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Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: It is winter, 1943. Bernie Gunther has left the Criminal Police and is working for the German War Crimes Bureau based in Berlin. Reports have been circulating of a mass grave hidden in a wood near Smolensk. The grave's whereabouts are uncertain until, deep in the Katyn Forest, a wolf digs up some human remains. Rumour has it that the grave is full of Polish officers murdered by the Russians — a…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: «In 1989, the Berlin Wall fell; shortly afterwards the two Germanies reunited, and East Germany ceased to exist. In a country where the headquarters of the secret police can become a museum literally overnight, and one in 50 East Germans were informing on their countrymen and women, there are a thousand stories just waiting to get out. Anna Funder tells extraordinary tales from the underbelly of…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Sam Levitt, former corporate lawyer, wine connoisseur and expert on cultivated crime, is back in Marseille, for both work and pleasure — the lure of excitement and the pleasures of the region proving too tempting to resist. But surrounded by gangsters and cut-throat developers, Sam finds himself far closer to danger than he had planned...

Скачать книгу (размер 1 105 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 218) Аннотация: Introducing Leadership: A Practical Guide by Alison Price and David Price is packed with examples of famous leaders who achieved brilliant things against all odds. In this practical guide to leadership you'll discover the ideas, strategies and tried and tested winning solutions of famous leaders, which can be applied to the opportunities and challenges that you face. So whether you're starting…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: 'How will this go on, Leo? The same as before? But where will it go? Nowhere, just on. You live your life, I live mine. And the rest we'll live together.' Love Virtually ends as Leo leaves Germany for America. He and Emmi have still not met, but the intensity of their correspondence has been threatening Emmi's marriage. But shouldn't these unconventional lovers be given another chance? When Leo…

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Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Annie Delancey is happily married with three grown children. But she guards a secret. Aged eighteen she had a baby boy, and gave him up for adoption. Out of the blue, she receives an official-looking letter from Social Services. Her son wants to make contact. As the son she has never known comes back into her life, his presence begins to expose the cracks in the family that Annie now has to try,…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 839 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 558) Аннотация: In Leningrad Symphony, Brian Moynahan sets the composition of Shostakovich's most famous work against the tragic canvas of the siege itself and the years of repression and terror that preceded it. Drawing on extensive primary research in archives as well as personal letters and diaries, he vividly tells the story of the cruelties heaped by the twin monsters of the 20th century, Stalin and Hitler,…

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Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: When their country is invaded and their families are taken, eight high school teenagers band together to fight. Seventeen-year-old Ellie and her friends have survived the invasion and hit back at the soldiers who still hold their family and friends captive. But two of their band are captured: Kevin is imprisoned and Corrie is alive, but in a coma. Homer and Ellie are determined to get them back…

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Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Darkness is the friend and enemy of those who hunt by night. Ellie and her friends have found safety after months of fighting. But the New Zealand Defence Force needs their help to infiltrate occupied Australian territory. And so the friends must fight on.

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