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Читать книгу Аннотация к книге «Fried Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe, Flagg, Fannie» Folksy and fresh, endearing and affecting, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is the now-classic novel of two women in the 1980s; of gray-headed Mrs. Threadgoode telling her life story to Evelyn, who is in the sad slump…
Читать книгу Аннотация к книге «The Blue guitar (м) Banville» Once Oliver Orme was a petty thief and a successful painter. Always desiring what belonged to others, he sought to capture it in paint and in life. Now he’s just a thief, having stolen Polly, wife of his best friend. Found out by the friend…
Читать книгу Аннотация к книге «The Study of Animal Languages» Ivan is a tightly wound philosophy professor whose reverence for logic and order governs not only his academic interests, but also his closest relationships. His wife, Prue, is quite the opposite: a pioneer in the emerging field of biolinguistics, she is bold and vibrant, full…
Читать книгу Аннотация к книге «Life Of Pi» One boy, one boat, one tiger . . .After the tragic sinking of a cargo ship, a solitary lifeboat remains bobbing on the wild, blue Pacific. The only survivors from the wreck are a sixteen year-old boy named Pi, a hyena, a zebra (with a broken leg),…
Читать книгу Аннотация к книге «The Boyfriend Candidate» The Boyfriend Candidate (Ashley Winstead) School librarian Alexis usually keeps out of the spotlight. But when she’s dumped for being too meek in bed, she decides it’s time for a change. Enter b Logan b , the mysterious stranger she meets at a hotel bar. Foul-mouthed, funny…
Читать книгу Аннотация к книге «Fugitive 13» Aydin Torkal — aka Sleeper 13 — is on the run. Hunted not only by the worlds intelligence agencies, but also by the elite brotherhood of insurgents he betrayed, he has lived the past year like a ghost. Until now. MI6 agent Rachel Cox knows Aydin better than…
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Читать книгу Аннотация к книге «The Siege» It is the fifteenth century and war looms. The people of Albania have refused to negotiate with the Ottoman Empire and they know their fate is sealed. As they take refuge in a fortress in the mountains, the army arrives and prepares to lay siege to the Christian…
Читать книгу Аннотация к книге «Twisted Lies» He’ll do anything to have her . . . including lie. Charming, deadly and smart enough to hide it, Christian Harper is a monster dressed in the perfectly tailored suits of a gentleman. He has little use for morals and even less use for love, but he can’t…