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Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: «Distinguished by Smith's trademark ability to unearth flashes of truth and depth in the everyday, «The First Person and Other Stories» sparkles with warmth and humanity. In one story, a middle-aged woman conducts a poignant conversation with her fourteen-year-old self. In another, an innocent supermarket shopper finds in her trolley a foul-mouthed, insulting, yet beautiful child. And in a third…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: ‘César Montero was dreaming about elephants. He’d seen them at the movies on Sunday...’ Only moments later, César is led away by police as they clear the crowds away from the man he has just killed. But César is not the only man to be riled by the rumours being spread in his Colombian hometown – under the cover of darkness, someone creeps through the streets sticking malicious…

Скачать книгу (размер 75 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 16) Аннотация: It`s snowing and Peppa and George can`t wait to get outside and play. Suitable for fans of Peppa Pig, this board book lets you find out what happens when they build a great big snow man in this delightful little winter`s tale.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 829 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 360) Аннотация: «Jamie will try real American food and meet the most interesting cooks and producers that this vast country has to offer. His epic journey will take him to the heart of America: its people, culture, music and, most importantly, its food. Along the way Jamie will be getting his hands dirty — meeting hunters, cowboys, fishermen and local producers — as he finds out about the best (and strangest)…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: Zoe Martinique has turned her unusual ability into a career. When she's traveling, she can't be seen which makes her an ideal professional snoop. Industrial espionage, surveillance, whatever. But one night things get out of hand while she's outof — body. She witnesses a murder and a soul stealing, and discovers she has unwelcome company: Trench — Coat, a ghostly killer who can see and hurt her.…

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: Learning the concepts of comparing and sorting is vital in helping young children develop vocabulary and understand the world around them. This bright book is designed to help parents amuse, interest and at the same time teach their children vital early learning skills. Useful parent tips are included throughout the book to support the learning process.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Love stories are not always about hearts and flowers. In this deliciously different celebration of love, romance is all about having a good row (and not always having to say you're sorry). From trivial everyday quarrels, such as a dispute over a bride's new hat in Dorothy Parker's 'Here We Are' and an argument about whether to close the screen door in Lydia Davis's 'Disagreement', to more serious…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 120 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 417) Аннотация: Readers canat get enough of the #1 New York Times bestselling author. A favor for Jason, vampire hunter Anita Blakeas werewolf lover, puts her in the center of a fullblown scandal that threatens master-vampire Jean — Claudeas reignaand makes her a pawn in an ancient vampire queenas new rise to power.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: A portrayal of egos, appetites and addictions. It presents an examination of lives out of control and beyond saving by the pre-eminent chronicler of our neuroses and our times.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: «It's 1910. «Anna Karenina» and «War and Peace» have made Leo Tolstoy the world's most famous author. But fame comes at a price. In the tumultuous final year of his life, Tolstoy is desperate to find respite, so leaves his large family and the hounding press behind and heads into the wilderness. Too ill to venture beyond the tiny station of Astapovo, he believes his last days will pass in…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 176 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 624) Аннотация: At 66 Star Street in Dublin, someone is watching over the lives of the people living in its flats. But no one is aware of it — yet... One of them is ready to take the plunge and fall in love; another is torn between two very different lovers. For some, secrets will come to light, which for others will have tragic consequences.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: Fern is glaring thirty in the face and can't ignore the love lies any longer. Life with Adam was amazing once — although these days swinging from the chandeliers means DIY not SEX. She believes a romantic wedding should be the next step but Adam just won't go down on one knee.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: The scar on Rhoda Gradwyn's face was to be the death of her... When the notorious investigative journalist, Rhoda Gradwyn, books into Mr Chandler-Powell's private clinic in Dorset for the removal of a disfiguring and long-standing scar, she has every prospect of a successful operation and the beginning of a new life. But the Manor holds a secret and deadly enemy. While she lies drowsily…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: When the author of The Hayseed Chronicles, Arthur Hayman, is mown down by a concrete truck in Soho, his legacy passes to his widow, Martha, and her children — the fragile Rachel, and Luke, reluctantly immortalised as Luke Hayseed, the central character of his father's books. But others want their share, particularly Laurie.

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: Professor Timofey Pnin, previously of Tsarist Russia, is now precariously positioned at the heart of campus America. Battling with American life and language, Pnin must face great hazards in this new world.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: Presents the story of Martin Eden, an impoverished seaman who pursues, obsessively and aggressively, dreams of education and literary fame. This title also discusses the conflict between London's support of socialism and Martin's powerful self-will.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: The Queen of Spades, one of his most popular and chilling short stories, tells of an inveterate card player who develops a dangerous obsession with the secret of an old lady's luck, which he believes will bring him the wealth he craves. The Negro of Peter the Great, a story based on the life Pushkin's own great-grandfather, is a vivid depiction — and criticism — of both French and Russian…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: «This legendary novel has been the source of much anxiety and contention for Nabokov's fans — and family. The late Vladimir Nabokov requested that this unfinished work be destroyed, but his son, Dmitri, did not oblige, although neither did he allow the work to be published — until now. «The Original of Laura» is about a wonderfully large man called Philip Wild, married to a very promiscuous…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: This epic of urban life tells of small-town heroine Carrie Meeber, adrift in an indifferent Chicago. Setting out, she has nothing but a few dollars and an unspoiled beauty. Hers is a story of struggle? From sweatshop to stage success? And of the love she inspires in an older, married man whose obsession with her threatens to destroy him.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Katie Drake was an affluent single mother living in Queen's Park — until someone cut her throat and tore out her tongue. Worse still, the killer has abducted her fourteen-year-old daughter, Naomi. Detective Chief Inspector Grant Foster quickly sees chilling parallels with the disappearance of teenager Leonie Stamey three years earlier. With hopes fading of finding Naomi alive, he calls on…