Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: A brilliant memoir from the celebrated Chilean novelist on friends, family and life in California, her adopted home. Isabel Allende has sold more than 50 million copies of her books worldwide. The most beloved and successful of her books, 'The House of the Spirits', was based on her Chilean childhood, and her autobiographical works include the deeply moving 'Paula' — a family history written at…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: The second psychological thriller from No 1 bestselling Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg. In the fishing community of Fjallbacka, life is remote, peaceful — and for some, tragically short. Foul play was always suspected in the disappearance twenty years ago of two young holidaymakers in the area. Now a young boy out playing has confirmed this grim truth. Their remains, discovered with…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 212 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 239) Аннотация: From the time she appeared in National Velvet, the film that skyrocketed her to international fame at age twelve in 1944, until her death, Elizabeth Taylor's beauty, allure, and personal strength captivated the world. In a career that spanned more than sixty years, she brought her raw talent and magnetism to bear in now classic films such as Father of the Bride, Suddenly, Last Summer, Cat on a…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 064 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 210) Аннотация: Veronika has everything she could wish for, but she is not happy. Something is lacking, and one morning she decides to die. She takes an overdose, only to wake up in hospital where she realizes she has only days to live. The story follows Veronika through these intense days; The new novel from internationally acclaimed author Paulo Coelho — a dramatic story of love, life and death that shows us…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: The Zahir, Paulo Coelho's new novel available in paperback for the first time, incorporates exclusive new content including an extra section containing interviews with Paulo and plenty of information for those for whom the book just wasn't enough. It begins with a glimpse or a passing thought. It ends in obsession. One day a renowned author discovers that his wife, a war correspondent, has…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: One Hundred Years of Solitude tells the story of the rise and fall, birth and death of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. Inventive, amusing, magnetic, sad, and alive with unforgettable men and women — brimming with truth, compassion, and a lyrical magic that strikes the soul — this novel is a masterpiece in the art of fiction.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: In small, stunningly rendered self–portraits, Mexican artist Frida Kahlo painted herself cracked open, hemorrhaging during a miscarriage, anesthetized on a hospital gurney, and weeping beside her own extracted heart. Her works are so incendiary in emotion and subject matter that one art critic suggested the walls of an exhibition be covered with asbestos. In this beautiful book, art historian…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: With a painter's eye for colour, unwavering esteem for the historic, and a finely tuned sense of detail, Kelly Wearstler, one of Hollywood's most talked about young interior designers, has led her Los Angeles–based interior design firm, kwid (Kelly Wearstler Interior Design), to national prominence with an array of noted residential and commercial projects. Now, she shares her famous design…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: New York Times bestselling master of suspense Steve Martini returns, ensnaring defense attorney Paul Madriani in a web of terror and death being spun in the shadows of America's most sacred and secretive institution — the Supreme Court. A writer is savagely slain while on a publicity tour — a literary provocateur who craved headlines, but whose last book may have gone too far. His revelations…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 849 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 560) Аннотация: Continuing the impressive debut fantasy series from author Peter V. Brett, The Desert Spear is book two of the Demon trilogy, pulling the reader into a world of demons, darkness and heroes. The Deliverer has returned, but who is he? Arlen Bales, formerly of the small hamlet of Tibbet's Brook, learnt harsh lessons about life as he grew up in a world where hungry demons stalk the night and humanity…
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Seven short stories from bestselling author Tony Parsons, based on his week as Writer in Residence at Heathrow airport. Here is Heathrow as it has never been seen before — a secret city populated by the 75 million travellers who pass through every year, a place where journeys and dreams end — and begin. From the brilliant twenty-something kids who control the skies up in Air Traffic Control to…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: A hilarious new animal story from Ian Whybrow about a burrow of meerkat pups and their eccentric babysitter While the grown-ups of the meerkat clan are out looking for food, young pup Jack and his siblings are left with a babysitter. Their favourite is ex media meerkat Uncle Adrian. He might be a bit of a show-off but he tells long funny stories from the time he was the star of a hit wildlife…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 665 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 720) Аннотация: For the first time in a single combined B format, a new edition of Agatha Christie's eight stage plays, published to coincide with the 60th Anniversary Year of The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in history. THE MOUSETRAP, the longest-running play in the history of London's West End, begins its 60th Year run on 25 November 2011. This new edition of eight works show how Agatha Christie's plays…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: A hilarious and romantic standalone novel from the bestselling author of the I Heart series Meet Rachel Summers: a twenty-something make-up artist whose life is very much going to plan. She has a job she loves, a lovely long-term boyfriend, a great flat in north London and some fabulous friends. The next phase in her masterplan is to buy a house, have a baby, move to a bigger house, have another…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 447 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 285) Аннотация: Harvard professor Clayton M. Christensen demonstrates in the most revolutionary business hook in years why outstanding companies that did everything right — were in tune with the competition, listened to customers, and invested aggressively in new technologies — still lost their market leadership when confronted with disruptive changes in technology and market structure... and he tells how to…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: The prophetic debut novel from the visionary author fo LITTLE BROTHER, now published for the first time in the UK. Jules is a young man barely a century old. He's lived long enough to see the cure for death and the end of scarcity, to learn ten languages and compose three symphonies and to realize his boyhood dream of taking up residence in Disney World. Disney World! The greatest artistic…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: What does the future look like? A brilliantly entertaining and original novel about the end of the economy from the visionary author of Little Brother. Perry and Lester invent things. All sorts of things. Seashell robots that make toast, Boogie Woogie Elmo dolls that drive cars. They also invent an entirely new economic system. 'New Work' is a New Deal for the technological era. Soon barefoot…
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Everyone knows that orphanages are horrible places. But Earwig has a surprising amount of power over everyone else at St Morwald's Home for Children, and loves it there. So the last thing she wants is to be sent to live with the very strange Bella Yaga! Earwig was left at St Morwald's as a baby. Unlike the other children, she loves it there, mostly because she has the run of the place and seems…
Скачать книгу (размер 44 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 10) Аннотация: Bringing this perennial children's classic to a younger audience with this wonderful portable edition, while out and about or relaxing at home. The perfect way to introduce Judith Kerr to the youngest generation. The doorbell rings just as Sophie and her mummy are sitting down to tea. Who could it possibly be? What they certainly don't expect to see at the door is a big furry, stripy tiger! Now…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: For the first time in English, the third psychological thriller from No 1 bestselling Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg. The remote resort of Fjallbacka has seen its share of tragedy, though perhaps none worse than that of the little girl found in a fisherman's net. But the post-mortem reveals that this is no case of accidental drowning! Local detective Patrik Hedstrom has just become a…