Penguin Group
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The English
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Penguin Group
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Автор: Jeremy Paxman
Издательство: Penguin Group, 2007
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PDF, 320 страниц, 9.60 МБ
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Jeremy Paxman is to many the embodiment of Englishness yet even he is sometimes forced to ask: who or what exactly are the English? And in setting about addressing this most vexing of questions, Paxman discovers answers to a few others. Like: • Why do the English actually enjoy feeling persecuted? • What is behind the English obsession with games? • How did they acquire their odd attitudes to sex and to food? • Where did they get their extraordinary capacity for hypocrisy? Covering history, attitudes to foreigners, sport, stereotypes, language and much, much more, The English brims over with stories and anecdotes that provide a fascinating portrait of a nation and its people.
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1158
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19 апреля 2011
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A Handful of Dust
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Penguin Group
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Автор: Evelyn Waugh
Издательство: Penguin Group, 2013
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PDF, 288 страниц, 8.64 МБ
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After seven years of marriage the beautiful Lady Brenda Last is bored with life at Hetton Abbey, the Gothic mansion that is the pride and joy of her husband, Tony. She drifts into an affair with the shallow socialite John Beaver and forsakes Tony for the Belgravia set. Brilliantly combining tragedy, comedy and savage irony, A Handful of Dust captures the irresponsible mood of the 'crazy and sterile generation' between the wars, The breakdown of the Last marriage, is a painful, comic re-working of Waugh's own divorce and a symbol of the disintegration of society.
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1046
vitalysev
14 июля 2014
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How Language Works
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Penguin Group
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Автор: David Crystal
Издательство: Penguin Group, 2007
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DOC, 512 страниц, 1.00 МБ
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In this fascinating survey of everything from how sounds become speech to how names work, David Crystal answers every question you might ever have had about the nuts and bolts of language in his usual highly illuminating way. Along the way, we find out about eyebrow flashes, whistling languages, how parents teach their children to speak, how politeness travels across languages and how the way we talk show not just how old we are but where we're from and even who we want to be.
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1854
nniikk
17 октрября 2010
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The Islamist
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Penguin Group
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Автор: Ed Husain
Издательство: Penguin Group, 2008
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DjVu, 304 страницы, 12.16 МБ
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When I was sixteen I became an Islamic fundamentalist. Five years later, after much emotional turmoil, I rejected fundamentalist teachings and returned to normal life and my family. I tried to put my experiences behind me, but as the events of 7/7 unfolded it became clear to me that Islamist groups pose a threat to this country that we — Muslims and non-Muslims alike — do not yet understand. Why are young British Muslims becoming extremists? What are the risks of another home-grown terrorist attack on British soil? By describing my experiences inside these groups, the reasons I joined them and how, after leaving I recovered my faith and mind, I hope to explain the appeal of extremist thought, how fanatics penetrate Muslim communities and the truth behind their agenda of subverting the West and moderate Islam. Writing candidly about life after extremism, I illustrate the depth of the problem that now grips Muslim hearts and minds. I will lay bare what politicians and Muslim 'community leaders' do not want you to know. This is the first time an ex-member openly discusses life within radical Islamic organisations. This is my story.
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1101
stalker1965
16 февраля 2010
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Lolita
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Penguin Group
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Автор: Vladimir Nabokov
Издательство: Penguin Group, 2006
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DOC, 368 страниц, 1.00 МБ
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Humbert is a middle-aged, fastidious college professor. He also likes little girls. And none more so than Lolita, who he'll do anything to possess. Is he in love or insane? A silver-tongued poet or a pervert? A tortured soul or a monster? Or is he all of these?
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1332
lubacha
10 декабря 2008
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Mr: Clarinet
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Penguin Group
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Автор: Nick Stone
Издательство: Penguin Group, 2006
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DjVu, 576 страниц, 23.04 МБ
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It was a job Miami private investigator Max Mingus found hard to refuse: $10 million to locate billionaire’s son Charlie Carver – missing now for over three years. Young Charlie disappeared on the island of Haiti, where over the decades scores of children have vanished. In a country dominated by voodoo, rumours abound of black magic and a mythical figure called ‘Mr Clarinet’, who for years has been tempting children away from their families. But could the truth be even more shocking than the legend? To find out, Max will have to succeed where previous detectives have not only failed – but where some have died. And suddenly, this job isn’t all about finding Charlie or his killers for the money – it’s just about staying alive …
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2085
nergon
27 октрября 2009
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Rage
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Penguin Group
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Автор: Jonathan Kellerman
Издательство: Penguin Group, 2010
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DOC, 512 страниц, 1.00 МБ
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'On a slow chilly Sunday in January, shortly after the Lakers overcame a sixteen point halftime deficit and beat New Jersey, I got a call from a murderer'. Eight years ago, psychologist Alex Delaware evaluated two teenage boys charged with the shocking murder of young Kristal Malley. Now one of the killers is out of prison — and wants to meet up with Alex. But by the time the pair do come face to face again, one of them is dead. Was Rand Duchay just another victim of an LA street crime? Or is something more sinister going on here? Alex and Detective Milo Sturgis mean to find out. To do so, they will follow a trail of blood that will lead them to the depths of cruelty — and straight to the heart of murderous betrayal.
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1857
nniikk
18 июля 2011
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Rosie
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Penguin Group
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Автор: Lesley Pearse
Издательство: Penguin Group, 1998
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DOC, 640 страниц, 1.00 МБ
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Rosie Parker is no more than a child when her mother dies during the war. Left to the less-than-tender mercies of her father Cole and her brutish step-brothers Seth and Norman, she sees the arrival of housekeeper Heather Farley as a possible replacement mother and her salvation. But when Thomas Farley comes looking for his sister several years later, he discovers Heather has left the Parkers in mysterious circumstances, abandoning her small son. As the terrible truth about Heather's disappearance comes to light, Rosie is compelled to leave the farm and make her own way in the world. And if that means being exposed as the daughter of a murderer, that's a risk she'll have to take ... Rosie is the compelling story of how love and tenderness can grow, like wild roses, out of the most barren ground.
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2307
admin
04 июля 2009
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Scoop: A Novel About Journalists
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Penguin Group
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Автор: Evelyn Waugh
Издательство: Penguin Group, 2000
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PDF, 240 страниц, 7.20 МБ
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Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of the Daily Beast, has always prided himself on his intuitive flair for spotting ace reporters. That is not to say he has not made the odd blunder, however, and may in a moment of weakness make another. Acting on a dinner-party tip from Mrs Algernon Stitch, he feels convinced that he has hit on just the chap to cover a promising little war in the African Republic of Ishmaelia. One of Waugh's most exuberant comedies, Scoop is a brilliantly irreverent satire of Fleet Street and its hectic pursuit of hot news.
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866
admin
21 июля 2009
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Vile Bodies
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Penguin Group
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Автор: Evelyn Waugh
Издательство: Penguin Group, 2008
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PDF, 256 страниц, 7.68 МБ
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The Bright Young Things of 1920s Mayfair, with their paradoxical mix of innocence and sophistication, exercise their inventive minds and vile bodies in every kind of capricious escapade, whether it is promiscuity, dancing, cocktail parties or sports cars. A vivid assortment of characters, among them the struggling writer Adam Fenwick-Symes and the glamorous, aristocratic Nina Blount, hunt fast and furiously for ever greater sensations and the hedonistic fulfilment of their desires. Evelyn Waugh's acidly funny and experimental satire shows a new generation emerging in the years after the First World War, revealing the darkness and vulnerability beneath the glittering surface of the high life.
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lawyer_78rus
26 мая 2011
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War and Peace
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Penguin Group
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Автор: Leo Tolstoy
Издательство: Penguin Group, 2010
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PDF, 1408 страниц, 42.24 МБ
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Considered by many to be the greatest novel ever written, Tolstoy's masterpiece is a story of family life set against the backdrop of war. The novel begins in 1805 in the crowded and gossip-filled rooms of a St Petersburg party and follows the fortunes of the aristocratic Bolkonsky and Rostov families as Napoleon's armies sweep through Europe, culminating in the French invasion of Russia in 1812 and Napoleon's defeat. Tolstoy's vast novel takes in both the epic sweep of national events and the private experience of individuals, from the keen young soldier to Napoleon himself, and at the heart of it all the complicated triangle of affection that binds his central characters.
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5106
sierra
16 февраля 2012
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The Worst Witch All at Sea
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Penguin Group
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Автор: Jill Murphy
Издательство: Penguin Group, 2013
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PDF, 224 страницы, 6.72 МБ
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'I think your work will improve no end if you accept my offer of Fenella's cat. And Tabby will have the time of his life down in the kitchen'. Poor Mildred is distraught. On the first day back at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches her beloved but useless cat, Tabby, is banished to the kitchen. Then the class go for a week by the seaside and Mildred can bear the separation no longer. Stowing Tabby away, she takes him with her. But trying to keep him out of sight of Miss Hardbroom and prying Ethel Hallow leads Mildred from one disaster to another, and soon she really is all at sea. In this long-awaited fourth book about the endearing Worst Witch there's enough excitement to more than satisfy all her many fans.
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813
allkonekt
12 сентября 2018
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The Worst Witch Saves the Day
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Penguin Group
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Автор: Jill Murphy
Издательство: Penguin Group, 2014
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PDF, 160 страниц, 4.80 МБ
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It's the start of a new term at Miss Cackle's Academy for Witches and Mildred Hubble is determined not to be the worst witch this year. Everything starts so well. Mildred's class has a new form teacher — no more Miss Hardbroom for Mildred and her friends! But then the new teacher, Miss Granite, starts acting fishy; Mildred has a very bad hair day when a hair growth spell goes wrong and she has to put up with know-it-all Ethel Hallow being 'helpful'. To top it all, her beloved cat Tabby is having a nervous breakdown and refuses to fly.
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581
admin
26 декабря 2016
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The Sheltering Sky
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Penguin Group
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Автор: Paul Bowles
Издательство: Penguin Group, 2006
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DjVu, 352 страницы, 14.08 МБ
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Some journeys are best left unmade. Kit and Port Moresby are Americans abroad. Struggling to save their marriage, they resolve to trade civilization for the wilderness of the Sahara. At first, the pair are seduced by the desert's beauty. But beneath the exquisite landscape lurk the dark undercurrents of an alien culture, and the relentless dangers of a hostile natural world. And as they travel deeper, they might not only lose their way. They could lose their lives ...
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1274
anarho
24 сентября 2011
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The New Penguin Russian Course
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Penguin Group
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Автор: Nicholas J. Brown
Издательство: Penguin Group, 2008
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DOC, 528 страниц, 1.00 МБ
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Whether you’re learning alone or attending classes, you’ll find this complete Russian language course for beginners both accessible and indispensable. Designed to provide the student with an excellent command of basic Russian (the equivalent of A’ level standard) the book features thirty lessons punctuated by revision exercises to ensure you have fully understood what you have learned. The emphasis is on acquiring vocabulary, experiencing conversational language and learning useful grammar. The book also includes a vocabulary of 1,500 words and a glossary of grammatical terms.
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1913
carabin
10 декабря 2010
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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Penguin Group
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Автор: Mark Twain
Издательство: Penguin Group, 2007
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PDF, 221 страниц, 6.63 МБ
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From the famous episodes of the whitewashed fence and the ordeal in the cave to the trial of Injun Joe, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is redolent of life in the Mississippi River towns in which Twain spent his own youth. A somber undercurrent flows through the high humor and unabashed nostalgia of the novel, however, for beneath the innocence of childhood lie the inequities of adult reality-base emotions and superstitions, murder and revenge, starvation and slavery.
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800
alexandr_d
16 февраля 2009
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The Europeans
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Penguin Group
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Автор: Henry James
Издательство: Penguin Group, 2007
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PDF, 192 страницы, 5.76 МБ
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Eugenia`s wit, guile and sophistication, and Felix`s debonair vivacity form an uneasy alliance with the Puritan morality and the frugal, domestic virtues of the Americans. A rich and delicately balanced comedy of manners, The Europeans weighs the values of the established order against those of New England society, but makes no simple judgements, only subtle contrasts and beautifully observed comparisons.
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695
zorkuzz
15 июля 2008
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