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Kiss	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Jacqueline Wilson Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2008	PDF, 320 страниц, 9.60 МБ 8 Оценка:
Sylvie and Carl have been friends since they were tiny children. They've always played together, eaten with each other's families, called each other boyfriend and girlfriend and deep down, Sylvie has always believed that they'd end up married to each other. They even have a magical fantasy world that belongs to them alone — and the glass hut where it's all created, at the bottom of Carl's garden. But as they become teenagers, things are starting to change. They each have different friends. Sylvie would still rather spend all her time with Carl. But Carl has a new friend, Paul, who is taking all his attention. And he seems much less happy to be called Sylvie's boyfriend. And in a game of spin the bottle, he avoids having to kiss her. Sylvie can tell his feelings have changed and that her plans for the future may be affected. But can she guess at the true reasons behind it all? A moving, compelling and delicately handled treatment of sexuality from the Children's Laureate.
1159 admin 19 апреля 2012	Скачать книгу

Leave it to Psmith	Random House, Inc.
Автор: P.G. Wodehouse Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2008	PDF, 256 страниц, 7.68 МБ 0 Оценка:
Lady Constance Keeble, sister of Lord Emsworth of Blandings Castle, has both an imperious manner and a valuable diamond necklace. The precarious peace of Blandings is shattered when her necklace becomes the object of dark plottings, for within the castle lurk some well-connected jewel thieves – among them the Honourable Freddie Threepwood, Lord Emsworth’s younger son, who wants the reward money to set up a bookmaking business. Psmith, the elegant socialist, is also after it for his newly married chum Mike. And on patrol with the impossible task of bringing management to Blandings is the Efficient Baxter, whose strivings for order lead to a memorable encounter with the castle flowerpots. Will peace ever return to Blandings Castle...?
927 lawyer_78rus 26 мая 2011	Скачать книгу

Lenin, Stalin and Hitler: The Age of Social Catastrophe	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Robert Gellately Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2008	PDF, 720 страниц, 21.60 МБ 8 Оценка:
This remarkably ambitious book tells the story of the great social and political catastrophe that enveloped Europe between 1914 and 1945. In a period of almost continuous upheaval society was transformed by two world wars, the Russian Revolution, the Holocaust and the rise and fall of the Third Reich. Combining a powerful narrative with profound analysis, acclaimed historian Robert Gellately argues that these tragedies are inextricably linked and that to consider them as discrete events is to misunderstand their genesis and character. Central, of course, to the catastrophe were the dictators Lenin, Stalin, and Hitler and this book makes unprecedented use of recently opened Russian and German sources to explain how their pursuit of utopian — and dreadfully flawed — ideals led only to dystopian nightmare. In a groundbreaking work Robert Gellately makes clear that most comparative studies of the Soviet and Nazi dictatorships are undermined by neglecting the key importance of Lenins role. The author rejects the myth of the 'good' Lenin and demonstrates his centrality in the unfolding drama. The book provides a powerful social-historical account of all three dictatorships and carefully documents their similarities and differences. It traces the escalation of conflicts between Communism and Nazism and shows how the vicious rivalry between Stalin and Hitler led inescapably to a war of annihilation and genocide. The reverberations of this gargantuan struggle are felt everywhere to this day.
2608 admin 04 июля 2009	Скачать книгу

Master Of Petersburg	Random House, Inc.
Автор: J.M. Coetzee Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2004	PDF, 256 страниц, 7.68 МБ 0 Оценка:
In The Master of Petersburg J. M. Coetzee dares to imagine the life of Dostoevsky. Set in 1869, when Dostoevsky was summoned from Germany to St Petersburg by the sudden death of his stepson, this novel is at once a compelling mystery steeped in the atmosphere of pre-revolutionary Russia and a brilliant and courageous meditation on authority and rebellion, art and imagination. Dostoevsky is seen obsessively following his stepson's ghost, trying to ascertain whether he was a suicide or a murder victim and whether he loved or despised his stepfather.
925 lawyer_78rus 24 июля 2009	Скачать книгу

The Mating Season	Random House, Inc.
Автор: P.G. Wodehouse Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2008	DjVu, 304 страницы, 12.16 МБ 0 Оценка:
At Deverill Hall, an idyllic Tudor manor in the picture-perfect village of King's Deverill, impostors are in the air. The prime example is man-about-town Bertie Wooster, doing a good turn to Gussie Fink-Nottle by impersonating him while he enjoys fourteen days away from society after being caught taking an unscheduled dip in the fountains of Trafalgar Square. Bertie is of course one of nature’s gentlemen, but the stakes are high: if all is revealed, there’s a danger that Gussie’s simpering fiancée Madeline may turn her wide eyes on Bertie instead. It’s a brilliant plan – until Gussie himself turns up, imitating Bertram Wooster. After that, only the massive brain of Jeeves (himself in disguise) can set things right.
1101 stalker1965 16 февраля 2010	Скачать книгу

Meet Mr Mulliner	Random House, Inc.
Автор: P.G. Wodehouse Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2008	PDF, 256 страниц, 7.68 МБ 0 Оценка:
In the Angler’s Rest, drinking hot scotch and lemon, sits one of Wodehouse’s greatest raconteurs. Mr Mulliner, his vivid imagination lubricated by Miss Postlethwaite the barmaid, has fabulous stories to tell of the extraordinary behaviour of his far-flung family: In particular there’s Wilfred, inventor of Raven Gypsy face-cream and Snow of the Mountain Lotion, who lights on the formula for Buck-U-Uppo, a tonic given to elephants to enable them to face tigers with the necessary nonchalance. Its explosive effects on a shy young curate and then the higher clergy is gravely revealed. And there’s his cousin James, the detective-story writer, who has inherited a cottage more haunted than anything in his own imagination. And stuttering George the crossword whizz. And Isadore Zinzinheimer, head of the Bigger, Better & Brighter Motion Picture Company. Tall tales all – but among Wodehouse’s best.
927 lawyer_78rus 26 мая 2011	Скачать книгу

Mere Anarchy	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Woody Allen Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2008	PDF, 176 страниц, 5.28 МБ 0 Оценка:
‘I am greatly relieved that the universe is finally explainable. I was beginning to think it was me’. Thus begins ‘Strung Out’, Woody Allen’s hilarious application of the laws of the universe to daily life. Mere Anarchy, Woody Allen’s first new collection in over 25 years, features eighteen witty, wild and intelligent comic pieces – eight of which have never been in print before. Surreal, absurd, rich in verbal play, bitingly satirical and just plan daft in the mode we have grown to love from his finest films, this flight-of-fancy collection includes tales of a body double who, mistaken for the film’s star, is kidnapped by outlaws; a pretentious novelist forced to work on the novelisation of a Three Stooges film; a nanny secretly writing an expose of her Manhattan employers; crooks selling bespoke prayers on eBay; and how to react when you’re asked to finance a Broadway play about the invention and manufacture of the adjustable showerhead.
637 kubinec12 12 мая 2011	Скачать книгу

Mr Mulliner Speaking	Random House, Inc.
Автор: P.G. Wodehouse Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2008	PDF, 320 страниц, 9.60 МБ 8 Оценка:
In the bar-parlour of the Angler’s Rest, Mr Mulliner tells his amazing tales, which hold the assembled company of Pints of Stout and Whiskies and Splash in the palm of his expressive hand. Here you can discover what happened to The Man Who Gave Up Smoking, share a frisson when the butler delivers Something Squishy on a silver salver (‘your serpent, Sir’, said the voice of Simmons) ­– and experience the dreadful Unpleasantness at Bludleigh Court. Throughout the Mulliner clan remains resourcefully in command in the most outlandish situations.
1159 admin 19 апреля 2012	Скачать книгу

Much Obliged, Jeeves	Random House, Inc.
Автор: P.G. Wodehouse Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2012	PDF, 220 страниц, 6.60 МБ 8 Оценка:
Just as Bertie Wooster is a member of the Drones Club, Jeeves has a club of his own, the Junior Ganymede, exclusively for butlers and gentlemen’s gentlemen. In its inner sanctum is kept the Book of Revelations, where the less than perfect habits of their employers are lovingly recorded. The book is, of course, pure dynamite. So what happens when it disappears into potentially hostile hands? Tossed about in the resulting whirlwind you’ll find lots of Wodehouse’s favourite characters – and a welcome return to Market Snodsbury, in the middle of one of the most chaotic elections of modern times.
798 admin 16 апреля 2016	Скачать книгу

Mulliner Nights	Random House, Inc.
Автор: P.G. Wodehouse Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2008	PDF, 256 страниц, 7.68 МБ 0 Оценка:
A private detective who can make the guilty confess simply by smiling at them. An artist so intimidated by his morally impeccable cat that he feels compelled to wear formal attire at dinner. A devotee of Proust whose life is turned upside down when he inadvertently subscribes to a correspondence course on How to Acquire Complete Self-Confidence and an Iron Will. These are just a few of the many members of the eccentric Mulliner clan whose lives and exploits are laid before the regulars of the Angler’s Rest by that doyen of raconteurs, Mr Mulliner, in a series of tall stories where lunacy and comic exuberance reign supreme.
927 lawyer_78rus 26 мая 2011	Скачать книгу

The Origin Of Wealth: Evolution, Complexity, and the Radical Remaking of Economics	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Eric Beinhocker Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2007	DjVu, 544 страницы, 21.76 МБ 0 Оценка:
«Economics is changing radically. This paradigm shift, the biggest in the field for over a century, will have profound implications for business, government and society for decades to come. In this groundbreaking book, economic thinker and writer Eric Beinhocker surveys the cutting-edge ideas of the leading economists, physicists, biologists and cognitive scientists who are fundamentally reshaping economics, and brings their work alive for a broad audience. These researchers argue that the economy is a ‘complex adaptive system’, more akin to the brain, the internet or an ecosystem than to the static picture of economic systems portrayed by traditional theory. They claim it is the evolutionary process of differentiation, selection and amplification, acting on designs for technologies, social institutions and businesses that drives growth in the economy over time. If Adam Smith provided the inspiration for economics in the twentieth century, it is Charles Darwin who is providing it in the twenty-first. If we can understand how evolution creates wealth, then we can better answer the question ‘How can we create more wealth for the benefit of individuals, businesses and society?’ Beinhocker shows how 'Complexity Economics' turns conventional wisdom on its head in areas such as business strategy, the design of organisations, the workings of stock markets and public policy. As sweeping in scope as its title, «The Origin of Wealth» is a landmark book that shatters orthodox economic theory, and will rewire our thinking about how we came to be here – and where we are going.»
1970 garun-al-rashid 22 апреля 2011	Скачать книгу

Out of the Blue	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Belinda Jones Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2008	DOC, 408 страниц, 1.00 МБ 7 Оценка:
Selena Harper always thought she had the perfect job: working on a luxury cruiseship, excitement and adventure await her in every port. But as she prepares for her latest shore-leave she finds herself unexpectedly deserted by her newly-engaged best friend. On a whim, she agrees to spend a week on the idyllic island of Crete, in the company of Alekos, a man she's convinced is an incorrigible womaniser. Steeped in mythology, the island soon starts to work its magic on Selena — and, more worryingly, so does Alekos. Is life on the ocean wave really is her dream come true?
1478 natali2012 25 мая 2011	Скачать книгу

Pigs Have Wings	Random House, Inc.
Автор: P.G. Wodehouse Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2008	PDF, 256 страниц, 7.68 МБ 0 Оценка:
Can the Empress of Blandings win the Fat Pigs class at the Shropshire Show for the third year running? Galahad Threepwood, Beach the butler and others have put their shirt on this, and for Lord Emsworth it will be paradise on earth. But a substantial obstacle lurks in the way: Queen of Matchingham, the new sow of Sir Gregory Parsloe Bart. Galahad knows this pretender to the crown must be pignapped. But can the Empress in turn avoid a similar fate? In this classic Blandings novel, pigs rise above their bulk to vanish and reappear in the most unlikely places, while young lovers are crossed and recrossed in every room in Blandings Castle.
927 lawyer_78rus 26 мая 2011	Скачать книгу

The President's Last Love	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Andrey Kurkov Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2009	DjVu, 448 страниц, 17.92 МБ 7 Оценка:
«Moscow, 2013. Bunin, the Ukrainian President, has joined other heads of state in an open air swimming pool to drink vodka and celebrate with Putin. During his rise to power Bunin has juggled with formidable and eccentric political and personal challenges. His troubles with his family and his women combine with his difficulties with corrupt businessmen and demanding international allies, but it is his recent heart transplant that worries him most. Since the operation he has started to develop freckles, and his heart donor's mysterious widow seems to have moved in with him...Spanning forty years, «The President's Last Love» is a hilarious satire on love, lies and life before and after the Iron Curtain.»
1624 vtormai 21 октрября 2012	Скачать книгу

Right Ho, Jeeves	Random House, Inc.
Автор: P.G. Wodehouse Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2008	PDF, 300 страниц, 9.00 МБ 8 Оценка:
Gussie Fink-Nottle’s knowledge of the common newt is unparalleled. Drop him in a pond of newts and his behaviour will be exemplary, but introduce him to a girl and watch him turn pink, yammer, and suddenly stampede for great open spaces. Even with Madeline Bassett, who feels that the stars are God’s daisy chain, his tongue is tied in reef-knots. And his chum Tuppy Glossop isn’t getting on much better with Madeline’s delectable friend Angela. With so many broken hearts lying about him, Bertie Wooster can’t sit idly by. The happiness of a pal – two pals, in fact – is at stake. But somehow Bertie’s best-laid plans land everyone in the soup, and so it’s just as well that Jeeves is ever at hand to apply his bulging brains to the problems of young love.
1087 admin 28 июня 2010	Скачать книгу

A Russian Diary: With a Foreword by Jon Snow	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Anna Politkovskaya Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2008	PDF, 272 страницы, 8.16 МБ 8 Оценка:
«A Russian Diary» is the book that Anna Politkovskaya had recently completed when she was murdered in a contract killing in Moscow. Covering the period from the Russian parliamentary elections of December 2003 to the tragic aftermath of the Beslan school siege in late 2005, «A Russian Diary» is an unflinching record of the plight of millions of Russians and a pitiless report on the cynicism and corruption of Vladimir Putin's Presidency. She interviews people whose lives have been devastated by Putin's policies, including the mothers of children who died in the Beslan siege, those of Russian soldiers maimed in Chechnya then abandoned by the state, and of 'disappeared' young men and women. Elsewhere she meets traumatised and dangerous veterans of the Chechen wars and a notorious Chechen warlord in his heavily fortified lair. Putin is re-elected as President in farcically undemocratic circumstances and yet Western leaders, reliant on Russia's oil and gas reserves, continue to pay him homage. Politkovskaya, however, offers a chilling account of his dismantling of the democratic reforms made in the 1990s. Independent television, radio and print media are suppressed, opposition parties are forcibly and illegally marginalised, and electoral law is changed to facilitate ballot-rigging. Yet she also criticises the inability of liberals and democrats to provide a united, effective opposition and a population slow to protest against government legislative outrages. Clear-sighted, passionate and marked with the humanity that made Anna Politkovskaya a heroine to readers throughout the world, «A Russian Diary» is a devastating account of contemporary Russia by a great and brave writer.»
985 radius 28 июля 2009	Скачать книгу

The Secret Life of a Slummy Mummy	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Fiona Neill Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2008	PDF, 432 страницы, 12.96 МБ 5 Оценка:
For Lucy Sweeney, motherhood isn't all astanga yoga and Cath Kidston prints. It's been years since the dirty laundry pile was less than a metre high, months since Lucy remembered to have sex with her husband, and a week since she last did the school run wearing pyjamas. Motherhood, it seems, has more pitfalls than she might have expected. Caught between perfectionist Yummy Mummy No 1 and hypercompetitive Alpha Mum, Lucy is in danger of losing the parenting plot. And worst of all, she's alarmingly distracted by Sexy Domesticated Dad. It's only a matter of time before the dirty laundry quite literally blows up in her face...
1565 olen33 20 сентября 2013	Скачать книгу

Service with a Smile	Random House, Inc.
Автор: P.G. Wodehouse Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2008	PDF, 256 страниц, 7.68 МБ 0 Оценка:
As a peer of the realm, Clarence, Ninth Earl of Emsworth, has an occasional duty to leave the Empress of Blandings, surely the most considerable pig in the whole world, and travel to London for the opening of parliament. It comes hard to him, for he has a proper sense of the priorities in life, which rate pigs and flowerbeds higher than politicians. But no sooner has he returned to Blandings than his real problems begin: the dastardly Duke of Dunstable is out to steal the Empress. His sister Lady Constance has inflicted on him a particularly nasty new secretary. And the Church Lads' Brigade are camped all over his lawns. Thank God for the Earl of Ickenham, better known as Uncle Fred, whose own particularly devious brand of sweetness and light aims to banish blackmailers and pig-stealers and restore true love all over the castle grounds.
927 lawyer_78rus 26 мая 2011	Скачать книгу

Shoe Addicts Anonymous	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Beth Harbison Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2008	PDF, 336 страниц, 10.08 МБ 0 Оценка:
Four very different women...all addicted to shoes. Lorna is up to her eyeballs in debt but can't help bidding for the newest Jimmy Choos on eBay. Helene is unhappily married to a politician who keeps threatening to cancel her credit cards. Sandra pays her shoe bills by working as a phone sex operator. And Joss is a nanny who has found herself in a family from hell and will do just about anything to get out of the house on her night off. When they come upon a classified advert, inviting shoe lovers to a weekly shoe-swap, each one jumps at the chance to meet fellow addicts. But none of them realise that they will come away with much, much more than just a new pair of kitten heels...
1217 phoenix7 15 июня 2010	Скачать книгу

Sleepovers	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Jacqueline Wilson Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2008	PDF, 112 страниц, 3.36 МБ 5 Оценка:
Amy, Bella, Chloe, Daisy and Emily are friends at school and have their own Alphabet Club (just look at their initials!). Daisy is the newest member and is desperate to fit in, even though Chloe is distinctly unfriendly to her at times. Throughout Daisy’s first year at the school, the girls plan ever-more elaborate sleepover parties for their birthdays. Daisy is dreading the time when her birthday comes round as she doesn’t know what her friends will make of sleeping over at her home, with her rather special older sister... A superb handling of the intricacies of young, female friendship and the joys and problems of having an older sister with learning disabilities, from our most accomplished and bestselling author.
405 dimon0 05 июня 2010	Скачать книгу

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