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Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: It is August 1616, the whaling ship Heartsease has ventured deep into the Arctic, but the crew must return home before the ice closes in. All, that is, save Thomas Cave. He makes a wager that he will remain there alone until the next season, though no man has yet been known to have survived a winter this far north. So he is left with provisions, shelter, and a journal — should he not live to tell…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 748 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 344) Аннотация: Tip and Teddy are becoming men under the very eyes of their adoptive father, Bernard Doyle. A student at Harvard, Tip is happiest in a lab, whilst Teddy thinks he has found his calling in the Church, and both are increasingly strained by their father's protective plans for them. But when they are involved in an accident on an icy road, the Doyles are forced to confront certain truths about their…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Anna Covey is a 'Surplus'. She should not have been born. In a society in which ageing is no longer feared, and death is no longer an inevitability, children are an abomination. Like all Surpluses, Anna is living in a Surplus Hall and learning how to make amends for the selfish act her parents committed in having her. She is quietly accepting of her fate until, one day, a new inmate arrives.…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: «'Welcome to New York City's Upper East Side, where my friends and I all live in huge, fabulous apartments. We aren't always the nicest people in the world, but we make up for it in looks and taste.' «The Gossip Girl» series is the ultimate in glamour and cool. Set in New York's glamorous Upper East Side the narrative follows the thrills and spills of its richest and most beautiful teenage…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: In this collection of wonderful stories, which range between fantasy, humour, science fiction and a sprinkling of horror, the reader will relish the range and skill of Neil Gaiman's writing. Be prepared to laugh at the detective story about Humpty Dumpty's demise, spooked by the sinister jack-in-the-box who haunts the lives of the children who own it, and intrigued by the boy who is raised by…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: When a brother and sister find a missing pouch containing some princely treasure, their lives take an unexpected change of direction. The pouch belongs to the king and, as its finders, Pia and Enzo find themselves thrown into the life of the court. At first Pia and Enzo are in awe of this wonderful place, but they soon find that life there, with everyone's dreams and ambitions not always in tune…

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: A very happy bear hears the sounds of the city from his quiet home by the sea and decides to find out what city life is like. Buying the ticket and travelling on the train is all very exciting. And so is the city! But after a while the bear finds the city a little too noisy and a little too busy — and people are beginning to laugh at him. He feels very sad and alone, until four children find him…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: The thinking process behind drawing, characters, composition and movement, narrative and adaptation are all fully examined in the latest title Drawing for Animation. The author introduces the fundamental elements involved in producing drawn animation.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: The famed writer Stephen Crane is travelling to a German clinic in search of a cure for the tuberculosis that threatens his life. Knowing it may be his last chance, he dictates the story of The Painted Boy, inspired by a real-life encounter. But as the story delves into the seedy underworld of turn-of-the-century Manhattan, Crane's health deteriorates and the outcome of the story becomes as…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: Enter the world of Gossip Girl – a world where espadrille sandals are flown in from Spain, crisp cotton sundresses are made to order, and jealousy and betrayal are the ultimate summer accessories... Serena and Blair are now co-muses to a super-famous designer, who just happens to live next door to Nate’s Hamptons estate... But how neighbourly are these new neighbours going to get? And what’s this…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Welcome to New York City's Upper East Side, where Gossip Girl and her friends are the biggest stars ...whether or not the cameras are rolling. Lights, camera, scandal! Hollywood is invading New York and Serena is set for her big screen debut. She's already having an off-screen romance with her onscreen lover, Thaddeus. What will that mean for Hamptons-bound Nate? And if Nate is free, what about…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: When the battered body of a young woman is discovered on a remote Greek island, the local police are quick to dismiss her death as an accident. Then a stranger arrives, uninvited, from Athens, announcing his intention to investigate further. His methods are unorthodox, and he brings his own mystery into the web of dark secrets and lies. Who has sent him, on whose authority is he acting, and how…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Against a backdrop of rural Portuguese poverty, a handful of magical characters are living out their destiny: Jose, a shepherd, who is visited by a devil whispering violent words in his ear; Moises and Elias, Siamese twins joined at the tip of their little fingers; Gabriel, a wise man, who is over one hundred years old; and an unnamed character who sits writing alone in a windowless room. The…

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: «Published by the Children's High Level Group in association with Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, «The Tales of Beedle the Bard» is the first new book from J. K. Rowling since the publication of «Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows». «The Tales of Beedle the Bard» played a crucial role in assisting Harry, with his friends Ron and Hermione, to finally defeat Lord Voldemort. Fans will be thrilled to…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Is there anyone who doesn't wonder now and again about how differently their life could have turned out? About a more interesting, more adventurous, more dangerous past they could have had? Ben Dibbuk is married to the beautiful Mona, has a lovely daughter and a well-paid job in NYC — but he's been locked in this dream for more years than he can say. But nothing can prepare Ben for his chance…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: When Cordell Carmel catches his long-term girlfriend with another man — the thick-necked chauvinist Johnny Fry — something profound happens to him. Overnight Cordell's calm life dissolves. Finding himself prey both to thoughts of murder and an insatiable libido, he begins a dark sexual odyssey in search of retribution and gratification, leading him deep into the erotic heart of New York City.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: It is Moscow, in 1939. The great author Isaac Babel is spending his last days in the infamous Lubyanka prison, forbidden to write. His final works have been consigned to the young archivist Pavel Dubrov, who must destroy them. But Pavel makes a reckless decision in the face of a vast bureaucracy of evil: he will save the stories of the writer he so admires, whatever the cost.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: In May 1940, Britain was at war with Germany and Neville Chamberlain was Prime Minister, struggling with a poorly prepared defence against Hitler. But waiting in the wings was a group of Tory rebels who would change the course of history. They were doing the unthinkable: trying to topple their leader from power. This is Lynne Olson's fascinating account of how these troublesome young men risked…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: When Hitler invaded Vienna in the winter of 1938, Sigmund Freud, old and desperately ill, was among the city's 175,000 Jews dreading Nazi occupation. Here Mark Edmundson traces Hitler and Freud's oddly converging lives, then zeroes in on the last two years of Freud's life, during which he was rescued and brought to London. Edmundson probes Freud's ideas about secular death and the rise of fascism…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 396 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 275) Аннотация: Roger is a middle-aged and divorced 'aisles associate' at a Staples outlet. His co-worker Bethany is facing fifty more years of shelving Post-it notes. Then Bethany discovers Roger's notebook and finds that he's writing diary entries pretending to be her — and weirdly, he's getting it right. Bethany and Roger strike up a secret correspondence, and as it unfolds so too do the characters of Roger's…