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Chronicle Books LLC: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: 2012 Wall Calendar

Скачать книгу (размер 116 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 24) Аннотация: Rendering the horror of a zombie apocalypse in the restrained language of Pride and Prejudice — as well as in the gruesome paintings of Robert Parada — this wall calendar carries forth the humor of Seth Grahame-Smith's dead-on sendup of Jane Austen's comedy of manners. A different calamity is depicted for each month.

Smith Martin Cruz: Three Stations

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: A passenger train hurtling through the night. An unwed teenage mother headed to Moscow to seek a new life. A cruel-hearted soldier looking furtively, forcibly, for sex. An infant disappearing without a trace. So begins Martin Cruz Smith's masterful Three Stations, a suspenseful, intricately constructed novel featuring Investigator Arkady Renko. For the last three decades, beginning with the…

Keane John B.: An Irish Christmas Feast: The Best of John B: Keane

Скачать книгу (размер 2 110 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 415) Аннотация: This bountiful collection of more than fifty tales by one of Ireland s liveliest and most popular writers offers holiday charm and Gaelic humor by the Christmas stockingful. Drawing on the rich folk culture of County Kerry, John B. Keane brings new life to old customs in his portrayals of not-so-ordinary country people during the Christmas season. Keane revisits the Christmases celebrated by…

Groth Gary: Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse 1: Race to Death Valley

Скачать книгу (размер 1 319 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 260) Аннотация: Today everyone knows Mickey Mouse as the cheerful ambassador of all things Disney. But back in the 1930s, Mickey gained fame as a rough-and-tumble, two-fisted epic hero — an adventurous scrapper matching wits with mobsters, kidnappers, spies, and even (gulp!) city slickers! And Mickey's greatest feats of derring-do took place in his daily comic strip, written and drawn by one of the greatest…

Groth Gary: Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse 2: Trapped on Treasure Island

Скачать книгу (размер 1 585 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 312) Аннотация: Today everyone knows Mickey Mouse as the cheerful ambassador of all things Disney. But back in the 1930s, Mickey gained fame as a rough-and-tumble, two-fisted epic hero an adventurous scrapper matching wits with mobsters, kidnappers, spies, and even (gulp!) city slickers! And Mickey s greatest feats of derring-do took place in his daily comic strip, written and drawn by one of the greatest…

Dibdin Michael: And Then You Die

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Aurelio Zen of Rome's elite Criminalpol is back, but nobody's supposed to know it. After months in hospital recovering from a bomb attack on his car, he is lying low under a false name at a beach resort on the Tuscan coast, waiting to testify in an imminent anti-Mafia trial. Zen has clear instructions: to sit back and enjoy the classic Italian beach holiday — relaxing in the sun, eating seafood…

Dibdin Michael: Back to Bologna

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: When the corpse of the shady industrialist who owns the local football team is found both shot and stabbed with a Parmesan knife, Italian police inspector Aurelio Zen is called to Bologna to oversee the investigation. Recovering slowly from surgery, and fleeing an equally painful crisis in his personal life, Zen is only too happy to take on what at first appears to be a routine and relatively…

Dibdin Michael: Blood Rain

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: In the seventh book of the acclaimed Aurelio Zen series, the Italian police detective finally receives the order he has been dreading all his professional life — his next posting is to Sicily. Indeed it soon turns out that he will need all his cunning and skill to survive in a milieu where unwritten rules are enforced with ruthless violence, one false step can prove fatal, and the truth must be…

Foer Jonathan S.: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

Скачать книгу (размер 1 656 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 326) Аннотация: Jonathan Safran Foer emerged as one of the most original writers of his generation with his best-selling debut novel, Everything Is Illuminated. Now, with humor, tenderness, and awe, he confronts the traumas of our recent history. Nine-year-old Oskar Schell has embarked on an urgent, secret mission that will take him through the five boroughs of New York. His goal is to find the lock that matches…

Castor Harriet: Gulliver's Travels

Скачать книгу (размер 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 28) Аннотация: After a shipwreck strands him far from home, ship's surgeon Lemuel Gulliver embarks on a series of remarkable adventures. From the tiny but fierce Lilliputians to the horselike Houyhnhnms and unruly Yahoos, the incredible things Gulliver encounters will spark children's imaginations.

Doyle Arthur Conan: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Скачать книгу (размер 1 314 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 259) Аннотация: Eleven of the best and most popular tales of the immortal sleuth include Silver Blaze, concerning the curious incident of the dog in the night-time; The Greek Interpreter, starring Holmes' even more formidable brother, Mycroft; and The Final Problem, the detective's notorious confrontation with arch-criminal Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls.

McCall Smith Alexander: A Conspiracy of Friends: A Corduroy Mansions Novel

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Following on from the huge success of the 44 Scotland Street series, Alexander McCall Smith has 'moved house' to a crumbling four-storey mansion in Pimlico — Corduroy Mansions. It is inhabited by a glorious assortment of characters: among them, Oedipus Snark, the first ever nasty Lib Dem MP, who is so detestable his own mother, Berthea, is writing an unauthorised biography about him; and one…

Arnold Catharine: City of Sin

Скачать книгу (размер 1 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 372) Аннотация: 'If you do not want to dwell with evil-doers', wrote Richard of Devizes in 1180, 'do not live in London'. In her third exploration of the city's history, Catharine Arnold focuses on the sex trade, from slave girls brought to service Roman troops in first century Londinium, through medieval stews, 18th century sex clubs and Victorian male brothels to infamous '60s call girls and the internet…

Absurdistan Passport Journal

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: Take a round-the-world trip and bring back a timeless souvenir. Our Passport Journals will allow you to revisit your memories and fulfill that wanderlust long after your travels have been completed. The pocket-sized hardcover books contain designed pages which re-create the international feel of an actual passport.

Pamuk Orhan: The Naive and the Sentimental Novelist

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: What happens within us when we read a novel? And how does a novel create its unique effects, so distinct from those of a painting, a film, or a poem? In this inspired, thoughtful, deeply personal book, Orhan Pamuk takes us into the worlds of the writer and the reader, revealing their intimate connections. Pamuk draws on Friedrich Schiller's famous distinction between 'naive' poets — who write…

Piccadilly: Naughty/Nice Journal, Medium

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: «Portable enough to pack (just 6 x 8 3/4 inches closed) yet spacious enough to wax philosophical about the best and worst of days, this two-sided journal will let you keep your feelings safe even when you're on the go. Whatever your mood, this ruled, wire-bound journal has the place to write about it — open the «Nice» side for entries about kittens and puppies and tea parties; turn it over and…

Thomas Gareth: John Lennon: The Illustrated Biography

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: In 200 page-filling black and white photos from the archives of London's Daily Mail, this album chronicles the singular musical career of John Lennon, from his days with the Quarry Men in 1958, along with Paul McCartney and George Harrison, to the days before and after his murder on December 8, 1980. Among the classic, rarely seen, and never before published photos here are early performances…

Through the Lens: National Geographic's Greatest Photographs

Скачать книгу (размер 2 564 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 504) Аннотация: «This is a smaller, gift version of National Geographic's landmark publication, Through the Lens. «Through the Lens is a cornucopia of National Geographic's best photographs created since 1890 when the Society first started commissioning photographers to go out into the world and bring images back to its readership. Many of the 250 photographs have been previously published in the magazine but a…

Andersen Martin Edwin: U2: Classic, Rare and Unseen

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Winners of 22 Grammy Awards — more than any other band — U2 have sold over 150m records. Whilst maintaining their reputation as one of the top rock bands of the modern era, U2 have pursued personal and ideological goals including relief of world poverty and social justice whilst also on a musical journey that has embraced many different styles.

Solzhenitsyn Aleksandr: Apricot Jam And Other Stories

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: After years of living in exile, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia in 1994 and published a series of eight powerfully paired stories. These groundbreaking stories — interconnected and juxtaposed using an experimental method Solzhenitsyn referred to as binary — join Solzhenitsyn's already available work as some of the most powerful literature of the twentieth century. With Soviet and…