Среди множества интересных авиационных конструкций, которые появились в период Второй мировой войны особое место занимает немецкий самолет с реактивными двигателями Ar-234. Первоначально спроектированный как разведывательная машина, он использовался как бомбардировщик, и даже планировался на роли ночного истребителя, штурмового самолета и даже носителя ракет … Он оказал значительное влияние на конструкции появившиеся в авиационных фирмах Соединенных Штатов, Великобритании, Франции, а также бывшего Советского Союза. За исключением образцов ракетной техники, реактивные самолеты разработанные в Третьем Рейхе были самым лакомым куском для союзников – реактивные Ar-234 и Ме-262 «Schwalbe» являлись наиболее разыскиваемым призом

Miervaldis Birze. Ar dzērvju kāsi: Atceres un pārdomas.  Grāmatu veido atmiņu pieraksti un filozofiski tēlojumi, kuros autors (dz. 1921) tiecas analizēt citu rakstnieku un savu daiļradi. Grāmatas nosaukumā simbolizēta cilvēka tieksme izzināt pasauli.  Liesma, 1984. — 229 lpp. Recenzents filoloģijas zinātņu kandidāts Ilmārs Laukgals Mākslinieks Ādolfs Lielais Noskanējis grāmatu un  failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis imantslochmelis@inbox.lv Yandex – GRĀMATAS - https://disk.yandex.ru/d/2JO3dvhReBIF-A

Leonīds Borisovs Ar Katrionas karogu Sērija «Ievērojamu cilvēku dzīve» Romāns «Ar Katrionas karogu» stāsta par Roberta Lūisa stīvensona — mūsu zemē populārā angļu rakstnieka dzīvi un daiļradi. Lasītāja gara acu priekšā aizslīd visa Stīvensona dzīve. Lū — puisēns, kas visur meklē noslēpumus un piedzīvojumus un tāpēc bieži pats nokļūst smieklīgā situācijā. Luī — jauneklis, viņa klejojumi, viņa mīlestība uz Keitu Dramondu, kuras tēlu viņš saglabāja sirdī visu mūžu. Cīņa ar smago kaiti — plaušu tuberkulozi, kas rakstnieku vārdzināja no bērnības līdz mūža pēdējām dienām. Visas ģimenes pārcelšanās, lai glābtu Stīvensona dzīvību, uz vienu no Samoa salām Klusajā okeānā. Stīvensona aizkustinošā draudzība ar padēlu — Loidu Osbornu. Lasītājs iepazīs Samoa salu dabu un vietējos iedzīvotājus, kuru dzīvē rakstniekam bija liela, cildena loma. Ne velti salinieki viņu mīlīgi dēvēja par Tuzitalu, kas nozīmē — «Vēstītājs», Izdevniecība «Liesma» Rīgā 1972 Борисов Леонид Ильич ПОД ФЛАГОМ КАТРИОНЫ Роман Издательство «Детская литература» Ленинград 1968 Издательство «Лиесма» Рига 1972 Перевела И. Калнциема Рисунки В. Власова Оформление В. Гранта No krievu valodas tulkojusi I. Kalnciema Ilustrējis V. Vlasovs Māksliniecisko ietērpu darinājis V. Grants

Arkādijs Adamovs Ar niknu vēju Romāns RĪGA «LIESMA» 1980 No krievu valodas tulkojusi Vizma Lāce mākslinieks Viesturs Grants  Ar niknu vēju: Romāns No krievu vai. tulk. V. Lāce. — R.: Liesma, 1980. — 344. lpp. Populārā krievu rakstnieka Arkādija Adamova (dz. 1920. g.) detektīvromāna sižeta līnija savērpusies vairākos mezglos — dar­bojas gan viesnīcu apzadzējs, gan valsts mantas izlaupītajji, sika un liela mēroga spekulanti, vieglas dzīves tīkotāji. Romānā parādīta kriminālās meklēšanas darbinieku daudzveidīgā, sprai­gām un bīstamām situācijām bagātā darba ikdiena.  1975 © Tulkojums latviešu valodā, «Liesma», 1980 Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis

Vladimirs Kravčenko Ar segvārdu Šmidhens Jau no padomju varas pirmo gadu vēstures labi pazīstama tā saucamā sūtņu sazvērestība, kuras organizators un iedvesmo­tais bija Roberts Brūss Lokarts — oficiālās britu misijas va­dītājs Padomju Krievijā. Tomēr lasītājiem ilgu laiku nebija zinĀms, kā Izdevies atklāt šo sazvērestību, likvidēt to un nodot tiesai lielu dalībnieku grupu. Nebija zināmi tie varoņi, kuri iekļuva sazvērnieku nometnē un, ik dienas riskējot ar dzīvību, palīdzēja padarīt nekaitīgus bīstamos jaunās Padomju valsti ienaidniekus. Tie bija čekisti Jānis Buiķis un Jānis Sproģis. Saņēmuši speciālo Dzeržinska uzdevumu, viņi to spīdoši izpildīja. Владимир Фёдорович Кравченко ПОД ИМЕНЕМ ШМИДХЕНА Издательство «Советская Россия» Москва 1973 No krievu valodas tulkojis H. Lapiņš Mākslinieks J Krāniņš 10604—30 ® *Советская Россия», 1973 мяпчп'п un 80.0605030102, © Tulkojums latviešu valodā MWM(ll)—80 «Avots», 1980 Noskannējis grāmatu un failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis RĪGA «AVOTS» 1980

Lasītāji priecāsies atkal satikt Džefrija Ārčera jau iznākušā romāna Atbildi zina tikai laiks varoņus. Kliftonu sāga ir Ārčera slavenākais romāns. Jauna sieviete dodas uz Amerikas Savienotajām Valstīm apņēmības pilna jebkādiem līdzekļiem atrast mīļoto vīrieti, jo nespēj noticēt, ka viņš gājis bojā. Vienīgais pierādījums, kas viņai pieejams, ir vēstule, kura jau vairāk nekā gadu tā arī palikusi neatvērta kādā Bristoles mājā uz kamīna malas…

Po avarijos Ana Volš fiziškai sužalota ir emociškai palūžusi. Ji guli ant sofos savo tėvų namuose Dubline, o jos galvoje sukasi tik viena mintis: greičiau sugrįžti į Niujorką. Niujorkas jai – ten likę geriausi draugai, pats nuostabiausias darbas pasaulyje ir, žinoma, jos vyras Aidanas. Bet Anos gyvenimas nebebus toks, koks iki šiol... Negana to, kad jos grįžimą į Manhataną komplikuoja fiziniai ir emociniai randai, dar pasirodo, kad ir Aidano rasti neįmanoma... Anai jau atėjo laikas susiimti ir kabintis į gyvenimą! Ar įmanoma tai padaryti? Margas keistuolių pulkas, pribloškiantis ir netikėtas atradimas, du gimimai ir vienerios labai keistos vestuvės galbūt ir padės Anai gauti keletą atsakymų bei visiems laikams pakeisti gyvenimą. „Ar ten kas nors yra?“ – be galo jautrus ir nuoširdus, prisodrintas humoro naujausias M. Keyes romanas

Ernests Stabiņš. Ar viņu vārdiem (Reliģiskais sektantisms bez maskas) Šī grāmata jums palīdzēs uzzināt patiesību par dažādu sektu — baptistu, adventistu, Jehovas liecinieku u. c. — izcelšanos un to darbību Latvijā, parādīs, cik nepievilcīga ir reliģiska sektantisma seja bez sludinātāju liekulīgo frāžu maskas. Daudzie arhīva materiāli, pašu sektu dokumenti, kas bagātīgi izmantoti grāmatā, devuši autoram iespēju atmaskot dažādo sektu vadoņu avantūristisko darbību galvenokārt ar viņu pašu vārdiem. Noskanējis grāmatu un  failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis imantslochmelis@inbox.lv Izdevniecība «Liesma» Rīgā 1966

Justin Deverill, un militar joven, fuerte y apuesto, es el flamante conde de Strafford. Pero a su nuevo título puede sumarse una inmensa fortuna si accede a desposar a Arabella, su rebelde y temperamental prima. Arabella no esta dispuesta a casarse, pero su padre ha muerto expresando claramente el deseo de que lo haga, y precisamente con Justin Deverill. De lo contrario, éste sólo heredará el título, sin la fortuna. Las circunstancias la obligarán a cambiar de opinión y a obedecer el deseo de su padre. El joven conde de Trécassis, pariente lejano cuyas intenciones dejan mucho que desear, aparecerá imprevistamente en escena, provocando situaciones de confusión. Sus malévolos planes pondrán en tela de juicio el honor de Arabella, abriendo un abismo entre ella y el conde

Impetuosity is Arabella's only fault. An enchanting debutante and the eldest daughter of a country parson, she should know better than to allow herself to be provoked by Mr Beaumaris, the most eligible nonpareil of the day

ARABELLA-JŪRAS LAUPĪTĀJA MEITA AINO PERVIKA Aino Pervik ARABELLA, MEREROOVLI TCTAR, Tallinn 1982, kirjaslus .Eesti raamat. No igauņu valodas tulkojis Kārlis Mālbergs Māksliniece Dace Lielā © Kārlis Mālbergs, tulkojums latviešu valodā, 1994 © Dace Liela, noformējums, 1994 Igauņu rakstnieces Aino Pervikas grāmata stāsta par bēdīgi slaveno «fortūnas džentlmeņu» — jūras pirātu — gaitām. Galvenā varone, nežēlīgā kapteiņa Svina meita, tomēr spēj sveikā izk|ūt no visām briesmām un izvēlas cilvēka cienīgu dzīvi

When the wife of one of Istanbul's most popular singers is found dead and his baby daughter missing, the newly-promoted Inspector Suleymon, scion of an aristocratic Turkish family, finds himself plunged into the vulgar, overblown world of Arabesk music, dominated by the ageing chanteuse, Tansu

The Maddas Touch Everything that Maddas Hinsein touched turned to blood as the mad-dog dictator of outlaw Irait pursued his plans of conquest by taking over tiny oil-rich Kuran. Only Remo and Chiun could stop this man who was up to his mustache in gore. But Remo was possessed, slave to his immortal nemesis, the death goddess Kali. And the feeble Chiun was merely a shadow of his former awesome self. Unless CURE's terrific twosome could be restored to their full powers, Maddas Hinsein would turn the whole into one

Completando una especie de tríptico ¿involuntario? junto con La torre vigía (1971, disponible en la actualidad en Lumen) y la magistral e incomprendida en el fandom Olvidado rey Gudú (1997, Espasa), esta Aranmanoth es, más que una novela, una suerte de cuento largo, en el sentido en que a Matute le encantaría que hablásemos de lo que es un cuento. Asumiendo todas las coordenadas del cuento de hadas (la maldición nacida de lo prohibido, la fuga y la persecución, la presencia de la infancia incomprendida, la búsqueda del amor imposible, la aparición de seres de leyenda y los hijos habidos entre éstos y los hombres, la guerra y la crueldad, el paisaje indómito y la ambientación de época medieval), Matute nos cuenta la historia de Aranmanoth, hijo natural del Señor de Lines y de un hada del agua, que recibe un encargo que contiene la semilla de la pérdida de su inocencia: proteger y custodiar a la mujer de su padre, una niña como él. Entre ellos fragua una amistad, camaradería más bien, que no es sino el trasunto de todos los cuentos que en el mundo han sido: el cambio, la pérdida de referentes para una infancia atrapada en un mundo adulto -violento y corruptor- que no está hecho a su medida y al cual acabarán enfrentándose tarde o temprano. Y de ahí deriva la hermosura de este cuento. Orso, señor de Lines, pierde la inocencia conforme se va haciendo adulto y participa en las campañas bélicas del Conde al cual debe vasallaje, en un proceso de envilecimiento que incluso se traduce en la pérdida de sus agraciadas facciones. La madre de Aranmanoth, la más joven de las hadas del bosque, cae en desgracia ante su especie por culpa de los amores prohibidos con un ser humano. Windumanoth, Mes de las Vendimias, ha perdido el Sur, la cualidad que la distinguía de los rudos moradores de su nuevo hogar, y se encuentra sola en el mundo, sin otra compañía que Aranmanoth, Mes de las Espigas, que no es ni humano ni otra cosa, pero a quien la edad y el devenir inexorable de los acontecimientos obligan a acercarse a su condición menos favorecedora: la de ser humano. Aranmanoth y Windumanoth huyen del mundo adulto y frío buscando el Sur, el mítico Sur que simboliza la infancia perdida y el calor y el sol. En el camino perderán las ilusiones y adquirirán el conocimiento de un hecho: el Sur es una condición, no un lugar. Un paisaje interior inmune al externo. Amarga y hermosa, Aranmanoth pudiera parecer un inocente cuentito en comparación con la más ambiciosa Olvidado rey Gudú o la decididamente pretenciosa La torre vigía, pero no hace sino plasmar con más crudeza que en ninguna de las obras de Ana María Matute el eterno conflicto entre los deseos y la realidad, entre la voluntad y la renuncia. Obra menor si se quiere, pero no por ello menos recomendable, nos devuelve el placer por la lectura de los cuentos infantiles y al mismo tiempo se erige en uno de los libros fantásticos españoles más bonitos de los últimos años. Plenamente recomendable

Meryam and Adam take risks for a living. But neither is prepared for what lies in the legendary heights of Mount Ararat, Turkey. First to reach a massive cave revealed by an avalanche, they discover the hole in the mountain’s heart is really an ancient ship, buried in time. A relic that some fervently believe is Noah’s Ark. Deep in its recesses stands a coffin inscribed with mysterious symbols that no one in their team of scholars, archaeologists and filmmakers can identify. Inside is a twisted, horned cadaver. Outside a storm threatens to break. As terror begins to infiltrate their every thought, is it the raging blizzard that chases them down the mountain – or something far worse?

Anatolijs Ribakovs Arbata bērni Romāns Pazīstamā krievu padomju rakstnieka (dz. 1911. g.) romānā skarbi, vienkārši un vērienīgi atklāts sarežģīts, pretrunu pilns laika posms mūsu pagātnē — no 1932. līdz 1934. gadam, nenoklusējot ne kļūmīgo, ne noziedzīgo un tomēr laikmetu nenomelnojot. Rakstnieka nolūks nav bijis ne apsūdzēt, ne attaisnot, tikai pastāstīt patiesību, daudzslāņaini atsegt sociālpsiholoģiskos procesus gan sabiedrības . augstākajās virsotnēs — partijas Centrālkomitejā, gan tālākajās no­malēs — notiesāto, izstumto, uz Sibīriju izsūtīto vidē. No krievu valodas tulkojusi Valentīna Kira Noskannējis grāmatu un failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis RĪGA «LIESMA» 1988 Redaktore IRISA SAKSE Mākslinieks ANDREJS KALNACS Tulkojums latviešu valoda, izdevniecība «Liesma», 1983

Спустя 20 лет после убийства брата, молодой человек приезжает на место его гибели. Он узнает о любовном романе брата и профессора Веденмеера. И в поисках убийцы решается на путешествие в Израиль, где обезумевший от горя ученый ждет смерти, как избавления. "Arboretum" Марина Козлова написала в 1994 году. Впервые повесть была напечатана в литературно-публицистическом альманахе «РИСК» Дмитрия Кузьмина(1995). Позже — в литературном сборнике "Антология странного рассказа" (Донецк, 1998). Это издание принимало участие в книжной ярмарке во Франкфурте-на-Майне. В 2001 году «Арборетум» вышел отдельной книгой на итальянском языке. Переводчик — Паоло Гальвани, издательство «Stampalternativa» (Италия). И только в 2005 году состоялось полное русское издание

Arc d'X' is a reckless, visionary elegy for the second millennium and the literary bridge to the third. At its intersection of desire and conscience stands a fourteen-year-old slave girl surrounded by the men who have touched her: Thomas Jefferson, her lover and the inventor of America; Etcher, perched at the mouth of a volcano on the outskirts of a strange theocratic city, who is literally rewriting history; and a washed-up, middle-aged novelist named Erickson, waiting for the end of time in 1999 Berlin while a guerrilla army rebuilds the Wall in the dead of might. Where the center of the soul meets the blunt future of the street, 'Arc d'X' is the novel that has been looming at the end of the American imagination

A new world opens up to Sam when, fresh from a breakup, he discovers a XXX peepshow on the outskirts of town. More than a mere venue for closeted men to meet for anonymous sex, it’s an underground subculture populated by regular players, and marked by innumerable coded rules and customs. A welcome diversion from his dead-end job and the compulsive cyberstalking of the cop who broke his heart, Sam returns to the arcade again and again. When the bizarre setting triggers reflections on his own history and theories, he contemplates his anxious, religious upbringing in small-town Texas, the frightening overlap between horror movies and his love life, and the false expectations created by multiple childhood viewings of Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Then, of course, there is the subject of sex. As his connection to the place strengthens, and his actions both outside and within the peepshow escalate, Sam wavers between dismissing the arcade as a frivolous pastime and accepting it as the most meaningful place in his life. Arcade is a relentlessly candid and graphic account of one man’s attempt to square immutable desire with a carefully constructed self-image on the brink

For years, society has debated whether violent video games harm a player’s sanity. But what if one was specifically designed to make you commit murder? Tech journalist Desmond Lewis hasn’t been a hardcore gamer in years, but there’s something inexplicably addicting about Rogue Horizon, a VR survival horror beta given only to a select few. When Lewis begins suffering from violent dreams and disturbing hallucinations, he suspects the game may be linked to a series of unusual deaths across the United States. Fearing he’s losing his mind, Lewis follows the trail of a conspiracy to a mysterious virtual reality amusement park north of Las Vegas, where getting played is about to take on a whole new meaning… Swiftly-paced and relentlessly suspenseful, Arcadia is a psychological thrill-ride from start to finish

Three interlocking worlds. Four people looking for answers. But who controls the future — or the past? In the basement of a professor’s house in 1960s Oxford, fifteen-year-old Rosie goes in search of a missing cat — and instead finds herself in a different world. Anterwold is a sun-drenched land of storytellers, prophecies and ritual. But is this world real — and what happens if she decides to stay? Meanwhile, in a sterile laboratory, a rebellious scientist is trying to prove that time does not even exist — with potentially devastating consequences

Victor, an eighty-year-old multimillionaire, surveys his empire from the remoteness of his cloud-capped penthouse. Expensively insulated from the outside world, he nonetheless finds that memories of his impoverished childhood will not be kept so easily at bay. Focusing on the one area of vitality and chaos that remains in the streets below him, he formulates a plan to leave a mark on the city — one as indelible and disruptive as the mark the city left on him. 'A deeply satisfying read, in which each well-turned phrase resounds in every finely tuned sentence' "Mail on Sunday" 'Presents his heavily politicised vision at its most ambitious and also at its most Ballard-like' "Irish Times" 'One of the most beautifully written books in years' " Sunday Telegraph"

Even magic can't solve everything. . . . After facing down the forces of Fairy in mortal combat, Persephone Alcmedi still must deal with the aftermath. Not only does Seph now possess deadly secrets she must hide from the arcane and mundane world alike, but the dozens of magical creatures who've taken up residence behind her cornfield need food and shelter, and there's still her foster daughter Beverly's tenth birthday party to plan. And that's not all. . . . Seph's boyfriend Johnny has revealed himself as the wærewolf Domn Lup, and the ruler of the wære world is en route from Romania to make sure Johnny really is the 'king' he claims to be. But Johnny's hiding a dangerous secret: his magic is locked in his mysterious tattoos. He and Seph must find a way for him to reclaim it - fast - despite those who have no intention of letting Johnny gain his full powers. Seph knows that, in the arcane world, strength is always a necessity and power must be constantly proven, but how far is she willing to go to succeed . . . and at what cost?

Archange raconte l'histoire de quatre jours de la vie de Fluke Kelso, ancien professeur d'histoire à Oxford, venu assister à Moscou à une conférence sur les archives soviétiques récemment ouvertes. Une nuit, Kelso reçoit à son hôtel la visite d'un ancien officier du NKVD, ancien garde du corps de Beria, chef de la police secrète. L'homme prétend avoir été dans la datcha de Staline la nuit où celui-ci eut son attaque fatale, et avoir aidé Beria à subtiliser les documents secrets du dictateur, en particulier un carnet. Kelso décide de consacrer sa dernière matinée à Moscou à vérifier les dires de cet homme. Mais ce qui débute comme une simple enquête à la bibliothèque Lénine se transforme très vite en une chasse à l'homme meurtrière jusqu'à Archangelsk au nord de la Russie, jusqu'aux vastes forêts au bord de la mer Blanche, où l'ultime, terrible secret de Joseph Staline est resté caché depuis près d'un demi-siècle. Robert Harris est né en 1957 à Nottingham, en Grande-Bretagne. Après des études à l’université de Cambridge, il entre en 1978 à la BBC en tant que reporter et réalisateur pour des émissions prestigieuses comme « Panorama ». Il quitte la télévision en 1987 pour devenir éditorialiste politique à l’Observer, puis au Sunday Times ; il est élu « éditorialiste de l’année » en 1992. Depuis 1984, il a publié trois essais, dont Selling Hitler (1986), sur les carnets intimes d’Hitler, et deux biographies de personnalités politiques britanniques. Il s’oriente ensuite vers la fiction avec Fatherland (1992) et Enigma (1995), qui sont rapidement reconnus comme des modèles du thriller historique. Ses romans ont été traduits dans une trentaine de langues et se sont vendus à plus de six millions d’exemplaires dans le monde. Robert Harris vit actuellement dans le Berkshire, en Grande-Bretagne, avec son épouse et leurs trois enfants

Winner of the National Book Award for her collection of stories Ship Fever, Andrea Barrett has become one of our most admired and beloved writers. In this magnificent new book, she unfolds five pivotal moments in the lives of her characters and in the history of knowledge. During the summer of 1908, twelve-year-old Constantine Boyd is witness to an explosion of home-spun investigation — from experiments with cave-dwelling fish without eyes to scientifically bred crops to motorized bicycles and the flight of an early aeroplane. In 1920, a popular science writer and young widow tries, immediately after the bloodbath of the First World War, to explain the new theory of relativity to an audience (herself included) desperate to believe in an “ether of space” housing spirits of the dead. Half a century earlier, in 1873, a famous biologist struggles to maintain his sense of the hierarchies of nature as Darwin’s new theory of evolution threatens to make him ridiculous in the eyes of a precocious student. The twentieth-century realms of science and war collide in the last two stories, as developments in genetics and X-ray technology that had once held so much promise fail to protect humans — among them, a young American soldier, Constantine Boyd, sent to Archangel, Russia, in 1919—from the failures of governments and from the brutality of war. In these brilliant fictions rich with fact, Barrett explores the thrill and sense of loss that come with scientific progress and the personal passions and impersonal politics that shape all human knowledge

On April 4th, 2014, 6 billion and 783 million people died in the blinding white fireballs of the Pan-Global Nuclear Holocaust. Sophie Saint-Germain, wife and scientist and mother of one, was not among them. She lived for a time, and so her words endure. The reclamation of her terrifying story is a miracle in itself. Uncovered during the Shoshone Geyser Basin archaeological excavations of 2316, Sophie’s unearthed diary reveals the most secret confessions of the only known female survivor of the Holocaust in central Colorado. Her diary reveals the truths behind our legends of the High Shelter, the White Fire, the Great Dying, the Coming of the One, and the Gray Rain Exodus, her horrifying journey into the wasteland made with the sole conviction that her daughter, Lacie, was still alive. For these are the first of words, chosen by the Woman of the Black Hawk: From the Plague Land, from the Fire. This is the book of the woman who was, this is the codex of our ancestors’ revelation. An episodic narrative, FROM THE FIRE, EPISODE IV: ARCHANGEL is the fourth installment of a serialized novel by Kent David Kelly. It is preceded by END OF DAYS (I), THE CAGE (II) and THE HOLLOW MEN (III). This unforgettable novella comprises 27,000 words, 110 printed pages. From Wonderland Imprints, Only the Finest Works of Fantasy

New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh is back in the shadows of a deadly, beautiful world where angels rule, vampires serve, and one female hunter must crawl out of the darkness to survive... The severed head marked by a distinctive tattoo on its cheek should have been a Guild case, but dark instincts honed over hundreds of years of life compel the vampire Dmitri to take control. There is something twisted about this death, something that whispers of centuries long past...but Dmitri's need to discover the truth is nothing to the vicious strength of his response to the hunter assigned to decipher the tattoo. Savaged in a brutal attack that almost killed her, Honor is nowhere near ready to come face to face with the seductive vampire who is an archangel's right hand, and who wears his cruelty as boldly as his lethal sensuality...the same vampire who has been her secret obsession since the day she was old enough to understand the inexplicable, violent emotions he aroused in her. As desire turns into a dangerous compulsion that might destroy them both, it becomes clear the past will not stay buried. Something is hunting...and it will not stop until it brings a blood-soaked nightmare to life once more

Nalini Singh steps back into the shadows of her “heartbreakingly original”* world where angels rule, vampires serve, and the innocent can pay the greatest price of all… Vampire hunter Elena Deveraux and her lover, the lethally beautiful archangel Raphael, have returned home to New York only to face an uncompromising new evil… A vampire has attacked a girls’ school — the assault one of sheer, vicious madness — and it is only the first act. Rampant bloodlust takes vampire after vampire, threatening to make the streets run with blood. Then Raphael himself begins to show signs of an uncontrolled rage, as inexplicable storms darken the city skyline and the earth itself shudders. The omens are suddenly terrifyingly clear. An ancient and malevolent immortal is rising. The violent winds whisper her name: Caliane. She has returned to reclaim her son, Raphael. Only one thing stands in her way: Elena, the consort who must be destroyed…

Naasir is the most feral of the powerful group of vampires and angels known as the Seven, his loyalty pledged to the Archangel Raphael. When rumors surface of a plot to murder the former archangel of Persia, now lost in the Sleep of the Ancients, Naasir is dispatched to find him. For only he possesses the tracking skills required — those more common to predatory animals than to man. Enlisted to accompany Naasir, Andromeda, a young angelic scholar with dangerous secrets, is fascinated by his nature — at once playful and brilliant, sensual and brutal. As they race to find the sleeping archangel before it's too late, Naasir will force her to question all she knows...and tempt her to walk into the magnificent, feral darkness of his world. But first they must survive an enemy vicious enough to shatter the greatest taboo of the angelic race and plunge the world into a screaming nightmare

One of the most vicious archangels in the world has disappeared. No one knows if Lijuan is dead or has chosen to sleep the long sleep of an immortal. But with her lands falling into chaos under a rising tide of vampiric bloodlust, a mysterious and ancient order of angels known as the Luminata calls the entire Cadre together to discuss the fate of her territory. Accompanying her archangel lover, Raphael, to the Luminata compound, Guild Hunter-turned-angel Elena senses that all is not as it seems. Secrets echo from within the stone walls of the compound, and the deeper Elena goes, the uglier the darkness. But neither Raphael nor Elena is ready for the brutal truths hidden within — truths that will change everything Elena thinks she knows about who she is.... Nothing will ever be the same again. 

Vampire hunter Elena Deveraux wakes from a year-long coma to find that she has become an angel—and that her lover, the stunningly dangerous archangel Raphael, likes having her under his control. But almost immediately, Raphael must ready Elena for a flight to Beijing, to attend a ball thrown by the archangel Lijuan. Ancient and without conscience, Lijuan's power lies with the dead. And she has organized the most perfect and most vicious of welcomes for Elena

Nalini Singh, the New York Times bestselling “alpha author of paranormal romance" (Booklist) returns to an immortal world of violent passion and lethal power…on the brink of a deadly archangelic war. Angels are falling from the sky in New York, struck down by a vicious, unknown force. Vampires are dying impossibly of disease. Guild hunter Elena Deveraux and the Archangel Raphael must discover the source of the wave of death before it engulfs their city and their people, leaving New York a ruin and Raphael's Tower under siege by enemy archangels. Yet even as they fight desperately to save the city, an even darker force is stirring, its chill eyes trained on New York…and on Raphael. Rivers of crimson and nightmares given flesh, the world will never again be the same… 

Return to New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s darkly passionate Guild Hunter world, where human-turned-angel Elena Deveraux, consort to Archangel Raphael, is thrust center stage into an eons-old prophecy… Midnight and dawn, Elena’s wings are unique among angelkind—and now they are failing. The first mortal to be turned into an immortal in angelic memory, she’s regressing. Becoming more and more human. Easier to hurt. Easier to kill. Elena and Raphael must unearth the reason for the regression before Elena falls out of the sky. Yet even as they fight a furious battle for Elena’s very survival, violent forces are gathering across the world. In China, the Archangel Favashi is showing the first signs of madness. In New York, a mysterious sinkhole filled with lava swallows a man whole. In Africa, torrential monsoon rains flood rolling deserts. And in Elena’s mind whispers a haunting voice that isn’t her own. This time, survival may not be possible…not even for the consort of an archangel

In the wake of a brutal war, the archangel Raphael and his hunter consort, Elena, are dealing with the treacherously shifting tides of archangelic politics and the people of a battered but not broken city. The last thing their city needs is more death, especially a death that bears the eerie signature of an insane enemy archangel who cannot — should not — be walking the streets. This hunt must be undertaken with stealth and without alerting their people. It must be handled by those who can become shadows themselves... Ash is a gifted tracker and a woman cursed with the ability to sense the secrets of anyone she touches. But there's one man she knows all too well without a single instant of skin contact: Janvier, the dangerously sexy Cajun vampire who has fascinated and infuriated her for years. Now, as they track down a merciless killer, their cat-and-mouse game of flirtation and provocation has turned into a profound one of the heart. And this time, it is Ash's secret, dark and terrible, that threatens to destroy them both. 

Enter New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh's darkly beautiful world of archangels and immortal power, as a pact is sealed between two souls bound by blood, stirred by desire, and driven by vengeance... With wings of midnight and an affinity for shadows, Jason courts darkness. But now, with the Archangel Neha's consort lying murdered in the jewel-studded palace that was his prison and her rage threatening cataclysmic devastation, Jason steps into the light, knowing he must unearth the murderer before it is too late. Earning Neha's trust comes at a price—Jason must tie himself to her bloodline through the Princess Mahiya, a woman with secrets so dangerous, she trusts no one. Least of all an enemy spymaster. With only their relentless hunt for a violent, intelligent killer to unite them, Jason and Mahiya embark on a quest that leads to a centuries-old nightmare... and to the dark storm of an unexpected passion that threatens to drench them both in blood

A horrifying secret rises in the aftermath of an archangelic war in New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh’s deadly and beautiful Guild Hunter world. . . The Archangel of Death and the Archangel of Disease may be gone but their legacy of evil lives on—especially in Africa, where the shambling, rotting creatures called the reborn have gained a glimmer of vicious intelligence. It is up to Titus, archangel of this vast continent, to stop the reborn from spreading across the world. Titus can’t do it alone, but of the surviving powerful angels and archangels, large numbers are wounded, while the rest are fighting a surge of murderous vampires. There is no one left . . . but the Hummingbird. Old, powerful, her mind long a broken kaleidoscope. Now, she must stand at Titus’s side against a tide of death upon a discovery more chilling than any other. For the Archangel of Disease has left them one last terrible gift

Enter New York Times best-selling author Nalini Singh's breathtakingly passionate Guild Hunter world with the story of a woman who isn't a vampire or an angel...or human... Once a broken girl known as Sorrow, Holly Chang now prowls the shadowy grey underground of the city for the angels. But it's not her winged allies who make her a wanted woman — it's the unknown power coursing through her veins. Brutalised by an insane archangel, she was left with the bloodlust of a vampire, the ability to mesmerise her prey, and a poisonous bite. Now someone has put a bounty on her head... Venom is one of the Seven, Archangel Raphael's private guard, and he's as infuriating as he is seductive. A centuries-old vampire, his fangs dispense a poison deadlier than Holly's. But even if Venom can protect Holly from those hunting her, he might not be able to save himself — because the strange, violent power inside Holly is awakening... No one is safe

Return to New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh's darkly passionate Guild Hunter world, where human-turned-angel Elena Deveraux, consort to Archangel Raphael, faces a new challenge that threatens the balance of the world. Wings of silver. Wings of blue. Mortal heart. Broken dreams. Shatter. Shatter. Shatter. A sundering. A grave. I see the end. I see. . . The world is in chaos as the power surge of the Cascade rises to a devastating crescendo. In furiously resisting its attempts to turn Elena into a vessel for Raphael's power, Elena and her archangel are irrevocably changed. . . far beyond the prophecy of a cursed Ancient. At the same time, violent and eerie events around the world threaten to wipe out entire populations. And in the Archangel Lijuan's former territory, an unnatural fog weaves through the land, leaving only a bone-chilling silence in its wake. Soon it becomes clear that even the archangels are not immune to this deadly evil. This time, even the combined power of the Cadre may not be enough. . . This war could end them all

 When Bree Prescott arrives in the sleepy, lakeside town of Pelion, Maine, she hopes against hope that this is the place where she will finally find the peace she so desperately seeks. On her first day there, her life collides with Archer Hale, an isolated man who holds a secret agony of his own. A man no one else sees. Archer's Voice is the story of a woman chained to the memory of one horrifying night and the man whose love is the key to her freedom. It is the story of a silent man who lives with an excruciating wound and the woman who helps him find his voice. It is the story of suffering, fate, and the transformative power of love. THIS IS A STAND-ALONE NOVEL. The first three books in the series need not be read to enjoy this book. New Adult Contemporary Romance: Due to strong language and sexual content, this book is not intended for readers under the age of 18

Эта книга поможет вам быстро освоить программу ArchiCAD 11. Вы познакомитесь с мощнейшими возможностями этой автоматизированной системы, научитесь создавать удобную среду проектирования и организовывать на ее базе эффективную работу по созданию архитектурных проектов. Структура книги способствует быстрому освоению материала

Коротко о главном – такова особенность этого издания, которое может стать настольной книгой для начинающих пользователей ArchiCAD. Лаконично, доступно и популярно излагаются основные сведения об этом прикладном архитектурном пакете: описываются интерфейс, команды, базовые операции. Книга предназначена для тех, кто хочет получить знания в области проектирования и создания архитектурных объектов, научиться решать реальные практические задачи. Издание будет полезно новичкам, желающим быстро освоить инструментарий ArchiCAD, а опытным пользователям книга пригодится в качестве краткого справочника по программе

Archie Goodwin leaves Manhattan for the Midwest to find out who put a bullet into a banker. Archie Goodwin’s aunt Edna is about to lure him away from his work at Nero Wolfe’s New York brownstone. After an ominous phone call, he heads off to Ohio, where the president of Farmer’s State Bank and Trust, an elderly widower, has died in an apparent suicide. But Archie’s aunt has expressed nagging suspicions — which only grow stronger when someone takes a shot at a local reporter who wrote about the case. It wouldn’t be a small town without some gossip, and Archie soon hears the whispers: romantic intrigues, a possible paternity case, a ruined business. While reconnecting with his aging mother — and fending off his unrelenting aunt — Archie tries to untangle a web of grudges, scandals, and murder

Fifty odd years after the Great Flood, Manhattan’s tallest buildings stand wretchedly half-drowned, surrounded by a vast, unending ocean of water. The world of bygone days obliterated. Long forgotten. Now, the city of New York is called the Archipelago, its former skyscrapers just a string of man-made islands. Dry land is non-existent. Or so they say. Sixteen-year-old Flynn Perry was born in the slums of the Archipelago’s Lower Side. But he won’t spend the rest of his life in servitude, struggling to survive. Not if he can help it! Reckless and often selfish, Flynn’s got big plans for the future. Competing in the Archipelago’s Scavenger Trials is just the start. Winning the prestigious title of a Free Scavenger is his only chance of a better life on the Upper Side. When he has a run-in with the son of the Archipelago’s ruler, Flynn may not even make it to the Trials. Caught in the middle, torn between the two boys is the beautiful and feisty Madison Ray. She holds the key to making Flynn’s dreams come true — at a terrible price. Love, loss, betrayal and death flow with the tides that swirl around the Archipelago. Surviving these treacherous waters is only the beginning of Flynn’s journey as a Free Scavenger. But great achievement will mean nothing when the lives of loved ones are at stake. Is Flynn a follower or a leader? The choices he makes in the depths of the Archipelago will define Flynn and show the kind man he will be one day

Topf and Sons designed and built the crematoria at the concentration camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald, Belzec, Dachau, Mauthausen and Gusen. At its height sixty-six Topf triple muffle ovens were in operation – forty-six of which were at Auschwitz. In five years the gas chambers and crematoria of Auschwitz had been the engine of the holocaust, facilitating the murder and incineration of more than one million people, most of them Jews. Yet such a spectacularly evil feat of engineering was designed not by the Nazi SS, but by a small respectable firm of German engineers: the owners and engineers of J. A. Topf and Sons. These were not Nazi sadists, but men who were playboys and the sons of train drivers. They were driven not by ideology, but by love affairs, personal ambition and bitter personal rivalries to create the ultimate human killing and disposal machines – even at the same time as their company sheltered Nazi enemies from the death camps. The intense conflagration of their very ordinary motives created work that surpassed in its inhumanity even the demands of the SS. In order to fulfil their own ‘dreams’ they created the ultimate human nightmare

A solitary machine drives across the sun-drenched soil of the American West. A faint trail of dust lifts into the air as it moves along, scanning the landscape for signs of cognition. It's looking for a survivor to a human plague. It's looking for someone who can still think, someone whose mind was not wiped out by the disease. There are only a handful of places where a survivor might be. This machine, a sentinel, passes through the afflicted, looking for a spark. Looking for a light in the mental darkness at the dusk of mankind. But finding a survivor will only be one part of the journey

В книге рассказывается об известной немецкой разработке – программе ArCon, предназначенной для быстрого моделирования жилых зданий и оформления их интерьера и экстерьера. Программа достаточно проста в использовании, не требует практически никаких навыков трехмерного моделирования, однако позволяет создавать дизайнерские проекты, которые почти ничем не уступают разработанным в 3ds Max или Maya. Книга содержит подробное описание функционала последней версии программы, множество примеров, иллюстрирующих различные этапы работы с программой, полное описание библиотеки стандартных элементов, которые используются при проектировании в ArCon. Издание предназначено для архитекторов и дизайнеров, а также для обычных пользователей, которые хотят быстро выполнять проекты различной сложности в сравнительно простом и недорогом графическом редакторе

Reykjavik police detective Erlendur Sveinsson and his team investigate the murder of a dark-skinned Asian boy, found frozen in his own blood one midwinter day outside a rundown apartment block. The author imbues the self-doubting Erlendur with enormous depth, as an insecure father unable to show his love for his errant son and daughter as well as a troubled professional who’s made pain his constant companion. Indridason also lays bare the plight of Thai women brought to Iceland, married and soon divorced by Icelanders, left to raise their children alone in a culture, a climate and a language they don’t understand. On top of this national tragedy is the universal problem of bored, unsupervised youth, raised with no respect for authority and awash in fast food, rock music and violent computer games. Indridason has produced a stunning indictment of contemporary society

A potential breakthrough discovery to reverse global warming… a series of unexplained sudden deaths in British Columbia… a rash of international incidents between the United States and one of its closest allies that threatens to erupt into an actual shooting war… NUMA director Dirk Pitt and his children, Dirk. Jr. and Summer, have reason to believe there’s a connection here somewhere, but they also know they have very little time to find it before events escalate out of control. Their only real clue might just be a mysterious silvery mineral traced to a long-ago expedition in search of the fabled Northwest Passage. But no one survived from that doomed mission, captain and crew perished to a man — and if Pitt and his colleague Al Giordino aren’t careful, the very same fate may await them

Two days after the sender’s death, ex-commando Sean Quinlan receives a text message: sorry i cheated always loved u am dying Working in the shadows, Sean attempts to untangle the truths, half-truths and lies of the Russian Federation, as one of their top scientists goes on the run. The stage is set for a tough, fast-moving story which shifts between London and Moscow, Paris and the high Arctic. Blending elements of political intrigue and military technology, Arctic Firepath is a thriller that crosses the boundaries of spy fiction. The novel should appeal to fans of Tom Clancy, Frederick Forsyth and Clive Cussler