A long time ago, Joe Pike asked for help. In return, he would, one day, be called upon to return the favour, no questions asked. That day has come. Joe Pike is asked to protect the life of Larkin Conner Barkley, a spoiled rich girl who happens to be a federal witness in a major case. But someone is leaking information about their whereabouts, and the killers are getting all too close. So Pike he hatches a plan: disappear into the anonymous underbelly of Los Angeles, turn the tables, and hunt down the hunters. Enlisting the help of Elvis Cole, Pike uncovers a web of lies and betrayals; even the cops aren`t who they seem. But as the body count rises, it becomes clear that Pike`s biggest threat may be the girl herself - an edgy, yet...
ISBN: 978-0-7528-8191-1
Издательство:
Orion Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
It all begins with the paranoid delusions of a half-insane hero called Rorschach--but is he really insane or has he, in fact, uncovered a plot to murder super-heroes and possibly millions of innocent civilians? Following two generations of masked super-heroes from the close of World War II to the icy shadow of the Cold War comes this groundbreaking comic story--the story of The Watchmen.
In the years since its first publication, in 1983, Waterland has established itself as one of the classics of twentieth-century British literature: a visionary tale of England`s Fen country; a sinuous meditation on the workings of history; and a family story startling in its detail and universal in its reach. This edition includes an introduction, by the author, written to celebrate the book`s 25th anniversary. `Graham Swift has mapped his Waterland like a new Wessex. He appropriates the Fens as Moby Dick did whaling or Wuthering Heights the moors. This is a beautiful, serious and intelligent novel, admirably ambitious and original` - Observer. `Perfectly controlled, superbly written. Waterland is original, compelling and narration of...
ISBN: 978-0-330-51821-5
Издательство:
Picador
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
There's a reason why Water for Elephants has sold millions of copies, spent years on the New York Times bestseller list and been a book group favourite. It's phenomenal In Depression-era America, everyone's running away from something. Some people join the circus to escape. Jacob Jankowski hitches a ride on a freight train and in that instant his life changes. By morning, he's landed a job with the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. By nightfall, he's in love.
ISBN: 978-1-4447-1598-9
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: август 2011
Gruen s #1 "New York Times"-bestselling novel about a young man who joins a Depression-era circus train is now a major motion picture from Fox 2000 and Flashpoint Entertainment. The film stars Robert Pattinson ("Twilight") and Oscar-winners Christoph Waltz ("Inglorious Basterds") and Reese Witherspoon ("Walk the Line").
The award-winning author of The Babes in the Wood and The Rottweiler brings us another terrifically paced, richly drawn novel of suspense and psychological intrigue. Weeks went by when Ismay never thought of it at all. Then something would bring it back or it would return in a dream. The dream always began in the same way. She and her mother would be climbing the stairs, following Heather`s lead through the bedroom to what was on the other side, not a bathroom in the dream but a chamber floored and walled in marble. In the middle of it was a glassy lake. The white thing in the water floated towards her, its face submerged, and her mother said, absurdly, Don`t look! The dead man was Ismay`s stepfather, Guy. Now, nine years on, she and her...
ISBN: 978-0-307-38136-1
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: июль 2011
In this brief, intense, gem-like book, equal parts extended autobiographical essay and prose poem, Brodsky turns his eye to the seductive and enigmatic city of Venice. A mosaic of 48 short chapters - each recalling a specific episode from one of his many visits there (Brodsky spent his winters in Venice for nearly 20 years) - "Watermark" associatively and brilliantly evokes one city`s architectural and atmospheric character. In doing so, the book also reveals a subject - and an author - readers have never before seen.
Claire has everything she ever wanted: a husband she adores, a great apartment, a good job. Then, on the day she gives birth to her first baby, James tells her that he`s having an affair. Claire is left with a beautiful newborn daughter, a broken heart, and a body that she can hardly bear to look at. So, in the absence of any better offers, she decides to go home to her family in Dublin. Sheltered by the love of her quirky family, and the attention of an incredibly attractive younger man. Claire gets better. A lot better. In fact, so much better that when James slithers back into her life, he`s in for a surprise.
ISBN: 978-0-09-948998-6
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
