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Скачать книгу (размер 3 094 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 608) Аннотация: T.C. Boyle's dazzling new novel, The Women, will let you know. Having brought to life eccentric cereal king John Harvey Kellogg in The Road to Wellville and sex researcher Alfred Kinsey in The Inner Circle, T.C. Boyle now turns his fictional sights on the colorful and outlandish Frank Lloyd Wright. Boyles incomparable account of Wright's life, as told through the experiences of the four women who…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: In his lifetime, David Foster Wallace was lauded by critics and loved by fans. But even to those who had barely read his work, he was something of a cult figure. Since his suicide in 2008, Wallace has become the Kurt Cobain of the printed word, and his life and death now stand as symbols of a generation's hopes and their despair. In this compelling account of Wallace's evolution from anxious…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Perkins, a former chief economist at a Boston strategic-consulting firm, confesses he was an «economic hit man» for 10 years, helping U.S. intelligence agencies and multinationals cajole and blackmail foreign leaders into serving U.S. foreign policy and awarding lucrative contracts to American business.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: The future belongs to a different kind of person with a different kind of mind: artists, inventors, storytellers-creative and holistic right-brain thinkers whose abilities mark the fault line between who gets ahead and who doesn't. Drawing on research from around the world, Pink outlines the six fundamentally human abilities that are absolute essentials for professional success and personal…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: Schuman's striking collection offers an inspired photographic journey into the extraordinary style of everyday people around the globe. Color photographs throughout.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: Kay Scarpetta has arranged to meet an inmate at the high-security Georgia Prison for Women. The prisoner is a convicted sex offender and the mother of a vicious and diabolically brilliant killer. Against advice, Scarpetta is determined to hear this woman out — she believes she may hold some answers to the murder of her former deputy. But soon she finds connections to a string of grisly killings,…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: 1913, Paris. Coco Chanel present at the first, the presentation of Igor Stravinsky's «rite of Spring». Rhythmic dissonance in music and sometimes shocking choreography cause a storm of indignation. But Koko carries how Igor stirred up the hall. Seven years later, Koko and Igor meet again. Between the designer and composer quickly arise mutual sympathy and affection. Koko invites Igor together…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: In this landmark work of investigative reporting, former Financial Times correspondent Alexandra Harney uncovers a story of immense significance to us all: how China's factory economy gains a competitive edge by selling out its workers, environment, and future. Harney's firsthand reporting brings us face-to-face with a world in which intense pricing pressure from Western companies combines with…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: The President of the United States is heading to London, but not to an entirely warm welcome. A fanatical mullah is offering a blessing to anyone who will assassinate the President. Urgently, Sean Dillon, General Charles Ferguson, and the rest of the small band known as the «Prime Minister's private army» are called in, augmented by an extraordinary new recruit, an intelligence captain and Afghan…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: On the ocean liner Mauretania, two European scientists with a dramatic new invention are barely rescued from abduction by the Van Dorn Detective Agency's intrepid chief investigator, Isaac Bell. Unfortunately, they are not so lucky the second time. The thugs attack again-and this time one of the scientists dies. What are they holding that is so precious? Only something that will revolutionize…
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Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: An Authoritative, historically informed tribute to the punch bowl, by the James Beard Award-winning author of Imbibe! Acclaimed cocktail expert and historian David Wondrich takes readers on a raucous guided tour of all things punch-a tour that starts with some very lonely British sailors and swells to include a cast of lords and ladies, admirals, kings, presidents, poets, pirates, novelists,…
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Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Why are English train seats so narrow? It's all the Romans' fault. The first Victorian trains were built to the same width as horse-drawn wagons; and they were designed to fit the ruts left in the roads by Roman chariots. This intriguing and witty book explains how our national characteristics — our sense of humour, our hobbies, our favourite foods and our behaviour with the opposite sex — are…