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When two of his American employees were held hostage in Iran, H. Ross Perot and a select group of his employees took matters into their own hands. They faced incalculable odds on a mission only true heroes would have

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Дата выхода: июль 2011

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2004

An inmate of a mental institution tries to find the freedom and independence denied him in the outside world.

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Дата выхода: февраль 1963

Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey`s One Flew Over the Cuckoo`s Nest is the seminal novel of the 1960s that has left an indelible mark on the literature of our time. Here is the unforgettable story of a mental ward and its inhabitants, especially the tyrannical Big Nurse Ratched and Randle Patrick McMurphy, the brawling, fun-loving new inmate who resolves to oppose her. We see the struggle through the eyes of Chief Bromden, the seemingly mute half-Indian patient who witnesses and understands McMurphy`s heroic attempt to do battle with the awesome powers that keep them all imprisoned.

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Дата выхода: июль 2011

`Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.` Pipes and kettledrums herald the arrival of gypsies on their annual visit to Macondo, the newly founded village where Jose Arcadio Buendia and his strong-willed wife, Ursula, have started their new life. As the mysterious Melquiades excites Aureliano Buendia`s father with new inventions and tales of adventure, neither can know the significance of the indecipherable manuscript that the old gypsy passes into their hands. Through plagues of insomnia, civil war, hauntings and vendettas, the many tribulations of the Buendia household push memories of the manuscript aside. Few remember its...

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Дата выхода: январь 2020

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: январь 2001

For generations now, Edward `s "Orientalism" has defined our understanding of colonialism and empire, and this "Penguin Modern Classics" edition contains a preface written by Said shortly before his death in 2003. In this highly-acclaimed work, Edward Said surveys the history and nature of Western attitudes towards the East, considering orientalism as a powerful European ideological creation - a way for writers, philosophers and colonial administrators to deal with the `otherness` of eastern culture, customs and beliefs. He traces this view through the writings of Homer, Nerval and Flaubert, Disraeli and Kipling, whose imaginative depictions have greatly contributed to the West`s romantic and exotic picture of the Orient. Drawing on his...

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Дата выхода: июль 2012

"So will I turn her virtue into pitch And out of her own goodness make the net That shall enmesh them all". As an incarnation of evil and a catalyst of jealousy, vengeance and murder, Iago is the mainspring of Othello. One of Shakespeare's most intriguing characters, Iago sets out to convince Othello of his wife's infidelity with Cassio. His motives are diverse - revenge, vanity, envy - but he succeeds in arousing strong suspicions in Othello's breast. Though noble and courageous, Othello finally allows himself to be duped by the coldly calculating Iago, and 'Chaos is come again'. This edition of the text contains notes, a glossary and an introduction. Издание полностью на английском...

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Дата выхода: июль 2011

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: декабрь 2002

When Joel Knox`s mother dies, he is sent into the exotic unknown of the Deep South to live with a father he has never seen. But once he gets there, everyone is curiously evasive when Joel asks to see his father. Truman Capote`s first novel, "Other Voices, Other Rooms" is a brilliant, searching study of homosexuality set in a shimmering landscape of heat, mystery and decadence.

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Дата выхода: июль 2011

Martha appears to have the perfect life: two lovely children and plenty of money. Eliza lives in a rented, one-bedroom flat with her musician boyfriend Greg, and all her maternal feelings are lavished on her dog. When Eliza ditches Greg and turns up on her sister’s doorstep, she expects to be swallowed into the sanctuary of Martha’s warm loving home. But Martha’s husband has just announced he’s leaving. For good. Proving to both women that a wedding ring isn’t a life raft. Then Martha meets Jack, who is everything she’s never wanted, whilst Eliza is dating dozens of men in the hope of finding the perfect husband. Suddenly the sisters are faced with the same challenge; is there such a thing as the perfect love? Or the perfect...

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Дата выхода: июль 2011

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2004

Short story collection first published by Granta in 1999.

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Дата выхода: июль 2011

From the moment Karen Blixen arrived in Kenya in 1914 to manage a coffee plantation, her heart belonged to Africa. Drawn to the intense colours and ravishing landscapes, Karen Blixen spent her happiest years on the farm and her experiences and friendships with the people around her are vividly recalled in these memoirs. Out of Africa is the story of a remarkable and unconventional woman and of a way of life that has vanished for ever.

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Дата выхода: апрель 2004

The restrictions of a wartime childhood in London and post-war shortages have done little to enrich Timothy`s early youth. But everything changes when his glamorous older sister Kath invites him to spend the summer at Heidelberg.

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Дата выхода: июль 2011

`I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills ... Up in this high air you breathed easily ... you woke up in the morning and thought: Here I am, where I ought to be` From the moment Karen Blixen arrived in Kenya in 1914 to manage a coffee plantation, her heart belonged to Africa. Drawn to the intense colours and ravishing landscapes, Karen Blixen spent her happiest years on the farm, and her experiences and friendships with the people around her are vividly recalled in these memoirs. "Out of Africa" is the story of a remarkable and unconventional woman, and of a way of life that has vanished for ever. "Out of Africa" was made into a highly acclaimed film, starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford, and won seven Oscars.

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Дата выхода: август 2011

Why do some people achieve so much more than others? Can they lie so far out of the ordinary? In his provocative and inspiring book, Malcolm Gladwell looks at everyone from rock stars to professional athletes, software billionaires to scientific geniuses, to show that the story of success is far more surprising, and more fascinating, than we could ever have imagined. He reveals that it`s as much about where we`re from and what we do, as who we are - and that no one, not even a genius, ever makes it alone. Outliers will change the way you think about your own life story, and about what makes us all unique.

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Дата выхода: июль 2011

Meursault leads an apparently unremarkable bachelor life in Algiers until he commits a random act of violence. His lack of emotion and failure to show remorse only serve to increase his guilt in the eyes of the law, and challenges the fundamental values of society ? a set of rules so binding that any person breaking them is condemned as an outsider. For Meursault, this is an insult to his reason and a betrayal of his hopes; for Camus it encapsulates the absurdity of life. In The Outsider (1942), his classic existentialist novel, Camus explores the predicament of the individual who refuses to pretend and is prepared to face the indifference of the universe, courageously and alone.

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Дата выхода: февраль 2012

During the Second World War Roald Dahl served in the RAF and suffered horrific injuries in an air crash in the Libyan desert. Drawing on his own experience as a fighter pilot, Dahl crafted these ten spine-tingling stories: of air battles in the sky; of the nightmare of being shot down; of the infectious madness of conflict; and of the nervy jollity of the Mess and Ops room. Dahl brilliantly conveys the bizarre reality of a wartime pilot`s daily existence, where death is a constant companion and life is lived from one heartbeat to the next.

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Дата выхода: июль 2011

England, 1321. Deep in the heart of countryside lies an isolated village governed by a sinister regime of Owl Masters - theirs is a pagan world of terror and blackmail, where neighbour denounces neighbour and sin is punishable by murder. This dark status quo is disturbed by the arrival of a house of religious women, who establish a community outside the village. Why do their crops succeed when village crops fail; their cattle survive despite the plague? But petty jealousy turns deadly when the women give refuge to a young martyr. For she dies a gruesome death after spitting the sacramental host into flames that can`t burn it - what magic is this? Or is the martyr now a saint and the host a holy relic? Accusations of witchcraft and heresy...

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Дата выхода: июль 2012

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2002

From Black Monday to the Asian financial crisis, from the internet bubble to mortgage meltdown, our lives are ruled by crazy cycles of euphoria and hysteria that manage to grip the world but are all-too-soon forgotten. In this unique collection of articles, Michael Lewis - ex-trader and bestselling chronicler of avarice and frenzy in the markets - casts a skeptical eye back over the most panicked-about panics of recent decades. He tells a story of boom and bust, deranged greed, outsized egos and over-inflated salaries, where the only thing that can ever be predicted is our constant inability to predict anything. Using contemporary accounts from commentators such as Joseph Stiglitz, Jeffrey Sachs and Paul Krugman, plus many of his own...

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Дата выхода: июль 2012

When Georgia Abbot`s fiance cheats on her she leaves her humdrum life in London for a job at "Glow" magazine in Sydney, Australia. At first things seem promising, as she`s swept up in a whirl of parties, dancing and debauchery. But Australian men are - oh dear - starting to look all too familiar.

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004

Crime, high finances, and journalism are interconnected in this early thriller by the author of “On Wings of Eagles” and “Lie Down With Lions”. In one suspenseful, action-packed day, fortunes change hands as an ambitious young reporter scrambles to crack the story. A suicidal Junior Minister, an avaricious tycoon, and a seasoned criminal with his team of tough guys all play their parts in a scheme that moves "paper money" around at a dizzying pace.

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: август 2011

Издательство: Penguin Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2002