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Tchaikovsky P.: Eugene Onegin

Скачать книгу (размер 1 166 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 230) Аннотация: Lavishly produced and elegantly set, with a wealth of material which will please opera lovers, academics and general readers. Includes articles by some of the leading music specialists in the world. Includes more than twenty black-and-white and colour pictures printed on special glossy paper in a separate plate section. Contains a thematic guide, and an up-to-date bibliography, select discography…

Turgenev Ivan: Fathers and Children

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: Fathers and Children, arguably the first modern novel in the history of Russian literature, shocked readers when it was first published in 1862 — the controversial character of Bazarov, a self-proclaimed nihilist intent on rejecting all existing traditional values and institutions, providing a trenchant critique of the established order. Turgenev's masterpiece investigates the growing nihilist…

Tolstoy Leo: Childhood, Boyhood, Youth

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Tolstoy's first published work, completed in 1856, Childhood, Boyhood, Youth recounts his early life up to his university days. These are not memoirs in the strict sense of the word, as the author's Stendhalian take on the autobiographical genre confronts and blurs the notions of reality and imagination, combining nostalgic anecdote with frank personal assessment and philosophical extrapolation.…

Tolstoy Leo: Anna Karenina

Скачать книгу (размер 4 502 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 884) Аннотация: Considered to be Leo Tolstoy's most personal novel, Anna Karenina is an epic tale which scrutinizes fundamental moral and theological questions through the impassioned and tragic story of its eponymous heroine. Anna is desperately pursuing a good, moral life, standing for honesty and sincerity, but this flies in the face of the morally corrupt Russian bourgeoisie. In the background to Anna's…

Roux Michel: Michel Roux: The Collection

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Quite simply, this is a collection of Michel Roux's finest recipes — devised, refined and perfected during the course of his illustrious career. Recipes for all seasons and to suit all occasions are covered in this generous compendium, which contains over 250 recipes plus numerous variations. The book is divided into 9 chapters: Breakfast and brunch; Starters; Fish and shellfish; Poultry, meat…

Porschen Peggy: Boutique Baking

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Boutique Baking has an unrivalled range of recipes that combines traditional baking with chic, simple finishing touches. It captures the essence of Peggy's technical skill and inspired use of colour while also ensuring that each cake is both achievable and delicious to eat.

Dostoyevsky Fyodor: The Idiot

Скачать книгу (размер 3 257 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 640) Аннотация: Only beauty can save the world, proclaims the hero of The Idiot, perhaps Dostoevsky's most personal and intense work of fiction. But in the brutally materialistic world of late nineteenth-century Petersburg, infested with greed and vulgarity, Prince Myshkin's naive beliefs can only be the subject of mockery and ultimately lead to failure and tragedy. Populated by an unforgettable cast of…

Dostoyevsky Fyodor: Notes from Underground

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: The unnamed narrator of the novel, a former government official, has decided to retire from the world and lead a life of inactivity and contemplation. His fiercely bitter, cynical and witty monologue ranges from general observations and philosophical musings to memorable scenes from his own life, including his obsessive plans to exact petty revenge on an officer who has shown him disrespect and a…

Chekhov Anton: Death of a Civil Servant

Скачать книгу (размер 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 120) Аннотация: A short collection showing Chekhov in an amusing, playful light, poking fun at his characters, with the moral detachment that also characterizes his major, serious works In The Death of a Civil Servant, an administrative clerk accidentally sneezes on a hierarchical superior at the opera, which results in great embarrassment and hilarious and futile attempts at atonement. The other short stories…

Bulgakov Mikhail: Dog's Heart

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Through surreal, often grotesque humour, Bulgakov gives an ingenious new twist to the «Frankenstein» parable, in a new translation of one of the most popular satires on the Russian Revolution and on Soviet society. Having been scalded by boiling water earlier that day, and with little chance to survive the severe winter night, a stray dog is left for dead on the streets. Lamenting his fate, he is…

Dostoyevsky Fyodor: Poor People

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Presented as a series of letters between the humble copying-clerk Devushkin and a distant relative of his, the young Varenka, Poor People brings to the fore the underclass of St Petersburg, who live at the margins of society in the most appalling conditions and abject poverty. As Devushkin tries to help Varenka improve her plight by selling anything he can, he is reduced to even more desperate…

Hutson Matthew: The 7 Laws of Magical Thinking: How Irrationality Makes Us Happy, Healthy, and Sane

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: Drawing on evolution, cognitive science, and neuroscience, Matthew Hutson takes us on this fascinating tour of magical thinking in everyday life. So-called cognitive biases are crucial to our survival, Hutson shows, whether we're deciding where to invest our money or avoiding awareness of our own mortality. Everyone — even the most rational, jaded, and sceptical thinkers — believe in magic,…

Frank Adam: About Time: From Sun Dials to Quantum Clocks, How the Cosmos Shapes Our Lives

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: From a Palaeolithic farmer living by the sun and stone plinths to the factory worker logging into an industrial punch clock to the modern manager enslaved to Outlook's 15-minute increments, our relationship with time has constantly evolved alongside our scientific understanding of the universe. And the latest advances in physics — string-theory branes, multiverses, clockless physics — are…

Poundstone William: Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google: Fiendish Puzzles and Impossible Interview Questions from the World's Top Companies

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: You are shrunk to the height of a ten-pence piece and thrown in a blender. The blades start moving in 60 seconds. What do you do? If you want to work at Google, or any of the world's top employers, you'll need to have a convincing answer to this and countless other tricky puzzles. Are You Smart Enough to Work at Google? reveals the new extreme interview questions in the post-crash,…

Bryant Nick: Confessions from Correspondentland: The Dangers and Delights of Life as a Foreign Correspondent

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: In this irreverent and witty book BBC foreign correspondent Nick Bryant casts a scathingly honest eye on this hugely influential profession, from the heart of Washington, Afghanistan, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, India, and Australia — revealing the fascinating and sometimes shocking behaviour of media hounds desperate for a scoop. Since making his journalistic debut breaking into Piers Morgan's…

Blair Alasdair: The European Union: A Beginner's Guide

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: The world's greatest importer and exporter, the European Union is an economic heavyweight with a GDP even larger than the US. But how much do we really know about the nature and aims of the EU, the benefits and costs membership brings, and its impact on peoples' everyday lives? And, in an increasingly multipolar world, can it ever emerge as a global superpower, or do widespread concerns about…

Dufty David: Losing the Head of Philip K: Dick: A Bizarre But True Tale of Androids, Kill Switches and Left Luggage

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: The Philip K. Dick android looked eerily like the iconic science fiction writer and counter culture guru. The android would watch people as they approached, hear their voices, answer their questions in Dick's own words. Then, a young roboticist on his way to Google headquarters lost the android head on a flight to Las Vegas. It has never been recovered. In a story that could have been lifted from…

Gribbin John R.: Planet Earth: A Beginner's Guide

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: In this incredible expedition into the origins, workings, and evolution of our planet, John Gribbin, bestselling author of In Search of Schrodinger's Cat, The Scientists, and In Search of the Multiverse, does what he does best: taking 4.5 billion years of mind-boggling science and digging out the best bits. From the physics of Newton and the geology of Wegener, to the environmentalism of…

Henriques Diana B.: Bernie Madoff, the Wizard of Lies: Inside the Infamous $65 Billion Swindle

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Since news broke of Bernie Madoff's world-circling $65 billion Ponzi scheme, many have speculated about how he did it. But no reporter has been able to get the full story — until now. Based on award-winning reporter Diana Henriques' unprecedented access to Madoff, including extensive correspondence and his first interviews for publication since his arrest, Bernie Madoff, The Wizard of Lies is the…

Fakhry Majid: Islamic Philosophy

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: From the introduction of Greek Philosophy into the Muslim world in the eighth century, right through to modern times, Majid Fakhry charts the evolution and interaction of philosophy, theology, and mysticism in the Islamic context. Highlighting key individuals, movements, concepts and writings, Fakhry also explores the conflicts and controversies between anti and pro-philosophical parties that…