Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: The times have forced changes in the way we look at Richard II more than any other of Shakespeare's plays. What to his contemporaries was a balanced dramatisation of the central political and constitutional issue of the time, how to cope with an unjust ruler, has in the last century or so been translated into the poetic fall of a tragic hero.
Скачать книгу (размер 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 140) Аннотация: Outrageous Pippi Longstocking of Villa Villekulla has no parents around and no rules to follow, so she lives according to her own daredevilish ways. She has been treating her friends Tommy and Annika to wild adventures, too — like buying, and eating, seventy-two pounds of candy on a shopping trip, or sailing off to an island in the middle of a lake to show them what it's like to be shipwrecked.…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: Here are the most robust characters in American legend. Told by a poet with a poet's ear for the impact of words, these American mavericks walk and talk accross the pages in a free, wide way, as they walked and talked accross the free, wide America of pioneer days.
Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: For Spenser, that most unorthodox of private detectives, no case is ever straightforward and the theft of a 14th-century illuminated manuscript proves no exception. His investigation soon leads him into organized crime, dope-pushing, theft, radical politics, adultery and murder.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: This is Ayne Rand's challenge to the prevalent philosphical doctrince of our time and the atmosphere of guilt, of panic, of despair, of boredom, and of all-pervasive evasion that they create. One of the most controversial figures on the intellectual scene, Ayn Rand was the proponent of a moral philsophy — an ethic of rational self-interest — that stands in sharp opposition of the ethics of…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 727 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 536) Аннотация: Editors Oscar Williams and Edwin Honig concentrate on the work of twenty major American poets.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Written in 1948, 1984 was George Orwell’s chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, Orwell’s narrative is timelier than ever. 1984 presents a startling and haunting vision of the world, so powerful that it is completely convincing from start to finish. No one can deny the power of this novel, its hold on the imaginations of multiple generations of readers, or the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Picking up several years after the dramatic conclusion of If I Stay, Where She Went continues the story of Adam and Mia, from Adam's point of view. Ever since Mia's decision to stay — but not with him — Adam's career has been on a wonderful trajectory. His album, borne from the anguish and pain of their breakup, has made him a bona fide star. And Mia herself has become a top-rate cellist, playing…
Скачать книгу (размер 5 093 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1000) Аннотация: This complete collection includes paperback editions of John Green’s award-winning books in a stunning case. The perfect introduction to John Green or addition to any fan’s collection
Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: In Pictures at a Revolution, Mark Harris turned the story of the five movies nominated for Best Picture in 1967 into a landmark work of cultural history about the transformation of an art form and the larger social shift it signified. In Five Came Back, he gives us something even more remarkable: the untold story of how Hollywood changed World War II, and how World War II changed Hollywood,…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: In Amsterdam, an Israeli terrorist analyst is murdered. The police believe the killer is a deranged Muslim extremist, but Israeli intelligence knows better. Art-restorer, assassin and spy Gabriel Allon is dispatched to investigate, uncovering a major terrorist operation in London. Gabriel arrives too late to prevent the kidnapping of the daughter of the US ambassador. With time running out, Allon…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 461 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 680) Аннотация: This brand new, deluxe box set contains one copy each of Wreck This Journal, This Is Not a Book, Mess, and now The Pocket Scavenger. It has been specially designed by Keri herself. Smith invites you to reimagine what a book can be (a secret message, a recording device, an instrument). Poke holes in the pages. Paint them with coffee. Bring the book in the shower. Let loose and make a mess.…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: June and Day have sacrificed so much for the people of the Republic—and each other—and now their country is on the brink of a new existence. June is back in the good graces of the Republic, working within the government’s elite circles as Princeps Elect while Day has been assigned a high level military position. But neither could have predicted the circumstances that will reunite them once again.…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Noah, on his European music tour. Penny's bags are packed. When Noah invites Penny on his European music tour, she can't wait to spend time with her rock-god-tastic boyfriend. But, between Noah's jam-packed schedule, less-than-welcoming bandmates and threatening messages from jealous fans, Penny wonders whether she's really cut out for life on tour. She can't help but miss her family, her best…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 829 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 752) Аннотация: Crimen y Castigo fue publicada por Fiódor Dostoyevski en 1866 a través del diario El mensajero ruso, en doce partes que luego conformarían la novela, universalmente reconocida como una de las más influyentes de la literatura rusa. La novela tiene un corte sicológico que llevá al lector a explorar de forma constante los pensamientos del protagonista, el estudiante…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 314 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 259) Аннотация: In the blink of an eye everything changes. Seventeen year-old Mia has no memory of the accident; she can only recall what happened afterwards, watching her own damaged body being taken from the wreck. Little by little she struggles to put together the pieces- to figure out what she has lost, what she has left, and the very difficult choice she must make. Heart-wrenchingly beautiful, this…
Скачать книгу (размер 5 216 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1024) Аннотация: Dickens's great coming-of-age novel, now in a beautiful clothbound Penguin edition This is the novel Dickens regarded as his 'favourite child' and is considered his most autobiographical. As David recounts his experiences from childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist, Dickens draws openly and revealingly on his own life. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters are…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) 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. Pip doesn't expect much from life...His sister makes it clear that her orphaned little brother is nothing but a burden on her. But suddenly things begin…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: 'Meanwhile, let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing of the pines is heard in our kettle.' In this charming book from 1906, Okakura explores Zen, Taoism, Tea Masters and the significance of the Japanese tea ceremony. It is one of 46 new books in the best-selling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 176 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 624) Аннотация: «This is reissued, with a new foreword, for the 70th Anniversary. Antony Beevor's D-Day: The Battle for Normandy is the closest you will ever get to war — the taste, the smell, the noise and the fear. The Normandy Landings that took place on D-Day involved by far the largest invasion fleet ever known. The scale of the undertaking was simply awesome. What followed them was some of the most cunning…