Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: In these two stories from an inventive, comic master of the form, old friends and friendly rivals Pietro and Tommasso discover a treasure lost by the side of the road, and become suspected of a using a blameless chicken for devious ends. Italo Calvino's writing explores the fringes of these small, unusual scenes and finds incalculable wisdom and humour there. This book contains: The Queen's…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: What's your road, man — holyboy road, madman road, rainbow road, guppy road, any road. It's an anywhere road for anybody anyhow. Sal Paradise, young and innocent, joins the slightly crazed Dean Moriarty on a breathless, exuberant ride back and forth across the United States. Their hedonistic search for release or fulfilment through drink, sex, drugs and jazz becomes an exploration of personal…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: You're a whirlwind — a success. You're living life on the edge. But who'll catch you when you fall? Holly Krauss is a city girl burning the candle at both ends. Despite a comfortable home life, a tough job and friends who admire her, she secretly enjoys taking reckless, dangerous walks on the wild side. But Holly can't keep those worlds separate forever. Soon enough her secret life bleeds into…
Скачать книгу (размер 503 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 100) Аннотация: In 1913, publisher Condé Nast launched Vanity Fair, a magazine that would celebrate the culture, politics, lifestyle and humour of the world's 'smart set'. In the publication's mission statement, editor Frank Crowninshield clearly revelled in that world: 'Young men and young women, full of courage, originality, and genius, are everywhere to be met with.' The magazine discovered or lent…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Lucy Kellaway is the FT's management columnist. She lives in London and is married with four children. Her second novel, In Office Hours, is available from Penguin now.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: The Cold War is over. The rules of the spying game have changed. But to train new spies for this uncertain future, one must first show them the past. Enter the man called Ned, the loyal and shrewd veteran of the Circus. With the inspiration of his inscrutable mentor George Smiley, Ned thrills all as he recounts forty exhilarating years of Cold War espionage across Europe and the Far East.
Скачать книгу (размер 3 339 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 656) Аннотация: The first history of the epic defeat of Napoleon's empire told from the Russian perspective. Though much has been written about Napoleon's doomed invasion of Russia and the collapse of the French Empire that ensued, virtually all of it has been from the Western perspective. Now, taking advantage of never- before-seen documents from the Russian archives, Dominic Lieven upends much of the…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 176 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 624) Аннотация: Andrei Bely's masterpiece, Petersburg is a vivid, striking story set at the heart of the 1905 Russian revolution. This Penguin Classics edition is translated from the Russian by David McDuff with an introduction by Adam Thirlwell. St Petersburg, 1905. An impressionable young university student, Nikolai, becomes involved with a revolutionary terror organization, which plans to assassinate a high…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: Imagine you could eavesdrop on a dinner party with three of the most fascinating historical figures of all time. In this landmark book, a gifted Harvard historian puts you in the room with Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt as they meet at a climactic turning point in the war to hash out the terms of the peace. The ink wasn't dry when the recriminations began. The conservatives who hated…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: One cold night, in a most unlikely corner of Chicago, teenager Will Grayson crosses paths with…Will Grayson! Two teens with the same name who run in two very different circles suddenly find their lives going in new and unexpected directions. Culminating in epic turns-of-heart on both of their parts, they team up to produce the most fabulous musical ever to grace the high school stage. Told in…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: James Trotter loses his parents in a horrible accident and is forced to live miserably with his two wicked aunts. Then James is given some magic crystals that give him hope. But when he accidentally spills these crystals on an old peach tree, strange things begin to happen. A peach starts to grow and grow until James is able to climb inside and escape his awful aunts! And through this adventure,…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: In Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, there are lines that are not crossed. Black maids raise the white children, but no one trusts them not to steal the silver. Black maids clean the toilets, but they have their own out back. Everyone stays within the lines. But, suddenly, three women: Aibileen, Minny, and Skeeter, who find themselves tired of the lines. In pitch-perfect voices, Kathryn Stockett…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: With young Tommy at his side, Dr. Doolittle embarks on extraordinary adventures, using his ability to speak with animals. Lofting's blend of fantasy and environmentalism has delighted readers for generations.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: This is an action-packed original fiction for younger Doctor Who fans, starring the Eleventh Doctor with his companions Amy Pond and Rory Williams. These double-fronted books each contain two fast-paced, fun-filled adventures. Heart of Stone/Death Riders: A monster made from moon rock is attacking an Earth farm in Heart of Stone. Everything it touches turns to stone — even people. Can the Doctor,…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: These are action-packed new chapter books for younger Doctor Who fans, starring the Eleventh Doctor with his companions Amy Pond and Rory Williams. Double-fronted books each contain two fast-paced, fun-filled Doctor Who adventures! Essential reading for any young fan, combining two adventures in one book ensures fans are hooked and only too happy to read on... The Good, the Bad and the…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Is a death in the family the chance for a new start? When Myrtle's husband, Austin, dies on the bus one morning, everything seems to freeze. But in reality Myrtle has been frozen for nearly forty years, locked into an emotionless marriage. So if the barriers have been lifted, why does she still feel trapped? Her daughters are a mystery to her — one prickly and defensive, the other with a closely…
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: The sweet scents of rural life infuse this collection of Roald Dahl's country stories, but there is always something unexpected lurking in the undergrowth... Whether it is taking a troublesome cow to be mated with a prime bull; dealing with a rat-infested hayrick; learning the ways and means of maggot farming; or describing the fine art of poaching pheasants using nothing but raisins and sleeping…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 849 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 560) Аннотация: Could a secret from 1914 end a century of heartache? A tiny figure stands at the cliff edge — hair flying in the breeze. Grania Ryan is hypnotised by the enchanting vision, unaware this young girl, Aurora Lisle, will change her life in countless ways. For Grania is suffering and has returned to Ireland and the arms of her loving family, in the hope her wounds might heal. As their paths begin to…
Скачать книгу (размер 55 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 12) Аннотация: My Very Noisy Fairy is a fun, interactive sound book for little girls who love fairies! With a magical, tinkly fairy sound button, this sturdy board book is full of lovely fairy things. Help the little fairy to choose a pretty dress, a job to do and a fairy cake to eat! This is a perfect gift for under-fives.
Скачать книгу (размер 3 747 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 736) Аннотация: Diana Bishop, a young historian (and a witch), discovers an enchanted manuscript at the Bodleian Library at Oxford. The text, known as Ashmole 782, turns out to be a coveted treasure lost for centuries, and she is the first and only creature who has met the terms of its spell. Her discovery sets the supernatural world spinning, and she soon finds an ally in Matthew Clairmont, a 1,500 year old…