Скачать книгу (размер 1 947 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 383) Аннотация: At the age of twelve my ambition was to become a gangster. To be a wiseguy. Being a wiseguy was better than being President of the United States. To be a wiseguy was to own the world. Henry Hill Wiseguy is Nicholas Pileggi's remarkable bestseller, the most intimate account ever printed of life inside the deadly high-stakes world of what some people call the Mafia. Wiseguy is Henry Hill's story,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: A powerful and perceptive coming-of-age story, in the tradition of The Catcher in the Rye, from a talented young filmmaker, screenwriter and novelist.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: The world is peering into the terrifying chasm of a new kind of conflict, where computers take over from missiles and global damnation comes at the click of a button. Cyber-warfare: the kind that brings nations to their knees, switching off energy lifelines, crippling the financial markets, starving leaders of authority. An old Russian nuclear reactor goes into Chernobyl-style meltdown, while on…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: The latest intriguing thriller from one of historical fiction`s best-known writers.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 554 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 306) Аннотация: Now in a mass market edition, George D. Shuman’s third riveting thriller featuring Sherry Moore, a blind psychic who can see the final moments of a dead person’s life. Blind psychic Sherry Moore is summoned to the Caribbean by a mysterious and powerful philanthropist to find the murderous kingpin of a human trafficking network. Frantically searching for clues in the remote jungles of Haiti, she…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 829 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 752) Аннотация: When Mary Boleyn comes to court as an innocent girl of fourteen, she catches the eye of Henry VIII. Dazzled by the king, Mary falls in love with both her golden prince and her growing role as unofficial queen. However, she soon realizes just how much she is a pawn in her family's ambitious plots as the kings interest begins to wane and she is forced to step aside for her best friend and rival:…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 355 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 463) Аннотация: #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell's heart-stopping thriller featuring gutsy medical examiner Kay Scarpetta. In Richmond, Virginia, young lovers are dying. So far, four couples in the area have disappeared, only to be found months later as mutilated corpses. When the daughter of the president's newest drug czar vanishes along with her boyfriend, Dr. Kay Scarpetta knows time is…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 451 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 678) Аннотация: Dirk Pitt faces one of his most formidable foes — a madman bent on killing hundreds of innocent men, women, and children with a catastrophic surge of mass destruction. Now available in a tall Premium Edition. Reissue.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Nick and Allie don't survive the crash, and now they are in limbo, stuck halfway between life and death, in a netherworld known as Everlost. Everlost is home to those who didn't make it to their final destination: A magical yet dangerous place filled with shadows where lost souls run wild. Shocked and frightened, Nick and Allie aren't ready to rest in peace just yet. They want their lives back.…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 911 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 572) Аннотация: When a world renowned scientist is found brutally murdered in a Swiss research facility, a Harvard professor, Robert Langdon, is summoned to identify the mysterious symbol seared onto the dead man s chest.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 620 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 515) Аннотация: «Now in a premium edition, the thrilling follow-up to «The Third Option» by #1 «New York Times» bestselling author Vince Flynn — featuring hero Mitch Rapp as he once again battles the forces of corrupt Washington politicians and scheming terrorists. Director Stansfield of the CIA is dead, and the president has named Dr. Irene Kennedy as his successor. What should be a relatively easy confirmation…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: «America is the home of the brave and, apparently, the stupid and gullible. Satirist Leland Gregory teaches us a lesson in historical hilarity with Stupid American History. From Columbus to George W. Bush (that's a lot of material, people), Leland leads us through American history's mythconceptions, exposing idiocy and inanity along the time line. He reeducates by informing us about myths. For…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: «It started with punk. Hip-hop, rave, graffiti, and gaming took it to another level, and now modern technology has made the ideas and innovations of youth culture increasingly intimate and increasingly global at the same time. In «The Pirate's Dilemma,» «VICE» magazine's Matt Mason — poised to become the Malcolm Gladwell of the iPod Generation — brings the exuberance of a passionate music fan and…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: «Once upon a time, a fellow named Richard Bachman wrote Blaze on an Olivetti typewriter, then turned the machine over to Stephen King, who used it to write Carrie. Bachman died in 1985 («cancer of the pseudonym»), but this last gripping Bachman novel resurfaced after being hidden away for decades — an unforgettable crime story tinged with sadness and suspense. Clayton Blaisdell, Jr., was always a…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 860 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 366) Аннотация: «The battle for Moscow was the biggest battle of World War II — the biggest battle of all time. And yet it is far less known than Stalingrad, which involved about half the number of troops. From the time Hitler launched his assault on Moscow on September 30, 1941, to April 20, 1942, seven million troops were engaged in this titanic struggle. The combined losses of both sides — those killed, taken…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Raising the stakes in an already perilous situation, the elite members of a clandestine government sect have taken it upon themselves to become the arbiters of pain and violence against one of the most terrifying forces humanity has ever encountered. But there will be a heavy — and horrifying — final price to pay for both sides of an inhuman struggle that now threatens to spill over into an…
Скачать книгу (размер 7 378 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1448) Аннотация: «Margaret Mitchell's epic novel of love and war won the Pulitzer Prize and went on to give rise to two authorized sequels and one of the most popular and celebrated movies of all time. Many novels have been written about the Civil War and its aftermath. None take us into the burning fields and cities of the American South as «Gone With the Wind» does, creating haunting scenes and thrilling…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: «21 Nights» — a first book by Prince and celebrated photographer Randee St. Nicholas is a stunning multimedia volume offering a rare glimpse into the life, lyrics and mystique of one of the most notable and prolific musicians of our time. This beautifully designed photographic essay flows from Prince's sensational, unprecedented, record-breaking, sold-out 21 concerts in 21 Nights at London's 02…
Скачать книгу (размер 4 481 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 880) Аннотация: «Two complete novels and a short novel in one large volume: «Komarr»— Miles Vorkosigan is sent to Komarr, a planet that could be a garden with a thousand more years of terraforming; or an uninhabitable wasteland, if the terraforming project fails. The solar mirror vital to the project has been shatteredby a ship hurtling off course, and Miles Vorkossigan has been sent to find out if it was an…
Скачать книгу (размер 5 461 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1072) Аннотация: «The Baltic War which began in the novel «1633» is still raging, and the time-lost Americans of Grantville--the West Virginia town hurled back into the seventeenth century by a mysterious cosmic accident — are caught in the middle of it. Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden and Emperor of the United States of Europe, prepares a counter-attack on the combined forces of France, Spain, England, and…