Daedalus Books
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Ghosts in Irish Houses: A Collection of Ghostly Folk Tales
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Daedalus Books
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Автор: James Reynolds
Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2009
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DjVu, 304 страницы, 12.16 МБ
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Ranging from the 10th to the 20th centuries, these ghostly tales mix the eerie, the terrifying, and the madly comic. Enhanced by the author's 30 illustrations of Irish homes and castles, 22 short stories feature The headless Rider of Castle Sheela, Mrs O'Moyne and the Fatal Slap, The Harpies of The Ghostly Catch, and more. This book is a reprint of the Creative Age, New York, 1947 edition.
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 stalker1965
7 декабря 2011
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Anathem
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Daedalus Books
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Автор: Neal Stephenson
Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2008
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PDF, 800 страниц, 24.00 МБ
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Here is another brilliantly original novel from the cult author of Snowcrash and Cryptonomicon. Since childhood, Raz has lived behind the walls of a 3,400-year-old monastery, a sanctuary for scientists, philosophers, and mathematicians. There, he and his cohorts are sealed off from the illiterate, irrational, unpredictable saecular world, an endless landscape of casinos and megastores that is plagued by recurring cycles of booms and busts, dark ages and renaissances, world wars and climate change. Until the day that a higher power, driven by fear, decides it is only these cloistered scholars who have the abilities to avert an impending catastrophe. And, one by one, Raz and his friends, mentors, and teachers are summoned forth without warning into the unknown.
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admin
15 июля 2009
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Winner Take Nothing
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Daedalus Books
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Автор: Ernest Hemingway
Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2006
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PDF, 176 страниц, 5.28 МБ
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Written when Hemingway was at the height of his creative powers, the stories in Winner Take Nothing glow with the mark of his unique talent. Hunters, wives, old men of wisdom, waiters, fighters, women loved, women lost: they are all here, living on the raw edge, making love, facing the inevitable reality of death. The characters, the dialogue, the settings, the remarkable insight could have come only from Hemingway's imagination. As an introduction to his work, or as an overview of the themes he developed at greater length in his novels, it is a stunningly successful collection.
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kubinec12
12 мая 2009
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The Astonishing Adventures of Fanboy and Goth Girl
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Daedalus Books
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Автор: Barry Lyga
Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2006
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PDF, 311 страниц, 9.33 МБ
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Fanboy has never had it good, but lately his sophomore year is turning out to be its own special hell. The bullies have made him their favorite target, his best (and only) friend seems headed for the dark side (sports and popularity), and his pregnant mother and the step-fascist are eagerly awaiting the birth of the alien life form known as Fanboy's new little brother or sister. Fanboy, though, has a secret: a graphic novel he's been working on without telling anyone, a graphic novel that he is convinced will lead to publication, fame, and — most important of all — a way out of the crappy little town he lives in and all the people that make it hell for him. When Fanboy meets Kyra, a.k.a. Goth Girl, he finds an outrageous, cynical girl who shares his love of comics as well as his hatred for jocks and bullies. Fanboy can't resist someone who actually seems to understand him, and soon he finds himself willing to heed her advice — to ignore or crush anyone who stands in his way.
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lemark
24 июля 2009
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The Beauty of the Beast
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Daedalus Books
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Автор: Meilo So
Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2006
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PDF, 112 страниц, 3.36 МБ
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The Beauty of the Beast is an exciting book offering lasting value. The poetic parade of the animal king dom ranges from the lowly earthworm to the majestic whale an d just about every creature in between. All poems are brief and fun to read aloud.
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dimon0
04 июля 2009
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Band of Brothers
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Daedalus Books
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Автор: Stephen E. Ambrose
Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2001
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PDF, 333 страницы, 9.99 МБ
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As good a rifle company as any in the world, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, U.S. Army, kept getting the tough assignments — responsible for everything from parachuting into France early D-Day morning to the capture of Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. In Band of Brothers, Ambrose tells of the men in this brave unit who fought, went hungry, froze, and died, a company that took 150 percent casualties and considered the Purple Heart a badge of office. Drawing on hours of interviews with survivors as well as the soldiers' journals and letters, Stephen Ambrose recounts the stories, often in the men's own words, of these American heroes.
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petechgo
7 декабря 2009
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Flowers for Algernon
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Daedalus Books
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Автор: Daniel Keyes
Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2009
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PDF, 310 страниц, 9.30 МБ
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When we first meet Charlie he is about to embark on a compelling but dangerous journey from retardation to genius. He has only a vague understanding of what will happen, but he is aware that knowledge and the ability to write are of paramount importance.
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admin
22 сентября 2014
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Silks
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Daedalus Books
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Автор: Dick Francis
Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2008
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DjVu, 352 страницы, 14.08 МБ
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Julian Trent, you have been found guilty by this court of perpetrating a violent and unprovoked attack on an innocent family including a charge of attempted murder. You have shown little or no remorse for your actions and I consider you a danger to society. When defense lawyer Geoffrey Mason hears the judgeas ruling at Londonas Old Bailey, he quietly hopes that a substantial sentence will be handed down to his arrogant young client. That Julian Trent only receives eight years seems all too lenient. Little does Mason realize that heall be looking Trent in the eyes again much sooner than that. Setting aside his barristeras gown and wig, Mason heads to Sandown racetrack to don his colorful racing silks. As an amateur jockey, he fulfills his true passion by pounding the turf in the heat of a steeplechase. Yet when a fellow rider is brutally murderedaa pitchfork driven through his chestaMasonas racing hobby soon becomes too close to his work. The prime suspect is one of their brethren, champion jockey Steve Mitchell, and the evidence against him seems overwhelming. Mason is reluctant to heed Mitchellas plea for legal helpabut he soon finds himself at the center of a sinister web of violence, threats and intimidation. Mason is left fighting a battle of right and wrong, and more immediately, a battle of life and death his own.
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anarho
24 августа 2010
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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
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Daedalus Books
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Автор: Laurence Sterne
Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2007
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PDF, 526 страниц, 15.78 МБ
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A forerunner of psychological fiction, and considered a landmark work for its innovative use of narrative devices, Sterne's topsy-turvy novel was both celebrated and vilified when first published. Originally released in nine separate volumes, it is in effect an exercise about the difficulties of writing. Impossible to categorize, it remains a beguiling milestone in the history of literature.
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flyordie
02 сентября 2012
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The Three Musketeers
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Daedalus Books
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Автор: Alexandre Dumas
Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2007
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PDF, 560 страниц, 16.80 МБ
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Populated by some of the most famous names in literary and actual history — D'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos, Aramis, Cardinal Richelieu, Louis XIII — Dumas's peerless adventure offers a rousing read. It traces an aspiring Musketeer's path to 17th-century Paris, where he encounters intrigue, romance, and, of course, thrilling swordplay.
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admin
25 июня 2009
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The Daring Book for Girls
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Daedalus Books
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Автор: Andrea J. Buchanan
Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2007
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PDF, 3.36 МБ
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Boys don't get all the fun. Whether readers consider themselves tomboys, girly-girls, or a little bit of both, this is the manual for everything that girls of all ages really need to know. Find out about female heroes in history, secret note-passing techniques, science projects, and friendship bracelets. Learn to play Double Dutch and cat's cradle, turn the perfect cartwheel, and induce giggles at sleepovers and discover the eternal mystery of what boys are actually thinking.
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7 декабря 2009
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Snuggle Up: A Gift of Songs for Sweet Dreams (+ Audio CD)
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Daedalus Books
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Автор: J. Aaron Brown
Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2007
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PDF, 6 страниц, 0.18 МБ
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This title contains a book & CD. From the creators of A Child's Gift of Lullabyes, here is a Grammy-nominated soundtrack for children. With soothing melodies, meaningful lyrics and beautifully orchestrated arrangements, this collection is sure to give little ones hours of listening pleasure. The one-hour CD includes vocal and instrumental tracks of nine original lullabies, while the lyric book provides words for the caregiver.
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chekina
21 октрября 2010
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The Interpretation of Murder
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Daedalus Books
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Автор: Jed Rubenfeld
Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2006
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PDF, 367 страниц, 11.01 МБ
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«Inspired by Sigmund Freud's only, traumatic visit to America (a society of savages, he was to claim), Jed Rubenfeld's novel is an intricate tale of murder and the mind's dangerous mysteries. On a sweltering August evening in 1909 Freud disembarks from a steamship in New York City, accompanied by his protégé and rival Carl Jung. Across town, a debutante is found dangling from a chandelier, whipped, mutilated, and strangled. The next day, a second beauty—a rebellious heiress—barely escapes the killer, but is hysterical and can remember nothing. American Freudian Stratham Younger calls on his idol to analyze the spirited girl. «As The Interpretation of Murder races past ravished damsels, sinister aristocrats, architectural marvels (the building of the Manhattan Bridge), hysterical symptoms, a Hamlet-Freud nexus and downright criminal wordplay ('there are more things in heaven and earth, Herr Professor, than are dreamt in your psychology'; 'sometimes a catarrh, I’m afraid, is only a catarrh'), it cobbles together its own brand of excitement. That excitement is as palpable as it is peculiar».»
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anatolii_78
26 мая 2009
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Sex with Kings: 500 Years Of Adultery, Power, Rivalry, And Revenge
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Daedalus Books
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Автор: Eleanor Herman
Издательство: Daedalus Books, 2005
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PDF, 287 страниц, 8.61 МБ
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«Throughout the centuries, royal mistresses have been worshiped, feared, envied, and reviled. They set the fashions, encouraged the arts, and, in some cases, ruled nations. As she did with Sex with the Queen, Eleanor Herman takes readers into the throne rooms and bedrooms of Europe's most powerful monarchs to relate history from the women's point of view. She finds that in most cases, the main function of a royal mistress was not providing the king with sex as much as with companionship. «Open Sex With Kings at almost any page and you'll find yourself immersed in a bawdy, deliciously appealing illicit scene occurring in the highest places.... Herman has written an enlightening social history that is great fun to read.»
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eprst_t
12 мая 2008
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