Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: I sometimes talk about my mum to Mabel, because Mabel doesn't ever get upset. Verity adores her cat, Mabel, and is desperately sad when she dies. Remembering her recent school lessons about the Ancient Egyptians, Verity decides to mummify Mabel and keep her hidden. Verity's dad and grandparents can't bear to talk about death, having lost Verity's mum in childbirth, but when they eventually…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: Possession is an exhilarating novel of wit and romance, at once a literary detective novel and a triumphant love story. It is the tale of a pair of young scholars investigating the lives of two Victorian poets. Following a trail of letters, journals and poems, they uncover a web of passion, deceit and tragedy, and their quest becomes a battle against time.
Скачать книгу (размер 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 40) Аннотация: Late on Christmas Eve, after the town has gone to sleep, a boy boards a mysterious train that waits for him: the Polar Express bound for the North Pole. When he arrives there, Santa offers him any gift he desires. The boy modestly asks for one bell from the reindeer's harness. It turns out to be a very special gift, for only believers in Santa can hear it ring.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: The Portobello area of West London has a rich personality — vibrant, brilliant in color, noisy, with graffiti that approach art, bizarre and splendid. An indefinable edge to it adds a spice of danger. There is nothing safe about Portobello... Eugene Wren inherited an art gallery from his father near an arcade that now sells cashmere, handmade soaps and children's clothes. But he decided to move…
Скачать книгу (размер 116 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 24) Аннотация: The possibilities are endless in Dr. Seuss's classic Beginner Book! Young readers will delight in «Oh, the Thinks You Can Think!» which celebrates the imagination and encourages young readers to think... about thinking! «Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the Thinks you can think up if only you try.» Originally created by Dr. Seuss, Beginner Books encourage children to…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Ancient Rome is the setting for the superb new novel from Robert Harris, author of the number one bestsellers Fatherland, Enigma and Archangel. Where else to enjoy the last days of summer than on the beautiful Bay of Naples. All along the coast, the Roman Empire’s richest citizens are relaxing in their luxurious villas. The world’s largest navy lies peacefully at anchor in Misenum. The tourists…
Скачать книгу (размер 922 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 182) Аннотация: Kate DiCamillo’s first published novel, like Winn-Dixie himself, immediately proved to be a keeper — a New York Times bestseller, a Newbery Honor winner, the inspiration for a popular film, and most especially, a cherished classic that touches the hearts of readers of all ages. It’s now available in a paperback digest format certain to bring this tale’s magic to an even wider circle of fans.
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Elmer loves practical jokes, but so does his black and white cousin Wilbur. Until, that is, Elmer has an idea which brings Wilbur back down to earth, in more ways than one...
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: In 1941, Irene Nemirovsky sat down to write a book that would convey the magnitude of what she was living through, not in terms of battles and politicians, but by evoking the domestic lives and personal trials of the ordinary citizens of France. She did not live to see her ambition fulfilled, or to know that sixty-five years later, Suite Francaise would be published for the first time, and hailed…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 992 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 784) Аннотация: After the tragic deaths of their parents, Magdalen and Norah discover the devastating news that they are both illegitimate and not entitled to any inheritance. Norah is forced to become a governess to earn her keep but Magdalen has grander plans and embarks on an elaborate scheme of revenge against her cold-hearted relatives.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Sparkling with comic genius and narrative exuberance, I Served the King of England is a story of how the unbelievable came true. Its remarkable hero, Ditie, is a hotel waiter who rises to become a millionaire and then loses it all again against the backdrop of events in Prague from the German invasion to the victory of Communism. Ditie's fantastic journey intertwines the political and the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: When a powerful government official scheduled to speak to a group of millionaires turns up dead, the business world clamors for a solution, and Nero Wolfe takes the case.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Moscow, 2013. Bunin, the Ukrainian President, has joined other heads of state in an open air swimming pool to drink vodka and celebrate with Putin. During his rise to power Bunin has juggled with formidable and eccentric political and personal challenges. His troubles with his family and his women combine with his difficulties with corrupt businessmen and demanding international allies, but it is…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Gorgeously written and with characters, who will stay with us for the rest of our lives – the eagerly awaited novel by the author of «The English Patient» and «Anil’s Ghost».
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: There are some people you’d do anything for… For Fran that list would include her husband, Max, her daughter, and her best friend, Alison. Only Alison is now desperately ill and she needs Fran’s help. She wants to find her husband a new wife, and leave her young daughter with a new mother. Fran finds the whole idea deeply uncomfortable, but it’s hard to refuse your closest friend at the best of…
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Edgar Allan Poe served as a soldier and began his literary career composing verses modelled on Byron; soon he was trying out his 'prose-tales' — often horror melodramas such as The Fall of the House of Usher. As editor of the Literary Messenger he was influential among critics and writers of the American South. His versatile writings — including, for example, The Murders in the Rue Morgue and The…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Herod Antipas rules Galilee, Pontius Pilate is the new Roman governor of Judea, and the Roman Empire rules the world. These are turbulent times for Israel, a troubled land of turmoil and insurrection. Now in his thirtieth year, Jesus and his tight-knit family endure a long, dusty winter of disruption and chaos. Whispers of his virgin birth still persist, and while he struggles with the demands of…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: On the first day of the New Year, no one dies. This understandably causes great consternation amongst religious leaders – if there’s no death, there can be no resurrection and therefore no reason for religion – and what will be the effect on pensions, the social services, hospitals? Funeral directors are reduced to arranging funerals for dogs, cats, hamsters and parrots. Life insurance policies…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Avoiding shellfish was easy. The stoning of adulterers proved a little more difficult — and potentially controversial. Was it enough to walk up to an adulterer and gently touch them with a stone? Even that could be grounds for accusations of assault, especially with female adulterers in Manhattan. So what's a good Bible-reading boy to do? Raised in a secular family but increasingly interested in…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: 'Finally I was forced to admit that I work in a corrupted profession'. When award-winning journalist Nick Davies decided to break Fleet Street's unwritten rule by investigating his own colleagues, he found that the business of reporting the truth had been slowly subverted by the mass production of ignorance. Working with a network of off-the-record sources, Davies uncovered the story of the…