Скачать книгу (размер 2 931 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 576) Аннотация: The life of Agatha Christie as told by herself. It covers her childhood, her first marriage, the birth of her daughter Rosalind, her second marriage to archaeologist Max Mallowan, and an account of her legendary career as a novelist and playwright.
Скачать книгу (размер 3 339 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 656) Аннотация: Set in Leningrad in 1941 against Hitlers invasion of Russia, this story tells of the impossible love between a Russian girl, Tatiana, and a young officer named Alexander. It is a love that could tear Tatianas family apart and it carries a secret that could mean death for anyone who hears it.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 187 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 234) Аннотация: «Clarissa, the wife of a Foreign Office diplomat, is given to daydreaming. «Supposing I were to come down one morning and find a dead body in the library, what should I do?» she muses. She has the chance to find out when she discovers a body — in her drawing-room! Desperate to dispose of it, she persuades her guests to help her, all the time knowing that one of them must also be the killer. Now,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: First published in 1941, this crime story finds Tommy and Tuppence Beresford in a prim seaside boarding house, frequented by genteel old ladies and retired army officers. But one of them is a spy, leader of the fifth column of highly placed traitors.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: «These conversational style interviews with Paul Coehlo, conducted by journalist Juan Arias, cover a wide range of topics including: Pauls being institutionalized as a young man for his artistic leanings; his kidnapping and torture by paramilitaries; his experiences with Black Magic and drugs; his epiphany at Dauchau, and vision of his own death; his views on the nature of writing and the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Theres a serial killer on the loose, bent on working his way through the alphabet. And as a macabre calling card he leaves beside each victims corpe the ABC Railway Guide open at the name of the town where the murder has taken place. Having begun with Andover, Bexhill and then Chuton, there seems little chance of the murderer being caught — until he makes the crucial and vain mistake of…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Among the towering red cliffs of Petra, like some monstrous swollen Buddha, sat the corpse of Mrs. Boynton. A tiny puncture mark on her wrist was the only sign of the fatal injection that had killed her. With only 24 hours available to solve the mystery, Hercule Poirot recalled a chance remark hed overheard back in Jerusalem: You see, dont you, that shes got to be killed? Mrs. Boynton was,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Poirot had been present when Jane bragged of her plan to get rid of her estranged husband. Now the monstrous man was dead. And yet the great Belgian detective couldnt help feeling that he was being taken for a ride. After all, how could Jane have stabbed Lord Edgware to death in his library at exactly the same time she was seen dining with friends? And what could be her motive now that the…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: The combined forces of Scotland Yard and the French Surete can do no better than go in circles — until the final murder at Chimneys, the great country estate that yields up an amazing secret. This new signature edition is the first to feature Superintendent Battle and Bundle Brent.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 906 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 375) Аннотация: This is the sequel to The Secret of Chimneys, the second novel to feature Superintendent Battle and Bundle Brent. As a prank, eight alarm clocks are set to wake up champion sleeper, Gerry Wade. But when morning arrives, one clock is missing and the prank backfires, with tragic consequences.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 835 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 361) Аннотация: «While playing an erratic round of golf, Bobby Jones slices a ball over the edge of a cliff. His ball is lost, but on the rocks below he finds the crumpled body of a dying man. With his final breath the man opens his eyes and says: «Why didn't they ask Evans»?»
Скачать книгу (размер 830 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 164) Аннотация: A new edition of Tolkien's Tree and Leaf, complete with his rare translation and commentary of The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, the Battle of Maldon. Fairy-stories are not just for children, as anyone who has read Tolkien will know. In his essay On Fairy-Stories, Tolkien discusses the nature of fairy-tales and fantasy and rescues the genre from those who would relegate it to juvenilia. The haunting…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy is one of the highwater marks of science fiction. The monumental story of a Galactic Empire in decline and a secret society of scientists who seek to shorten the coming Dark Age with tools of Psychohistory, Foundation pioneered many themes of modern science fiction. Now, with the approval of the Asimov estate, three of today's most acclaimed authors have…
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Wombat loves digging deep holes and thinking deep thoughts, but nobody thinks much of that until danger threatens the bush and the small wombat comes up with a great big idea...One day Wombat digs the deepest hole he's ever dug and crawls into the cool darkness to think. But when he climbs out again, he can't see his mother anywhere. He is all alone. As he wanders through the great outback…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: There seemed nothing odd about Luke to begin with — except perhaps the snakes. If they were snakes, that is... David wasn't sure. Just kindle a flame and I'll be with you, says Luke. David thinks he's joking, but certainly, whenever he strikes a match, Luke appears immediately. But David's new friend seems to have some extraordinary friends and relations, and some very dark secrets. And when…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: «A young man, broken down in the fog, witnesses a murder he is asked to conceal… A full-length novel adapted by Charles Osborne from Agatha Christie’s acclaimed play. When a stranger runs his car into a ditch in dense fog in South Wales and makes his way to an isolated house, he discovers a woman standing over the dead body of her wheelchair-bound husband, gun in her hand. She admits to murder,…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: The Narnia Chronicles, first published in 1950, have been and remain some of the most enduringly popular books ever published. The best known, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, has been translated into 29 languages! First published fifty years ago, and with unforgetable illustrations by Pauline Baynes, the seven titles which make up the set remain among the most popular books ever written for…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: «A magical «Arabian Nights» tale from the captivating creator of fantasy, Diana Wynne Jones. The dazzling sequel to Howls Moving Castle, soon to be a major animated film. Far to the south in the Land of Ingary, lives a young carpet merchant called Abdullah. In his dreams, he is the long-lost son of a great prince. This dream is a complete castle in the air! or is it? Abdullahs day-dreams suddenly…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Текст романа полностью на английском языке.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: The photograph above Polly's bed sparks memories that don't seem to exist any more. Nine years ago she met Thomas Lynn for the first time. But what has happened in the years between? Why has Tom been erased from Polly's mind, and from the rest of the world as well?