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Скачать книгу (размер 1 498 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 295) Аннотация: Paul Baumer enlisted with his classmates in the German army of World War I. Youthful, enthusiastic, they become soldiers. But despite what they have learned, they break into pieces under the first bombardment in the trenches. And as horrible war plods on year after year, Paul holds fast to a single vow: to fight against the principles of hate that meaninglessly pits young men of the same…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 121 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 221) Аннотация: Here they are — some of the funniest tales and ruminations ever put into print, by one of the great comic minds of our time. From THE WHORE OF MENSA, to GOD (A Play), to NO KADDISH FOR WEINSTEIN, old and new Woody Allen fans will laugh themselves hysterical over these sparkling gems.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 738 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 342) Аннотация: Matt read the forbidden runes and found himself in a world where reciting verses worked magic. He got himself locked in a dungeon, created a fire-breathing dragon, and eventually discovered a beautiful princess he swore to save. Little did he guess how hard that would be...

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: Written between 1965 and 1967, Setting Free the Bears is 'sensual, moving, truly remarkable' (Time), and concerns a plot to release all the animals from the Vienna Zoo.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Luke Skywalker was a twenty-year-old who lived and worked on his uncle's farm on the remote planet of Tatooine...and he was bored beyond belief. He yearned for adventures that would take him beyond the farthest galaxies. But he got much more than he bargained for...

Скачать книгу (размер 3 910 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 768) Аннотация: «Since his first appearance in «Beeton’s Christmas Annual» in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created. Now, in two paperback volumes, Bantam presents all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Conan Doyle’s classic hero — a truly complete collection of Sherlock Holmes’s adventures in crime! Volume II begins with…

Скачать книгу (размер 5 542 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1088) Аннотация: «Since his first appearance in Beeton's Christmas Annual in 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes has been one of the most beloved fictional characters ever created. Now, in two paperback volumes, Bantam presents all fifty-six short stories and four novels featuring Conan Doyle's classic hero — a truly complete collection of Sherlock Holmes's adventures in crime! Volume I includes the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Although they had won a significant battle, the war between the Rebels and the Empire had really just begun. Soon, Luke, Han, the princess and their faithful companions were forced to flee, scattering in all directions--the Dark Lord's minions in fevered pursuit...

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Seventy-five short masterpieces of fiction.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: Samantha Taylor is shattered when her husband leaves her for another woman. She puts her advertising career on hold and seeks refuge at a friend's California ranch, where she loses herself in the daily labor of ranch life. Here, she discovers the healing powers of trusted friends, simple joys, and hard work. She also meets Tate Jordan, the ranch foreman, and a tumultuous relationship ensues. When…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: An outstanding collection chronicling the growth of the american short story from humorous legend to powerful contempory fiction.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: It is a time of political unrest in Great Britain. And behind the Iron Curtain an insidious plot is being hatched, a plan so incendiary that even the KGB is ignorant of its existence — Aurora, the sinister brainchild of two of the world's most dangerous men: the general secretary of the Soviet Union and master spy Kim Philby. The wheels are in motion, the pawns are in place, and the countdown has…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 421 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 672) Аннотация: «A man trapped in a millionare's deadly game of political and sexual betrayal. Filled with shocks and chilling surprises, «The Magus» is a masterwork of contemporary literature. In it, a young Englishman, Nicholas Urfe, accepts a teaching position on a Greek island where his friendship with the owner of the islands most magnificent estate leads him into a nightmare. As reality and fantasy are…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 456 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 679) Аннотация: «For deft plotting, riotous inventiveness, unforgettable characters, and language that brilliantly captures the lively rhythms of American speech, no American writer comes close to Mark Twain. This sparkling anthology covers the entire span of Twain's inimitable yarn-spinning, from his early broad comedy to the biting satire of his later years. Every one of his sixty stories is here: ranging from…

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: A secret group of Washington's most powerful men have J. Edgar Hoover killed in order to reach his secret files only to discover there is someone else capable of using these personal dossiers for blackmail and extortion.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: It was a dark time for the rebel alliance... Han Solo, frozen in carbonite, had been delivered into the hands of the vile gangster Jabba the Hutt. Determined to rescue him, Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and Lando Calrissian launched a hazardous mission against Jabba's Tatooine stronghold. The Rebel commanders gathered all the warships of the Rebel fleet into a single giant armada. And Darth…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: In Germany engulfed by war and hatred, the beautiful wife of an influential banker fell in love with a German author. His Jewish heritage led them both to death. The husband who survives her lives on to protect her memory, and their children. And the ring he passes on to his daughter, Ariana von Gotthard, remains a bond of love between them. Separated from her family, and unable to escape…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 390 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 470) Аннотация: Presents the major literary works of America's poet of democracy including: Song of Myself, Starting from Paumanok, and Children of Adam.

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: «» I am a sick man... I am a spiteful man», the irascible voice of a nameless narrator cries out. And so, from underground, emerge the passionate confessions of a suffering man; the brutal self-examination of a tormented soul; the bristling scorn and iconoclasm of alienated individual who has become one of the greatest antiheroes in all literature. «Notes From Underground», published in 1864,…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: «Lyric and sensual, D.H. Lawrence's last novel is one of the major works of fiction of the twentieth century. Filled with scenes of intimate beauty, explores the emotions of a lonely woman trapped in a sterile marriage and her growing love for the robust gamekeeper of her husband's estate. The most controversial of Lawrence's books, «Lady Chatterly's Lover» joyously affirms the author's vision of…