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Скачать книгу (размер 1 085 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 214) Аннотация: This collection brings the world of Ancient Egypt to life with tales of journey and discovery. Among the many stories are the great myth of Amen-Ra, who formed all the creatures in the world; the entrancing tale of Isis, who searched the waters for her dead husband Osiris; and the miraculous story of the girl with the rose-red slippers, considered the first-ever Cinderella tale. Entertaining and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 365 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 269) Аннотация: «Here are the great stories of the heroic age — Dionysus, Heracles, Theseus, the quest for the Golden Fleece and many more. The story of Ancient Greece is continued in Roger Lancelyn Green's «The Tale of Troy».»

Скачать книгу (размер 1 192 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 235) Аннотация: When it is time to share favorite retellings of classic folk and fairy tales, this volume is the only one your family will need! The Folk Tale Classics Treasury is a collection of six of the very best books by the award-winning storyteller and illustrator, Paul Galdone. This jacketed, hardcover book features foil cover accents, a ribbon bookmark, and full-color illustrations on large, lush…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: In this witty and accessible guide, author and expert Charles Jennings goes in search of the real Jane Austen. He includes a short biography, gives an overview of her novels, and explores the time period she lived in and the world she inhabited. He also includes Jane’s very own words of advice for the modern life.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: Francis Walsingham was the first spymaster in the modern sense. His methods anticipated those of MI5 and MI6 and even those of the KGB. He maintained a network of spies across Europe, including double-agents at the highest level in Rome and Spain — the sworn enemies of Queen Elizabeth and her Protestant regime. His entrapment of Mary Queen of Scots is a classic intelligence operation that…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: «Caught between loyalties, the mother of the Tudors must choose between the red rose and the white. Philippa Gregory, #1 New York Times best-selling author and «the queen of royal fiction» (USA Today), presents the latest Cousins' War novel, the remarkable story of Elizabeth of York, daughter of the White Queen. When Henry Tudor picks up the crown of England from the mud of Bosworth field, he…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: Philippa Gregory presents another installment in her bestselling series set amid the deadly feuds in England known as the Wars of the Roses. Brother turns on brother to win the ultimate prize, the throne, in this dazzling account of the wars of the Plantagenets. They ruled before the Tudors, and now Philippa Gregory brings them to life through the dramatic and intimate stories of the secret…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: (Part of the original Foundation Trilogy, winner of the Hugo Award for Best All-Time Novel Series) The Foundation is in tatters, conquered by a mutant of incredible power known as the Mule, in this third novel of the Foundation saga-the closing chapter of the original trilogy, acknowledged as a central masterwork of modern science fiction with a special Hugo Award for Best All-Time Novel Series.…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 212 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 239) Аннотация: The Story of Medicine is a revelatory work of popular social and medical history by one of the finest medical historians in the world. With its humanist appeal and core of scientific knowledge, it is an essential volume (and the perfect gift) for anyone interested in the human condition. Medicine, both as a science and as an art, encompasses some of the greatest of all human achievements. The…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Did you know that: It's against the law to check into a hotel in London under assumed names for the purpose of lovemaking? Under a statute of Edwards II all whales washed up on the shore belong to the monarch? Under a Tudor law Welshmen are not allowed into the city of Chester after dark? In THE STRANGE LAWS OF OLD ENGLAND, Nigel Cawthorne unearths an extraordinary collection of the most bizarre…

Скачать книгу (размер 116 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 24) Аннотация: «Deck the halls with twirling Santas! Rufus Butler Seder's playful, animated Santa will spread Christmas cheer as readers watch him do the unexpected. Forget sliding down chimneys and putting presents under the tree — this Santa runs with presents, blows bubbles, and unicycles his way through the holiday season. Written in the same playful, rhyming style as the rest of the Scanimation family,…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: The Sacred History is an account of the workings of the supernatural in history. It tells the epic story of angels, from Creation, to Evolution through to the operations of the supernatural in the modern world. This tale of how people and peoples have been helped by angels and other angelic beings is woven into a spellbinding narrative that brings together Krishna, Moses, Buddha, Elijah, Mary and…

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Fans of Asterix: get ready for lots of exciting, fun-filled activities! This cooler-than-cool collection features 600 fabulous stickers, including every one of your favorite characters from the popular series. Thirty-two pages of word searches, quizzes, spot the difference, secret codes, logic puzzles, and jigsaws provide hours of enjoyment—and a few surprises, too.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: This is a gloriously witty novel from Sebastian Faulks using P.G. Wodehouse's much-loved characters, Jeeves and Wooster, fully authorised by the Wodehouse estate. Due to a series of extenuating circumstances, Bertie Wooster, recently returned from a very pleasurable sojourn in Cannes, finds himself at the home of Sir Henry Hackwood. Bertie is, of course, familiar with the set-up at a country…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: (Part of the original Foundation Trilogy, winner of the Hugo Award for Best All-Time Novel Series) The descent of the Empire into chaos has occurred, just as Hari Seldon predicted it would, in this second novel of Isaac Asimov's monumental Foundation saga-a central masterwork of modern science fiction that merited a special Hugo Award for Best All-Time Novel Series. The Seldon Plan even accounted…

Скачать книгу (размер 4 726 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 928) Аннотация: Berlin in 1933 is in upheaval. Eleven-year-old Carla von Ulrich struggles to understand the tensions disrupting her family as Hitler strengthens his grip on Germany. Into this turmoil steps her mother's formidable friend and former British MP, Ethel Leckwith, and her student son, Lloyd, who soon learns for himself the brutal reality of Nazism. He also encounters a group of Germans resolved to…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 467 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 289) Аннотация: In the beginning, there was nothing but endless flatness. Then came the Carpet... That's the old story everyone knows and loves. But now the Carpet is home to many different tribes and peoples, and there's a new story in the making. The story of Fray, sweeping a trail of destruction across the Carpet. The story of power-hungry mouls — and of two brothers who set out on an adventure to end all…

Скачать книгу (размер 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 40) Аннотация: On September 28, 1983, the discovery of a previously unknown tale by Wilhelm Grimm was reported on the front page of The New York Times. After more than 150 years, the Times noted, Hansel and Gretel, Snow-White, Rumpelstiltskin, and Cinderella will be joined by another Grimm fairy-tale character. The story of dear Mili was preserved in a letter Wilhelm Grimm wrote to a little girl in 1816, a…

Скачать книгу (размер 55 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 12) Аннотация: This is a beautifully illustrated look inside the fascinating world of creepy-crawlies, with stunning three-dimensional pop-ups. Larger-than-life bugs spring from the pages, peek out from behind flaps and hide under tabs, inviting young entomologists to marvel at the mind-boggling variety of arthropod life. What reader can resist is a chance to look inside a cockroach's body to see how it works…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 814 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 553) Аннотация: From one of our most beloved authors, a fascinating excursion into the history behind the place we call home — now richly illustrated with more than two hundred images in full color Bill Bryson and his family live in a Victorian parsonage in a part of England where nothing of any great significance has happened since the Romans decamped. But, struck one day by the thought that history mostly is…