Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: Watch out for the mosquitoes', they called to one another, lyrically because warning wasn't any use anyway, as they walked out of their kimonos and dropped them like the petals of one big scattered flower on the bank behind them, and exposing themselves felt in a hundred places at once the little pangs'. Moon Lake is the story of a summer camp in Mississippi, a surly lifeguard, a rebellious…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Raised by his mother in a one-room house in the slums of Casablanca, Youssef El Mekki has always had big dreams of living another life in another world. Suddenly his dreams are within reach when he discovers that his father-whom he'd been led to believe was dead-is very much alive. A wealthy businessman, he seems eager to give his son a new start. Youssef leaves his mother behind to live a life…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 120 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 417) Аннотация: The enigmatic performer known as the Body Artist takes the stage at Chicago's Club Gouge and allows her audience to use her naked body as a canvas for their impromptu illustrations. V. I. Warshawski watches as people step forward, some meek, some bold, to make their mark. The evening takes a strange turn when one woman's sketch triggers a violent outburst from a man at a nearby table. Quickly…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: An enchantingly imagined romance inspired by the true story of the typewriter's invention. Carolina Fantoni, a young contessa in nineteenth-century Italy, is going blind. Neither her parents nor her fianc believe her. Only her friend Turri, an eccentric local inventor, understands. As darkness erases Carolina's world, she discovers one place where she can still see-in her dreams-yet she remains…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: In Connecticut, the murder of a pharmaceutical bigwig brings in Savich and Sherlock, along with local Agent Bowie Richards and P.I. Erin Pulaski. Back in Washington, an important U.S. senator is terrorized by an unknown entity, and is calling for Savich's special skills. When the Vice President is nearly killed it's clear these crimes are linked, and Savich and Sherlock must act fast to stop a…
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: An uproarious, uplifting, and brazenly honest celebration of the single girl's life. Unsolicited relationship advice from relatives, disastrous dates, men who wear thumb rings, and the moments of deep satisfaction when a single girl realizes that she can do whatever she wants with her time — it's all here in Haiku for the Single Girl. Reading this brilliantly incisive and wittily illustrated…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: «A necessary book for anyone truly interested in what we take from the sea to eat, and how, and why.» Sam Sifton, «The New York Times Book Review.» Writer and life-long fisherman Paul Greenberg takes us on a journey, examining the four fish that dominate our menus: salmon, sea bass, cod, and tuna. Investigating the forces that get fish to our dinner tables, Greenberg reveals our damaged…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 886 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 371) Аннотация: The New York Times bestseller — A beautifully written, thought-provoking novel. #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathryn Stockett. In 1940, Iris James is the postmistress in coastal Franklin, Massachusetts. Iris knows more about the townspeople than she will ever say, and believes her job is to deliver secrets. Yet one day she does the unthinkable: slips a letter into her pocket, reads it,…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 502 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 688) Аннотация: And the Land Lay Still is nothing less than the story of a nation. James Robertson's breathtaking novel is a portrait of modern Scotland as seen through the eyes of natives and immigrants, journalists and politicians, drop-outs and spooks, all trying to make their way through a country in the throes of great and rapid change. It is a moving, sweeping story of family, friendship, struggle and hope…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: What could go wrong when a wife pawns the mink coat that her lover gave her as a parting gift? What happens when a priceless piece of furniture is the subject of a deceitful bargain? Can a wronged woman take revenge on her dead husband? This title explores the sinister side of human nature: the cunning, sly, selfish part of each of us.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: The Cold War is over and Ned has been demoted to the training academy. He asks his old mentor, George Smiley, to address his passing-out class. There are no laundered reminiscences; Smiley speaks the truth — perhaps the last the students will ever hear. As they listen, Ned recalls his own painful triumphs and inglorious failures, in a career that took him from the Western Isles of Scotland to…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Topping and tailing this collection are The Visitor and Bitch, stories featuring Dahl's notorious hedonist Oswald Hendryks Cornelius (or plain old Uncle Oswald) whose exploits are frequently as extraordinary as they are scandalous. In the middle, meanwhile, are The Great Switcheroo and The Last Act , two stories exploring a darker side of desire and pleasure. In the black comedies of Switch…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: This volume reproduces the 1932 Modern Library edition, for which Bennett A. Cerf chose the most famous and representative stories from Sir Richard F. Burton's multi-volume translation, and includes Burton's extensive and acclaimed explanatory notes.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: The short stories of Kingsley Amis — the great master of post-war comic prose — are dark, playful, moving, surprising and extremely funny. This definitive collection gathers all Amis' short fiction in a single volume for the first time and encompasses five decades of storytelling. In The 2003 Claret, written in 1958, a time machine is invented for the weighty task of sending a man to 2010 to…
Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: 'I pushed her back into the house without saying anything, shut the door. We stood looking at each other inside. She dropped her hand slowly and tried to smile. Then all expression went out of her white face and it looked as intelligent as the bottom of a shoe box... I lit my cigarette, puffed it slowly for a moment and then asked: What are you doing here? Before creating Philip Marlowe, Raymond…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Feeling the itch to stitch and the urge to preserve? Well then, get your craft on with crafter-about-town Jazz Domino Holly. As the daughter of rock-royalty and founder of the Shoreditch Sisters Women's Institute, Jazz is the perfect guide. Have fun and impress your friends and family with your crafting skills as you learn how to: unravel the mystery of knits and purls and whip up a Girlie Bow…
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Based on the classic story The Elves and the Shoemaker, this vibrantly illustrated story is sure to become a favourite in every home. Meet the poor and hungry shoemaker who wakes up one morning to find that his shoes have been magically made for him! Part of the Ladybird First Favourite Tales series — a perfect introduction to fairy tales for preschoolers — this hardback book contains lots of…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Welcome a brand-new edition of Insight Guide France, with new features, new maps, and specially commissioned color-photographs throughout the entire guide. A full-color, highly visual guide to the whole of France, covering all the major cities, with expert recommendations to the best sights, cross-referenced with Insights respected mapping and detailed Travel Tips!
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: 'There, in Russia five years ago, when Cuba had been taken out of the oven to cool and Vietnam was still coming to a simmer, Bech did find a quality of life — impoverished yet ceremonial, shabby yet ornate, sentimental, embattled, and avuncular-reminiscent of his neglected Jewish past'. Borges became famous as a writer of short stories that contained new realities: elaborately conceived,…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: We the Living depicts the struggle of the individual against the state, and the impact of the Russian Revolution on three human beings who demand the right to live their own lives and pursue their own happiness. This classic novel is not a story of politics, but of the men and women who fight for existence within a totalitarian state.