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The Crystal Shard: Icewind Dale Trilogy, Part 1
Автор: R.A. Salvatore Жанр: Сказочная фантастика (фэнтези) Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2007 Страниц: 344 Дата загрузки: 14 августа 20092010-04-17
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The fourth title in a series of Salvatore's classic dark elf tales continues the classic tale of the signature character Drizzt Do'Urden. Reissue.
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Streams of Silver: Icewind Dale Trilogy, Part 2
Автор: R.A. Salvatore Жанр: Сказочная фантастика (фэнтези) Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2007 Страниц: 377 Дата загрузки: 21 августа 20092010-09-20
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The fifth book in Salvatore's classic dark elf tales continues the saga of Drizzt' Do'Urden. Although this was the second title actually published about Drizzt, it has now been placed in its proper chronological order as fifth in the series.
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The Orc King
Автор: R.A. Salvatore Жанр: Сказочная фантастика (фэнтези) Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2008 Страниц: 416 Дата загрузки: 05 июня 20102009-06-11
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»The Orc King» finds Drzzt's whirling scimitar blades tackle both familiar foes and refreshingly ambiguous challenges... The story line marks the continuation of Salvatore's maturation as a writer, introducing more complex themes into a frequently black-and-white landscape.
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Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!
Автор: Fannie Flagg Жанр: Современная зарубежная литература Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 1999 Страниц: 432 Дата загрузки: 18 июня 20092002-04-24
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»Welcome to the World, Baby Girl!» is the funny, serious, and compelling new novel by Fannie Flagg, author of the beloved «Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe» (and prize-winning co-writer of the classic movie). Once again, Flagg's humor and respect and affection for her characters shine forth. Many inhabit small-town or suburban America. But this time, her heroine is urban: a brainy, beautiful, and ambitious rising star of 1970s television. Dena Nordstrom, pride of the network, is a woman whose future is full of promise, her present rich with complications, and her past marked by mystery. Among the colorful cast of characters are: Sookie, of Selma, Alabama, Dena's exuberant college roommate, who is everything that Dena is not; she is thrilled by Dena's success and will do everything short of signing autographs for her; Sookie's a mom, a wife, and a Kappa forever Dena's cousins, the Warrens, and her aunt Elner, of Elmwood Springs, Missouri, endearing, loyal, talkative, ditsy, and, in their way, wise Neighbor Dorothy, whose spirit hovers over them all through the radio show that she broadcast from her home in the 1940s Sidney Capello, pioneer of modern sleaze journalism and privateer of privacy, and Ira Wallace, his partner in tabloid television Several doctors, all of them taken with — and almost taken in by-Dena There are others, captivated by a woman who tries to go home again, not knowing where home or love lie.
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The Wedding Diaries
Автор: Linda Francis Lee Жанр: Современный любовный роман Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2003 Страниц: 368 Дата загрузки: 28 марта 20092004-12-20
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He may turn out to be the best gift she has ever received... SHE WAS READY TO TIE THE KNOT. NOW SHE’S FIT TO BE TIED. Texas heiress Vivienne Stansfield’s dream of being a bride was about to come true. But in a startling change of fortune, her safe, reliable fiancé proves himself to be neither – and her wealthy, eccentric father disappears, leaving her with no money, no explanation, and no choice but to find a job. Determined to prove that she isn’t the pampered princess the tabloids say she is, she seeks the position of nanny for sexy real estate mogul Max Landry’s young sisters. With to-die-for clothes and a heart as pure as her gold charm bracelet, Vivi steps up to the challenge. But how to resist her irresistible employer? Max needs a nanny. But the last person he wants is a knockout who doesn’t know the first thing about taking care of herself, much less two young girls. But once she arrives, he learns that there is more to Vivi than her short skirts and high heels imply. And when she asks Max to teach her about the game of life and passion, this strong-willed man realizes that he wants to play for real, for keeps – and he has no intention of losing this woman’s surprisingly fragile heart.
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The Gambler
Автор: Fyodor Dostoevsky Жанр: Российская литература 19 — начала 20 веков (до 1918 г.) Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2002 Страниц: 240 Дата загрузки: 21 июня 20092004-05-18
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In this dark and compelling short novel, Fyodor Dostoevsky tells the story of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young tutor working in the household of an imperious Russian general. Alexey tries to break through the wall of the established order in Russia, but instead becomes mired in the endless downward spiral of betting and loss. His intense and inescapable addiction is accentuated by his affair with the General’s cruel yet seductive niece, Polina. In «The Gambler», Dostoevsky reaches the heights of drama with this stunning psychological portrait.
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The Kreutzer Sonata
Автор: Leo Tolstoy Жанр: Российская литература 19 — начала 20 веков (до 1918 г.) Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2008 Страниц: 128 Дата загрузки: 21 августа 20102010-07-21
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When Marshal of the Nobility Pozdnyshev suspects his wife of having an affair with her music partner, his jealousy consumes him and drives him to murder. Controversial upon publication in 1890, «The Kreutzer Sonata» illuminates Tolstoy’s then-feverish Christian ideals, his conflicts with lust and the hypocrisies of nineteenth-century marriage, and his thinking on the role of art and music in society. In her Introduction, Doris Lessing shows how relevant «The Kreutzer Sonata» is to our understanding of Tolstoy the artist, as well as to feminism and literature. This Modern Library Paperback Classic also contains Tolstoy’s «Sequel to the Kruetzer Sonata».
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The Rising Sun: The Decline and Fall of the Japanese Empire, 1936-1945
Автор: John Toland Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2003 Страниц: 976 Дата загрузки: 22 сентября 20082005-05-24
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This Pulitzer Prize–winning history of World War II chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of the Japanese empire, from the invasion of Manchuria and China to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Told from the Japanese perspective, «The Rising Sun» is, in the author’s words, “a factual saga of people caught up in the flood of the most overwhelming war of mankind, told as it happened —muddled, ennobling, disgraceful, frustrating, full of paradox”. In weaving together the historical facts and human drama leading up to and culminating in the war in the Pacific, Toland crafts a riveting and unbiased narrative history. In his Foreword, Toland says that if we are to draw any conclusion from «The Rising Sun», it is “that there are no simple lessons in history, that it is human nature that repeats itself, not history”.
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Hitler and the Holocaust
Автор: Robert Solomon Wistrich Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2003 Страниц: 320 Дата загрузки: 18 июля 20092007-03-08
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»Hitler and the Holocaust» is the product of a lifetime’s work by one of the world’s foremost authorities on the history of anti-Semitism and modern Jewry. Robert S. Wistrich examines Europe’s long history of violence against its Jewish populations, looks at the forces that shaped Hitler’s belief in a “satanic Jewish power” that must be eradicated, and discusses the process by which Hitler gained power and finalized his plans for mass genocide. He concludes by addressing the abiding legacy of the Holocaust and the lessons that can be drawn from it. Combining a comprehensive picture of one of the most cataclysmic periods in recent history with contemporary scholarly developments and fresh historical inquiry, «Hitler and the Holocaust» is an indelible contribution to the literature of history.
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Communism: A History
Автор: Richard Pipes Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2003 Страниц: 192 Дата загрузки: 15 сентября 20082004-06-15
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With astonishing authority and clarity, Richard Pipes has fused a lifetime’s scholarship into a single focused history of Communism, from its hopeful birth as a theory to its miserable death as a practice. At its heart, the book is a history of the Soviet Union, the most comprehensive reorganization of human society ever attempted by a nation-state. This is the story of how the agitation of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, two mid-nineteenth-century European thinkers and writers, led to a great and terrible world religion that brought down a mighty empire, consumed the world in conflict, and left in its wake a devastation whose full costs can only now be tabulated.
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The American Revolution: A History
Автор: Gordon S. Wood Жанр: Разное Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2003 Страниц: 224 Дата загрузки: 08 марта 20092005-05-28
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A magnificent account of the revolution in arms and consciousness that gave birth to the American republic. When Abraham Lincoln sought to define the significance of the United States, he naturally looked back to the American Revolution. He knew that the Revolution not only had legally created the United States, but also had produced all of the great hopes and values of the American people. Our noblest ideals and aspirations-our commitments to freedom, constitutionalism, the well-being of ordinary people, and equality-came out of the Revolutionary era. Lincoln saw as well that the Revolution had convinced Americans that they were a special people with a special destiny to lead the world toward liberty. The Revolution, in short, gave birth to whatever sense of nationhood and national purpose Americans have had. No doubt the story is a dramatic one: Thirteen insignificant colonies three thousand miles from the centers of Western civilization fought off British rule to become, in fewer than three decades, a huge, sprawling, rambunctious republic of nearly four million citizens. But the history of the American Revolution, like the history of the nation as a whole, ought not to be viewed simply as a story of right and wrong from which moral lessons are to be drawn. It is a complicated and at times ironic story that needs to be explained and understood, not blindly celebrated or condemned. How did this great revolution come about? What was its character? What were its consequences? These are the questions this short history seeks to answer. That it succeeds in such a profound and enthralling way is a tribute to Gordon Wood’s mastery of his subject, and of the historian’s craft.
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Storm from East: The Struggle Between the Arab World and the Christian West
Автор: Milton Viorst Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2007 Страниц: 224 Дата загрузки: 10 декабря 20092011-03-29
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America’s engagement with the Arab world stretches back far beyond the Iraq wars. According to Milton Viorst, the current conflict is simply the latest round in a 1,400-year struggle between Christianity and Islam, in which the United States became a participant only in the last century. Today, the Bush Doctrine aims to free the Arab peoples from political oppression and create a democratic Iraq. So why are Arabs, and Iraqis in particular, so suspicious of our efforts? The explanation, Viorst says, is simple: “What the American leadership has miscalculated, or simply dismissed, is Arab nationalism.” In Storm from the East, Viorst offers a balanced, lucid, and vital history of America’s uneasy relationship with the Arab world and argues that brutal conflict in the region will continue until the West, with the United States taking the lead, honors the Arabs’ insistence on deciding their own destiny. Viorst examines the long struggle of the Arab world to overthrow Western hegemony. He explores the Arab experiences with democracy and military despotism; Nasserite socialism in Egypt and Ba’athism in Syria and Iraq; tribal monarchy in Saudi Arabia and Jordan; guerrilla warfare waged by the Palestinians; and, finally, Islamic rebellion culminating in Osama bin Laden’s extremist al-Qaeda. All have the same goal: the liberation of the Arabs from foreign domination. Storm from the East is a powerful work that, like no other, limns the political, religious, and social roots of Arab nationalism and the present-day unrest in the Middle East.
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The Best Early Stories of F: Scott Fitzgerald
Автор: F. Scott Fitzgerald Жанр: Зарубежная литература первой половины 20 века Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2005 Страниц: 352 Дата загрузки: 23 октрября 20082007-10-17
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Edited and with an Introduction by Bryant Mangum Foreword by Roxana Robinson Benediction • Head and Shoulders • Bernice Bobs Her Hair • The Ice Palace • The Offshore Pirate • May Day • The Jelly Bean • The Diamond as Big as the Ritz • Winter Dreams • Absolution In the euphoric months before and after the publication of «This Side of Paradise», F. Scott Fitzgerald, the flapper’s historian and poet laureate of the Jazz Age, wrote the ten stories that appear in this unique collection. Exploring characters and themes that would appear in his later works, such as «The Beautiful and Damned» and «The Great Gatsby», these early selections are among the very best of Fitzgerald’s many short stories. This Modern Library Paperback Classic includes notes, an appendix of nonfiction essays by Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald and their contemporaries, and vintage magazine illustrations.
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Nazism and War
Автор: Richard Bessel Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2006 Страниц: 320 Дата загрузки: 18 мая 20092007-12-10
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The Second World War was the defining event of the twentieth century, leaving millions dead and redrawing the political map in ways that continue to affect nearly the entire human race. What was unprecedented, however, was not simply the war’s scale, but its causes. Unlike previous territorial or political clashes, the war launched by Nazi Germany was an ideological one, waged to wipe entire peoples and cultures from the face of the earth. In «Nazism and War», Richard Bessel, one of the preeminent authorities on the social and political history of modern Germany, demonstrates how racial hatred was the driving force behind–and not a by-product of–Nazism. War was the anvil on which Hitler’s worldview was forged; to him, war was “the most memorable period of my life”, and “all the past fell away into oblivion”. German National Socialism was born in war, emerging triumphant over a country deeply scarred by defeat and eager to reclaim its greatness and to punish those who had usurped it. As a political philosophy, Nazism glorified struggle and conflict, viewing them as the purpose of a nation and a measure of its overall condition. As a political movement and state system, Nazism made its ideology real, plunging the European continent into a war of annihilation and a sea of blood. Nazism–inseparable from war–destroyed the old Europe, and thus helped to create the world in which we live. Incisive, authoritative, and immensely readable, this is an incendiary and forcefully argued work of scholarship that will rank with the most influential historical analyses of our time.
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Shalimar the Clown
Автор: Salman Rushdie Жанр: Современная зарубежная литература Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2006 Страниц: 497 Дата загрузки: 16 мая 20092008-10-30
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The man who was known for years as Shalimar the Clown is now a Kashmiri Muslim terrorist named Noman Sher Noman, who brutally murders Max Ophuls, an American diplomat (and counter-terrorism expert), in Los Angeles in 1991 after his wife, Boonyi, has an affair with Ophuls. This killing sets off the chain of events in Salman Rushdie's ninth novel. SHALIMAR THE CLOWN follows both Noman and the ambassador into their pasts, finds connections between their lives, details the story of Noman's wife Boonyi and Ophuls's daughter India, and provides a sprawling portrait of a very troubled Kashmir in the recent 20th century. Salman Rushdie, no stranger to fanaticism and terrorism, has obviously drawn on the dramatic events of his own life for some of the details here, but the story spirals out into a huge, epic, multicultural fable.
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The Insanity Defense: The Complete Prose
Автор: Woody Allen Жанр: Зарубежный юмор и сатира Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2007 Страниц: 352 Дата загрузки: 24 сентября 20122010-09-17
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Comprising the classic bestsellers «Getting Even», «Without Feathers», and «Side Effects», this definitive collection of comic writings is from a man who needs no Introduction. Really – this book has no Introduction. «The Insanity Defense» reveals many sides of Woody Allen as he holds forth on the most human of urges (“Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only for food: frequently there must be a beverage”); reflects on death (“I don’t believe in an afterlife, although I am bringing a change of underwear”); and notes the effect on history wrought by trick chewing gum, the dribble glass, and other novelties. There is also an inspiring story of the futile race to beat Dr. Heimlich to the punch: “The food went down the wrong pipe, and choking occurred. Grasping the mouse firmly by the tail, I snapped it like a small whip, and the morsel of cheese came loose. If we can transfer the procedure to humans, we may have something. Too early to tell”. All Woody Allen fans will cherish this uproarious treasury – and those who don’t enjoy The Insanity Defense are just plain crazy.
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The Duchess (movie tie-in)
Автор: Amanda Foreman Жанр: Кинороманы Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2008 Страниц: 512 Дата загрузки: 17 сентября 20132011-02-19
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Lady Georgiana Spencer was the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was nearly as famous in her day. In 1774 Georgiana achieved immediate celebrity by marrying William Cavendish, fifth duke of Devonshire, one of England’s richest and most influential aristocrats. She became the queen of fashionable society and founder of the most important political salon of her time. But Georgiana’s public success concealed an unhappy marriage, a gambling addiction, drinking, drug-taking, and rampant love affairs with the leading politicians of the day. With penetrating insight, Amanda Foreman reveals a fascinating woman whose struggle against her own weaknesses, whose great beauty and flamboyance, and whose determination to play a part in the affairs of the world make her a vibrant, astonishingly contemporary figure.
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Batman: Tales of the Demon
Автор: Dennis O'Neil Жанр: Комиксы, манга (издания для взрослых) Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2005 Страниц: 208 Дата загрузки: 17 октрября 20082007-05-16
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Ra's al Ghul, longlived ecoterrorist and founder of the League of Assassins, has proven through the years to be one of Batman's most formidable adversaries. Accompanied by his beautiful daughter Talia, Ra's has proven elusive, tempting and very, very dangerous. This volume collects the earliest Ra's a Ghul stories, all written by long time BATMAN author and editor Denny O'Neil, aided by some of the Batman's bestknown artists Neal Adams, Michael Golden, Irv Novick, Bob Brown and Dick Giordano. There's also an introduction by Sam Hamm, screenwriter of 1989's Batman.
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The Golovlyov Family
Автор: Shchedrin Жанр: Российская литература 19 — начала 20 веков (до 1918 г.) Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2001 Страниц: 334 Дата загрузки: 04 июля 20092005-03-22
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Searingly hot in the summer, bitterly cold in the winter, the ancestral estate of the Golovlyov family is the end of the road. There Anna Petrovna rules with an iron hand over her servants and family-until she loses power to the relentless scheming of her hypocritical son Judas. One of the great books of Russian literature, «The Golovlyov Family» is a vivid picture of a condemned and isolated outpost of civilization that, for contemporary readers, will recall the otherwordly reality of Macondo in Gabriel García Márquez's «One Hundred Years of Solitude».
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Fodor's Moscow and St: Petersburg
Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2008 Страниц: 352 Дата загрузки: 24 августа 20102013-08-17
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Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. Although you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Moscow and St. Petersburg! •Updated frequently, Fodor’s Moscow & St. Petersburg provides the most accurate and up-to-date information available in a guidebook. •Fodor’s Moscow & St. Petersburg features options for a variety of budgets, interests, and tastes, so you make the choices to plan your trip of a lifetime. •If it’s not worth your time, it’s not in this book. Fodor’s discriminating ratings, including our top tier Fodor’s Choice designations, ensure that you’ll know about the most interesting and enjoyable places in Moscow and St. Petersburg. •Experience Moscow and St. Petersburg like a local! Fodor’s Moscow & St. Petersburg includes choices for every traveler, from shopping for caviar and experiencing the beauty of Red Square at night to perusing the art collection of the tsars, and much more! •Indispensable, customized trip planning tools include “Top Reasons to Go”, “Word of Mouth” advice from other travelers, and tips to help save money, bypass lines, and avoid common travel pitfalls.
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