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Slightly Out of Focus
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Random House, Inc.
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Автор: Capa R.
Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2010
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PDF, 272 страницы, 8.16 МБ
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«In 1942, a dashing young man who liked nothing so much as a heated game of poker, a good bottle of scotch, and the company of a pretty girl hopped a merchant ship to England. He was Robert Capa, the brilliant and daring photojournalist, and Collier's magazine had put him on assignment to photograph the war raging in Europe. In these pages, Capa recounts his terrifying journey through the darkest battles of World War II and shares his memories of the men and women of the Allied forces who befriended, amused, and captivated him along the way. His photographs are masterpieces — John G. Morris, Magnum Photos' first executive editor, called Capa «the century's greatest battlefield photographer» — and his writing is by turns riotously funny and deeply moving. From Sicily to London, Normandy to Algiers, Capa experienced some of the most trying conditions imaginable, yet his compassion and wit shine on every page of this book. Charming and profound, Slightly Out of Focus is a marvelous memoir told in words and pictures by an extraordinary man.»
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986
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28 июня 2012
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Drawing Lessons from the Great Masters
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Автор: Hale Robert Beverly
Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2010
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PDF, 272 страницы, 8.16 МБ
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A book whose sales have not diminished but rather increased dramatically since its publication 45 years ago, this bestselling classic is the ultimate manual of drawing taught by the late Robert Beverly Hale, who’s famed lectures and classes at New York City’s Art Student League captivated artists and art educators from around the world. Faithfully producing and methodically analyzing 100 master drawings—including works of Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, Rodin, Goya, and Rembrandt among others—Hale shows how these artists tackled basic problems such as line, light and planes, mass, position and thrust, and anatomy. With detailed analytical captions and diagrams, every lesson is clearly delineated and illustrated. Throughout, also, is commentary that sheds light on the creative process of drawing and offers deep insight into the unsurpassed achievements of the masters.
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986
radius
28 июня 2012
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Strange Fascination: David Bowie
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Автор: Buckley David
Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2010
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PDF, 688 страниц, 20.64 МБ
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«David Bowie is now into his fifth decade of making music. From his first hit single/Space Oddity', to his vital 21st-century albums Heathen and Reality, he remains the most influential rock star of his generation. «Strange Fascination» chronicles Bowie's career against the colourful backdrop of post-Beatles pop culture, taking us from the glam-era gender-bending of the early 1970s, through plastic soul, the Berlin period, «Scary Monsters» and the huge international success of «Let's Dance» right the way up to his most recent collaborations and his pioneering use of the Internet. It's a story of amazing creativity, of huge, showboating theatricality and of a never-ending quest to remain relevant and at pop's cutting edge.»
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2495
bt911
15 октрября 2013
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On the Street
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Автор: Arbus Amy
Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2010
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PDF, 104 страницы, 3.12 МБ
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«Between 1980 and 1990, over five hundred of photographer Amy Arbus's impromptu and edgy portraits of New Yorkers appeared in the Village Voice's monthly fashion feature, «On the Street». The column's missive was to document the city's most adventurous trednsetters as they lived their lives. But Arbus's photographs tell much more than a style story. From the friendliest to the grittiest, every one of these images is a potent tribute to self-expression. Taken as a whole, they reflect an era of contradictions, a time in America when urban individualism and raw creativity were courageously fighting for breathing room and holding their own in a culture ruled by wealthy conservatism and Republican politics. For the first time since that hard-to-define decade, this time-capsule collection of images is being revisited. On the Street features seventy of the most revealing and expressive images taken by Arbus on the city’s fashion-fertile sidewalks. From the unknown to the unmistakably famous, her subjects are all equally unforgettable. Arbus’s ubiquitous lens captured the most influential style-makers, from The Clash on the set of Martin Scorsese's King of Comedy and Madonna on the same day her single “Everybody” hit the charts, to Anna Sui, Joey Arias, Phoebe Legére, and countless other local artists, actors, costume designers, shop owners, musicians, make-up artists, graffiti artists, and downtown scenesters. From eyewear to underwear and schoolgirl skirts to backless shirts; from women dressed like men to men that are barely dressed; from lipstick to just plain schtik, there is no aspect of 80’s style that goes unrepresented. A. M. Homes, the renowned author of The End of Alice and contributing editor at Vanity Fair, offers a personal and illuminating essay that introduces and celebrates Arbus’ photographs, while elegantly placing them in the context of the time in which they were taken.»
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377
lycemer
25 мая 2013
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Strictly English
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Автор: Heffer Simon
Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2011
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DjVu, 352 страницы, 14.08 МБ
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«The author's incisive and amusingly despairing emails to colleagues at the «The Daily Telegraph» about grammatical mistakes and stylistic slips have attracted a growing band of ardent fans over the years. In this book, he makes an impassioned case for an end to the sloppiness that has become such a hallmark of everyday speech and writing.»
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1277
anarho
25 июня 2013
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1Q84: Books 1, 2 and 3
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Автор: Murakami Haruki
Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2012
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PDF, 1328 страниц, 39.84 МБ
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The year is 1Q84. This is the real world, there is no doubt about that. But in this world, there are two moons in the sky. In this world, the fates of two people, Tengo and Aomame, are closely intertwined. They are each, in their own way, doing something very dangerous. And in this world, there seems no way to save them both. Something extraordinary is starting.
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4821
brutus
14 июля 2013
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I, Alex Cross
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Автор: Patterson James
Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2010
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PDF, 480 страниц, 14.40 МБ
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Overcome by the brutal murder of his niece, Alex vows to capture the psychopath before he kills again. During his investigation, Alex discovers that she was mixed up with some very important, very dangerous people-and she's not the only one who has disappeared. The hunt for the murderer leads Alex and his girlfriend, Detective Brianna Stone, to Washington's most infamous club-a place where every fantasy is possible, if you have the credentials to get in. Could the killer could be one of their patrons, one of Washington's elite who will do anything to keep their secrets buried? With astonishing plot twists and electrifying revelations, I Am Alex Cross is James Patterson's most suspenseful Alex Cross novel yet.
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1740
admin
12 марта 2013
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Killing Rommel
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Автор: Pressfield Steven
Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2009
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PDF, 320 страниц, 9.60 МБ
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«Steven Pressfield’s quintet of acclaimed, bestselling novels of ancient warfare — Gates of Fire, Tides of War, Last of the Amazons, The Virtues of Wa,r and The Afghan Campaign — have earned him a reputation as a master chronicler of military history, a supremely literate and engaging storyteller, and an author with acute insight into the minds of men in battle. In Killing Rommel Pressfield extends his talents to the modern world with a WWII tale based on the real-life exploits of the Long Range Desert Group, an elite British special forces unit that took on the German Afrika Korps and its legendary commander, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, «the Desert Fox». Autumn 1942. Hitler’s legions have swept across Europe; France has fallen; Churchill and the English are isolated on their island. In North Africa, Rommel and his Panzers have routed the British Eighth Army and stand poised to overrun Egypt, Suez, and the oilfields of the Middle East. With the outcome of the war hanging in the balance, the British hatch a desperate plan — send a small, highly mobile, and heavily armed force behind German lines to strike the blow that will stop the Afrika Korps in its tracks. Narrated from the point of view of a young lieutenant, Killing Rommel brings to life the flair, agility, and daring of this extraordinary secret unit, the Long Range Desert Group. Stealthy and lethal as the scorpion that serves as their insignia, they live by their motto: Non Vi Sed Arte — Not by Strength, by Guile as they gather intelligence, set up ambushes, and execute raids. Killing Rommel chronicles the tactics, weaponry, and specialized skills needed for combat, under extreme desert conditions. And it captures the camaraderie of this “band of brothers” as they perform the acts of courage and cunning crucial to the Allies’ victory in North Africa. As in all of his previous novels, Pressfield powerfully renders the drama and intensity of warfare, the bonds of men in close combat, and the surprising human emotions and frailties that come into play on the battlefield. A vivid and authoritative depiction of the desert war, Killing Rommel brilliantly dramatizes an aspect of World War II that hasn’t been in the limelight since Patton. Combining scrupulous historical detail and accuracy with remarkable narrative momentum, this galvanizing novel heralds Pressfield’s gift for bringing more recent history to life.»
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1160
admin
19 марта 2012
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Secret Between Us
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Автор: Delinsky Barbara
Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2005
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PDF, 345 страниц, 10.35 МБ
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One lie sends a family into turmoil in a heart-rending new novel from a worldwide bestselling author, perfect for fans of Jodi Picoult When Deborah Monroe's car hits and kills a man on a deserted road on a dark and rainy night, questions of who is to blame muddy the already complicated life of a woman who is newly divorced and struggling with emotions that are rampant in a house with two vulnerable children. Deborah's daughter, 16-year old, Grace, was behind the wheel but, desperate to protect her daughter, Deborah covers for her and takes responsibility for the death of the man. But, when it seems that the victim may or may not have been suicidal, issues of guilt and responsibility, truth and honesty, are all brought into sharp focus.
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1248
larry_troy
15 мая 2008
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The Night Circus
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Автор: Morgenstern Erin
Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2012
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The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rкves, and it is only open at night. But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway — a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will.
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7 декабря 2014
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Dreams Of Rivers And Seas
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Автор: Parks Tim
Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2009
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PDF, 431 страниц, 12.93 МБ
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For some time now, I have been plagued, perhaps blessed, by dreams of rivers and seas, dreams of water. Just days after Albert James writes these lines to his son, John, in London, he is dead. Abandoning a pretty girlfriend and the lab where he is completing his PhD, John flies to Delhi to join his mother in mourning.
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1562
doldubrovin
20 декабря 2011
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The Consequences Of Love
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Автор: Sulaiman Addonia
Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2009
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PDF, 346 страниц, 10.38 МБ
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Under the hot sun, the Jeddah streets resemble a scene from an old black-and-white movie: the women dressed like long, dark shadows and the men in their light cotton tunics. Naser's friends have all left town for cooler climes but he can't get away: he's an outsider in Saudi and he needs to hold down his job at the local carwash. During his time off, he sits beneath his favourite palm tree, writing to his mother in Africa and yearning for the glamorous Egyptian actress he hopes to meet one day. It's hard to adjust to a world that puts up so many barriers between men and women: walls in the mosque, divider panels in the buses and veils on the street. Naser feels increasingly trapped, not least by the religious police who keep watch through the shaded windows of their government jeeps. A splash of colour arrives in Naser's world when, unexpectedly, a small piece of paper is dropped at his feet. It is a love note, from a woman whose face he has never seen and whose voice he has never heard. She tells him that she will wear a pair of pink shoes the next time she passes so that he can pick her out from the other women in their identical black abayas. Erotic tension runs high; Naser and his 'habibati' begin to exchange letters. But in moments of doubt the pink shoes seem to lead him into a cul-de-sac of thwarted desire, fraught with danger. Relationships between unmarried men and women are illegal under the strict Wahabism of Saudi state rule — and it's not long before their real, but illicit, love must face the hardest test of all...
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1254
zlata
17 сентября 2014
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Lottery
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Автор: Wood Patricia
Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2008
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PDF, 310 страниц, 9.30 МБ
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Perry's IQ is only 76, but he's not stupid. His grandmother taught him everything he needs to know to survive: She taught him to write things down so he won't forget them. She taught him to play the lottery every week. And most important, she taught him whom to trust. When Gram dies, Perry is left orphaned and bereft at the age of thirty-one. Then he wins twelve million dollars with his weekly Washington State Lottery ticket, and he finds he has more family than he knows what to do with. Peopled with characters both wicked and heroic who leap off the pages, Lottery is a deeply satisfying, gorgeously rendered novel about trust, loyalty, and what distinguishes us as capable.
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1123
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21 октрября 2011
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Can You Keep a Secret
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Автор: Kinsella Sophie
Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2008
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DOC, 416 страниц, 1.00 МБ
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Meet Emma Corrigan, a young woman with a huge heart, an irrepressible spirit, and a few little secrets: Secrets from her boyfriend: I've always thought Connor looks a bit like Ken. As in Barbie and Ken. Secrets from her mother: I lost my virginity in the spare bedroom with Danny Nussbaum while Mum and Dad were downstairs watching Ben-Hur. Secrets she wouldn't share with anyone in the world: I have no idea what NATO stands for. Or even what it is. Until she spills them all to a handsome stranger on a plane. At least, she thought he was a stranger... Until Emma comes face-to-face with Jack Harper, the company's elusive CEO, a man who knows every single humiliating detail about her...
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1507
delovar
05 июня 2010
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The Partner
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Автор: Grisham John
Издательство: Random House, Inc., 1998
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PDF, 480 страниц, 14.40 МБ
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They watched Danilo Silva for days before they finally grabbed him. He was living alone, a quiet life on a shady street in a small town in Brazil; a simple life in a modest home, certainly not one of luxury. Certainly no evidence of the fortune they thought he had stolen. He was much thinner and his face had been altered. He spoke a different language, and spoke it very well. But Danilo had a past with many chapters. Four years earlier he had been Patrick Lanigan, a young partner in a prominent Biloxi law firm. He had a pretty wife, a new daughter, and a bright future. Then one cold winter night Patrick was trapped in a burning car and died a horrible death. When he was buried his casket held nothing more than his ashes. From a short distance away, Patrick watched his own burial. Then he fled. Six weeks later, a fortune was stolen from his ex-law firm's offshore account. And Patrick fled some more. But they found him.
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1730
admin
28 марта 2009
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Shogun: A Novel of Japan
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Random House, Inc.
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Автор: Clavell James
Издательство: Random House, Inc., 1993
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PDF, 1152 страницы, 34.56 МБ
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«A bold English adventuer. An invincible Japanese warlord. A beautiful woman torn between two ways of life, two ways of love. All brought together in a mighty saga of a time and place aflame with conflict, passion, ambition, lust and the struggle for power. «Superbly crafted... grips the reader like a riptide... gets the juices flowing!» — «Washington Star». «Exciting, totally absorbing... be prepared for late nights, meals unlasting, buisness unattended...» — «Philadelphia Inquirer». «Adventure and action, the suspense of danger, shocking, touching human relationships... a climactic human story». — «Los Angeles Times».»
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4143
kulikovey
12 мая 2009
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Tai-Pan
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Random House, Inc.
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Автор: Clavell James
Издательство: Random House, Inc., 1993
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PDF, 736 страниц, 22.08 МБ
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It is the early 19th century, when European traders and adventurers first began to penetrate the forbidding Chinese mainland. And it is in this exciting time and exotic place that a giant of an Englishman, Dirk Straun, sets out to turn the desolate island of Hong Kong into an impregnable fortress of British power, and to make himself supreme ruler... Tai-Pan!
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2646
eugeni
14 сентября 2009
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