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Colleen McCullough: First Man in Rome

Скачать книгу (размер 5 379 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1056) Аннотация: Here are the stories of Marius, wealthy but lowborn, and Sulla, penniless though aristocratic and debauched — men of vision whose ambitions will lay the foundations of the most awesome empire ever known. Great events and mortal frailties, a vast and vivid cast of unforgettable men and women, kings, commoners, lovers, soldiers and senators are woven effortlessly into a rich densely embroidered…

Colleen McCullough: Caesar's Women

Скачать книгу (размер 4 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 872) Аннотация: »Caesar's Women» is the story of Gaius Julius Caesar's relentless rise to prominence, beginning with his return to Rome in 68BC. He comes prepared to dominate a new battlefield — the Roman Forum. But his victories are not limited to the Forum: he also conquers Rome's noble women. To Caesar, love is just another weapon in his political arsenal, and he is willing to sacrifice any woman on the altar…

Colleen McCullough: Caesar

Скачать книгу (размер 5 379 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1056) Аннотация: Rome's leaders are frightened: the brilliant, ruthless Gaius Julius Caesar must be crushed before he can overthrow the government and become dictator. This magnificent novel opens in Gaul, scene of Caesar's magnificent victory over fierce people. His conquest is in the name of Rome, but when the senate refuse to give Caesar his due he marches upon his own country, an army prepared to die for him…

Tish Rabe: Inside Your Outside!

Скачать книгу (размер 223 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 45) Аннотация: The Cat in the Hat takes Sally and Dick on a trip in his Inside Your Outside Machine.

Colleen McCullough: The October Horse

Скачать книгу (размер 3 094 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 608) Аннотация: Caesar is in the prime of his life and the height of his powers as the novel opens. A man of contradictions, Caesar is happily married yet at the same time the lover of the enigmatic and subtle Egyptian ruler, Cleopatra. He is at once a great general who commands the instinctive loyalty of Rome's legions, and a man who wishes to bring to an end Rome's endless civil and external wars, a man not…

Christopher Wormell: George and the Dragon

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Far, far away in the high, high mountains in a deep, deep valley in a dark, dark cave... there lived a mighty dragon. He was an awesome and frightening creature, terrorising whole armies, destroying castles, demolishing forests and kidnapping princesses. But, this mighty dragon had a deep, dark secret...

Grisham John: The Rainmaker

Скачать книгу (размер 3 094 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 608) Аннотация: It's summer in Memphis. The sweat is sticking to Rudy Baylor's shirt and creditors are nipping at his heels. Once he had aspirations of breezing through law school and punching his ticket to the good life. Now he doesn't have a job or a prayer... except for one: an insurance dispute that leaves a family devastated and opens the door for a lawsuit, if Rudy can find a way to file it. By the time…

Joe Simpson: The Beckoning Silence

Скачать книгу (размер 1 666 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 328) Аннотация: Joe Simpson has experienced a life filled with adventure but marred by death. He has endured the painful attrition of climbing friends in accidents, calling into question the perilously exhilarating activity to which he has devoted his life. Probability is inexorably closing in. The tragic loss of a close friend forces a momentous decision upon him. It is time to turn his back on the mountains…

Gerritsen Tess: The Apprentice

Скачать книгу (размер 2 095 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 412) Аннотация: The Surgeon has been locked up for a year but his chilling legacy still haunts the city, and especially Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli. But now a new killer is at work and Rizzoli senses something horrifyingly familiar about this murderer's modus operandi. It's when the FBI starts taking an interest in the investigation that Rizzoli begins to wonder just what makes this case so different,…

Bierhorst John: Cuentos Folkloricos Latinoamericanos

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: Extendiendo a veinte paises y quinientos anos, desde los mitos coloniales mas tempranos hasta los cuentos orales coleccionados en el siglo veinte desde el sur de California, Florida, Texas y Nuevo Mexico, EE.UU., Cuentos Folkloricos Latinoamericanos es la primera antologia publicada en espanol representante de la tradicion folklorico de America hispanohablante en su totalidad. Incluido en esta…

Brashares Ann: Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Скачать книгу (размер 1 493 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 294) Аннотация: Carmen got the jeans at a thrift shop. They didn't look all that great; they were worn, dirty, and speckled with bleach. On the night before she and her friends part for the summer, Carmen decides to toss them. But Tibby says they're great. She'd love to have them. Lena and Bridget also think they're fabulous. Lena decides they should all try them on. Whoever they fit best will get them. Nobody…

Leibovitz Annie: American Music

Скачать книгу (размер 1 340 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 264) Аннотация: The impulse to do AMERICAN MUSIC, writes famed photographer Annie Leibovitz, «came from a desire to return to my original subject and look at it with a mature eye. Bring my experience to it... make it a real American tapestry.» Her ambitious idea became AMERICAN MUSIC, a stunning collection of photographs of the musicians, places and people that enrich the landscape of American music. As «Rolling…

Berg Elizabeth: Joy School

Скачать книгу (размер 1 534 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 302) Аннотация: A luminous tale of love and loss In this exquisite new novel by bestselling writer Elizabeth Berg, a young girl falls in love — and learns how sorrow can lead to an understanding of joy. Katie has moved to Missouri with her distant, occasionally abusive father. She feels very alone: her much-loved mother is dead; she finds it difficult to settle in, in her new school and her only friends fall far…

Leibovitz Annie: American Music

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Annie Leibovitz' extraordinary career took off in San Francisco in 1970 when she first submitted a portfolio to Rolling Stone magazine. By 1973, she was the magazine's chief photographer. Since 1983, Annie Leibovitz has worked closely with Vanity Fair, who will be producing a special music issue to coincide with the book. Her subjects include Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Al Green,…

Kinsella Sophie: Confessions of a shopaholic

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Millions of readers have come to adore New York Times best-selling author Sophie Kinsella's irrepressible heroine. Meet Becky Bloomwood, America's favorite shopaholic — a young woman with a big heart, big dreams... and just one little weakness. Becky has a fabulous flat in London's trendiest neighborhood, a troupe of glamorous socialite friends, and a closet brimming with the season's must-haves.…

Wendelin Van Draanen: Flipped

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: The first time she saw him, she flipped. The first time he saw her, he ran. That was the second grade, but not much has changed by the seventh. She says: My Bryce. Still walking around with my first kiss. He says: It' s been six years of strategic avoidance and social discomfort. But in the eighth grade everything gets turned upside down. And just as he' s thinking there' s more to her than meets…

Max Brooks: Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead

Скачать книгу (размер 1 289 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 254) Аннотация: Fully illustrated and exhaustively comprehensive, «The Zombie Survival Guide» is one's key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking the streets right now. The Zombie Survival Guide is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now. Fully illustrated and exhaustively comprehensive, this book covers everything you need to know, including how…

Osborne William: Titanic: A Non-fiction Companion to Tonight on the Titanic

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: How long did it take to build the Titanic? Why did it sink? What was it like to be a passenger? What happened to the people who survived? Find out the answers to these questions and more in Magic Tree House Research Guide: Titanic, Jack and Annie's very own guide to the ship and its story. Includes information on the people who sailed on the Titanic, life on board the ship, the search for the…

Donnelly Judy: Titanic Lost and Found

Скачать книгу (размер 1 855 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 365) Аннотация: Exciting nonfiction books for kids just beyond the beginner stage can be hard to come by, and the story of the sinking of the «Titanic» and its subsequent rediscovery will be the ticket for both hard-to-please young 'real stuff' buffs and older reluctant readers.

Mo Yan: Red Sorghum

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Spanning three generations, this novel of family and myth is told through a series of flashbacks that depict events of staggering horror set against a landscape of gemlike beauty as the Chinese battle both the Japanese invaders and each other in the turbulent 1930s. As the novel opens, a group of villagers, led by Commander Yu, the narrator's grandfather, prepare to attack the advancing Japanese.…