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81Theodore Boone: The Activist , John Grisham (2013)
As all of Strattenburg sits divided over a hot political and environmental issue, Theo finds himself in the middle of the battle. The county commission is fighting hard to change the landscape of the… 859 руб82Revolutionary Russia, 1891-1991. A Pelican Introduction , Figes Orlando (2014)
The problem of Russia dominated the 20th century. Well before the 1917 revolutions Russia obsessed its imperial rivals and Russians themselves argued violently both about how Russia should be run and… 806 руб83The Second World War , Beevor Antony (2014)
The Second World War began in August 1939 on the edge of Manchuria and ended there exactly six years later with the Soviet invasion of northern China. The war in Europe appeared completely divorced… 1151 руб84The Dirty War , Anna Politkovskaya (2007)
The Chechen War was supposed to be over in 1996 after the first Yeltsin campaign, but in the summer of 1999 the new Putin government decided, in their own words, to "do the job properly" . Before all… 1758 руб85The Last Tycoon , F. Scott Fitzgerald (2014)
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.'They were smiling at each other as if this was the beginning of the world.'The lights of Hollywood do little to… 228 руб86Nightwing: Volume 2: Rough Justice , Chuck Dixon, Devin Grayson (2015)
In the fallen city of Bludhaven, crime and corruption have replaced civil society almost entirely. From the mayor on down to the lowliest dogcatcher, everyone on the public payroll has been bought… 1378 руб87The Chronicles of Conan Volume 10: When Giants Walk the Earth And Other Stories , Roy Thomas (2006)
Treading the long and winding path toward his eventual monarchy, Conan becomes witness to the corruption and devastation of many a fantastic kingdom along the way. Not the least of which being the… 1629 руб88McTeague , Norris Frank (2001)
McTeague (1899) chronicles the demise of a San Francisco couple at the end of the nineteenth century. Inspired by an actual crime that was sensationalized in the San Francisco papers, it tells the… 227 руб89The Country Wife and Other Plays , Wycherley William (2002)
Wycherley's four comedies are admired for their satirical wit, farcical humour, vivid characterization, and social criticism. Love in a Wood, a lively comedy of intrigue, established him as a… 299 руб90Newton , Lliffe Robert (2007)
This Very Short Introduction uses Newton's own unpublished writings to provide fascinating insight into the man who kept the Royal Society under his thumb, was Head of the Mint, and whose… 493 руб
