Скачать книгу (размер 2 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 436) Аннотация: One of the great American iconoclasts holds forth on politics, war, books and writers, and his personal life in a series of conversations — including his last publishedinterview. During his long career Kurt Vonnegut won international praise for his novels, plays, and essays. In this new anthology of conversations with Vonnegut — which collectsinterviews from throughout his career — we learn much…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 376 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 271) Аннотация: Timed to coincide with the release of the third and final series of the award-winning Downton Abbey, which has attracted audiences of more than 10 million viewers. This Brief Guidecelebrates the Victorian and Edwardian eras that marked the golden age of the English countryhouse: a time when opulence and formality attained a level that would never be matched again. Author Michael Paterson…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 493 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 294) Аннотация: «Until now, many sinister events that transpired in the clash of the world's superpowers at the close of World War II and the ensuing Cold War era have been ignored, distorted, and kept hidden from the public. Through a meticulous examination of primary sources and disclosure of formerly secret records, this riveting account of the widespread infiltration of the federal government by Stalin's…
Скачать книгу (размер 177 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 36) Аннотация: This dazzling introduction to dance features an entry for every letter of the alphabet, including a pronunciation guide and an accessible, informative definition. For instance, I is for Improvisation (im-pro-vi-ZAY-shun): making up the steps as one dances, and O is for Ouvert (oo-VAIR): a French word that refers to an open position of the feet in ballet.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: Designed to lighten the load of already street-savvy New Yorkers, commuters, business travelers, and tourists. In this book, each map is marked with icons identifying our favorite picks around town, from essentials to entertainment, and includes a neighborhood description written by locals, highlighting the important features of each area.
Скачать книгу (размер 4 889 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 960) Аннотация: From the strange case of The Red-Headed League to the extraordinary tale of The Engineer's Thumb, Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson grapple with treachery, murder, and ingenious crimes of all kinds. But no case is too challenging, no mystery insoluble, for the immortal detective's unique powers of deduction.
Скачать книгу (размер 4 114 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 808) Аннотация: Elegant, sophisticated and full of humour and romance, the novels of Jane Austen have been favourites of readers around the world for more than two centuries. Although set at the turn of the nineteenth century, in the England that she herself knew, Austen's characters espouse values and sentiments that still speak to modern sensibilities. No author has captured so vividly the affairs of hearts in…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: A spy thriller, a love story and a chilling look at a resurgent superpower... At the dawn of the new millennium, Finn, an MI6 spy, and Anna, a colonel of the KGB, have been sent to spy on each other. Instead they find a love that becomes to only truth they can trust. A source deep within the Kremlin tells Finn of a plan, hatched in the depths of the Cold War, to dismantle the edifice of the…
Скачать книгу (размер 152 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 31) Аннотация: Lost in the forest with nothing to eat, two children find a mysterious gingerbread house. Discover the classic nursery story and two more in this beautiful book. Stories Included: Hansel Gretel, Sleeping Beauty, Kate Crackernuts.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 447 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 285) Аннотация: Dan Ariely, behavioral economist and the New York Times bestselling author of The Upside of Irrationality and Predictably Irrational, examines the contradictory forces that drive us to cheat and keep us honest, in this groundbreaking look at the way we behave: The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty. From ticket-fixing in our police departments to test-score scandals in our schools, from our elected…
Скачать книгу (размер 152 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 31) Аннотация: Foolish Jack gets a big surprise when he sells the family cow for some magic beans! Discover the classic nursery story and three more in this beautiful book. Stories Included: Jack and the Beanstalk, The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids, The Hare and the Tortoise, The Three Sillies.
Скачать книгу (размер 152 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 31) Аннотация: When a little mermaid falls in love with a human prince she faces a terrible choice. Discover the classic nursery story and two more in this beautiful book. Stories Included: The Little Mermaid, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, The Sun and the Wind.
Скачать книгу (размер 152 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 31) Аннотация: «Oh, Grandma, what big eyes you have!» said Little Read Riding Hood. Discover the classic nursery story and three more in this beautiful book. Stories Included: Little Read Riding Hood, Puss in Boots, Three Wishes, The Musicians of Bremen.»
Скачать книгу (размер 116 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 24) Аннотация: Children find the crayon-bright colors of Lucy Cousin's artwork irresistible! Now her two newest characters — Katy Cat, a gregarious marmalade kitten, and her friend, Beaky Boo, a quiet cuddly puffin — introduce preschoolers to a medley of basic concepts, including colors, counting, patterns, and animal sounds.
Скачать книгу (размер 152 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 31) Аннотация: Only a real princess could feel a pea through twenty soft mattresses... Discover the classic nursery story and three more in this beautiful book. Stories included: The Princess and The Pea, Thumbelina, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, The Magic Porridge Pot.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: This lavishly illustrated visual reference is an authoritative survey of the intriguing world of animals. The first section is an overview of animal evolution, classification, biology, behavior, habitats and adaptations. At the core of the book is an encyclopedic survey of all the animal groups-mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes and invertebrates. A gallery of more than 2,000 species…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: Music and photography have always shared a special relationship—when an iconic musician is portrayed by a first-rate photographer, the result is often transformative and transcendent, and a classic pop culture image is born. Music Box gathers more than 340 such legendary photographs of musicians—covering the stars of jazz, blues, rock and roll, soul, and all of their contemporary offshoots. Music…
Скачать книгу (размер 55 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 12) Аннотация: «This is the story of Cinderella told through six beautifully illustrated 3D peep-through tableaux. A young girl with an unpleasant stepmother and two cruel stepsisters...and a Fairy Godmother with a magic wand. The classic tale of Cinderella is theatrically retold in six exquisite three-dimensional scenes by Jane Ray. Each scene is three layers deep so you can peer through to wonderfully…
Скачать книгу (размер 65 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 14) Аннотация: With realistic illustrations and creepy fun facts about each bug, this colorful book will fascinate young readers as it brings six different bugs to life in 3-D. Readers will meet a hairy orange spider, a honeybee, a huge red cockroach, a blue beetle, a grasshopper, and a spotted ladybug. Along the way readers will discover all sorts of fascinating facts, including: there are eight million beetle…
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: From Apricot to Zucchini, and everything in between, here is a beautiful photographic alphabet of world food. Acclaimed photographer and owner of the World Food Cafe in London, Chris Caldicott takes us on a mouth-watering tour of the different crops, dishes and ways of eating from every continent. Find out what Moroccans eat for a healthy snack and how ice is sold in Bangladesh, visit a kitchen…