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A glittering adventure set in India at the height of the British Raj. The New York Times compared Patrick O’Brian’s early novel to Kipling's Kim and called it «a gorgeous entertainment.»Hussein is a young mahout—or elephant handler—who falls in love with a beautiful and elusive girl, Sashiya, and arranges for another of her suitors to be murdered with a fakir's curse. The dead man's relatives vow …
The first novel Patrick O’Brian ever wrote about the sea – and the precursor to the famous Aubrey/Maturin series – is now available in ebook format for the first time.The Golden Ocean is the first novel Patrick O’Brian ever wrote about the sea. The novel shares the same sense of excitement and the rich humour of the Aubrey/Maturin novels, invoking the eloquent style and attention to historical det…
From the inimitable brilliance of O’Brian comes the tale of an ill-fated ship on Anson’s expedition around the world and the ensuing adventures of her survivors…After being parted from her squadron in the fearful storms off Cape Horn, the Wager struggles on alone up the ironbound coast of Chile, before she is driven onto rocks and sinks. The survivors include Jack Byron, a midshipman, and his ecce…
Nearly twenty years after he was wrongly convicted of setting the fire that killed his father, Lincoln Fox returns to Rebel Ridge, Kentucky. There, deep in the Appalachians, the truth of that terrible night lies buried—and he’s sworn to uncover it.His plans take an unexpected turn when, in the midst of a blizzard, he rescues Meg Walker from her wrecked car. Suddenly Linc discovers another reason t…
Eleven-year-old Tilly Martin is dragged from her suburban bedroom. Her mother, Cora, pleads for mercy but the kidnappers are clear: if they don't get their $5 million back in five days, Tilly dies. If anyone contacts police, Tilly dies.Journalist Jack Gannon's estranged sister, Cora, disappeared without a trace decades ago. Now she is frantically reaching out to him for help. Cora tells him about …
Every town has its secrets…Returning to Cold Creek, Ohio, is an act of courage for Tess Lockwood. Abducted and held captive as a young girl, she is unable to remember anything about the crime that destroyed her childhood and tore her family apart. Now a grown woman with a bright future, she is certain she has put the past behind her. But when she inherits the family home, Tess must confront the de…
SOMEONE NEW IS PLAYING GODThe Frankenstein story updated to the 21st century by the great American storyteller Dean Koontz.In a powerful reworking of one of the classic stories of all time, Dr Frankenstein lives on, seemingly indestructible, more malignant than ever.Frankenstein's first monster, Deucalion, has spent two hundred years trying to put an end to his creator. Now he learns that a new Fr…
Some lies never stay buried…Betsy Jakes was having nightmares, nightmares that could solve a decades-old mystery. And for someone in her small town, that meant she had to die.When Sam Jakes returns home to help his brother solve their mother's murder, two things shake him to the core. This crime is clearly the work of a serial killer who has struck twice before. And…Lainey Pickett is still in town…
Корреспондент норвежского телеграфного агентства – Роберт Пенсен, приехавший в Париж с заданием написать несколько статей о Луврской художественной галерее становится неожиданным свидетелем чудовищного преступления. Средь бела дня ограблен и убит курьер Кредитного банка. Преступники скрылись на большом сером автомобиле, прихватив с собой сто двадцать тысяч франков. Как выяснилось позже, на этом от…
Тайна, перевернувшая жизнь Александра Дюма.. 1850 год. Весь Париж не может оторваться от «Трех мушкетеров» и «Графа Монте-Кристо» Александра Дюма. Мало кто знает, что в доме писателя семьдесят «литературных рабов» пишут новые главы его шедевров. Успехи Дюма не могут не вызывать зависть. Последняя работа Александра провоцирует масштабные политические волнения по всей стране. Репутация и жизнь писат…
"Хайфский прохожий" - сборник рассказов о жизни мужчины после эмиграции в Израиль. Герой рассказов, переехав жить с женой и ребенком в другую страну, практически не зная язык, слабо ориентируется в окружающих его новых реалиях, и часто попадает в неожиданные ситуации. Его жизнь, по сравнению с предыдущей жизнью в Москве, меняется кардинально. Он ищет и часто меняет одну тяжелую работу на другую, …
Роман "Небесные врата Та Кео" - это продолжение культового романа Никиты Т "Дары богов", которая стала достаточно популярной. Действие романа разворачивается в Юго-Восточной Азии. Вас ждут незабываемые приключения главных героев романа не только в джунглях на границе Камбоджи и Лаоса, но также и в различных отдалённых мирах нашей необъятной галактики.
The lives of two women—the sole survivor of an airplane crash and the troubled park ranger who leads the rescue mission to find her —intersect in a gripping debut novel of hope and resilience, second thoughts and second chances I no longer pass judgment on any man nor woman. People are people, and I do not believe there is much more to be said on the matter. Twenty years ago I might have been of a…