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Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: Lee Langley's bewitching story of lost hope and thwarted love opens where Puccini's opera ends; with Madame Butterfly — Cho-Cho-San — handing over her beloved son to his American father before killing herself. In America Joey grows up torn between two cultures, haunted, like his parents, by their memories of what really happened on that fateful day. But just as Joey's fate is inextricably linked…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: This important book picks up where Dr Deepak Chopra left off in his pioneering work Ageless Body, Timeless Mind. Having revealed the connection between our health and our thoughts, Dr Chopra shows us how to create a whole new self — the self we want to be — in this revolutionary sequel. Dr Chopra explains how the body is a reflection of the mind, 'a symbol in flesh and blood of everything you…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: An innocent man is days from execution. Only a guilty man can save him. Travis Boyette is a murderer. In 1998, in the small East Texas city of Sloan, he abducted, raped, and strangled a popular high-school cheerleader. He buried her body so that it would never be found, then watched and waited as police and prosecutors arrested Donte Drumm, a local football star with no connection to the crime.…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: My Michael is a beautiful work of great depth and lingers in the mind as a lyric song to his country's people as much as a moving love story. (Arthur Miller). 1950s Jerusalem. Hannah Gonen has just married and is thrilled and pained by her young well-meaning husband, Michael. Haunted by her dreams of two boys who disappeared from Jerusalem after the establishment of the state of Israel, Hannah…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Alex Horne loves words. He loves them so much, in fact, that he's gone on a mental safari and invented some of his own... all he needs to do now is get them into the dictionary. But, as Alex discovers, gaining entry into the official lexicon takes more than just a gentle word in the ear of the editor. Evidence is required — Alex needs what the dictionary authorities call a 'corpus' of examples,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: This compendium of manners and mischief offers advice on every situation the enlightened modern man needs to navigate, from drinking and entertaining to wooing and whisker-trimming. Being a modern gent requires a certain savvy with social media, a working knowledge of craft beers and rhum agricole, and a knack for tipping etiquette, pocket squares, and motoring. The second edition of this manly…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: In a book that combines psychology and sociology with an insightful understanding of human interactions, Ori and Rom Brafman have written a compelling narrative that helps us to understand the magic behind those moments when we form an incredible connection with other people, or which cause us to become fully engaged in whatever we are doing. In a page-turning narrative in the fashion of their…

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Blends elements of psychoanalysis and Asian religions to probe an Indian aristocrat's efforts to renounce sensual and material pleasures and discover ultimate spiritual truths.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: The world is changing — the government has seized control of every aspect of society, and now kids are disappearing. For fifteen-year-old Wisty and her older brother Whit, life turns upside-down when they are hauled out of bed one night, separated from their parents, and thrown into a secret compound for no reason they can comprehend. The new government is clearly trying to suppress life,…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: Abbey of Ruac, rural France: A medieval script is discovered hidden behind an antique bookcase. Badly damaged, it is sent to Paris for restoration, and there literary historian Hugo Pineau begins to read the startling fourteenth-century text. Within its pages lies a fanciful tale of a painted cave and the secrets it contains and a rudimentary map showing its position close to the abbey.…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: A wonderfully rich and vibrant novel that tells the story of one of Russia's post-Communist Oligarchs and the two women who marry him, from impoverished boyhood, through unimaginable power and wealth, to the moment when he finally overreaches himself.

Скачать книгу (размер 3 421 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 672) Аннотация: A glorious historical novel based on the 17th century life of Eleanor Glanville who was destined to become one of the most famous entomologists in history. But not before she had endured a life of extraordinary vicissitude: two marriages and an all-consuming love which would prove her undoing.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: It is Midwinter's Eve, the night before Will's eleventh birthday. But there is an atmosphere of fear in the familiar countryside around him. Will is about to make a shocking discovery — that he is the last person to be born with the power of the Old Ones, and as a guardian of the Light he must begin a dangerous journey to vanquish the terrifyingly evil magic of the Dark.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: In their desperate quest to find the grail, stolen by the forces of the Dark, the Drew children have returned to Trewissick. One night, in a strange ceremony, Jane watches the village women construct the Greenwitch: an ancient offering to the sea. Overcome by the Greenwitch's power, Jane makes a perilous wish — one that will tip the balance in the ongoing struggle between good and evil.

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: I'm in constant search of chasing beauty, chasing hope — I'm not interested in the dark. The celebrated photographer Richard Phibbs, known for his celebrity portraits and iconic ad campaigns for Ralph Lauren, Giorgio Armani, and more, has an unwavering eye for beauty. Many theorists argue that beauty is subjective, a product of individual preference, but the images from Phibbs' archive of work…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 094 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 608) Аннотация: «Tyrant, blackmailer, racketeer, murderer — his influence reaches every level of American society. Meet Don Corleone, a friendly man, a just man, a reasonable man. The deadliest lord of the Cosa Nostra. The Godfather. A modern masterpiece, «The Godfather» is a searing portrayal of the 1940s criminal underworld. It is also the intimate story of the Corleone family, at once drawn together and…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: It's London, 1876 and Hetty Feather is just a tiny baby when her mother leaves her at the Foundling Hospital. The Hospital cares for abandoned children — but Hetty must first live with a foster family until she is big enough to go to school. Life in the countryside is hard but with her 'brothers' Jem and Gideon, she helps in the fields and plays imaginary games. Together they sneak off to visit…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: «Getting a high score on the GRE Math Subject Test isn't about memorizing everything there is to know about math-it's about targeting your test preparation. We teach you only the information you'll need along with the best strategies for the test day. In this book, you'll learn how to: Use our strategies and techniques to boost your accuracy; Increase your pacing and familiarize yourself with the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Word geeks (1984), rejoice! Crack open these covers and immerse yourself in a mind-expanding (1963) compendium of the new words (or new meanings of words) that have sprung from American life to ignite the most vital, inventive, fruitful, and A-OK (1961) lexicographical Big Bang (1950) since the first no-brow (1922) Neanderthal grunted meaningfully. From the turn of the twentieth century to today,…

Скачать книгу (размер 580 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 115) Аннотация: Do the folk stories about leprechauns match our ideas about them today? Are there other fairies in Irish tradition? What are the origins of these stories? Why do people believe in leprecahuns and fairies? Find out the answers to these questions and more in Magic Tree House Research Guide #21: Leprechauns and Irish Folklore, Jack and Annie's guide to the wee folk of Ireland.