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Astrid Ericsson Lindgren: Pippi Goes on Board

Скачать книгу (размер 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 140) Аннотация: Outrageous Pippi Longstocking of Villa Villekulla has no parents around and no rules to follow, so she lives according to her own daredevilish ways. She has been treating her friends Tommy and Annika to wild adventures, too — like buying, and eating, seventy-two pounds of candy on a shopping trip, or sailing off to an island in the middle of a lake to show them what it's like to be shipwrecked.…

Astrid Lindgren: Pippi in the South Seas

Скачать книгу (размер 631 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 125) Аннотация: The adventures of the strongest girl in the world, who takes her two friends with her when she travels from Sweden to visit her father, king of an island in the South Seas.

Geoffrey of Monmouth: History of the Kings of Britain

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Completed in 1136, The History of the Kings of Britain traces the story of the realm from its supposed foundation by Brutus to the coming of the Saxons some two thousand years later. Vividly portraying legendary and semilegendary figures such as Lear, Cymbeline, Merlin the magician and the most famous of all British heroes, King Arthur, it is as much myth as it is history and its veracity was…

Stoutenberg Adrien: American Tall Tales

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 112) Аннотация: Here are the most robust characters in American legend. Told by a poet with a poet's ear for the impact of words, these American mavericks walk and talk accross the pages in a free, wide way, as they walked and talked accross the free, wide America of pioneer days.

James Cable: The Death of King Arthur

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: A 13th-century French version of the Camelot legend, writen by an unknown author. It depicts a Round Table diminished in strength after the Quest for the Holy Grail. Whispers of Queen Guinevere's infidelity distress King Arthur, leaving him no match for the machinations of Sir Mordred.

Elfrida Vipont: The Elephant and the Bad Baby

Скачать книгу (размер 157 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 32) Аннотация: The Elephant takes the Bad Baby for a ride and they go 'rumpeta, rumpeta, rumpeta down the road.' They help themselves to ice creams, pies, buns, crisps, biscuits, lollipops and apples, and the shopkeepers follow them down the road shouting and waving. All ends well as the Bad Baby learns to say 'Please' and his mother makes pancakes for everyone.

Rand Ayn: For the New Intellectual

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: This is Ayne Rand's challenge to the prevalent philosphical doctrince of our time and the atmosphere of guilt, of panic, of despair, of boredom, and of all-pervasive evasion that they create. One of the most controversial figures on the intellectual scene, Ayn Rand was the proponent of a moral philsophy — an ethic of rational self-interest — that stands in sharp opposition of the ethics of…

Orwell George: 1984

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: Written in 1948, 1984 was George Orwell’s chilling prophecy about the future. And while 1984 has come and gone, Orwell’s narrative is timelier than ever. 1984 presents a startling and haunting vision of the world, so powerful that it is completely convincing from start to finish. No one can deny the power of this novel, its hold on the imaginations of multiple generations of readers, or the…

Steinbeck: The Short Novels of John Steinbeck

Скачать книгу (размер 3 176 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 624) Аннотация: Collected here for the first time in a deluxe paperback volume are six of John Steinbeck's most widely read and beloved novels. From the tale of commitment, loneliness and hope in Of Mice and Men, to the tough yet charming portrait of people on the margins of society in Cannery Row, to The Pearl's examination of the fallacy of the American dream, Steinbeck stories of realism, that were imbued…

Stephenson: The Diamond Age

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: The future is small. The future is nano . . . And who could be smaller or more insignificant than poor Little Nell — an orphan girl alone and adrift in a world of Confucian Law, Neo-Victorian values and warring nano-technology? Well, not quite alone. Because Nell has a friend, of sorts. A guide, a teacher, an armed and unarmed combat instructor, a book and a computer: the Young Lady's Illustrated…

Stephenson N.: Snow Crash

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: After the Internet, what came next? Enter the Metaverse — cyberspace home to avatars and software daemons, where anything and just about everything goes. Newly available on the Street — the Metaverse's main drag — is Snow Crash, a cyberdrug. Trouble is Snow Crash is also a computer virus — and something more. Because once taken it infects the person behind the avatar. Snow Crash bleeds into…

Mellon T.: In My Shoes: A Memoir

Скачать книгу (размер 1 391 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 274) Аннотация: When Tamara Mellon's father lent her the money to start a high-end shoe company, he cautioned her: 'Don't let the accountants run your business.' Little did he know. Over the next fifteen years the struggle between 'the suits' and 'the creatives' would dominate, as Tamara Mellon's business savvy and design flair built Jimmy Choo into a premier name in the ultra-competitive fashion world. Jimmy…

The Idea of Justice

Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: Is justice an ideal, for ever beyond our grasp, or something that may actually guide our practical decisions and enhance our lives? At the heart of Sen's argument is his insistence on the role of public reason in establishing what can make societies less unjust. But there are always choices to be made between alternative assessments of what is reasonable, and competing positions can each be well…

The Collected Stories of Lydia Davis

Скачать книгу (размер 3 829 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 752) Аннотация: 'Big rejoicing: Lydia Davis has won the Man Booker International prize. Never did a book award deliver such a true match-winning punch. Best of all, a new audience will read her now and find her wit, her vigour and rigour, her funniness, her thoughtfulness, and the precision of form, which mark Davis out as unique. Daring, excitingly intelligent and often wildly comic [she] reminds you, in a…

Cosgrove L.: The New Rules of Lifting for Women

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: In The New Rules of Lifting for Women, authors Lou Schuler, Cassandra Forsythe and Alwyn Cosgrove present a comprehensive strength, conditioning and nutrition plan destined to revolutionize the way women work out. All the latest studies prove that strength training, not aerobics, provides the key to losing fat and building a fit, strong body. This book refutes the misconception that women will…

Jack Kerouac: On the Road — Large Penguin Travel Journal

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: This Penguin Classics On The Road Journal depicts the iconic Kerouac cover and is reminiscent of times when life was so much simpler. It has 80 lines pages to jot down your own memories, thoughts and adventures on the road.

Green John: John Green 4-book Box Set

Скачать книгу (размер 565 Kb , формат fb2) Аннотация: John Green — The Collection includes five novels from the critically acclaimed, best-selling master of modern storytelling, brought together for the first time. Includes The Fault in Our Stars, Looking for Alaska, Paper Towns, An Abundance of Katherines and Will Grayson, Will Grayson (co-written with David Levithan).'You laugh, you cry, and then you come back for more' — Markus Zusak, author of…

French Nicci: Waiting for Wednesday

Скачать книгу (размер 2 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 552) Аннотация: Waiting For Wednesday by Nicci French is the thrilling third novel in the highly acclaimed Frieda Klein series.Ruth Lennox, beloved mother of three, is found by her daughter in a pool of her own blood. Who would want to murder an ordinary housewife? And why?Psychotherapist Frieda Klein finds she has an unusually personal connection with DCI Karlsson's latest case. She is no longer working with…

Smith Keri: Wreck This Journal Everywhere

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Featuring dozens of new activities as well as some of the most popular prompts from the original, Wreck This Journal Everywhere will have you travelling the city streets and country byways, filling the pages with man-made and natural objects, recording what you see, drawing, doodling -- and destroying pages as you go. Perfect for sliding in your pocket or stuffing in your bag, Wreck This Journal…