Endurance
11Cry to Heavean , Rice Anne (2004)
In eighteenth-century Italy the Castrati recreated heaven on earth. Their exquisite voices soared above the glittering world of courtiers and nobility. Those who achieved fame were showered with… 655 руб12The Odyssey , Homer (1992)
Homer's great epic describes the many adventures of Odysseus, Greek warrior, as he strives over many years to return to his home island of Ithaca after the Trojan War. His colourful adventures, his… 232 руб13Berlin: The Downfall 1945 , Antony Beevor (2010)
The Red Army had much to avenge when it finally reached the frontiers of the Reich in January 1945. Political instructors rammed home the message of Wehrmacht and SS brutality. The result was the… 887 руб14The Outlet , Andy Adams (1905)
When the spirit of a man is once broken, he becomes useless. On the trail it is necessary to have some diversion from hard work, long hours, and exposure to the elements. With man and beast, from the… 1315 руб15The Heart of a Dog , Mikhail Bulgakov (2009)
This title is presented with a new introduction by Andrey Kurkov. A rich, successful Moscow professor befriends a stray dog and attempts a scientific first by transplanting into it the testicles and… 403 руб16Still Summer , Mitchard Jacquelyn (2008)
Twenty years ago they were high school royalty, the girls everyone envied. But life for Tracy and Holly has subsided into suburban contentment, husbands, homes and families. So when Olivia, the… 637 руб17The End of Sleep , Somerville Rowan (2009)
Fin, an Irish journalist with little more than a rumpled linen suit to his name, wakes at dawn with a fierce hangover and an excruciating bruise on his thigh. As the first prayer call of the day… 772 руб18Heart of a Dog , Bulgakov Mikhail (2009)
A rich, successful Moscow professor befriends a stray dog and attempts a scientific first by transplanting into it the testicles and pituitary gland of a recently deceased man. A distinctly… 888 руб19The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel , Moggach Deborah (2012)
When Ravi Kapoor, an over-worked London doctor, is driven beyond endurance by his obnoxious father-in-law, he asks his wife:'Can't we just send him away somewhere? Somewhere far, far away'. His… 1813 руб20A Rush of Blood to the Head (2006)
Marc Sluszny, the freewheeling adventurer who has done it all, through air, earth, water and fire. He holds the world record in bungee jumping from a hot-air balloon. Is a former skysurfing champion… 1355 руб
