Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Francois Besson listens to a tape recording of a girl contemplating suicide. Drifting through the days in a provincial city, he thoughtlessly starts a fire in his apartment, attends confession, and examines, with great intentness but without affection, a naked woman he wakes beside. And, as Besson moves through an ugly and threatening rain, his thoughts eventually lead to violence, first turned…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Oscar is a sweet but overweight sci-fi obsessed introvert who — from the New Jersey home he shares with his old world mother and rebellious sister — dreams of becoming the Dominican J.R.R.Tolkien and, most of all, of finding love. But Oscar may never get what he wants. Blame the fuku — a curse that has haunted Oscar's family for generations, following them on their epic journey from New Jersey to…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Russian novelist Victor Pelevin is rapidly establishing himself as one of the most brilliant young writers at work today. His comic inventiveness and mind-bending talent prompted Time magazine to proclaim him a psychedelic Nabokov for the cyber-age. In his third novel, Buddha's Little Finger, Pelevin has created an intellectually dazzling tale about identity and Russian history, as well as a…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: For Chancelade, the world is teeming with beauty, wonder and possibilities. From a small boy playing on the beach, through his adolescence and his first love, to the death of his father and on to the end of his own life, he relishes the most minute details of his physical surroundings — whether a grain of sand, an insect or a blade of grass — as he journeys on a sensory adventure from cradle to…
Скачать книгу (размер 4 889 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 960) Аннотация: Tolstoy startled the world with this powerful story of adultery and its aftermath, of the human need for love and happiness, and of the unyielding demands of society.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: In these nine unforgettable and impressionistic 'tales of little madness', the Nobel Prize-winning author Le Clézio explores how the physical sensations we experience every day can be as strong as feelings of love or hate, with their power to bring chaos to our lives. In 'The Day that Beaumont became Acquainted with his Pain', a man with toothache spends the night seeking ways to disown his…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: Imagine, if you will, New York City, 1899... Society's elite: the glamour, the grandeur, the glittering parties, the most handsome beaus, the most beautiful debutantes... the rich girl, the humble boy, the forbidden love, the hushed whispers, the stolen glances, the whispers, the scandal, the mystery, the revenge... You are cordially invited to step into The Luxe, where the secrets are dark and…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Spirited Elizabeth Bennet matches wits and wiles of the heart with the arrogant Mr. Darcy in this entertaining portrait of matrimonial rites and rivalries in Regency England.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: It all begins with a sidewalk Santa staring at Jessica with fear and recognition. Behind the beard is Waldo Morse, former drug smuggler and the most notorious citizen of Cabot Cove, Maine. Jessica hasn't a clue as to how he ended up as a street corner Saint Nick, but she agrees to meet him at two o'clock the next day. Jessica shows up with her camera, but in no time at all Santa is dead — a…
Скачать книгу (размер 534 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 106) Аннотация: Born in Austria in 1756, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his first piece of music, a minuet, when he was just five years old Soon after, he was performing for kings and emperors. Although he died at the young age of thirty-five, Mozart left a legacy of more than 600 works. This fascinating biography charts the musician's extraordinary career and personal life while painting a vivid cultural…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: How do we see the world around us? The Penguin on Design series includes the works of creative thinkers whose writings on art, design and the media have changed our vision forever. Susan Sontag's groundbreaking critique of photography asks forceful questions about the moral and aesthetic issues surrounding this art form. Photographs are everywhere. They have the power to shock, idealize or…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Mystery writer and amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher visits Moscow as part of a United States publishing group to help Russia succeed as a democracy' But the poisoning of a Pussies publisher, who possessed information which could topple the government in power, places her in a dangerous situation, Jess furns to the American Embassy for help, only to discover that the United States government is…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Welcome to St Benedict's Country Club and Spa. As a home away from home for the A-list, naturally membership comes at a premium — only the over-sexed, the over-rich and the over-beautiful need apply. But the St Benedict's experience involves more sex, bad behaviour, blackmail and deviance than most women can handle. Are you ready to join the Club?
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: When I was sixteen I became an Islamic fundamentalist. Five years later, after much emotional turmoil, I rejected fundamentalist teachings and returned to normal life and my family. I tried to put my experiences behind me, but as the events of 7/7 unfolded it became clear to me that Islamist groups pose a threat to this country that we — Muslims and non-Muslims alike — do not yet understand. Why…
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: No warrior will ever do a darker deed... Having killed a dragon and bathed in its blood, the mighty Siegfried seems undefeatable. But during a bitter family feud, his naive and beautiful wife reveals the truth to their foes: he has one terrible weakness. So Siegfried's enemies hatch a plan. They will pretend that the feud is forgotten. They will ask him to join them on a hunt. And, taking him…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: The second of two classic police thrillers featuring detective Nick Miller, set in London’s seedy underworld. After a long night on the job, Detective Sergeant Nick Miller is on his way home – only to become the first policeman at the scene of a young woman’s mysterious suicide. What’s odd is that it appears she tried to conceal her identity before doing herself in. Miller follows a hazardous…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Cujo, a huge St Bernard, is bitten by a rabid bat and changes from a lovable pet into a ferocious man-eating monster. He slaughters his garage-owning master and, as madness eats at his brain, focuses his deranged attention on Donna Trenton and her five-year-old son, who are trapped in their car.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: «Gabriel Allon, art restorer and spy, is about to face the greatest challenge of his life. An al-Qaeda suspect is killed in London, and photographs are found on his computer — photographs that lead Israeli intelligence to suspect that al-Qaeda is planning one of its most audacious attacks ever, straight at the heart of the Vatican. Allon warns the Pope's private secretary, his old friend…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: «Meet John Rain. Assassin. He follows his own code — he needs no one, trusts no one — until betrayal transforms him from hunter into hunted and loner into loyal friend. Haunted by the past Rain kills to order and leaves no trace, but the death at his hand of an old man has unforeseen complications — and soon Rain is trying to protect not just his carefully preserved anonymity but his own life and…
Скачать книгу (размер 483 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 96) Аннотация: «Set in Paris and attracting comparisons with Franz Kafka and Edgar Allan Poe, «The Pigeon» is Patrick Suskind's tense, disturbing follow-up to the bestselling Perfume. The novella tells the story of a day in the meticulously ordered life of bank security guard Jonathan Noel, who has been hiding from life since his wife left him for her Tunisian lover. When Jonathan opens his front door on a day…