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Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: «An unforgettable novel about finding a lost piece of yourself in someone else. Khaled Hosseini, the #1 «New York Times — bestselling author of The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns, has written a new novel about how we love, how we take care of one another, and how the choices we make resonate through generations. In this tale revolving around not just parents and children but brothers…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 936 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 577) Аннотация: This is the number one, bestselling title in this new spin-off series from Percy Jackson creator, Rick Riordan. Old enemies awaken as camp half-blood's new arrivals prepare for war. When Jason, Piper and Leo crash land at Camp Half-Blood, they have no idea what to expect. Apparently this is the only safe place for children of the Greek Gods — despite the monsters roaming the woods and demigods…

Скачать книгу (размер 529 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 105) Аннотация: Bill Gates, born in Seattle, Washington, in 1955, is an American business magnate, investor, philanthropist, and author. In this Who Was...? biography, children will learn of Gates' childhood passion for computer technology, which led him to revolutionize personal computers. Through the success of his now-world-famous software company, Microsoft, Bill Gates became one of the wealthiest…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: 'I am an expert swordsman. And I am skilled in the business of death. I take no pleasure in my skill. Simply, I am good at it.' 1735 — London. Haytham Kenway has been taught to use a sword from the age he was able to hold one. When his family's house is attacked — his father murdered and his sister taken by armed men — Haytham defends his home the only way he can: he kills. With no family, he is…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: The Herbalist is the electrifying first novel from Niamh Boyce, winner of the 2012 Hennesssy XO Award for New Irish Writing. A devastating and emotional story of yearning and obsession in 1930s rural Ireland, in its freshness and immediacy, The Herbalist will appeal to fans of Edna O'Brien and Patrick McCabe. Out of nowhere the herbalist appears and sets out his stall in the market square. In…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: The boring debate between fundamentalist believers and non-believers is finally moved on by Alain de Botton's inspiring new book, which boldly argues that the supernatural claims of religion are of course entirely false — and yet that religions still have important things to teach the secular world. Rather than mocking religions, agnostics and atheists should instead steal from them — because…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: «The Vatican Diaries is an inside look at one of the world's most powerful and mysterious institutions, by John Thavis. «A humane and realistic and (yes) humorous picture of a mortal institution. To an old Prot like me, it's a tour of alien terrain and a bridge to old and dear friends». (Garrison Keillor). For thirty years John Thavis worked for the Catholic News Service in Rome and reported on…

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Скачать книгу (размер 6 623 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1300) Аннотация: HardCover. Pub Date: 2011-01-01 Pages: 1300 Language: English Publisher: Particular Books This is the bestselling classic guide to French cooking with over 1000 clear authentic and delicious recipes for every key French dish from Boeuf Bourguignon to the perfect croissant. And now to celebrate its 50th anniversary Penguin have reset and redesigned the text and there is a special anniversary…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: The hottest thinker in the world. In The Black Swan, Taleb showed us that highly improbable and unpredictable events underlie almost everything about our world. Here Taleb stands uncertainty on its head, making it desirable, even necessary. The antifragile is beyond the resilient or robust. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better and better. Just as human…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: This new volume of eight short stories offers students of German at all levels the opportunity to enjoy a wide range of contemporary literature in the original, with the aid of parallel translations. The majority of these stories have been written in the past decade, and reflect a rich diversity of styles and themes. Complete with notes, the stories make excellent reading in either language.

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Скачать книгу (размер 3 665 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 720) 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. The Woman in White famously opens with Walter Hartright's eerie encounter on a moonlit London road. Engaged as a drawing master to the beautiful Laura…

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Hairy Maclary goes off for a walk with a few of his friends — and comes up against a nasty surprise, in the shape of the cat Scarface Claw, who chases the dogs away. This bestselling story is now available as an adorable mini paperback in a brand new series of Pocket Puffins.

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Скачать книгу (размер 4 645 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 912) 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 In William Thackeray's Vanity Fair, no one is better equipped in the struggle for wealth and worldly success than the alluring and ruthless Becky Sharp,…

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: 'All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil: and Edward Hyde, alone in the ranks of mankind, was pure evil' Published as a Shilling Shocker, Robert Louis Stevenson's dark psychological fantasy gave birth to the idea of the split personality. The story of respectable Dr Jekyll's strange association with 'damnable young man' Edward Hyde; the hunt through fog-bound London…

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Scarface Claw, the biggest cat in the neighbourhood, is out exploring when he gets stuck up a tree. The noise is terrible — so terrible that it draws Hairy Maclary and all his friends from Donaldson's Dairy to investigate. Young children will love to join in making all the different noises.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) 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. The epic tale of Odysseus and his ten-year journey home after the Trojan War forms one of the earliest and greatest works of Western literature.…