The high-energy tale of how two socially awkward Ivy Leaguers, trying to increase their chances with the opposite sex, ended up creating Facebook. Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg were Harvard undergraduates and best friends??outsiders at a school filled with polished prep-school grads and long-time legacies. They shared both academic brilliance in math and a geeky […]
Vsemirno izvestnyj roman anglijskogo pisatelja Danielja Defo “ZHizn i udivitelnye prikljuchenija Robinzona Kruzo”, rasskazyvajuwij o dolgih 28 godah, provedennyh morjakom iz Jorka na neobitaemom ostrove, i po sej den ostaetsja odnoj iz naibolee chitaemyh knig. V sbornik tak zhe voshlo prodolzhenie romana, povestvujuwee o dalnejshih prikljuchenijah Robinzona Kruzo vo vremja krugosvetnogo puteshestvija.
First came a sinister warning to Poirot not to eat any plum pudding…then the discovery of corpse in chest…next, an overheard quarrel that led to murder…the strange case of the of the dead man who altered his eating habits..and the puzzle of the victim who dreamt his own suicide. What links these six baffling cases? […]
EVERYBODY KNEW ABOUT THE ASHBY AFFAIR Trista had grown up hearing the sordid details. Now Dylan Ashby was back, after thirteen years, and she was appalled to discover the passion of her new feelings for him. What sort of woman was she to want this particular man to make love to her? This had to […]
Before Carrie Bradshaw hit the big time in the City, she was a regular girl growing up in the suburbs of Connecticut. How did she turn into one of the most-read social observers of our generation? The Carrie Diaries opens up in Carries senior year of high school. She and her best friends — Walt, […]
Sometimes, we make choices we didnt choose to make. Travis Parker, for example, wasnt looking for a relationship; from his perspective, his life was pretty close to perfect. And new neighbor Gabby Holland wasnt exactly dating material. This attractive redhead had a longtime steady boyfriend and treated Travis like an unwanted guest. But the unexpected […]
Few modern English readers could enjoy Rudyard Kiplings Kim [1] in the way Kipling (1865-1936) intended it to be enjoyed. Kipling was an Imperialist, and Kim embodies attitudes towards British rule in India which these days are wholly unacceptable and unpalatable. Kipling believed it was right and proper for Britain to own India and rule […]
She is the daughter of the Maharaja of Cooch Behar and the widow of the Maharaja of Jaipur. She was raised in a sumptuous palace staffed with 500 servants and she shot her first panther when she was twelve. She has appeared on the lists of the worlds most beautiful women. Gayatri Devi describes her […]
In The Shadow of Your Smile, worldwide bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark weaves a spellbinding thriller revolving around a long-held family secret that threatens to emerge and take the life of an unsuspecting heiress. At age eighty-two and in failing health, Olivia Morrow knows she has little time left. The last of her line, she […]