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Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Called tsubo-niwa after a unit of measurement that is two person-sized tatami mats placed side by side, the pocket garden has been a part of the Japanese architectural canon for thousands of years. Undergoing a modernization in the last few decades in which a new generation of architects began experimenting with the concept in imaginative ways, the contemporary garden follows a distinct yet…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: 'I, Danny Wallace, being of sound mind and body, do hereby write this manifesto for my life. I swear I will be more open to opportunity. I swear I will live my life taking every available chance. I will say Yes to every favour, request, suggestion and invitation. I WILL SWEAR TO SAY YES WHERE ONCE I WOULD SAY NO'. Danny Wallace had been staying in. Far too much. Having been dumped by his…

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Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Robert Prentice is eighteen, and his boyhood dreams have disintegrated on the battlefields of Europe. At home, his mother, Alice, wraps herself in fantasy against the relentless disappointments of life. From his compelling portraits of these two damaged souls, Richard Yates creates a brilliant novel of post-war America, at odds with its own identity, striving to combine prosperity and ideals,…

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Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: Jason and his sister have just moved to Malibu — to a town full of beautiful rich kids whose lives revolve around money, fashion, cars and parties. But these teens hide a dark — and dangerous secret... Ritual Jason takes his sister to a New Age fair — and they visit a psychic. Jason is given a warning of great danger — and sure enough, he is soon after attacked by a mysterious assailant. When he…

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Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: In the hopeful 1950s, Frank and April Wheeler appear to be a model couple: bright, beautiful, talented, with two young children and a starter home in the suburbs. Perhaps they married too young and started a family too early. Maybe Frank's job is dull. And April never saw herself as a housewife. Yet they have always lived on the assumption that greatness is only just around the corner. But now…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Hailed for its coiled eroticism and the moral claims it makes upon the reader, this mesmerizing novel is a story of love and secrets, horror and compassion, unfolding against the haunted landscape of postwar Germany. When he falls ill on his way home from school, fifteen-year-old Michael Berg is rescued by Hanna, a woman twice his age. In time she becomes his lover—then she inexplicably…

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