In this riveting sequel to Adrian McKinty`s acclaimed debut, Dead I Well May Be, mercenary bad boy Michael Forsythe is back - the hero other writers can only aspire to create (Ed McBain). While on holiday in Spain, Michael Forsythe is arrested in the chaos of a soccer riot and hauled off to jail. Back on the wrong side of the law, the Belfast native has no hope of release - until a seductive female British Intelligence Agent makes Michael an offer he can`t refuse: Avoid jail time in a Mexican hellhole by taking on a special FBI assignment and infiltrating a dangerous Irish terrorist cell back in the States. Within hours Michael is thrust into the nightmarish world of madmen known for their distinctive brands of torture and revenge - all...
ISBN: 978-0-7434-9948-4
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Set in a world of extraordinary circumstances, filled with stunning visual imagery and unforgettable characters, the DARK TOWER series is unlike anything you have ever read. Here is the fifth installment, "one of the strongest entries yet in what will surely be a master storyteller`s magnum opus" ("Locus"). Roland Deschain and his "ka-tet" are bearing southeast through the forests of Mid-World on their quest for the Dark Tower. Their path takes them to the outskirts of Calla Bryn Sturgis. But beyond the tranquil farm town, the ground rises to the hulking darkness of Thunderclap, the source of a terrible affliction that is stealing the town`s soul. The wolves of Thunderclap and their unspeakable depredation are coming. To resist them is...
ISBN: 978-1-4165-1693-4
Издательство:
Simon & Schuster UK
Дата выхода: май 2008
Humorous fantasy author Terry Pratchett returns to his beloved and bestselling Discworld, a flat land of untamed imagination where all manner of oddities and absurdities take place. In his own inimitable fashion, Pratchett turns his mighty talents to satirizing the Santa Claus myth in "Hogfather", where he shows us the ridiculous extent to which some will go to destroy, or preserve, the season of giving. So hop on board for another delightful and hilarious jaunt through Discworld with Terry Pratchett.
ISBN: 978-0-06-105905-6
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: май 2008
The final volume sees gunslinger Roland on a roller-coaster mix of exhilarating triumph and aching loss in his unrelenting quest to reach the dark tower. Roland`s band of pilgrims remains united, though scattered. Susannah-Mia has been carried off to New York to give birth, Terrified of what may happen, Jake, Father Callahan and Oy follow. Roland and Eddie are in Maine, looking for the site which will lead them to Susannah. As he finally closes in on the tower, Roland`s every step is shadowed by a terrible and sinister creation. And finally, he realises, he may have to walk the last dark strait alone! You`ve come this far, Come a little farther, Come all the way, The sound you hear may be the slamming of the door behind you. Welcome to...
ISBN: 978-0-340-82723-9
Издательство:
Hodder
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Издание на английском языке. This morality tale pits a scientist, a government worker, a mistress, a deacon, and a physician against each other in a verbal battle of wits and ethics - which explodes into a violent contest: the duel. The Duel kindles an introspective challenge of the intellectual and the moral kind.
ISBN: 0-8129-7008-X
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2004
Amy Redwing has devoted her life to rescuing dogs. But the unique bond she shares with Nickie, a golden retriever she saves in the most dangerous encounter of her life, is deeper than any she has ever known. In one night, their loyalty will be put to the test, and each will prove to the other how far they will go-when the stakes turn deadly serious. Формат: 10,5 см x 17,5 см.
Johnny, the small boy who skated at breakneck speed into an accident that for one horrifying moment plunged him into... The Dead Zone. Johnny Smith, the small-town schoolteacher who spun the wheel of fortune and won a trip into… The Dead Zone. John Smith, who awakened from a seemingly interminable coma with an accursed power: the power to see the future and the terrible fate awaiting mankind in... The Dead Zone. Формат: 10,5 см х 17,5 см.
While his literary reputation rests mainly on such celebrated novels as `Crime and Punishment`, `The Brothers Karamazov` and `The Idiot`, Dostoyevsky also wrote much superb short fiction. `The Double` is one of the finest of his shorter works. It appeared in 1846 (his second published work) and is by far the most significant of his early stories, not least for its successful, straight-faced treatment of a hallucinatory theme. In `The Double`, the protagonist, Golyadkin senior, is persecuted by his double, Golyadkin junior, who resembles him closely in almost every detail. The latter abuses the former with mounting scorn and brutality as the tale proceeds toward its frightening denouement. Characteristic Dostoyevskyan themes of...
ISBN: 0-486-29572-9
Издательство:
Dover
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
An autobiography of Henry Rider Haggard, an English writer, largely of adventure fiction. He was also involved in agricultural reform throughout the British Empire. His stories, situated at the lighter end of Victorian literature, continue to be popular and influential,
ISBN: 978-5-521-06638-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: февраль 2018
Can the secrets of one woman`s past change another woman`s future? Cate is a gifted young artist who survives in New York by producing remarkable copies of Old arrives in London to stay with her aunt Rachel who owns an auction house, determined to leave the pain of her past behind. Cate is sent to Devon with Rachel`s colleague Jack to value the contents of Endsleigh, the grand Georgian home of a former socialite. But inside, its once elegant interiors are now worn with age and dust. Then Cate discovers hidden in the back of one of the bookshelves, an old shoebox containing an exquisite pair of silk dancing shoes from the 1930`s along with a mysterious collection of objects - a diamond brooch, a photograph of a handsome young sailor, a...
ISBN: 978-0-00-721540-9
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: апрель 2011
THE DOOR is Margaret Atwood`s first book of poetry since the 1995 MORNING IN THE BURNED HOUSE. Its lucid yet urgent poems range in tone from lyric to ironic to meditative to prophetic, and in subject from the personal to the political viewed in its broadest sense. They investigate the mysterious writing of poetry itself, as well as the passage of time and our shared sense of mortality. As the New York Times has said, `Atwood`s poems are short, glistening with terse, bright images`. A brave and compassionate book, THE DOOR interrogates the certainties that we build our lives on.
ISBN: 978-1-84408-495-1
Издательство:
Little, Brown and Company
Дата выхода: январь 2013
In this classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale that follows the tradition of “Hansel and Gretel” and “Snow White”, a young peasant boy is predestined to greatness - once he overcomes an outlandish decree from the king. Demanding that the boy pluck three golden hairs from the scalp of the devil in order to win the princess’s hand, the king dispatches him to the devil’s cottage in the woods. Along the way many helpers materialize, including the devil’s grandmother, helping the boy on his quest and reassuring readers that the peasant boy will prevail. Illustrations of the deep forest creep and crawl thrillingly - with hidden snakes and demons for children to identify - as the hero pushes on towards his encounter with the devil.
