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Сага о Форсайтах

История семейного клана представителей крупной буржуазии, в чьих судьбах, как в зеркале, отразилась судьба самой Англии на переломном периоде конца XIX - начала XX века. Эпоха модернизма, Первая мировая, "джазовая культура" 20-х гг. - три поколения Форсайтов отражают, кажется, все типы личности этих эпох. Но эта типичность образов героев эпопеи Голсуорси - лишь рамка для действительно интересного,...

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Dating Trouble
Dating Trouble

Susan wants Ethan, and Chris wants Susan. Drawn to Ethan and intrigued by Chris, Susan Miller finds herself caught between identical twin brothers at her school. When both of them start wooing her at the same time, she only has to take her pick. Right? Wrong! Ethan is reluctant to kiss her, and Chris wants her for the completely wrong reasons. Nothing like his obliging and sweet brother, Chr...

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Forbidden
Forbidden

She is pretty and talented - sweet sixteen and never been kissed. He is seventeen; gorgeous and on the brink of a bright future. And now they have fallen in love. But... they are brother and sister. Seventeen-year-old Lochan and sixteen-year-old Maya have always felt more like friends than siblings. Together they have stepped in for their alcoholic, wayward mother to take care of their three youn...

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The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden

Little Mary Lennox is a bad-tempered, disagreeable child. When her parents die in India, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle in a big, lonely, old house. There is nothing to do all day except walk in the gardens - and watch the robin flying over the high walls of the secret garden... which has been locked for ten years. And no one has the key. Данная серия представляет професси...

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Kiss with Cherry Flavor
Kiss with Cherry Flavor

This is a RE-RELEASE! Samantha Summers finally got what she?d been secretly dreaming of since she came to Grover Beach. She was kissed by Tony Mitchell. But already the next instant, he cops out and leaves her drowning in unrequited passion. An exhausting game of nearness and distance begins and threatens to drive Samantha crazy. If this wasn?t bad enough, chaos breaks loose in her current...

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal
Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal

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The Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories
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The Driver's Seat
The Driver's Seat

Lise has been driven to distraction by working in the same accountants` office for sixteen years. So she leaves everything behind her, transforms herself into a laughing, garishly-dressed temptress and flies abroad on the holiday of a lifetime. But her search for adventure, sex and the obsessional experience takes on a far darker significance.

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Slade
Slade

My name is Slade Merrick and I’m a fucking sex addict . . . I’ve been told it’s a problem. But I see it as a passion; something that I’m good at. And who the fuck stops something that they’re good at? They want me to seek help; get my cock in check. Don't judge my lifestyle. You’re no better than me. Just admit it, you like to fuck too. Sex is what I do best; my own personal high, so I emb...

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The Dark Defiles
The Dark Defiles

Joe Abercrombie’s Best Served Cold meets George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones in the final novel in Richard K. Morgan’s epic A Land Fit for Heroes trilogy, which burst onto the fantasy scene with The Steel Remains and The Cold Commands. Ringil Eskiath, a reluctant hero viewed as a corrupt degenerate by the very people who demand his help, has traveled far in search of the Illwrack Changeling...

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Rules for Virgins
Rules for Virgins

Shanghai, 1912: beautiful courtesans mercilessly compete for the patronage of wealthy gentlemen. For the women, the contest is deadly serious, a perilous game of economic survival that, if played well, can set them up for life as mistresses of the rich and prominent. There is no room for error, however: erotic power is hard to achieve and harder to maintain, especially in the loftiest social circl...

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City on Fire
City on Fire

Its New Years Eve, 1976, and New York is a city on the edge. As midnight approaches, a blizzard sets in - and amidst the fireworks, an unmistakable sound rings out across Central Park. Gunshots. Two of them. The search for the shooter will bring together a rich cast of New Yorkers. From the reluctant heirs to one of the citys greatest fortunes, to a couple of Long Island kids drawn to the punk ...

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Rebel
Rebel

Respect the Legend. Idolize the Prodigy. Celebrate the Champion. But never underestimate the Rebel. With unmatched suspense and her signature cinematic storytelling, #1 New York Times–bestselling author Marie Lu plunges readers back into the unforgettable world of Legend for a truly grand finale. Eden Wing has been living in his brother’s shadow for years. Even though he’s a top student at h...

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Shattered
Shattered

When it rains it pours?. Hard-nosed and self-reliant Dallis O'Brien has had her fair share of devastation. Her father's tragic accident sparked what seemed like a domino effect of heartbreak and loss. Unable to shake the fear of enduring any more pain, she builds walls around her heart, hoping to heal on her own. Dallis' road to recovery is disrupted when she meets Grayson Riv...

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The Valley of Amazement
The Valley of Amazement

Shanghai, 1905. Violet Minturn is the young daughter of the American mistress of the city’s most exclusive courtesan house. But when revolution arrives in the city, she is separated from her mother in a cruel act of chicanery and forced to become a ‘virgin courtesan’.Half-Chinese and half-American, Violet moves effortlessly between the cultural worlds of East and West, quickly becoming a shrewd bu...

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Shakespeare's Trollop
Shakespeare's Trollop

Shakespeare, Arkansas, is home to endless back roads, historic buildings, colorful residents--and the occasional murder. It is also home to Lily Bard, the local karate expert/cleaning woman with a particular knack for finding skeletons in closets.

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Flirting: Dos & Don'ts
Flirting: Dos & Don'ts

Это очень короткое и весёлое руководство для мужчин к сердцу каждой женщины. В этой простой шаг за шагом в руководстве, я собираюсь, помочь показать вас в лучшем свете перед девушкой своей мечты. Единственное, что вам нужно сделать сейчас, это взять один шаг за один раз. И поверьте мне, я знаю, что я говорю. Я женщина, у меня есть приличный вкус, и я практически дышу романтикой.

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Laughter in the Dark
Laughter in the Dark

A reissue of the classic novel from the author of Lolita which brilliantly portrays one man's ruin through love and betrayal. "Once upon a time there lived in Berlin, Germany, a man called Albinus. He was rich, respectable,

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Broken
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Bee Season
Bee Season

A kooky, quirky, cheeky US debut.Eliza Naumann, a seemingly unremarkable eleven-year-old, expects never to fit into her gifted family: her father, Saul, absorbed in his study of mysticism; her brother, Aaron, the vessel of his father's spiritual ambitions; and her brilliant but distant lawyer mother, Miriam. But when Eliza discovers an aptitude for competitive spelling, Saul takes it as a sign tha...

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Father Brown Stories
Father Brown Stories

Произведения Г.К.Честертона стали классикой английской литературы ХХ века. В сборник вошли приключенческие рассказы о священнике-сыщике отце Брауне. Острый детективный сюжет, увлекательные методы раскрытия преступлений, парадоксы, яркие описания,

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Scourge of the Betrayer (Bloodsounder's Arc)
Scourge of the Betrayer (Bloodsounder's Arc)

Many tales are told of the Syldoon Empire and its fearsome soldiers, who are known throughout the world for their treachery and atrocities. Some say that the Syldoon eat virgins and babies-or perhaps their own mothers. Arkamondos, a bookish young scribe, suspects that the Syldoon's dire reputation may have grown in the retelling, but he's about to find out for himself. Hired to chron...

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Music and the Mind: Ballentine Books Edition
Music and the Mind: Ballentine Books Edition

Why does music have such a powerful effect on our minds and bodies? It is the most mysterious and most intangible of all forms of art.Yet, Anthony Storr believes, music today is a deeply significant experience for a greater number of people than ever before. In this challenging book, he explores why this should be so. Drawing on a wide variety of opinions, Storr argues that the patterns of music m...