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The Night Before the Night Before Christmas

Richard Scarry, 2010

A festive Scarry classic now available in picture book format! When Mr. Frumble decides to help out Santa, Christmas in Busytown becomes the busiest Christmas ever! Mr. Frumble is so full of Christmas cheer that he decides to go straight to the North Pole to offer Santa some help. And what a helper he is! When Santa mistakenly takes off on the night before the night before Christmas, it looks as if Christmas in Busytown may not be able to go ahead at all. But Santa Frumble can be trusted to save the day! A festive Christmas story with all of the busy, busy charm of Richard Scarry — perfect for entertaining little ones in the endless lead up to Christmas! Подробнее

Marilyn Monroe: Fragments

Stanley F. Buchthal, 2010

Through a series of never-before-published letters and diaries, as well as some rare photographs, Fragments explores the life and mind of an icon, Marilyn Monroe. A unique look into the private thoughts and reflections of one of Hollywood's brightest and most tragic stars. Marilyn Monroe lived the Hollywood dream. Born into a difficult family situation, subjected to foster care and claims of illegitimacy, Norma Jean Baker managed to rise from her humble upbringing to international stardom with classic comic performances in Some Like It Hot and Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and many others. But the beautiful and charismatic Monroe was haunted by illness and psychological distress. After her unexpected death by overdose, Monroe has become one of the most intriguing and most beloved of Hollywood's fallen stars. Fragments offers a sensitive and personal insight into the mysterious and tragic Marilyn Monroe through never-before-seen letters and documents, revealing the woman behind the legend. Подробнее

Scott's Pilgrim's Precious Little Life

Bryan Lee O'Malley, 2010

Scott Pilgrim's life is totally sweet. He's 23 years old, he's in a rock band, he's between jobs, and he's dating a cute high school girl. Nothing could possibly go wrong, unless a seriously mind-blowing, dangerously fashionable, rollerblading delivery girl named Ramona Flowers starts cruising through his dreams and sailing by him at parties. Will Scott's awesome life get turned upside-down? Will he have to face Ramona's seven evil ex-boyfriends in battle? The short answer is yes. The long answer is Scott Pilgrim, Volume 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life. Подробнее

Tall Book of Mother Goose

Aleksey Ivanov, 2006

Simple Simon, Little Miss Muffet, Humpty Dumpty, and all the Mother Goose favorites are here in this timeless collection. With fifty-one lively rhymes, The Tall Book of Mother Goose is the perfect book for sharing. Подробнее

Island of the Sequined Love Nun

Christopher Moore, 2004

When Tucker Case demolishes his boss's pink plane during a drunken airborne liaison, there's only one employment opportunity left for him: piloting shady secret missions for an unscrupulous medical missionary and a sexy blond High Priestess on the remotest of Micronesian hells. Подробнее

Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins

Michael Quinion, 2006

The cat's pajamas, the bee's knees, and the whole nine yards rolled into one, this true feast for wordlovers delightfully skewers commonly accepted word origin myths and etymological «folk tales.» From the bawdy to the sublime, Quinion's explanations and delightful asides truly prove that the «proof is in the pudding.» Подробнее

Beastly

Alex Flinn, 2008

I am a beast. A beast. Not quite wolf or bear, gorilla or dog but a horrible new creature who walks upright-a creature with fangs and claws and hair springing from every pore. I am a monster. You think I'm talking fairy tales? No way. The place is New York City. The time is now. It's no deformity, no disease. And I'll stay this way forever-ruined-unless I can break the spell. Yes, the spell, the one the witch in my English class cast on me. Why did she turn me into a beast who hides by day and prowls by night? I'll tell you. I'll tell you how I used to be Kyle Kingsbury, the guy you wished you were, with money, perfect looks, and the perfect life. And then, I'll tell you how I became perfectly ...beastly. Подробнее

The Big Book of Brochures

Funf Freunde, 2006

Brochure design is critical in the world of marketing and graphic design, yet can be challenging to execute successfully. The Big Book of Brochures is an extraordinary visual collection featuring work from top designers around the globe. It offers hundreds of ideas, pages of inspiration, and loads of advice for professional graphic designers and students alike. This book provides ideas on corporate and product literature, annual reports and direct marketing, and new media, providing a wellspring of ideas for designers creating client brochures. It offers recommendations for choosing type, layout, photo treatments, and much more. Covering a variety of styles, from classic to modern, sophisticated to conceptual, The Big Book of Brochures is an indispensable brainstorming resource for any designer looking to create innovative, high-quality brochures. Подробнее

Rogets Internat Thes

Barbara Kipfer, 2002

Provides more than three hundred thousand synonyms, antonyms, and related words in more than a thousand different categories. Подробнее

Autobiography of Mark Twain

Mark Twain, 2000

Mark Twain's autobiography is a classic of American letters, to be ranked with the autobiographies of Benjamin Franklin and Henry Adams... It has the marks of greatness in it style, scope, imagination, laughter, tragedy. From the Introduction by Charles Neider Mark Twain was a figure larger than fife: massive in talent, eruptive in temperament, unpredictable in his actions. He crafted stories of heroism, adventure, tragedy, and comedy that reflected the changing America of the time, and he tells his own story which includes sixteen pages of photos with the same flair he brought to his fiction. Writing this autobiography on his deathbed, Twain vowed to he free and frank and unembarrassed in the recounting of his life and his experiences. Twain was more than a match for the expanding America of riverboats, gold rushes, and the vast westward movement, which provided the material for his novels and which served to inspire this beloved and uniquely American autobiography. Подробнее

The Essential Tales of Chekhov

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, 2000

Of the two hundred stories that Anton Chekhov wrote, the twenty stories that appear in this extraordinary collection were personally chosen by Richard Ford an accomplished storyteller in his own right. Included are the familiar masterpieces — The Kiss, The Darling, and The Lady with the Dog — as well as several brilliant lesser-known tales such as A Blunder, Hush!, and Champagne. These stories, ordered from 1886 to 1899, are drawn from Chekhov's most fruitful years as a short-story writer. A truly balanced selection, they exhibit the qualities that make Chekhov one of the greatest fiction writers of all time: his gift for detail, dialogue, and humor; his emotional perception and compassion; and his understanding that life's most important moments are often the most overlooked. The reason we like Chekhov so much, now at our century's end, writes Ford in his perceptive introduction, is because his stories from the last century's end feel so modern to us, are so much of our own time and mind. Exquisitely translated by the renowned Constance Garnett, these stories present a wonderful opportunity to introduce yourself or become reaquainted with an artist whose genius and influence only increase with every passing generation. Подробнее

Cash: An Autobiography

Johnny Cash, 1998

In this autobiography, Johnny Cash talks about the highs and lows, the struggles and hard-won triumphs, and the people who have shaped him. In his own words, Cash sets the record straight — and dispels a few myths — as he looks unsparingly at his remarkable life: from his turbulent past to the joys of the present to his plans down the road. Here, too, are the friends of a lifetime, including Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, Bob Dylan, and Dr. Billy Graham. Подробнее

The Bean Trees

Barbara Kingsolver, 1998

Clear-eyed and spirited, Taylor Greer grew up poor in rural Kentucky with the goals of avoiding pregnancy and getting away. But when she heads west with high hopes and a barely functional car, she meets the human condition head-on. By the time Taylor arrives in Tucson, Arizona, she has acquired a completely unexpected child, a three-year-old American Indian girl named Turtle, and must somehow come to terms with both motherhood and the necessity for putting down roots. Hers is a story about love and friendship, abandonment and belonging, and the discovery of surprising resources in apparently empty places. Available for the first time in mass-market, this edition of Barbara Kingsolver's bestselling novel, The Bean Trees, will be in stores everywhere in September. With two different but equally handsome covers, this book is a fine addition to your Kingsolver library. Подробнее

Gone, Baby, Gone

Dennis Lehane, 2007

Boston private detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro are hired to find four-year-old Amanda McCready, abducted from her bed on a warm, Indian summer night. They meet her stoned-out, strangely apathetic mother, her loving aunt and uncle, the mother's dangerous drug-addled friends, and two cops who've found so many abused or dead children they may be too far over the edge to come back. Despite enormous public attention, rabid news coverage, and dogged police work, the investigation repeatedly hits a brick wall. Then a second child disappears... As the two detectives intensify their search, they encounter a media more interested in sensationalizing the abductions than solving them, a midnight ransom drop that explodes into a firefight, a city seething with secrets and rage, and a faceless power determined to keep the children lost forever. Подробнее

The Doomsday Key

James Rollins, 2010

A «New York Times» — bestselling author sends Sigma Force to solve a centuries-old secret coded in prophecies of doom. Rollins combines real-world science with high-octane action. «Chicago Sun-Times.» Available in a tall Premium Edition. Подробнее

The Laughter of Dead Kings

Elizabeth Peters, 2009

The author of the bestselling Amelia Peabody novels returns with the long-awaited final installment in her beloved series featuring art historian Vicky Bliss back in print for the first time in more than a decade. Now available in a tall Premium Edition. Подробнее

Fatally Flaky

Diane Mott Davidson, 2010

Colorado caterer Goldy Schulz encounters a bridezilla and murder in anotherdelectable confection by the «New York Times» — bestselling author of the GoldyCulinary Mysteries. Подробнее

Once Dead, Twice Shy

Kim Harrison, 2010

An instant New York Times bestseller, Harrison's paranormal teen debut is the story of a girl who straddles the line between the living and the dead, reapers and angels. Подробнее

Anathem

Neal Stephenson, 2009

For ten years Fraa Erasmas, a young avout, has lived in a cloistered sanctuary for mathematicians, scientists, and philosophers, protected from the corrupting influences of the outside world. But before the week is out, both the existence he abandoned and the one he embraced will stand poised on the brink of cataclysmic change and Erasmas will become a major player in a drama that will determine the future of his world, as he follows his destiny to the most inhospitable corners of the planet... and beyond. Anathem is the latest miraculous invention by the New York Times bestselling author of Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle a work of astonishing scope, intelligence, and imagination. Подробнее

The Rogue Hunter

Lynsay Sands, 2008

Samantha Willan would rather work than take a vacation, but her sisters won't take no for an answer. Whisked away to the family cottage, things go from bad to worse when the power goes out. Then three very sexy men show up next door, claiming to be in a rock band, and Samantha starts to think this may not have been such a bad idea afterall. The last thing Garrett Mortimer needs is to worry about three mortals. He's on the trail of a rogue vampire and keeping up his cover around these three women is an added headache. Now is not the time to find a lifemate — but Fate has other plans. Mortimer has to find the rogue, help Samantha find her friend who's suddenly gone missing, and convince his destiny that they've gotten it all wrong... before he makes the mistake of falling in love. Подробнее

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