Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Some things never change. New York City, 1896. Hypocrisy in high places is rife, police corruption commonplace, and a brutal killer is terrorising young male prostitutes. Unfortunately for Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt, the psychological profiling of murderers is a practice still in its infancy, struggling to make headway against the prejudices of those who prefer the mentally ill — and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Count Sessine is about to die for the very last time ... Chief Scientist Gadfium is about to receive the mysterious message she has been waiting for from the Plain of Sliding Stones ... And Bascule the Teller, in search of an ant, is about to enter the chaos of the crypt ... And everything is about to change ... For this is the time of the encroachment and, although the dimming sun still shines…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 345 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 265) Аннотация: «A fiction debut from the author of «The Weight of Water» and «The Pilot's Wife».»
Скачать книгу (размер 1 289 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 254) Аннотация: «Set in 12th century Shrewsbury, this story features the further adventures of Brother Cadfael, as he investigates another mystery. Other titles featuring this character include «The Summer of the Danes», «Monk's Hood» and «The Sanctuary Sparrow».»
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: «A collection of short fiction by the author of «The Wasp Factory» and «Against a Dark Background». The title story is a novella continuing the Culture sequence but set on Earth in 1977. The other stories range from science fiction to horror, and dark-coated fantasy to morality tale.»
Скачать книгу (размер 2 207 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 434) Аннотация: The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks or military action. The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought. The drone known as…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: The Culture — a human/machine symbiotic society — has thrown up many great Game Players, and one of the greatest is Gurgeh. Jernau Morat Gurgeh. The Player of Games. Master of every board, computer and strategy. Bored with success, Gurgeh travels to the Empire of Azad, cruel and incredibly wealthy, to try their fabulous game ... a game so complex, so like life itself, that the winner becomes…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very starsThe war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced destruction, cold-blooded, brutal, and worse, random. The Idirans fought for their Faith; the Culture for its moral right to exist. Principles were at stake.…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Marian is determined to be ordinary. She lays her head gently on the shoulder of her serious fiancee and quietly awaits marriage. But she didn't count on an inner rebellion that would rock her stable routine, and her digestion. Marriage a la mode, Marian discovers, is something she literally can't stomach... The Edible Woman is a funny, engaging novel about emotional cannibalism, men and women,…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: Two couples. Two love stories. One epic tale. Ninety-one-year-old Ira Levinson is in trouble. Struggling to stay conscious after a car crash, with his mind fading, an image of his adored — and long-dead — wife Ruth appears. Urging him to hang on, she lovingly recounts the joys and sorrows of their life together — how they met, the dark days of WWII and its unrelenting effect on their families. A…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: The bestselling love story behind the massive Hollywood film Two couples. Two love stories. One epic tale. Ninety-one-year-old Ira Levinson is in trouble. Struggling to stay conscious after a car crash, with his mind fading, an image of his adored — and long-dead — wife Ruth appears. Urging him to hang on, she lovingly recounts the joys and sorrows of their life together — how they met, the dark…