passions
51House of Hilton. From Conrad to Paris: A Drama of Wealth, Power, and Privilege , Jerry Oppenheimer (2007)
This intimate, shocking— and thoroughly unauthorized — portrait of the Hiltons chronicles the family’s amazing odyssey from poverty and obscurity to glory and glamour. From Conrad Hilton, the… 929 руб52Ethan Frome , Edith Wharton (2000)
On a poor farm near Starkfield in western Massachusetts, Ethan Frome struggles to wrest a living from the land, unassisted by his whining and hypochondriacal wife Zeena. When Zeena's young cousin… 222 руб53The Waves , Virginia Woolf (2000)
'I am writing to a rhythm and not to a plot', Virginia Woolf stated of her eighth novel, "The Waves" . Widely regarded as one of her greatest and most original works, it conveys the rhythms of life… 222 руб54Beauty's Release , A.N. Roquelaure (2007)
Beauty has learned her lessons well. There are no pleasures that she hasn't given, no delights she hasn’t known - but there can be no freedom for her. It means she must deny her body the joy it… 811 руб55The Last Concubine , Lesley Downer (2009)
Japan, 1865, the women’s palace in the great city of Edo. Bristling with intrigue and erotic rivalries, the palace is home to three thousand women and only one man - the young shogun. Sachi, a… 621 руб56Notre-Dame de Paris , Victor Hugo (1975)
Victor Hugo, dans ce c&# 233;l&# 232;bre roman,&# 233;voque un Moyen Age pittoresque repr&# 233;sentatif de la passion des romantiques pour le "gothique", dont l'auteur deviendra d&# 233;sormais le… 627 руб57Greifenstein , F. Marion Crawford (1893)
Greifenstein saw before him a tall man, with abundant white hair and a snowy beard, of bronzed complexion, evidently strong in spite of his years, chiefly remarkable for the heavy black eyebrows that… 1315 руб58Sun Also Rises , Ernest Hemingway (2005)
Paris in the twenties: Pernod, parties and expatriate Americans, loose-living on money from home. Paris in the twenties: Pernod, parties and expatriate Americans, loose-living on money from home… 796 руб59Wolf Hall , Hilary Mantel (2010)
Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2009'Lock Cromwell in a deep dungeon in the morning', says Thomas More,'and when you come back that night he'll be sitting on a plush cushion eating… 621 руб60The Women , T.C. Boyle (2010)
In a rural backwater in Wisconsin lies the rambling estate of Taliesin. Here, tempestuous affairs rage behind closed doors, broken hearts are tossed aside and fires have ripped through the wings of… 427 руб
