Bloomsbury The Half Life of Valery K Полли Наташа

цена 3 908 руб.

Перейти в интернет-магазин

купить в магазине My-shop.ru г. Москва

"Период полураспада Валерия К" - роман Наташи Полли • В 1963 году в сибирском ГУЛАГе бывший специалист-ядерщик Валерий Колханов освоил все необходимое для выживания: правильные связи с охранниками для доступа к еде и сигаретам, подходящую пару теплых ботинок, чтобы избежать обморожения, и правильное отношение к маленьким радостям жизни. Но в один обычный день все меняется: появляется университетский наставник Валерия и забирает его из замерзшего лагеря для военнопленных в таинственный безымянный городок, спрятанный в лесу, настолько разрушенном, что кажется, будто деревья проржавели изнутри • Книга на английском языке • The truth must come out • In 1963, in a Siberian gulag, former nuclear specialist Valery Kolkhanov has mastered what it takes to survive: the right connections to the guards for access to food and cigarettes, the right pair of warm boots to avoid frostbite, and the right attitude toward the small pleasures of life подробнее

A hilarious book from bestselling author and stand-up comic James Campbell, who has visited over 3,000 primary schools to tell stories and encourage children to write their own • Uncover the sidesplitting life of cucumber scaredy-cats, non-stop pooping hamsters, exploding fish and everything in-between (and some things that have nothing to do with pets but are still ridiculously funny). This hilarious book answers all the big questions, like: do sausage dogs eat sausages? Why has my cat done a poo behind my wardrobe? And how can I persuade my parents to get me a pet? For real-life pet facts, imaginary stories, and a generally laugh-so-hard-snot-comes-out-your-nose read, this is the only pet book you'll ever need! • Written by the outstanding children's comedian James Campbell, prepare yourself for The Funny Life of Pets! But be WARNED - this IS NOT a normal book…You read a normal book by starting on page one and reading to the end (BORING)

My-shop.ru г. Москва

1 607 руб.

Bloomsbury The Funny Life of Football Campbell James

A hilarious fact and fiction hybrid from bestselling author and stand-up comic James Campbell, who has visited over 3,000 primary schools to tell stories and encourage children to write their own • Want to know why OCTOPUSES can't play football? And how to play the game across multiple DIMENSIONS? How about learning the REAL RULES of how football is played, why Henry VIII banned it, plus where it came from and who the greatest players of ALL TIME are? • Whether you love a game of TABLE FOOTBALL, can't get enough of BACK-GARDEN BALL, only enjoy the game from your SOFA or would sooner swim with sharks than play it, if you LOVE to LAUGH – then this is the book for you! • But be warned - this is NOT a normal book. You can read it forwards, backwards, sideways and in approximately 861,000 different ways in between

My-shop.ru г. Москва

1 846 руб.

Bloomsbury The Ninth Life of Louis Drax Дженсен Лиз

Nine year old Louis Drax is a problem child: bright, precocious, deceitful - and dangerously, disturbingly, disaster-prone. When he falls off a cliff into a ravine, the accident seems almost predestined. Louis miraculously survives - but the family has been shattered • Louis father has vanished, his mother is paralysed by shock, and Louis lies in a deep coma from which he may never emerge. In a clinic in Provence, Dr Pascal Dannachet tries to coax Louis back to consciousness. But the boy defies medical logic, startling Dannachet out of his safe preconceptions, and drawing him inexorably into the dark heart of Louis buried world • Only Louis holds the key to the mystery surrounding his fall - and he can't communicate. Or can he?

My-shop.ru г. Москва

1 319 руб.

Bloomsbury The True Meaning of Smekday Рекс Адам

The glorious leader of the Boovs, Captain Smek, has called for the invasion of Earth. But the plan goes very wrong when a cute and cuddly - and utterly hopeless - Boov makes a huge mistake. Now something much more dangerous is heading their way . . . Will human girl, Tip, be able to save her home? • The original and hilarious comic sci-fi adventure that inspired the major Dreamworks film, Home

My-shop.ru г. Москва

1 607 руб.

Bloomsbury The Easy Life Дюрас Маргерит

There's nothing to do about boredom, I'm bored, but one day I won't be bored anymore. Soon I'll know that it's not even worth the trouble. We'll have the easy life • Twenty-five-year-old Francine Veyrenattes, confined to the family farm, already feels that life is passing her by. But after Francine lets slip a terrible secret, culminating in the violent deaths of her brother and uncle, her world is shattered • Fleeing the farm for the seaside, Francine finds herself disintegrating. Lying in the sun with her toes in the sand, she restlessly wishes for things to be somehow easier, to have a life worth living • But then the calm and quiet is broken yet again – by another tragedy and a senseless death, in which Francine finds herself implicated. Cast out of paradise, and stranded between her home and the rest of the world, she must confront her rapidly dissolving sense of self if she is to find a way to survive

My-shop.ru г. Москва

2 994 руб.

Bloomsbury The Good Life McInerney Jay

Jay McInerney's classic novel of New York in the shadow of 9/11 tells a story of love, family and conflicting desires • Ten years on from Brightness Falls, Russell Calloway is still a literary editor; his wife Corrine has sacrificed her career to watch anxiously over their children. Across town Luke McGavock, a wealthy ex-investment banker, is taking a sabbatical from moneymaking, struggling to reconnect with his socially resplendent wife Sasha and their angst-ridden teenage daughter, Ashley. These two Manhattan families are teetering on the brink of change when 9/11 happens. Through the lens of catastrophe, The Good Life explores that territory between hope and despair, love and loss, regret and fulfilment. This is Jay McInerney doing what he does best, presenting us with life in New York City, in all its moral complexity

My-shop.ru г. Москва

2 537 руб.

Bloomsbury The Bedtime Book of Impossible Questions Thomas Isabel

Why are bubbles always round? Could I ever touch a rainbow? Why can't I remember being a baby? • Have you ever not been able to concentrate because there are SO many questions buzzing round your brain? The Bedtime Book of Impossible Questions will offer answers to the most bamboozling questions and curious queries that you can think of • How many stars are in the night sky? Why don't animals wear clothes? Do plants have feelings? This book will define, debunk and demystify the trickiest of questions and even open your eyes to questions you have never even thought of! • With engaging and accessible text and accompanied by exciting, inviting illustrations, The Bedtime Book of Impossible Questions is the perfect bedside companion to delve into when you are wondering if there really is an answer to everything

My-shop.ru г. Москва

2 994 руб.

Bloomsbury The Silly Book of Weird and Wacky Words Seed Andy

Ты знаешь, что значит "оставь свой джем на лягушке"? Хочешь немного огня? Что рифмуется с "цирком"? плюс еще много удивительных вещей, которые вы никогда не знали о словах • Проведите часы веселья, совершенствуя свой словарный запас с помощью веселой книги "Глупая книга странных и дурацких слов", наполненной рифмами, каламбурами, играми, шутками, тарабарщиной и многим другим • Книга на английском языке • Do you know what 'park your jam on the frog' means? Fancy some ognib? What rhymes with 'circus'? .plus many more amazing things you never knew about words • Have hours of fun wixing up your murds with this hilarious book, packed full of rhymes, puns, games, jokes, gibberish and more

My-shop.ru г. Москва

1 608 руб.

The History Of The Remarkable Life Of John Sheppard & Atlantis Majo

МегаМаркет г. Москва

434 руб.

Robinson The Mammoth Book of the Adventures of Moriarty. The Secret Life of Sherlock Holmes's Nemesis Joseph Alison, Townsend Alexandra, Soanes John

The secret life of Sherlock Holmes's nemesis, Moriarty • We think of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson, but far more seductive is the pairing of Holmes and Professor James Moriarty, 'the Napoleon of crime' - a rivalry unparalleled in the world of crime fiction. Fiercely intelligent and a relentless schemer, Moriarty is the super-villain as megastar • This wonderfully diverse collection by writers such as Martin Edwards, Jurgen Ehlers, Barbara Nadel, L. C. Tyler, Michael Gregorio, Alison Joseph and Peter Guttridge reveals not just the evil side of Moriarty's personality, but his humanity, his motivations and his human failings. Some of the stories are humorous, some scary, but all are hugely entertaining

My-shop.ru г. Москва

2 375 руб.

William Collins The Secret Life of the Mind. How Our Brain Thinks, Feels and Decides Sigman Mariano

Where do our thoughts come from? • How can we manipulate our dreams? • What is the role of the unconscious? • How do we make decisions and trust the judgement of both others and ourselves? • In this mind-bending international bestseller by Mariano Sigman, one of the world’s leading neuroscientists reveals his life’s work exploring the intricacies of the human brain. Building on his awe-inspiring TED talk and drawing on examples in science and the arts, The Secret Life of the Mind offers an accessible guide to how the human brain works and its impact on our everyday life. This informative, lucid book is essential reading for anyone curious about how we perceive, reason and communicate

My-shop.ru г. Москва

2 028 руб.

Picador The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Склут Ребекка

Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells - taken without her knowledge - became a multimillion-dollar industry and one of the most important tools in medicine. Yet Henrietta's family did not learn of her 'immortality' until more than twenty years after her death, with devastating consequences • Rebecca Skloot's fascinating account is the story of the life, and afterlife, of one woman who changed the medical world for ever. Balancing the beauty and drama of scientific discovery with dark questions about who owns the stuff our bodies are made of, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks is an extraordinary journey in search of the soul and story of a real woman, whose cells live on today in all four corners of the world

My-shop.ru г. Москва

2 227 руб.

My-shop.ru — интернет-магазин: книги, учебники, игрушки, канцтовары, подарки, видео, музыка, софт и др. товары.