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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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.…