Книги жанра современная зарубежная литература
Steven Wilder had fallen for the bat-wielding temptress in more ways than just hitting the floor… he wanted to keep her. Finding out she was promised to the mob gave him the reason he needed to kidnap her and make her his mate… for her own protection, of course. Everyone says there are two paths in life, but for Jewel Scott it looked like both of them were very dangerous. One led toward Anthony, a…
Lara the Runaway Cat tells the story of Gobi, the loveable pub who followed Dion Leonard across a gruelling 155-mile trek across the Gobi Desert, and her mischievous cat sister, Lara, who runs away from her family, seeking a courageous adventure and different life.Lara doesn’t realise how good she has it in her home in Edinburgh with her owners, Dion and Lucja, and of course her sister, Gobi. If s…
Alguien… o algo… está asesinando a la gente en el condado de Sardis. Alguien… o algo… está asesinando a la gente en el condado de Sardis. El comisario Billy Napier y el inspector Alan Blake están haciendo todo lo posible para encontrar al asesino antes de que alguien más sea víctima del ”Descuartizador de Sardis”. ¿Cuál es el mayor obstáculo? El equipo forense no encuentra ningún rastro. Katie Mon…
Все о настоящей датской прозе. Единственная изданная в России антология современной датской прозы позволит вам убедиться, насколько высок уровень этой литературы, и прочувствовать, что такое истинно нордический стиль. Что же объединяет все эти – такие разные – тексты? С проницательностью и любовью к деталям, с экзистенциальной тревогой и вниманием к психологии, с тонким вкусом к мистике и приверже…
In the most exciting SF collaboration ever, Arthur C. Clarke and his acknowledged heir Stephen Baxter pool talent and unprecedented cosmic insights as well as page-turning plotting skills and breathlessly good writing to produce the most awesome novel of the future since 2001: A Space Odyssey.’Space is what keeps everything from being in the same place. Right?’ With these words Hiram Patterson, he…
The spellbinding sequel to Sidney Sheldon’s MASTER OF THE GAME, one of the most glamorous and suspenseful tales ever told…It began with Jamie MacGregor, stealing diamonds in Africa. It continued with his daughter, the powerful Kate Blackwell, who grew her father’s company into a world wide conglomerate. Now the story passes to the next generation.Spanning the decades and picking up exactly where S…
Германия, 1939 год. Тринадцатилетняя Магда опустошена: лучшую подругу Лотту отправили в концентрационный лагерь, навсегда разлучив с ней. И когда нацисты приходят к власти, Магда понимает: она не такая, как другие девушки в ее деревне. Она ненавидит фанатичные новые правила гитлерюгенда, поэтому тайно присоединяется к движению «Белая роза», чтобы бороться против деспотичного, пугающего мира вокруг…
Written in reaction to what Bentley perceived as the sterility and artificiality of the detective fiction of his day, Trent's Last Case features Philip Trent, an all-too-human detective who not only falls in love with the chief suspect but reaches a brilliant conclusion that is totally wrong.Trent’s Last Case begins when millionaire American financier Sigsbee Manderson is murdered while on holiday…
Love where he least expects it… GP Oliver James knows exactly what his ‘perfect bride’ should be like – and vibrant, unconventional new locum Lula Chance is the total opposite! Yet there’s something about beautiful Lula and the heartbreak in her eyes that intrigues him…Lula’s determined not to be distracted by brooding bachelor Oliver… no matter how gorgeous he is. She’s arrived in Atlee Wold hopi…
Un uomo solo e tormentato si rifugia in una taverna abbandonata mentre la Terra esplode. Lì si scoprirà come un giocatore compulsivo che dovrà superare innumerevoli incidenti scoprendo che anche la Terra si sta prendendo gioco di lui. La Terra, una giocatrice incallita, ha grandi progetti per i giocatori professionisti, quegli esseri che la vita ha sempre maltrattato. È in gioco la più importante …
История дружбы и взросления четырех мальчишек развивается на фоне необъятных просторов, окружающих Орхидеевый остров в Тихом океане. Тысячи лет люди тао сохраняли традиционный уклад жизни, относясь с почтением к морским обитателям. При этом они питали особое благоговение к своему тотему – летучей рыбе. Но в конце XX века новое поколение сталкивается с выбором: перенимать ли современный образ жизни…
Katherine und Bennets Wege kreuzen sich immer wieder, und auch ihre Worte. Funken fliegen und binnen Kurzem beginnt Leidenschaft zwischen ihnen zu kochen. Es könnte sie dazu führen Liebe zu finden, oder es könnte als ihr Untergang enden. Lady Katherine Wilson hat nie erwartet eine Pferdefarm zu erben, aber sie nimmt das Geschenk, und die Gelegenheit das Vermächtnis ihrer Großmutter weiterzuführen,…
It all begins with a hot air balloon trip and three bottles of champagne. Allan and Julius are ready for some spectacular views, but they’re not expecting to land in the sea and be rescued by a North Korean ship, and they could never have imagined that the captain of the ship would be harbouring a suitcase full of contraband uranium, on a nuclear weapons mission for Kim Jong-un …Soon Allan and Jul…
‘I hope this letter gets to you quickly. We are always waiting, aren’t we? Perhaps the greatest gift this war has given us is the anticipation…’ It's January 1943 when Rita Vincenzo receives her first letter from Glory Whitehall. Glory is an effervescent young mother, impulsive and free as a bird. Rita is a sensible professor's wife with a love of gardening and a generous old soul. Glory comes fro…
I fratelli guardiani sono immortali molto possessivi quando si tratta di proteggere Kyoko da Hyakuhei, dai demoni, persino da se stessa. Ma quando la cosa si spinge oltre? Se i fratelli sapessero che devono uccidersi a vicenda solo per starle vicino, lo farebbero? Se lei gli permettesse di amarla,s'immolerebbero senza nemmeno pensarci. La loro morte basterà a tenere Kyoko lontano dal signore dei d…