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Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Comprising the classic bestsellers «Getting Even», «Without Feathers», and «Side Effects», this definitive collection of comic writings is from a man who needs no Introduction. Really – this book has no Introduction. «The Insanity Defense» reveals many sides of Woody Allen as he holds forth on the most human of urges (“Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only for food: frequently there…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Layoffs have become a fact of life in today’s economy; initiated in the mid 1970s, they are now widely expected, and even accepted. It doesn’t have to be that way. In «The Disposable American», award-winning reporter Louis Uchitelle offers an eye-opening account of layoffs in America–how they started, their questionable necessity, and their devastating psychological impact on individuals at all…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Tatyana Tolstaya’s short stories—with their unpredictable fairy-tale plots, appealingly eccentric characters, and stylistic abundance and flair—established her in the 1980s as one of modern Russia’s finest writers. Since then her work has been translated throughout the world. Edna O’Brien has called Tolstaya “an enchantress.” Anita Desai has spoken of her work’s “richness and ardent life”. Mixing…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Dixie is the youngest of the Diamond family. She and her sisters, dreamy Martine, glamorous Rochelle and tough Jude, could hardly be more different from each other but their Mum's tried to teach them the value of sticking together. Now Mum's expecting yet another baby and she's convinced this one's a boy. Time to move to a bigger place, she insists, and the girls scarcely have time to protest…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: The clone assassin has been played long enoug — now it’s more than a game. Bred to kill, Agent 47 is The Agency’s most valuable assassin. So when a competing murder-for-hire organization decides to destroy The Agency, the first person they target for elimination is Agent 47. Tasking someone to off the best hitman in the business is one thing; getting the job done is another. When the attempt…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Throughout the galaxy, it was believed that Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker–the Chosen One–had died on Coruscant during the siege of the Jedi Temple. And, to some extent, that was true. Anakin was dead. From the site of Anakin Skywalker’s last stand–on the molten surface of the planet Mustafar, where he sought to destroy his friend and former master, Obi-Wan Kenobi–a fearsome specter in black has…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: In the Stars Wars galaxy, evil is on the move as the Galactic Alliance and Jedi order battle forces seen and unseen, from rampant internal treachery to the nightmare of all-out war. With each victory against the Corellian rebels, Jacen Solo becomes more admired, more powerful, and more certain of achieving galactic peace. But that peace may come with a price. Despite strained relationships caused…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Tragedy has struck His Majesty’s Aerial Corps, whose magnificent fleet of fighting dragons and their human captains valiantly defend England’s shores against the encroaching armies of Napoleon Bonaparte. An epidemic of unknown origin and no known cure is decimating the noble dragons’ ranks–forcing the hopelessly stricken into quarantine. Now only Temeraire and a pack of newly recruited dragons…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: A clash of armies and leaders takes center stage in the triumphant conclusion of Iggulden's bestselling series, in which the life of Julius Caesar is followed through epic rivalries, world-shattering battles, and doomed love.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 931 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 576) Аннотация: To look at one was to see the other. For family, it was a constant guessing game. For strangers, the surprise was overwhelming. For the twins Olivia and Victoria Henderson, their bond was mysterious and marvelous — a secret realm only they inhabited. They were the beloved daughters of a man who never fully recovered from his wife's death bearing them in 1893. Shy, serious Olivia had taken over…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Explore the mind of an assassin in R.A. Salvatore's exciting conclusion to The Sellswords Trilogy! The drow mercenary Jarlaxle and his companion, the human assassin Artemis Entreri, have begun to make a home for themselves in the rugged Bloodstone Lands. But not everyone is ready to trust a man who's spent his life killing for coin, much less a member of a race of subterranean elves known for…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: The complete comics adaptation of the acclaimed novel by New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman is now available in one volume! Neverwhere follows the adventures of an ordinary Londoner who stops to help an enigmatic girl and is drawn into a battle to save the strange underworld kingdom of London Below from destruction.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Two hundred years after civilization ended in an event known as the Blast, Benedikt isn’t one to complain. He’s got a job—transcribing old books and presenting them as the words of the great new leader, Fyodor Kuzmich, Glorybe—and though he doesn’t enjoy the privileged status of a Murza, at least he’s not a serf or a half-human four-legged Degenerator harnessed to a troika. He has a house, too,…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 584 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 704) Аннотация: Eine Familiengeschichte, die einen nicht mehr loslässt Was geschah mit Harriet Vanger? Während eines Familientreffens spurlos verschwunden, bleibt ihr Schicksal jahrzehntelang ungeklärt. Bis der Journalist Mikael Blomkvist und die Ermittlerin Lisbeth Salander recherchieren. Was sie zutage fördern, lässt alle Beteiligten wünschen, sie hätten sich nie mit diesem…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: The long awaited second part in the trilogy that began with Imperium. The year is 63 BC. In an age of political titans, Cicero stands supreme: the senior consul of the Roman republic. But jealous rivals are determined to destroy him and seize control of the state. To thwart them will take all his guile — and will lead him, and Rome, to the brink of destruction. Robert Harris's Lustrum is a…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: It's Alison's wedding day, her gorgeous husband Luca is by her side, and everything is just perfect. Perfect that is, until Luca's first wife gatecrashes the reception and makes it clear that she's going to remain very much part of his life...A stunned Alison soon finds an ally in Fiona, a founding member of The Second Wives Club and similarly plagued by her husband's ex. There she's introduced…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 849 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 560) Аннотация: The chaos spirit had chosen the child Alexander to be its human host. But Parmenion, most powerful warrior of ancient Greece, had won a small victory over the darkness that sought to rule through Alexander. The boy's soul had not been destroyed by evil, but instead had merged with it — and now Parmenion aided Alexander in the battle between light and dark that constantly raged within him.But…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 849 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 756) Аннотация: Fifteen-year-old Eragon believes that he is merely a poor farm boy — until his destiny as a Dragon Rider is revealed. Gifted with only an ancient sword, a loyal dragon, and sage advice from an old storyteller, Eragon is soon swept into a dangerous tapestry of magic, glory, and power. Now his choices could save or destroy the Empire.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: It is almost Halloween in the sleepy New England town of Blackwood Falls. Autumn leaves litter lawns and sidewalks, paper skeletons hang in windows, and carved pumpkins leer from stoops and front porches. The Doctor and Martha soon discover that something long-dormant has awoken in the town, and this will be no ordinary Halloween. What is the secret of the ancient chestnut tree and the mysterious…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Bestselling author Christopher Winn takes us on a captivating journey around London to discover the unknown tales of our capital's history. Travelling through the villages and districts that make up the world's most dynamic metropolis «I Never Knew That About London» unearths the hidden gems of legends, firsts, inventions, adventures and birthplaces that shape the city's compelling, and at times,…