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Скачать книгу (размер 3 257 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 640) Аннотация: «At the end of World War II, nearly three million Jews were trapped inside the Soviet Union. They lived a paradox — unwanted by a repressive Stalinist state, yet forbidden to leave. «When They Come for Us, We'll Be Gone» is the astonishing and inspiring story of their rescue. Drawing on newly released Soviet government documents, as well as hundreds of oral interviews, Gal Beckerman shows not…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 478 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 291) Аннотация: Fourteen-year-old Luce has had a tough life, but she reaches the depths of despair when she is assaulted and left on the cliffs outside of a grim, gray Alaskan fishing village. She expects to die when she tumbles into the icy waves below, but instead undergoes an astonishing transformation and becomes a mermaid. A tribe of mermaids finds Luce and welcomes her in — all of them, like her, lost…

Скачать книгу (размер 692 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 137) Аннотация: «A new paperback edition of Lois Lowry's Newbery Award-winning classic. As the German troops begin their campaign to «relocate» all the Jews of Denmark, Annemarie Johansen's family takes in Annemarie's best friend, Ellen Rosen, and conceals her as part of the family. Through the eyes of ten-year-old Annemarie, we watch as the Danish Resistance smuggles almost the entire Jewish population of…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 095 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 412) Аннотация: Best-selling novelist Harlan Coben, a master of suspense and creator of the critically-acclaimed Myron Bolitar series, edits this latest collection of the must-reads in mysteries from the past year.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 845 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 363) Аннотация: Edited by the award-winning, best-selling author Geraldine Brooks, this year's collection will be another sure bet for gripping, emotional challenging reading (San Diego Union-Tribune). With Brooks picking the best of the best, America's oldest and best-selling story anthology is sure to satisfy this year.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: After the fall of the Soviet Union, Stalina Folskaya's homeland is little more than a bankrupt country of broken dreams. She flees St. Petersburg in search of a better life in America, leaving behind her elderly mother and the grief of the past. However, Stalina quickly realizes that her pursuit of happiness will be a hard road. A trained chemist in Russia, but disillusioned by her prospects in…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Shortly before his death, Philip K. Dick expanded his novella The Unteleported Man into Lies, Inc., a hallucinatory novel that explores Dicks hallmark themes of conspiracy, totalitarianism, and the thin line between illusion and reality. When catastrophic overpopulation threatens Earth, a company begins offering teleportation to Whales Mouth, an allegedly pristine new home for migrs. The only…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 880 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 370) Аннотация: In a crumbling apartment building in post-Soviet Russia, there's a ghost who won't keep quiet. Mircha fell from the roof and was never properly buried, so he sticks around to heckle the living: his wife, Azade; Olga, a disillusioned translator/censor for a military newspaper; Yuri, an army veteran who always wears an aviator's helmet; and Tanya, a student of hope, words, and color. Tanya carries…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 258 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 444) Аннотация: Scientology, created in 1954 by a prolific sci-fi writer named L. Ron Hubbard, claims to be the world's fastest growing religion, with millions of members around the world and huge financial holdings. Its celebrity believers keep its profile high, and its teams of volunteer ministers offer aid at disaster sites such as Haiti and the World Trade Center. But Scientology is also a notably closed…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: CliffsNotes Quick Review guides give you a clear, concise, easy-to-use review of the basics. Introducing each topic, defining key terms, and carefully walking you through sample problems, this guide helps you grasp and understand the important concepts needed to succeed.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: In November 1910, Count Lev Tolstoy died at a remote Russian railway station. At the time of his death, he was the most famous man in Russia, with a growing international following, and more revered than the Tsar. Born into an aristocratic family, Tolstoy had spent his life rebelling not only against conventional ideas about literature and art but against traditional education, against family…

Скачать книгу (размер 34 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 8) Аннотация: A friendly dog and cat help a small bird search for her mama in this charming board book. The littlest reader will love to slide the sturdy tabs to reveal a mama cow, a mama rabbit, and a mama lizard. Will dog and cat find little bird's mama bird? Keep sliding to see!

Скачать книгу (размер 34 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 8) Аннотация: A friendly dog and cat help a small frog search for the perfect home in this charming board book. The littlest reader will love to slide the sturdy tabs to reveal an owl in his nest, a fox in her den, a monkey in a cage. Will the dog and cat find the perfect home for a little frog? Keep sliding to see!

Скачать книгу (размер 2 141 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 421) Аннотация: Edited by the award-winning, best-selling author Richard Russo, this year's collection boasts a satisfying chorus of twenty stories that are by turns playful, ironic, somber, and meditative (Wall Street Journal). With the masterful Russo picking the best of the best, America's oldest and best-selling story anthology is sure to be of enduring quality (Chicago Tribune) this year.

Скачать книгу (размер 238 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 48) Аннотация: Dodsworth and his duck have just arrived in London via hot air balloon. There is so much to see! Double-decker buses! Palaces! Fog! But a crowded bus stop leads to a hilarious case of mistaken identity and... a lost duck. Time to call in Scotland Yard?

Скачать книгу (размер 146 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 30) Аннотация: The unpredictable events of a particular Tuesday unroll before the reader with the precision and clarity of a silent movie. A Caldecott Medal book.

Скачать книгу (размер 595 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 118) Аннотация: You mean delegate, not relegate, right? I think the word is cachet, not cache. At one time or another we've all suffered the embarrassment of having our remarks corrected by a family member, colleague, or stranger. 100 Words Almost Everyone Mixes Up or Mangles presents fifty pairs of words that people have trouble getting right and keeping straight-words that tend to get corrected when we're…

Скачать книгу (размер 187 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 38) Аннотация: «There was one little baby who was born far away. And another who was born on the very next day. And both of these babies, as everyone knows, had ten little fingers and ten little toes». No matter which part of the world a baby comes from born on the ice or in a tent that baby has «ten little fingers and ten little toes», the pleasing refrain of this wonderful, rhyming tribute to the chubby,…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 044 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 402) Аннотация: «Best-selling novelist Lee Child edits this latest collection of the genre's finest from the past year. Featuring «gritty tales told with panache», this is a «must-read for anybody who cares about crime stories».»

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: Inventions, spells, and bullies — oh my! It all begins when Chet's favorite teacher is fired, only to be replaced by the mechanical invention of Dr. Tanya Lightov — a mysterious Russian scientist. Suddenly, the school seems possessed by forces that are upsetting the natural order of things: Kindergartners are beating up sixth graders; teachers' pets are talking back; and worst of all, Chet's…