Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: A dark classic of Russia's silver age, this blackly funny novel recounts a schoolteacher's descent into sadism, arson and murder. Mad, lascivious, sadistic and ridiculous, the provincial school teacher Peredonov torments his students and has hallucinatory fantasies about acts of savagery and degradation, yet to everyone else he is an upstanding member of society. As he pursues the idea of…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: Over the past 500 years, the West achieved global dominance, but do Westerners necessarily have better ideas about how to raise children, care for the elderly, or simply live well? In this epic journey into our past, Jared Diamond reveals that traditional societies around the world offer an extraordinary window into how our ancestors lived for the majority of human history — until virtually…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: «The Vatican Diaries is an inside look at one of the world's most powerful and mysterious institutions, by John Thavis. «A humane and realistic and (yes) humorous picture of a mortal institution. To an old Prot like me, it's a tour of alien terrain and a bridge to old and dear friends». (Garrison Keillor). For thirty years John Thavis worked for the Catholic News Service in Rome and reported on…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Researcher and thought leader Dr. Brene Brown offers a powerful new vision in Daring Greatly that encourages us to embrace vulnerability and imperfection, to live wholeheartedly and courageously. Every day we experience the uncertainty, risks, and emotional exposure that define what it means to be vulnerable, or to dare greatly. Whether the arena is a new relationship, an important meeting, our…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: The Herbalist is the electrifying first novel from Niamh Boyce, winner of the 2012 Hennesssy XO Award for New Irish Writing. A devastating and emotional story of yearning and obsession in 1930s rural Ireland, in its freshness and immediacy, The Herbalist will appeal to fans of Edna O'Brien and Patrick McCabe. Out of nowhere the herbalist appears and sets out his stall in the market square. In…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 875 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 369) Аннотация: A breathtaking journey toward self-discovery and true love, from the author of If I Stay When sheltered American good girl Allyson LuLu Healey first meets laid-back Dutch actor Willem De Ruiter at an underground performance of Twelfth Night in England, there's an undeniable spark. After just one day together, that spark bursts into a flame, or so it seems to Allyson, until the following morning,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 656 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 326) Аннотация: A chilling psychological thriller about a marriage, a way of life, and how far one woman will go to keep what is rightfully hers Jodi and Todd are at a bad place in their marriage. Much is at stake, including the affluent life they lead in their beautiful waterfront condo in Chicago, as she, the killer, and he, the victim, rush haplessly toward the main event. He is a committed cheater. She lives…
Скачать книгу (размер 6 685 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1312) Аннотация: A beautiful new clothbound edition of Alexandre Dumas' classic novel of wrongful imprisonment, adventure and revenge. Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantes is confined to the grim fortress of the Chateau d'If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and becomes determined not only to escape but to unearth the treasure and use it…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: «In The Night Manager, John le Carre's first post-Cold War novel, an ex-soldier helps British Intelligence penetrate the secret world of ruthless arms dealers. «Le Carre is the equal of any novelist now writing in English.» (Guardian). «A marvellously observed relentless tale.» (Observer). At the start of it all, Jonathan Pine is merely the night manager at a luxury hotel. But when a single…
Скачать книгу (размер 4 889 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 960) Аннотация: «John Green — The Collection includes five novels from the critically acclaimed, best-selling master of modern storytelling, brought together for the first time. Includes The Fault in Our Stars, Looking for Alaska, Paper Towns, An Abundance of Katherines and Will Grayson, Will Grayson (co-written with David Levithan). «You laugh, you cry, and then you come back for more». (Markus Zusak, author of…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: What was once the western United States is now home to the Republic, a nation perpetually at war with its neighbors. Born into an elite family in one of the Republic's wealthiest districts, fifteen-year-old June is a prodigy being groomed for success in the Republic's highest military circles. Born into the slums, fifteen-year-old Day is the country's most wanted criminal. But his motives may not…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 155 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 620) Аннотация: At the end of the Second World War, the Soviet Union unexpectedly found itself in control of a huge swathe of territory in Eastern Europe. Stalin and his secret police set out to convert a dozen radically different countries to a completely new political and moral system: communism. In Iron Curtain, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Anne Applebaum describes how the Communist regimes of Eastern…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: This is the very best of James Thurber's hilarious short stories and essays, to tie-in with the major new film starring Ben Stiller and Kristen Wiig. Walter Mitty is an ordinary man living an ordinary life. But he has dreams — vivid, extraordinary day dreams — in which the life he leads is one of excitement and even adventure, in which he — a weary, put upon middle-aged man — is the hero of his…
Скачать книгу (размер 55 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 12) Аннотация: Spot is on the move in this fantastic finger puppet book. Wiggle your finger to help Spot drive a car, a train, a boat, a tractor, a bus and even a plane — what a busy puppy! This is the perfect book for your little Spot fan. There are lots of fun and educational Spot books available including: Spot's Dressing-Up Fun, Spot's Snowy Day, Spot Says Please and many more.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Syvlia Day's Passion for the Game is a tale of deception, lust and deadly desire in Georgian England. Maria, Lady Winter, is coerced into using her searing beauty and siren body to find out why dangerous pirate Christopher St. John has been let out of jail. But pirate St. John's only chance of avoiding the hangman is to use his renowned seduction skills to melt Lady Winter's icy heart and to…
Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Nobel-prize winner Francois Mauriac's masterpiece is Therese Desqueyroux, the story of a complex woman trapped by provincial life. First published in 1927, this astonishing and daring novel has echoes of Madame Bovary and has recently been made into a ravishing film starring Amelie actress Audrey Tautou. Therese Desqueyroux walks free from court, acquitted of trying to poison her husband.…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: For fans of Hilary Mantel, Philippa Gregory and Alison Weir, Elizabeth Fremantle's first novel, Queen's Gambit, is a riveting account of Katherine Parr, the Tudor queen who married four men and outlived three of them — including Henry VIII. Widowed for the second time aged thirty-one, Katherine is obliged to return to court but, suspicious of the aging Henry and those who surround him, she does…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: I am Zlatan — the explosive, critically-acclaimed memoir of Zlatan Ibrahimovich, one of the world's most gifted and controversial footballers 'Guardiola has no balls. He drove me like a Fiat... I'm a Ferrari' 'Messi may have four Golden Balls (FIFA Player of the Year Awards), but at least I don't have to get on a box to buy a chocolate bar in a vending machine...' Zlatan Ibrahimovic —…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Independent and spirited Bathsheba Everdene has come to Weatherbury to take up her position as a farmer on the largest estate in the area. Her bold…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: The second book, following last year's My Brilliant Friend, featuring the two friends Lila and Elena. The two protagonists are now in their twenties. Marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila. Meanwhile, Elena continues her journey of self-discovery. The two young women share a complex and evolving bond that brings them close at times, and drives them apart at others. Each vacillates between…