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Herta Muller: The Appointment

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: I've been summoned. Thursday, ten sharp. Thus begins a day in the life of a young factory worker in totalitarian Romania. Her crime? Sewing notes into the linings of men's suits bound for Italy. Marry me the notes say, with her name and address. As she rides the tram to her interrogation, she thinks over the events and people of her life under terror. In her distraction, she misses her stop, and…

Alex Kerr: Dogs and Demons

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: A surprising assessment of the failures and successes of modern Japan.In Dogs and Demons, Alex Kerr chronicles the many facets of Japan's recent, and chronic, crises — from the failure of its banks and pension funds to the decline of its once magnificent modern cinema. He is the first to give a full report on the nation's endangered environment — its seashores lined with concrete, its roads…

Robert Ludlum: The Hades Factor

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: An unknown doomsday virus quickly claims the lives of four people across the country — including Dr. Sophia Russell, a researcher leading the team trying to crack the disease. Devastated and enraged, her fiance, Lt. Colonel Jonathan Smith, uncovers evidence that his lover's death was no accident — that someone out there has the virus, and the pandemic that threatens countless millions of lives…

Joseph Brodsky: Watermark

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: «In this brief, intense, gem-like book, equal parts extended autobiographical essay and prose poem, Brodsky turns his eye to the seductive and enigmatic city of Venice. A mosaic of 48 short chapters — each recalling a specific episode from one of his many visits there (Brodsky spent his winters in Venice for nearly 20 years) — «Watermark» associatively and brilliantly evokes one city's…

Agatha Christie: Sparkling Cyanide

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: It's been less than a year since beautiful heiress Rosemary Barton took her own life during a birthday dinner in her honor. Her husband George never believed that his fun-loving wife would commit suicide--especially now that he's received two anonymous letters that suggest cold-blooded murder. One implicates even George himself. It's true he long suffered Rosemary's infidelities. But what about…

Agatha Christie: The Seven Dials Mystery

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: «Reclusive tycoon Sir Oswald Coote and his melancholy wife, Lady Coote, have hit upon the ideal plan to spice up their quiet lives. They'll host a lavish weekend party at Chimneys. their isolated estate, and invite only «bright young things». But the festive mood is clouded by doom. A practical joke involving seven clocks and a sleeping guest has ended in accidental death — and cause for alarm.…

Christie Agatha: Spider's Web

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: When Clarissa stumbles upon a corpse in her drawing room, she decides that she must dispose of it before her husband arrives with an important foreign dignitary and persuades her three house guests to assist her in the endeavor, but her efforts are threatened by the arrival of a police officer who has come in response to an anonymous tip about a murder.

Terry Goodkind: Faith of the Fallen (Sword of Truth 6)

Скачать книгу (размер 4 073 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 800) Аннотация: Terry Goodkind author of the enormously popular Sword of Truth novels, has forged perhaps his best novel yet, pitting Richard Rahl and Kahlan Amnell against threats to the freedom of the world that will take them to opposite ends of the world to defeat the forces of chaos and anarchy. Emperor Jagang is rising once again in the Old World and Richard must face him, on his own turf. Richard heads…

Orson Scott Card: Shadow of the Hegemon (Ender, Book 6)

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: he War is over, won by Ender Wiggin and his team of brilliant child-warriors. The enemy is destroyed, the human race is saved. Ender himself refuses to return to the planet, but his crew has gone home to their families, scattered across the globe. The battle school is no more. But with the external threat gone, the Earth has become a battlefield once more. The children of the Battle School are…

Rosamunde Pilcher: Winter Solstice

Скачать книгу (размер 2 564 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 504) Аннотация: In Winter Solstice Rosamunde Pilcher brings her readers into the lives of five very different people.... Elfrida Phipps, once of London's stage, moved to the English village of Dibton in hopes of making a new life for herself. Gradually she settled into the comfortable familiarity of village life — shopkeepers knowing her tastes, neighbors calling her by name — still she finds herself lonely.…

Glen Cook: Water Sleeps (Chronicles of the Black Company 8)

Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: Regrouping in Taglios, the surviving members of the Black Company are determined to free their fellow warriors held in stasis beneath the glittering plain. Journey there under terrible conditions, they arrive just in time for a magical conflagration in which the bones of the world will be revealed, the history of the Company unveiled, and new world gained and lost...all at a terrible price.

Agatha Christie: The Unexpected Guest

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: «Agatha Christie is the most widely published author of all time with her works outsold only by Shakespeare and the Bible. She is regarded by generations of fans as the greatest mystery writer ever, and her novels are read and cherished the world over. Clarissa, the young wife of a Foreign Office Diplomat, delights in tweaking the sensibilities of her more serious friends and for playing a game…

Robert Jordan: The Path of Daggers: The Wheel of Time 8

Скачать книгу (размер 3 584 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 704) Аннотация: The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow. Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time.

Terry Goodkind: Soul of the Fire (Sword of Truth 5)

Скачать книгу (размер 4 073 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 800) Аннотация: Richard Rahl has traveled far from his roots as a simple woods guide. Emperor of the D'Haran Empire, war wizard, the Seeker of Truth--none of these roles mean as much to him as his newest: husband to his beloved Kahlan Amnell, Mother Confessor of the Midlands. But their wedding day is the key that unlocks a spell sealed away long ago in a faraway country. Now a deadly power pours forth that…

Agatha Christie: Black Coffee

Скачать книгу (размер 1 472 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 290) Аннотация: «Nearly a quarter-century after her death, Agatha Christie remains the most popular mystery writer of all time. Now, in a celebrated publishing event, fans and newcomers alike are treated to another Christie novel. Created in 1930 as a stage play and faithfully adapted by Charles Osborne, Black Coffee brings back beloved detective Hercule Poirot to exercise his «little grey cells» one more…

Wilbur Smith: Hungry as the Sea

Скачать книгу (размер 2 549 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 501) Аннотация: Wilbur Smith sets his vividly realistic novels on the razor's edge between human courage and nature's wrath. InHungry As The Sea, this master storyteller takes us to the frigid South Atlantic, where one man fights for his life — and for redemption. Nicholas Berg is steaming out of Cape Town aboard the salvage tug Warlock. Once Berg ruled an ocean-going empire. Now, his future has come down to a…

Charles Dickens: Oliver Twist

Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: «Tor Classics are affordably-priced editions designed to attract the young reader. Original dynamic cover art enthusiastically represents the excitement of each story. Appropriate «reader friendly» type sizes have been chosen for each title — offering clear, accurate, and readable text. All editions are complete and unabridged, and feature Introductions and Afterwords. This edition of Oliver…

Orson Scott Card: Ender's Game (Ender, Book 1)

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: «Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards. In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew «Ender» Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were…

Paul Wilson: The Tomb

Скачать книгу (размер 2 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 404) Аннотация: Much to the chagrin of his girlfriend, Gia, Repairman Jack doesn't deal with electronic appliances-he fixes situations for people, often putting himself in deadly danger. His latest project is recovering a stolen necklace, which carries with it an ancient curse that may unleash a horde of Bengali demons. Jack is used to danger, but this time Gia's daughter Vicky is threatened. Can Jack overcome…

F. Paul Wilson: Legacies

Скачать книгу (размер 2 237 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 440) Аннотация: «Repairman Jack isn't your average appliance repairman — he fixes «situations» for people, often risking his own life. Jack has no last name, no social security number, works only for cash, and has no qualms when it comes to seeing that the job gets done. Dr. Alicia Clayton, a pediatrician who treats children with AIDS, is full of secrets, and she has just inherited a house that holds another.…