Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 17 December 2011
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The Bones of Avalon
A country divided. A newly crowned, desperately vulnerable young queen. Can one man uncover the secret that will save her throne? It is 1560, and Elizabeth Tudor has been on the throne for a year. Dr. John Dee, at 32 already acclaimed throughout Europe, is her astrologer and consultant in the hidden arts… a controversial appointment in these days of superstition and religious strife.
Boats, Ships, Submarines - and Other Floating Machines
This book answers such intriguing questions as why big ships float and submarines sink… how yachts use the wind to sail… and what instruments a ship's captain uses on the bridge.
If you’re like most couples, you’ve already discovered that things change when two lives merge into one. After months of focusing on creating the perfect wedding and planning the dream honeymoon, it can come as a rude awakening that everyday life revolves around things that are a a bit more… everyday. Like doing the laundry. Paying the bills. And eating 1,095 meals a year.
Meet Chris Stewart, the eternal optimist. At age 17 Chris retired as the drummer of Genesis and launched a career as a sheep shearer and travel writer. He has no regrets about this. Had he become a big-time rock star he might never have moved with his wife Ana to a remote mountain farm in Andalucia. Nor forged the friendship of a lifetime with his resourceful peasant neighbour Domingo…not watched his baby daughter Chloë grow and thrive there…nor written this book.
Роман «Плохой принц Чарли» повествует о благополучном сказочном королевстве, которому позарез понадобился …самый скверный правитель!
Damask: A kingdom that couldn't get ransacked if it tried. But that's exactly what its rulers have in mind. And when they need a puppet to put on the throne, Bad Prince Charlie seems perfect for the job. But Charlie has second thoughts when he's forced to imprison the beauteous Lady Catherine. Ransacking Damask, it turns out, is only a cover for the real plot. And it's up to Charlie to rescue Catherine from prison, the country from destruction, and his own neck from the noose!
