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Скачать книгу (размер 1 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 276) Аннотация: Haunting, harrowing, and downright horrifying, this classic collection from the modern master of the fantastic features: «The Small Assassin»: a fine, healthy baby boy was the new mother's dream come true — or her nightmare... «The Emissary»: the faithful dog was the sick boy's only connectioin with the world outside — and beyond... «The Wonderful Death Of Dudley Stone»: a most remarkable case of…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Poor Bertie is in the soup again, and throughout this latest omnibus it is only Jeeves who keeps him from being the fish and the main course as well. In these delightful pages you will encounter all the stalwarts who have made the Jeeves novels and stories the pinnacle of English humour, from Aunts Agatha and Dahlia to Roderick Spode, Tuppy Glossop, Madeline Bassett, Oofy Prosser and Anatole the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: This dazzling collection of stories follows the individual adventures of a varied cast of characters and masterfully illustrates Calvino's unique perspective and narrative gifts. As well as the eleven tales from his «Difficult Loves» collection this volume also includes «Smog» and «A Plunge into Real Estate».

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Dan Davis was tricked by an unscrupulous business partner and a greedy fiancee into spending thirty years in suspended animation just when he was on the verge of a success beyond his wildest dreams. But when he awoke in the future, he discovered he had the means to travel back in time — and get his revenge!

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: A wide-ranging exploration of our universe — from «what makes the wind blow?» to «how was the moon formed?» — in questions-and-answer format, written in vintage Asimov style.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: A millennium into the future two advancements have altered the course of human history: the colonization of the galaxy and the creation of the positronic brain. Isaac Asimov's Robot novels chronicle the unlikely partnership between a New York City detective and a humanoid robot who must learn to work together. Like most people left behind on an over-populated Earth, New York City police detective…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 442 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 284) Аннотация: Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank's remarkable diary has since become a world classic — a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit. In 1942, with Nazis occupying Holland, a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl and her family fled their home in Amsterdam and went into hiding. For the next two years, until their…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Jeremy Bremen has a secret. All his life he's been cursed with the ability to read minds. He knows the secret thoughts, fears, and desires of others as if they were his own. For years, his wife, Gail, has served as a shield between Jeremy and the burden of this terrible knowledge. But Gail is dying, her mind ebbing slowly away, leaving him vulnerable to the chaotic flood of thought that threatens…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: In the Irish town of Schancarrig, the young people carve their initials-and those of their loves—into the copper beech tree in front of the schoolhouse. But not even Father Gunn, the parish priest, who knows most of what goes on behind Shancarrig's closed doors, or Dr. Jims, the village doctor, who knows all the rest, realizes that not everything in the placid village is what it seems. Unexpected…

Скачать книгу (размер 4 971 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 976) Аннотация: From the author of «Outlander»... a magnificent epic that once again sweeps us back in time to the drama and passion of 18th-century Scotland... For twenty years Claire Randall has kept her secrets. But now she is returning with her grown daughter to Scotland's majestic mist-shrouded hills. Here Claire plans to reveal a truth as stunning as the events that gave it birth: about the mystery of an…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: Told with all of Susan Howatch's drama, intelligence, and emotional depth, Mystical Paths is a breathtaking novel about the powerful, often painful, but finally indestructible ties between parent and child. And like its four highly praised predecessors in the Church of England series, this novel celebrates the redeeming power of self-knowledge and faith.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 161 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 229) Аннотация: Internationally bestselling author of A Year in Provence, Mayle comes out with a new bestseller about the true pleasure of fine living.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Lestat, the vampire-hero, enchanter and seducer of mortals, speaks in the new book in the bestselling Vampire Chronicles that began with Interview with the Vampire and continued with The Vampire Lestat and The Queen of the Damned. For centuries Lestat has been a courted prince in the dark universe of the living dead. But now he is alone, and everything he has come to believe in is called into…

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Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: The Journey... Every Friday night a lilac-colored minibus leaves Dublin for the Irish country town of Rathdoon with seven weekend commuters on board. All of them, from the joking bank porter to the rich doctor's daughter, have their reasons for making the journey. The Destination... Rathdoon is the kind of Irish village where family histories are shared and scandals don't stay secret for long.…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 502 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 688) Аннотация: Colorado congressman Evan Kendrick is trying to live out his term of officequietly — when a political mole reveals to the world Kendrick's deepestsecret... that Kendrick was the anonymous man in Masqar, the man whocourageously freed the hostage held in the American embassy by Arab terrorists; the unknown hero who performed an act of outrageous daring then silentlydisappeared. Now, suddenly,…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Welcome to Whistle Stop, Alabama. It's the thirties — summers are hot, days are long and Idgie and Ruth run the Whistle Stop Cafe, providing homemade barbecue, good coffee and a friendly face to all who pass by. But below the surface, things are not quite as they seem — Ruth has a past that only Idgie and a few others in Whistle Stop know about. And one day, when a submerged truck is pulled out…

Скачать книгу (размер 4 726 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 928) Аннотация: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize Against the monumental canvas of seventeenth — and eighteenth-century Europe and Russia unfolds the magnificent story of Peter the Great, crowned co-tsar at the age of ten. Robert K. Massie delves deep into the life of this captivating historical figure, chronicling the pivotal events that shaped a boy into a legend — including his «incognito» travels in Europe, his…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore. Incomparable sleuth Nero Wolfe and his perennially hardy sidekick, Archie Goodwin, find themselves trying to weed out a garden-variety killer at the annual flower show.

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: When Rachel Bruner sends out copies of a book critical of the FBI to 10,000 influential people, the agency begins harassing her. Then she hires Nero Wolfe to make them stop, and once he's discovered the bureau's weak spot, he sets in motion a scheme guaranteed to force the FBI to leave both him and Rachel alone.