В годы Второй Мировой войны люфтваффе не располагало полноценными стратегическими бомбардировщиками, аналогичными английским машинам «Lancaster» или «Halifax», а также американским В-17, В-24 или В-29. Попытки создать немецкий стратегический бомбардировщик предпринимались во второй половине 30-х годов и закончились неудачей. Появившиеся в результате самолеты типа Do 19 или Ju 89/ Ju 90 остались на стадии прототипа или пошли в мелкую серию. Другим кандидатом в стратегические бомбардировщики был Не 177

FLYING SAUCERS: RUSSIA’S SECRET WEAPON? WHEN THIS MARTIAN CRASHED THE IRON CURTAIN… HE FELL AMONG THIEVES It was a bad break. America’s worst enemy became partners with a powerful planet. But Pearl Harbor was a catastrophe too, and remember what we did about that…

Подробности борьбы за датский престол известны всем из знаменитой пьесы Шекспира. Но настоящая подоплека событий осталась скрыта от великого драматурга. Был и еще один малозаметный персонаж, который пытался чужими руками расчистить себе путь к престолу

Little did Ellis Morgan’s wife know what she was in for when a famous beauty came back into her husband’s life

Akunin goes noir as Fandorin meets bandits! Senka Skorikov, orphan and urchin, has been abandoned to the murky world of Moscow’s gangster district. While picking a pocket or two, he glimpses the most beautiful woman he has ever seen, and joins the gang of her overlord lover, The Prince, so desperate he is to meet her. Senka climbs the criminal ranks, uncovering a stash of precious metal, and gradually capturing the heart of his beloved Death - so named for the life expectancy of her lovers. But as the bandit community balks at his success on both fronts, threats on his life begin to pour in. A dandy and his ‘Chinese’ sidekick seem to be taking an inordinate interest in Senka’s welfare, and it becomes clear that those threatening Senka are linked to a spate of murders, grizzly even by underworld standards. Fandorin must unweave a tangled web of narcotics, false identities and organised crime - but can he survive an encounter with the ever-alluring Death unscathed? Find out in the darkest Fandorin to date!

Lucy Cunningham is a smart-mouthed couch potato hooked on Milk Duds. Theo Redmond is a hottie personal trainer to the stars. When they team up for a makeover publicity stunt that could make them both rich, they learn that nobody's perfect, beauty is more than skin deep, and true loves lies somewhere between pizza and Pilates

"Meet Sterling Brooks. His was not an exemplary life – he was too self-absorbed to ever really think about anyone else or make a commitment to the woman he loved. On the other hand, he had endearing qualities. His actual misdeeds were few – his were sins of omission, not commission." "It is a few days before Christmas. For forty-six years Sterling has lingered in the celestial waiting room outside the heavenly gates, awaiting summons by the Heavenly Council. Will he be deemed fit for entrance into heaven? At last the day comes and the council settles on a test for Sterling – he will be sent back to earth and given an opportunity to prove his worthiness by helping someone else." "Sterling Brooks finds himself in Manhattan, at the skating rink in Rockefeller Center. Among the skaters is a heartbroken seven-year-old named Marissa, and as Sterling soon realizes, it is she he has been sent to help. Marissa's sadness comes from her separation from the father she adores, a talented young singer, and her sparkling grandmother, owner of a popular restaurant. Both have been forced into the Witness Protection Program because two mobsters, the Badgett brothers, have put a price on their heads to prevent their testifying against them in an arson case." Sterling, able to move back and fourth in time and place, masterminds a plan to eliminate the threat from the Badgett brothers and reunite Marissa with her loved ones

Lewis Sullivan, an RE teacher at a secondary school, is approaching retirement when he wonders for the first time whether he ought to have chosen a more dramatic career. He lives in a village in the Midlands, less than a mile from the house in which he grew up. He always imagined living by the sea. His grown-up daughter visits every day, bringing soup. He does not want soup. He frequents his second-favourite pub, where he can get half a shandy, a speciality sausage and a bit of company. When an old friend appears on the scene, Lewis finds his routine and comfortable life shaken up

The second Inspector Sejer mystery from "Norway's Queen of Crime". Superb plotting, fresh style and compassionate, detailed treatment of characters have made the Insepctor Sejer Mysteries bestsellers in their native Norway. A twelve-year-old boy runs wildly into his local police station claiming to have seen Halldis Horn's brutally murdered corpse. Errki Johrma, an escaped psychiatric patient and known town misfit, was sighted at the scene disappearing into the woods. The next morning the local bank is robbed at gunpoint. Making his escape the robber takes a hostage and flees and, once again, a suspect takes to the woods. As the felon's plans begin to fall apart he is, in contrast to his quiet hostage, rapidly losing his control and power. Meanwhile the search for Halldis Horn's killer continues. All fingers of suspicion point to Errki – except one. Errki's doctor refuses to believe that he could have committed such an horrific act and, for the first time since his wife's death, the quiet Inspector finds himself intrigued by another woman. Despite all assumptions a lack of concrete evidence holds back the case to convict Errki for murder. But in a novel that will keep you desperate to turn each new page to find out more, Fossum brilliantly ensures that things are rarely as they would at first appear. From the deeply sympathetic policeman to the social outcast of Errki and the bank robber thoroughly unsuited to his profession, Fossum writes from within the minds of her characters with great lucidity… but she never gives too much away

In this second installment of Persson’s trilogy of police procedurals featuring the “small, fat and primitive” Evert Bäckström, the grand master’s most appallingly repulsive (and funniest) character is finally given his fifteen minutes of fame by way of his patented combination of laziness, luck, and an unbelievable sense of timing. A seemingly ordinary murder puzzles Bäckström, who is struggling with strict orders from his doctor to lead a healthier life. His gut feeling proves him right: within days, his team has another murder linked to the first on their hands, and reports of alleged ties to a Securicor heist gone out of control, killing two. The nation needs a hero, and the newly appointed head of the Västerort police force Anna Holt needs somebody to kill the dragon for her. Who better to heed to the task than Evert Bäckström: self-sufficient, ostentatious, devoid of moral, Hawaii shirt-clad, and, latterly, armed?

A Dr Gideon Fell mystery and classic of the locked-room genre Outside the little French city of Chartres, industrialist Howard Brookes is found dying on the parapet of an old stone tower. Evidence shows that it was impossible for anyone to have entered at the time of the murder, however someone must have, for the victim was discovered stabbed in the back. Who could have done it? And where did they go? When no one is convicted, the mystery remains unsolved for years until a series of coincidences brings things to a head in post-war England, where amateur sleuth Dr. Gideon Fell is on the scene to work out what really happened

James Hadley Chase gives us a tough, hard-boiled story crammed with action, grotesque situations, and weird characters. Not a word is wasted. From the first page to the last you are involved in a sinister and compelling situation, that will hurtle you forward with the speed of an express train

Кадзуо Ішіґуро — британський письменник японського походження, сценарист, лауреат Букерівської премії. Його книжка «Не відпускай мене» — пронизлива історія, яка по праву входить у перелік найкращих англійських творів усіх часів. Це роман з елементами наукової фантастики та антиутопії, розповідь про пошук відповідей, любов, дружбу, пам'ять, надію і безвихідь. Кеті, головна героїня книжки; намагається зрозуміти та прийняти своє дитинство і юність у привілейованій школі-інтернаті Гейлшем та поза нею, свою інакшість від людей та обране для самої Кеті та її найближчих друзів призначення бути донором. Це довга дорога зі спогадів, відчуттів, одкровень, які поволі вибудовують для героїв нову картину світу. «Не відпускай мене» у перекладі Софії Андрухович — перша книжка Кадзуо Ішіґуро, видана українською мовою. Оформили видання Назар Гайдучик та Оксана Йориш, роботи яких наче стоп-кадри з намальованого кіно додали тонкій емоційній напрузі тексту ще й гри світлотіней та динамічних акцентів

Когда престарелую мать Кевина Гогарти, Милли, в очередной раз ловят на краже в магазине, его терпению приходит конец. Сам Кевин, оставшийся без работы, из последних сил поддерживает порядок в доме и заботится о четырех детях, пока жена пропадает в служебных командировках. После очередной выходки строптивую шестнадцатилетнюю Эйдин посылают в школу-интернат, но это лишь приводит к новым осложнениям. Сильвия, новая помощница Милли, и ее симпатичный племянник Шон, казалось бы, спасают ситуацию, но в итоге их появление оборачивается новым кризисом

Русская писательница и мемуаристка Лидия Алексеевна Авилова (урожд. Страхова) родилась 3(15) июня 1864 г. в имении Клекотки Епифанского уезда Тульской губернии, в небогатой дворянской семье. В 1882 г. окончила гимназию в г. Москве. В 1887 г. вышла замуж и переехала из Москвы в Петербург, где началась ее литературная деятельность. В доме редактора и издателя «Петербургской газеты» С.Н. Худекова, мужа сестры, познакомилась со многими известными литераторами. С 1890 г. рассказы писательницы публикуются в петербургских газетах и журґналах. В 1896 г. выходит первый сборник Л.А. Авиловой «Счастливец и другие рассказы». В 189S г. в журнале «Русское богатство» публикуется первая повесть Л.А. Авиловой «Наследники», затем и другие повести. В 1906 г. она переехала с семьей в Москву, где выходят ее новые книги «Власть и другие рассказы» (1906), «Сын. Рассказ» (1910), «Первое горе и другие рассказы» (1913), «Образ человеческий» (1914), «Пышная жизнь. Камардин» (1918). В 1922 г. Авилова выехала в Чехословакию к больной дочери, там, в атмосфере русской эмиграции, она осознала до глубины души свою любовь к родине и писала в одном из писем: что «если бы не было России, то не было бы и меня». В 1924 г. она вернулась в Россию