Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Meet the residents of 31 Almanac Road Ralph and Smith are flatmates and best mates until, that is, the gorgeous Jemima moves in. And suddenly they're bickering about a lot more than who drank the last beer. Of course, Jem knows that one of them is the man for her but is it Ralph or Smith? Upstairs, Karl and Siobhan have been happily unmarried for fifteen years until, that is, Cheri moves into the…
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Evelyn Waugh chose the name «Labels» for his first travel book because, he said, the places he visited were already «fully labelled» in people's minds. Yet even the most seasoned traveller could not fail to be inspired by his quintessentially English attitude and by his eloquent and frequently outrageous wit. From Europe to the Middle East and North Africa, from Egyptian porters and Italian…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Charles Ryder, a lonely student at Oxford, is captivated by the outrageous and exquisitely beautiful Sebastian Flyte. Invited to Brideshead, Sebastian's magnificent family home, Charles welcomes the attentions of its eccentric, aristocratic inhabitants. But he also discovers a world where duty and desire, faith and earthly happiness are in conflict; a world which threatens to destroy his beloved…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: 'Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know' Meursault will not lie. Unmoved by his mother's death, he refuses to satisfy the feelings of others by pretending grief. At the end of the funeral, he returns to his simple, batchelor existence in sun-bleached Algiers. Until he is involved in a violent murder and placed on trial. Will he now, with his life in danger, give in to society's…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Robert Graves's marvellously candid self-portrait of his childhood and his experiences as a young officer in the First World War. Graves entered the war in 1914 and he describes in vivid, raw detail life in the trenches. The dehumanizing horrors he witnessed left him shell-shocked and haunted him throughout his long life. In «Goodbye to All That» he also gives a fascinating portrayal of his…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: In Cape Town, South Africa, an old woman is dying of cancer. A classics professor, Mrs. Curren has been opposed to the lies and brutality of apartheid all her life, but has lived insulated from its true horrors. Now she is suddenly forced to come to terms with the iron-hearted rage that the system has wrought. In an extended letter addressed to her daughter, who has long since fled to America,…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: In «Tender is the Night», Fitzgerald distilled much of his tempestuous life with his wife Zelda, and the knowledge of the wrecked, fabulous Fitzgeralds adds poignancy and regret to this tender, supple and poetic portrait. To the just-fashionable French Riviera come Dick and Nicole Diver — handsome, rich, glamorous and enormous fun. Their dinners are legend, their atmosphere magnetic, their…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: George Orwell's first published work, «Down and Out in Paris and London», is a vivid, sensitive account of the time he lived as one of the poor in the late twenties. In a bug-infested hotel, surviving only between the pawnbroker and a little teaching and writing, Orwell shocked the middle-class establishment with his observation of the misery, the hopelessness and the despair of the poor of a…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: This Faust-like and magical story of the humanization of a middle-aged misanthrope was described in The New York Times as a 'savage indictment of bourgeois society'. But, as the author notes in this edition, «Steppenwolf» is a book that has been consistently misinterpreted. This self-portrait of a man who felt himself to be half-human and half-wolf can also be seen as a plea for rigorous…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: 'I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills ... Up in this high air you breathed easily ... you woke up in the morning and thought: Here I am, where I ought to be' From the moment Karen Blixen arrived in Kenya in 1914 to manage a coffee plantation, her heart belonged to Africa. Drawn to the intense colours and ravishing landscapes, Karen Blixen spent her happiest years on the farm,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Forster's brilliant social comedy is a witty observation of the English middle classes as they holiday abroad in Florence. One of these tourists is Lucy Honeychurch, a young girl whose 'undeveloped heart' is awakened by her experiences in Italy and by her encounter with the unconventional George Emerson. Lucy finds herself torn between un-English passion and stifling Victorian propriety,…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: A monument to sloth, rant and contempt, a behemoth of fat, flatulence and furious suspicion of anything modern — this is Ignatius J. Reilly of New Orleans, noble crusader against a world of dunces. In magnificent revolt against the twentieth century, Ignatius propels his monstrous bulk among the flesh-pots of a fallen city, documenting life on his Big Chief tablets as he goes, until his…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: What if the Allies had lost the Second World War ...? The Nazis have taken over New York — the Japanese control California. In a neutral buffer zone existing between the two states an underground author offers his own vision of reality, an alternative world that offers hope to the disenchanted ... Hugo Award winner Philip K Dick is one of the most original contributors to American sci-fi, and his…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Penguin Student Editions are complete unabridged texts of Penguin Classics, Modern Classics and some more recent titles, packaged with reading help for the student in the form of: — accessible yet authoritative introductions — glossary of cultural references and unfamiliar words — stimulating activities and discussion points, including activities needed to prepare for essays and examinations —…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: When Gene Hawkins's boss asks him to locate a missing priceless breeding stallion, he gets more action than he bargained for — including the affection of his boss's daughter, advances from a millionaire's wife, and the deadly attention of horse thieves...
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: In this delightful new novel featuring Jim Qwilleran and his lovable cats, Koko and Yum Yum, the rites of spring are celebrated with the fine art of birdcalling...and a fateful act of murder. It seems that this spring, a cat's fancy may turn to crime-solving...
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: The Signet Classic Shakespeare series contains the preeminent mass market books of the complete works of Shakespeare. This reissue features a new Overview by Sylvan Barnet, former chairman of the English Department at Tufts University, an updated Bibliography, suggested references, and stage and film history.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: When his daughter, Becky, becomes ill from bacterial poisoning, Dr. Kim Reggis, a cardiac surgeon, is determined to track down the cause, no matter what the cost.
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: A roaring lion, a braying zebra, a trumpeting elephant, a bellowing walrus and many more parade across the pages of this picture book. It is a companion volume to Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Eric Carle is the author/illustrator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Martyrs to hypochondria and general seediness, J and his friends George and Harris decide that a jaunt up the Thames would suit them to a 'T'. But when they set off, they can hardly predict the troubles that lie ahead with tow-ropes, unreliable weather-forecasts and tins of pineapple chunks.