Скачать книгу (размер 4 563 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 896) Аннотация: «A tremendous bestseller when it was published in 1925, «An American Tragedy» is the culmination of Theodore Dreiser's elementally powerful fictional art. Revised reissue.»
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: John Updike was always as much a poet as a storyteller and the poems in this, his final collection, celebrate the everyday, even as they address his own imminent mortality. It is in the connected series of poems, Endpoint, written on his last few birthdays and culminating with the illness that killed him, that Updike's work is at its most touching and poignant.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: «Let It Come Down», with its title from Macbeth, tells the story of Dyar, a New York bank clerk who throws up his secure, humdrum job to find a reality abroad with which to identify himself, and his macabre experiences in the inferno of Tangiers as he gives in to his darkest impulses. Rich in descriptions of the corruption and decadence of the International Zone in the last days before Moroccan…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: Fez, 1954, and American ex-pat Stenham reluctantly accepts a guide for his night-time walk home through the streets of the Medina. A nationalist uprising is transforming the country, much to the annoyance of Stenham, who enjoys the trappings of the old city. His path soon crosses with the young, illiterate son of a healer, another outsider to the newly politicised life of Morocco, in this…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: Hidden in a remote corner of the South American jungle is a clandestine research facility known simply as Meros. Here, working in laboratories buried a thousand feet underground, military scientists have developed the most astonishing and deadly weapon known to man... Meanwhile, on the other side of the globe, a Chinook helicopter lands a highly trained squad of special forces soldiers deep in…
Скачать книгу (размер 503 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 100) Аннотация: A hero will have his day. It is a task that no man has ever completed: to bring back a magical ram's fleece that lies hidden in a far-off land, guarded by an all-seeing serpent. But one man, Jason, must try. His life depends on it. Upon the orders of the King, Jason must cross deadly seas with the crew of his ship, the Argo, negotiate treacherous clashing rocks, fight fire-breathing bulls and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: 'I didn't say anything. I didn't return his smiles. I looked at him in the wide mirror in front of where I was sitting. He grew uncomfortable and avoided my eyes. I hate those who think fat people are stupid'. An obese woman and her lover, a dwarf, are sick of being stared at wherever they go, and so decide to reverse roles. The man goes out wearing make up and the woman draws a moustache on her…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: 'I am not Number 6. I am not a prisoner. I am a free man'. This is the classic novel of the TV series The Prisoner, by cult author Thomas M. Disch. First published in 1968, this new edition celebrates the long-awaited remake of the series, from ITV1 and the producers of Mad Men, starring Sir Ian McKellen and Jim Caviezel. Combining the power of a great spy thriller with Orwellian science fiction,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: A fabulous all-new contemporary thriller from the master of the genre – the author of the international bestsellers Midnight Runner, A Fine Night for Dying and Bad Company. Sean Dillon is back in another heart-stopping, adrenalin-laced adventure. When the president's right hand men foil a plan to assassinate him. Sean Dillon is called upon to trace the would-be killer's history. It appears the…
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: George Mikes says, 'the English have no soul; they have the understatement instead'. But they do have a sense of humour — they provide it by buying over three hundred thousand copies of a book that took them quietly and completely apart, a book that really took the Mikes out of them.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: «Written by authors from Quebec as well as France, the majority of these stories have been published in the last decade and reflect a rich diversity of styles and themes. From Daniel Boulanger's exploration of revenge and the desire for recognition in «The Hunter's Cafe», to Alain Gerber's brief and poetic «You Never Die», these stories make excellent reading in any language.»
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: «If you've ever wondered how to climb the social ladder with grace, how to feel confident in every situation, or even how to make a lasting impression (but not the kind that lands you on the latest «Worst Dressed List») — Derek Blasberg is here, with quotes and secrets from all the socialites so girls everywhere can learn how to have class. This hilarious handbook will provide everything you need…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: A broken heart is hard to mend. And a good heart is practically impossible to find...When Georgia Abbott's fiance cheats on her, she's left with a broken heart and the reality of her humdrum life in London. Until someone tells her about a job on Glow magazine: in Sydney. That's Sydney, Australia — where the welcome is as warm as the weather and the men look like Mel Gibson, but taller. What's she…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: She was a princess, daughter of perhaps the most hated king in Europe. He was just a lowly hussar. Their love affair in turn-of-the-century Vienna was to scandalize a continent. The story of Princess Louise of Belgium and Geza Mattachich, stepson of a minor Croatian count, began with no more than an exchanged glance in a park. Yet the princess and her soldier, divided by wealth and status,…
Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Laurence is a young ex-sailor who can't resist the lure of the good life, and when he finds a job as chauffeur to the wealthy Mr and Mrs Bannister, his occasional work leaves him free to indulge. Bannister himself is bitter — his twisted leg keeps him on the sidelines while his ravishingly beautiful wife endures his moods with saintly patience. Or does she? It's the Bannisters' closest friend,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Vampire musician Michael Glass has attracted the attention of a big-time producer who wants him to cut a demo and play some gigs — which means Michael will have to enter the human world. For this, he's been assigned escorts that include both a dangerous immortal as well as Michael's all-too-human friends. And with that mix of personalities, this is going to be a road trip from hell...
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: School psychologist Skye Denison reluctantly agrees to act as maid of honor in her California cousin's over-the-top wedding — and is also expected to assist the control-freak wedding planner. But when she discovers the planner dead, Skye is suddenly working double-duty.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Set in Birmingham, The News Where You Are tells the funny, touching story of Frank, a local TV news presenter. Beneath his awkwardly corny screen persona, Frank is haunted by disappearances: the mysterious hit and run that killed his predecessor Phil Smethway; the demolition of his father's post-war brutalist architecture; and, the unmarked passing of those who die alone in the city. Frank…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 931 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 576) Аннотация: Set in the 1930s, the classic novel from bestselling author Lesley Pearse tells the story of one girl's struggle against cruelty and, her quest for love. Twelve-year-old Adele Talbot's unhappy mother Rose succumbs to madness after a family tragedy and Adele is placed in a bleak children's home. But when her trust is betrayed she runs away — hoping to find her grandmother in Sussex. By the time…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: A young man arrives in the Ukraine, clutching in his hand a tattered photograph. He is searching for the woman who fifty years ago saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Unfortunately, however, he is aided in his quest by Alex, a translator with an uncanny ability to mangle English into bizarre new forms; a ‘blind’ old man haunted by memories of the war; and an undersexed guide dog named Sammy…