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Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Philip Callow AIs splendidly readable biography of Robert Louis Stevenson recounts the life of Scotland. AIs finest writer of English prose and the author of such classics as Treasure Island and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. A sickly child, Louis became in turn a bohemian dandy, a literary gypsy traipsing through the mountains of France with a donkey, and at twenty-eight the lover of an American woman…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Ernest Hemingway called Huckleberry Finn the best book we've ever had. There was nothing before. There's been nothing as good since. Critical opinion of this book hasn't dimmed since Hemingway uttered these words; as author Russell Banks says in these pages, Twain makes possible an American literature which would otherwise not have been possible. He was the most famous American of his day, and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 330 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 262) Аннотация: The mind-bending novels of Philip K. Dick transcend genre to explore the nature of consciousness and reality, placing ordinary men and women in congress with the unknowable and the awe-full. Valis, the first in Dick's final trio of novels, is a theological detective story in which God is both a missing person and the perpetrator of the ultimate crime. The schizophrenic hero, a Dick alter-ego…

Скачать книгу (размер 146 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 30) Аннотация: When French artist Paul Gauguin visited Tahiti in 1891 he was fascinated by the native people's language and customs, and he was inspired by the vibrant colours of this new and exciting world. This volume follows him on his discovery of the island. Through Gauguin's colourful paintings, young readers can learn about the island, the lives of its inhabitants, and its exotic tropical plants and…

Скачать книгу (размер 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 120) Аннотация: The Arnolfini Marriage, an Egyptian mummy, a gilded clock, a Japanese puppet, Van Gogh's Irises, a Tibetan conch trumpet, an Eskimo mask, and a meso-American calendar. These are just a few of the treasures from Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and Australasia featured in this book, an eye-opening introduction to the wonders of world art. The artefacts are organized and explored in five themes:…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Hailed as original and unsettling, an Animal Farm for the new century (The Wall Street Journal), this first novel lingers long after the last page has been turned. Described as a fascinating psychological thriller (The Baltimore Sun), this entrancing novel introduces Isserley, a female driver who picks up hitchhikers with big muscles. She, herself, is tiny-like a kid peering up over the steering…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: A visual feast of 500 iconic houses and traditional dwellings from all over the world.The House Book presents a vibrant and fresh view of architects and designers responsible for some of the most diverse international houses of all time. From Hadrian's Villa to Palladio's Villa Rotunda and Le Corbusier's Villa Savoye through to the contemporary houses of Richard Rogers and Frank Gehry, it…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Long recognized as a classic, Venturi's authoritative work captures the early and intriguing period of the Russian Revolution. Starting with the 1848 rebellion and ending with the 1888 assassination of Alexander II, it examines Russia's internal and external problems, the ideals and beliefs of her subjects, and, most importantly, the conspiracies and struggles through which populism expressed…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: As Mark Twain, Samuel Langhorne Clemens had something or two to say about nearly every subject under the sun, and few above it, to boot. This fully indexed book collects more than 1800 such pearls, illustrated with some 100 drawings from Twain's books, on the topics of advertising, Adam & Eve, numerous other authors, Bermuda, celebrity, dogs, hymnbooks, luck, his pen name, Niagara Falls,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 268 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 250) Аннотация: Karim Rashid is the bestknown and most prolific young designer practicing in America today. On the brink of household-name celebrity, he has fast become a superstar among design aficionados by revolutionizing the visual standards of minimalist design with his fresh, colorful, sinuous, and sensual objects. His work is in the collections of museums worldwide, including The Museum of Modern Art, New…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 692 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 333) Аннотация: As good a rifle company as any in the world, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, kept getting the tough assignments — responsible for everything from parachuting into France early D-Day morning to the capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. In Band of Brothers, Ambrose tells of the men in this brave unit who fought, went hungry, froze, and died, a company that took 150…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Glen Runciter is dead. Or is he? Someone died in the explosion orchestrated by his business rivals, but even as his funeral is scheduled, his mourning employees are receiving bewildering messages from their boss. And the world around them is warping and regressing in ways which suggest that their own time is running out. If it hasn't already.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Everyone who's in business, works for a business, or even just gives others the business is amazed: Scott Adams never lacks for yet another way to lampoon the corporate world. It's not that Adams is anti-business. He's more anti-bad boss than anything. But poor management practices, the effects of bad decisions, and what it all means for the average worker add up to more comedic material than…

Скачать книгу (размер 988 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 195) Аннотация: In this book, based on a series of talks that he gave at a Tibetan Buddhist center in Delhi during the 1990s, the Dalai Lama examines the nature of the human mind and emphasizes the need for each of us to transform ourselves if we wish to lead more fulfilling lives. In his disarmingly personal style, he discusses suffering, happiness, love, and truth, and offers practical wisdom on issues ranging…

Скачать книгу (размер 641 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 127) Аннотация: This study of Pre-Raphaelite painters and poets reveals a style-derived from the idealized view of nature in the early Italian Renaissance-steeped in mythology and literary allusion and very popular today with lovers of romantic art and poetry. 125 illustrations, 95 in full color, 5 x 7»

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: In this charming sequel to the classic «Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs,» Kate and Henry eagerly await Grandpa's return from a vacation that his postcard says has been one of the best and most unusual ever. Thinking about that postcard Kate drifts off to sleep that night and... «With Henry as my co-pilot...» she visits the strange land of Chewandswallow — a land characterized by massive amounts…

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Few tales bespeak the holidays as vividly as Dickens' classic story of Jacob Marley, Tiny Tim, and the ghosts of Christmases past, present, and future. Here it is presented in a gorgeous keepsake Running Press Miniature Edition (TM), sumptuously illustrated by award-winning British artist Christian Birmingham.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: This lively account of Soviet foreign intelligence activity in Great Britain during the Cold War is based on documents newly released from the KGB archives, their crown jewels, as the KGB unofficially called its most valuable assets. Written by Nigel West, called by the Sunday Times the unofficial historian of the secret services and Oleg Tsarev, a former KGB lieutenant colonel, The Crown Jewels…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: »The Kitchen Planner» takes the confusion out of kitchen redesign and puts the fun back in. Filled with advice and suggestions for everything from the quick touch-up to a complete makeover, this innovative guide covers it all. The uniquely designed section of tri-split pages allows for effortless mixing and matching of wall colors, cabinetry, and floors. The reusable stickers and layout grid make…

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: This book highlights works from one of the US' most respected museum collection of American art. In his engaging essay, Graham W.J. Beale -places the 96 works in historical context, relating them to contemporary social and artistic trends both at home and abroad. Beginning with the first truly home-grown talent — John Singleton Copley -in the 18th century to the social realism of John Sloan in…