Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Simple instructions and delightful graphics motivate children to master skills... and turn the page for more. Each Workbook Contains: — Easy-to-follow directions; — Skill building exercises with delightful illustrations; — An assortment of colorful stickers; — 32 easy-tear-out pages; — Skill identifier at the bottom of each page; — An answer key.
Скачать книгу (размер 3 584 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 704) Аннотация: Evelyn Waugh's short stories are the marvelous, concentrated riffs of his comic genius, revealing in miniaturized perfection all the elements that made him the greatest comic writer of our century. We find in them Waugh's almost superhuman technical skill as a writer and his quicksilver attentiveness to the minutiae of human absurdity, as well as his worldly knowledge, his tenderness, his…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 992 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 784) Аннотация: Inspired by the true story of a political murder that horrified Russians in 1869, Fyodor Dostoevsky conceived of Demons as a 'novel-pamphlet' in which he would say everything about the plague of materialist ideology that he saw infecting his native land. What emerged was a prophetic and ferociously funny masterpiece of ideology and murder in pre-revolutionary Russia.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Five classic short stories by Dostoevsky are collected in a single anthology for the first time, showcasing the author's strange and intoxicating literary genius.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: »50 Great Short Stories» is a comprehensive selection from the world' s finest short fiction. The authors represented range from Hawthorne, Maupassant, and Poe, through Henry James, Conrad, Aldous Huxley, and James Joyce, to Hemingway, Katherine Anne Porter, Faulkner, E.B. White, Saroyan, and O' Connor. The variety in style and subject is enormous, but all these stories have one point in common —…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Folksy and fresh, endearing and affecting, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is the now-classic novel of two women in the 1980s: of gray-headed Mrs. Threadgoode telling her life story to Evelyn, who is in the sad slump of middle age. The tale she tells is also of two women — of the irrepressibly daredevilish tomboy Idgie and her friend Ruth — who back in the thirties ran a little…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 829 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 752) Аннотация: Calder Moor is a wild and deadly place: many have been trapped in the myriad limestone caves, lost in collapsed copper mines, injured on perilous gritstone ridges. But this time, when two bodies are discovered in the shadow of the ancient circle of stones known as Nine Sisters Henge, it is clearly not a case for Mountain Rescue. The corpses are those of a young man and woman. Each met death in a…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Wolverine, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm, and Rogue, mutants born with remarkable powers, band together as the X-Men to protect a world that fears and hates them from the powerful mutant Magneto.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: She's a catwalk model who has everything: a boyfriend, a career, a loyal best friend. But when a sudden motor 'accident' leaves her disfigured and incapable of speech, she goes from being the beautiful centre of attention to being an invisible monster, so hideous that no one will acknowledge she exists.
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Edmund has escaped from his family into a lonely life. Returning for his mother's funeral he finds himself involved in the same awful problems, together with some new ones. He also rediscovers the eternal family servant, the ever-changing «Italian girl».
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: How we know that a cat is a cat is a nice philosophical poser, and has been since the time of Plato. Why we should all agree on calling the animal a cat is equally interesting, yet it throws up the problem that lies at the heart of all modern philosophy: how much do our perceptions of things depend on our cognitive ability, and how much on our linguistic resources? Where, and how, do these two…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 084 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 410) Аннотация: Sequel to «The Godfather», this describes the ending of Michael Corleone's exile in Sicily, his search for Salvatore Giuliano and his troubles, as he confronts brutal and unfamiliar treacheries in the deceitful society within which he moves.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Tender Branson, the last surviving member of the Creedish death cult, has commandeered a Boeing 747, emptied of passengers, in order to tell his story to the plane's black box before it crashes. Brought up by the repressive cult and, like all Creedish younger sons, hired out as a domestic servant, Tender finds himself suddenly famous when his fellow cult members all commit suicide. As media…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 300) Аннотация: His life was like his recurring nightmare: a train to nowhere. But an ordinary life has a way of taking an extraordinary turn. Add a girl whose ears are so exquisite that, when uncovered, they improve sex a thousand-fold, a runaway friend, a right-wing politico, an ovine-obsessed professor and a manic-depressive in a sheep outfit, implicate them in a hunt for a sheep, that may or may not be…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Iris Murdoch's richly peopled novel revolves round a happily married couple, Kate and Octavian, and the friends of all ages attached to their household in Dorset. The novel deals with love in its two aspects, the self-gratifying and the impersonal — the nice and the good — as they are embodied in a fascinating array of paired characters. The Nice And The Good leads through stress and terror to a…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Growing up in the suburbs in post-war Japan, it seemed to Hajime that everyone but him had brothers and sisters. His sole companion was Shimamoto, also an only child. Together they spent long afternoons listening to her father's record collection. But when his family moved away, the two lost touch. Now Hajime is in his thirties. After a decade of drifting he has found happiness with his loving…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Every saga has a beginning...In barren desert lands and seedy spaceports... in vast underwater cities and in the blackest depths of space... unfolds a tale of good and evil, of myth and magic, of innocence and power. At last the saga that captured the imagination of millions turns back in time to reveal its cloaked origins — the start of a legend — the story of Star Wars. Based on the screenplay…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Teddy was born in squalor. Now he is a craftsman determined to banish ugliness from his life. Harriet is a beautiful, bored trophy wife who employs a series of repairmen for her sexual satisfaction. And Francine is a college student who witnessed her mother's murder and now must free herself from her father's manipulative second wife. Connected by strands of chance, their lives intersecting in…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 339 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 656) Аннотация: New York Times bestselling author Maeve Binchy has captured the hearts of millions with her unforgettable novels. Binchy's graceful storytelling and wise compassion have earned her the devotion of fans worldwide — and made her one of the most beloved authors of our time. Now she dazzles us once again with a new novel filled with her signature warmth, humor, and tender insight. A provocative tale…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: With an introduction by Nicholas Shakespeare «Cakes and Ale» is both a wickedly satirical novel about contemporary literary poseurs and a skilfully crafted study of freedom. As he traces the fortunes of Edward Driffield and his extraordinary wife Rosie, one of the most delightful heroines of twentieth-century literature, Maugham's sardonic wit and lyrical warmth expertly combine in this…