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Keyes Marian, 2005

Lisa Edwards This Prada-wearing magazine editor thinks her life is over when her «fabulous» new job turns out to be a deportation to Dublin to launch Colleen magazine. The only saving grace is that her friends aren't there to witness her downward spiral. Might her new boss, the disheveled and moody Jack Devine, save her from a fate worse than hell? Ashling Kennedy Ashling, Colleen's assistant editor, is an award-winning worrier, increasingly aware that something fundamental is missing from her life — apart from a boyfriend and a waistline. Clodagh «Princess» Kelly Ashling's best friend, Clodagh, lives the domestic dream in a suburban castle. So why, lately, has she had the recurring urge to kiss a frog — or sleep with a frog, if truth be told? As these three women search for love, success, and happiness, they will discover that if you let things simmer under the surface for too long, sooner or later they'll boil over. Discover the Keyes to a Great Read! Подробнее

Last Chance Saloon

Keyes Marian, 2003

Ever since legwarmers were cool, best friends Tara, Katherine, and Fintan have survived small-town ennui, big-city heartbreak, and endless giddy nights out on the town. But now that they've graduated to their slightly more serious thirties, only Fintan has what can honestly be called a «love life.» With Tara struggling daily with her eternal diet — and her dreadful, penny-pinching boyfriend — and Katherine keeping her single existence as organized as her drawer full of matching bra and panty sets, it seems they'll never locate the exit door out of the «last chance saloon.» But it's always when you are least ready for change that fate insists on one. And when catastrophe inevitably follows crisis, the lives of three best friends are sure to change in unexpected ways... and not necessarily for the worse. You devoured the hilarious antics of Claire in «Watermelon.» You laughed 'til you cried in «Lucy Sullivan Is Getting Married.» You took a vacation gone mad in «Rachel's Holiday.» You flew away with Margaret — good girl gone bad — in «Angels.» You got a peek inside the cutthroat world of women's fashion magazines in «Sushi for Beginners.» Now, raise your glass to Tara, Katherine, and Fintan in «Last Chance Saloon.» Подробнее

Memoirs of a Scandalous Red Dress

Boyle Elizabeth, 2009

At the end of the last book, Confessions Of a Little Black Gown, Pippin made a heart-wrenching decision: In order to save Captain Dashwell's life, she agreed to marry Viscount Gossett. Twenty years later, a young American sailor passes her and stops her entire world. The man is the spitting image of Dash, and is in fact, Dash's son, Nate. Pippin, now a widow, decides to right the mistake she made all those years ago — she wants to see Dash and discover if the love she's carried in heart for all these years is nothing more than a fiction or if it is possible to find it a second time around.In disguise, she books passage on Dash's ship, and after three days at sea, reveals herself. When Dash sees Pippin on the deck of his ship wearing a red gown, he swears she's still as breathtakingly beautiful as she was the first time he saw her, but at the same time, he's furious over the years they've lost. But he can't simply return her to England, for she left a note that claims Dash has kidnapped her for a huge ransom. Can he make it across the Atlantic before the British Navy catches up with him, or worse yet, before Pippin claims his heart again? Подробнее

Bulls Island

Frank Dorothea Benton, 2009

A satisfying tale of honor, chance, and star-crossed love, infused with Southern wit, grace, and charm, from the New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank. After twenty years, Elizabeth Betts McGee has finally managed to put her past behind her. She hasn't been home to beautiful South Carolina and untouched Bulls Island since the tragic night that ended her engagement to Charleston's golden boy, J.D. Langley. And why is that? Really, this is the story of two old Southern families. The Langley family has more money than the Morgan Stanley Bank. And they think they have more class. The McGee family made their nineteenth-century fortune in a less distinguished manner-corner groceries and liquor stores. It's no surprise that when J.D. and Betts fall in love and decide to marry their parents are none too pleased. And when the love affair comes to an end, everyone is ready to place blame.Now twenty years have gone by and Betts, a top investment executive, must leave her comfortable life in New York City to return to the home she thought she'd left behind forever. But spearheading the most important project of her career puts her back in contact with everything she's tried so hard to forget: her estranged sister, her father, J.D., and her past. Once home, can Betts keep the secret that threatens all she holds dear? Or will her fear of the past wreck her future happiness? And what about that crazy gator? All will be revealed on Bulls Island. Подробнее

Trojan Gold

Peters Elizabeth, 2008

A picture is worth a thousand words... but the photograph art historian Vicky Bliss has just received in the mail gives rise to a thousand questions instead. At first glance it appears to be the famous portrait of Frau Schliemann adorned in the gold of Troy. But closer study reveals the picture to be contemporary — which is odd since Vicky knows the Trojan gold vanished sometime around the end of World War Two. And if she needed further proof that something here is terribly amiss, a quick look at the blood-stained envelope the photo arrived in should do the trick. Yet Vicky is not the only expert to receive this mysterious mailing. And the entire circle is gathering for a festive Bavarian Christmas — one, hopefully, to be made even more festive by the rediscovery of an ancient lost treasure. But the celebration could prove to be short — and bloody — courtesy of a very determined killer in their midst... Подробнее

Modern Classics: Book 2

Hay Donna, 2003

In the Modern Classics series, Australia's bestselling food writer Donna Hay takes the food from the past we love the most and makes it irresistibly new. Then she looks at what's the best of the new and turns it into a cooking classic. In Modern Classics Book 2, Donna brings back trifle, lamingtons and vanilla slice, but gives them a great modern twist. Then she introduces biscotti, muffins and sugar grilled fruit, the new breed of sweet treat. Modern Classics Books 1 and 2 are set to become the commonsense cookbooks of a new generation and essential for everyone, no matter their age or cooking expertise. More practical inspiration from Donna Hay. Подробнее

The Redbreast

Jo Nesbo, 2009

Detective Harry Hole embarrassed the force, and for his sins he's been reassigned to mundane surveillance tasks. But while monitoring neo-Nazi activities in Oslo, Hole is inadvertently drawn into a mystery with deep roots in Norway's dark past — when members of the nation's government willingly collaborated with Nazi Germany. More than sixty years later, this black mark won't wash away, and disgraced old soldiers who once survived a brutal Russian winter are being murdered, one by one. Now, with only a stained and guilty conscience to guide him, an angry, alcoholic, error-prone policeman must make his way safely past the traps and mirrors of a twisted criminal mind. For a hideous conspiracy is rapidly taking shape around Hole — and Norway's darkest hour may still be to come. Подробнее

Shojo Manga: Pop and Romance

Factory Studio Kamikaze, 2011

This is a step-by-step guide to all the tricks — both freehand and digital — to create the best manga characters! Here is an amazing manual of manga for artists of all ages! Concentrating on Shojo manga and anime (a genre targeting female audiences), Shojo Manga is a practical, hands-on guide to learning the skills of Shojo drawing. It includes detailed information on how to apply digital colour, 3D designs, vectorial drawing, and a host of other fascinating and useful design applications. And each project in Kodomo Manga includes step-by-step instructions specifying software, tools, and professional tricks to achieve the big eyes, tiny noses, and love torn expressions central to shojo manga characters. Shojo Manga takes manga artists, illustrators, and graphic designers from initial black-and-white sketches to a vibrant, fully costumed collection of characters. In five chapters, its content will be broken down as follows: Vintage Romance; Love and Pop; Gothic; Magic Lovers; and, History and Legends. Подробнее

Shonen Manga

Kamikaze Factory Studio, 2012

A step-by-step guide revealing all the tricks and secrets behind creating your own dynamic, eye-catching manga characters, Shonen Manga is a fun, easy to read manga manual for freehand and digital artists of all ages and languages. Shonen Manga is a practical, hands-on guide to learning the skills of action-packed manga drawing. Detailed graphics and instructions explore popular types of Shonen characters — Shonen means young boy, and refers to elementary through grade school aged groups of both genders — and help you master crucial technical skills, including applying digital colour, creating 3D designs, rendering vectorial drawings, and a host of other fascinating and useful design applications. Organized into step-by-step projects that specify software, tools, and professional tricks, Shonen Manga is sure to help budding artists achieve the gritty gazes, roaring faces, and clenched fists of our favorite teen heroes, sports champions, martial art masters, ninja girls, and indomitable samurai at the heart of the Shonen genre. Подробнее

Snow White

Grimm Brothers, 2012

There is simply no more beloved fable in the Grimm Brothers' canon than the story of Snow White — and no fresher retelling than this sublimely illustrated new version from Camille Rose Garcia, the innovative artist whose unique, edgy vision enlivened the New York Times bestseller Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Garcia lets her imagination fly once again with this iconic tale of an evil queen, a charming prince, and a runaway princess seeking shelter and safety with seven little men. With not one but two new Hollywood versions of the treasured fairy tale in the offing — the first starring Julia Roberts, Armie Hammer, and Lily Collins, and a second, Snow White and the Huntsman, featuring Kristen Stewart, Charlize Theron, Chris Hemsworth, and Nathan Lane — the timing could not be more perfect for a new literary Snow White to arise, awakened from an ageless sleep to live happily ever after once again. Подробнее

The Sourcebook of Contemporary Fashion Design

Hidalgo Marta R., 2012

The abridged paperback edition of The Sourcebook of Contemporary Fashion Design showcases the most innovative work from established and emerging fashion designers around the world. Included in these pages are master couturiers and up-and-coming designers alike, showcasing their work in hundreds of full-color photographs and graphic illustrations. For easy reference, design illustrations, photographs, and biographical information are categorized according to style and purpose. The Sourcebook of Contemporary Fashion Design also includes a visual index for convenient reference and designers' contact information. This stunning paperback volume provides easy-to-access examples of every wardrobe piece imaginable — from T-shirts to evening dresses, shoes to handbags, hats to jewelry, this lushly illustrated, comprehensive fashion companion is an invaluable resource that consumers, designers, design students, fashion retailers, merchandisers, and stylists will turn to again and again. Подробнее

The Sourcebook of Contemporary Architecture

Vidiella Alex Sanchez, 2011

This abridged paperback edition of The Sourcebook of Contemporary Architecture presents more than 60 noteworthy case studies in a portable format, showcasing a complete and diverse range of structures worldwide. Incorporating every type of architectural project possible — private, commercial and public — this lushly illustrated, information-rich book is an invaluable resource that architects and architectural students will turn to again and again. This book features the work of world-renowned architects such as Gehry Partners, Ateliers Jean Nouvel, Santiago Calatrava, Daniele Claudio Taddei, and Philippe Starck. Подробнее

Vintage Fashion: Collecting and Wearing Designer Classics

Wright Emma Baxter, 2012

Vintage Fashion is the ultimate guide to the most exemplary women's clothing from the turn of the twentieth century through the end of the 1980s. Along with a detailed, authoritative text, this gorgeous book offers more than 250 outstanding full-color photographs showcasing the quality fabrics, innovative techniques, silhouettes, shapes, and exquisite workmanship that are testimony to enduring and influential styles. Each chapter focuses on a specific decade and is a rich survey of each era, placing the evolution of women's fashion in a cultural context. The most important designers and signature looks are discussed in detail and emphasized through beautiful illustrations, photographs, and fabric swatches. Finally, each chapter ends with a Key Looks feature that offers an at-a-glance view of the important shapes, colors, and details that defined each era. Vintage Fashion concludes with a shopping guide, which not only offers tips on where to buy vintage pieces, but also how to care for them, and glossaries on fashion terms and the century's most collectable and important designers. The definitive word on the most influential designers and looks of the twentieth century, this book is an invaluable resource for lovers of fashion and vintage clothing as well as a source of inspiration for designers and those looking to spice up their personal style. Подробнее

Ines of My Soul

Allende Isabel, 2009

Born into a poor family in Spain, Ines, a seamstress, finds herself condemned to a life of hard work without reward or hope for the future. It is the sixteenth century, the beginning of the Spanish conquest of the Americas, and when her shiftless husband disappears to the New World, Ines uses the opportunity to search for him as an excuse to flee her stifling homeland and seek adventure. After her treacherous journey takes her to Peru, she learns that her husband has died in battle. Soon she begins a fiery love affair with a man who will change the course of her life: Pedro de Valdivia, war hero and field marshal to the famed Francisco Pizarro. Valdivia's dream is to succeed where other Spaniards have failed: to become the conquerer of Chile. The natives of Chile are fearsome warriors, and the land is rumored to be barren of gold, but this suits Valdivia, who seeks only honor and glory. Together the lovers Ines Suárez and Pedro de Valdivia will build the new city of Santiago, and they will wage a bloody, ruthless war against the indigenous Chileans--the fierce local Indians led by the chief Michimalonko, and the even fiercer Mapuche from the south. The horrific struggle will change them forever, pulling each of them toward their separate destinies. Ines of My Soul is a work of breathtaking scope: meticulously researched, it engagingly dramatizes the known events of Ines Suárez's life, crafting them into a novel full of the narrative brilliance and passion readers have come to expect from Isabel Allende. Подробнее

The Naked Face

Sheldon Sidney, 2009

The psychiatrist's couch holds many secrets. Can it also hold the key to a series of brutal murders? The thrilling first novel from the internationally bestselling Master of Suspense. Two murders, one victim murdered in the street in a gruesome but apparently arbitrary attack. The other brutally tortured and left to die in agony. Now it's the turn of psychoanalyst Dr Judd Stevens...In a chilling game of cat and mouse, Judd must become the hunter rather than the hunted if he wants to stay alive. Working with the mindset of a detective, he must analyse his patients, searching for a motive, clues, reasons. Could it be Teri Washburn, Hollywood starlet, thrown out of tinsel town in scandal and now addicted to sex? Could it be Harrison Burke, top business man and disturbed paranoiac? Or could it be Alexander Fallon, a crazed evangelist, convinced that God has chosen him to avenge all sin in the world? In this deadly game, there can only be one winner...If Judd is to survive he must play the game to win. This is Sidney Sheldon's first novel — a gripping, intense thriller that brought him fame as a bestselling novelist. Подробнее

The Khufra Run

Higgins Jack, 2009

A naked girl runs out into the lights of Jack Nelson's jeep, and the freelance pilot is hurled into the most perilous treasure hunt ever. Waiting for him in the wastes of the Khufra marshes are the ruthless Colonel Taleb and his murderous Husa horsemen. Подробнее

Touch the Devil

Higgins Jack, 2009

When the Russians demand a blueprint of the latest NATO missile system, only one man is left alive who can deliver the goods. But there's an old saying, first touch the devil and you can't let go. Подробнее

Brother Odd

Koontz Dean, 2013

Used Paperback in «Like-New» Condition published by Bantam Books, N.Y., 2007, 430 pages. Includes a preview of Koontz novel « The Darkest Evening of the Year» (release date: November 2007). We ship within 24 hours of your purchase with a Delivery Confirmation. Подробнее

Forever Odd

Koontz Dean, 2009

The international Number One bestseller Dean Koontz's most-loved character, Odd Thomas, is back. A gripping and powerful thriller — full of suspense, mystery and horror. Evil never backs down, so neither can he. Odd Thomas, that unlikely hero, once more stands between us and our worst fears. Odd never asked to communicate with the dead — they sought him out, in the small desert town of Pico Mundo, which he can never leave. He has already lost the love of his life; and now a childhood friend has disappeared and the worst is feared. But as Odd applies his unique talents to the task of finding his friend, he discovers something far worse than a dead body. Evil personified has come to visit this desert community of souls both living and dead... Подробнее

The children of freedom

Levy Marc, 2009

A remarkable story of struggle and survival in World War II by France's No. 1 bestselling novelist Early in 1942, two young brothers join a Resistance group. All the members of the group are young, most of their families came from elsewhere in Europe or North Africa and all of them are passionately committed to the freedom of France and Europe. They find they are not welcomed by other French groups and thus Brigade 35 is formed. For most of them, their growing up, their falling in love, their sense of friendship and family are formed by their time with the group, and between moments of extreme danger and fear, a lifestyle of a kind of normality develops. But tragedy follows when the brothers are arrested, a number of members of the Brigade 35 are killed and a traitor is suspected. The tensions between former comrades and other Resistance fighters mounts and all this against the desperate hope that the invasion by the allies is really drawing near and will rescue them all. Подробнее

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