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Скачать книгу (размер 4 563 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 896) Аннотация: The only comprehensive hardcover edition of Tolstoy's shorter fiction — 57 stories and novellas, including two that have never before appeared in English. In these two handsome volumes, every aspect of Tolstoy's art and personality is reflected: his experiences as a soldier in the Caucasus, his married life, his passionate interest in the peasantry, his belief in truth and simplicity, and above…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 747 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 540) Аннотация: The Blind Assassin is a tale of two sisters, one of whom dies under ambiguous circumstances in the opening pages. The survivor, Iris Chase Griffen, initially seems a little cold-blooded about this death in the family. But as Margaret Atwood's most ambitious work unfolds--a tricky process, in fact, with several nested narratives and even an entire novel-within-a-novel--we're reminded of just how…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Invited to a high society party by a former client, Archie Goodwin is shocked to witness the death of another guest by cyanide poisoning.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: When Fathers and Sons was first published in Russia, in 1862, it was met with a blaze of controversy about where Turgenev stood in relation to his account of generational misunderstanding. Was he criticizing the worldview of the conservative aesthete, Pavel Kirsanov, and the older generation, or that of the radical, cerebral medical student, Evgenii Bazarov, representing the younger one. The…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin must help a rich old woman whose husband is getting money in a most mysterious way. But when the case leads Wolfe to the most dangerous man in the U.S., he knows that if he wants to live, he will have to do the one thing that he has never contemplated — run and hide.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Humphrey Van Weyden, rescued by the crew of the Ghost, becomes an unwilling sailor under the command of Wolf Larsen.

Скачать книгу (размер 4 150 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 815) Аннотация: This volume contains six zany, outrageous, out-of-this-world adventure stories by bestselling author Douglas Adams: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; The Restaurant at the End of the Universe; Life, the Universe and Everything; So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish; Young Zaphod; and Mostly Harmless.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Educated in the Florence of Cosimo de' Medici, trained in knighthood at his father's mountaintop castle, Vittorio inhabits a world of courtly splendor and country pleasures — a world suddenly threatened when his entire family is confronted by an unholy power. In the midst of this upheaval, Vittorio is seduced by the beautiful and sinister vampire Ursula — setting in motion a chilling chain of…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: Simon Steinberg, a major movie producer, and Blaire Scott, an award-winning television writer, are among the most respected couples in Hollywood. They have defied the cliches, keeping their marriage together for decades. Their children — Samantha, Scott, and Allegra — are successful and happy, but must face challenges we fear for our own children as well. As an attorney for the stars,…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: This is a narrative particle accelerator that zooms between Wild Turkey Whiskey and Bob Dylan, unicorn skulls and voracious librarians, John Coltrane and Lord Jim. Science fiction, detective story and post modern manifesto all rolled into one rip-roaring novel, «Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World» is the tour de force that expanced Haruki Murakami's international following, tracking…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: When he hears her favourite Beatles song, Toru Watanabe recalls his first love Naoko, the girlfriend of his best friend Kizuki. Immediately he is transported back almost twenty years to his student days in Tokyo, adrift in a world of uneasy friendships, casual sex, passion, loss and desire — to a time when an impetuous young woman called Midori marches into his life and he has to choose between…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 615 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 514) Аннотация: Gertrude has lost her husband and Anne, an ex-nun, her God. They plan to live together and do good works. Tim is a different sort of soldier. He plans to live off rich friends. Who will judge whom in this story?

Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: The hill people and the Mexicans arrived on the same day. It was a Wednesday, early in September 1952. The Cardinals were five games behind the Dodgers with two weeks to go, and the season looked hopeless. The cotton, however, was waist high to my father, almost over my head, and he and my grandfather could be heard before supper whispering words that were seldom heard. It could be a «good crop».…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: This is the story of nine people, each of whom is looking for love, and the resulting complex relationships between them. Impelled by affection, lust, lost scruple, illusion and disillusion, wanting to be free yet needing to be involved, these characters perform the linked figures of their destiny.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: In the bestselling “Italian Neighbours”, Tim Parks explores the idiosyncrasies and nuances of Italian culture. When Parks moved to Italy he found it irresistible; this book is a testament to his love of Italy and his attention to the details of everyday Italian life. “Italian Neighbours” is travel writing at its best; infused with an objective passion and an eye for the details and the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Marian Taylor, who has come as a 'companion' to a lonely woman in a remote castle, becomes aware that her employer is a prisoner, not only of her own obsessions, but of an unforgiving husband. Hannah, the Unicorn, seemingly an image of persecuted virtue, fascinates those who surround her, some of whom plan to rescue her from her dream of redemptive suffering. But is she an innocent victim, a…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: The long title story is about a man whose life, in a sense, is a book. There are shelves in every room, packed with titles which Ambrose Ribbon has checked pedantically for mistakes of grammar and fact. Life for Ribbon, without his mother now, is lonely and obsessive. He still keeps her dressing table exactly as she had left it, the wardrobe door always so that her clothes can be seen inside, and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: After coming home at the end of World War II, Walter Mosca finds himself too restless for his civilian role in America. So he returns to Germany to find the woman he had once loved — and to start some kind of life in a vanquished country. But ahead of Walter stretches a dark landscape of defeat and intrigue, as he succumbs to the corrupting influences of a malevolent time. Now he enters a…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 910 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 768) Аннотация: His birth was marked by wonder and tragedy. He sees beauty and terror beyond our deepest dreams. His story will change the way you see the world. On the heels of his #1 bestseller «False Memory», Dean Koontz brings together his most compelling themes and an unforgettable cast of characters to create what is perhaps the most thrilling and emotionally powerful work of his critically acclaimed…

Скачать книгу (размер 55 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 12) Аннотация: Do you like green eggs and ham? If so, you'll love them with flaps and stickers! Flip the flaps to see where those green eggs and ham will pop up next! All the fun and charm of the original book is here in this interactive version of Dr. Seuss's classic Green Eggs and Ham!