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Charlaine Harris: Definitely Dead

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: As a person with so few living relatives, Louisiana cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse really hated to lose one. But she never guessed that it would be her cousin Hadley—a consort of the Vampire Queen of New Orleans. After all, technically speaking, Hadley was already dead. And now, as unexpected heir to Hadley’s estate, Sookie discovers the inheritance definitely comes with a risk. Someone…

Robert Asprin: Class Dis-Mythed

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: «A brand new MYTH-filled with reading, writing, and arithMYTHtic. The «legendary» magician Skeeve tries to live up to his reputation by training young spellcasters in the tricks of the trade-with less than magical results.»

O. Henry: 41 Stories

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: Readers the world over recognize O. Henry as the best short story writer of the early twentieth century. Widely known as a master of irony, O. Henry also displays here dazzling wordplay and a wry combination of pathos and humor.

Laurell K. Hamilton: Danse Macabre (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter 14)

Скачать книгу (размер 2 931 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 576) Аннотация: These days, Anita Blake is less interested in vampire politics than in an ancient, ordinary dread she shares with women down the ages: she may be pregnant. And, if she is, whether the father is a vampire, werewolf, or something else entirely, it's clear that being a Federal Marshal known for raising the dead and being a vampire executioner is no way to bring up a baby.

Cleland John: Fanny Hill

Скачать книгу (размер 1 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 220) Аннотация: «Written in 1748 while Cleland was in debtor's prison in London, it is considered the first modern «erotic novel» in English. The book follows the life of Frances Hill who begins as a poor country girl of 15 who is forced by poverty to leave her village home and go to town. There, she is tricked into working in a brothel, but escapes with Charles with whom she has fallen in love. After several…

Patricia Briggs: Blood Bound

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Mechanic Mercy Thompson has friends in low places-and in dark ones. And now she owes one of them a favor. Since she can shapeshift at will, she agrees to act as some extra muscle when her vampire friend Stefan goes to deliver a message to another of his kind. But this new vampire is hardly ordinary-and neither is the demon inside of him.

Mari Mancusi: Girls That Growl

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Third in Mancusi's hip, sassy vampire series, featuring the heroine of Stake That! She's a vampire. She's also a vampire slayer. (It's a long story.) And now Rayne McDonald, Goth girl, has to carry out her most deviant mission yet: trying out for the cheerleading squad. Rayne already has enough on her plate: her twin keeps whining about whether or not to go all the way; her mom's boyfriend is…

Katie MacAlister: The Last of the Red-Hot Vampires

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: On a trip to England, physicist Portia Harding is stalked by a heart-stoppingly handsome maniac.Theondre North is a nephilim-the son of a fallen angel-who needs Portia's help to change his fate. Problem is, Portia's down-to-earth attitude frustrates beings from both heavenly and hellish realms-and gets Theo turned into a vampire. But at least he has Portia to satisfy his newfound hungers-and…

Rachel Caine: The Dead Girls' Dance

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Claire has her share of challenges. Like being a genius in a school that favors beauty over brains; homicidal girls in her dorm, and finding out that her college town is overrun with the living dead. On the up side, she has a new boyfriend with a vampire-hunting dad. But when a local fraternity throws the Dead Girls' Dance, hell is really going to break loose.

Rachel Caine: Midnight Alley

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Claire Danvers's college town may be run by vampires but a truce between the living and the dead made things relatively safe. For a while. Now people are turning up dead, a psycho is stalking her, and an ancient bloodsucker has proposed private mentoring. To what end, Claire will find out. And it's giving night school a whole new meaning.

Clive Cussler: Polar Shift: A Kurt Austin Adventure

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Polar Shift: It is the name for a phenomenon that may have occurred many times in the past. At its weakest, it disorients birds and animals and damages electrical equipment. At its worst, it causes massive eruptions, earthquakes and climatic changes. At its very worst, it would mean the obliteration of all living matter... Sixty years ago, an eccentric Hungarian genius discovered how to…

Christina Dodd: Scent of Darkness

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Ann Smith loves her handsome, dynamic boss, Jasha Wilder, but her daring plan to seduce him goes awry when she encounters a powerful wolf who-before her horrified eyes-changes into the man she adores. She soon discovers she can't escape her destiny, for she is the woman fated to break the curse that binds his soul.

Christina Dodd: Touch of Darkness

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Handsome, powerful Rurik Wilder holds the power to transform himself into a fierce bird of prey-a gift that's caused death and destruction. At last he's offered the chance to redeem himself. Only one woman stands in his way-a beautiful writer determined to wreak revenge on the assassins who murdered her family. Assassins, it's been rumored, who have powers no human should ever possess...

E. E. Knight: Valentine's Exile: A Novel of the Vampire Earth

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: David Valentine is revered as a hero for his part in fighting to regain Earth's freedom. When a former Quisling traitor is badly wounded, he asks Valentine to find his wife, who has vanished into the darkness of the Kurian Order. With the help of old friends and new allies, Valentine traces her to a mysterious, heavily guarded compound in Ohio. And what Valentine finds within will shake his…

Karen Chance: Claimed by Shadow

Скачать книгу (размер 1 901 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 374) Аннотация: Clairvoyant Cassie Palmer has inherited new magical powers — including the ability to travel through time. But it's a whole lot of responsibility she'd rather not have. Now she's the most popular girl in town, as an assortment of vamps, fey, and mages try to convince, force, or seduce her — and her magic — over to their side. But one particular master vampire didn't ask what Cassie wanted before…

Andy Warhol: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: In his autobiography, published in 1975, the private Andy Warhol talks about love, sex, food, beauty, fame, work, money, success; about New York and America; and about himself — his childhood in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, good times and bad times in the Big Apple, the explosion of his career in the Sixties, and life among celebrities.

Karen Chance: Touch the Dark

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Can you ever really trust a vampire? Cassandra Palmer can see the future and communicate with spirits — talents that make her attractive to the dead and the undead. The ghosts of the dead aren't usually dangerous; they just like to talk...a lot. The undead are another matter. Like any sensible girl, Cassie tries to avoid vampires. But, when the bloodsucking mafioso she escaped three years ago…

J. R. Ward: Lover Unbound

Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: The ruthless and brilliant brother Vishous possesses a destructive curse and a frightening ability to see the future. As a member of the Brotherhood, he has no interest in love or emotion, only the battle with the Lessening Society. But when a mortal injury puts him in the care of a human surgeon, Dr. Jane Whitcomb compels him to reveal his inner pain and taste true pleasure for the first…

C. S. Harris: When Gods Die

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: The young wife of an aging marquis is found murdered and wearing a necklace said to have been worn by Druid priestesses — that is, until it was lost with its last owner, Sebastian St. Cyrs mother. Now Sebastian is lured into a dangerous investigation of the marchionesss death — and his mothers uncertain fate.

Jack Kerouac: Lonesome Traveler

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Standing on a train as it rushes past fields of cactus; witnessing his first bullfight in Mexico, high on opium; meditating in Tangiers; or falling in love with Montmartre — Kerouac's travels reveal both the endless diversity of human life and his own particular philosophy of self-fulfillment.