Скачать книгу (размер 932 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 184) Аннотация: Meet Frank Cauldhame. Just sixteen, and unconventional to say the least: Two years after I killed Blyth I murdered my young brother Paul, for quite different and more fundamental reasons than I'd disposed of Blyth, and then a year after that I did for my young cousin Esmerelda, more or less on a whim. That's my score to date. Three. I haven't killed anybody for years, and don't intend to ever…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Mary Higgins Clark sends chills down readers' spines with the story of Lacey Farrell, a rising star on the Manhattan real estate scene. One day, while showing a luxurious skyline co-op, Lacey is witness to a murder — and to the dying words of the victim... The dying woman is convinced that the attacker was after her dead daughter's journal — which Lacey gives to the police, but not before making…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 365 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 465) Аннотация: In this extraordinary coming-of-age odyssey, Wally Lamb invites us to hitch a wild ride on a journey of love, pain, and renewal with the most heartbreakingly comical heroine to come along in years. Meet Dolores Price. She's 13, wise-mouthed but wounded, having bid her childhood goodbye. Stranded in front of her bedroom TV, she spends the next few years nourishing herself with the Mallomars,…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: When emergency room doctor Toby Harper admits a delirious man with a possible viral infection of the brain, he barely responds to treatment... and then he disappears without a trace. But before Toby can find her missing patient, a second case occurs, revealing a chilling twist: evidence of an infection that can only be spread through direct tissue exchange. Only then does she discover the…
Скачать книгу (размер 3 257 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 640) Аннотация: Born into a top crime family and married three times, Lucky Santangelo knows how to get what she wants. As gorgeous as she is ruthless, she answers only to her most volatile passions. Now, in the ultimate power trip, Lucky takes on Hollywood — and there is no stopping her. As the head of Panther Studios, Lucky enters into the deal of a lifetime with claws extended — and this sleek and stealthy…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: With a deep sense of compassion for the victims and an uncanny understanding of the perpetrators, Douglas exposes the chilling obsessions that compel the murderers, rapists, and stalkers of modern times.
Скачать книгу (размер 177 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 36) Аннотация: Now the very youngest readers can join in the fun with this Classic Board Book (TM) edition of We're Going on a Bear Hunt. Full of delightful comedy and high drama, this tale of a brave family's joyous romp through sweeping landscapes is sure to win new fans.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: In this classic novel, Hemingway created the fascinating character Thomas Hudson, tracing his life from his years as a painter in Bimini in the 1930s through his antisubmarine activities off the coast of Cuba during World War II.
Скачать книгу (размер 3 298 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 648) Аннотация: A compelling portrait of a city and its transcendent artistic and spiritual legacy — written by a cultural historian who has known some of the greatest figures of modern St. Petersburg, including Balanchine, Shostakovich, Akhmatova, and Brodsky. A rich and enjoyable work.
Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: An accessible introduction to philosophy, this book narrows the gap between the general reader and intellectual inquiry. Its points are illustrated with concrete examples which should call the reader to a higher level of critical thinking and self-perception.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: Dying is easy. Coming back to life is hard. At least that's what Miles Vorkosigan thinks and he should know, having done both once already. Thanks to his quick thinking staff and the specialist who revived him, his first death won't be his last. But his next one might be, a realization he finds profoundly unsettling. Even after he returns to military duty, his late death seems to be having a…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: Bruce Gold, a middle-aged, Jewish professor of English literature, finds himself on the brink of a golden career in politics — and not a moment too soon, as Gold yearns for an opportunity to transform a less-than-picture-perfect life: His children think little of him, his intimidating father endlessly bullies him, and his wife is so oblivious that she doesn't even notice he's left her. As funny…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: When medical resident Dr. Abby Matteo discovers an organ-selling ring operating out of the very prestigious Boston hospital where she is a resident, she defies the hospitals demands for silence and begins her own investigation which reveals a murderous, unthinkable conspiracy.
Скачать книгу (размер 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 28) Аннотация: With a few easy-to-read words and brilliantly colored collages, Eric Carle leads young readers on an around-the-world tour with a little boy who is looking for his cat. Through Africa, the Middle East, and into Asia, the boy searches — until he happily discovers what his cat has been doing with herself.
Скачать книгу (размер 2 018 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 397) Аннотация: During his twenty-five year career with the Investigative Support Unit, Special Agent John Douglas became a legendary figure in law enforcement, pursuing some of the most notorious and sadistic serial killers of our time: the man who hunted prostitutes for sport in the woods of Alaska, the Atlanta child murderer, and Seattle's Green River killer, the case that nearly cost Douglas his life. As the…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: A sensational bestseller when it appeared in 1986, The Garden of Eden is the last uncompleted novel of Ernest Hemingway, which he worked on intermittently from 1946 until his death in 1961. Set on the Cote d'Azur in the 1920s, it is the story of a young American writer, David Bourne, his glamorous wife, Catherine, and the dangerous, erotic game they play when they fall in love with the same…
Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: In Closing Time, Joseph Heller returns to the characters of Catch-22, now coming to the end of their lives and the century, as is the entire generation that fought in World War II: Yossarian and Milo Minderbinder, the chaplain, and such newcomers as little Sammy Singer and giant Lew, all linked, in an uneasy peace and old age, fighting not the Germans this time, but The End. Closing Time deftly…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Kon-Tiki is the record of an astonishing adventure — a journey of 4,300 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean by raft. Intrigued by Polynesian folklore, biologist Thor Heyerdahl suspected that the South Sea Islands had been settled by an ancient race from thousands of miles to the east, led by a mythical hero, Kon-Tiki. He decided to prove his theory by duplicating the legendary voyage. On…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: The Washington Post Book World Facing annihilation at the hands of the warlike Vogons is a curious time to have a craving for tea. It could only happen to the cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his curious comrades in arms as they hurtle across space powered by pure improbability — and desperately in search of a place to eat. Among Arthur's motley shipmates are Ford Prefect, a longtime friend…
Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: A nuclear blast hurls an American family into a future «utopia» based on ancient evil. Hugh Farnham and his family would be slaves unless he could find a way to escape beyond the reach of the Master Race.