Not quite novel or novella, McEwan`s masterful 13th work of fiction most resembles a five-part classical drama rendered in prose. It opens on the anxious Dorset Coast wedding suite dinner of Edward Mayhew and the former Florence Ponting, married in the summer of 1963 at 23 and 22 respectively; the looming dramatic crisis is the marriage`s impending consummation, or lack of it. Edward is a rough-hewn but sweet student of history, son of an Oxfordshire primary school headmaster and a mother who was brain damaged in an accident when Edward was five. Florence, daughter of a businessman and (a rarity then) a female Oxford philosophy professor, is intense but warm and has founded a string quartet. Their fears about sex and their inability to...
ISBN: 978-0-09-951279-0
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
`What`s your road, man - holyboy road, madman road, rainbow road, guppy road, any road? It`s an anywhere road for anybody anyhow`. Sal Paradise, young and innocent, joins the slightly crazed Dean Moriarty on a breathless, exuberant ride back and forth across the United States. Their hedonistic search for release or fulfilment through drink, sex, drugs and jazz becomes an exploration of personal freedom, a test of the limits of the American Dream. A brilliant blend of fiction and autobiography, Jack Kerouac`s exhilarating novel defined the new `Beat` generation and became the bible of the counter culture.
ISBN: 978-0-241-95153-8
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: март 2013
A hockey player since childhood, Lemieux signed on with the NHLUs Pittsburgh Penguins at the age of 16. Then, at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, he captained the Canadian hockey team, leading them in their gold medal-winning victory.
Jack London was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fiction, he became one of the first writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. On the Makaloa Mat is a collection of seven short stories that describes life on the beautiful Hawaiian Islands. Full of descriptions of local nature and sea, it dives into the lives of characters and the effect that the contact with Western civilization causes. The Road is an autobiographical memoir full of London`s experiences living as a hobo during the economic crisis in the United States, hopping freight trains, begging for money or food, and making up stories for the police to avoid prison term.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08173-8
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2018
Once Upon A Broken Heart (Stephanie Garber)For as long as she can remember, Evangeline Fox has believed in happily ever after. Until she learns that the love of her life is about to marry another, and her dreams are shattered.Desperate to stop the wedding, and heal her wounded heart, Evangeline strikes a deal with the charismatic, but wicked, Prince of Hearts. In exchange for his help, he asks for three kisses, to be given at the time and place of his choosing.Однажды разбитое сердце (Стефани Гарбер)Оригинальный текст, без адаптации.Сколько себя помнит, Эванджелин Фокс верила в счастливый конец. До того дня,...
Already a smash motion picture from Fine Line Features in New Zealand, this raw and deeply affecting story has also garnered major literary awards abroad. A contemporary story about an urban family in New Zealand, the book combines the action and mood of Blade Runner with the triumph of A Raisin in the Sun.
ISBN: 9780679761815
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: февраль 1995
One Last Rainy Day (Kate Stewart)ominic King doesn’t want or need anything . . . except his freedom.The key to his cage is tucked in the suit pocket of his overbearing, overprotective, older brother, Tobias—the leader of a secret vigilante group Dominic helps govern.Their mission? Destroy Roman Horner. And what better way to start than with their target’s daughter?The problem is, the moment Cecelia Horner arrives in Triple Falls, plans and motivations change. For Dominic, she’s a potent reminder that there’s still good in the world. With Tobias away for the summer, things start to quickly heat up until she’s not just a want, she’s a need. With the Ravenhood’s fate on his shoulders, Cecelia becomes Dom’s only solace, and...
Revealing secrets for achieving high-speed replication and data sharing, this guide uses proven techniques from mission-critical applications for ensuring success with Oracle Streams. From installation to implementation, step-by-step instructions are provided to ensure success with these powerful Oracle features. Oracle DBAs are walked safely through the myriad of complex Oracle Streams tasks including the set-up of the staging area queue, propagation through data hubs, customized apply functions, rule-based data propagation, and Oracle Streams transformation.
‘Orlando had become a woman – there is no denying it. But in every other respect, Orlando remained precisely as he had been. The change of sex, though it altered their future, did nothing whatever to alter their identity.’Boisterous and defiant, Virginia Woolf’s queer classic subverts restraints of genre, time and gender. Traversing the complexities of human emotion and society’s obsession with conformity, the wild adventures of Woolf’s gender fluid hero begin in Elizabethan England and end in 1928 – yet Orlando ages just 36 years.A satirical romp that spans over three hundred years of history, Woolf’s fantastical biography was decades ahead of its time.
Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was an English novelist of the Victorian era Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolves around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. "Orley Farm" is a novel which was first published by the London publisher Chapman and Hall from March 1861 to October 1862. This story deals with the imperfect workings of the legal system in the trial and acquittal of Lady Mason.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08327-5
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) was an English novelist of the Victorian era. Among his best-known works is a series of novels collectively known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire, which revolves around the imaginary county of Barsetshire. "Orley Farm" is a novel which was first published by the London publisher Chapman and Hall from March 1861 to October 1862. This story deals with the imperfect workings of the legal system in the trial and acquittal of Lady Mason.
ISBN: 978-5-521-08328-2
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: август 2019
Asuka Masamune is a guy who loves girly things--sewing, knitting, making cute stuffed animals, and reading shojo comics. But in a world where boys are expected to act manly, Asuka must hide his beloved hobbies and play the part of a masculine jock instead.
ISBN: 9781421542652
Издательство:
VIZ Media LLC
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2012
Asuka Masamune is a guy who loves girly things--sewing, knitting, making cute stuffed animals, and reading shojo comics. But in a world where boys are expected to act manly, Asuka must hide his beloved hobbies and play the part of a masculine jock instead. Can Asuka ever show his true self to anyone, much less to Ryo Miyakozuka, the girl that he s falling for?
ISBN: 9781421541099
Издательство:
VIZ Media LLC
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
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