Скачать книгу (размер 3 727 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 732) Аннотация: The most complete compendium of mythology ever published. 'Bulfinch's Mythology' includes the stories of: Apollo and Daphne, Pygmalion, Cupid and Psyche, Jason and the Golden Fleece, Hercules, Theseus and Daedalus, The Trojan War, Ulysses, and more...
Скачать книгу (размер 1 600 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 315) Аннотация: «Interweaving past and present, Sweden and Zambia, «The Eye of the Leopard» draws on bestselling author Mankell's deep understanding of the two worlds he has inhabited for more than 20 years.»
Скачать книгу (размер 3 293 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 647) Аннотация: Long considered a literary heir of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, Ross Macdonald (1915–83) infused new life into the hardboiled detective genre with psychologically complex mysteries involving his intuitive and empathetic private eye Lew Archer. This omnibus presents three of Macdonald's best Archer novels. The Ivory Grin (a.k.a. Marked for Murder) begins when a wealthy woman hires Archer…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 110 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 415) Аннотация: The many readers who are enthralled with the enduring legend of Camelot will be drawn to this fascinating book, which may become the definitive work in the effort to prove the historical authenticity of King Arthur.
Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: In the unconstrained atmosphere of England in the late 1960s, Harriet and David Lovatt, an upper-middle-class couple, face a frightening vicissitude. As the days' events take a dark and ugly turn nearing apocalyptic intensity, the Lovatts' guarded contentedness and view of the world as a benign place are forever shattered by the violent birth of their fifth child: Ben, monstrous in appearance,…
Скачать книгу (размер 968 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 191) Аннотация: Exquisitely produced — bound in sandalwood linen and presented in a matching linen case with a button-tie closure and stamped Chinese yin mark — this album offers a vivid impression of pre-World War II China. Stanley Gamble, the grandson of the co-founder of Proctor & Gamble, took three extended journeys through China from 1917 to 1932. His surveys of life in Beijing and rural northern China…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 850 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 364) Аннотация: Waugh tells the story of the Marchmain family. Aristocratic, beautiful and charming, the Marchmains are indeed a symbol of England and her decline in this novel of the upper class of the 1920s and the abdication of responsibility in the 1930s.
Скачать книгу (размер 95 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 20) Аннотация: «Celebrated in the wake of the 1917 Russian Revolution but later repressed by the Stalinist regime, Ukrainian artist Kazimir Malevich was an inventive artist who experimented with various Post-Impressionist styles like cubism and fauvism before abandoning representational art altogether, creating a style of geometric shapes and blocks of color that he called «Suprematism». Four images — two early…
Скачать книгу (размер 95 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 20) Аннотация: Now recognized as one of the great photographers of the 19th century, British army officer Linnaeus Tripe (1822–1902) captured superb images of antiquities, temples, palaces, and landscapes in India and Burma in the 1850s. These notecards are decorated with his richly toned images of pillars and the Great Pagoda in Madura, the Great Pagoda in Tanjore, and the Maha-too-lo-Bounghian-Kyoung palace…
Скачать книгу (размер 95 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 20) Аннотация: «Inspired by the poem «The Hound of Heaven» by Francis Thompson, as well as by Carl Jung's Psychology of the Unconscious, classically trained artist R.H. Ives Gammell created a series of paintings he called The Hound of Heaven, full of symbolism and powerful imagery. Four panels from the series illuminate this assortment. The full-sized notecards are presented in a keepsake box with envelopes.»
Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Whether you're an artist doing coffeehouse sketches; working on your next great story; or just trying to get things done; one of these notebooks is just what you need. Features a hard cover; expandable interior pocket; satin bookmark; and elastic closure. This package contains one small (5-1/2x3-1/2x1/2 inches) notebook with 192 acid free; off-white lined sheets. Imported.
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Whether you need a refresher or a crash course, the author of Science Without the Boring Bits and The Kings and Queens of England serves up these 200 key concepts of science, philosophy, and history. Along with 100 black and white illustrations, this chunky little text will fill you in on the terminology needed to discuss the basic concerns of life-love, art, liberty, morality-while also delving…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: «Informal, candid, and decidedly modern, «street photography» has often been associated with Paris and New York City, but Moscow has a long tradition of it as well. With 34 black and white photographs by such photographers as Aleksandr Rodchenko, Vladimir Kupriyanov, and Anatolii Boldin, these images span the 20th century. The photos depict a diverse nation that has always been nonconformist at…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: The author of such novels as The Portrait of a Lady and The Wings of the Dove, Henry James was also a devotee of the novella, and in this omnibus literary critic Philip Rahv has collected ten of James's most important short novels. Accompanied by Rahv's commentary, this collection contains Madame de Mauves, Daisy Miller, An International Episode, The Siege of London, Lady Barberina, The Author of…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: The Alps of France, Germany, Italy, and Austria all figure prominently in these ski poster images, as do the slopes of New Haven—just watch out for the bear on skis. This blank notecard is one of a series of nostalgic cards decorated with themed stickers across the front and back, reproduced from period posters, commercial art, signage, or luggage decals. Send a message to someone or just peel…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Why would you want to read An annoying ABC? Because after Adelaide annoyed Bailey, and Bailey blamed Clyde, and Clyde cried, and Dexter drooled on Eloise, and Eloise elbowed Flora ... well, something remarkable happened to everyone in Miss Mabel's alphabetically initialed class. Adelaide apologized. Michael Emberley's colorful sketches are full of action and expression, in this book for readers…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: «He considered himself «in the very first row of the second-raters, « yet Somerset Maugham was one of the most successful and influential writers of the 20th century, praised by authors like Anthony Burgess, Ian Fleming, and George Orwell, who called Maugham «the modern writer who has influenced me the most ... for his power of telling a story straightforwardly and without frills.» This omnibus…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 075 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 212) Аннотация: As this 1989 thriller begins, James Bond has lost his license to kill. After he took revenge on the CIA agent who handed his friend over to the master criminal Sanchez, M revoked Bond's double-0 status. Now considered a rogue agent, with MI6 trying to bring him in and only the support of Q behind him, Bond goes after Sanchez. Aboard a ship, Bond tricks his way into Sanchez's inner circle and…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Major Richard Sharpe awaits the opening shots of the army's Vitoria campaign with grim expectancy in this 17th book of his chronicles, from 1985. Victory depends on the increasingly fragile alliance between Britain and Spain-an alliance that must be maintained at any cost. But Sharpe's enemy Pierre Ducos seizes a chance to both destroy the alliance and take a personal revenge on Sharpe. And when…
Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: Amid rumors that Napoleon is dead, or has run away, Richard Sharpe has one last battle to fight before he can lay down his sword, in this 21st book of the Sharpe chronicles, from 1989. Little does he know the 1814 battle for Toulouse will be one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Napoleonic wars, but it is far from Sharpe's only battle. Accused of stealing Napoleon's treasure, Sharpe must discover…