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Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: A classic of its kind, a dazzling parody of the earthy, melodramatic novels of the period. Flora Poste has been expensively educated to do everything but earn her own living. When she is orphaned at twenty, she decides her only option is to go and live with her relatives the Starkadders at «Cold Comfort Farm». What relatives, though: Judith, alone in her grief; raving old Ada Doom, who once saw…

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Jean Rhys's late, literary masterpiece «Wide Sargasso Sea» was inspired by Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre, and is set in the lush, beguiling landscape of Jamaica in the 1830s. Born into an oppressive, colonialist society, Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway meets a young Englishman who is drawn to her innocent sensuality and beauty. After their marriage the rumours begin, poisoning her husband…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: What did happen to Miss Quested in the Marabar Caves? This tantalizing question provides the intense drama at the centre of Forster's last and greatest novel, of racial tension in colonial India. After a mysterious incident during their visit to the Marabar Caves, the charming Dr Aziz is accused of assaulting Adela Quested, a naïve young Englishwoman. As he is brought to trial the fragile…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: The French Riviera: home to the Beautiful People. And none are more beautiful than Cécile, a precocious seventeen-year-old, and her father Raymond, a vivacious libertine. Charming, decadent and irresponsible, the golden-skinned duo are dedicated to a life of free love, fast cars and hedonistic pleasures. But then one long, hot summer Raymond decides to marry, and Cécile and her lover…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: »You can't trust anyone who sleeps with monsters». That's what Anita Blake had always believed. But now she was sharing a bed with the Master Vampire of the city. So when an arsonist began to target vampire victims, the creatures of the night turned to their former enemy. For now only «The Executioner» could save them from the inferno...

Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: The second book in a trilogy telling the story of Arthur. After one last battle, Arthur will rule a peaceful land. But, unlike Merlin, Arthur has forgotten the Gods, who thrive on chaos. Arthur's plans are thrown into turmoil, as the search for the 13 sacred objects to restore the Gods begins.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: The story of Humbert Humbert, poet and pervert, and his obsession with 12-year-old Dolores Haze. Determined to possess his Lolita both carnally and artistically, Humbert embarks on a disastrous courtship that can only end in tragedy.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: Chromosome 6 is a prophetic thriller that challenges the medical ethics of genetic manipulation and cloning in the jungles of equatorial Africa, where one mistake could bridge the gap between man and ape — and forever change the genetic map of our existence...

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Little Cloud loves changing shape — he can be a horse, a tree, and even a clown! At the end of the story he joins all the other clouds in the sky to make one big cloud — and then it rains!

Скачать книгу (размер 106 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 22) Аннотация: True to their porcine nature, a family of pigs overloads on pizza in a silly, super-easy story with a moral for everyone who's ever pigged out! Full-color illustrations.

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: String beans, spaghetti, ZOOOOP, roast beef, fresh fish, chicken and ice cream are the delicious fare during the week in this popular children's song. Until Sunday. Then, all the world's children are invited to come together and share in the meal. Celebrated artist Eric Carle brings new energy to these much-loved verses as lively animals parade across the page, munching on favorite dishes, and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: During his first night in Jerusalem, Hercule Poirot overhears a series of ominous words, and when a holiday tour ends abruptly in the murder of a much hated tourist , the words come back to haunt him, but he soon discovers that many of his fellow travelers have a motive for murder.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: Call him Bachman or call him King, the bard of Bangor is going to hit the charts hard and vast with this white-knuckler knockout. The action is fierce and Bachman's imagination proves boundless. Everything is normal on a summer day in Wentworth, Ohio — the paperboy is making his rounds, frisbees are flying, barbecues are being contemplated. The only thing that doesn't quite fit is the red van…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: She purrs like a kitten... but watch out when she roars.

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: With exuberant pictures and a tongue-in-cheek sense of humor, the author of I Like Me! takes a light-hearted look at bratty behavior that will have children laughing in recognition while learning exactly how not to behave. Colored-pencil illustrations throughout.

Скачать книгу (размер 5 583 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1096) Аннотация: Published in 1957, Atlas Shrugged was Ayn Rand's greatest achievement and last work of fiction. In this novel she dramatizes her unique philosophy through an intellectual mystery story that integrates ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, politics, economics, and sex. Set in a near-future U.S.A. whose economy is collapsing as a result of the mysterious disappearance of leading innovators and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 356) Аннотация: Nora Roberts presents the second novel in an extraordinary new trilogy about the lives and loves of three sisters of the heart. Margo, Kate and Laura were brought up like sisters amidst the peerless grandeur of Templeton House. But it was Kate who soon discovered that her past was haunted by the darkest of secrets.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Nora Roberts presents the final novel in an extraordinary trilogy about the lives and loves of three sisters of the heart. Margo, Kate, and Laura were brought up like sisters amidst the peerless grandeur of Templeton House. But it was Margo who seemed to have it all — until fate took away the man she thought she loved.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 972 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 388) Аннотация: Anita Blake's messy life becomes more complicated when someone puts a price on her head. As both a vampire hunter and zombie reanimator, Anita has made a lot of enemies-both human and otherwise.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Eight-year-old Charlie was born with the most destructive personality power a human being has ever commanded.