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Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: The most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh's novels, Brideshead Revisited looks back to the golden age before the Second World War. It tells the story of Charles Ryder's infatuation with the Marchmain family and the rapidly disappearing world of privilege they inhabit. Enchanted first by Sebastian at Oxford then by his doomed Catholic family, in particular his remote sister, Julia, Charles…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Two of Stein's most recognizable works are together in one volume. «Three Lives», Stein's most accessible work, is the psychological portrait of three immigrant women and their lives in a new country. «Tender Buttons» is a collection of prose poems which employ repetitive sentences and simple language to build images.
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Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Now available for the first time as a coloring book, Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar will delight children as they bring their own imagination to this classic story. Including a new introduction by Eric Carle, as well as blank pages at the end of the book for your own pictures, this is the perfect way to turn story time into coloring time. At the same time interactive and timeless, this…
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Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Roland, the world’s last gunslinger, tracks an enigmatic Man in Black toward a forbidding dark tower, fighting forces both mortal and other-worldly on his quest.
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Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: A collection of six playlets, based on The Twits. They highlight the key points in the story and some can be acted by groups of children while others only need a couple of actors.
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Скачать книгу (размер 1 003 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 198) Аннотация: Revolution is in the air. The king's court sorcerer is being eyed with suspicion. Not for dabbling in the black arts...not for consorting with a demon...not for having a dragon as a pet...not even for being mobbed up. But for the greatest crime of all: raising taxes. Who is this terrible tyrant? None other than Skeeve the Great. Oh, how the mighty have fallen...