Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Ayn Rand here sets forth the moral principles of Objectivism, the philosophy that holds man's life — the life proper to a rational being — as the standards of moral values and regards altruism as incompatible with man's nature, with the creative requirements of his survival, and with a free society.
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: When the Dearly's dalmatians have their first litter of puppies — fifteen in all — everyone is delighted. But their joy is shattered when the pups are kidnapped! The humans don't have a clue as to who the culprit is, but the smartest dogs in London are on the case -- and on the trail of the fur-loving Cruella de Vil, who will stop at nothing to have a Dalmatian fur coat!
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: In the first of the four cases in «Trouble is My Business», LA PI Philip Marlowe is offered a job that leaves a bad taste in the mouth: smearing a girl who’s ‘got her hooks into a rich man’s pup’. Before too long Marlowe’s up to his neck in corpses and cops and he’s taken pity on the girl. There’s nothing like making trouble of your business … The four novellas collected here are quintessential…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: If you know London primarily through novels like White Fang, these stories will provide a new perspective. Full of intriguing characters and snippets of pidgin, they also highlight London's concern with social issues.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: A warm day on Central Avenue, and Philip Marlowe's hunch about the man beside him is as vague as the heat waves that dance above the sidewalk. The way business is looking, even a hunch is enough. Moose Malloy stands six five and one-half and weighs two hundred and sixty-four pounds, without his necktie. After eight years in the pen, he wants little Velma back, and no cops or mobsters are ready to…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: There's something rotten in the small town of Pickax — at least to the sensitive noses of newspaperman Jim Qwilleran and his Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum. An accident has claimed the life of the local paper's eccentric publisher, but to Qwilleran and his feline friends it smells like murder. They soon sniff out a shocking secret, but Koko's snooping into an unusual edition of Shakespeare may…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Here at last is the complete, uncut version of Heinlein's all-time masterpiece, the brilliant novel that grew from a cult favorite to a bestseller to a classic in a few short years. It is the story of Valentine Michael Smith, the man from Mars who taught humankind grokking and water-sharing. And love.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Tolstoy's passionate and iconoclastic writings — on issues of faith, immortality, freedom, violence, and morality — reflect his intellectual search for truth and a religion firmly grounded in reality. The selection includes «A Confession», «Religion and Morality», «What Is Religion, and of What Does Its Essence Consist?» and «The Law of Love and the Law of Violence».
Скачать книгу (размер 3 252 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 639) Аннотация: A novel about the court of King Arthur, which was the basis for the movie «Camelot».
Скачать книгу (размер 2 931 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 576) Аннотация: In this brilliant collection of twenty-two stories, Stephen King takes readers down paths that only he could imagine...
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Jim Qwilleran is not exactly overwhelmed by his new assignment for the Daily Fluxion. Interior design has never been one of his specialties and now he's supposed to turn out an entire magazine on the subject every week! But the first issue of Gracious Abodes is barely off the presses when Qwilleran finds himself back on more familiar territory — the exclusive residence featured on the cover has…
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Funny, irreverent and sometimes sad, here is the story of the early life of one of the world's best-loved authors. From the evocation of an enchanted boyhood spent in Wales and Norway to his unhappy experiences at an English public school, these sparkling memoirs are filled with wit, high spirits and more than a touch of the macabre.
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: One sunny Sunday, the caterpillar was hatched out of a tiny egg. He was very hungry. On Monday, he ate through one apple; on Tuesday, he ate through three plums--and still he was hungry. Strikingly bold, colorful pictures and a simple text in large, clear type tell the story of a hungry little caterpillar's progress through an amazing variety and quantity of foods. Full at last, he made a cocoon…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Who better to investigate the literary spirit world that the supreme connoisseur of the unexpected, Roald Dahl? His own short stories have teased and twisted imaginations in their millions, but amongst the many permutations of the macabre, Dahl has always felt a special fascination for the classic ghost story. In this book of ghost stories he has selected fourteen of his favourites for this…
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Ronia, who lives with her father and his band of robbers in a castle in the woods, causes trouble when she be friends the son of a rival robber chieftain.
Скачать книгу (размер 4 563 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 896) Аннотация: »The Sunne in Splendour» is a magnificent historical novel about Richard III. Set against a vast, colourful canvas, it covers the whole period of The War of the Roses opening with Richard as a child of seven and following him through a turbulent youth and manhood to his betrayal and death at The Battle of Bosworth Field. The historical detail is brilliantly depicted and brings to life the…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: His code name: «The Sphinx». His mission: to send Rommel's advancing army the secrets that would unlock the doors to Cairo... and the ultimate Nazi triumph in the war. And in all of Cairo, only two people could stop this brilliant and ruthless Nazi master agent. One was a down-on-his-luck English officer no one would listen to. The other was a young Jewish girl...
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: First written down in the eighth century AD, these early Irish stories depict a far older world — part myth, part legend and part history. Rich with magic and achingly beautiful, they speak of a land of heroic battles, intense love and warrior ideals, in which the otherworld is explored and men mingle freely with the gods.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: In The Marquise of O — a virtuous widow finds herself unaccountably pregnant. And although the baffled Marquise has no idea when this happened, she must prove her innocence to her doubting family and discover whether the perpetrator is an assailant or lover. Michael Kohlhaas depicts an honourable man who feels compelled to violate the law in his search for justice, while other tales explore the…
Скачать книгу (размер 361 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 72) Аннотация: Published over 50 years ago, The Story of Ferdinand is one of the bestselling children's books of all time, and the bull who preferred sitting under the cork tree and smelling flowers to fighting has become a hero to generations of children.