"The Night Gardner" is as fine an example of crime fiction as one is likely to find. But to pigeonhole this book in even that well-respected genre is to do Pelecanos an injustice. The richness of color and detail, the power and pacing of the narrative, and the story`s emotional depth place Pelecanos squarely in the company of John Le Carre, Richard Price, and a handful of others whose skill transcends the confines of genre. Pelecanos has produced a crime novel that rewards readers with an experience that satisfies on a level not limited to mere entertainment.
ISBN: 978-0-446-61921-9
Издательство:
Warner Books
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Adeline Virginia Woolf (1882—1941) was an English writer and literary critic, the leading figure of the modernist literature of the first half of the twentieth century. She also was part of a group of English intellectuals, writers, and artists, graduates of Cambridge, called the Bloomsbury group. Set in Edwardian London, "Night and Day" tells the stories of two women, Katharine Hilbery and Mary Datchet. While the right activist Mary struggles to find love, Katharine must choose between marrying a small-minded poet William Rodney, and her attraction to the passionate lawyer Ralph Denham. This book is Virginia Woolf`s second novel, a love story and a social comedy that questions the traditions and a woman`s role in the society.
ISBN: 978-5-521-07849-3
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2018
This brand-new comedy-adventure novel for young readers is based directly on the hilarious movie of the same name, released nationwide in May `09, and starring Ben Stiller as the whimsical museum guard Larry Daley. Both the film and its novelization are sequels to the 2006 box office winner and New York Times best-selling novelization, Night at the Museum. In this new book, the good-hearted dreamer Larry Daley must say good-bye to his famous friends from history who magically came to life during closing hours at New York`s Natural History Museum. They are being replaced by virtual hologram exhibits, and the originals have been packed up and shipped off to the National Archives in Washington, Then, Larry learns that the ancient Egyptian...
ISBN: 978-0-7641-4270-3
Издательство:
Barron`s Educational Series, ins
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Jack Nightingale was a cop who quit his job over a little girl`s death. He`s saved his own soul from a devil, and now he`s haunted by the cries for help of that same little girl. Is she trapped in eternal torment? Or are demons torturing and deceiving him in order to gain the ultimate prize? Nightingale will have to face down the powers of the police, south London gangs and Hell itself to find
ISBN: 978-1-4447-0073-2
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: июнь 2012
Five years after the horrific crash of TWA Flight 800 over Long Island which killed 230 people, John Corey is inadvertently caught up in the now-closed case by his FBI lawyer wife, Kate, who believes the government`s findings of mechanical failure is wrong. The FBI don`t take kindly to the case being looked into again and, as John Corey`s instincts and investigations clearly show anomalies, he and Kate are sent off to the Yemen and Tanzania for a month or so each as punishment. On his return, John is not put off - he has ten days` leave. Ten days in which to avoid the FBI and to find that elusive video tape taken by two adulterous lovers on the beach which may - or may not - show a sea-to-air missile racing up to hit the TWA Flight An...
ISBN: 978-0-7515-3180-0
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Vampires, werewolves, witches, shapeshifters - they live among us without our knowledge. Night World is their secret society, a secret society with very strict rules. And falling in love breaks all the laws of the Night World. This second volume contains three full-length novels of Smith`s Night World series.
Nightmare Abbey was written in 1818 by Thomas Love Peacock. It is a gothic satire, which delights in parodying the current fashions of the time, such as the Romantic Movement in Literature and Transcendental Philosophy. Although the modern reader can enjoy these witty descriptions even today, it is debatable whether all the allusions can be appreciated without an in-depth study of the work, as Peacock referred to many friends of the family and historical characters.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06094-8
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
Part of the "Night Watch" trilogy, this book follows Anton, a young Other owing allegiance to the Light. As a Night Watch agent he must patrol the streets and metro of the city, protecting ordinary people from the vampires and magicians of the Dark. Until he becomes involved in events that threaten the uneasy truce, and the whole city.
ISBN: 978-0-09-948992-4
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011
In his latest soul-chilling novel, bestselling author Peter Straub tells of a famous children`s book author who, in the wake of a grotesque accident, realizes that the most basic facts of her existence, including her existence itself, have come into question. Willy Patrick, the respected author of the award-winning young-adult novel "In the Night Room", thinks she is losing her mind-again. One day, she is drawn helplessly into the parking lot of a warehouse. She knows somehow that her daughter, Holly, is being held in the building, and she has an overwhelming need to rescue her. But what Willy knows is impossible, for her daughter is dead. On the same day, author Timothy Underhill, who has been struggling with a new book about a troubled...
ISBN: 978-0-345-48345-4
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: июль 2011
From the acclaimed author of Damages comes the compelling tale of a young vampire on an unexpected journey who gains the strength to face his darkest fears. An ALA Best Book for Young Adults.
ISBN: 978-0-06-054606-9
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
In the vein of "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" comes a science fiction parody packed with hundreds of gags referencing "Star Trek," comic books, and fan conventions.
`Don`t put your trust in revolutions. They always come round again. That`s why they`re called revolutions. People die, and nothing changes.`The twenty-fifth of May is an important, sombre day in Ankh-Morpork - the anniversary of one of the city`s bloodiest rebellions.But crime stops for nothing, as Commander Sam Vimes of the City Watch knows. When a notorious serial killer emerges from hiding, the chase leads the Watch to the roofs of Unseen University where a magical storm is brewing. It`s a case of wrong place, very wrong time.For Vimes finds himself back in his own rough, tough past with only a killer for company and a city on the brink of revolution to contend with. But he must survive, because he has a job to do: track down the...
You can run from the grave, but you can`t Half-vampire Cat Crawfield is now Special Agent Cat Crawfield, working for the government to rid the world of the rogue undead. She`s still using everything Bones, her sexy and dangerous ex, taught her, but when Cat is targeted for assassination, the only man who can help her is the vampire she left behind. Being around him awakens all her emotions, from the adrenaline kick of slaying vamps side by side to the reckless passion that consumed them. But a price on her head—wanted: dead or half-alive—means her survival depends on teaming up with Bones. And no matter how hard she tries to keep things professional between them, she`ll find that desire lasts that Bones won`t let her get away again.
In `Huntress`, Jez Redfern is wild and dangerous, and the leader of a gang of Night World vampires. But Jez discovers a shocking secret, and faces a terrifying choice: she must either remain a deadly crusader of evil, or fight to protect innocent mortals from her former friends ... But can she resist her instinct for blood? In `Black Dawn`, Maggie Neely`s biggest worry is leading her soccer team to victory - until her brother, Miles, goes missing. Maggie must find him. Her search leads Maggie to the vampire, Delos, to whom she is strangely attracted. But while Delos lives, Miles could be lost forever. Can Maggie bring herself to destroy him? Or will Delos get to Maggie first? In `Witch Light`, Keller is part shapeshifter, part panther....
ISBN: 978-0-340-99664-5
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: август 2011
Alisha Barba’s dreams of being a detective were shattered when a murder suspect broke her back across a brick wall. Now on her feet again, with her police career in limbo, she receives a message from an old school friend, Cate Beaumont, who is eight months pregnant and in trouble. On the night they arrange to meet, Cate is mown down by a car that kills her husband instantly. As paramedics fight to save her life they discover there is no baby. Her pregnancy is an elaborate lie, a cruel deception. Why? What happened? As Alisha sets out to answer these questions she is drawn deeper and deeper into a dangerous quest that will take her from the East End of London to Amsterdam’s red light district and into a murky underworld of sex...
ISBN: 978-0-7515-3730-7
Издательство:
Orion Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2011
In `Dark Angel`, Gillian is about to die. Then he appears - Angel - and becomes her secret prtector. She must give him absolute trust and obedience and in return he will make her the most sensational girl in the school. When all she`s ever wanted is offered to her, surely there`s a price to pay - as Gillian is about to find out as Angel draws her into the darkness of the Night World. In `The Chosen`, Rashel kills vampires. But she is up against a huge dilemma: her soulmate, Quinn, traps human girls and feeds on their blood. He`s a Night World ringleader. Love and loathing tear at Rashel`s heart. Revenge is sweet. But is love sweeter? Can she live without him? In `Soulmate`, something is haunting Hannah. Plagued by memories of a burning...
ISBN: 978-0-340-99663-8
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Jonathan is the orphan son of a hero soldier and a veteran of secret operations in South Armagh. Disenchanted by the army and his marriage, he works for the Palace Hotel, Zurich. There he meets Richard Roper, an illegal arms trader. He must bring Roper to book. By the author of Smiley`s People.
The Night World is a secret society of vampires, werewolves, witches, and other creatures of darkness that live among the humans. In the third collection in the series, the Night People are preparing for the apocalypse to destroy the human world.
Not everyone can take on the things that go bump in the night. Not everyone tries. But Jill Kismet is not just anyone. She`s a Hunter, trained by the best - and in over her head.
