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Скачать книгу (размер 4 277 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 840) Аннотация: «The Rough Guide to Greece has been the definitive guidebook to the country for 30 years. This new full-colour edition has been completely revamped and updated, keeping all our best features like detailed background and a journalistic eye for detail, but with new user-friendly accommodation, eating reviews and crystal-clear maps. Get the lowdown on Greece's world class attractions from the…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 523 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 496) Аннотация: Full-colour throughout, The Rough Guide to London is the ultimate travel guide to one of the world's most exciting cities. With 30 years experience and our trademark 'tell it like it is' writing style Rough Guides cover all the basics with practical, on-the-ground details, as well as unmissable alternatives to the usual must-see sights. At the top of your to-pack list, and guaranteed to get you…

Скачать книгу (размер 4 318 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 848) Аннотация: The new Rough Guide to New Zealand is the definitive guide to the world's adventure capital. Now in full-colour throughout, it contains dozens of tempting colour photos illustrating the country's iconic landmarks and its stupendously diverse scenery. Detailed accounts of every attraction along with crystal-clear maps and plans will show you the very best New Zealand has to offer: from white-sand…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 686 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 528) Аннотация: The Rough Guide to Switzerland is the ultimate travel companion to this clean and idyllic country with detailed coverage of all the top attractions. From the medieval streets of Bern to the stunning views of Lake Geneva and the iconic Matterhorn to the best spots to enjoy sensational alpine scenery, discover Switzerland's highlights inspired by dozens of colour photos. You'll find practical…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 829 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 360) Аннотация: The Rough Guide to The Netherlands is an indispensable travel guide with clear maps and coverage of the country’s unique attractions. From the pretty village of Edam and the gritty port city of Rotterdam to Amsterdam’s famous canals and vibrant nightlife The Rough Guide to The Netherlands unearths the best sites, hotels, restaurants, coffee houses and nightlife across every price range inspired…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 360 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 464) Аннотация: The Rough Guide to the Philippines is the ultimate companion for exploring this stunning Southeast Asian archipelago. Discover the Philippines' highlights in full-colour with information on everything from the sun-kissed islands of the Visayas to the lagoons of Palawan and the tribal villages of the northern Cordilleras. This guide includes detailed listings and essential information on where to…

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: A punchy, humorous, and probing look at the nature of religious belief, by the author of the massively successful Whatever You Think Think the Opposite. In a series of brilliant visual episodes, Paul Arden investigates the questions that have persisted since our earliest days. As ever, he is a master of compression, getting us to scratch our heads as he examines our relationship to the divine.

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. Beautiful, clever, rich — and single — Emma Woodhouse is perfectly content with her life and sees no need for either love or marriage. Nothing, however,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: We all have good days and bad days at work. Some days you feel bullet proof. People listen to you, your meetings run like clockwork, and you keep having new ideas. Other days are like wading through quick sand. You can't get anything done, and when the printer jams (again) you want to quit. Wouldn't it be great if every day went your way? If you jumped out of bed every morning ready for anything?…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 278 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 448) Аннотация: «Frequently imitated and widely influential, Howard Philips Lovecraft reinvented the horror genre in the 1920s, discarding ghosts and witches and instead envisioning mankind as a tiny outpost of dwindling sanity in a chaotic and malevolent universe. S. T. Joshi, Lovecraft's preeminent interpreter, presents a selection of the master's fiction, from the early tales of nightmares and madness such as…

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: Nikolai Gogol was one of the great geniuses of nineteenth century Russian literature, with a command of the irrational unmatched by any writer before or since. His strange tales, though often read as forceful demands for social change, were displays of the fantasies of the human spirit. In this ideal marriage of subject and critic, Nabokov analyses his endlessly inventive compatriot, focusing on…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 299 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 256) Аннотация: Why are some people and organisations more inventive, pioneering and successful than others? And why are they able to repeat their success again and again? In business, it doesn't matter what you do, it matters WHY you do it. Start with Why analyses leaders like Martin Luther King Jr and Steve Jobs and discovers that they all think in the same way — they all started with why. Simon Sinek explains…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: A series of provocative discussions on everything from individual authors to contemporary religious thinking, Against Interpretation and Other Essays is the definitive collection of Susan Sontag's best known and important works published in Penguin Modern Classics. Against Interpretation was Susan Sontag's first collection of essays and made her name as one of the most incisive thinkers of our…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 136 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 224) Аннотация: First published in 1973, this is a study of the force of photographic images which are continually inserted between experience and reality. Sontag develops further the concept of 'transparency'. When anything can be photographed and photography has destroyed the boundaries and definitions of art, a viewer can approach a photograph freely with no expectations of discovering what it means. This…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 462 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 288) Аннотация: Gertrude Stein, as a college student at Radcliffe and a medical student at Johns Hopkins Medical School, was a privileged woman, but she was surrounded by women who were trapped by poverty, class, and race into lives that offered little choice. Her portraits of Anna and Lena are examples of realistic depictions of immigrant women who had no occupational choice but to become domestic workers. This…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 911 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 376) Аннотация: The Rough Guide to Venice & the Veneto, long established as the most thorough and reliable guide to the city and its surroundings, has been completely redesigned and updated for this ninth edition. Unrivaled in its coverage of the Doge's Palace, the Basilica di San Marco and all the other major sights, the Rough Guide also reveals the treasures to be found in the districts that lie off the usual…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Greg Heffley is in big trouble. School property has been damaged and Greg is the prime suspect. But the crazy thing is, he's innocent! Or at least sort of. The authorities are closing in, but then a surprise blizzard hits and the Heffley family is trapped indoors.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 707 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 336) Аннотация: The paperback version of John Green's Top Ten UK hit. A beautiful, humorous and emotional novel about sickness and health, life and death. Diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 12, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumours in her lungs. for now. Two years post-miracle, sixteen-year-old Hazel is post-everything else, too — post-high school, post-friends and…

Скачать книгу (размер 728 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 144) Аннотация: Tells you everything you need to know about the best places to visit in the city, from the historic seat of power, Toompea Castle, to the dramatic Aleksander Nevski Cathedral and bustling Town Hall Square. This title offers a rundown of the 10 top attractions in Tallinn, followed by an itinerary for a Perfect Day in the city.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 870 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 368) Аннотация: «In his lifetime, David Foster Wallace was lauded by critics and loved by fans. But even to those who had barely read his work, he was something of a cult figure. Since his suicide in 2008, Wallace has become the Kurt Cobain of the printed word, and his life and death now stand as symbols of a generation's hopes and their despair. In this compelling account of Wallace's evolution from anxious…