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Peter Ackroyd: The Fall of Troy

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…

Patrick O'Brian: The Fortune of War

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…

Patricia Terry: Lancelot And the Lord of the Distant Isles

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…

Orhan Pamuk: Other Colours

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…

Bernhard Schlink: Self's Deception

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…

Adam Tooze: The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy

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…

Alexander McCall Smith: The World According to Bertie

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…

Laurence S. Cutler: Maxfield Parrish and the American Imagists

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Our landscape format Encyclopedia series in the 12 x 9 1/4 trim size have been so popular that we have created a more portable format for those who are interested in a smaller paperback edition. Beautifully illustrated throughout in full color. A great value and perfectly sized for gift giving.

Fay Sweet: Vintage Furniture

Скачать книгу (размер 1 131 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 223) Аннотация: Highlighting the most iconic pieces from each international design movement, Vintage Furniture explores the key designers, details and materials that defi ne the most infl uential collectible furniture created since the turn of the twentieth century.

David Stafford: Endgame, 1945: The Missing Final Chapter of World War II

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…

Judy Pelikan: All Around the Block: An Alphabet

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.

PlayBac Publishing: Eyelike Colors

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…

Alexander McCall Smith: The Good Husband of Zebra Drive

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Mr J.L.B. Matekoni becomes involved in the agency's work when he investigates an errant husband. But can a man investigate such matters as competently as one of the ladies? Mma Ramotswe has her doubts. One thing, though, that she does not doubt is the good nature of Mr J.L.B. Matekoni, who stands for all that is solid and true in a shifting world.

Barbara Jean Hicks: The Secret Life of Walter Kitty

Скачать книгу (размер 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 40) Аннотация: Walter Kitty is no ordinary housecat. He's Fang — a swashbuckling protector of the high seas, a tiger waiting to pounce on unsuspecting prey, and a caped superhero ready to save the day. But do his people, Mr. and Mrs. Biddle, acknowledge his greatness? Not even So once in a good long while, Walter will answer to Wally or Kitten or even Snookums, but most of the time... he's Fang With a hilarious…

J. D. Robb: Innocent in Death

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: The phenomenal series set in a future New York City returns as NYPSD Lt. Eve Dallas hunts for the killer of a seemingly ordinary history teacher-and uncovers some extraordinary surprises. Craig Foster's death devastated his young wife, who'd sent him to work that day with a lovingly packed lunch. It shocked his colleagues at the private school, too, and as for the ten-year-old girls who found him…

Clyde Watson: Father Fox's Christmas Rhymes

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: A cozy collection of holiday verse Who is that knocking at the door? It's old Father Fox with surprises galore Licorice & lollipops, lemons & limes A bundle of toys & a bag full of rhymes... Over thirty years ago, Father Fox's Pennyrhymes became an instant classic and was a National Book Award Finalist. Now Father Fox returns with new rhymes especially for yuletide that conjure up the excitement…

Stephanie Barron: Jane and the Barque of Frailty

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: In her latest spellbinding escapade, Jane Austen arrives in London to watch over the printing of her first novel, and finds herself embroiled in a crime that could end more than her career. For it is up to Jane to tease a murderer out of the ton, lest she — and her country — suffer a dastardly demise... On the heels of completing Sense and Sensibility, Jane heads to Sloane Street for a monthlong…

Amy W. Knight: How the Cold War Began

Скачать книгу (размер 1 911 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 376) Аннотация: On September 5, 1945, Soviet cipher clerk Igor Gouzenko severed ties with his embassy in Ottawa, Canada, reporting allegations to authorities of a Soviet espionage network in North America. His defection — the first following the end of WWII, occurring less than a month after atomic bombs exploded over Japan — sent shockwaves through Washington, London, and Ottawa. The three allies, who until…

Orlando Figes: The Whisperers

Скачать книгу (размер 3 767 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 740) Аннотация: From the award-winning author of A People's Tragedy and Natasha's Dance, a landmark account of what private life was like for Russians in the worst years of Soviet repression There have been many accounts of the public aspects of Stalin's dictatorship: the arrests and trials, the enslavement and killing in the gulags. No previous book, however, has explored the regime's effect on people's…