Publisher`s Weekly Starred Review. Best-selling author Gladwell (The Tipping Point) has a dazzling ability to find commonality in disparate fields of study. As he displays again in this entertaining and illuminating look at how we make snap judgments-about people`s intentions, the authenticity of a work of art, even military strategy-he can parse for general readers the intricacies of fascinating but little-known fields like professional food tasting (why does Coke taste different from Pepsi?). Gladwell`s conclusion, after studying how people make instant decisions in a wide range of fields from psychology to police work, is that we can make better instant judgments by training our mind and senses to focus on the most relevant facts-and...
ISBN: 978-0-14-102204-8
Издательство:
Книжный мир
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
A collection of short fiction from Terry Pratchett, spanning the whole of his writing career from schooldays to Discworld and the present day. In the four decades since his first book appeared in print, Terry Pratchett has become one of the world`s best-selling and best-loved authors. Here for the first time are his short stories and other short-form fiction collected into one volume. A Blink of the Screen charts the course of Pratchett`s long writing career: from his schooldays through to his first writing job on the Bucks Free Press, and the origins of his debut novel, The Carpet People; and on again to the dizzy mastery of the phenomenally successful Discworld series. Here are characters both familiar and yet to be discovered;...
In his international bestseller "The Tipping Point", Malcolm Gladwell redefined how we understand the world around us. Now, in "Blink", he revolutionizes the way we understand the world within.
ISBN: 978-0-316-05790-5
Издательство:
Hachette Livre
Дата выхода: июль 2011
This novel, by the author of Oscar and Lucinda, tells the story of a man who, recovering from death, is convinced that he is in hell. For the first time in his life, Harry Joy sees the world as it really is, and takes up a notebook to explore and note down the true nature of the Underworld.
ISBN: 978-0-571-20979-8
Издательство:
Faber
Дата выхода: август 2011
The Cop Detective Sergeant Brant is tough and uncompromising, as sleazy and ruthless as the villains he`s out to get. While his violent methods may be questionable, Brant always gets results. The Killer: a psychopath has started a killing spree across London. Calling himself `The Blitz`, his weapon of choice is a workman`s hammer. And his victims are all cops. The Target: the police squad are desperate to catch the killer before he catches up with them. And Brant is top of his
BLK/MRKT Gallery was created as a way to present emerging talent as well as compelling urban and fine art. BLK/MRKT ONE presents the gallery’s artists and their work, including both up-and-coming and established urban and contemporary artists such as Deanne Cheuk, WK Interact, Dave Kinsey, Bask, Evan Hecox, Marion Lane and many more. This book is a “who’s who” of the scene and is characterised by the rich variety of styles and visual idioms, its celebration of rising masters and the promise of discovery.
ISBN: 978-3-89955-153-2
Издательство:
Die Gestalten Verlag
Дата выхода: июль 2011
The BLK/MRKT Gallery in Los Angeles is one of the most influential galleries for new contemporary art. Rich with striking images, BLK/MRKT TWO presents current work from a selection of artists associated with the gallery that illustrate the most current forms of visual expression and trends in art today. These artists include David Ellis, Ian Francis, Mark Dean Veca, Lucy McLaughlan, Mel Kadel, Dave Kinsey, Mark Jenkins, Marion Lane, Tiffany Bozic, Gregory Euclide and Ben Tour.
ISBN: 978-3-89955-193-8
Издательство:
Die Gestalten Verlag
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Even the most diehard baseball fans don`t know the true story of William `Blockade Billy` Blakely. He may have been the greatest player the game has ever seen, but today no one remembers his name. He was the first - and only - player to have his existence completely removed from the record books. Even his team is long forgotten, barely a footnote in the game`s history. Every effort was made to erase any evidence that William Blakely played professional baseball, and with good reason. Blockade Billy had a secret darker than any pill or injection that might cause a scandal in sports today. His secret was much, much and only Stephen King, the most gifted storyteller of our age, can reveal the truth about the world, once and for all. The...
ISBN: 978-1-4447-1619-1
Издательство:
Hodder & Stoughton
Дата выхода: август 2011
Third novel in his enthralling ‘Shadows of the Apt’ sequence of epic fantasy adventures. Driven by the ghosts of the Darakyon, Achaeos has tracked the stolen Shadow Box to the marsh-town of Jerez, but he has only days before the magical box is lost to him forever. Meanwhile, the forces of the Empire are mustering over winter for their great offensive, gathering their soldiers and perfecting their new weapons. Stenwold and his followers have only a short time to gather what allies they can before the Wasp armies march again, conquering everything in their path. If they cannot throw back the Wasps this spring then the imperial black-and-gold flag will fly over every city in the Lowlands before the year`s end. In Jerez begins a fierce...
ISBN: 978-0-230-70416-9
Издательство:
Macmillan Publishers
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Third in Mancusi`s hip, sassy vampire series, featuring the heroine of Stake That! She`s a vampire. She`s also a vampire slayer. (It`s a long story.) And now Rayne McDonald, Goth girl, has to carry out her most deviant mission yet: trying out for the cheerleading squad. Rayne already has enough on her plate: her twin keeps whining about whether or not to go all the way; her mom`s boyfriend is moving in; and her man, Jareth, who`s now allowed out in the sun, has turned from a dark, brooding hottie vamp into a surfer dude. But this vampire slayer is still on the clock, and she has a new assignment. A member of the football team has disappeared-and her bosses at Slayer Inc. think the cheerleaders had something to do with it. Now they want...
ISBN: 978-0-425-21716-0
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: август 2011
Once a proud Senator in Imperial Rome, Marius is kidnapped and forced into that dark realm of blood, where he is made a protector of the Queen and King of the vampires–in whom the core of the supernatural race resides. Through his eyes we see the fall of pagan Rome to the Emperor Constantine, the horrific sack of the Eternal City at the hands of the Visigoths, and the vile aftermath of the Black Death. Ultimately restored by the beauty of the Renaissance, Marius becomes a painter, living dangerously yet happily among mortals, and giving his heart to the great master Botticelli, to the bewitching courtesan Bianca, and to the mysterious young apprentice Armand. But it is in the present day, deep in the jungle, when Marius will meet his...
ISBN: 978-0-345-40932-4
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: август 2011
It began with two bodies. Different locations, same cause of death. Vicki Nelson, , knew right off that it wouldn`t be a straightforward case. The silver bullets found at the scene were a pretty big clue. Vicki is on the trail of an assassin hell-bent on wiping out Canada`s last remaining werewolf clan.
ISBN: 978-1-84149-357-2
Издательство:
Orbit
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011
Jody never asked to become a vampire. But when she wakes up under an alley Dumpster with a badly burned arm, an aching neck, superhuman strength, and a distinctly Nosferatuan thirst, she realises the decision has been made for her. Making the transition from the nine-to-five grind to an eternity of nocturnal prowlings is going to take some doing, however, and that`s where C. Thomas Flood fits in. A would-be Kerouac from Incontinence, Indiana, Tommy (to his friends) is biding his time night-clerking and frozen turkey bowling in a San Francisco Safeway. But all that changes when a beautiful, undead redhead walks through the door ...and proceeds to rock Tommy`s life - and afterlife - in ways he never imagined possible.
ISBN: 978-1-84149-722-8
Издательство:
Orbit
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Also Available as an ebook. Sometimes it takes fresh blood to solve old killings. After the stunning bestsellers The Poet and Trunk Music, Michael Connelly`s readers have come to expect thrillers with almost unbearable drama and unforgettable characters. In Blood Work, Connelly surpasses even his own high standards. "Blood Work"—that`s what Terrell McCaleb used to call his job at the FBI. Until a heart condition forced him to take early retirement, he headed all investigations of serial murders in the Los Angeles area. Now he is recovering from a heart transplant operation and leads a quiet life. His goal is simple: to finish restoring the fishing boat he lives on in Los Angeles Harbor and return to his hometown on Catalina Island. But...
ISBN: 0-446-60262-0
Издательство:
Warner Books
Дата выхода: апрель 2004
Over the centuries of his existence as a vampire Henry Fitzroy had acquired some very unusual friends, including a family of werewolves who had peacefully coexisted for generations with ordinary humans. But now someone had learned their secret and was determined to destroy them all. Henry was the only one they could turn to for help. But, forced to hide from the light of day, Henry couldn`t hunt down the killer alone. So he called upon his partner in supernatural crime solving, private investigator Vicki Nelson, for help. Yet as silver bullets continued to take a ghastly toll among the wers, Henry and Vicki began to fear that even their combined talents might not prove enough to trace the blood trail of destruction to its source before...
Admirers of Edgar-winner Rankin`s bestselling series featuring Edinburgh`s Insp. John Rebus (Fleshmarket Alley, etc.) may be disappointed by this stand-alone suspense novel, which has more in common with the works of Frederick Forsyth and Robert Ludlum. Gordon Reeve, an ex–Special Forces soldier with serious anger management issues, has settled down to a tranquil second career running a survival camp in a remote part of Scotland. When he learns that his journalist brother, Jim, with whom he hadn`t been close for years, has shot himself in California, Reeve resolves to seek answers. Once in the , Reeve begins to suspect that his brother was murdered because of an investigative piece he was working on involving a major chemical company....
