Скачать книгу (размер 3 502 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 688) Аннотация: This is the most comprehensive collection of Jacobean drama on the market. The lyrical, bloodthirsty tragedies and witty urban comedies in this original collection were first performed during the reign of King James I (1603-25). Though nearly four centuries old, they display surprisingly modern sensibilities regarding sex, violence, morality, and honor. Brilliantly introduced and annotated by…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: For readers of Keri Arthur's bestselling Riley Jenson Guardian series comes a new sexy and exciting paranormal romance — the second novel in her acclaimed Myth and Magic series. Mercy Reynolds is a reporter in the San Francisco Bay area, but she's also more — and less — than human. Half woman, half air dragon, she's a «draman» — unable to shift shape but still able to unleash fiery energy. Now…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: In a brilliant mix of magic, history, and romance, M. K. Hobson moves her feisty young Witch, Emily Edwards, from the Old West of 1876 to turn-of-the-nineteenth-century New York City, whose polished surfaces conceal as much danger as anything west of the Rockies. Like it or not, Emily has fallen in love with Dreadnought Stanton, a New York Warlock as irresistible as he is insufferable. Newly…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: An Intimate Look at L.A.’s Hottest Trendsetters and the Inspiring Spaces They Live InRooted in innovation, aspiration, and tradition, daring in its scale and often in its luxury, Los Angeles style is unique. Nothing expresses these values more strikingly or more beautifully than the homes of L.A.’s hippest and most influential set: the designers, artists, stylists, and entrepreneurs whose tastes…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: President Bill Clinton gives us his views on the challenges facing the United States today and why government matters — presenting his ideas on restoring economic growth, job creation, financial responsibility, resolving the mortgage crisis, and pursuing a strategy to get us «back in the future business.» He explains how we got into the current economic crisis, and offers specific recommendations…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: »I was someone hungry for stories; more specifically, I was someone who craved after facts. I was, you see, a person with no history. Lacking this, I developed a curiosity about other's people's stories...» Clara Perez is a reporter on a small South seas island. An orphan raised by nuns, she is a young woman with origins shrouded in mystery. Full of idealistic ambition, she grows tired of the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: On the bustling docks along the River Thames, Great Britain’s merchant ships unload the treasures of the world. And here, in dank and sinister alleys, sex merchants ply their lucrative trade. The dreaded kingpin of this dark realm is Jericho Phillips, who seems far beyond the reach of the law. But when thirteen-year-old Fig is found with his throat cut, Commander William Monk of the River Police…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: For Griffin, all paths, all memories, converge at Cape Cod. The Cape is where he took his childhood summer vacations, where he and his wife, Joy, honeymooned, where they decided he’d leave his LA screenwriting job to become a college professor, and where they celebrated the marriage of their daughter Laura’s best friend. But when their beloved Laura’s wedding takes place a year later, Griffin is…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: With the breakneck pacing and intricate plotting of his most recent novel, The Rosary Girls, Richard Montanari established himself as one of the most exciting suspense writers working today. Now he proves himself a virtuoso with The Skin Gods, an explosive new thriller featuring Philadelphia homicide detectives Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano. It is the steaming heart of summer in the City of…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: “Being raised in an unstable household makes you understand that the world doesn’t exist to accommodate you, which, in Hannah’s observation, is something a lot of people struggle to understand well into adulthood.” — from The Man of My Dreams In her acclaimed debut novel, Prep, Curtis Sittenfeld created a touchstone with her pitch-perfect portrayal of adolescence. Her prose is as intensely…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Intelligence chief Jack Milton sends a message to his godson Luca Matthews in the Himalayas asking him to go to Africa and find Joshua. Reluctantly Luca obeys, but he is no longer the man he once was, traumatised by his part in the death of his best friend, his legendary climbing nerve shot to pieces.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Offers an account of the legal case against a fictional woman condemned to death for secretly burying her dead, illegitimate newborn in Cromwell's England.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: There was a bloodied knife on Allbran's bed. Lady Gateway Barker knew what she had to do; what all the royals in Summerseve did when somebody tried to kill a member of their family: gather up a bunch of people and horses, and go from one place to another.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: Don't get mad. Get everything. When their best friend commits suicide over her divorce, Elise, Brenda and Annie decide enough is enough. Each was crucial to her husband's career. But now that the men are successful, they've traded in their wives for newer, blonder models. Over lunch one day they form the First Wives Club. But this is no support group. This is the SAS in Chanel, Painstakingly,…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: On the surface, Joseph Pullman seems to have left his unhappy childhood far behind: as the town undertaker and a council member, he is now a respected citizen of Henderson, Maryland. But Joe's father is in jail for the brutal murder of a young boy and despite his wife's questions, Joe can't — or won't — talk about his past. When his wife disappears, and a woman's severed hand is found inside a…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Newly-wed Harriet is poised on the threshold of the adult world. Her husband James is setting off to join the Duke of Wellington's troops in Spain and, left in London, Harriet is taken under the wing of the spirited Kitty, Lady Wellington. While Harriet plunges into her new life of freedom at home, James is left to face the bloody reality of the battlefield. As war rages abroad and England stands…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Injected with new material and special design elements, Invisible Monsters Remix fulfills Chuck Palahniuk's original vision for his 1999 novel, turning a daring satire on beauty and the fashion industry into an even more wildly unique reading experience. Laced in are new chapters of memoir and further scenes with the book's characters. Readers will jump between chapters, reread the book to…
Скачать книгу (размер 4 553 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 894) Аннотация: Neal Stephenson follows his highly-praised historical novels, Quicksilver and The Confusion, with the extraordinary third and final volume of the Baroque Cycle. The year is 1714. Daniel Waterhouse has returned to England, where he joins forces with his friend Isaac Newton to hunt down a shadowy group attempting to blow up Natural Philosophers with 'Infernal Devices' — time bombs. As Daniel and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: On 2 April 2008, Ed Stafford began his attempt to become the first man ever to walk the entire length of the Amazon river. He has crossed the whole of South America from the Pacific coast of Peru to the mouth of the Amazon River on the Atlantic coast of Brazil. He finished in August 2010. The dangers have been great — from piranhas, crocodiles and killer bees to injuries and tropical rain storms,…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: In this groundbreaking history of Ireland, Neil Hegarty presents a fresh perspective on Ireland's past. Comprehensive and engaging, «The Story of Ireland «is an eye-opening account of a nation that has long been shaped by forces beyond its coasts. «The Story of Ireland» re-examines Irish history, challenging the accepted stories and long-held myths associated with Ireland. Transporting readers to…