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Скачать книгу (размер 2 314 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 455) Аннотация: Meet the Womens Murder Club: four friends who are always on each other's case: Detective Lindsay Boxer. Detective in the San Fransisco Police Department. While she tries to keep her head in terrifying cases at work, she battles with her heart over the men in her life. Claire Washburn. A medical examiner faced with gruesome evidence and the daunting challenge of her new family. Yuki Castellano. A…

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: The English, Peter Ackroyd tells us in this fascinating collection, see more ghosts than any other nation. Each region has its own particular spirits, from the Celtic ghosts of Cornwall to the dobies and boggarts of the north. Some speak and some are silent, some smell of old leather, others of fragrant thyme. From medieval times to today, stories have been told and apparitions seen — ghosts who…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: A paean to Spain's golden age of enormous creativity, this novel begins with the tale of Loyola's life and conversion, discusses the writings of St Teresa, the paintings of El Greco, and comments on such figures as Cervantes, Luis de Leon, Lope de Vega, Velazquez and the creator of Don Juan.

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Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: A colourful collection of essays of literary criticism. Topics covered span from Kant to Raymond Chandler, from the legend of Zurbaran to the art of the detective story, and from Burke to Augustus Hare.

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Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: One of the world's most celebrated scholars, Stephen Greenblatt has crafted both an innovative work of history and a thrilling story of discovery, in which one manuscript, plucked from a thousand years of neglect, changed the course of human thought and made possible the world as we know it. Nearly six hundred years ago, a short, genial, cannily alert man in his late 30s took a very old…

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Скачать книгу (размер 2 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 516) Аннотация: NYPD detective Jacob Kanon is on a tour of Europe's most gorgeous cities. But the sights aren't what draw him he sees each museum, each cathedral, and each cafe through the eyes of his daughters killer. Kanon's daughter, Kimmy, and her fiance were murdered while on vacation in Rome. Since then, young couples in Madrid, Salzburg, Athens and Paris have been found dead. Little connects the murders,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: With a new introduction by J.M. Coetzee A gang war is raging through the dark underworld of Brighton. Pinkie, malign and ruthless, has killed a man. Believing he can escape retribution, he is unprepared for the courageous Ida Arnold, who is determined to avenge a death.

Скачать книгу (размер 3 013 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 592) Аннотация: A collection of the finest and funniest words from the finest funniest writer the past century ever knew. Published for the millennium and to mark the 25th anniversary of his death, this is the first major selection of the whole of P.G. Wodehouse's work to have been published for a generation, and it includes a generous selection of previously unpublished work. We all know Jeeves and Wooster, but…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: The year is 1970, and the youth of Europe are in the ecstatic throes of the sexual revolution. Though dedicated to the cause they have yet to realize this disturbing truth: that between the death of one social order and the birth of another, there exists a state of terrifying purgatory--or, as Alexander Herzen put it, a pregnant widow. Twenty years old and on vacation from college, Keith and an…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: For every dinner service, there is a staff meal. Family-style celebrations prepared by chefs for their crew, the meals are never on the menu, but are designed to show appreciation, provide energy for the evening, and more importantly, please even the pickiest palate. Marissa Guggiana, author of Primal Cuts, the definitive guide to America's best butchers, turns her attention to the best-kept…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 166 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 230) Аннотация: Colorful illustrations and exciting words make these spelling flashcards fun for any kid! We’ve selected 230 words to help your child develop skills in phonics and spelling, and included 10 more blank cards so your child can add personal words like family names or favorite foods. Plus, you can keep track of which words your child has learned with the color-coded meter on the side of this box.…

Скачать книгу (размер 906 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 179) Аннотация: Tell-All is many things: a Sunset Boulevard-inflected homage to Old Hollywood when grand dames like Bette Davis and Joan Crawford ruled the roost. A Douglas Sirk-inspired melodrama full of big gestures and muted psychic torment. A veritable Tourette's Syndrome of rat-tat-tat name-dropping, from the A-list to the Z-list. A merciless send-up of Lillian Hellman's habit of butchering the truth that…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: All Lydia's ever wanted is a perfect Christmas...So when her oldest friends invite her to spend the holidays with them, it seems like a dream come true. She's been promised log fires, roasted chestnuts, her own weight in mince pies — all in a setting that looks like something out of a Christmas card. But her winter wonderland is ruined when she finds herself snowed in with her current boyfriend,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 982 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 390) Аннотация: Michael Beard is a Nobel prize-winning physicist whose best work is behind him. Trading on his reputation, he speaks for enormous fees, lends his name to the letterheads of renowned scientific institutions and half-heartedly heads a government-backed initiative tackling global warming. A compulsive womaniser, Beard finds his fifth marriage floundering. But this time it is different: she is having…