Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: I did have hallucinations, but did they harm anyone? Who did they harm, that's what I'd like to know! From the supreme artist of the short story, three disturbing tales of supernatural hallucinations, hysterical obsession and moral decay. This is one of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: For a while, Jeremy could be found in his normal position as the tallest man on British television but, more recently, he appears to have been usurped by a pretend elephant. But on paper the real Jeremy remains at the helm. So, whether he's pondering — If Jesus might have been better off being born in New Zealand Why reflexive pronoun abuse is the worst thing in the world How Pam Ayres' head…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Now selected for Simon Mayo Radio 2 Book Club September 2015. This is a chilling new thriller that gets into the heart and mind of the killer, and the victim... Seventeen-year-old Tessa, dubbed a 'Black-Eyed Susan' by the media, became famous for being the only victim to survive the vicious attack of a serial killer. Her testimony helped to put a dangerous criminal behind bars — or so she…
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Happiness beyond all words! A life of peace and love, entire and whole! This is a collection of cantos from Paradiso, the most original and experimental part of the Divina Commedia. It is one of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Reader, if you're ready, so am I. These witty vignettes, set in Charlotte Bronte's imaginary world of Angria, feature debauched aristocrats, high-society courtesans and the rakish, brooding hero Zamorna, and offer a fascinating insight into Bronte's early writing. This is one of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each…
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: I cried, Come, tell me how you live! And thumped him on the head. Conjuring wily walruses, dancing lobsters, a Jabberwock and a Bandersnatch, Carroll's fantastical verse gave new words to the English language.
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Of what a mistake were you guilty in marrying a Man of his age! — just old enough to be formal, ungovernable and to have the Gout — too old to be agreable, and too young to die. The scheming and unscrupulous Lady Susan is unlike any Austen heroine you've met in this fascinating early novella. It is one of 46 new bookbest-sellingstselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: It was like walking along the knife-edge of the highest possible mountain range, seeing life on one side and death on the other in the form of two deep, gorgeous and gleaming seascapes. This astonishing novella from 1908, newly translated for Little Black Classics by War and Peace translator Anthony Briggs, probes the emotions and experiences of seven people condemned to death in Tsarist Russia.…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: She's an adventuress. Yes, an adventuress, but an end-of-the-century one. She doesn't travel for profit, but for pleasure. Offering an entertaining introduction to the fin-de-siecle, this selection from the notorious magazine The Yellow Book includes stories and poems by famous writers such as Arnold Bennett and John Buchan, brilliant pieces by lesser-known writers such as Ada Leverson and Ella…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Idleness is the enemy of the soul. Saint Benedict's advice to monks — on everything from correct posture to the value of silence — has offered spiritual guidance to many for fifteen centuries. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with…
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: It's you who are the dogs... What makes us happy? For over 800 years the Cynic philosophers of ancient Greece and Rome argued that the answer lay in a simple, self-sufficient life. This is one of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works…
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: Once they are aroused, once they are determined, nothing on earth and nothing in heaven will make women give way; it is impossible. It is a potted history of the women who pioneered feminism and changed the world. It is one of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: They say trouble always comes in threes. And for sisters Lyn, Cat and Gemma Kettle, the year they turn thirty-three is no exception. Sensible Lyn is struggling to balance being a mother, wife and businesswoman without losing her mind. Cat, whose perfect marriage is the envy of all her friends, never suspects that her husband has been hiding a secret that will tear her life apart. And…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: This is from number one international bestselling author Sylvia Day. The final chapter in the global blockbuster Crossfire quintet Gideon Cross. Falling in love with him was the easiest thing I've ever done. It happened instantly. Completely. Irrevocably. Marrying him was a dream come true. Staying married to him is the fight of my life. Love transforms. Ours is both a refuge from the storm and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: My Family and Other Animals is the bewitching account of a rare and magical childhood on the island of Corfu by treasured British conservationist Gerald Durrell. This tv tie in edition coincides with ITV's six part television series The Durrells. Escaping the ills of the British climate, the Durrell family — acne-ridden Margo, gun-toting Leslie, bookworm Lawrence and budding naturalist Gerry,…
Скачать книгу (размер 320 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 64) Аннотация: 'You elegant fowl!' Exuberant and ingenious, Lear's best-loved poems tell of jumblies, quangle wangles and luminous noses. This is one of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries — including…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: 'It is only a bruise'. A carefree Russian official has what seems to be a trivial accident...This is one of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries — including fables, decadence, heartbreak,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: «Cody and Meg were inseparable... Until they weren’t. When her best friend, Meg, drinks a bottle of industrial-strength cleaner alone in a motel room, Cody is understandably shocked and devastated. She and Meg shared everything — so how was there no warning? But when Cody travels to Meg’s college town to pack up the belongings left behind, she discovers that there’s a lot that Meg never told her.…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 227 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 438) Аннотация: The Bootlegger is the seventh of Clive Cussler's bestselling Isaac Bell novels. It is 1920. Prohibition and bootlegging are in full swing. When Joseph Van Dorn is shot and nearly killed while in pursuit of a rum-running vessel, his friend and employee, Isaac Bell, swears to him that he will hunt down the lawbreakers. But Bell doesn't know what he is getting into. When a witness to the shooting is…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Downton Abbey meets The Selection in this dystopian tale of love and betrayal Sixteen-year-old Madeline Landry is practically Gentry royalty. Her ancestor developed the nuclear energy that has replaced electricity, and her parents exemplify the glamour of the upper class. As for Madeline, she would much rather read a book than attend yet another debutante ball. But when she learns about the…