Written in the last years of Roberto Bolano`s life, "2666" was greeted across Europe and Latin America as the great writer`s masterpiece, surpassing even his previous work in imagination, beauty, and scope. At the centre of the book is the fictional city of Santa Teresa on the Mexico-US border. It is an urban sprawl that draws in lost souls like a vortex: convicts and academics, an American sportswriter, a teenage student with her widowed father, and a reclusive, `missing` writer. But there is a darker side in the real town of Juarez, on which Santa Teresa is based, girls and women are disappearing at an alarming creeping sense of conspirac-y permeates "2666", from the apocalyptic overtones of its title, to the ways in which Santa Teresa...
ISBN: 978-0-330-44743-0
Издательство:
Picador
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Patterson`s second installment of his Women`s Murder Club series finds the ladies in search of a killer who sprays bullets into a crowd of children leaving a San Francisco church, killing one. Later, an elderly woman is found hanged. Nothing, however, can prepare the ladies for the twisted logic behind the killer`s choice of victims.
ISBN: 0-446-61279-0
Издательство:
Warner Books
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004
Blast off with Buzz Lightyear and the whole crew from "Toy Story". Dive into the amazing underwater world of Finding Nemo. Race into the world of Cars with Lightning McQueen. At the sound of the chime, readers can turn the pages of this read-along storybook to follow along on each thrilling journey. With retellings of three of the best-loved Disney•Pixar films that include word-for-word narration, plus original sound effects and voices from each film, this storybook and CD brings each adventure to life!
Existing in shadow, thriving in night, a terrifying serial killer stalks theresidential streets of Savannah, Georgia - one whose brutal signature is now drawing the attention of other denizens of darkness, for better or worse. Butthere is more than meets the eye here, and the horrifying truth behind these savage killings is about to be revealed - a truth that has dire implications forthe very future of the mortal
ISBN: 978-0-7434-9652-0
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
Raising the stakes in an already perilous situation, the elite members of a clandestine government sect have taken it upon themselves to become the arbiters of pain and violence against one of the most terrifying forces humanity has ever encountered. But there will be a heavy - and horrifying - final price to pay for both sides of an inhuman struggle that now threatens to spill over into an unsuspecting
ISBN: 978-0-7434-9653-7
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: июль 2011
In the sleepy and secluded town of Barrow, Alaska, citizens are preparing for the annual Coming of the Dark, when the sun will set for more than thirty consecutive days and nights. This year however, the Dark will bring something else - from across the frozen wasteland, a horrifying evil descends upon Barrow, mercilessly besieging its residents with unrelenting terror and swift death. As the darkness continues and the thirty days of night seemingly have no end in sight, Barrow`s only remaining hope lies with Sheriff Eben Olemaun and Deputy Stella Olemaun, a husband and wife who are torn between saving the town they love and their own survival.
ISBN: 978-1-4165-4497-5
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
This is an all-new original novel based on the suspenseful and terrifying world of the comic book mythos 30 Days of Night, one of the most acclaimed horror sagas in recent years an innovative and nationally bestselling book expansion of a nightmarish narrative that explores the nature of ancient evil existing and thriving in an unsuspecting modern world.
In a sleepy, secluded Alaska town called Barrow, the sun sets and doesn`t rise for more than thirty consecutive days and nights from November to December. During this time a few years ago, from the darkness and across the frozen wasteland, an evil that normally preferred to exist in the shadows descended upon Barrow and brought the residents to their knees. Barrow`s only hope was Eben and Stella Olemaun, a husband-and-wife law enforcement team who were torn between their own survival and saving the town they loved. Months later, as Stella Olemaun attempts to warn the world about the looming vampire threat by any means necessary, a rogue government agent may be taking more than an active interest in her story. And meanwhile, further...
ISBN: 978-0-7434-9651-3
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: август 2011
The office building designed by Foster and Partners for client Swiss Re at 30 St Mary Axe in London is already a well-established icon on the City skyline. Intelligently conceived, innovative in design and construction, and environmentally progressive, there can be few offices worldwide that have earned such affection from the public. This book tells the fascinating story of the genesis, development and public reception of one of the world`s most radical buildings - winner of over 10 major awards, including the prestigious Stirling Prize.
ISBN: 978-1-85894-322-0
Издательство:
Merrell Publishing
Дата выхода: июль 2011
"Иностранный язык: учимся у классиков" - это только оригинальные тексты лучших произведений мировой литературы. Эти книги станут эффективным и увлекательным пособием для изучающих иностранный язык на хорошем "продолжающем" и "продвинутом" уровне. Они помогут эффективно расширить словарный запас, подскажут, где и как правильно употреблять устойчивые выражения и грамматические конструкции, просто...
ISBN: 978-5-699-83421-1
Издательство:
Эксмо
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2015
Based on a true story, mystery and intrigue in pre-Civil War New York The sensational murder of Dr. Harvey Burdell in his lower Manhattan home made front-page news across the United States in 1857. Who killed Dr. Burdell? Was a question that gripped the nation. 31 Bond Street, a debut novel by Ellen Horan, interweaves fiction with actual events in a clever historical narrative that blends romance, politics, greed and sexual intrigue in a suspenseful drama. The story opens when an errand boy discovers Burdell`s body in the bedroom of his lavish Bond Street home. The novel`s central characters are Dr. Harvey Burdell, a dentist and unscrupulous businessman; his lover, the ambitious, Brooklyn-born Emma Cunningham; the District Attorney,...
ISBN: 978-0-00-730405-9
Издательство:
Collins
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Leah and Toby have lived across the street from one another for years without meeting ... and Leah has been itching to peek behind the front door of Toby`s eccentric house, always packed to the rafters with weird and wonderful tenants. When fate finally lets her in, Leah finds that Toby needs her as much as she is surprised to realize she might need him. Sometimes life needs a helping hand and with a sprinkle of romance and their own special magic, Toby and Leah`s dreams show the glimmer of a chance of coming true. 31 Dream Street is a wonderfully warm and insightful novel that will capture the imagination and soothe the soul.
ISBN: 978-0-14-101220-9
Издательство:
Penguin Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
Attention! Amy and Dan Cahill have been located once again, this time in the company of the notoriously unreliable Alistair Oh. Could they have been foolish enough to make an alliance? Spies report that Amy and Dan seem to be tracking the life of one of the most powerful fighters the world has ever known. If this fearsome warrior was a Cahill, his secrets are sure to be the price to uncover them just might be lethal.
Amy and Dan are hot on the trail of the fourth Clue, but their ruthless relatives will stop at nothing to eliminate them from the competition. Their hunt leads them to an ancient city that has been a hot bed of Cahill activity for centuries. All that stands between the siblings and the Clue is a cryptic riddle, a missing relic, and the secret of their grandmother`s past. The clock is ticking for Amy and Dan, but can they really solve a mystery that has eluded their ancestors for generations?
What if you were told that the source of the family`s power was hidden around the world in the form of 39 clues? What if you were given a choice - take a million dollars and walk or get the first clue and begin the search? At the reading of their grandmother`s will, Dan and Amy are given this choice - and they take the clue.
Super-selling author Gordon Korman sends Amy and Dan off on a wild chase in Book 2 of the highly-anticipated 39 Clues series. This just in! Amy and Dan Cahill were spotted on a train, hot on the trail of one of 39 Clues hidden around the world. But wait! Police report a break-in at an elite hotel, and the suspects also sound suspiciously like Amy and Dan. Update! Amy and Dan have been seen in a no, in a speedboat and hold everything. They`re being chased by an angry mob! When there`s a Clue on the line, anything can happen.
From the start, Patterson`s Women`s Murder Club series (1st to Die; Second Chance) has felt like high-concept TV with a smart edge, featuring an appealing and reliable cast of four female crime busters (a cop, a prosecutor, a medical examiner, a reporter) who race along byzantine plot lines humming with blood and sex, romance and heartbreak. But Patterson is an author who will detonate readers` presumptions for the sake of story, and in the series` third installment, the prolific author, working with frequent collaborator Gross (The Jester, etc.), defies expectations in a shocking way. Readers will love him for it. San Francisco Homicide lieutenant Lindsay Boxer, who narrates most of the action, is jogging with assistant DA Jill...
ISBN: 978-0-446-61483-2
Издательство:
Warner Books
Дата выхода: июль 2011
По дороге в гости к мисс Марпл ее подруга из окна поезда увидела, как совершилось убийство. Полиция трупа не нашла, но мисс Марпл, изучив карту местности, поняла, куда примерно делось тело женщины - его выкинули из поезда, а затем спрятали. В ближайшем к путям прохождения поезда поместье под описание преступника (виденного, правда, только со спины) подходят несколько человек. Кто из них? Почему? Кто жертва и...
ISBN: 978-5-9925-0120-9
Издательство:
Каро
Дата выхода: январь 2016
Everyone wins this game of literary tennis, a comedy of manners about envy in which Wickham skewers the nouveau riche. At their country estate, Patrick Chance and his wife host a weekend tennis party. As four couples gather on the sunny terrace, it seems obvious who among them is succeeding, and who is falling behind. But by the end of the party, nothing will be quite as certain. While the couples` children amuse themselves with pony rides and rehearsals for a play, the adults suffer a series of personal revelations and crises. Wickham`s nonstop action reveals at every turn that matters may not be as they seem, and in the end one thing is crystal clear: the weekend is about anything but tennis.
Readers the world over recognize as the best short story writer of the early twentieth century. Even today a masterful surprise at the end of a story is described as "an twist," and a prominent short fiction award bears his name. Widely known as a master of irony, also displayed in his stories dazzling wordplay and a wry combination of pathos and humor. Including his most famous works, such as "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Furnished Room," this collection of forty-one stories demonstrates his extraordinary technical genius. Cunningly arranged according to geographic location, these tales display the wide range of `s world, from the streets of his beloved New York City to exotic locales south of the border. With his wonderful plot...
ISBN: 978-0-451-53053-0
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: июль 2011