When Rosalind is banished by her uncle, who has usurped her father`s throne, she flees to the forest of Arden where her exiled father holds court. There, dressed as a boy to avoid discovery, she encounters the man she...
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Betrayed by the ruling families of Italy, a young man embarks upon an epic quest for vengeance. To eradicate corruption and restore his family`s honour, he will learn the art of the assassin. Along the way, Ezio will...
It is 1905. Asta and her husband Rasmus have come to East London from Denmark with their two little boys. With Rasmus constantly away on business, Asta keep loneliness and isolation at bay by writing a diary. These...
Atlantic and Its Enemies: History of the Cold War
This is Norman Stone`s uncompromising and provocative history of the Cold War. He offers a unique perspective on events from Vietnam to glasnost, and draws on his own experiences - such as his time in a Slovak prison...
Framed by a dramatic and moving account of Henry James`s last illness, "Author, Author" begins in the early 1880s, describing James`s friendship with the genial Punch artist, George Du Maurier, and his intimate but...
To have a baby or not to have a baby, that is the question that`s facing Jane Green`s heroines in her fifth novel, Babyville. Julia, Maeve and Sam are pondering the pros and cons of procreation; the effect that it...
A man of devilish charm and enterprising spirit, Dougal Douglas is employed to revitalize the ailing firm of Meadows, Meade & Grindley. He succeeds, but not quite in the way his employer intended. Strange things begin...
When a mysterious traveller slits his wrists in a Bangkok hostel, he leaves Richard a map to `The Beach`. Legend has it that The Beach is an Island Paradise where a select community lives in state of blissful...
When Audrey makes a devastating discovery about her husband, New York radical lawyer Joel Litvinoff, she is forced to re-examine everything she thought she knew about their forty-year marriage. Joel`s children will...
A satirical fantasy on the rise of a tyrant state. Adam Krug stands alone in opposition to the new regime. His antagonist is the leader of the new party, Paduk. Grieving over his wife`s recent death, Krug is at first...
Zoe, Jennifer, and Nadia are three women with nothing in common. Except for the man who wants to kill them. He sends them terrifying letters, full of the intimate details of their lives - the clothes they wear, their...
Best of Roald Dahl = Лучшие произведения Роалда Дала
Twenty wickedly anarchic tales from the master of the unpredictable, chosen from his bestsellers Over to You, Someone Like You, Kiss Kiss and Switch Bitch. Stylish, outrageous and haunting, they explore the sinister...
