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Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Get the lowdown on the best fiction ever written. Over 230 of the world's greatest novels are covered, from Quixote (1614) to Orhan Pamuk's Snow (2002), with fascinating information about their plots and their authors — and suggestions for what to read next. The guide comes complete with recommendations of the best editions and translations for every genre from the most enticing crime and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 585 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 312) Аннотация: The Rough Guide to Graphic Novels is the ultimate companion to the expanding world of the 'literary comic book'. Written by comic industry insider Danny Fingeroth, it includes the mediums' history, from sequential art in Egyptian tombs, through the superhero boom of the 1940s to the birth of the graphic novel movement and the latest online offerings. All you need to know about the best and rest…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: The Agatha Award winner debuts a 1930s London mystery series, featuring a penniless member of the extended royal family. When an arrogant Frenchman, who wants her family's estate for himself, winds up dead, Victoria's most important job is to clear her family name.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: The Queen of Paranormal Romance («USA Today») continues her breathtaking GhostWalkers series. Saber Wynter is running from her past when she meets former Navy SEAL and GhostWalker Jess Calhoun. The riddles of both their pasts are about to collide, shattering the promise of their future with the ultimate betrayal.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 372) Аннотация: In what may be her most unsettling novel to date, Grafton's «T Is for Trespass» is also her most direct confrontation with the forces of evil. Beginning with the day-to-day life of a private eye, Grafton suddenly shifts from the voice of Kinsey Millhone to that of Solana Rojas, introducing readers to a chilling sociopath.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 733 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 341) Аннотация: In 1811, murder has jarred London's elite. The sons of prominent families have been found at dawn in public places, their bodies mutilated and strange objects stuffed into their mouths. Although Sebastian St. Cyr is distracted by his seemingly doomed relationship with actress Kat Boleyn, the oddness of these murders nags at him — and he becomes determined to track down the assassin, even at the…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: As Stephen King will attest, the popularity of the occult in American literature has only grown since the days of Edgar Allan Poe. «American Supernatural Tales» celebrates the richness of this tradition with chilling contributions from some of the nation's brightest literary lights, including Poe himself, H. P. Lovecraft, Shirley Jackson, Ray Bradbury, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and — of course —…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: Mr Jones of Manor Farm is so lazy and drunken that one day he forgets to feed his livestock. The ensuing rebellion under the leadership of the pigs Napoleon and Wellington leads to the animals taking over the farm. Vowing to eliminate the terrible inequities of the farmyard, the renamed Animal Farm is organized to benefit all who walk on four legs. But as time passes, the ideals of the rebellion…

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Скачать книгу (размер 1 829 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 360) Аннотация: 'The aim of this book is to completely inspire people who have no interest in food to have a go' — Jamie Oliver. Sixty years ago food was in short supply and malnutrition rates were high. «The Ministry of Food» was set up to teach the public how to make the best use of the food available to them. Fast forward to the present day, where we have unlimited choices and plenty of food, yet we're living…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Presenting ten essays, the author addresses the Russian minds of the nineteenth century: Herzen, Bakunin, Turgenev, Belinsky and Tolstoy, as well as exploring the political and social revolutions they inspired and responded to. He describes this as 'the largest single Russian contribution to social change in the world'.

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Contains three tales to introduce readers to the delights of «Arabian Nights» — «Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Killed by the Slave Girl», «Judar and his Brothers», and «Ma'rus the Cobbler».

Скачать книгу (размер 1 141 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 225) Аннотация: In a glass-enclosed city of absolute straight lines, nameless numbers, survivors of a devastating war, live out lives devoid of passion and creativity. Until D-503, a mathematician who dreams in numbers, makes a discovery: he has an individual soul. Reputedly the inspiration for Orwell's 1984.

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Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: This volume contains a selection of early works by Yevgeny Alexandrovich Yevtushenko who blazed a trail for a generation of Soviet poets with a confident poetic voice that moves effortlessly between social and personal themes. «Zima Junction» vividly describes his idyllic childhood in Siberia and his impressions of home after a long absence in Moscow. Private moments are captured in «Waking», on…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 396 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 275) Аннотация: From the winner of the 2006 Nebula Award for Best Novel comes this provocative story of a man who stumbles upon the discovery of a lifetime. After a laboratory calibrator turns into a time machine, lab assistant Matt Fuller has nothing to lose by taking the trip himself — or so he thinks.

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Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: This wicked collection of 18 macabre tales combines both «Horowitz Horror» and «More Horowitz Horror» in one volume.

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Скачать книгу (размер 1 421 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 280) Аннотация: Hired to find a boy who has gone missing in Doraville, North Carolina, Harper Connelly discovers that he is one of several boys who have disappeared over the years. As she uncovers the town's dark secrets, Harper becomes the next person likely to rest in an ice-cold grave...