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Shostakovich and Stalin
Автор: Solomon Volkov Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2004 Страниц: 384 Дата загрузки: 28 мая 20092006-10-30
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Music illuminates a person and provides him with his last hope; even Stalin, a butcher, knew that…' So said the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, who spent his life battling for the right to create his works under the Soviet Union's totalitarian regime. This proved dangerous under the autocratic Stalin, who perceived himself to be an erudite critic of modern culture. So when he stormed out of the performance of Shostakovich's opera 'Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk' in 1936, the composer feared he would be arrested and killed. Instead, the 'supreme leader' played a game of cat and mouse. He would attack Shostakovich in Pravda and ban his music from the airwaves. Then he would honour him with prestigious awards. Stalin's goal was to remain unpredictable, and thus afford Shostakovich no sense of personal security, although he continued to compose stirring symphonies that drew him millions of fans. This is a fascinating and important story told by one of the greatest authorities on Russian culture in the Soviet years.
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A Spectacle of Corruption
Автор: David Liss Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2005 Страниц: 400 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20092008-09-20
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Benjamin Weaver is awaiting death in Newgate gaol. Mysteriously convicted for a murder he didn't commit by a judge determined to see him hang, he is suddenly — and equally mysteriously — offered the means to escape. What, you may well ask, is going on? It's a question Weaver asks of himself as he slinks out into the London night on a mission to clear his name. In doing so, he steps straight into a labyrinthine plot that weaves, like Benjamin, across eighteenth century London. For the conspiracy against him is part of a grimmer and gaudier picture: one that encompasses double-dealings and dockworkers, the extorting of a priest — and a looming election with the potential to spark a revolution and topple the monarchy. Handily, Weaver is a private investigator. He's also an ex-pugilist, which is also a good thing when it comes to punching his weight in the `polite' society of plotters and politicians, power-brokers, crime lords, assassins and spies. At the apex of which sits, rather precariously, a recent import from Hanover: The King.
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Star Wars Episode 6: Return of the Jedi
Автор: James Kahn Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2003 Страниц: 224 Дата загрузки: 08 марта 20092005-05-28
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Rescuing Han Solo from the clutches of the bounty hunter Jaba the Hutt, Luke and his companions race to join the massing rebel forces preparing to attack the Empire's new and deadly Death Star. Solo and Leia lead a strike team to the forest moon of Endor and win the aid of the tribal Ewoks in their attempts to shut off the force-field that protects the Empire's vast space station. But Han's band are falling into a trap — as are the Rebel space fleet lead by Lando Carlrissian. For the Emperor himself is aboard the Death Star and his plans to capture Skywalker and destroy all who oppose him are approaching fruition.
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Sweet Land Stories
Автор: E.L. Doctorow Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2007 Страниц: 192 Дата загрузки: 15 июля 20082009-05-15
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These dazzling short works are crafted with all the weight and resonance of the novels for which E. L. Doctorow is famous. You will find yourself set down in a mysterious redbrick house in rural Illinois ('A House on the Plains'), working things out with a baby-kidnapping couple in California ('Baby Wilson'), living on a religious-cult commune in Kansas ('Walter John Harmon'), sharing the heartrending cross-country journey of a young woman navigating her way through three bad marriages ('Jolene: A Life'), and witnessing an FBI special agent at a personal crossroads while he investigates a grave breach of White House Security ('Child, Dead, in the Rose Garden'). Comprised in a variety of moods and voices, these remarkable portrayals of the American spiritual landscape show a modern master at the height of his powers.
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The Thorn Birds
Автор: Colleen McCullough Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2007 Страниц: 592 Дата загрузки: 13 декабря 20092009-10-11
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‘Sometimes when he didn’t know he was being watched Meggie would look at him and try desperately to imprint his face upon her brain’s core... And he would turn to find her watching him, a look in his eyes of haunted grief, a doomed look. She understood the implicit message, or thought she did; he must go, back to the Church and his duties. Never again with the same spirit, perhaps, but more able to serve. For only those who have slipped and fallen know the vicissitudes of the way...’
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Trading Up
Автор: Candace Bushnell Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2004 Страниц: 560 Дата загрузки: 22 сентября 20092006-05-22
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When Janey Wilcox makes it big as a Victoria's Secret model, she finally gets the celebrity status she has always craved. Suddenly the car of her dreams is hers, and even better, so is that house in New York's exclusive Hamptons. No longer will she have to choose her boyfriends according to who has a house she can summer in. At the most exclusive of Hampton parties, Janey finds herself mingling with Hollywood celebrities and the cream of New York society. But all this is secondary when she is charmed and captivated by a handsome, successful man, a man who quickly becomes her new beau. Janey, though, is not the type to live happily ever after, especially with her chequered past of far from good behaviour…
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The Troll King
Автор: John Vornholt Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2005 Страниц: 224 Дата загрузки: 09 февраля 20092008-04-29
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The trolls of Bonespittle aren't pretty, and centuries of bad press has given them a real bad reputation for meanness. But the truth is that they are simple folk forced to serve the ogres, ghouls and sorcerers who hold all the power. Trolls were once great warriors, respected throughout the land. But then they were enslaved by a power-hungry king, and now are told terrible stories about fairies, elves, and the other creatures that live across the Great Chasm. Enter Rollo, a handsome young troll who is surprised when Stygius Rex, Bonespittle's ruler, passes through his village. Stygius is recruiting trolls to construct a bridge to span the Chasm. Rollo wants to sign on for the task — but is he prepared for what really lies beyond the realm of the trolls?
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The Troll Queen
Автор: John Vornholt Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2005 Страниц: 190 Дата загрузки: 28 мая 20082008-04-12
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Having freed the trolls of Dismal Swamp from the tyranny of Stygius Rex, the reluctant troll leader Rollo has left the swamp on a bittersweet mission: to return his little friend Clipper to her people in the Forbidden Forest. It's a dangerous trip but he's determined not to fail. Ludicra, the troll who now finds Rollo worthy of her attentions, is distraught over his absence and convinced he needs her help. So she assembles a crew of trolls, ogres and even a gnome to cross the Great Chasm in search of her beloved. But the Chasm holds its own dangers and now the rescue party is in need of rescue!
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The Troll Treasure
Автор: John Vornholt Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2005 Страниц: 176 Дата загрузки: 11 июня 20092006-06-25
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The concluding volume in this charming and highly readable trilogy for readers of 10 and over. Just when all the trials appear to be over for Rollo, the evil sorceror Stygius Rex returns, demanding that the new troll king surrender the lands of Bonespittle to him. As an incentive, Stygius produces Rollo's father and his former bridge mentor as hostages! The only way to stop Stygius is for the trolls to find a legendary treasure that was created by a troll king long ago and left with the elves in the Great Chasm for safekeeping. Now Rollo must figure out a way to make peace with the elves, find some treasure he isn't sure exists, rescue his father, and defeat Stygius, all the while hoping he can free his little fairy friend Clipper from the evil spell she's under. Will the new troll king ever make it to his coronation?
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The Undercover Economist
Автор: Tim Harford Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2007 Страниц: 288 Дата загрузки: 13 октрября 20102008-12-23
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Who makes most money from the demand for cappuccinos early in the morning at Waterloo Station? Why is it impossible to get a foot on the property ladder? How does the Mafia make money from laundries when street gangs pushing drugs don’t? Who really benefits from immigration? How can China, in just fifty years, go from the world’s worst famine to one of the greatest economic revolutions of all time, lifting a million people out of poverty a month? Looking at familiar situations in unfamiliar ways, THE UNDERCOVER ECONOMIST is a fresh explanation of the fundamental principles of the modern economy, illuminated by examples from the streets of London to the booming skyscrapers of Shanghai to the sleepy canals of Bruges. Leaving behind textbook jargon and equations, Tim Harford will reveal the games of signals and negotiations, contests of strength and battles of wit that drive not only the economy at large but the everyday choices we make.
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Underground London
Автор: Stephen Smith Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2005 Страниц: 416 Дата загрузки: 02 сентября 20102010-08-11
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What is visible to the naked eye has been exhaustively raked over; in Underground London, acclaimed travel writer Stephen Smith provides an alternative guide and history of the capital. It's a journey through the passages and tunnels of the city, the bunkers and tunnels, crypts and shadows. As well as being a contemporary tour of underground London, it's also an exploration through time: Queen Boudicca lies beneath Platform 10 at King's Cross (legend has it); Dick Turpin fled the Bow Street Runners along secret passages leading from the cellar of the Spaniards pub in North London; the remains of a pre-Christian Mithraic temple have been found near the Bank of England; on the platforms of the now defunct King William Street Underground, posters still warn that 'Careless talk costs lives'. Stephen Smith uncovers the secrets of the city by walking through sewers, tunnels under such places as Hampton Court, ghost tube stations, and long lost rivers such as the Fleet and the Tyburn. This is 'alternative' history at its best.
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Use of Weapons
Автор: Iain M. Banks Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 1992 Страниц: 434 Дата загрузки: 19 апреля 20091993-12-07
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The man known as Cheradenine Zakalwe was one of Special Circumstances' foremost agents, changing the destiny of planets to suit the Culture through intrigue, dirty tricks or military action. The woman known as Diziet Sma had plucked him from obscurity and pushed him towards his present eminence, but despite all their dealings she did not know him as well as she thought. The drone known as Skaffen-Amtiskaw knew both of these people. It had once saved the woman’s life by massacring her attackers in a particularly bloody manner. It believed the man to be a burnt-out case. But not even its machine intelligence could see the horrors in his past.
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The Vagina Monologues
Автор: Eve Ensler Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2001 Страниц: 224 Дата загрузки: 07 апреля 20092002-06-28
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A poignant and hilarious tour of the last frontier, the ultimate forbidden zone, The Vagina Monologues is a celebration of female sexuality in all its complexity and mystery. Hailed as the bible for a new generation of women, it has been performed in cities and colleges throughout the world, and has inspired a dynamic grassroots movement — V-Day — to stop violence against women. Witty and irreverent, compassionate and wise, Eve Ensler's award-winning masterpiece gives voice to real women's deepest fantasies and fears, guaranteeing that no one who reads it will ever look at a woman's body, or think of sex, in quite the same way again.
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Valley of the Dolls
Автор: Jacqueline Susann Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2003 Страниц: 480 Дата загрузки: 10 сентября 20082008-08-13
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The exploits and excesses of three pill-popping showbiz heroines: Anne, the smalltown girl supposedly modelled on Grace Kelly, who captivates a millionaire but falls for an English cad; Jennifer, the beautiful Marilyn Monroe clone who possesses everything — except immortality; and Neely, the ruthless Judy Garlandesque understudy-turned-superstar. As friends — and enemies — they learn the hard way that fame, fortune, beauty and stardom don't always equal happiness. Jacqueline Susann's sensational novel staked her claim as a pop pioneer, perfectly crystallized the decadence of the 1960s — and ushered in a whole new genre of mass-market fiction.
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The Wasp Factory
Автор: Iain Banks Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2011 Страниц: 244 Дата загрузки: 28 июля 20122015-03-26
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Frank, no ordinary sixteen-year-old, lives with his father outsIde a remote Scottish village. Their life is, to say the least, unconventional. Frank's mother abandoned them years ago: his elder brother Eric is confined to a psychiatric hospital; and his father measures out his eccentricities on an imperial scale. Frank has turned to strange acts of violence to vent his frustrations. In the bizarre daily rituals there is some solace. But when news comes of Eric's escape from the hospital Frank has to prepare the ground for his brother's inevitable return — an event that explodes the mysteries of the past and changes Frank utterly. Iain Banks' celebrated first novel is a work of extraordinary originality, imagination and horrifying compulsion: horrifying, because it enters a mind whose realities are not our own, whose values of life and death are alien to our society; and compulsive, because the humour and compassion of that mind reach out to us all.
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A Wedding in December
Автор: Anita Shreve Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2006 Страниц: 336 Дата загрузки: 14 июля 20092008-10-27
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At an inn in the Berkshire Mountains of western Massachusetts, seven former schoolmates gather for a wedding. Nora, the owner of the inn, has recently had to reinvent her life following the death of her husband. Avery, who still hears echoes from a horrific event at Kidd Academy twenty-six years ago, has made a life for himself in Toronto with his wife and two sons. Agnes, now a history teacher at Kidd is a woman who longs to tell a secret she cannot reveal to the others, a secret that would stun them all. Bridget, the mother of a fifteen-year-old boy, has agreed to marry Bill, an old high school lover whom she has recently remet, despite uncertainties about her health and future. Indeed, it is Bill who passionately wants this wedding and who has brought everyone together for an astonishing weekend of revelation and recrimination, forgiveness and redemption. This is Anita Shreve's most ambitious and moving novel to date, probing into human motivation with extraordinary grace and skill.
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West End Girls
Автор: Jenny Colgan Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2007 Страниц: 336 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20092010-09-27
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The streets of London are paved with gold...allegedly. They may be twin sisters, but Lizzie and Penny Berry are complete opposites — Penny is blonde, thin and outrageous; Lizzie quiet, thoughtful and, well, definitely not thin. The one trait they do share is a desire to DO something with their lives, and as far as they're concerned, the place to get noticed is London. Out of the blue they discover they have a grandmother living in Chelsea — and when she has to go into hospital, they find themselves flat-sitting on the King’s Road. But, as they discover, it’s not as easy to become It Girls as they’d imagined, and west end boys aren’t at all like Hugh Grant...
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Crossroads of Twilight: Book Ten of The Wheel of Time
Автор: Robert Jordan Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2003 Страниц: 832 Дата загрузки: 02 сентября 20082006-09-20
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Robert Jordan’s epic fantasy saga The Wheel of Time is now firmly established as a classic of the genre and a world-wide bestseller. Now the series continues with the eagerly-awaited tenth volume... Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, must fight on against the Dark One in a struggle that has drawn an entire world into its vortex — claiming the souls of friends and enemies alike. He has cleansed the taint of madness from the male half of the True Source, so may now draw on its power as a weapon of awesome potential. This could tip the balance in a perilous battle against evil as Rand must gamble with himself at stake. He cannot be sure which of his allies are really enemies — even among lifelong companions.
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The Dragon Reborn
Автор: Robert Jordan Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 1992 Страниц: 699 Дата загрузки: 08 марта 20091993-12-20
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The third book in Robert Jordan's internationally bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel Of Time, now reissued with a stunning new cover design. The Land is One with the Dragon — and the Dragon is One with the Land The Shadow lies across the Pattern of the Age, and the Dark One has turned all his power against the prison that binds him. If it fails he will escape and nothing will stand in the storm that blows then… save the man that was born to battle the darkness: Rand al’ Thor, the Dragon Reborn. But to wage his war Rand must find Callandor, ancient Sword of the Dragon… and the Forsaken will shatter the world to thwart him.
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The Shadow Rising
Автор: Robert Jordan Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 1993 Страниц: 1046 Дата загрузки: 18 мая 20091995-10-27
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The fourth book in Robert Jordan's internationally bestselling epic fantasy series, The Wheel Of Time, now reissued with a stunning new cover design. The Stone of Tear, invulnerable fortress of legend, has fallen. The Children of the Dragon have risen to the call of prophecy and march to the aid of the Light. Callandor, the Sword That Is Not a Sword, is held by Rand al’ Thor, the man proclaimed as the Dragon Reborn. But still the shadows lengthen and still the Forsaken grow in strength. If he is to fight them, Rand must master the male half of the True Source, a power corrupted by the Dark One, a power that drives men to madness, a power that may save or damn the world.
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