Carson Page, un destacado hombre de negocios divorciado, amaba a su hijo, pero Joey era sordo y Carson era incapaz de comunicarse con él. Gina Tennison comprendía la situación de Joey. Ella había pasado por lo mismo. Así que, por el bien del niño, aceptó vivir durante el verano en la casa de Carson para intentar mostrarle a éste cómo acercarse a su hijo. A medida que él iba transformándose en el padre con el que Joey siempre había soñado, Gina comenzó a preguntarse si aquel hombre sería capaz de acercarse también a ella…

Palace of Desire is the second novel in Nobel Prize-winner Naguib Mahfouz’s magnificent Cairo Trilogy, an epic family saga of colonial Egypt that is considered his masterwork. The novels of the Cairo Trilogy trace three generations of the family of tyrannical patriarch al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, who rules his household with a strict hand while living a secret life of self-indulgence. In Palace of Desire, his rebellious children struggle to move beyond his domination, as the world around them opens to the currents of modernity and political and domestic turmoil brought by the 1920s

A tale of a doomed crew beating their way up-river through the jungles of Guyana. In this novel, first published in 1960, can be traced the poetic vision, the themes and the designs of Harris's subsequent work, which included "The Guyana Quartet"

Palace Walk is the first novel in Nobel Prize-winner Naguib Mahfouz’s magnificent Cairo Trilogy, an epic family saga of colonial Egypt that is considered his masterwork. The novels of the Cairo Trilogy trace three generations of the family of tyrannical patriarch al-Sayyid Ahmad Abd al-Jawad, who rules his household with a strict hand while living a secret life of self-indulgence. Palace Walk introduces us to his gentle, oppressed wife, Amina, his cloistered daughters, Aisha and Khadija, and his three sons — the tragic and idealistic Fahmy, the dissolute hedonist Yasin, and the soul-searching intellectual Kamal. The family’s trials mirror those of their turbulent country during the years spanning the two world wars, as change comes to a society that has resisted it for centuries

Drei Jahre sind in Chalion vergangen, seit Königinwitwe Ista dy Boacia vom Fluch des Wahnsinns befreit wurde, der sie auf dem Stammsitz ihrer Familie gefangen hielt. Doch ihre neu entdeckte Freiheit ist nicht unbeschwert. Ehemann, Eltern und Sohn sind gestorben, und die Tochter lebt meilenweit entfernt am Königshof zu Cardegoss. Somit bleibt Ista allein mit ihren Schuldgefühlen und Geheimnissen — denn sie weiß, was ihr Land an den Rand des Abgrunds führte! Auf der Suche nach Absolution tritt Ista eine Pilgerfahrt an, den Göttern zur Buße und Abbitte. Aber auf sie wartet eine neue Gefahr, die größer ist, als sie ahnen kann: Erneut wird Chalion bedroht, und diesmal von einem heimtückischen Bösen, das nur Ista aufzuhalten vermag…

Eric Chevillard’s visionary play of word and thought has been compared to the work of Beckett, Michaux, and Pinget, yet the universe he spins is utterly his own. Palafox (Editions de Minuit, 1990), Chevillard’s third novel of eleven, explores the ecosystem of an unclassifiable yet enchanting protean creature, Palafox. A team of experts armed with degrees of higher learning is determined to label, train, baptize, and realize the elusive creature, while Palafox effortlessly and wordlessly defies them all

Where do you go after you’re torn from the only planet you’ve ever called home? What do you do when your new home despises foreigners? Who do you blame when they kill someone you care about… and how do you take revenge? Terson Reilly knew things would be different on Nivia. But he wasn’t prepared for the draconian environmental laws, harsh population control measures or the prejudice against outsiders-and they didn’t expect what he was willing to do to defend himself. Terson finds love when he meets Virene, an independent young woman chafing under the strict social controls herself. The couple do their best to conform, but their rebellious streak leads them beyond the colony’s boundaries where their attempt to rescue the crew of a crashed spacecraft unwittingly sets in motion a chain of events that threatens to expose not only Nivia’s dark secret, but that of a powerful criminal organization as well

Condemned and shunned for black magic, Rachel Morgan has three days to get to the annual witches' conference and clear her name, or be trapped in the demonic ever-after . . . forever after. But a witch, an elf, a living vampire, and a pixy in one car going across the country? Talk about a recipe for certain disaster, even without being the targets for assassination. For after centuries of torment, a fearsome demon walks in the sunlight — freed at last to slay the innocent and devour their souls. But his ultimate goal is Rachel Morgan, and in the fight for survival that follows, even embracing her own demonic nature may not be enough to save her

Tush Bannon was in the way. It wasn’t anything he knew or anything he had done. He was just there, in the wrong spot at the wrong time, and the fact that he was a nice guy with a nice wife and three nice kids didn’t mean one scream in hell to the jackals who had ganged together to pull him down. And they got him, crushed him to hamburger, and walked away counting their change. But one thing they never could have figured... Tush Bannon was Travis McGee’s friend

A reporter who was prying into the cocaine trade in the central Massachusetts town of Wheaton has been murdered, and Spenser is called in to investigate. When he’s rebuffed by the police and threatened by a Colombian produce dealer who may be the cocaine kingpin, it’s apparent that Wheaton isn’t just another small town, but a major center for the cocaine trade in the Northeast. As Spenser digs deeper for evidence, he meets three women on whom the case seems to turn: Emmy Esteva, the wife of the reputed cocaine kingpin; Juanita Olmos, a young woman who’d been involved with the murdered reporter; and Caroline Rogers, the wife of the Wheaton Police Chief. After another murder is committed and an attempt is made on Spenser’s life, he turns for help to Hawk, whose special skills keep them all alive, and to Susan, whose psychological insights are more and more necessary as the chase moves away from cocaine and appears to hinge more on older and more basic problems — jealousy, passion, and hate. Pale Kings and Princes, the fourteenth Spenser novel, takes us into the cutthroat, multibillion-dollar cocaine business, where drugs are valued above all and human life is frighteningly dispensable

В своей книге Клэр Фоджес предлагает вернуться к корням, исследуя образ жизни охотников-собирателей, который на протяжении бо́льшей части нашего существования был нормой. В мире, полном лиц и электронных уведомлений, мы часто чувствуем усталость от бесконечного потока новостей и информации. Несмотря на удобства, которые предоставляют современные технологии, скорость изменений в мире и перегрузка информацией могут привести к стрессу и тревожности. Фоджес продвигает уникальный подход к восстановлению гармонии и баланса в жизни. Она делится мудростью предков, показывая, как древние привычки могут помочь в различных аспектах жизни – от дружбы и питания до интимных отношений и воспитания детей. Каждая страница книги наполнена практическими советами, которые помогут сделать жизнь более простой и осмысленной. В формате PDF A4 сохранён издательский дизайн

Między życiem i śmiercią, snem i jawą, przy dworcu kolejowym poza krańcami świata znajduje się miasto Palimpsest. Trafienie do niego jest cudem, tajemnicą, darem i przekleństwem; podróż jest zastrzeżona dla tych, którzy zawsze wierzyli, że istnieje jeszcze inny świat poza tym, który na co dzień postrzegamy. Ci, który dane jest do niego trafić, zostają naznaczeni — po upojnej nocy na ich skórze pojawia się wytatuowana mapa cudownego miasta. Do tego królestwa pociągów-widm, lwich kapłanów, żywych kanji i kanałów pełnych śmietanki przybywa czworo podróżnych: Oleg — ślusarz z Nowego Jorku; November — pszczelarka; Ludovico — introligator, specjalista od oprawiania białych kruków; i młoda Japonka imieniem Sei. Każde z nich straciło coś ważnego — żonę, kochanka, siostrę, cel w życiu. to, co znajdą w Palimpseście, przejdzie ich najśmielsze wyobrażenia. Cudownie napisany i zachwycająco pomysłowy Palimpsest to książka dla wszystkich tych, którzy kochają stare mapy i odczuwają tęsknotę na dźwięk turkoczącego nocą pociągu. Współczesne arcydzieło, opowiedziane niepowtarzalnym głosem i z wyjątkową wrażliwością. Opowieści sieroty wprowadziły czytelników w niepowtarzalny i odurzający świat wyobraźni Catherynne M. Valente. Tym razem autorka tworzy lirycznie erotyczne miejsce magiczne, w którym groteska miesza się z pięknem, a podróż do niego zaczyna się od pocałunku nieznajomego…

After divorcing her physically abusive NFL superstar husband, photographer Liz Barwick accepts an assignment on an idyllic island and begins a romance while her ex-husband plots murderous revenge

An unforgettable portrait of a man haunted by memories of the woman who got away_blended skillfully with a searing look at the role of art and memory in our times. In a small, foundering town in central New York, Molly Howe grows up to be a seemingly ordinary but deeply charismatic young woman. As a teenager, she has an affair with a much older man — a relationship that thrills her at first, until the two of them are discovered, and she learns how difficult it can be to get away with such a transgression in a small town. Cast out by her parents, she moves in with her emotionally enigmatic brother, Richard, in Berkeley, California. At her lowest moment, she falls in with a young art student named John Wheelwright. Each of them believes — though for very different reasons — that this is the love that can save them. Then Molly, after being called home for a family emergency, disappears. A decade later, John has gone on to a promising career at a "cutting edge" advertising agency in New York. He seems on a familiar road to success — until he wanders into the path of Malcolm Osbourne, an eccentric advertising visionary who decries modern advertising's reliance on smirking irony and calls for a popular art of true belief and sincerity. Toward this end, Mal founds — and invites John to join — a unique artists' colony-cum-ad agency called Palladio, in Charlottesville, Virginia. The risky, much-ridiculed venture brings them undreamt-of fame and influence. It also brings, literally to their door, Molly Howe. In a triumph of literary ingenuity, Jonathan Dee weaves together the stories of this unforgettable pair, raising haunting questions about thesources of art, the pain of lost love, and whether it pays to have a conscience in our cynical age

Sans moyens financiers, quelle revanche prendre sur une société aussi puissante que la Hackett Chemical quand elle « vire » ses employés sous prétexte de marasme économique ? Aucune. Alan Pope, le premier « viré », le dit avec raison à son ami Sammy Bannister qui est le second. Supposons à présent que la banque chargée de verser l'indemnité de licenciement, la Burger, crédite Alan de plus d'un million de dollars. C'est une erreur évidemment mais aussi la fortune qui va leur permettre de ruiner la firme et ils ont deux semaines pour y parvenir avant que l'erreur soit découverte, décrète Sammy qui expédie Alan au Majestic de Cannes où séjourne Arnold Hackett, l'homme à abattre. Comment ? Que Alan se fie à la chance en jouant les riches à chèques, yacht et Rolls. Peu à l'aise dans ce rôle, il débute mal : le magot reste sur le tapis vert à cause d'une flambeuse aux yeux violets et son banco attire sur lui l'attention du patron de la Burger. Alan s'attend à être démasqué et arrêté. Pas du tout. Une O.P.A. illégale et un achat d'armement qui ne l'est pas moins vont l'entraîner, en compagnie de requins d'affaires et de poupées de luxe, dans une aventure à couper le souffle

Palm Springs now joins Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange County, San Francisco, Oakland, and Berkeley in California’s Noir Series arena

Los cuatro relatos que integran el volumen de Palo y Hueso fueron escritos entre 1960 y 1961 y aparecieron publicados en Buenos Aires por primera vez en 1965, editados por Camarda Junior y constituyen otra muestra más de la percepción de la realidad en la obra del autor. El relato Palo y Hueso fue llevado al cine, allá por 1967, con guión escrito por el propio Saer y dirigido por Alejandro Sarquis

After her husband leaves her, Samantha is torn between her high-powered New York career and a life of freedom in California with a passionate cowboy. Reckless and impulsive, she is prepared to risk everything she once thought mattered

Egils Lukjanskis Palīgā sauciens Populārā romānistā Egila Lukjanska jaunākais romāns "Palīgā sauciens" ir jums par agrāk sabiedrībā populārā  žurnalista Haralda Vintera atgriešanos dzīvē pēc pieciem cietumā nepelnīti pavadītiem gadiem. Kā dzīvot tālāk? Izveloties starp meliem un patiesību, atriebību un piedošanu, vientulību un mīlestību, jāatgūst ticība cilvēkiem, jāsaglabā spēja atsaukties kāda cilvēka palīgā saucienam… Apgāds DAUGAVA Mākslinieks VILNIS DIDRIHSONS © Egils Lukjanskis, 1999 © Vilnis Didrihsons, mākslinieciski izveide, 1999 © Apgāds «Daugava", izdevums, 1999 Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis

Markas Isterbrukas žinojo, kad, norėdamas suprasti, kokie keisti dalykai dedasi „Palšo žirgo“ viešbutėlyje, turi pradėti nuo pat pradžios. Bet kur ta pradžia?