Скачать книгу (размер 850 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 168) Аннотация: If he's in the right mood, divine Angus might grant you sight of your true love in a dream; you might even fall in love with him — but he'll never love you back. This book retells the «Myth of Dream Angus» as part of the «Canongate Myths» series.
Скачать книгу (размер 223 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 45) Аннотация: With small, teeming cartoon scenes so boisterous they frequently burst their borders, Williams catapults readers headlong through five of Dickens's best-known melodramas. Kirkus Reviews OLIVER TWIST, GREAT EXPECTATIONS, A TALE OF TWO CITIES, DAVID COPPERFIELD, and A CHRISTMAS CAROL are distilled into six-to ten-page stories that include the bare rudiments of each plot and droll illustrations…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: A brilliantly inventive, fabulously illustrated addition to the Far-Flung Adventure series from the award-winning, bestselling author and illustrator team, Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell. Set in the same world as Fergus Crane and Corby Flood's stories, this is the tale of a small boy, Hugo Pepper, and his amazing exploits. Raised in the Frozen North by reindeer herders, his parents eaten by polar…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Considered to be one of Agatha Christie's most controversial mysteries, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd breaks all the rules of traditional mystery writing. A widow's suicide has stirred rumors of blackmail, and of a secret lover named Roger Ackroyd, who was found stabbed to death in his study. The case is so unconventional that not even crack detective Hercule Poirot has a clue as to how to solve it.
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: Whether she's extolling the virtues of vegetarianism and the global village, raising awareness about the world's moral and social ills, or simply playing with her Malibu Stacy doll and dreaming of ponies, Lisa Simpson is a role model for the 21st century. This title helps discover Lisa's lifelong ambitions.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Between 1962 and 1970, Paul McCartney sold 140 million albums throughout the world: co-authored with John Lennon twenty-six US and UK number one singles: recorded the first rock album (Revolver) and took the whole thing to a pinnacle (Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band). As a member of the most important rock band ever, Paul McCartney convinced millions of fans to pick up electric guitars and…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 023 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 398) Аннотация: A brilliantly researched and realized history, an essential addition to the literature of World War II. The 1941 Battle of Moscow — unquestionably one of the most decisive battles of the Second World War — marked the first strategic defeat of the German armed forces in their seemingly unstoppable march across Europe. The Soviets lost many more people in that one battle than the British and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Julia Child single handedly awakened America to the pleasures of good cooking with her cookbook Mastering the Art of French Cooking and her television show The French Chef, but as she reveals in this bestselling memoir, she didn't know the first thing about cooking when she landed in France. Indeed, when she first arrived in 1948 with her husband, Paul, she spoke no French and knew nothing about…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 758 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 542) Аннотация: In 1761, at a boarding school in New England, a young Mohawk Indian named Joseph Brant first met Samuel Kirkland, the son of a colonial clergyman. They began a long and intense relationship that would redefine North America. For nearly fifty years, their lives intertwined, at first as close friends but later as bitter foes. Kirkland served American expansion as a missionary and agent, promoting…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Jacinto Benavente y Martinez was one of Spain's most important dramatists of the 20th century and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1922. Los Intereses Creados ' main figure is Crispin, the spectacular puppet master who manipulates the other characters with invisible strings. A sparkling satire on selfishness and greed in the modern world.
Скачать книгу (размер 922 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 182) Аннотация: Philip Roth's new novel is a candidly intimate yet universal story of loss, regret, and stoicism. The best-selling author of The Plot Against America now turns his attention from one family's harrowing encounter with history (New York Times) to one man's lifelong skirmish with mortality. The fate of Roth's everyman is traced from his first shocking confrontation with death on the idyllic beaches…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Love Over Scotland is the third 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, most importantly in this novel, the Italian-speaking prodigy, Bertie.
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Written when Hemingway was at the height of his creative powers, the stories in Winner Take Nothing glow with the mark of his unique talent. Hunters, wives, old men of wisdom, waiters, fighters, women loved, women lost: they are all here, living on the raw edge, making love, facing the inevitable reality of death. The characters, the dialogue, the settings, the remarkable insight could have come…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 921 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 378) Аннотация: This is the definitive thesaurus for middle school and high school students seeking to communicate more effectively by means of a broader vocabulary. No other book at this level offers as many synonyms, example sentences, or features. New to this edition is an informative Parts of Speech table.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 580 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 311) Аннотация: Fanboy has never had it good, but lately his sophomore year is turning out to be its own special hell. The bullies have made him their favorite target, his best (and only) friend seems headed for the dark side (sports and popularity), and his pregnant mother and the step-fascist are eagerly awaiting the birth of the alien life form known as Fanboy's new little brother or sister. Fanboy, though,…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: The Beauty of the Beast is an exciting book offering lasting value. The poetic parade of the animal king dom ranges from the lowly earthworm to the majestic whale an d just about every creature in between. All poems are brief and fun to read aloud.
Скачать книгу (размер 799 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 158) Аннотация: One of the world's most celebrated authors, Margaret Atwood has penned a collection of smart and entertaining fictional essays, in the genre of her popular books Good Bones and Murder in the Dark, punctuated with wonderful illustrations by the author. Chilling and witty, prescient and personal, delectable and tart, these highly imaginative, vintage Atwoodian mini-fictions speak on a broad range…
Скачать книгу (размер 993 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 196) Аннотация: This comprehensive collection showcases Oscar Wilde's brilliant story-telling skills and his amazing stylistic versatility, ranging from fairy tales and ghost stories to detective yarns and comedies of manners. It includes the complete texts of The Happy Prince and Other Tales, A House of Pomegranates, Lord Arthur Savile's Crim and Other Stories, Poems in Prose, and the critical essay «The…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 865 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 367) Аннотация: Inspired by Sigmund Freud's only, traumatic visit to America (a society of savages, he was to claim), Jed Rubenfeld's novel is an intricate tale of murder and the mind's dangerous mysteries. On a sweltering August evening in 1909 Freud disembarks from a steamship in New York City, accompanied by his protégé and rival Carl Jung. Across town, a debutante is found dangling from a…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 712 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 337) Аннотация: After years of research, Shields has brought to life the warmhearted, high-spirited, and occasionally hardheaded woman who created two of American literatures most unforgettable characters — Atticus Finch and his daughter, Scout. Scout — and who contributed to the success of her lifelong friend Truman Capote's masterpiece, In Cold Blood. At the center of the book is Lee's struggle to create her…