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Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: This powerful collection of stories, set in the mid-West among the lonely men and women who drink, fish and play cards to ease the passing of time, was the first by Raymond Carver to be published in the UK. With its spare, colloquial narration and razor-sharp sense of how people really communicate, the collection was to become one of the most influential literary works of the 1980s.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 151 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 227) Аннотация: Full of magic and appealing characters, this classic novel takes readers on a remarkable adventure. It's Omri's birthday, but all he gets from his best friend, Patrick, is a little plastic Indian brave. Trying to hide his disappointment, Omri puts the Indian in a metal cupboard and locks the door with a mysterious skeletonkey that once belonged to his great-grandmother. Little does Omri know that…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: Cricket defines Englishness like no other national pastime. From its earliest origins in the sixteenth century (or an early version played by shepherds called creag in the 1300s), through the formation of the MCC and the opening of Lord's cricket ground in 1787, to the spread of county cricket in the next century, when the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack was first published and the Ashes series was…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Harry is in trouble. He's burned down the family kitchen so now has to spend a week of his summer hols with his uncle Tristram — who's heading off to stay with a new girlfriend — Morning Glory — on a tiny British island. Harry doesn't expect it to be a lot of fun — with just a wacky competition at the end of the week to look forward to. He certainly didn't expect to discover all the beards. Or…

Скачать книгу (размер 116 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 24) Аннотация: The latest Little Golden Book Classic — with a summertime theme! Nancy and Timmy hop out of their beds one summer morning and help pack their swimsuits and lunch. And then it's off to the seashore! In a charming rhyme, this Little Golden Book from 1951 (then titled A Day at the Beach) describes what preschoolers will find there: You can catch little crabs — if you're quick! You can draw great big…

Скачать книгу (размер 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 188) Аннотация: Un hombre y una mujer, motivados por una busqueda espiritual, viajan hacia la aridez y el supuesto vacio del desierto de Mojave. A lo largo de cuarenta dias, rodeados de dudas y tentaciones, entraran en contacto con sus mas intimos conflictos y cuestionamientos. Paulo Coelho advierte que este ha sido un libro dificil de escribir porque revela episodios y sentimientos de su propia vida; porque…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 748 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 344) Аннотация: What's a better present than a classic Beginner Book? Six of them for less than the price of two! Following on the success of The Big Blue Book of Beginner Books and The Big Green Book of Beginner Books, we've taken the complete text and art of P. D. Eastman's Sam and the Firefly, Robert Lopshire's I Want to Be Somebody New!, Marilyn Sadler's The Very Bad Bunny, Mike McClintock's Stop That Ball!,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Frank and Leon are two men from different times, discovering that sometimes all you learn from your parents' mistakes is how to make different ones of your own. Frank is trying to escape his troubled past by running away to his family's beach shack. As he struggles to make friends with his neighbors and their precocious young daughter, Sal, he discovers the community has fresh wounds of its own.…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 533 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 498) Аннотация: One man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. In this illuminating, innovative biography, Jonathan Bate, one of today's most accomplished Shakespearean scholars, has found a fascinating new way to tell the story of the great dramatist. Using the Bard's own immortal list of a man's seven ages in As You Like It, Bate deduces the crucial events of Shakespeare's life and connects…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: When a powerful government official scheduled to speak to a group of millionaires turns up dead, the business world clamors for a solution, and Nero Wolfe takes the case.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: «Moscow, 2013. Bunin, the Ukrainian President, has joined other heads of state in an open air swimming pool to drink vodka and celebrate with Putin. During his rise to power Bunin has juggled with formidable and eccentric political and personal challenges. His troubles with his family and his women combine with his difficulties with corrupt businessmen and demanding international allies, but it…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: «Gorgeously written and with characters, who will stay with us for the rest of our lives – the eagerly awaited novel by the author of «The English Patient» and «Anil’s Ghost».»

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Edgar Allan Poe served as a soldier and began his literary career composing verses modelled on Byron; soon he was trying out his 'prose-tales' — often horror melodramas such as The Fall of the House of Usher. As editor of the Literary Messenger he was influential among critics and writers of the American South. His versatile writings — including, for example, The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Herod Antipas rules Galilee, Pontius Pilate is the new Roman governor of Judea, and the Roman Empire rules the world. These are turbulent times for Israel, a troubled land of turmoil and insurrection. Now in his thirtieth year, Jesus and his tight-knit family endure a long, dusty winter of disruption and chaos. Whispers of his virgin birth still persist, and while he struggles with the demands of…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: «Hailed as a masterpiece from the moment of its first publication, «Revolutionary Road» is the story of Frank and April Wheeler, a bright, beautiful, and talented couple whose empty suburban life is held together by the dream that greatness is only just round the corner. With heartbreaking compassion and clarity, Richard Yates shows how Frank and April mortgage their hopes and ideals, betraying…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 592) Аннотация: «The Jorgmund Pipe is the backbone of the world, and it’s on fire. Gonzo Lubitsch, professional hero and troubleshooter, is hired to put it out – but there’s more to the fire, and the Pipe itself, than meets the eye. The job will take Gonzo and his best friend, our narrator, back to their own beginnings and into the dark heart of the Jorgmund Company itself. Equal parts raucous adventure, comic…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Max, Fang, Iggy, Gasman, Nudge and Angel are six extraordinary avian hybrids. The result of a cruel Biotech experiment which manipulated their DNA and turned them into recombinant life forms with wings. This flock has endured a turbulent upbringing and they have been continually faced with evil. Evading capture on a daily basis, they have endured torture and been pushed to the very brink of…

Скачать книгу (размер 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 156) Аннотация: «The final installment of the Zuckerman series, from Pulitzer Prize winning author Philip Roth. Alone in New England, Nathan Zukerman had been nothing but a writer: no voices, no media, no terrorist threats, and no women. Now, back in New York City, he quickly makes three connections that explode his carefully protected solitude. Suddenly involved, as he never wanted or intended to be involved…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 345 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 461) Аннотация: With each of his #1 New York Times bestsellers, Dean Koontz has displayed an unparalleled ability to entertain and enlighten readers with novels that capture the essence of our times even as they bring us to the edge of our seats. Now he delivers a heart-gripping tour de force he's been waiting years to write, at once a love story, a thrilling adventure, and a masterwork of suspense that…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: In this powerful and groundbreaking book, Misha Glenny takes us on a journey through the new world of international organised crime. For three years, he has been recording the stories of gun runners in Ukraine, money launderers in Dubai, drug syndicates in Canada, cyber criminals in Brazil, racketeers in Japan and many more.During his investigation of the dark side, he has spoken to countless…