Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: One of most acclaimed books of the year, Tom Rachman's debut novel follows the topsy-turvy private lives of the reporters and editors of an English-language newspaper in Rome.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: In this alternate history, Pulitzer Prize winner Roth considers what it would be like for his Newark family — and for a million such families all over the country — during the menacing years of a Charles Lindbergh presidency, when American citizens who happened to be Jews would have every reason to expect the worst.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 457 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 287) Аннотация: The searing, postapocalyptic novel destined to become Cormac McCarthy's masterpiece. A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind. It is cold enough to crack stones, and when the snow falls it is gray. The sky is dark. Their destination is the coast, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there. They have…
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Down among the drab slums of Lambeth, eighteen-year-old Liza is the darling of Vere Street. Vibrant and bewitching, she is adored by the steady, loyal Tom. But then Liza meets Jim Blakeston, charming and worldy, new to the area, and married. Soon the streets are wise to their passionate affair and Liza's fall from grace is fast and fatal. Written while Maugham was a medical student, and his first…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: This title includes a reading guide. During a vicious persecution of the clergy in Mexico, a worldly priest, the 'whisky priest', is on the run. With the police closing in, his routes of escape are being shut off, his chances getting fewer. But compassion and humanity force him along the road to his destiny, reluctant to abandon those who need him, and those he cares for.
Скачать книгу (размер 3 206 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 630) Аннотация: In part thanks to early friendships with renegades such as Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, and William Burroughs, and his publication of the electrifying and brilliant Howl, Allen Ginsberg occupies a significant and enduring position in American literature. Following Ginsberg's death in 1997, Barry Miles, drawing both on his long friendship with the poet and on Ginsberg's journals and correspondence,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: The midnight hour approaches in an almost-empty diner. Mari sips her coffee and reads a book, but soon her solitude is disturbed: a girl has been beaten up at the Alphaville hotel, and needs Mari's help. Meanwhile Mari's beautiful sister Eri lies in a deep, heavy sleep that is 'too perfect, too pure' to be normal; it has lasted for two months.
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 3 910 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 768) Аннотация: Offering visitors the most up-to-date, comprehensive coverage of Germany, this Fodor's Gold Guide contains information on lodgings, restaurants, and points of interest, and comes with a pullout map.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Impelled by the desire to recapitulate and amplify those subjects that have chiefly interested me during the course of my life, Somerset Maugham wrote The Summing Up when he was sixty-four. Autobiographical without being an autobiography, confessional without disclosing the private self, The Summing Up is one of the most highly regarded expressions of a personal credo. It is not only a classic…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 665 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 720) Аннотация: Rudy Baylor is a newly qualified lawyer: he has one case, and one case alone, to save himself from his mounting debts. His case is against a giant insurance company which could have saved a young man's life, but instead refused to pay the claim until it was too late. The settlement could be worth millions of dollars, but there is one problem: Rudy has never argued a case in court before, and he's…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 829 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 752) Аннотация: When Carl Lee Hailey guns down the monsters who have raped his ten-year-old child, the people of Clanton see it as a crime of blood and call for his acquittal. But when extremists outside Clanton hear that a black man has killed two white men, they invade the town, determined to destroy anything and anyone that opposes their sense of justice. Jake Brigance has been hired to defend Hailey. It's…
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Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Dr Johnson is often thought of as a strident, overbearing conversationalist, a man who famously asserted that Women have all the liberty they should wish to have. In this book, the author argues it is time to consider how Johnson lived his life, not just what he said.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: The past is like a foreign country. Nice to visit, but you really wouldn't want to live there. In 2003, Rebecca Whitaker died in a road accident. Her husband Mark is still grieving. Then he receives a battered envelope, posted in eight years ago, containing a set of instructions and a letter with a simple message: You can save her. Later that night, while picking up a takeaway, Mark glances at a…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: Remember when the man of your dreams was waiting for you between the pages of Jackie? Remember when pop concerts kicked off at 2.00pm so you could be home in time for Blind Date? Remember when your signature scent was a heady mix of joss sticks and White Musk? This summer, let Allison Pearson's hilarious and heart-warming novel take you back to the days of lip-gloss, unrequited love, teenage…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: This is the definitive edition of P.G. Wodehouse's letters, edited with a commentary by Oxford academic Sophie Ratcliffe. The funniest and most adored writer of the twentieth century, P.G. Wodehouse always shied away from the idea of a biography — a retiring sort of chap, he expressed himself through the written word. So his letters — expertly collected and edited here — provide the best…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: While the Coast Guard is preparing Pensacola Beach for a severe hurricane, they find an oversized fishing cooler filled with body parts tightly wrapped in plastic floating offshore. Special Agent Maggie O'Dell is sent to investigate, despite the fact that she is putting herself in the projected path of the hurricane. She's able to trace the torso in the cooler back to a man who mysteriously…
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Скачать книгу (размер 1 024 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 202) Аннотация: Perfect Letters and Emails for All Occasions is an invaluable guide for anyone who wants to get the most out of their written communication. Covering everything from advice on how to write to your MP to tips about 'netiquette' and avoiding offensive blunders, it is a one-stop-shop for anyone who wants their writing to get results. Whether you're sending a reply to a formal invitation or a…