Four Weddings And A White Christmas
Автор: Jenny Oliver
Год издания: 0000
'You know you're in for a treat when you open a Jenny Oliver book' Debbie JohnsonFrom the top 10 best-selling author of The Summerhouse by the SeaHannah’s holidays are normally spent nibbling chocolate coins with her daughter and praying she’s not too old for a stocking on Christmas morning. But this year, she’s been offered the dressmaker’s job of a lifetime: creating a one-of-a-kind a gown for her friend Annie’s Christmas wedding on the picture-perfect Cherry Pie Island.Many mince pies and one hot-pink organza dress later, Hannah is set to snuggle back into her old routine…until she discovers that there are three more weddings to come – and not a dress in sight!Four themes, four brides and four parties spent avoiding chef Harry Fontaine, whose cynicism is as much a wedding day guarantee as confetti and cake. Hannah has her work cut out for her! Yet, with a sprinkling of snowflakes and Christmas magic, it could be that this is the year when miracles really do happen…if Hannah will let them.Praise for Jenny Oliver‘a very uplifting story full of happy endings and guaranteed to make you smile…absolutely perfect for Christmas.’ – Goodreads‘a fitting and fabulous finale to the series’ – Goodreads‘Best enjoyed with a mug of mulled wine whilst listening to Bing Crosby’ – Goodreads‘another slice of warm Cherry Pie Island charm’ – Goodreads‘The dresses, the food, the weddings, the travel, the winter walks in Manhattan… I loved it all! ‘ – Random Book MusesWelcome back to Cherry Pie Island…The most delicious place to spend Christmas!Perfect for fans of Holly Martin, Jenny Hale and Cathy Bramley.The Cherry Pie Island seriesThe Grand Reopening of Dandelion Cafe – Book 1The Vintage Ice Cream Van Road Trip – Book 2The Great Allotment Challenge – Book 3One Summer Night at the Ritz – Book 4Four Weddings and a White Christmas – Book 5Each part of Cherry Pie Island can be read and enjoyed as a standalone story – or as part of the utterly delightful series.
The White Company
Автор: Артур Конан Дойл
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This spirited account of the exploits of a crew of Saxon archers during the Hundred Years War features cameo appearances by historical figures such as Edward III and the Black Prince. Flavorful and realistic in its depictions of medieval life, the novel combines the excitement of a rugged adventure with the romance of chivalry.
White Fang
Автор: Джек Лондон
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"Dark spruce forest frowned on either side the frozen waterway. The trees had been stripped by a recent wind of their white covering of frost, and they seemed to lean towards each other, black and ominous, in the fading light. A vast silence reigned over the land. The land itself was a desolation, lifeless, without movement, so lone and cold that the spirit of it was not even that of sadness. There was a hint in it of laughter, but of a laughter more terrible than any sadness-a laughter that was mirthless as the smile of the sphinx, a laughter cold as the frost and partaking of the grimness of infallibility. It was the masterful and incommunicable wisdom of eternity laughing at the futility of life and the effort of life. It was the Wild, the savage, frozen-hearted Northland Wild…"
Гимн Рождеству. Связист / Dickens, Charles. Christmas Carol. The Signalman
Автор: Чарльз Диккенс
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Святочный рассказ с привидениями «A Christmas Carol» («Гимн Рождеству») – одно из немногих английских произведений о Рождестве, гимн в прозе, наполненный светлым чувством праздника. Англичане верят в чудо Рождества. Пусть хоть на один день, но счастье может посетить дом, в котором раньше гостила безнадега! Даже старый черствый скряга Скрудж под Рождество становится добряком и усыновляет сиротку Тима. Данная аудиокнига на русском и английском языках. A Christmas Carol The Signalman Гимн Рождеству Связист
Deadly Whiteness
Автор: Alex Nork
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After the performance of a military experiment in the Central Atlantic the squadron led by American supercruiser went home. But the disappearance of the vessel detained in place made them return. Something strange and frightful is going on in this region. People vanish, F-16 is brought down, health resort island is completely ruined.
The White Ship
Автор: Говард Филлипс Лавкрафт
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A lighthouse keeper named Basil Elton engages upon a peculiar fantasy in which a bearded man piloting a mystical white ship is found sailing upon a bridge of moonlight. Elton joins the bearded man on this ship, and together they explore a mystical chain of islands unlike anything that can be found on Earth.