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Ende Michael: The Neverending Story

Скачать книгу (размер 2 258 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 444) Аннотация: Shy, awkward Bastian is amazed to discover that he has become a character in the mysterious book he is reading and that he has an important mission to fulfill.

Bradley Marion Zimmer: The Mists of Avalon

Скачать книгу (размер 5 216 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1024) Аннотация: This is the tragic tale of the rise and fall of Camelot — but seen through the eyes of Camelot's women: the devout Gwenhwyfar, Arthur's Queen; Vivane, High priestess of Avalon and the Lady of the Lake; above all, Morgaine, possessor of the sight, the wise, the wise-woman fated to bring ruin on them all.

George Gibian: The Portable Nineteenth-Century Russian Reader

Скачать книгу (размер 3 421 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 672) Аннотация: The Portable Nineteenth-Century Russian Reader magnificently represents the great voices of this era. It includes such masterworks of world literature as Pushkin's poem «The Bronze Horseman»; Gogol's «The Overcoat»; Turgenev's novel First Love; Chekhov's Uncle Vanya; Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilych; and «The Grand Inquisitor» episode from Dostoyevsky's The Brothers Karamazov; plus poetry,…

Ken Follett: On Wings of Eagles

Скачать книгу (размер 2 375 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 467) Аннотация: When two of his American employees were held hostage in Iran, H. Ross Perot and a select group of his employees took matters into their own hands. They faced incalculable odds on a mission only true heroes would have dared....

Milne A.A.: The House at Pooh Corner

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Winnie-the-Pooh, the Best Bear in All the World, has long been adored by readers young and old. In this beautiful full-color gift edition of «The House at Pooh Corner, « Ernest H. Shepard's classic illustrations have been painstakingly hand-colored. An exquisite volume and the perfect gift for any occasion, this book is as vivid and charming as the beloved characters from the Hundred Acre Wood.

Kesey Ken: One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: In this classic novel of the 1960's, Ken Kesey's hero is Randle Patrick McMurphy, a boisterous, brawling, fun-loving rebel who swaggers into the world of a mental hospital and takes over. A lusty, life-affirming fighter, McMurphy rallies the other patients around him by challenging the dictatorship of Big Nurse. He promotes gambling in the ward, smuggles in wine and women, and openly defies the…

Rand Ayn: The Romantic Manifesto

Скачать книгу (размер 1 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 200) Аннотация: In this beautifully written and brilliantly reasoned book, Ayn Rand throws a new light on the nature of art and its purpose in human life. Once again Miss Rand eloquently demonstrates her refusal to let popular catchwords and conventional ideas stand between her and the truth as she has discovered it. The Romantic Manifesto takes its place beside The Fountainhead as one of the most important…

Follett Ken: Night over Water

Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: September 1939. England is at war with Nazi Germany. In Southampton, the world’s most luxurious airliner — the legendary Pan Am clipper — takes off for its final flight to neutral America. Aboard are the cream of society and the dregs of humanity, all fleeing the war for reasons of their own… shadowed by a danger they do not know exists… and heading straight into a storm of violence, intrigue,…

King Stephen: It

Скачать книгу (размер 5 573 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1094) Аннотация: It's a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry, the haunting is real... They were just kids when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But none of them can withstand the force that has drawn them back to Derry to face the nightmare without an end, and the…

King Stephen: The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition

Скачать книгу (размер 5 950 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1168) Аннотация: In 1978, Stephen King published The Stand, the novel that is now considered one of his finest works. But as it was first published, The Stand was incomplete, because more than 150000 words had been cut from the original manuscript. Since then, Stephen King's apocalyptic vision has been restored to its entirety. The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition includes more than 500 pages of material…

King Stephen: Thinner

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: When an old gypsy man curses Billy Halleck for sideswiping his daughter, six weeks later he's ninety-three pounds lighter. Now Billy is terrified. And desperate enough for one last gamble... that will lead him to a nightmare showdown with the forces of evil melting his flesh away.

Abbott Dorothy: Southern Short Stories

Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: This groundbreaking collection of 33 short stories of the American South spans nearly two centuries, with stories from such luminaries as Robert Penn Warren, Carson McCullers, Eudora Welty, William Faulkner, Truman Capote, and Alice Walker. Revised reissue.

Herbert Frank: Chapterhouse: Dune

Скачать книгу (размер 2 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 436) Аннотация: The desert planet Arrakis, called Dune, has been destroyed. Now, the Bene Gesserit, heirs to Dune's power, have colonized a green world—and are turning it into a desert, mile by scorched mile Here is the last book Frank Herbert wrote before his death: A stunning climax to the epic Dune legend that will live on forever...

Vonnegut Kurt: Hocus Pocus

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Tarkington College, a small, exclusive college in upstate New York, is turned upside down when ten thousand prisoners from the maximum security prison across Lake Mahiga break out and head for the college.

Agatha Christie: The A: B. C. Murders

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: When Alice Ascher is murdered in Andover, Hercule Poirot is already on to the clues. Alphabetically speaking, it's one down, twenty-five to go.

Lilian Jackson Braun: The Cat Who Lived High

Скачать книгу (размер 1 513 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 298) Аннотация: Jim Qwilleran with his two cats, Yum Yum and KoKo help to solve the mystery case behind the Casablanca apartment buildings.

Castaneda Carlos: Teachings of Don Juan (B)

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: This is Castaneda's first book in the Don Juan series. He meets Don Juan and is introduced to his magical world and philosophy by means of hallucinogenic plants and special exercises. The author's other books include The Fire Within and The Quest for Ixtlan.

Glen Cook: Sweet Silver Blues

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: It should have been a simple job. But for Garrett, a human detective in a world of gnomes, tracking down the woman to whom his dead pal Danny left a fortune in silver is no slight task. Even with the aid of Morley, the toughest half-elf around, Garrett isn't sure he'll make it out alive from a land where magic can be murder, the dead still talk, and vampires are always hungry for human blood.

Carle Eric: The Very Busy Spider

Скачать книгу (размер 116 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 24) Аннотация: With over 300,000 copies sold since its publication in 1985, The Very Busy Spider is well on its way to becoming a modern classic. The raised lines for the spider, its web, and an unsuspecting fly allow both sighted and visually impaired children to follow the action. Full color.