One Man, one day, and a novel bursting with drama, comedy, and humanity. Kevin Quinn is a standard-variety American male: middle-aged, liberal-leaning, self-centered, emotionally damaged, generally determined to avoid both pain and responsibility. As his relationship with his girlfriend approaches a turning point, and his career seems increasingly pointless, he decides to secretly fly to a job interview in Austin, Texas. Aboard the plane, Kevin is simultaneously attracted to the young woman in the seat next to him and panicked by a new wave of terrorism in Europe and the UK. He lands safely with neuroses intact and full of hope that the job, the expansive city, and the girl from the plane might yet be his chance for reinvention. His next eight hours make up this novel, a tour-de-force of mordant humor, brilliant observation, and page-turning storytelling

Впервые на русском языке! Все в этом романе — выдумка. За исключением того, что выдумкой не является. Будущее уже наступило! Пока ученые, политики и священники спорят об этической и моральной стороне проблемы, достижения генной инженерии исподволь внедряются в нашу жизнь. Трансгенным продуктом, наряду с соей, кукурузой и картофелем, становится и… человек! Уже открыты гены послушания и агрессивности и даже ген «хозяина». Кажется, вот-вот отступят наследственные болезни, с которыми прежде не удавалось справиться. «До чуда рукой подать!» — уверенно говорят бесстрашные экспериментаторы, и… Вот он пришел в наш мир, усовершенствованный потомок Адама и Евы, человек NEXT. А теперь попробуйте ужиться с ним и его создателями на одной планете

El autor de Estado de miedo nos sumerge en los aspectos más sombríos de la investigación genética, la especulación farmacéutica y las consecuencias morales de esta nueva realidad. El investigador Henry Kendall mezcla ADN humano y de chimpacé y produce un híbrido extraordinariamente evolucionado al que rescatará del laboratorio y hará pasar como un humano. Tráfico de genes, animales `de diseño`, encarnizadas guerras de patentes: un futuro turbador que ya está aquí

Is a loved one missing some body parts? Are blondes becoming extinct? Is everyone at your dinner table of the same species? Humans and chimpanzees differ in only 400 genes; is that why a chimp fetus resembles a human being? And should that worry us? There's a new genetic cure for drug addiction--is it worse than the disease? What's coming Next? Get a hint of what Michael Crichton sees on the horizon in this short video clip: high bandwidth or low bandwidth We live in a time of momentous scientific leaps, a time when it's possible to sell our eggs and sperm online for thousands of dollars and to test our spouses for genetic maladies. We live in a time when one fifth of all our genes are owned by someone else, and an unsuspecting person and his family can be pursued cross-country because they happen to have certain valuable genes within their chromosomes... Devilishly clever, Next blends fact and fiction into a breathless tale of a new world where nothing is what it seems and a set of new possibilities can open at every turn. Next challenges our sense of reality and notions of morality. Balancing the comic and the bizarre with the genuinely frightening and disturbing, Next shatters our assumptions and reveals shocking new choices where we least expect. The future is closer than you think

Цитаты, мысли и мыслишки, принципы, максимы, диалоги и афоризмы героев российского сериала «Next»: — 50 с хвостиком — уже развалина… с комплексом советской неполноценности… — Я ж не пес оборзевший, чтоб морду воротить от торжествующей несправедливости… — Если выдернуть криминальную составляющую из жизни страны, страна рухнет секунд за 5 в режиме реального времени…

Говорят, что судьба - это характер человека в действии. И в самом деле, Федор Лавриков, главный герой сериала "Next", способен на неординарные поступки, круто изменяющие как его жизнь, так и жизнь его близких. Согласитесь, далеко не каждый вор в законе способен отказаться от "короны" и высокого положения в криминальном сообществе ради сына. А теперь из любви к Ольге Кирсановой он собирается покинуть Государственную думу. И как не вовремя! Ведь он лишается депутатской неприкосновенности как раз в тот момент, когда в Москве появился его злейший враг Дюбель

 Most parents are reluctant to let their children stay home by themselves. When Paul’s parents finally decided to let him stay alone, it was an experience that he’d never forget

First published in l965, Hubert Aquin’s Next Episode is a disturbing and yet deeply moving novel of dissent and distress. As he awaits trial, a young separatist writes an espionage story in the psychiatric ward of the Montreal prison where he has been detained. Sheila Fischman’s bold new translation captures the pulsating life of Aquin’s complex exploration of the political realities of contemporary Quebec

London, 1988. Royal fever sweeps the nation as Britain falls in love with the ‘people’s princess’. Which means for Scotland Yard, the focus is on the elite Royalty Protection Command, and its commanding officer. Entrusted with protecting the most famous family on earth, they quite simply have to be the best. A weak link could spell disaster. Detective Chief Inspector William Warwick and his Scotland Yard squad are sent in to investigate the team. Maverick ex-undercover operative Ross Hogan is charged with a very sensitive — and unique — responsibility. But it soon becomes clear the problems in Royalty Protection are just the beginning. A renegade organization has the security of the country — and the Crown — in its sights. The only question is which target is next in line

“After my wife, Elizabeth Church, was murdered by the bellman Alfonse Padgett in the Essex Hotel, she did not leave me.” Sam Lattimore meets Elizabeth Church in 1970s Halifax, in an art gallery. The sparks are immediate, leading quickly to a marriage that is dear, erotically charged, and brief. In Howard Norman’s spellbinding and moving novel, the gleam of the marriage and the circumstances of Elizabeth’s murder are revealed in heart-stopping increments. Sam’s life afterward is complicated. For one thing, in a moment of desperate confusion, he sells his life story to a Norwegian filmmaker named Istvakson, known for the stylized violence of his films, whose artistic drive sets in motion an increasingly intense cat-and-mouse game between the two men. For another, Sam has begun “seeing” Elizabeth — not only seeing but holding conversations with her, almost every evening, and watching her line up books on a small beach. What at first seems simply hallucination born of terrible grief reveals itself, evening by evening, as something else entirely. Next Life Might Be Kinder is a story of murder, desperate faith, the afterlife, and of love as absolute redemption — from one of our most compelling storytellers at the height of his talents

Originally published as “The Space Willies” in 1958. A slightly extended version of it was published a year later under the title “Next of Kin”. This is a comic story of a military misfit who successfully conducts a one-man psychological warfare operation against an alien race and its allies, with whom humans and allied races are at war

Remo and Chiun arrive at the vacation paradise of St. Maarten, only to find they're deep in Dutch. The beautiful island is a very ugly scene. A lot of corpses have been showing up, each one bearing the unmistakable stamp of Sinanju, the ancient Korean martial art known only to the two men. The trail of bodies leads to a strange castle . . . and a young Dutchman - a man, it turns out, who's taken a blood vow to send both disciple and mentor to their deaths. A man who knows all their secrets . . . and has a few of his own. It's up to Remo and Chiun to stop him, but this time they're skating on thin ice. And if they slip, the whole world may go under

Germany’s master of wit and irony now for the first time in English. Hinrich takes his existence at face value. His wife, on the other hand, has always been more interested in the after-life. Or so it seemed. When she dies of a stroke, Hinrich goes through her papers, only to discover a totally different perspective on their marriage. Thus commences, a dazzling intellectual game of shifting realities

Главная героиня без памяти пробуждается на древней станции в «Мирах За» — пространстве, далеком от реальности. В поисках своей сущности она сталкивается с репликантами, генетически модифицированными людьми-слугами и пробирается сквозь чудовищные системы защиты станции. В процессе своего путешествия за воспоминаниями, героиня это — лишь начало куда более длинного и тяжёлого пути. Восстановив память, героиня движется только к целям, известным ей одной скрытыми мрачными тайнами NEXUS. Что ждет ее в утерянном будущем? Ответы ждут на грани человеческого инстинкта и безумия

Nexus е третата и последна част от култовата трилогия на Милър „Разпятие в розово" - опоетизираната практика на сексуалното общуване. Nexus - изтънчена и необичайна проза, философски вглъбена и сексуално наситена, е една дълга и много лична борба със света, плътта, дявола и ангела

A stunning work that sings with energy and expectation, Nexus is the last volume of the Rosy Crucifixion series, and the last major effort from this renowned author. Speaking of his life with June, and her friend who had gone on before, the work paints this bizarre trio. Still later, the time comes when Henry, finally, is free of NY, free of America, and free to truly begin writing as he'd been wanting to for so long. The only major novel in American letters to begin "Woof Woof," as it must

The Fairchild Group launches its mission to seek the key lost aboard Rodney, even as the Allies close the door on the war in North Africa with Operation Chariot. As the 5th Panzer Army dies in Tunisia, Hitler must now find a way to shore up Armeegruppe South while also finding divisions to guard the West. Both sides now plan operations for the late Spring and early Summer. The Allies must decide whether to strike at Sardinia or Sicily in an attempt to topple the regime of Mussolini and knock Italy out of the war, while the Germans must choose from several operations in the south, Habicht, Panther, and Zitadelle. The Soviets plan new offensives of their own that will prove, once and for all, that the tide of the war in the east is shifting. Meanwhile, the work of Lord Elgin is strangely mirrored by the action of his son, the 8th Earl of Elgin, and a seemingly small squabble on the China coast at Canton escalates into an event that has sinister implications for the quest Elena Fairchild has undertaken. Then, just as Fedorov and company begin to finalize their plans for the mission to 1908, Admiral Tovey makes a dramatic request. 36 Chapters, about 106,000 words

History was not the province of the great. Fate hinged on the simplest of things: loose knots, a casual stumble, a chance meeting, something inadvertently dropped, or lost, or found. In this compelling sequel to the award winning novel Meridian, the project team members slowly become aware of unseen adversaries at play in the Meridian of Time. The quest for an ancient fossil leads to an amazing discovery hidden in the Jordanian desert. A mysterious group of assassins plot to decide the future course of history, just one battle in a devious campaign that will become a Nexus Point of grave danger, where even the fates are powerless to intervene

За последние сто тысяч лет человечество обрело огромную мощь. Но, несмотря на все наши открытия, изобретения и завоевания, сегодня мы в состоянии экзистенциального кризиса. Мир на грани экологического коллапса. Международная напряженность растет, вооруженные конфликты не прекращаются. Ложь и дезинформация повсеместны. И мы с головой погружаемся в эпоху искусственного интеллекта – новой информационной сети, которая уже начала манипулировать нами. Почему, при всех наших достижениях, мы так склонны к саморазрушению? В книге Nexus Юваль Харари анализирует историю человечества в стремлении понять, как информационные потоки привели нас к этому. Рассказывая о событиях каменного века, о канонизации Библии, изобретении печатного станка, развитии средств массовой информации и возрождении популизма, Харари раскрывает сложную взаимосвязь между информацией и истиной, бюрократией и мифологией, мудростью и могуществом, а также показывает, как во все времена общества и политические системы использовали информацию для достижения своих целей. Особое внимание он уделяет тем насущным проблемам, с которыми мы сталкиваемся сегодня, когда нечеловеческий интеллект угрожает самому нашему существованию