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Abram David: The Rough Guide to Goa

Скачать книгу (размер 1 585 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 312) Аннотация: The Rough Guide to Goa will guide you through this colourful former Portuguese colony with reliable, practical information and clearly explained cultural background. You'll find detailed accounts of every major tourist sight, along with candid reviews of all the best places to sleep, eat, drink and shop, for all budgets. The Rough Guide to Goa includes first-hand coverage of the region's resorts,…

Freeland Chrystia: Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Forget the 1 per cent — it's time to get to grips with the 0.1 per cent... There has always been some gap between rich and poor, but it has never been wider — and now the rich are getting wealthier at such breakneck speed that the middle classes are being squeezed out. While the wealthiest 10 per cent of Americans, for example, receive half the nation's income, the real money flows even higher…

Edwards Nick: The Rough Guide to Greece

Скачать книгу (размер 4 277 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 840) Аннотация: «The Rough Guide to Greece has been the definitive guidebook to the country for 30 years. This new full-colour edition has been completely revamped and updated, keeping all our best features like detailed background and a journalistic eye for detail, but with new user-friendly accommodation, eating reviews and crystal-clear maps. Get the lowdown on Greece's world class attractions from the…

Clancy Tom: Against All Enemies

Скачать книгу (размер 2 849 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 560) Аннотация: CIA agent Max Moore is a man on a mission. An unholy alliance between Islamic terrorists and Mexican drug cartels threatens the safety of America's southern border. Moore's new team has to infiltrate the warring cartels in order to uncover the plot, but doing that is next to impossible when there's a war on America's doorstep.

Clancy Tom: The Cardinal of the Kremlin

Скачать книгу (размер 4 155 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 816) Аннотация: Two men possess vital data on Russia's Star Wars missile defense system. One of them is CARDINAL — America's highest agent in the Kremlin — and he's about to be terminated by the KGB. The other is the one American who can save CARDINAL and lead the world to the brink of peace... or war. Here is author Tom Clancy's heart-stopping masterpiece. A riveting novel of the most important issue of our…

Humphreys Rob: The Rough Guide to London

Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: Full-colour throughout, The Rough Guide to London is the ultimate travel guide to one of the world's most exciting cities. With 30 years experience and our trademark 'tell it like it is' writing style Rough Guides cover all the basics with practical, on-the-ground details, as well as unmissable alternatives to the usual must-see sights. At the top of your to-pack list, and guaranteed to get you…

Whitfield Paul: The Rough Guide to New Zeland

Скачать книгу (размер 4 318 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 848) Аннотация: The new Rough Guide to New Zealand is the definitive guide to the world's adventure capital. Now in full-colour throughout, it contains dozens of tempting colour photos illustrating the country's iconic landmarks and its stupendously diverse scenery. Detailed accounts of every attraction along with crystal-clear maps and plans will show you the very best New Zealand has to offer: from white-sand…

Teller Matthew: The Rough Guide to Switzerland

Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: The Rough Guide to Switzerland is the ultimate travel companion to this clean and idyllic country with detailed coverage of all the top attractions. From the medieval streets of Bern to the stunning views of Lake Geneva and the iconic Matterhorn to the best spots to enjoy sensational alpine scenery, discover Switzerland's highlights inspired by dozens of colour photos. You'll find practical…

The Rough Guide to the Netherlands

Скачать книгу (размер 1 829 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 360) Аннотация: The Rough Guide to The Netherlands is an indispensable travel guide with clear maps and coverage of the country’s unique attractions. From the pretty village of Edam and the gritty port city of Rotterdam to Amsterdam’s famous canals and vibrant nightlife The Rough Guide to The Netherlands unearths the best sites, hotels, restaurants, coffee houses and nightlife across every price range inspired…

Dalton David: The Rough Guide to The Philippines

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: The Rough Guide to the Philippines is the ultimate companion for exploring this stunning Southeast Asian archipelago. Discover the Philippines' highlights in full-colour with information on everything from the sun-kissed islands of the Visayas to the lagoons of Palawan and the tribal villages of the northern Cordilleras. This guide includes detailed listings and essential information on where to…

Diamond Jared: The World Until Yesterday

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: Over the past 500 years, the West achieved global dominance, but do Westerners necessarily have better ideas about how to raise children, care for the elderly, or simply live well? In this epic journey into our past, Jared Diamond reveals that traditional societies around the world offer an extraordinary window into how our ancestors lived for the majority of human history — until virtually…

Twain Mark: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Скачать книгу (размер 2 849 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 560) Аннотация: Subjects: Humorous stories Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be numerous typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or indexes. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.

Arden P.: God Explained in a Taxi Ride

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: A punchy, humorous, and probing look at the nature of religious belief, by the author of the massively successful Whatever You Think Think the Opposite. In a series of brilliant visual episodes, Paul Arden investigates the questions that have persisted since our earliest days. As ever, he is a master of compression, getting us to scratch our heads as he examines our relationship to the divine.

Austen: Emma

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Beautiful, clever, rich — and single — Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however,…

Harrison A.S.A.: The Silent Wife

Скачать книгу (размер 1 656 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 326) Аннотация: A chilling psychological thriller about a marriage, a way of life, and how far one woman will go to keep what is rightfully hers Jodi and Todd are at a bad place in their marriage. Much is at stake, including the affluent life they lead in their beautiful waterfront condo in Chicago, as she, the killer, and he, the victim, rush haplessly toward the main event. He is a committed cheater. She lives…

Barez-Brown C.: SHINE: How To Survive And Thrive At Work

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: We all have good days and bad days at work. Some days you feel bullet proof. People listen to you, your meetings run like clockwork, and you keep having new ideas. Other days are like wading through quick sand. You can't get anything done, and when the printer jams (again) you want to quit. Wouldn't it be great if every day went your way? If you jumped out of bed every morning ready for anything?…

Richards Justin: Doctor Who: Essential Guide to 50 Years of Doctor Who

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: This essential anniversary guide to fifty years of Doctor Who includes all eleven incarnations of the Doctor and fascinating facts on his adventures in space and time, helpful companions and fearsome foes like the Daleks, Cybermen and Ice Warriors! Find out all about the Doctor's Tardis, his regenerations and much much more!

Lovecraft H.: The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: «Frequently imitated and widely influential, Howard Philips Lovecraft reinvented the horror genre in the 1920s, discarding ghosts and witches and instead envisioning mankind as a tiny outpost of dwindling sanity in a chaotic and malevolent universe. S. T. Joshi, Lovecraft's preeminent interpreter, presents a selection of the master's fiction, from the early tales of nightmares and madness such as…

Sologub Fyodor: The Little Demon

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: A dark classic of Russia's silver age, this blackly funny novel recounts a schoolteacher's descent into sadism, arson and murder. Mad, lascivious, sadistic and ridiculous, the provincial school teacher Peredonov torments his students and has hallucinatory fantasies about acts of savagery and degradation, yet to everyone else he is an upstanding member of society. As he pursues the idea of…

Nabokov V.: Nikolai Gogol

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Nikolai Gogol was one of the great geniuses of nineteenth century Russian literature, with a command of the irrational unmatched by any writer before or since. His strange tales, though often read as forceful demands for social change, were displays of the fantasies of the human spirit. In this ideal marriage of subject and critic, Nabokov analyses his endlessly inventive compatriot, focusing on…