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Hemingway Ernest: Hemingway on War

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Ernest Hemingway witnessed many of the seminal conflicts of the twentieth century, as a Red Cross ambulance driver during the First World War and during his twenty-five years as a war correspondent. This edition offers an unparalleled portrayal of the physical and psychological impact of war and its aftermath. It contains extracts from A Farewell to Arms and For Whom the Bell Tolls, some of…

Howey Hugh: Dust: Wool Trilogy 3

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: In a time when secrets and lies were the foundations of life, someone has discovered the truth. And they are going to tell. Jules knows what her predecessors created. She knows they are the reason life has to be lived in this way. And she won't stand for it. But Jules no longer has supporters. And there is far more to fear than the toxic world beyond her walls. A poison is growing from within…

James Oliver: Office Politics: How to Thrive in a World of Lying, Backstabbing and Dirty Tricks

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: The modern working world is a dangerous place, where game-playing, duplicity and sheer malevolence are rife. Do talent and hard work count for nothing? Is politics everything? In this fascinating expose, Oliver James reveals the murky underside of modern office life. With cutting-edge research and eye-opening interviews, he highlights the nasty practices that propel people to the top and shows…

Jian Ma: The Dark Road

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Meili, a young peasant woman born in the remote heart of China, is married to Kongzi, a village school teacher, and a distant descendant of Confucius. They have a daughter, but desperate for a son to carry on his illustrious family line, Kongzi gets Meili pregnant again without waiting for official permission. When family planning officers storm the village to arrest violators of the population…

Kushner Rachel: The Flamethrowers

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: The year is 1977 and Reno — so called because of the place of her birth — has come to New York intent on turning her fascination with motorcycles and speed into art. Her arrival coincides with an explosion of activity in the art world — artists have colonised a deserted and industrial SoHo, are squatting in the East Village, and are blurring the line between life and art. Reno meets a group of…

Nesbo Jo: Cockroaches: An Early Harry Hole Case

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: Harry is on a special mission. Detective Harry Hole arrives in a steaming hot Bangkok. The Norwegian ambassador has been found dead in a seedy motel room, and Harry has been sent to investigate. It's clear that the Ambassador's family are hiding some secrets of their own, but few people are willing to talk. He needs to solve a crime and avoid a scandal. When Harry lays hands on some incriminating…

Oz Amos: Between Friends

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: 'On the kibbutz it's hard to know. We're all supposed to be friends but very few really are.' Amos Oz's compelling new fiction offers revelatory glimpses into the secrets and frustrations of the human heart, played out by a community of misfits united by political disagreement, intense dissatisfaction and lifetimes of words left unspoken. Ariella, unhappy in love, confides in the woman whose…

Pratchett Terry: The Science of Discworld IV: Judgement Day

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: The fourth book in the Science of Discworld series, and this time around dealing with The Really Big Questions, Terry Pratchett's brilliant new Discworld story Judgement Day is annotated with very big footnotes (the interleaving chapters) by mathematician Ian Stewart and biologist Jack Cohen, to bring you a mind-mangling combination of fiction, cutting-edge science and philosophy. Marjorie Daw is…

Pratchett Terry: Monstrous Regiment

Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: A sudden burst of nationalism has swept over Polly Perks causing her to cut off her hair, don her brother's clothes and join the local regiment so she can fight for her country. But there's only one problem — she has no idea who she'll be fighting or what she is really fighting for. And why do they want her to have a rolled-up pair of socks anyway? War teaches you a lot, she finds, when it turns…

Pratchett Terry: The Long War

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: A generation after the events of The Long Earth, mankind has spread across the new worlds opened up by Stepping. Where Joshua and Lobsang once pioneered, now fleets of airships link the stepwise Americas with trade and culture. Mankind is shaping the Long Earth — but in turn the Long Earth is shaping mankind... A new 'America', called Valhalla, is emerging more than a million steps from Datum…

Erich Maria Remarque: All Quiet on the Western Front

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: One by one the boys begin to fall... In 1914 a room full of German schoolboys, fresh-faced and idealistic, are goaded by their schoolmaster to troop off to the 'glorious war'. With the fire and patriotism of youth they sign up. What follows is the moving story of a young 'unknown soldier' experiencing the horror and disillusionment of life in the trenches.

May Peter: Extraordinary People: An Enzo Macleod Investigation

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Ten years ago, Jacques Gaillard disappeared from Paris. No investigation has yet led to any clue as to whether he is missing — or murdered. Challenged to decipher the mystery once and for all, Enzo Macleod must use new science to crack a cold case. Once a forensics expert in his native Scotland, he's taken on a bet to solve seven murders listed in a cult book by an embittered Parisian journalist.…

Patterson James: Private Down Under

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: P.I. Craig Gisto, head of the latest branch of Private, is enjoying the glamorous launch party with his new team when their celebrations are interrupted by the bloodied arrival of a boy with his eyes gouged out. The boy is the kidnapped son of one of Australia's richest men — but investigating his death isn't their only pressing case. The rock star Micky Stevens is convinced someone's trying to…

Richards Justin: Martha in the Mirror

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Castle Extremis — whoever holds it can control the provinces either side that have been at war for centuries. Now the castle is about to play host to the signing of a peace treaty. But as the Doctor and Martha find out, not everyone wants the war to end. Who is the strange little girl who haunts the castle? What is the secret of the book the Doctor finds, its pages made from thin, brittle glass?…

Patterson James: Mistress

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: How well can you ever really know someone? As Ben Casper watches his best friend plummet from her sixth-floor apartment balcony, he realises his life is about to change. Diana had no reason to kill herself, she had to have been pushed. Diana worked for the CIA, so the investigation into her death is kept tightly under wraps. But Ben is a political journalist, and can feel that something isn't…

Kinsella Sophie: Wedding Night

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: Lottie is tired of long-term boyfriends who don't want to commit to marriage. When her old boyfriend Ben reappears and reminds her of their pact to get married if they were both still single at thirty, she jumps at the chance. There will be no dates and no engagement — just a straight wedding march to the altar! Next comes the honeymoon on the Greek island where they first met. But not everyone…

Brown Dan: Inferno

Скачать книгу (размер 3 176 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 624) Аннотация: 'Seek and ye shall find.' With these words echoing in his head, eminent Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon awakes in a hospital bed with no recollection of where he is or how he got there. Nor can he explain the origin of the macabre object that is found hidden in his belongings. A threat to his life will propel him and a young doctor, Sienna Brooks, into a breakneck chase across the city of…

Coetzee J.M.: The Childhood Of Jesus

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: After crossing oceans, a man and a boy arrive in a new land. Here they are each assigned a name and an age, and held in a camp in the desert while they learn Spanish, the language of their new country. As Simon and David they make their way to the relocation centre in the city of Novilla, where officialdom treats them politely but not necessarily helpfully. Simon finds a job in a grain wharf. The…

Boyd William: Solo

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: 1969. A veteran secret agent. A single mission. A licence to kill. James Bond returns.

George R. R. Martin: Rogues

Скачать книгу (размер 4 237 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 832) Аннотация: A thrilling collection of twenty-one original stories by an all-star list of contributors — including a new A Game of Thrones story by George R. R. Martin! The latest story collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author George R. R. Martin and award-winning editor Gardner Dozois is filled with subtle shades of gray. Twenty-one all-original stories, by an all-star list of contributors, will…