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Свои воспоминания о жизни, о службе и своем участии в боевых походах Наполеона оставили после себя многие его старшие офицеры - генералы и маршалы, к примеру, Филипп-Поль де Сегюр, Арман де Коленкур, Марселен де Марбо, etc. Их мемуары - ценнейший ист…
Свои воспоминания о жизни, о службе и своем участии в боевых походах Наполеона оставили после себя многие его старшие офицеры - генералы и маршалы, к примеру, Филипп-Поль де Сегюр, Арман де Коленкур, Марселен де Марбо, etc. Их мемуары - ценнейший ист…
Романы Артура Хейли можно читать ради увлекательного острого сюжета, – но главное в них всегда люди. Люди, на месте которых мог бы оказаться каждый из нас. Их реакция. Их страсти, интриги, их любовь и ненависть, их эгоизм, мужество – и воля к жизни.
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Романы Артура Хейли можно читать ради увлекательного острого сюжета, – но главное в них всегда люди. Люди, на месте которых мог бы оказаться каждый из нас. Их реакция. Их страсти, интриги, их любовь и ненависть, их эгоизм, мужество – и воля к жизни.
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24 hours: that’s all they have to stop a killer in his tracks… Perfect for fans of Gregg Hurwitz and P.J. Tracy.Two things Perry Hollow Police Chief Kat Campbell never thought she would do again: Enter a burning building, and lay eyes on Henry Goll, …
24 hours: that’s all they have to stop a killer in his tracks… Perfect for fans of Gregg Hurwitz and P.J. Tracy.Two things Perry Hollow Police Chief Kat Campbell never thought she would do again: Enter a burning building, and lay eyes on Henry Goll, …
Perry Hollow, Pennsylvania, has never had a murder. At least not as long as Kat Campbell has been police chief. And the first is brutal. George Winnick, a farmer in his sixties, is found in a homemade coffin on the side of the highway with his lips s…
Perry Hollow, Pennsylvania, has never had a murder. At least not as long as Kat Campbell has been police chief. And the first is brutal. George Winnick, a farmer in his sixties, is found in a homemade coffin on the side of the highway with his lips s…
Be careful who you invite into the bosom of your home – she may never leave…A novel from Fay Weldon, the writer who knows women better than they know themselves.Hattie has a difficult if loving partner, Martyn, an absentee mother, Lallie, and a cynic…
Be careful who you invite into the bosom of your home – she may never leave…A novel from Fay Weldon, the writer who knows women better than they know themselves.Hattie has a difficult if loving partner, Martyn, an absentee mother, Lallie, and a cynic…
A rich and dramatic story of a poor young Indian boy who fights like a tiger to achieve fame and fortune.In a village just outside present-day Calcutta, Koonty, a young girl, is squatting in pain beside the river, convinced that her agony is the resu…
A rich and dramatic story of a poor young Indian boy who fights like a tiger to achieve fame and fortune.In a village just outside present-day Calcutta, Koonty, a young girl, is squatting in pain beside the river, convinced that her agony is the resu…
Now fully revised and updated with new content. Steve Wright selects the weirdest, most fascinating and entertaining trivia from around the world, as read out on his hit Radio 2 show, Steve Wright in the Afternoon.Steve Wright is one of the top names…
Now fully revised and updated with new content. Steve Wright selects the weirdest, most fascinating and entertaining trivia from around the world, as read out on his hit Radio 2 show, Steve Wright in the Afternoon.Steve Wright is one of the top names…
How far would you go to make a new start? Heart-warming and romantic, Take a Look at Me Now will make you laugh, cry and cheer Nell on from start to finish.What a difference a day makes…Nell Sullivan has always been known as ‘Miss Five-Year Plan’. Bu…
How far would you go to make a new start? Heart-warming and romantic, Take a Look at Me Now will make you laugh, cry and cheer Nell on from start to finish.What a difference a day makes…Nell Sullivan has always been known as ‘Miss Five-Year Plan’. Bu…
From the bestselling author of ‘Eats Shoots & Leaves’, an unexpectedly moving, luminously wise and brilliantly funny novel about a Victorian Poet Laureate.In July 1864, a corner of the Isle of Wight is buzzing with literary and artistic creativity. A…
From the bestselling author of ‘Eats Shoots & Leaves’, an unexpectedly moving, luminously wise and brilliantly funny novel about a Victorian Poet Laureate.In July 1864, a corner of the Isle of Wight is buzzing with literary and artistic creativity. A…
Harriet Carew is the endearing heroine of Cristina Odone's popular weekly 'Daily Telegraph' column, 'Posh But Poor'. Based on the character from the column, 'The Dilemmas of Harriet Carew' is the story of her struggle to juggle family life, work and …
Harriet Carew is the endearing heroine of Cristina Odone's popular weekly 'Daily Telegraph' column, 'Posh But Poor'. Based on the character from the column, 'The Dilemmas of Harriet Carew' is the story of her struggle to juggle family life, work and …
A wonderfully inventive and entertaining journey through time and the history of chocolate!The Discovery of Chocolate is a fabulous tale, as rich and exotic as the gorgeous creation that Diego de Godoy first discovers when he arrives in Mexico with C…
A wonderfully inventive and entertaining journey through time and the history of chocolate!The Discovery of Chocolate is a fabulous tale, as rich and exotic as the gorgeous creation that Diego de Godoy first discovers when he arrives in Mexico with C…
Their marriage hangs in the balance, but on this wind battered Christmas Eve, a miracle is born…When Ellie hooked up with world renowned neurosurgeon, Peter Medeci, aka 'Prince Charming’, she thought her dreams had come true. But the demands of being…
Their marriage hangs in the balance, but on this wind battered Christmas Eve, a miracle is born…When Ellie hooked up with world renowned neurosurgeon, Peter Medeci, aka 'Prince Charming’, she thought her dreams had come true. But the demands of being…
Василь Базів – знаний в Україні та за її межами письменник, політик, дипломат, учений, візіонер. У видавництві «Фоліо» вийшли друком його книжки: роман «Хрест», який було висунуто на Шевченківську премію, філософський трилер у двох томах «Кінець світ…
Василь Базів – знаний в Україні та за її межами письменник, політик, дипломат, учений, візіонер. У видавництві «Фоліо» вийшли друком його книжки: роман «Хрест», який було висунуто на Шевченківську премію, філософський трилер у двох томах «Кінець світ…
Еврейская эмиграция вызванная разрушительной для страны Перестройкой, вот тема повестей и рассказов.
Автор является участником-очевидцем, пережившим весь этот ужас, после которого хотелось бежать куда глаза глядят. Покидая насижанные места, переселен…
Еврейская эмиграция вызванная разрушительной для страны Перестройкой, вот тема повестей и рассказов.
Автор является участником-очевидцем, пережившим весь этот ужас, после которого хотелось бежать куда глаза глядят. Покидая насижанные места, переселен…
Василь Земляк (1923–1977), український письменник, кіносценарист, прийшов в літературу у 1950-х роках разом із поколінням письменників-фронтовиків. Його перші повісті присвячені темі повоєнного села, подіям Вітчизняної війни і часто базуються на особ…
Василь Земляк (1923–1977), український письменник, кіносценарист, прийшов в літературу у 1950-х роках разом із поколінням письменників-фронтовиків. Його перші повісті присвячені темі повоєнного села, подіям Вітчизняної війни і часто базуються на особ…
From one of England’s greatest living writers comes a collection of exquisitely formed stories set in life’s great playground.Relationships – clandestine and legitimate – are the theme: boorish chaps and their stalwart women ululate and hum; marriage…
From one of England’s greatest living writers comes a collection of exquisitely formed stories set in life’s great playground.Relationships – clandestine and legitimate – are the theme: boorish chaps and their stalwart women ululate and hum; marriage…
A stolen boyA haunted soldierA cornered con woman…Rafe Angelito thought he was done with the demons from his past—until his son is kidnapped. Blackmailed into abducting an American heiress, the legionnaire soon finds himself trapped in paradise with …
A stolen boyA haunted soldierA cornered con woman…Rafe Angelito thought he was done with the demons from his past—until his son is kidnapped. Blackmailed into abducting an American heiress, the legionnaire soon finds himself trapped in paradise with …
Forced off the road by a speeding sports car, a van carrying nine passengers bursts into flamesAll nine occupants of the van – eight of them children – are killed .Criminal defence attorney Harrison J. Walker, aka Jaywalker, has been trying to keep h…
Forced off the road by a speeding sports car, a van carrying nine passengers bursts into flamesAll nine occupants of the van – eight of them children – are killed .Criminal defence attorney Harrison J. Walker, aka Jaywalker, has been trying to keep h…
The Number One Bestseller.A novel of Ancient Egypt from the bestselling author of River God. Wilbur Smith is a master at the helm of one of the greatest stories of all time.On the banks of the Nile, a hero will riseEgypt is under threat. Taita, a fre…
The Number One Bestseller.A novel of Ancient Egypt from the bestselling author of River God. Wilbur Smith is a master at the helm of one of the greatest stories of all time.On the banks of the Nile, a hero will riseEgypt is under threat. Taita, a fre…
John Leith is an easy-going Edinburgh accountant, a widower with a young son, and a long-standing relationship with an attractive woman which neither wants to turn into marriage.Suddenly his life is disturbed when he is attacked in his office, his fl…
John Leith is an easy-going Edinburgh accountant, a widower with a young son, and a long-standing relationship with an attractive woman which neither wants to turn into marriage.Suddenly his life is disturbed when he is attacked in his office, his fl…