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11Grass For His Pillow , Hearn Lian (2004)
Set in a mythical, feudal Japanese land, a world both beautiful and cruel, this intense love story of two young people takes place against a background of warring clans, famine and treacherous… 624 руб12Moving Pictures , Terry Pratchett (1991)
The alchemists of the Discworld have discovered the magic of the silver screen. But what is the dark secret of Holy Wood hill? It's up to Victor Tugelbend ( "Can't sing. Can't dance. Can handle a… 532 руб13Daniel Deronda , George Eliot (1996)
George Eliot's final novel, "Daniel Deronda" (1876), follows the intertwining lives of the beautiful but spoiled and selfish Gwendolene Harleth and the selfless yet alienated Daniel Deronda, as they… 222 руб14Little earthquakes , Jennifer Weiner (2005)
"Little Earthquakes" tells the story of three new mothers in Philadelphia. There's Becky, the chef, Kelly, the venture-capitalist, and Ayinde, who is married to Philadelphia's most beloved basketball… 608 руб15The Red and the Green , Murdoch Iris (2002)
The scene is Ireland. The time, 1916, is the eve of the famous, tragic Easter Rebellion in Dublin, which startled Europe even in the midst of the First World War. A single Anglo Irish family provides… 954 руб16Van Gogh's Twin. The Scottish Art Dealer Alexander Reid , Fowle Frances (2010)
• This is the first book devoted to the art dealer Alex Reid, who was a close friend of Van Gogh and Whistler and enjoyed an international reputation • The book draws extensively on unpublished… 2263 руб17An Agent of Deceit , Morgan Jones Chris (2012)
Ten years ago, journalist Ben Webster had his investigation into a corrupt Russian business in Kazakhstan crushed, the cost of his scrutiny a terrible tragedy... Now employed by a private London… 642 руб18Bel-Ami , Maupassant Guy (2009)
Maupassant's second novel, Bel-Ami (1885) is the story of a ruthlessly ambitious young man (Georges Duroy, christened "Bel-Ami" by his female admirers) making it to the top in fin-de-sihcle Paris. It… 555 руб19Childhood, Boyhood, Youth , Tolstoy L. (2013)
Leo Tolstoy began his trilogy, Childhood, Boyhood, Youth, in his early twenties. Although he would in his old age famously dismiss it as an'awkward mixture of fact and fiction', generations of… 907 руб20Tigers in Red Weather , Klaussmann Liza (2013)
Nick and her cousin Helena have grown up together, sharing long hot summers at Tiger House. With husbands and children of their own, they keep returning. But against a background of parties… 562 руб
