Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: »Penguin Decades» bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood. All represent their time and helped define their generation, while today each is considered a landmark work of storytelling. Kingsley Amis' «Lucky Jim» was published in 1954, and is a hilarious satire of…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Ellie Faulkner's world has been destroyed. Her husband Greg died in a car crash — and he wasn't alone. In the passenger seat was the body of Milena Livingstone — a woman Ellie's never heard of. But Ellie refuses to leap to the obvious conclusion, despite the whispers and suspicions of those around her. Maybe it's the grief, but Ellie has to find out who this woman was — and prove Greg wasn't…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: A broken heart is hard to mend. And a good heart is practically impossible to find...When Georgia Abbott's fiance cheats on her, she's left with a broken heart and the reality of her humdrum life in London. Until someone tells her about a job on Glow magazine: in Sydney. That's Sydney, Australia — where the welcome is as warm as the weather and the men look like Mel Gibson, but taller. What's she…
Скачать книгу (размер 4 155 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 816) Аннотация: A man at his desk is interrupted by the appearance of a woodland elf in his room; the piano maestro Bachmann ends his career; a barber shaves the face of a man who once tortured him; and, a shy dreamer makes a deal with the Devil. In these sixty-five stories of magic and melancholy, Nabokov displays an astonishing range of inventiveness, with dazzling sleight of hand, fantastical fairy tales,…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 268 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 642) Аннотация: 'When Matisse dies, Chagall will be the only painter left who understands what color really is'. Picasso said this in the 1950s, when he and Chagall were eminent neighbors living in splendor on the Cote d'Azur. But behind Chagall's role as a pioneer of modern art lay struggle, heartbreak, bitterness, lost love, exile, and the miracle of survival. Born the son of a Russian Jewish herring merchant,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: »Penguin Decades» bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood. All represent their time and helped define their generation, while today each is considered a landmark work of storytelling. The latecomers are Hartmann and Fibich, brought over to England as children to…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 049 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 207) Аннотация: Some time after their eventful trip on the river, chronicled in Three Men in a Boat, George, Harris and J. suffer a renewed attack of itchy feet and decide to take off on a 'bummel'. However they find that they get into more than a few scrapes on their cycling jaunt in Germany. Learning to cope with perilous tasks such as purchasing a cushion, taking a bicycle off a train, map-reading into the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Catch the hapless Greg Heffley as he navigates his way through family and school life with his best friend, Rowley, by his side in a brand new Wimpy Kid adventure!
Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: This thorough, fascinating, and revelatory account draws on a wealth of archival materials never before seen by any outsider to unveil the inner workings of the world's first spy agency. MI6's early days were haphazard but it was quickly forged into an effective organization in the crucible of World War I.
Скачать книгу (размер 55 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 12) Аннотация: Ladybug Girl is Lulu, a little girl who loves to dress up in her ladybug costume and pretend she as a superhero. As Ladybug Girl, Lulu leaps through imaginary shark-infested puddles and skips over huge, twisty tree trunks. In this book, Lulu tries on other costumes, dressing up like a pirate, an astronaut, a tiger, and more with new superhero adventures to be had in each adorable outfit.
Скачать книгу (размер 55 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 12) Аннотация: Ladybug Girl is Lulu, a little girl who loves to dress up in her ladybug costume and use her imagination to turn every moment into an adventure. In this book, readers will learn about the many loves of Ladybug Girl, from climbing the tallest trees to playing with her friends on the playground. And her beloved dog, Bingo, is always by her side!
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: A fresh, practical approach to two of Lewis Carroll's most beloved works, which chronicle the magical, captivating adventures of Alice of Wonderland.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Perhaps the most popular of all Sherlock Holmes stories, The Hound of the Baskervilles combines the traditional detective tale with elements of horror. When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on the wild Devon moorland with the footprints of a giant hound nearby, the blame is placed on a family curse-and it is up to Holmes and Watson to solve the mystery of the legend. Rationalism is pitted…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Lavishly illustrated in full color, Insight Paris Step by Step features irresistible self-guided walks and tours, written by a local expert and packed with great insider tops. All walks and tours come with easy-to-follow full-color maps and handpicked places to eat and drink en route. The guide recommends top tours by theme, and also has an only in feature, highlighting a number of experiences or…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: An elaborately annotated edition of Shakespeare's masterpieces of wit and erotic word-play. When a volume of poetry entitled Shakespeares Sonnets. Never before Imprinted appeared in 1609, Shakespeare was forty-five and most of his greatest plays had seen several performances. Some of the sonnets, speaking of the begetting of children, mortality and memory, art, desire and jealousy, are addressed…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: In less than an hour, Sean has a meeting with a mestizo gangster. On the other side of town, Rosa listens for her husband's car, and thirteen-year-old Vincente is watching for the man who pays money for street-kids' dreams. Tonight, these disparate lives will violently collide...
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization,…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: George Orwell was an inveterate keeper of diaries. The Orwell Diaries presents eleven of them, covering the period 1931-1949, and follows Orwell from his early years as a writer to his last literary notebook. An entry from 1931 tells of a communal shave in the Trafalgar Square fountains, while notes from his travels through industrial England show the development of the impassioned social…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: These works were written against a background of war and racism. Freud sought the sources of conflict in the deepest memories of humankind, finding clear continuities between our primitive past and civilized modernity. In Totem and Taboo, he explores institutions of tribal life, tracing analogies between the rites of hunter-gatherers and the obsessions of urban-dwellers, while Mourning and…
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