Читать книгу Аннотация к книге «Sea Monsters» One autumn afternoon in Mexico City, 17-year-old Luisa does not return home from school. Instead, she boards a bus to the Pacific coast with the reckless, impulsive Tomas, a boy she barely knows. Their quest: to track down a troupe of Ukrainian dwarfs who have recently escaped a…
Читать книгу Аннотация к книге «Roar. A Story for Every Woman» Have you ever imagined a different life?Have you ever stood at a crossroads, undecided? Have you ever had a moment when you wanted to roar?A story for every woman.A story for every moment.Whether you want to laugh.To be moved.To love.To feel less guilt.To cry.To…
Читать книгу Аннотация к книге «Girl with a pearl earring/Девушка с жемчужной сережкой (английский язык, неадаптир.)» «Девушка с жемчужной сережкой» — красивая фантазия Трейси Шевалье об одноименной картине нидерландского художника Яна Вермеера. Книга завоевала популярность по всему миру и была успешно экранизирована. Юная служанка, работающая в доме именитого художника, видит жизнь немного иначе, чем люди…
Читать книгу Аннотация к книге «The Swiss Family Robinson» Книга на английском языке. Автор: Йоханн Давид Висс Читать книгу полностью Читать
Читать книгу Аннотация к книге «Hot Milk (м) Levy (новый формат)» SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016,SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2016.Plunge into this hypnotic tale of female sexuality and power — from the Man Booker shortlisted author of Swimming Home.Two women arrive in a village on the Spanish coast. Rose is suffering from…
Читать книгу Аннотация к книге «Remarkably Bright Creatures» Remarkably Bright Creatures Shelby Van Pelt After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night cleaner shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium. Ever since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat over thirty years ago keeping busy has helped her cope. One night she…
Читать книгу Аннотация к книге «The Readymade Thief» An addictive literary puzzle that introduces an unforgettable young heroine plunged into the twisted world of a secret society with a dark agenda. Lee Cuddy is seventeen years old and on the run, alone on the streets of Philadelphia. A fugitive with no money, no home and…
Читать книгу Аннотация к книге «A Swift Pure Cry» After Shell’s mother dies, her obsessively religious father descends into alcoholic mourning and Shell is left to care for her younger brother and sister. Her only release from the harshness of everyday life comes from her budding spiritual friendship with a naive young priest, and most…
Читать книгу Аннотация к книге «Wonder, Palacio, R.J.» Wonder (R. J. Palacio) Auggie wants to be an ordinary ten-year-old. He does ordinary things — eating ice cream, playing on his Xbox. He feels ordinary — inside. But ordinary kids don’t make other ordinary kids run away screaming in playgrounds. Ordinary kids aren’t stared at wherever…
Читать книгу Аннотация к книге «The Nightingale» Soon to be a major motion picture, The Nightingale is a multi-million copy bestseller across the world. It is a heart-breakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the endurance of women. This story is about what it was like to be a woman…