorial on how the central banker came to exert such vast influence over our world. It is the story of how these figures and institutions became what they are — the possessors of extraordinary power over our collective fate. What they chose to do with those powers is the heart of the story irwin tells. Irwin covered the financial crisis for the washington post, enjoying privileged access to leading central bankers and the people close to them. His account, based on reporting that took place in 27 cities in 11 countries, is the holistic, truly global story of the central bankers' role in the world economy we have been missing. It is a landmark reckoning with central bankers and their power, with the great financial crisis of our time, and with the history of the relationship between capitalism and the state. Definitive, revelatory, and riveting, the alchemists shows us where money comes from--and where it may well be going.