Все книги издательства «Penguin Group»

Juliet, Naked	Penguin Group
Автор: Nick Hornby Издательство: Penguin Group, 2010	PDF, 248 страниц, 7.44 МБ 7 Оценка:
Nick Hornby returns to his roots — music and messy relationships — in this funny and touching new novel which thoughtfully and sympathetically looks at how lives can be wasted but how they are never beyond redemption. Annie lives in a dull town on England's bleak east coast and is in a relationship with Duncan which mirrors the place; Tucker was once a brilliant songwriter and performer, who's gone into seclusion in rural America — or at least that's what his fans think. Duncan is obsessed with Tucker's work, to the point of derangement, and when Annie dares to go public on her dislike of his latest album, there are quite unexpected, life-changing consequences for all three. Nick Hornby uses this intriguing canvas to explore why it is we so often let the early promise of relationships, ambition and indeed life evaporate. And he comes to some surprisingly optimistic conclusions.
899 ducho 16 марта 2013	Скачать книгу

Legend of a Suicide	Penguin Group
Автор: David Vann Издательство: Penguin Group, 2009	PDF, 240 страниц, 7.20 МБ 8 Оценка:
Roy is still young when his father, a failed dentist and hapless fisherman, puts a 44 magnum to his head and commits suicide on the deck of his beloved boat. Throughout his life, Roy returns to that moment, gripped by its memory and the shadow it casts over his small-town boyhood, describing with poignant, mercurial wit his parents' woeful marriage and inevitable divorce, their kindnesses and weaknesses, the absurd and comic turning-points of his past. Finally, in Legend of a Suicide, Roy lays his father's ghost to rest. But not before he exacts a gruelling, exhilarating revenge. Revolving around a fatally misconceived adventure deep in the wilderness of Alaska, this is a remarkably tender story of survival and disillusioned love.
870 admin 22 марта 2012	Скачать книгу

Mother Tongue: The Story of the English Language	Penguin Group
Автор: Bill Bryson Издательство: Penguin Group, 2009	PDF, 288 страниц, 8.64 МБ 7 Оценка:
'More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to...' Only Bill Bryson could make a book about the English language so entertaining. With his boundless enthusiasm and restless eye for the absurd, this is his astonishing tour of English. From its mongrel origins to its status as the world's most-spoken tongue; its apparent simplicity to its deceptive complexity; its vibrant swearing to its uncertain spelling and pronunciation, Bryson covers all this as well as the many curious eccentricities that make it as maddening to learn as it is flexible to use. Bill Bryson's classic Mother Tongue is a highly readable and hilarious tale of how English came to be the world's language.
1044 vitalysev 14 сентября 2014	Скачать книгу

Nothing : Except My Genius	Penguin Group
Автор: Oscar Wilde Издательство: Penguin Group, 2010	PDF, 64 страницы, 1.92 МБ 0 Оценка:
'I have nothing to declare', Wilde once told an American customs official, 'except my genius'. A socialite, a wit, a man who flaunted convention and was unafraid to shock, Oscar Wilde was a great writer and a great man. This new collection of wit and wisdom demonstrates the brilliance of his vision, the audacity of his style. Such is the scope of the material, it brings to life the Wilde of great feeling as well as the Wilde of great art.
232 apollon7777777 10 октрября 2013	Скачать книгу

Outliers: Story of Success	Penguin Group
Автор: Malcolm Gladwell Издательство: Penguin Group, 2009	PDF, 365 страниц, 10.95 МБ 0 Оценка:
«This is a brilliant new book from the bestselling author of «The Tipping Point» and «Blink». Why are people successful? For centuries, humankind has grappled with this question, searching for the secret to accomplishing great things. In this stunning new book, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an invigorating intellectual journey to show us what makes an extreme overachiever. He reveals that we pay far too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where successful people are from: their culture, their family, and their generation. Gladwell examines how the careers of Bill Gates and the performance of world-class football players are alike; what top fighter pilots and The Beatles have in common; why so many top lawyers are Jewish; why Asians are good at maths; and why it is correct to say that the mathematician who solved Fermat's Theorem is not a genius. Just as he did in «Blink», Gladwell overturns many of our conventional notions and creates an entirely new model for seeing the world. Brilliant and entertaining, this is a landmark work that will simultaneously delight and illuminate.»
1323 mobilnik 21 октрября 2012	Скачать книгу

Remember Me	Penguin Group
Автор: Lesley Pearse Издательство: Penguin Group, 2011	PDF, 560 страниц, 16.80 МБ 8 Оценка:
The Queen of Storytellers is back — with a triumphant tale of one woman's struggle over adversity. In 1786, a fisherman's daughter from Cornwall called Mary Broad was sentenced to be hung for theft. But her sentence was commuted, and she was transported to Australia, one of the first convicts to arrive there. How Mary escaped the harsh existence of the colony and found true love, and how she was captured and taken back to London in chains, only to be released after a trial where she was defended by no less than James Boswell, is one of the most gripping and moving stories of human endeavour (based on an amazing true story) you will ever read.
2032 admin 9 февраля 2013	Скачать книгу

Russian Short Stories from Pushkin to Buida	Penguin Group
Автор: Robert Chandler Издательство: Penguin Group, 2005	DOC, 416 страниц, 1.00 МБ 0 Оценка:
From the reign of the Tsars in the early 19th century to the collapse of the Soviet Union and beyond, the short story has long occupied a central place in Russian culture. Included are pieces from many of the acknowledged masters of Russian literature — including Pushkin, Turgenev, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, and Solzhenitsyn — alongside tales by long-suppressed figures such as the subversive Kryzhanowsky and the surrealist Shalamov. Whether written in reaction to the cruelty of the bourgeoisie, the bureaucracy of communism or the torture of the prison camps, they offer a wonderfully wide-ranging and exciting representation of one of the most vital and enduring forms of Russian literature.
1505 delovar 02 сентября 2010	Скачать книгу

Scandalous	Penguin Group
Автор: Martel Maxwell Издательство: Penguin Group, 2010	PDF, 432 страницы, 12.96 МБ 5 Оценка:
Meet Max and Lucy Summers — half-sisters and the best of friends. Max is a gorgeous showbiz reporter whose life is a whirlwind of celebrity parties, glamorous bars, juicy gossip and gorgeous men. Lucy, a beautiful, elegant fashion writer, has always been the sensible one, taking care of her little sister and never seeking the limelight. But that all changes when she falls for Hartley, Britain's sexiest royal bachelor, and her lovelife is suddenly splashed across the front pages of the tabloids. And when Hartley's ex-girlfriend starts scheming to get her man back, Lucy realizes that she's up against more than just the paparazzi...Meanwhile Max, tired of the non-stop partying that her job entails, has finally met the perfect man but when she finds out who he really is, she realizes that they can't be together. Can Max walk away from the love of her life? And will Lucy play the fame game in order to keep hers?
1566 olen33 21 июля 2011	Скачать книгу

We Are All Made of Glue	Penguin Group
Автор: Marina Lewycka Издательство: Penguin Group, 2010	PDF, 432 страницы, 12.96 МБ 5 Оценка:
From bonding to bondage, from B&Q to Belarus, along with seven smelly cats, three useless handymen, two slimy estate agents, social workers, and a bonker lady, this is the story of a very unlikely friendship. Georgie Sinclair's husband has walked out; her sixteen-year-old son is busy surfing born-again websites; and all those overdue articles for Adhesives in the Modern World are getting her down. So when Georgie spots Mrs Shapiro, an eccentric old Jewish emigre neighbour with an eye for a bargain and a fondness for matchmaking, rummaging through her skip in the middle of the night, it's just the distraction she needs. And although they mistrust each other at first — Georgie doesn't like the look of that past-its-sell-by-date fish, while Mrs Shapiro thinks Georgie needs to smarten herself up and grab a new husband — a firm friendship is formed over the reduced-price shelf at the supermarket. Then Mrs Shapiro is admitted to hospital and to Georgie's surprise, she is named as her next of kin. But sorting out Mrs Shapiro's semi-derelict mansion in Highbury, home to seven stinky cats with agendas of their own, is no easy job when the handyman called in to change the locks turns out to be not what he seems and his two assistants, 'the Uselesses', are doing more breaking than fixing. And what about the two slimy estate agents (one with a charming taste for bondage) who start competing to trick Mrs Shapiro into selling her rickety old house, or the social worker determined to commit her to a nursing home? As Georgie steps in to help her new friend, she finds herself unravelling a mystery which takes her from Highbury to wartime Europe to the Middle East, and learning a bit about DIY along the way.
1566 olen33 21 июля 2011	Скачать книгу

Young Wives' Tales	Penguin Group
Автор: Adele Parks Издательство: Penguin Group, 2008	DjVu, 592 страницы, 23.68 МБ 5 Оценка:
Lucy stole her friend Rose's 'happily ever after' because she wanted Rose's husband, Peter, and Lucy always gets what she wants. Big mistake. Rose was the ideal wife and is the ideal mother; Lucy was the perfect mistress. Connie — best friend to both Lucy and Rose — is stuck in the middle. She's got Lucy's worries about being wife, mother and career bitch in one ear and Rose's struggle at being a plain old single mum in the other. But Connie has her own troubles: she's just got the hang of family life when an old flame pops up to rekindle a bit of passion...on the side. For Rose, Lucy and Connie — young wives all — it looks like there's a few more twists in the marriage tale still to come.
2145 erdik 13 октрября 2011	Скачать книгу

Brad and Angelina: Truth and Lies	Penguin Group
Автор: Chas Newkey-Burden Издательство: Penguin Group, 2010	PDF, 272 страницы, 8.16 МБ 8 Оценка:
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are the best-known and most talked-about couple in the world. When they got together in 2005 it made headlines worldwide — everyone wanted to know the full story of what had happened: had Brad cheated on Jen? How long had the affair been going on? Just what happened on the set of Mr and Mrs Smith to break up Hollywood's golden couple? Since the birth of 'Brangelina', Brad and Ange have never been out of the spotlight. Whether it's speculation about their wild and incredible sex life or the apparent cracks in their relationship, the public are fascinated. But never before has a book told the full story — of the relationships and lives that Brad, Jen and Angelina all led before fate brought them together, of the irresistible chemistry that drew Brad and Angelina together, of their relationship together, from its glorious honeymoon period through to its shaky present. Finally, Chas Newkey-Burden separates the rumours from the reality and the truth from the lies. This is the astonishing, electrifying and untold story of Brangelina. Once you pick up this book you will not be able to put it down...
986 radius 28 июня 2012	Скачать книгу

The Brightest Star in the Sky	Penguin Group
Автор: Marian Keyes Издательство: Penguin Group, 2009	PDF, 624 страницы, 18.72 МБ 0 Оценка:
At 66 Star Street in Dublin, someone is watching over the lives of the people living in its flats. But no one is aware of it — yet... One of them is ready to take the plunge and fall in love; another is torn between two very different lovers. For some, secrets will come to light, which for others will have tragic consequences.
2262 metroteam 19 марта 2012	Скачать книгу

Driven to Distraction	Penguin Group
Автор: Jeremy Clarkson Издательство: Penguin Group, 2010	PDF, 480 страниц, 14.40 МБ 8 Оценка:
Brace yourself, Clarkson's back. And he'd like to tell you what he thinks about some of the most awe-inspiring, earth-shatteringly fast and jaw-droppingly gorgeous cars in the world (alongside a few irredeemable disasters ...). Or he would, if there weren't so many things competing for his attention first. So much to get off his chest. The world according to Clarkson is a perplexing place, filled with thorny subjects like: the prospect of having Terry Wogan as president; why you'll never see a woman driving a Lexus; the unforeseen consequences of inadequate birth control; and, why everyone should spend a weekend with a digger. Fearless, independent, surprising and laugh-out-loud funny, Driven to Distraction is full-throttle Clarkson at his best; a unique look at the joys, absurdities and frustrations of modern life. With wheels. Buckle up, get comfortable, and hold on tight. There's no one who writes about cars like Jeremy.
1740 admin 12 марта 2013	Скачать книгу

Over to You: Ten Stories of Flyers and Flying	Penguin Group
Автор: Roald Dahl Издательство: Penguin Group, 2010	PDF, 160 страниц, 4.80 МБ 8 Оценка:
During the Second World War Roald Dahl served in the RAF and suffered horrific injuries in an air crash in the Libyan desert. Drawing on his own experience as a fighter pilot, Dahl crafted these ten spine-tingling stories: of air battles in the sky; of the nightmare of being shot down; of the infectious madness of conflict; and of the nervy jollity of the Mess and Ops room. Dahl brilliantly conveys the bizarre reality of a wartime pilot's daily existence, where death is a constant companion and life is lived from one heartbeat to the next.
580 admin 26 февраля 2012	Скачать книгу

The Private Patient	Penguin Group
Автор: P.D. James Издательство: Penguin Group, 2009	DOC, 512 страниц, 1.00 МБ 5 Оценка:
The scar on Rhoda Gradwyn's face was to be the death of her... When the notorious investigative journalist, Rhoda Gradwyn, books into Mr Chandler-Powell's private clinic in Dorset for the removal of a disfiguring and long-standing scar, she has every prospect of a successful operation and the beginning of a new life. But the Manor holds a secret and deadly enemy. While she lies drowsily recovering from the anaesthetic a white-shrouded figure stealthily enters her bedroom and within minutes Rhoda is dead. Dalgliesh and his team, called in to investigate the murder, and later a second equally horrific death, find themselves confronted with problems even more complicated than the question of innocence or guilt.
1856 nniikk 17 августа 2011	Скачать книгу

The Rough Guide to Graphic Novels	Penguin Group
Автор: Danny Fingeroth Издательство: Penguin Group, 2008	PDF, 312 страниц, 9.36 МБ 5 Оценка:
The Rough Guide to Graphic Novels is the ultimate companion to the expanding world of the 'literary comic book'. Written by comic industry insider Danny Fingeroth, it includes the mediums' history, from sequential art in Egyptian tombs, through the superhero boom of the 1940s to the birth of the graphic novel movement and the latest online offerings. All you need to know about the best and rest with 60 must-read graphic novels, including the genre-defining Maus and A Contract with God, plus modern classics-in-the-making Fun Home and Alice in Sunderland. The guide profiles the movements legends including Harvey Pekar, Chris Ware, Denis Kitchen and other amazing illustrators, writers and publishers who've helped win respect for this once marginalised art form. And everything else you need to know from 'how to make a graphic novel' to Persepolis and the latest film and television offerings, manga, documentaries, conventions, books, magazines and websites.
1130 eugene-kovalenko 28 марта 2011	Скачать книгу

American Tragedy	Penguin Group
Автор: Theodore Dreiser Издательство: Penguin Group, 2010	PDF, 896 страниц, 26.88 МБ 0 Оценка:
«A tremendous bestseller when it was published in 1925, «An American Tragedy» is the culmination of Theodore Dreiser's elementally powerful fictional art. Revised reissue.»
3249 bablo 14 июля 2011	Скачать книгу

Atlas Shrugged	Penguin Group
Автор: Ayn Rand Издательство: Penguin Group, 1997	PDF, 1096 страниц, 32.88 МБ 0 Оценка:
Published in 1957, Atlas Shrugged was Ayn Rand's greatest achievement and last work of fiction. In this novel she dramatizes her unique philosophy through an intellectual mystery story that integrates ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, politics, economics, and sex. Set in a near-future U.S.A. whose economy is collapsing as a result of the mysterious disappearance of leading innovators and industrialists, this novel presents an astounding panorama of human life-from the productive genius who becomes a worthless playboy... to the great steel industrialist who does not know that he is working for his own destruction... to the philosopher who becomes a pirate... to the woman who runs a transcontinental railroad... to the lowest track worker in her train tunnels. Peopled by larger-than-life heroes and villains, charged with towering questions of good and evil, Atlas Shrugged is a philosophical revolution told in the form of an action thriller.
3949 i-car 14 августа 2009	Скачать книгу

Daring to Dream	Penguin Group
Автор: Nora Roberts Издательство: Penguin Group, 1996	PDF, 373 страницы, 11.19 МБ 5 Оценка:
Margo Sullivan had everything she could ask for. The daughter of the Templetons' stern housekeeper, she was treated like a member of the family. But money could not buy the thing she craved most-her mother's acceptance...
1343 serefka 13 октрября 2009	Скачать книгу

Holding the Dream	Penguin Group
Автор: Nora Roberts Издательство: Penguin Group, 1997	PDF, 356 страниц, 10.68 МБ 0 Оценка:
Nora Roberts presents the second novel in an extraordinary new trilogy about the lives and loves of three sisters of the heart. Margo, Kate and Laura were brought up like sisters amidst the peerless grandeur of Templeton House. But it was Kate who soon discovered that her past was haunted by the darkest of secrets.
1282 vlad22 26 декабря 2009	Скачать книгу

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