Книги издательства Penguin Group

Driving Force
Название: Driving Force
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Год: 2010
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Описание: Jockey Freddie Croft discovers a high-stakes conspiracy that exposes the seedy underside of horse racing — and faces even deadlier odds of survival than in any steeplechase run.
Eagle Strike
Название: Eagle Strike
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Год: 2006
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Описание: In this New York Times bestseller, teen spy Alex Rider faces his most disturbing challenge yet: Sir Damian Cray, the world's most famous pop star, who's actually a madman bent on destruction.
The Elvis Encyclopedia
Название: The Elvis Encyclopedia
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Год: 2008
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Описание: Six years in the making, this definitive one-stop resource fully represents Elvis Presley's life and times, from a childhood mired in poverty to his unstoppable rise to the top. Entries cover every significant aspect of Elvis and his world, complete with cross-referencing and more than 500 black and white and color photos — many published for the first time.
Eric Carle's ABC
Название: Eric Carle's ABC
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Год: 2007
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Описание: Young readers can unfold the full-page flaps to reveal an ant, bear, camel, and duck, and learn not only the alphabet but about animals as well. Features a padded cover.
Eric Carle's Opposites
Название: Eric Carle's Opposites
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Год: 2007
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Описание: What s the opposite of ordinary? Eric Carle s Opposites! Unfold the full-page flaps to explore opposites with the art of Eric Carle. Short and tall, big and little, over and under!
False Economy: A Surprising Economic History of the World
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Год: 2010
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Описание: A provocative... persuasive («The New York Times») book that examines countries' economic destinies. «False Economy» reveals that governments and countries make concrete choices that can determine whether they remain rich or poor.
Grave Sight
Название: Grave Sight
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Год: 2006
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Описание: The New York Times bestselling author of Dead as a Doornail introduces a new supernatural mystery series featuring Harper Connelly, a woman who has what one might call a strange job: she finds dead people.
Grave Surprise
Название: Grave Surprise
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Год: 2007
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Описание: While in Memphis, psychic Harper Connelly senses-and finds-two bodies in a grave. One of a man centuries-dead. The other, a girl, recently deceased. Harper's investigation yields another surprise: the next morning, a third body is found-in the very same grave.
An Ice Cold Grave
Название: An Ice Cold Grave
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Год: 2008
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Описание: Hired to find a boy who has gone missing in Doraville, North Carolina, Harper Connelly discovers that he is one of several boys who have disappeared over the years. As she uncovers the town's dark secrets, Harper becomes the next person likely to rest in an ice-cold grave...
If I Stay
Название: If I Stay
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Год: 2010
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Описание: A sophisticated, layered, and heartachingly beautiful story about the power of family and friends, the choices we all make, and the ultimate choice one teenage girl commands, this emotionally arresting novel is sure to captivate readers.
Just Listen
Название: Just Listen
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Год: 2008
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Описание: This multilayered tale tells the story of a year in the life of a family coming to terms with the imperfections beneath its perfect facade. Includes a teaser chapter of Dessen's new hardcover, «Lock and Key.»
Keeping the Moon
Название: Keeping the Moon
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Год: 2004
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Описание: Fifteen-year-old Colie is spending the summer with her eccentric Aunt Mira while her mother travels. Formerly chubby and still insecure, Colie has built a shell around herself. But her summer with her aunt, her aunt's tenant Norman, and her friends at the Last Chance Diner and 150 teaches her some important lessons about friendship and learning to love yourself.
Kindred in Death
Название: Kindred in Death
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Год: 2010
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Описание: In 2060, Lieutenant Eve Dallas searches the backstreets of New York City for a dastardly and despicable criminal, in the newest novel by #1 «New York Times» — bestselling author J.D. Robb.
Lock and Key
Название: Lock and Key
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Год: 2009
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Описание: The «New York Times» — bestselling author of «Just Listen» explores the heart of a gutsy, complex girl dealing with unforeseen circumstances and learning to trust again.
The Mentor Book of Major American Poets
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Год: 1962
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Описание: Editors Oscar Williams and Edwin Honig concentrate on the work of twenty major American poets.
Midnight Bayou
Название: Midnight Bayou
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Год: 2002
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Описание: Haunted by ghostly visions from a century past, Declan Fitzgerald is drawn to his beautiful neighbor, Angelina. But as the passion between them grows, their future together depends on uncovering a secret from the past as dark and deep as the bayou.
Morbid Curiosity: The Disturbing Demises of the Famous and Infamous
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Год: 2009
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Описание: »It's shocking and sinful, and I couldn't put it down!» — Joan Rivers. The strange, startling, and utterly fascinating stories behind the world's most notorious celebrity deaths. Was Jayne Mansfield really decapitated? Which manly appendage of Napoleon's was cut off during his autopsy? (And where did it go?) What went to the grave (literally) with River Phoenix, Frank Sinatra, and Princess Diana? Death is fascinating. Just think about the last time you slowed down as you passed the scene of a car accident. When a public figure bites the dust, the curiosity only increases. From Attila the Hun to Marie Antoinette, from Heath Ledger to Anna Nicole Smith, the deaths of the rich and famous spark endless speculation and tabloid fodder. Their lives — and deaths — are grave matters.
Le Morte D'Arthur: King Arthur and the Legends of the Round Table
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Год: 2010
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Описание: From the incredible wizadry of Merlin to the passion of Sir Lancelot, these tales of Arthur and his knights offer epic adventures with the supernatural as well as timeless battles with out own humanity.
The Name of the Wind: Day One
Название: The Name of the Wind: Day One
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Год: 2008
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Описание: The riveting first — person narrative of a young man who grows to be the most notorious magician his world has ever seen. From his childhood in a troupe of traveling players, to years spent as a near-feral orphan in a crime-ridden city, to his daringly brazen yet successful bid to enter a legendary school of magic, The Name of the Wind is a masterpiece that transports readers into the body and mind of a wizard. It is a high-action novel written with a poet's hand, a powerful coming-of-age story of a magically gifted young man, told through his eyes: to read this book is to be the hero.
No Phule Like an Old Phule
Название: No Phule Like an Old Phule
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Год: 2004
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Описание: Phule gets on the wrong side of Barky the Environmental Dog by hosting a group of big game hunters who intend to bag a dinosaur on Zenobia, even though dinosaurs are not a native species. But cold, hard facts has never stopped a Phule.