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Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: «In this richly diverse collection of essays, Joseph Brodsky casts a reflective eye on his experiences of early life in Russia and exile in America. With dazzling erudition, he explores subjects as varied as the dynamic of poetry, the nature of history and the plight of the emigre writer. There is also the humorous tale of a disastrous trip to Brazil, advice to students, a homage to Marcus…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 574 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 310) Аннотация: Probationary Constable Peter Grant dreams of being a detective in London's Metropolitan Police. Too bad his superior plans to assign him to the Case Progression Unit, where the biggest threat he'll face is a paper cut. But Peter's prospects change in the aftermath of a puzzling murder, when he gains exclusive information from an eyewitness who happens to be a ghost. Peter's ability to speak with…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Since its original publication nearly thirty years ago, Getting to Yes has helped millions of people learn a better way to negotiate. One of the primary business texts of the modern era, it is based on the work of the Harvard Negotiation Project, a group that deals with all levels of negotiation and conflict resolution. Getting to Yes offers a proven, step-by-step strategy for coming to mutually…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: Nora Roberts presents a riveting novel of a canine search and rescue volunteer who fights danger and finds love in the Pacific Northwest.

Скачать книгу (размер 3 176 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 624) Аннотация: Between America's retreat from China in late November 1941 and the moment General MacArthur's airplane touched down on the Japanese mainland in August of 1945, five men connected by happenstance fought the key battles of the war against Japan. The Pacific is the companion book to the HBO miniseries that tracks the intertwined odysseys of U.S. Marines during WWII. Hugh Ambrose is a noted historian…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 044 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 402) Аннотация: «McLean and her father, a restaurant consultant, have spent two years moving from town to town. In the aftermath of her parents' divorce, McLean has opted to stay with her father and has become somewhat estranged from her mother. In Lakeview, the newest town, McLean finds herself putting down more roots that she usually does, making friends, and even enjoying a new romance with her neighbor,…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: Barley Blair is not a Service man: he is a small-time publisher, a self-destructive soul whose only loves are whisky and jazz. But it was Barley who, one drunken night at a dacha in Peredelkino during the Moscow Book Fair, was befriended by a high-ranking Soviet scientist who could be the greatest asset to the West since perestroika began, and made a promise. Nearly a year later, his drunken…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: You're a whirlwind — a success. You're living life on the edge. But who'll catch you when you fall? Holly Krauss is a city girl burning the candle at both ends. Despite a comfortable home life, a tough job and friends who admire her, she secretly enjoys taking reckless, dangerous walks on the wild side. But Holly can't keep those worlds separate forever. Soon enough her secret life bleeds into…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: The short stories of Kingsley Amis — the great master of post-war comic prose — are dark, playful, moving, surprising and extremely funny. This definitive collection gathers all Amis' short fiction in a single volume for the first time and encompasses five decades of storytelling. In The 2003 Claret, written in 1958, a time machine is invented for the weighty task of sending a man to 2010 to…

Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: 'I pushed her back into the house without saying anything, shut the door. We stood looking at each other inside. She dropped her hand slowly and tried to smile. Then all expression went out of her white face and it looked as intelligent as the bottom of a shoe box... I lit my cigarette, puffed it slowly for a moment and then asked: What are you doing here? Before creating Philip Marlowe, Raymond…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Philip Marlowe's on a case: his client, a dried-up husk of a woman, wants him to recover a rare gold coin called a Brasher Doubloon, missing from her late husband's collection. That's the simple part. It becomes more complicated when Marlowe finds that everyone who handles the coin suffers a run of very bad luck: they always end up dead. That's also unlucky for a private investigator, because…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Feeling the itch to stitch and the urge to preserve? Well then, get your craft on with crafter-about-town Jazz Domino Holly. As the daughter of rock-royalty and founder of the Shoreditch Sisters Women's Institute, Jazz is the perfect guide. Have fun and impress your friends and family with your crafting skills as you learn how to: unravel the mystery of knits and purls and whip up a Girlie Bow…

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Based on the classic story The Elves and the Shoemaker, this vibrantly illustrated story is sure to become a favourite in every home. Meet the poor and hungry shoemaker who wakes up one morning to find that his shoes have been magically made for him! Part of the Ladybird First Favourite Tales series — a perfect introduction to fairy tales for preschoolers — this hardback book contains lots of…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: Theodore Boone.

Скачать книгу (размер 401 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 80) Аннотация: Little jets of wheezing laughter followed one another out of his convulsed body. His eyes, twinkling with cunning enjoyment, glanced at every moment towards his companion's face. When he was quite sure that the narrative had ended he laughed noiselessly for fully half a minute. Then he said: Well...! That takes the biscuit! James Joyce's naturalistic, unflinching portrayal of ordinary working…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: The unhappiness that I need and long for... is of the kind that will let me suffer with eagerness and die with lust. That is the unhappiness, or happiness, that I am waiting for. Alienated from society, Harry Haller is the Steppenwolf, wild, strange and shy. His despair and desire for death draw him into an enchanted, Faust-like underworld. Through a series of shadowy encounters, romantic,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: From the creator of the much-loved, much-used `Wreck This Journal` comes a do-it-yourself illustrated story — where the reader is both the author, and the main character... `Dear Reader, One dark and stormy night, I found some strange scattered pages abandoned in a park.....Your mission is to become the new author of this work. You will continue the research and provide the content. In order to…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Seventeen-year-old David Balfour's villainous uncle has him kidnapped in order to steal his inheritance. David escapes only to fall into the dangerous company of rebels who are resisting British redcoats in the Scottish highlands.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: What's your road, man — holyboy road, madman road, rainbow road, guppy road, any road. It's an anywhere road for anybody anyhow. Sal Paradise, young and innocent, joins the slightly crazed Dean Moriarty on a breathless, exuberant ride back and forth across the United States. Their hedonistic search for release or fulfilment through drink, sex, drugs and jazz becomes an exploration of personal…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 094 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 608) Аннотация: The terrible conflict that dominated the mid 19th century, the Crimean War killed at least 800,000 men and pitted Russia against a formidable coalition of Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire. It was a war for territory, provoked by fear that if the Ottoman Empire were to collapse then Russia could control a huge swathe of land from the Balkans to the Persian Gulf. But it was also a war of…