Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) 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. Anthony Burgess' «A Clockwork Orange» was published in 1962 and has been…
Скачать книгу (размер 5 461 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1072) Аннотация: To mark the centenary of its foundation, the British Security Service, MI5, has opened its archives to an independent historian. This book reveals the precise role of the Service in twentieth-century British history, since its foundation by Captain Kell of the British Army in October 1909 to root out 'the spies of the Kaiser'.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Why do oil and diamonds lead to economic disaster more often than boom? Why doesn't Africa grow cocaine? Why might believing in God be good for your balance-sheet? Using the stories of economic triumph and disaster, this title explains how some countries went wrong while others went right.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Trojan Industries are in Russia and there's a new gang in their sights. Eagles 88, a twisted group of Neo-Nazi extremists, are terrorizing the streets of Moscow, attacking innocent civilians. Can Alexi Zukov, Trojan's latest teenage recruit, infiltrate the inner workings of the gang and save the capital's streets from another tragedy?
Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: It was Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. Black maids raise white children, but aren't trusted not to steal the silver. Some lines will never be crossed. Aibileen is a black maid: smart, regal, and raising her seventeenth white child. Yet something shifted inside Aibileen the day her own son died while his bosses looked the other way. Minny, Aibileen's best friend, is by some way the sassiest woman in…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: When Joel Knox's mother dies, he is sent into the exotic unknown of the Deep South to live with a father he has never seen. But the sinister and eccentric figures he meets there are curiously and ominously evasive when Joel asks to see his father.
Скачать книгу (размер 3 339 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 656) Аннотация: In the summer of 1812, Napoleon, the master of Europe, marched into Russia with the largest army ever assembled, confident that he would sweep everything before him. Yet less than two years later his empire lay in ruins. This title explores Russia's crucial role in the Napoleonic Wars, creating the epic battle between two empires.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Alex Leamas is tired. It's the 1960s, he's been out in the cold for years, spying in Berlin for his British masters, and has seen too many good agents murdered for their troubles. Now Control wants to bring him in at last — but only after one final assignment. He must travel deep into the heart of Communist Germany and betray his country, a job that he will do with his usual cynical…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: A #1 «New York Times» — bestselling author takes readers deep into the rugged Black Hills of South Dakota, where the shadows hide secrets, hunters stalk the land, and a childhood friendship matures into an adult passion.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: There's only one vampire that cocktail waitress Sookie Stackhouse is involved with (at least voluntarily) and it's Bill Compton. But when she catches him in a serious act of betrayal, she's not sure whether to save him — or sharpen some stakes.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: From the Elizabethan period's second-biggest dramatist comes the story of Faustus, a brilliant scholar who sells his soul to the devil in exchange for limitless knowledge and powerful black magic. Includes new material. Revised reissue.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 661 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 327) Аннотация: Jockey Freddie Croft discovers a high-stakes conspiracy that exposes the seedy underside of horse racing — and faces even deadlier odds of survival than in any steeplechase run.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: A provocative... persuasive («The New York Times») book that examines countries' economic destinies. «False Economy» reveals that governments and countries make concrete choices that can determine whether they remain rich or poor.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 457 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 287) Аннотация: A sophisticated, layered, and heartachingly beautiful story about the power of family and friends, the choices we all make, and the ultimate choice one teenage girl commands, this emotionally arresting novel is sure to captivate readers.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 977 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 389) Аннотация: In 2060, Lieutenant Eve Dallas searches the backstreets of New York City for a dastardly and despicable criminal, in the newest novel by #1 «New York Times» — bestselling author J.D. Robb.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 552) Аннотация: From the incredible wizadry of Merlin to the passion of Sir Lancelot, these tales of Arthur and his knights offer epic adventures with the supernatural as well as timeless battles with out own humanity.
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Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: When the Strigoi attack St. Vladimir's, they take some of their victims with them, including Dimitri. He'd rather die than become one of them. Now Rose must abandon her best friend in order to keep her promise to Dimitri.
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