Random House

Want to know where Chuck Palahniuk`s tonsils currently reside? Been looking for a naked mannequin to hide in your kitchen cabinets? Curious about Chuck`s debut in an MTV music video? What goes on at the Scum Center? How do you get to the Apocalypse Caf-? In the closest thing he may ever write to an autobiography, Chuck Palahniuk provides answers to all these questions and more as he takes you through the streets, sewers, and local haunts of Portland, Oregon. According to Katherine Dunn, author of the cult classic Geek Love, Portland is the home of America`s `fugitives and refugees.` Get to know these folks, the `most cracked of the crackpots`, as Palahniuk calls them, and come along with him on an adventure through the parts of Portland...

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011

When the moon is full at Blandings, strange things happen: among them the painting of a portrait of The Empress, twice in succession winner in the Fat Pigs Class at the Shropshire Agricultural Show. What better choice of artist, in Lord Emsworth`s opinion, than Landseer. The renowned painter of The Stag at Bay may have been dead for decades, but that doesn`t prevent Galahad Threepwood from introducing him to the castle - or rather introducing Bill Lister, Gally`s godson, so desperately in love with Prudence that he`s determined to enter Blandings in yet another imposture. Add a gaggle of fearsome aunts, uncles and millionaires, mix in Freddie Threepwood, Beach the Butler and the gardener McAllister, and the moon is full indeed....

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: январь 2002

The nine surviving children of the Hegarty clan gather in Dublin for the wake of their wayward brother Liam. It wasn`t the drink that killed him - although that certainly helped - it was what happened to him as a boy in his grandmother`s house, in the winter of 1968. "The Gathering" is a novel about love and disappointment, about thwarted lust and limitless desire, and how our fate is written in the body, not in the stars.

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011

From the author of JPod and Generation X, the bestselling generational classic, comes a dazzling new work that reimagines the very act of reading and storytelling in a crazed digital world.

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011

"Generation Kill" is about the young men sent to fight their nation`s first open-ended war since Vietnam. Despite the flurry of media images to come of the recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, you have never really met any of these people, who serve as front-line troops. For whatever reason, the media simply doesn`t get them. As we all know, news accounts of the last two wars focused almost exclusively on battlefield imagery of high-tech weapons wreaking astounding destruction, comply with analysis from retired army grandees and other experts, punctuated by the odd heart-warming patriotic sound-bite. The troops themselves play a role in the media`s presentation of recent wars rather like extras in "The Triumph of the Will". They are...

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: апрель 2012

Three and a half years ago former Grant County medical examiner Sara Linton moved to Atlanta hoping to leave her tragic past behind her. Now working as a doctor in Atlanta`s Grady Hospital she is starting to piece her life together. But when a severely wounded young woman is brought in to the emergency room, she finds herself drawn back into a world of violence and terror. The woman has been hit by a car but, naked and brutalised, it`s clear that she has been the prey of a twisted mind. When Special Agent Will Trent of the Criminal Investigation Team returns to the scene of the accident, he stumbles on a torture chamber buried deep beneath the earth. And this hidden house of horror reveals a ghastly truth - Sara`s patient is just the...

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011

Far, far away in the high, high mountains in a deep, deep valley in a dark, dark there lived a mighty dragon. He was an awesome and frightening creature, terrorising whole armies, destroying castles, demolishing forests and kidnapping princesses. But, this mighty dragon had a deep, dark

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011

From the seedy backstreets of London`s Soho in the 60s to the tough, sexy world of international rock-stardom in the 70s, Georgia sees it all-When nine-year-old orphan Georgia James is unexpectedly fostered by the kindly Celia and her bank manager husband she can hardly believe her luck. But then - on her fifteenth birthday - she suffers the cruellest betrayal of all at the hands of her foster father and is forced to run away, leaving everything she loves behind her. Penniless, sleeping rough, Georgia is soon introduced to the sleazy Soho world of brassy strippers, sweat shops, camaraderie and hardship. Fired by a fierce ambition, blessed with an extraordinary voice, her long struggle for fame and fortune begins. But even when she...

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011

Take a rollercoaster ride through the vastness of space and, in the midst of an exciting adventure, discover the mysteries of physics, science and the universe with George, his new friends next door – the scientist Eric and his daughter, Annie – and a super-intelligent computer called Cosmos, which can take them to the edge of a black hole and back again. Or can it? And who else would like to get their hands on Cosmos? A funny and hugely informative romp through space, time and the universe.

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2011

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: январь 2011

The stunning new novel from the No. 1 bestselling author of Fatherland; Enigma; Archangel; Pompeii and Imperium. The moment I heard how McAra died I should have walked away. I can see that now. I should have said, `Rick, I`m sorry, this isn`t for me, I don`t like the sound of it, ` finished my drink and left. But he was such a good storyteller, Rick - I often thought he should have been the writer and I the agent - that once he`d started talking there was never any question I wouldn`t listen, and by the time he had finished, I was done for. After five books set firmly in the past, Robert Harris returns with a contemporary novel that brings the reader face to face with some of the biggest issues of our time - the result is a gripping and...

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011

Below the radar, off the grid, and behind enemy lines, CIA agent John Wells plays a deadly game of As a covert CIA special operative, John Wells knows the odds are always stacked against him. For every atrocity foiled, another deadly catastrophe awaits. So when it emerges that four of the world`s most dangerous states are plotting together to unleash the ultimate nuclear threat, Wells realises that his odds on stopping them ranges from none. But that`s never stopped him before. And it isn`t going to stop him

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: август 2011

High school student Mai Taniyama, her handsome boss Kazuya Shibuya (aka Naru), and other members of Shibuya Psychic Research are now tackling the eerie case of the Morishita family. What is the tragic story hidden within the Morishitas` old house? Is it haunted by a mischievous poltergeist, or by something far more sinister? As Mai and Naru dig deep to uncover the home`s dark secrets, they learn that every child who has ever lived there has died under mysterious circumstances. And they soon discover that the malevolent forces at the house have a disturbing face: the creepy smile of Ayami Morishita`s doll. Of course, destroying a child`s toy should be a simple matter, right?

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: февраль 2012

A body washes up on the deserted coastline of America`s most exclusive holiday retreat. But it`s no open-and-shut case of suicide. The death of Mike McAra is just the first piece of the jigsaw in an extraordinary plot that will shake the very foundations of international security. For McAra was a man who knew too much. As ghostwriter to one of the most controversial men on the planet - Britain`s former prime minister, holed up in a remote ocean-front house to finish his memoirs - he stumbled across secrets which cost him his life. When a new ghostwriter is sent out to rescue the project it could be the opportunity of a lifetime. Or the start of a deadly assignment propelled by deception and intrigue - from which there will be no...

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: январь 2001

Young Jerry West has a few problems. His uncle Crispin is broke and employs a butler who isn`t all he seems. His other uncle Willoughby is rich but won`t hand over any of his inheritance. And to cap it all, although already engaged, Jerry has just fallen in love with the wonderful Jane Hunnicutt, whom he`s just met on jury service. But she`s an heiress, and that`s a problem too - because even if he can extricate himself from his grasping fiancee, Jerry can` be a gold-digger. Enter "The Girl in Blue" - a Gainsborough miniature which someone has stolen from Uncle Willoughby. Jerry sets out on a mission to find her - and somehow hilariously in the process everything comes right. Формат издания: 13 см х 19,5 см.

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011

REASONS TO READ MY BOOK, NUMBERS 1 TO 9 1. It’s about three girls in Year Nine 2. You can learn all sorts of secrets about me (I’m Ellie) 3. Ditto my best friend Nadine 4. Ditto my equally best friend Magda 5. You can see if your nine all-time heros/heroines match up with mine 6. You can squirm at my most embarrassing moments 7. You can have lots of laughs (mostly at me!) 8. You might even cry a bit, too 9. PLUS, you get to find out a lot more about BOYS!

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011

Ellie, Magda and Nadine are back - but they`re not very happy! Ellie`s glorious romance with Russell is teetering on the rocks. Magda`s lost her pet and is desperately upset (though the others didn`t even know she still had a hamster!). And Nadine is fed up with the other two lecturing her about the dangers of meeting someone on the Internet. She thinks her e-mail boyfriend sounds wonderful! Buckets of tears are wept and hundreds of tissues sniffled into. Can the girls` friendship survive these testing times? A superb fourth instalment in the "Girls" series, following "Girls In Love", "Girls Under Pressure" and "Girls Out Late". This book is a perfect read for older fans from the best-selling author, Jacqueline Wilson.

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011

Magda is tall and glamorous, Nadine is willowy and ‘gothic’ and Ellie, well, Ellie is just plain normal. The three girls have been best friends ‘forever’ but now Ellie is convinced she’s fat; Nadine wants to be a model; and Magda worries that her appearance is giving guys the wrong idea… They all long to change their looks and they’re all under pressure!

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: апрель 2012

Ellie has a boyfriend! Interested in her - not in her best friends, Magda and Nadine! She and Russell are made for each other - drawn together by their shared enjoyment of art. If only Dad thought Russell was perfect And as Ellie runs into trouble with a parent who thinks his daughter is too young for after-dark trysts in the park with oh-so-gorgeous Russell, Magda has a crush on a teacher - and Nadine’s falling for slimy Liam again. What they need is a girls’ night out - Girls Out Late!

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011

`Glubbslyme. You`re magic`! When Rebecca wades into the witch`s pond after a row with her best friend Sarah, she meets a very unusual new friend - a huge, warty toad! And Glubbslyme is no ordinary toad. Hundreds of years old, he can talk and - best of all - he can work magic. Maybe, just maybe, he can help Rebecca be best friends with Sarah again?

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011

"Glue" is the story of four boys growing up in the Edinburgh schemes, and about the loyalties, the experiences and secrets that hold them together into their thirties. As we follow their lives from the `70s into the new century - from punk to techno, from speed to Es - we see each of them trying to struggle out from under the weight of class and culture, peer pressure and their parents` hopes that maybe their sons will do better than they did. What binds the four is the friendship formed by the scheme, their school, and their ambition to escape from both; their loyalty fused in street morality: back up your mates, don`t hit women and, most importantly, never grass - on anyone. Формат издания: 13 см х 19,5 см.

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: апрель 2004

Glue is the story of four boys growing up in the Edinburgh schemes, and about the loyalties, the experiences and the secrets that hold them together into their thirties.As we follow their lives from the 70s into the new century - from punk to techno, from speed to Es - we can see each of them trying to struggle out from under the weight of the conditioning of class and culture, peer pressure and their parents` hopes that maybe their sons will do better than they did. What binds the four of them is the friendship formed by the scheme, their school, and their ambition to escape from both; their loyalty fused in street morality: back up your mates, don`t hit women and, most importantly, never grass - on anyone.

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: октябрь 2023

It is 1963 in New York, and things have never been better for the Corleones. They`ve taken out their Mafia rivals, and legitimised the Family. Outside the fortified building owned by Michael Corleone, newly undisputed Boss of Bosses, a parade of people - among them former mob rivals and an emissary from the Mayor of New York - wait to ask the great man for favours. Only one thing remains to be done. Traitorous former Corleone capo Nick Geraci has powerful friends and far too much to say, and needs to be brought in. But then everything changes. As fireworks explode over First Avenue, news arrives that Jimmy Shea, President of the United States and an old friend of the Corleone`s, has been

Издательство: Random House
Дата выхода: июль 2011