Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: The urbane authority that Vladimir Nabokov brought to every word he ever wrote, and the ironic amusement he cultivated in response to being uprooted and politically exiled twice in his life, never found fuller expression than in Pale Fire published in 1962 after the critical and popular success of Lolita had made him an international literary figure. An ingeniously constructed parody of detective…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: This volume in the exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare features: vivid, readable introduction for each poem by noted scholar David Bevington, modern spelling and punctuation, comprehensive text notes, an-up-to-date, annotated bibliography, and an index to the first lines of the sonnets.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Rich with surprise and hilarious adventure, “The Prince And The Pauper” is a delight satire of England's romantic past and a joyful boyhood romp filled with the same tongue-in-cheek irony that sparked the best of Mark Twain's tall tales. Two boys, one an urchin from London's filthy lanes, the other a prince born in a lavish palace, unwittingly trade identities. Thus a bedraggled «Prince of…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: A band of titled Englishmen, led by the Scarlet Pimpernel, assist condemned aristocrats in their escape to England during the Reign of Terror.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 477 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 487) Аннотация: The ancient order of the Knights Templar possessed untold wealth and absolute power over kings and popes — until the Inquisition, when they were wiped from the face of the Earth. Now two forces vying for the treasure learn that the Knights' true nature could change the modern world in this «New York Times» bestseller.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 478 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 291) Аннотация: The «New York Times» bestselling author of the Pip & Flinx series delivers the official novelization of the eagerly anticipated, live-action, motion picture adaptation of «Transformers» by DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 452 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 286) Аннотация: The official prequel to the upcoming blockbuster film from executive producer Steven Spielberg, Paramount Pictures, and DreamWorks — the action-packed storyof the battle between the Autobots and the Deceptions.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 554 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 306) Аннотация: The law touches almost every aspect of life, and the language of law is accordingly as broad and complex as human experience itself. Defining, refining, debating, interpreting, and applying the words of constitutions, statutes, contracts, wills, judicial opinions, and other legal writings is a major preoccupation of the law. It is, in fact, a fundamental preoccupation, for to question the meaning…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 421 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 280) Аннотация: Someone once said that books furnish a room. They also change our lives. We go to books for consolation and companionship, to be transported, moved and entertained, sometimes even to be terrified. The books furnishing our rooms tell the story of our lives and also help us to make sense of them. This is not a work of reference; it doesn’t prescribe a canon or tell you how to read. Instead 1000…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: The midnight hour approaches in an almost empty all-night diner. Mari sips her coffee and glances up from a book as a young man, a musician, intrudes on her solitude. Both have missed the last train home. The musician has plans to rehearse with his jazz band all night, Mari is equally unconcerned and content to read, smoke and drink coffee until dawn. They realise they've been acquainted through…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: 2 classic books for the price of 1: Vintage Fantasy is a limited edition gift pack which consists of beautifully designed separate volumes of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll and Haruki Murakami's cult bestseller The Wind-up Bird Chronicle. Vintage Fantasy is just one of ten Vintage Classic Twins to collect. Each twin consists of two books: a specially designed limited edition of…
Скачать книгу (размер 4 155 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 816) Аннотация: The «Blair Years» is the most compelling and revealing account of contemporary politics you will ever read. Taken from Alastair Campbell's daily diaries, it charts the rise of New Labour and the tumultuous years of Tony Blair's leadership, providing the first important record of a remarkable decade in our national life. Here are the defining events of our time, from Labour's new dawn to the war…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: The City of London is still confined to a square-mile enclave, as it was when its residents crossed the river to see Shakespeare's newest plays in Southwark. At that time, up the river there was another city — Westminster, seat of the Royal Court, the Law Courts and Parliament — but within 200 years the two settlements had fused, making London the largest city on earth, the first to reach a…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 592) Аннотация: Many legends have grown up about the sexual rapacity of Catherine the Great. While it is true that she shocked the Russian court with the number and age of her lovers, there is no truth in the rumour of her death by stallion. Unhappily married to the Grand Duke Peter, a man who preferred to play with his toy soldiers in the bedroom, they failed to produce an heir, and Catherine turned her…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: 2 classic books for the price of 1: Vintage Fear is a limited edition gift pack which consists of beautifully designed separate volumes of The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm and Angela Carter's groundbreaking reworking of these stories, The Bloody Chamber. Vintage Fear is just one of ten Vintage Classic Twins to collect. Each twin consists of two books: a specially designed limited…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: »Vintage Crime» is a limited edition gift pack which consists of beautifully designed separate volumes of «Crime and Punishment» by Fyodor Dostoevsky and Patricia Highsmith's thrilling novel «Ripley's Game». «Vintage Crime» is just one of ten «Vintage Classic Twins» to collect. Each twin consists of two books: a specially designed limited edition of one modern classic title and one established…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: October 1914: the destroyer Svea emerged from the Stockholm archipelago bearing south-south-east. On board was Lars Tobiasson-Svartman, a naval engineer charged with making depth soundings to find a navigable channel for the Swedish navy. As a child, Tobiasson-Svartman was fascinated by measurement; nothing is as magical as exact knowledge. His instinct for his profession is reflected in the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Collected here for the first time are some of the numerous essays and lectures by Norman Davies, author of the bestselling and critically acclaimed «Europe, The Isles and Rising '44». Spanning more than fifteen years of his remarkable career, this highly accessible collection addresses many of the issues that continue to dominate the political and cultural climate of Europe today. In «Europe East…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: »Vintage Monsters» is a limited edition gift pack which consists of beautifully designed separate volumes of «Frankenstein» by Mary Shelley and Jeanette Winterson's «Sexing the Cherry». «Vintage Monsters» is just one of ten «Vintage Classic Twins» to collect. Each twin consists of two books: a specially designed limited edition of one modern classic title and one established classic work. The…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: 'Who can resist a book that recommends love and chocolate as part of a balanced diet?' asked Allison Pearson in the «Daily Telegraph» about Guiliano's «French Women Don't Get Fat», a mould-breaking book that unlocked the secrets of 'The French paradox' and sold well over a million copies worldwide. By letter, by email, in person, readers have inundated Mireille Guiliano with requests for more…