Скачать книгу (размер 1 666 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 328) Аннотация: Internationally acclaimed and bestselling author Mankell delivers a timely and riveting thriller that will have readers on the edge their seats until the very end.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 263 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 445) Аннотация: In this history of the pre-Victorian era, Wilson begins with the libertine spirit inspired by Byron, Shelley, and the Romantics; and ends with the rise and eventual victory of stolid middle-class values. The result is a radical tour de force, a brilliant reworking of the pre-Victorian age.
Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: About the Book: Who were the major figures that shaped English society at this crucial, and somewhat brutal, stage? Who managed to come through umpteen decades of harsh living, foul disease, rats, terrifying capital punishment, more rats and squalor with reputations that would shine through into the present — and are sure to illuminate the future?
Скачать книгу (размер 3 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 592) Аннотация: This third Shardlake novel is set in the autumn of 1541, during the reign of Henry VIII. This time Matthew Shardlake is faced with the most terrifying fate of the age: imprisonment in the Tower of London.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 982 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 390) Аннотация: Dark family secrets, a long-lost love affair, and a multimillion-pound gaming business lie at the heart of this intriguing new novel by the author of «The Player of Games» and «Consider Phlebas.»
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: From the author of the bestseller «A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian» comes a tender and hilarious novel about a crew of migrant workers from three continents who are forced to flee their English strawberry field for a journey across England in pursuit of a better future.
Скачать книгу (размер 279 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 56) Аннотация: There's that short period of time before toddlers grow up and discover Nickelodeon and the Cartoon Network when you can still enchant them with a classic fairy tale. If you open that door when they're young, they'll always love and want a bedtime story. This is a wonderful collection for reading aloud: eight traditional stories with broad appeal, from The Princess and the Pea, King Midas, Stone…
Скачать книгу (размер 55 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 12) Аннотация: Dramatically presented with dynamic paper engineering, this follow-up to Dragons Pop-Up brings magnificent dragons to vivid life.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 075 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 212) Аннотация: Heinrich Obermann, a celebrated German archaeologist, has uncovered the ancient ruins of Troy on a Turkish hillside. He fervently believes that his discovery will prove that the heroes of the Iliad, a work he has cherished all his life, actually existed. Sophia, Obermann's young Greek wife, works at the site carefully preserving the ancient treasures she uncovers. But Sophia soon comes to see…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 348) Аннотация: Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin tales are widely acknowledged to be the greatest series of historical novels ever written. Now these evocative stories are being re-issued in paperback by Harper Perennial with stunning new jackets. Captain Jack Aubrey, RN, arrives in the Dutch East Indies to find himself appointed to the command of the fastest and best-armed frigate in the Navy. He and his friend…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: This story of the passionate, adulterous, tragic love of Lancelot and Guinevere is at once the perfect expression of 'courtly love' and its inversion. Lancelot, the heroic stranger in King Arthur's court, sacrifices all in service of his king, and yet also falls in love with Arthur's queen, the most beautiful woman in Britain. That this spotless knight, who repeatedly saves Arthur and his world…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Other Colours is a collection of immediate relevance and timeless value, ranging from lyrical autobiography to criticism of literature and culture, from humour to political analysis, from delicate evocations of his friendship with his daughter Ruya to provocative discussions of Eastern and Western art. It also covers Pamuk's recent, high profile, court case. My Father's Suitcase, Pamuk's 2006…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: In Self's Deception, private investigator Gerhard Self receives a request to track down the daughter of Herr Salger, the Assistant Secretary of Bonn, who's been absent from her translation classes at the university. Repelled by the pomposity of the government official, he rejects the case. But an insistent letter — and five thousand marks — changes his mind. After discreet interrogations at her…
Скачать книгу (размер 4 073 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 800) Аннотация: In this groundbreaking new history, Adam Tooze provides the clearest picture to date of the Nazi war machine and its undoing. There was no aspect of Nazi power untouched by economics — it was Hitler’s obsession and the reason the Nazis came to power in the first place. The Second World War was fought, in Hitler’s view, to create a European empire strong enough to take on the United States. But as…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: The World According to Bertie is the fourth in the series and revolves around the many colourful characters that come and go at No. 44 Scotland Street. McCall Smith handles the characters with his customary charm and deftness — the stalwart Tory chartered surveyor, the pushy mother, and, most importantly in this novel, the beleaguered Italian-speaking prodigy, Bertie. This is classic McCall Smith…
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Скачать книгу (размер 2 957 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 581) Аннотация: To end a history of World War II at VE Day is to leave the tale half told. While the war may have seemed all but over by Hitler's final birthday (April 20), Stafford's chronicle of the three months that followed tells a different, and much richer, story. ENDGAME 1945 highlights the gripping personal stories of nine men and women, ranging from soldiers to POWs to war correspondents, who witnessed…
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: A playful alphabet, lush with details and limned in delicate colours. Each letter of the alphabet takes possession of its own face, covering, carving, painting, and manipulating the surface of the block in a variety of inventive and unexpected ways.
Скачать книгу (размер 274 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 55) Аннотация: Open your child's eyes to the vivid impact of the natural world EyeLike is an innovative series of three boldly illustrated, graphic titles that introduce young readers to the exciting world of colors, shapes, and numbers. The EyeLike books draw a child's attention to the details and textures of the natural world and open the door to a lifetime of discovery and learning. Nature teaches children…