4 ч. 25 мин. 51 сек. 12+ Аннотация Эдуард Доувес Деккер – знаменитый голландский писатель, о котором в нашей стране знают обидно мало. Он много лет прожил в азиатских колониях, служил чиновником в Индонезии, на островах Суматра и Ява. Везде сталкивался с несправедливостью и обманом. Когда туземцы подняли бунт против вице-короля Нидерландов, писатель… СкачатьПодробнее Оцените книгу Мультатули #2 Легенды о происхождении власти
120 стр. Аннотация «Те, о ком я пишу, постоянно живут во мне, и этим своим присутствием непрестанно доказывают, что всё, написанное о них до сих пор, звучит фальшиво. А звучит оно фальшиво оттого, что я думаю о них с неугасимой любовью (вот и эта фраза уже кажется мне фальшивой), но не всегда пишу достаточно умело, и это мое неумение часто мешает… СкачатьПодробнее Оцените книгу Дж. Д. Сэлинджер Симор: Введение
18 стр. Аннотация «Почти до трех часов Мэри Джейн искала дом Элоизы. И когда та вышла ей навстречу к въезду, Мэри Джейн объяснила, что все шло отлично, что она помнила дорогу совершенно точно, пока не свернула с… СкачатьПодробнее Оцените книгу Дж. Д. Сэлинджер Лапа-растяпа
34 стр. Аннотация «Несмотря на ослепительное солнце, в субботу утром снова пришлось, по погоде, надевать теплое пальто, а не просто куртку, как все предыдущие дни, когда можно было надеяться, что эта хорошая погода продержится до конца недели и до решающего матча в Йельском университете. Из двадцати с лишком студентов, ждавших на вокзале своих… СкачатьПодробнее Оцените книгу Дж. Д. Сэлинджер Фрэнни
2 ч. 50 мин. 31 сек. 12+ Аннотация Издание содержит рассказы великого русского писателя, первого русского лауреата Нобелевской премии по литературе, Ивана Алексеевича Бунина (1870 – 1953). Произведения, данного издания включены в программы 5-11 классов средней школы всех уровней обучения, для классной и домашней работы. Содержание: 1. Танька 2. Темные аллеи 3. Цифры 4.… СкачатьПодробнее Оцените книгу Иван Бунин Господин из Сан-Франциско и другие рассказы
970 стр. 9 иллюстраций Аннотация Barbara Erskine’s classic bestseller, the successor to Lady of Hay, at last available as a HarperCollins paperback.In a childless and unhappy marriage, Clare Royland is rich and beautiful – but lonely. And fueling her feelings of isolation is a strange, growing fascination with an ancestress from the distant past. Troubled by haunting inexplicable dreams that terrify – but also powerfully compel – her, Clare is forced to look back through the centuries for answers.In 1306, Scotland is at war. Isobel, Countess of Buchan, faces fear and the prospect of untimely death as the fighting… СкачатьПодробнее Оцените книгу Barbara Erskine Kingdom of Shadows
130 стр. 1 иллюстрация Аннотация Two dazzling novellas from the celebrated author of Fahrenheit 451.Two previously unpublished novellas comprise this astonishing new volume from one of science fiction’s greatest living writers. In the first, ‘Somewhere a Band is Playing’, newsman James Cardiff is lured through poetry and his fascination with a beautiful and enigmatic young woman to Summerton, Arizona. The small town’s childless population hold an extraordinary secret which has been passed on for thousands of years unbeknownst to the rest of human civilization.In the second novella, ‘Leviathan… СкачатьПодробнее Оцените книгу Рэй Брэдбери Now and Forever
650 стр. 2 иллюстрации Аннотация Classic Olivia Goldsmith – a vibrant and witty novel about fashion, family and what happens when having it all isn’t as easy as you thought.She’s got the designer label, but she hasn’t got the designer genes…Wherever she goes, Karen Khan is fashionably late. She can afford to be: the star of the New York fashion scene, with her own company, a handsome husband and a deal that could make her millions, she is the apple – and the envy – of everyone’s eye.But, at forty, is she too late for the ultimation in creation? Motherhood is proving to be elusive – as elusive as her own… СкачатьПодробнее Оцените книгу Olivia Goldsmith Fashionably Late
220 стр. 1 иллюстрация Аннотация A stunning and compelling novel of love and ambition.Nadine is a 35-year-old journalist at a crossroads in her life. She longs for Pulitzer-prize winning success but her career seems to be going nowhere until the story of a lifetime comes up. Faced with the choice of following the story and leaving behind her boyfriend, who has just proposed, she leaves America for Capetown. There she meets war photographer George, whose rage at the death of his lover during apartheid seems bottomless. As events unfold, Nadine discovers she is pregnant and is forced to choose whether to return home to a… СкачатьПодробнее Оцените книгу Amanda Eyre Ward Forgive Me
380 стр. 26 иллюстраций Аннотация In the days when fairy tales were first spun, they weren’t the sweet and cheerful stories we tell today. Back then, fairy tales were terrifying. They were a warning to the listener to stay out of the night, to keep away from the mystical and ignore the mysterious. Prepare to open a treasure box of the unusual and the macabre.Grim features some of today’s best young adult authors sharing their own unique retellings of classic fairy tales from around the world. These talented writers, many of them New York Times bestsellers or award winners, put their own spin on these magical worlds.Ellen… СкачатьПодробнее Оцените книгу Christine Johnson Grim anthology
500 стр. 1 иллюстрация Аннотация Winner of two major European prizes, this funny, quirky chronicle of a family of Dutch clockmakers is a bestseller in the Netherlands.Sixty-year-old Nathan Hollander is stranded in a winter blizzard with his young niece, Nina, in the deserted house of his late Uncle Herman. As they wait for the weather to improve, Nathan tells Nina the story of their forefathers – a family of clockmakers who came to the Netherlands from Eastern Europe and then emigrated to America before WWII. An extraordinary and rich family history emerges.An epic family saga, a Gothic novel gone haywire, a very human… СкачатьПодробнее Оцените книгу Marcel Moring In Babylon
450 стр. Аннотация A lyrical and beautifully realised novel about a blind man’s experiences of the world around him, from the acclaimed author of Ghost MacIndoe.Edward Morton, a blind translator, arrives at the Oak, an ailing spa hotel in the west of England, intending to stay for a few days to visit his family and to work. The manager of the Oak, Malcolm Caldecott, is preparing for the closure of the hotel, and for the visit of Stephanie, the daughter he has not seen for eight years. Eloni Dobra, a chambermaid at the Oak, is striving to establish a life in England, and to free herself of a burden that is… СкачатьПодробнее Оцените книгу Jonathan Buckley Invisible
150 стр. 1 иллюстрация Аннотация From one of Britain’s best-loved literary novelists comes a magical, lyrical tale of the young orphan Silver, taken in by the ancient lighthousekeeper Mr. Pew, who reveals to her a world of myth and mystery through the art of storytelling.Motherless and anchorless, Silver is taken in by the timeless Mr. Pew, keeper of the Cape Wrath lighthouse. Pew tells Silver ancient tales of longing and rootlessness, of the slippages that occur throughout every life. One life, Babel Dark’s, a nineteenth-century clergyman, opens like a map that Silver must follow, and the intertwining of myth and… СкачатьПодробнее Оцените книгу Jeanette Winterson Lighthousekeeping
350 стр. 5 иллюстраций Аннотация Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and Richard and Judy pick.From the author of the acclaimed ‘Year of Wonders’ and ‘People of the Book’, a historical novel and love story set during a time of catastrophe on the front lines of the American Civil War.Set during the American Civil War, ‘March’ tells the story of John March, known to us as the father away from his family of girls in ‘Little Women’, Louisa May Alcott’s classic American novel. In Brooks’s telling, March emerges as an abolitionist and idealistic chaplain on the front lines of a war that tests his faith in… СкачатьПодробнее Оцените книгу Geraldine Brooks March
330 стр. 2 иллюстрации Аннотация A lyrical and profoundly moving story of love, loss and civil war, set in Sri Lanka, London and Venice.When author Theo Samarajeeva returns to his native Sri Lanka after his wife’s death, he hopes to escape his gnawing loss amid the lush landscape of his increasingly war-torn country. But as he sinks into life in this beautiful, tortured land, he also finds himself slipping into friendship with an artistic young girl, Nulani, whose family is caught up in the growing turmoil. Soon friendship blossoms into love. Under the threat of civil war, their affair offers a glimmer of hope to a country… СкачатьПодробнее Оцените книгу Roma Tearne Mosquito
200 стр. 2 иллюстрации Аннотация Mars is in crisis. Ten years after its formation the Earth colony on the red planet has yet to produce a healthy child. Every baby has been deformed and stillborn. With Earth overpopulated and at war, the success of the Mars experiment is crucial to the survival of the human race. Something must be done to ensure its future.In Finches of Mars, Brian Aldiss has produced a fascinating and thought-provoking novel that considers the practicalities of man’s exploration of space. It is shot through with the trademark wit and visionary philosophy which have been ever present across the seven… СкачатьПодробнее Оцените книгу Brian Aldiss Finches of Mars
490 стр. 5 иллюстраций Аннотация The hilarious and touching novel from Laurie Graham – the fictional diary of the Queen’s best friend in pre-war London.Laurie Graham’s brilliant novel is the fictional diary of Maybell Brumby, a wealthy American widow who arrives in London in 1932 and discovers that an old school friend is in town: Bessie Wallis Warfield, now Mrs Ernest Simpson. Maybell and Wally are made for one another. One has money and a foothold in high society, courtesy of a sister who married well. The other has ruthless ambition and enough energy to power the National Grid. Before the year is out, Wally has… СкачатьПодробнее Оцените книгу Laurie Graham Gone With the Windsors
270 стр. Аннотация The fantastic new edition of the bestselling second novel from the author of ‘Miss Garnet’s Angel’.Bridget Hansome and Frances Slater have only one thing in common. And that’s Peter Hansome, who has died suddenly. Without their husband or lover, the women find that before they can rebuild their lives they must look to themselves and unravel mysteries that they had never before even suspected. So begins an unlikely alliance between wife and mistress and a voyage of discovery that is as comic as it is profound.‘Instances of the Number 3’ is a funny, beguiling exploration of… СкачатьПодробнее Оцените книгу Salley Vickers Instances of the Number 3
280 стр. 4 иллюстрации Аннотация A classic collection of Ray Bradbury’s short fiction, available in ebook for the first time.In twenty-two stories of amazing range and variety, Ray Bradbury once again works his special magic, sounding out life’s mysteries in the past, present, and the… СкачатьПодробнее Оцените книгу Рэй Брэдбери Long After Midnight
2220 стр. 25 иллюстраций Аннотация Josephine Cox’s classic Sunday Times best-selling novels get straight to the heart and heartbreak of family drama.The JourneyThree strangers are thrown together by chance. It’s an encounter which is destined to change all of their lives for ever.When Ben Morris comes to the aid of Lucy Baker and her daughter Mary, he is intrigued by the story behind their frequent visits to the local graveyard. Later, invited into their home, an old Edwardian place suffused with secrets of the past, Ben hears Lucy’s remarkable tale – one she must tell before it’s too late.Journey’s EndAs Barney… СкачатьПодробнее Оцените книгу Josephine Cox Josephine Cox Sunday Times Bestsellers Collection