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Скачать книгу (размер 5 328 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 1046) Аннотация: The fourth book in Robert Jordan's internationally bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel Of Time, now reissued with a stunning new cover design. The Stone of Tear, invulnerable fortress of legend, has fallen. The Children of the Dragon have risen to the call of prophecy and march to the aid of the Light. Callandor, the Sword That Is Not a Sword, is held by Rand al’ Thor, the man proclaimed…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: A collection of short fiction by the author of «The Wasp Factory» and «Against a Dark Background». The title story is a novella continuing the Culture sequence but set on Earth in 1977. The other stories range from science fiction to horror, and dark-coated fantasy to morality tale.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: From its bravura opening onwards, «The Crow Road» is justly regarded as an outstanding contemporary novel. It was the day my grandmother exploded. I sat in the crematorium, listening to my Uncle Hamish quietly snoring in harmy to Bachs Mass in B. Minor, and I reflected that it always seemed to be death that drew me back to Gallanach. Prentice McHoan has returned to the bosom of his complex but…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 962 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 386) Аннотация: The man who wakes up in the extraordinary world of a bridge has amnesia, and his doctor doesn't seem to want to cure him. Does it matter? Exploring the bridge occupies most of his days. But at night there are his dreams. Dreams in which desperate men drive sealed carriages across barren mountains to a bizarre rendezvous; an illiterate barbarian storms an enchanted tower under a stream of verbal…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 207 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 434) Аннотация: The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks or military action. The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought. The drone known as…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 558 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 699) Аннотация: The third book in Robert Jordan's internationally bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel Of Time, now reissued with a stunning new cover design. The Land is One with the Dragon — and the Dragon is One with the Land The Shadow lies across the Pattern of the Age, and the Dark One has turned all his power against the prison that binds him. If it fails he will escape and nothing will stand in the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: By the author of «Canal Dreams» and «The Wasp Factory», this novel is about three men — Graham Park, Steven Grant and Quiss. No trio of people could be further apart, but their separate courses are set for collision.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 768 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 544) Аннотация: Movie tie-in edition of the third of Anne Rice's celebrated Vampire Chronicles.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: By the author of «The Wasp Factory» and «Walking on Glass», this book is set in Japan and on the Panama Canal. It concerns a world famous Japanese cellist, who refuses to fly, and as a result finds herself involved in the ominous realm of global «realpolitik».

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: The Culture — a human/machine symbiotic society — has thrown up many great Game Players, and one of the greatest is Gurgeh. Jernau Morat Gurgeh. The Player of Games. Master of every board, computer and strategy. Bored with success, Gurgeh travels to the Empire of Azad, cruel and incredibly wealthy, to try their fabulous game ... a game so complex, so like life itself, that the winner becomes…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: Dirk Pitt doesn't go looking for adventure, it finds him. His chance witnessing of an airship disaster which nearly kills him and his discovery of the gruesome fate of the crew sets in motion the most nail-biting chain of events in his career.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 115 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 416) Аннотация: For the US President, the crisis point is approaching fast. With his Soviet initiative entering its most crucial phase, he suddenly finds himself faced with a pollution disaster of cataclysmic proportions. Then he disappears, leaving his country on the brink of chaos, and Dirk Pitt to investigate.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 441 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 480) Аннотация: The war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very starsThe war raged across the galaxy. Billions had died, billions more were doomed. Moons, planets, the very stars themselves, faced destruction, cold-blooded, brutal, and worse, random. The Idirans fought for their Faith; the Culture for its moral right to exist. Principles were at stake.…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: Marian is determined to be ordinary. She lays her head gently on the shoulder of her serious fiancee and quietly awaits marriage. But she didn't count on an inner rebellion that would rock her stable routine, and her digestion. Marriage a la mode, Marian discovers, is something she literally can't stomach... The Edible Woman is a funny, engaging novel about emotional cannibalism, men and women,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Why do underdogs succeed so much more than we expect? How do the weak outsmart the strong? In David and Goliath Malcolm Gladwell takes us on a scintillating and surprising journey through the hidden dynamics that shape the balance of power between the small and the mighty. From the conflicts in Northern Ireland through the tactics of civil rights leaders and the problem of privilege, Gladwell…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: Two couples. Two love stories. One epic tale. Ninety-one-year-old Ira Levinson is in trouble. Struggling to stay conscious after a car crash, with his mind fading, an image of his adored — and long-dead — wife Ruth appears. Urging him to hang on, she lovingly recounts the joys and sorrows of their life together — how they met, the dark days of WWII and its unrelenting effect on their families. A…

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: The first volume of Hobsbawm`s classic and universally acclaimed trilogy on the 19th century, beautifully repackaged as an Abacus History Great.