Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: This slipcased gift set contains four of Beatrix Potter's best-loved original Tales. Collection two contains: The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck; The Tale of Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle; The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher; and, The Tale of Tom Kitten.
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Whilst her grotesque and demanding grandmother retires to bed, Erendira still has floors to wash, sheets to iron, and a peacock to feed. The never-ending chores leave the young girl so exhausted that she collapses into bed with the candle still glowing on a nearby table — and is fast asleep when it topples over... Eight hundred and seventy-two thousand, three hundred and fifteen pesos, her…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: 'My mother asked me to go with her to sell the house'. Gabriel Garcia Marquez was twenty-three, emerging as a young man and experimenting as a writer, when his mother asked him to come with her, back to the village of Aracataca, back to his grandparents' house and the memories of his Colombian childhood. In this first part of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's memoir, the Nobel prize-winning author returns…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: There's the gambler who collects little fingers from losers... there's the lady who murders her husband with a frozen leg of lamb... not to mention the man who has made a machine that can hear grass scream... Roald Dahl's particular brand of bizarre, alarming and disturbing story-telling has already attracted a huge following which can only be more disturbed, alarmed and — thankfully — amused by…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 300) Аннотация: Australia is a lucky country, run mainly by second-rate people who share its luck. The phrase 'the lucky country' has become part of our lexicon; it's forever being invoked in debates about the Australian way of life, but is all too often misused by those blind to Horne's irony. When it was first published in 1964, The Lucky Country caused a sensation. Horne took Australian society to task for…
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: This important piece of Australian fiction is republished for the first time as a Penguin Modern Classic. Elizabeth Jolley's award-winning novel is presented in a fresh, new format that is a must-have for lovers of Australian literature. Miss Hester Harper, middle-aged and eccentric, brings Katherine into her emotionally impoverished life. Together they sew, cook gourmet dishes for two, run the…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: A collection of seven short plays following the story of Roald Dahl's book in sequence. Some are for three or four actors and a couple are ideal for performance by a whole class.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: «What is it like to make millions before you turn 20? What drives City traders to excess in their quest for extreme wealth? And what happens when they lose it all overnight? This is the first account of life in today's Square Mile, laying bare the tricks, lifestyles and minds of the men who gamble with millions and influence all our lives. It's a thrilling insider story, full of anecdotes and…
Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: A little learning library using artwork from Eric Carle's classic, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Introducing first concepts, this wonderful board book collection makes a perfect first library. Each book is filled with Eric Carle's much-loved collage art and large, simple text. Ideal for little hands to hold the sturdy board pages are durable enough to withstand the rough and tumble of toddlers.…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Greg's dad, Frank, is on a mission — a mission to make this wimpy kid, well, less wimpy. All manner of 'manly' physical activities are planned, but Greg just about manages to find a way out of them. That is until military academy is mentioned and Greg realizes that he's going to have to come up with something very special to get out of this one...
Скачать книгу (размер 3 176 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 624) Аннотация: The Gulag was Russia’s forgotten holocaust. The largest network of concentration camps ever created, it murdered millions and haunted all those who came out alive. Here, for the first time, is the full, moving story of its countless victims: how they lived, laboured, suffered – and survived to bear witness to one of history’s most terrible crimes.
Скачать книгу (размер 616 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 122) Аннотация: The most curious, funny, insightful, and expressive invectives from more than forty languages — fully illustrated, you miserable misokakku.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: When it comes to the mating game, Jane's still learning how to play. As a teenager she watched her elder brother falling in and out of love. Now she's embarking on her own affairs. There's the boyfriend with the irritatingly beautiful ex; the worldly Older Man; the commitment-phobe who calls her honey but never uses her name. Plenty of fish in the sea — but how do you find a man worth catching?…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: «Discover all about our incredible world and how to look after it. «A DK Made with Care» book is created using the best ethical and environmental practices possible. Our back cover shows you how we have made this book differently and gives the book's environmental footprint. We have taken great care to source local printers, FSC paper (Forest Stewardship Council) and to use only non-hazardous…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 156 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 228) Аннотация: Turgenev's timeless tale of generational collision, in a sparkling new translation When Arkady Petrovich returns home from college, his father finds his eager, naïve son changed almost beyond recognition, for the impressionable Arkady has fallen under the powerful influence of the friend he has brought home with him. A self-proclaimed nihilist, the ardent young Bazarov shocks Arkady's father…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 330 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 262) Аннотация: A wonderfully warm love story set in contemporary Kenya — timeless, funny, clever and utterly charming, starring the reserved, honourable Mr Malik. You wouldn't notice him in a Nairobi street — except, perhaps, to comment on his carefully sculpted comb over — but beneath his unprepossessing exterior lies a warm heart and a secret passion. Not even his friends at the Asadi Club know it, but Mr…
Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: After Charlie convinces Lola to recycle her old toys instead of throwing them away, Lola discovers a recycling competition. If she can recycle one hundred plastic, metal, and paper items, she can get her very own real live tree to plant. But she only has two weeks, so Lola decides to ask her classmates to help. They turn out to be extremely very good recyclers indeed. This adventure is printed on…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: Scott Schuman just wanted to take photographs of people on the street who looked great. His now famous blog ('the bellwether American site that turned photo blogging into an art form' — New York Times) was an attempt to showcase the wonderful and varied sartorial tastes of real people — not only those of the fashion industry. The book is a beautiful anthology of Scott's favourite shots from…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 319 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 456) Аннотация: One night a young woman disappears ...In broad daylight a retired teacher is stabbed to death ...In a small-town beauty parlor two women are butchered ...Three baffling cases, linked only by a lack of motive until psychologist Alex Delaware and LAPD Detective Milo Sturgis stumble upon a clue. A stolen luxury car is found undamaged and unblemished — except for a tiny, solitary bloodstain. Soon…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: «A master of gritty naturalism, Theodore Dreiser explores the corruption of the American dream in «The Financier». Frank Cowperwood, a fiercely ambitious businessman, emerges as the very embodiment of greed as he relentlessly seeks satisfaction in wealth, women, and power. As Cowperwood deals and double-deals, betrays and is in turn betrayed, his rise and fall come to represent the American…