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Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: This collection brings together Orwell's longer, major essays and a selection of shorter pieces that include Shooting an Elephant, My Country Right or Left, Decline of an English Murder and A Hanging. Orwell unfolds his views on subjects ranging from a revaluation of Charles Dickens to a defence of English cooking, displaying a mastery of English plain prose style and continuing to challenge,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Tim Lott's parents, Jack and Jean, met at the Empire Snooker Hall, Ealing, in 1951, in a world that to him now seems 'as strange as China'. In this extraordinarily moving exploration of his parents' lives, his mother's inexplicable suicide in her late fifties and his own bouts of depression, Tim Lott conjures up the pebble-dashed home of his childhood and the rapidly changing landscape of postwar…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 120 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 417) Аннотация: Readers canat get enough of the #1 New York Times bestselling author. A favor for Jason, vampire hunter Anita Blakeas werewolf lover, puts her in the center of a fullblown scandal that threatens master-vampire Jean — Claudeas reignaand makes her a pawn in an ancient vampire queenas new rise to power.

Скачать книгу (размер 228 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 46) Аннотация: Do you think Cinderella married the prince and lived happily ever after, and that the three little pigs outsmarted the wolf? Think again! Premier storyteller Roald Dahl twists the fate of six favorite fairy tales, in this picture book edition with vibrant new cover art by Quentin Blake. Fairy tales have never been more revolting!

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: What were Roald Dahl's first words? Read his account of going to football matches with Joss Spivvis, the gardener. This new edition of a favourite book contains a wealth of new photos, facts and writings about Roald Dahl and his childhood, together with the original text and illustrations from his much-loved memoir. With lots of little-known details, this is a must-have for all Dahl fans!

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Williams's Pulitzer Prize-winning play has captured both stage and film audiences since its debut in 1954. One of his best-loved and most famous plays, it exposes the lies plaguing the family of a wealthy Southern planter of humble origins.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: Set in the Kaw River Valley where Paretsky grew up, BLEEDING KANSAS is the story of the Schapens and the Grelliers, two farm families whose histories have been entwined since the 1850s, when their ancestors settled the valley as antislavery emigrants. Sara Paretsky is the New York Times bestselling author of FIRE SALE and KILLING ORDERS.

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: The essential companion to this phenomenal city. The Rough Guide Map Athens pin-points the best the city has to offer, from the spectacular Acropolis and the National Archieological Museum to the flee markets of Monastiraki. The best shopping streets, pedestrian zones and major buildings are all edged in different colours to make them easier to find. The useful ''Time Map'' charts the opening…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Special Agent Paul Chavasse is about to start a much-deserved holiday when he is abruptly pulled back to active duty. He knows that if he's being called into action, a job has gone bad-and it's about to get a lot worse. As Hitler's private secretary-and an influential member of the Third Reich-Martin Bormann was one of those rare Nazis who managed to simply disappear at the end of World War II.…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Cabot Cove, Maine's most famous mystery author, Jessica Fletcher, is excited about promoting her new book in glamourous San Francisco. She can't wait for drinks and dinner on Fisherman's Wharf, a ride on the cable cars, and a romantic rendezvous with Scottish policeman George Sutherland. She doesn't know that solving a murder may be penciled into her agenda.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Jessica Fletcher's mid-summer vacation to New York's famed Hampton beaches turns into a lesson in the art of murder. Indulging in a lifelong passion, she enrolls in an art class, but when the model they had been sketching fails to stir-the victim of a deadly poison-Jessica canvasses the area, chasing down a killer with an artistic flair.

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Fading southern belle Blanche Dubois depends on the kindness of strangers and is adrift in the modern world. When she arrives to stay with her sister Stella in a crowded, boisterous corner of New Orleans, her delusions of grandeur bring her into conflict with Stella's crude, brutish husband Stanley. Eventually their violent collision course causes Blanche's fragile sense of identity to crumble,…

Скачать книгу (размер 962 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 190) Аннотация: The Subterraneans haunt the bars and clubs of San Francisco, surviving on a diet of booze and benzedrine, Proust and Verlaine. Living amongst them is Leo, an aspiring writer, and Mardou, half-Indian, half-Negro, beautiful and neurotic. Their bitter-sweet and ill-starred love affair sees Kerouac at his most evocative. Many regard this as being Kerouac's most touching and tender book.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: In the foothills of the Himalayas sits a once grand, now crumbling house — home to three people and a dog. There is the retired judge dreaming of colonial yesterdays; his orphaned granddaughter Sai who has fallen for her clever maths tutor; the cook, whose son Biju writes untruthful letters home from New York City; and Mutt, the judge's beloved dog. Around the house swirls mountain mist — but…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Michael Moore returns to give you the low-down on the ins and outs of voting, answering all those pressing questions you've always wondered about, such as, Why should I vote? It only encourages them. Can my vote be bought (and what's the starting price)? The candidates seem to think I'm stupid. Should I just go along to keep them happy? It seems like just anyone can run for office. Is that a good…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Evil comes with many different faces. A macabre human drama is re-enacted in a Gothic dolls' house one night; a whistle awakens a force of unspeakable malevolence; an ancient curse is passed from person to person; a grisly crime is avenged from beyond the grave; the tomb of a Swedish count will not rest quietly. M R James' chilling ghost stories reveal a world where the familiar becomes…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: In this title, the world's strangest questions answered: What happened to the Mary Celeste? Where is the Mona Lisa? (clue: it's not in the Louvre) Is the Loch Ness Monster really a circus elephant? Will the real Paul McCartney please stand up? Who killed Marilyn Monroe? What was Agatha Christie's own mystery? Why does it rain frogs? Does Bigfoot exist? How did D. B Cooper get away with the…

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: A brand new series from Insight brings you Step by Step. This itinerary-based guide details 20 of the City's best walks and tours, written by a local expert, for that personal touch and insider information. All itineraries are arranged by theme for a truly tailor-made travel experience, so whether you are an art enthusiast, gourmet, historian, shopaholic, architecture buff, or simply want to…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Adam Pollo, an amnesiac ex-student, has broken into an empty seaside villa. He visits the town at rare intervals and as briefly as his scanty purchases — cigarettes, biscuits, beer — permit. Soon lack of human contact affects him like a drug and he experiences other modes of being: through a dog's eye or a rat's... states of heightened consciousness which build up into a terrifying world of…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Iran often appears in the media as a hostile and difficult country. But beneath the headlines there is a fascinating story of a nation of great intellectual variety and depth, and enormous cultural importance. A nation whose impact has been tremendous, not only on its neighbours in the Middle East but on the world as a whole — and through ideas and creativity rather than by the sword. From the…