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Ulysses
Автор: James Joyce Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2008 Страниц: 672 Дата загрузки: 10 октрября 20112009-06-21
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Set entirely on one day, 16 June 1904, «Ulysses» follows Leopold Bloom and Stephen Daedalus as they go about their daily business in Dublin. From this starting point, James Joyce constructs a novel of extraordinary imaginative richness and depth. Unique in the history of literature, «Ulysses» is one of the most important and enjoyable works of the twentieth century. «Ulysses» was Paris in 1922. It was first published in Great Britain by The Bodley Head in 1960. In 1974 a team of scholars, led by Professor Hans Walter Gabler, began to study manuscript evidence, typescripts and proofs in an attempt to reconstruct as closely as possible the creative process by which Joyce wrote «Ulysses». This text is the revised 1993 edition of Gabler's version.
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Voodoo Histories
Автор: David Aaronovitch Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2005 Страниц: 400 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20092008-09-20
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Our age is obsessed by the idea of conspiracy. We see it everywhere — from Pearl Harbour to 9/11, from the assassination of Kennedy to the death of Diana. «Voodoo Histories» entertainingly demolishes the absurd and sinister conspiracy theories of the last 100 years. Aaronovitch reveals why people are so ready to believe in them and the dangers of this credulity. Meticulous in its research, forensic in its reasoning, hilarious in its debunking, this book will arm anyone who has found themselves at the wrong end of a conversation about moon landings or the twin towers. The book explodes the conspiracy theories surrounding: the Protocols of the Elders of Zion; Pearl Harbour; the deaths of Kennedy, Monroe and Princess Diana; 'Pseudohistory' such as the «Holy Blood», «Holy Grail», and 9/11 Truth Movement; and the moon landings.
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Watermelon
Автор: Marian Keyes Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2008 Страниц: 624 Дата загрузки: 19 апреля 20122013-08-17
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At twenty-nine, fun-loving, good-natured Claire has everything she ever wanted: a husband she adores, a great apartment, a good job. Then, on the day she gives birth to her first baby, James visits her in the recovery room to inform her that he's leaving her. Claire is left with a beautiful newborn daughter, a broken heart, and a body that she can hardly bear to look at in the mirror. So, in the absence of any better offers, Claire decides to go home to her family in Dublin. To her gorgeous man-eating sister Helen, her soap-watching mother, her bewildered father. And there, sheltered by the love of an (albeit quirky) family, she gets better. A lot better. In fact, so much better that when James slithers back into her life, he's in for a bit of a surprise.
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We
Автор: Yevgeny Zamyatin Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2007 Страниц: 224 Дата загрузки: 10 декабря 20092011-03-29
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The citizens of the One State live in a condition of 'mathematically infallible happiness'. D-503 decides to keep a diary of his days working for the collective good in this clean, blue city state where nature, privacy and individual liberty have been eradicated. But over the course of his journal D-503 suddenly finds himself caught up in unthinkable and illegal activities — love and rebellion. Banned on its publication in Russia in 1921, We is the first modern dystopian novel and a satire on state control that has once again become chillingly relevant.
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Yes Man
Автор: Danny Wallace Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2009 Страниц: 416 Дата загрузки: 05 июня 20112011-05-12
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Having been dumped by his girlfriend, Danny really wasn't doing the young, free and single thing very well. Instead, he was avoiding people. Texting them instead of calling them. Calling them instead of meeting them. This is the story of what happened when Danny decided to say yes to everything, in order to make his life more interesting.
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You Are Here: A Portable History of the Universe
Автор: Christopher Potter Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2010 Страниц: 320 Дата загрузки: 19 марта 20132015-08-13
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»You Are Here» is a dazzling exploration of the universe and our relationship to it. It is the story of how something evolved from nothing, and how something became everything. It is the story of science: the greatest story ever told. Here, for the first time in a single span, is the life of the universe, from quarks to galaxy super-clusters, and from slime to Homosapiens. The universe was once a moment of perfect symmetry, and is now 13.7 billion years of history. Clouds of gas were woven into whatever complexity we find in the universe today: the hierarchies of stars, or the brains of mammals. With wit and erudition, Christopher Potter takes us on a voyage beyond even time and space, to present the state of scientific knowledge at its most up-to-date and exhilarating.
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Автор: Robert M. Pirsig Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2008 Страниц: 432 Дата загрузки: 20 сентября 20132010-05-06
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This narration of a summer motorcycle trip undertaken by a father and his son becomes a text which speaks directly to the confusions and agonies of existence, detailing a personal, philosophical odyssey.
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The 47th Samurai
Автор: Stephen Hunter Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2008 Страниц: 368 Дата загрузки: 10 октрября 20112010-07-24
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Bob Lee Swagger has seen enough of war and fighting for any man: his past as a Marine Corps sniper and later as a self-appointed avenger has been a bloody one. But the hope that he is finished with combat are dashed with a visit from Colonel Philip Yano. Yano has come to America to find a samurai sword that Bob's father took from Yano's dying father in the desperate battle for Iwo Jima in 1945. Yano believes the sword to be a national treasure, of huge political significance to whoever can get hold of it. Bob agrees to help and delivers the sword to Yano in Tokyo, but soon afterwards the Yano family are murdered, their house burned to the ground and the sword stolen. Dark forces are at work. With the aid of Yano's old comrades, Bob enters not only Tokyo's criminal underbelly, but also the violent, obsessive world of the Samurai. Once more he is on a mission of vengeance.
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Ashenden
Автор: W. Somerset Maugham Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2000 Страниц: 352 Дата загрузки: 22 марта 20092003-04-15
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A celebrated writer by the time the war broke out in 1914, Somerset Maugham was dispatched by the Secret Service to Lucerne — under the guise of completing a play. An assignment whose danger and drama appealed both to his sense of romance and of the ridiculous. The stories collected in ASHENDEN are rooted in Maugham's own experiences as an agent, reflecting the ruthlessness and brutality of espionage, its intrigue and treachery, as well as absurdity.
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Before I Die
Автор: Jenny Downham Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2008 Страниц: 336 Дата загрузки: 15 июня 20102011-09-27
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Tessa has just a few months to live. Fighting back against hospital visits, endless tests, drugs with excruciating side-effects, Tessa compiles a list. It's her To Do Before I Die list. And number one is sex. Released from the constraints of 'normal' life, Tessa tastes new experiences to make her feel alive while her failing body struggles to keep up. Tessa's feelings, her relationships with her father and brother, her estranged mother, her best friend, her new boyfriend, all are painfully crystallized in the precious weeks before Tessa's time finally runs out. Before I Die is a brilliantly-crafted novel, heartbreaking yet astonishingly life-affirming. It will take you to the very edge.
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The commitments
Автор: Roddy Doyle Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2008 Страниц: 176 Дата загрузки: 12 мая 20112010-05-25
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Barrytown, Dublin, has something to sing about. The Commitments are spreading the gospel of the soul. Ably managed by Jimmy Rabitte, brilliantly coached by Joel 'The Lips' Fagan, their twin assault on Motown and Barrytown takes them by leaps and bounds from paris hall to immortality on vinyl. But can The Commitments live up to their name?
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Autonomy
Автор: Daniel Blythe Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2013 Страниц: 256 Дата загрузки: 28 марта 20162016-09-10
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Hyperville is 2013's top hi-tech 24-hour entertainment complex — a sprawling palace of fun under one massive roof. You can go shopping, or experience the excitement of Doomcastle, WinterZone, or Wild West World. But things are about to get a lot more exciting — and dangerous... What unspeakable horror is lurking on Level Zero of Hyperville? And what will happen when the entire complex goes over to Central Computer Control? For years, the Nestene Consciousness has been waiting and planning, recovering from its wounds. But now it's ready, and its deadly plastic Autons are already in place around the complex. Now more than ever, visiting Hyperville will be an unforgettable experience... Featuring the Doctor as played by David Tennant in the hit Doctor Who BBC Television series.
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The Krillitane Storm
Автор: Christopher Cooper Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2009 Страниц: 256 Дата загрузки: 26 мая 20122010-12-30
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When the TARDIS materialises in medieval Worcester, the Doctor finds the city seemingly deserted. He soon discovers its population are living in a state of terror, afraid to leave their homes after dark, for fear of meeting their doom at the hands of the legendary Devil's Huntsman.
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Far Eastern Tales
Автор: W. Somerset Maugham Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2000 Страниц: 288 Дата загрузки: 12 апреля 20092001-06-21
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Far Eastern Tales is a collection of short stories born of Maugham's experiences in Malaya, Singapore and other outposts of the former British Empire. Whether portraying a ship-borne flight from a lover's curse, murder in the jungle, or a marriage shattered by a past indiscretion, they all reveal Maugham at his best — sometimes caustic, sometimes gently comic, but always the shrewd and human judge of character and soul.
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Inherent Vice
Автор: Thomas Pynchon Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2010 Страниц: 384 Дата загрузки: 15 декабря 20122012-05-24
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Part noir, part psychedelic romp — private eye Doc Sportello comes, occasionally, out of a marijuana haze to watch the end of an era as free love slips away and paranoia creeps in with the L A fog. In this lively yarn, Thomas Pynchon, working in an unaccustomed genre, provides a classic illustration of the principle that if you can remember the sixties, you weren`t there...
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Isabella: She-wolf of France, Queen of England
Автор: Alison Weir Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2006 Страниц: 512 Дата загрузки: 16 декабря 20082009-04-19
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Presents a full-length biography of Isabella of France, Edward II's queen — one of the most notorious femme fatales in history — that aims to change the way we think of her and her world, for ever. She was popularly known as the 'She-Wolf of France'.
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Long Tail: How Endless Choice is Creating Unlimited Demand
Автор: Chris Anderson Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2009 Страниц: 288 Дата загрузки: 14 сентября 20142011-10-23
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What happens when there is almost unlimited choice? When everything becomes available to everyone? This book shows that the future of business does not lie in hits — the high-volume end of a traditional demand curve — but in what used to be regarded as misses — the endlessly long tail of that same curve.
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The Magician
Автор: W. Somerset Maugham Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2000 Страниц: 256 Дата загрузки: 22 сентября 20092001-06-25
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Set in the bohemian cafe society of Paris at the turn of the nineteenth century, Maugham's exploration of hypnotism and the occult was inspired by the sinister black magician Aleister Crowley. At the start of this compulsive gothic horror story, Arthur and his beautiful, innocent fiancee Margaret look forward to an idyllic life together, until they encounter the mesmerising and repulsive Oliver Haddo...
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»Merlin» Annual 2010
Автор: Various Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2009 Страниц: 64 Дата загрузки: 10 октрября 20122012-09-27
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This official annual is 64 pages of pure Merlin fun! This book is packed with character profiles, stories (including one completely original story with graphic artwork!), activities, and fun features. Filled with characters and adventures from the series, this will keep any budding Magician busy!
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Midnight's Children
Автор: Salman Rushdie Жанр: Random House Inc. Издательство: Random House, Inc. Год: 2008 Страниц: 672 Дата загрузки: 10 октрября 20112009-06-21
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Born at the stroke of midnight at the exact moment of India's independence, Saleem Sinai is a special child. However, this coincidence of birth has consequences he is not prepared for: telepathic powers connect him with 1,000 other 'midnight's children' all of whom are endowed with unusual gifts. Inextricably linked to his nation, Saleem's story is a whirlwind of disasters and triumphs that mirrors the course of modern India at its most impossible and glorious.
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