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Скачать книгу (размер 3 747 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 736) Аннотация: «The inexorable rise of Communism was the most momentous political phenomenon of the first half of the twentieth century. Its demise in Europe and its decline elsewhere have produced the most profound political changes of the last few decades. In this illuminating book, based on forty years of study and a wealth of new sources, Archie Brown provides a comprehensive history as well as an original…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Jeremy Paxman's unique portrait of the Victorian world takes readers on an exciting journey through the birth of modern Britain. Using the paintings of the era as a starting point, he tells us stories of urban life, family, faith, industry and empire that helped define the Victorian spirit and imagination. To Paxman, these paintings were the television of their day, and his exploration of…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: At a dinner party given by his parents-in-law, Commissario Brunetti meets Franca Marinello, the wife of a prosperous Venetian businessman. He's charmed — perhaps too charmed, suggests his wife Paola — by her love of Virgil and Cicero, but shocked by her appearance. A few days later, Brunetti is visited by Carabinieri Maggior Filippo Guarino from the nearby city of Marghera. As part of a wider…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: At the centre: Toby O'Dare — Lucky the Fox — a contract killer of underground fame. A soulless soul, a dead man walking... He's fallen far from grace, and lives under a series of aliases. Lucky takes his orders from someone he calls 'The Right Man', someone whose name and allegiances he doesn't know. When the novel opens, the time is the present. The place is Riverside, California, the Mission…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: 'This is the Gyre — the most hostile environment in the galaxy'. 250,000 years' worth of junk is floating in deep space, home to the shipwrecked Sittuun, the carnivorous Sollogs, and worst of all — the Humans. The Doctor and Amy arrive on this terrifying world in the middle of an all-out frontier war between Sittuun and Humans, and the countdown has already started. There's a comet in the sky,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Ethan Blake is seventeen and desperate to escape from his dead-end life. When he sees someone B.A.S.E. jump from the top of his block of flats, it changes the way he sees the world for ever. Soon, Ethan is caught up in the adrenaline-fuelled world of skydiving. He's a natural, so it's no surprise when he's invited to join an elite skydive team, but is he signing up for more than just jumping out…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 094 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 608) Аннотация: «Tyrant, blackmailer, racketeer, murderer — his influence reaches every level of American society. Meet Don Corleone, a friendly man, a just man, a reasonable man. The deadliest lord of the Cosa Nostra. The Godfather. A modern masterpiece, «The Godfather» is a searing portrayal of the 1940s criminal underworld. It is also the intimate story of the Corleone family, at once drawn together and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: It's London, 1876 and Hetty Feather is just a tiny baby when her mother leaves her at the Foundling Hospital. The Hospital cares for abandoned children — but Hetty must first live with a foster family until she is big enough to go to school. Life in the countryside is hard but with her 'brothers' Jem and Gideon, she helps in the fields and plays imaginary games. Together they sneak off to visit…

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: A treasure trove is discovered deep beneath Camelot but when the spirit of an evil sorcerer is unwittingly unleashed, Merlin quickly discovers that all that glitters is not gold. Meanwhile, a deadly assassin has arrived in Camelot. His aim? To kill Arthur. Will Merlin be able to save the prince from the killer's lethal blade...

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: «Moonwalk» is the only book about his life that Michael Jackson ever wrote. It chronicles his humble beginnings in the Midwest, his early days with the Jackson 5, and his unprecedented solo success. Giving absolutely unrivalled insight into the King of Pop's life, it details his songwriting process for hits like «Beat It, Rock With You», «Billie Jean», and «We Are the World»; and describes how he…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 406 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 277) Аннотация: Quintessential Tyler, yet full of surprises a perfectly pitched, enchanting and affecting novel about a man adrift in his own life, Noah's Compass chimes gently, heartbreakingly with our times. With the humour and poignancy of her classic The Accidental Tourist (though with a protagonist who doesn't venture far from home) Anne Tyler's new novel tells the story of a year in the life of Liam…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: «Welcome to the village of Notwithstanding where a lady dresses in plus fours and shoots squirrels, a retired general gives up wearing clothes altogether, a spiritualist lives in a cottage with the ghost of her husband, and people think it quite natural to confide in a spider that lives in a potting shed. Based on de Bernieres' recollections of the village he grew up in, «Notwithstanding» is a…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: «In these pages you can enjoy Christmas dinner with Begbie, and see how warmly Franco greets his sister's boyfriend and the news of their engagement. You will discover, in «The Rosewell Incident», how aliens addicted to Embassy Regal have Midlothian under surveillance, and plan to install the local casuals as the new governors of Planet Earth. You will not be surprised to read that a televised…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 503 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 492) Аннотация: A breathtakingly beautiful supermodel disappears from a swimsuit photo shoot at the most glamorous hotel in Hawaii. Only hours after she goes missing, Kim McDaniels' parents receive a terrifying phone call. Fearing the worst, they board the first flight to Maui and begin the hunt for their daughter. Ex-cop Ben Hawkins, now a reporter for the LA Times, gets the McDaniels assignment. The ineptitude…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: «'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird'. A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel — a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: Sooner or later, everybody pays — and the dead will set the price... Gerry Fegan, a former paramilitary contract killer, is haunted by the ghosts of the 12 people he has slaughtered. Every night he drowns their screams in drink, on the point of losing his mind. Then one of the ghosts offers Fegan a solution: kill those who engineered their deaths. From the greedy politicians to the corrupt…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Part noir, part psychedelic romp — private eye Doc Sportello comes, occasionally, out of a marijuana haze to watch the end of an era as free love slips away and paranoia creeps in with the L A fog. In this lively yarn, Thomas Pynchon, working in an unaccustomed genre, provides a classic illustration of the principle that if you can remember the sixties, you weren`t there...

Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: The leader of the vampire coven, the Theatre des Vampires in Paris was snatched from the steppes of Russia as a child, and sold as a slave in Renaissance Venice. From there Armand's story spans several hundred years, culminating in a visit to New Orleans at the end of the twentieth century. Here his victims await either death or immortality.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 411 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 278) Аннотация: An unlikely duo teams up in a charade of love, never expecting that they'll find happily-ever-after, in this Loveswept debut by award-winning Jennifer Crusie, who has earned high praise for her fast-paced and hilarious Harlequin romances.

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: Prince Zuko is banished from the Fire Nation by his own father, Fire Lord Ozai. Horribly scarred and stripped of everything he holds dear, Zuko wanders the earth for almost three years in search of his only chance at redemption: the Avatar, a mystical being who once kept the four nations in balance.