Kalfus plucks individual lives from the stew of a century of Russian history and serves them up in tales that range from hair-raising to comic to fabulous. The astonishing title story follows a doomed nuclear power plant worker as he hawks a most unusual package on the black market—a canister of weapons-grade plutonium. In “Orbit,” the first cosmonaut navigates several items not on the preflight checklist as he prepares to blaze the trail for the new communist society, “floating free of terrestrial compromise.” In “Budyonnovsk,” a young man hopes desperately that the takeover of his town by Chechen rebels will somehow save his marriage. Set in the 1920s, “Birobidzhan” is the bittersweet story of a Jewish couple journeying to the Soviet Far East, where they intend to establish the modern world’s first Jewish state. The novella, “Peredelkino,” which closes the book, traces the fortunes of a 1960s literary apparatchik whose romantic intrigues inadvertently become political. Together, these works of fiction capture the famously enigmatic Russian psyche. They display Kalfus’s ability to imagine a variety of believable yet wholly singular characters whose lives percolate against a backdrop of momentous events. In his second book of short stories, Ken Kalfus takes on the speeding troika that is Russia in the 20th century. It’s an astonishing act of literary ventriloquism, displaying a range of subjects and techniques that would be remarkable in any writer, and is that much more so in one working in a tradition not his own. There are not one but many Russias in Pu-239 and Other Russian Fantasies: the giddy utopianism of the early Soviet Union; the postwar Stalinist personality cult; the brief thaw of ’60s liberalism; and, perhaps most affectingly, the post-Gorbachev state, in which infrastructure crumbles while workers go unpaid. The title story begins with an accident in a nuclear plant and ends in unwitting apocalypse, as a technician dying of radiation poisoning attempts to sell weapons-grade plutonium on the black market. The result is part tragedy, part Fargo-style farce, featuring hoodlums so dumb they think they’re dealing in drugs: “‘What did he call it?’… ‘Plutonium. From Bolivia, he said.’” In “Anzhelika, 13,” a young girl is convinced she has caused Stalin’s death, while “Salt” is a satiric fairy tale about supply and demand. “Budyonnovsk” finds Viktor Chernomyrdin negotiating not with Chechen hostage-takers but with an exhausted, embattled Russian Everyman, Vasya, who is “old enough to know what a real job is, but not old enough to have ever had one.” The short-story collection suits Kalfus; its eclecticism let him come at his subject from as many angles as he can dream up (and that’s a lot). It’s harder to sustain the same kind of imaginative momentum in a longer form, which makes the book’s final novella an unexpected success. “Peredelkino” follows two writers through an intricate dance of literature, politics, jealousy, and desire, and then closes on a lovely and moving image. The narrator—discredited, disillusioned, his career finished—stands outside his own house “in the dark nowhere place from where authors always watch their readers.” Inside is his wife, to whom he has been repeatedly and flagrantly unfaithful, oblivious to his presence but transfixed by his book: > I knew that shortly there would be many explanations to be made, however imperfectly, and then confessions and recriminations, protestations of grief and loss, and then at last hard, practical calculation. Before that, I wanted to absorb, place in words that I would always be able to summon, an image of her like that, the passionate reader. In a sense, that’s us he’s looking at, absorbed in the book we’ve just finished. Kalfus is the kind of writer who can tip his hat to the reader—who can acknowledge our *complicity*—all without ever lifting us out of the world he’s created. Most fiction speaks to either the heart or the head; his does both with ease. These five short stories and one novella demonstrate Kalfus’s sense of the absurd, and his marvelous knowledge of modern Russia. The jewel of this collection is its eponymous first story. Timofey, a nuclear engineer, absorbs a toxic amount of radiation in an accident at his workplace, an obsolete provincial nuclear weapons facility. Hoping to leave his family some money after his death, Timofey steals some plutonium and takes it to Moscow, planning to sell it on the black market. But Yeltsin-era Moscow perplexes him absolutely. He makes the mistake of trusting Shiv, a small-time hoodlum who knows no physics: the results are comic and awful at once. Other stories describe the long shadow of Stalinism. “Birobidzhan” is a fascinating version of the bizarre “homeland” for Jews that Stalin sanctioned and attempted to build within Russia. In “Anzhelika, 13,” a girl gets her first period on the day Stalin dies. Terrified, she equates the national mourning, her brutish father’s grief and her body’s function. The novella, “Peredelkhino,” begins with the narrator, Rem Petrovich Krilov, about to produce a servile review of a novel by Leonid Brezhnev. The narrative then flashes back to the ’60s, just before the Prague Spring, when Krilov is a rising star of Moscow’s official literary culture, with his own suburban dacha. After the defection of a beautiful writer whom he had innocently recommended to an editor, Krilov falls from grace; in the repressive post-1968 climate, he is tarred with her “crime.” Kalfus shows a striking talent for transcultural understanding, and for depicting the very strange; fans of Paul Bowles, or of Kalfus’s earlier collection, Thirst (to be released in paperback by Washington Square Press), won’t want to miss these new tales. Agent, Michael Carlisle. Author tour. (Sept.) FYI: First serial rights to one of the stories, “Salt,” have been sold to Bomb magazine. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiMhvmtfZFs

A controversial best-seller in 1977, The Public Burning has since emerged as one of the most influential novels of our time. The first major work of contemporary fiction ever to use living historical figures as characters, the novel reimagines the three fateful days in 1953 that culminated with the execution of alleged atomic spies Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Vice-President Richard Nixon — the voraciously ambitious bad boy of the Eisenhower regime — is the dominant narrator in an enormous cast that includes Betty Crocker, Joe McCarthy, the Marx Brothers, Walter Winchell, Uncle Sam, his adversary The Phantom, and Time magazine incarnated as the National Poet Laureate. All of these and thousands more converge in Times Square for the carnivalesque auto-da-fe at which the Rosenbergs are put to death. And not a person present escapes implication in Cold War America's ruthless "public burning."

After a slow start, Staeger's solid second novel to feature semiretired CIA agent W. Cooper (after 2005's Painkiller) turns into a riveting and timely story revolving around a biological weapons threat. While Cooper explores a botched smuggling job involving stolen Mayan gold artifacts in the Virgin Islands that results in many deaths, Benjamin Achar, a package delivery-company driver, deliberately blows himself up in his garage near Fort Myers, Fla. The explosion releases a deadly virus that kills more than 100 people within two weeks. Enter CIA agent Julie Laramie to investigate the explosion and develop a team to track down other possible sleeper cells. Laramie recruits a reluctant Cooper, her former lover and partner, to assist, even as he continues to look into the killings related to the stolen Mayan artifacts. Superior characterization, in particular the relationship between Laramie and Cooper, which never stops the action, and clear, crisp writing make for a well-above-average thriller

A richly inventive new collection of stories from Ali Smith, author of How to be both, winner of the Baileys Women's Prize and the Costa Novel Award and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Why are books so very powerful? What do the books we've read over our lives — our own personal libraries — make of us? What does the unravelling of our tradition of public libraries, so hard-won but now in jeopardy, say about us? The stories in Ali Smith's new collection are about what we do with books and what they do with us: how they travel with us; how they shock us, change us, challenge us, banish time while making us older, wiser and ageless all at once; how they remind us to pay attention to the world we make. Public libraries are places of joy, freedom, community and discovery — and right now they are under threat from funding cuts and widespread closures across the UK and further afield. With this brilliantly inventive collection, Ali Smith joins the campaign to save our public libraries and celebrate their true place in our culture and history

Džeks Londons. Publicistika Kopoti raksti 5.sējums Publicistika sastādījusi Tamara Zālīte No angļu valodas tulkojusi Anna Bauga, Ilga Melnbārde un Ojārs Sarma mākslinieks Ādolfs Lielais Tulkojums latviešu valodā, «Liesma», 1975 Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis

Aspazija īstajā vārdā Johanna Emīlija Lizete Rozenberga, vēlāk Elza Pliekšāne Kopoti raksti 4 sēj Pūcesspieģelis Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis Liesma  1986

Ukraiński astrofizyk Mychajło Sahajdak, indyjski biolog Swami Rishideva, amerykański astronauta Harry Thawn... Oni zaprzyjaźnili się jeszcze w faszystowskim kacecie, skąd młodym żołnierzom wojsk związkowych poszczęściło się prawie cudem uciec. Powojenne lata nie przyćmiły, nie zachwiali dawnej przyjaźni. Harry przygotowuje się do polotu na Księżyc, Mychajło odsłonia tajemnicy dalekich galaktyk, Swami studiuje złożoność psychiki ludzkiej. Lecz obok szczytów naukowych odkryć często działają przepaści rozpaczy i rozczarowania. Tylko w tytanicznej walce ducha i serca można odszukać jasną drogę do wiekopomnych wartości prawdy i miłości. Powieść feeryczna „Puchar Amrity” Ołesia Berdnyka dotyka ważnych pytań etyki, tajemnic bytu

In the perfect bedtime reading, a mischievous imp called Puck delights two precocious youngsters with 10 magical fables about the hidden histories of Old England. Written especially for Kipling’s own children, each enchanting myth is followed by a selection of the master storyteller’s spirited poetry

En el avanzado planeta Tierra ya no es necesario matar a un enemigo para deshacerse de él. Sólo hace falta un “largo sueño”, un proceso que le mantiene congelado el tiempo preciso: un mes, un año, un siglo... Ésta es la historia de una víctima del “largo sueño”, un hombre que despierta en el futuro, pero que, sin embargo, descubrirá que es posible volver al pasado para cumplir su venganza. Una extraordinaria novela sobre el tema del viaje en el tiempo escrita por uno de los autores más galardonados de todos los tiempos, ganador de cuatro permios Hugo

Al anunciarse una visita preelectoral del presidente del Gobierno a Canarias, el ministro del Interior envía al comisario Luis Bernal y su grupo de la Brigada Criminal a la isla de Gran Canaria para reforzar las medidas de seguridad. Es una misión que satisface a Bernal, puesto que su amante, Consuelo Lozano, ha sido destinada discretamente a una sucursal de su banco en Las Palmas, a la espera del nacimiento de su hijo, sin embargo, coincidiendo con una serie de confusos incidentes, Consuelo es secuestrada por una pandilla de independentistas… ¿Logrará el comisario garantizar debidamente la seguridad del presidente y, a la vez, rescatar a su querida Consuelo? ¿Hay alguna relación entre ambas cosas? Con su maestría habitual, David Serafín (seudónimo de Ian Michael) nos ofrece una trama apasionante y una intriga de altos vuelos protagonizada por el popularísimo comisario Bernal

ALEKSANDRS PUŠKINS Piektais sējums PUGAČOVA SACELŠANAS VĒSTURE KRITIKA UN PUBLICISTIKA VĒSTULES JŪLIJA VANAGA REDAKCIJA Redakcijas kolēģija: A. Balodis, A. Bauga, K. Egle, j. Grots, M. Ķempe,B. Saulitis J. Sudrabkalns Sastādījis Jāzeps Osmanis Mākslinieks Arturs Apinis Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis

Aleksandrs Puškins Piektais sējums Pugačova sacelšanās vēsture. Kritika un publicistika. Vēstules Jūlija Vanaga redakcija Redakcijas kolēģija: A. Balodis, A. Bauga, K. Egle, j. Grots, M. Ķempe,B. Saulitis J. Sudrabkalns Sastādījis Jāzeps Osmanis Mākslinieks Arturs Apinis Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis

Milda Geidāne Puisikciems "Puisikciemā" ir parādīts, kā dzīvo mūsu "mazais cilvēks" šodienas laukos, kur stiprie iztur, vājie salūst, īstu prototipu romāna tēliem nav. Tikai no dažādiem autorei zināmiem cilvēkiem paņemtas viņu raksturīgākās īpašības, un viņi neviens nedzīvo Puisiķciemā. Tieši tāpat, kā savulaik Blaumanis pagasta zemniekus iūrā uz atlūzuša ledus gabala

Voici l'histoire d'un homme, d'une femme et d'un oiseau. Cette femme, une chanteuse célèbre, va mourir des suites d'un accident d'automobile. Du même coup, son mari apprend que « le monsieur qui était avec sa femme a été tué au volant ». La jalousie, soudain, réveille l'amour endormi. Un sentiment insoutenable, un enfer d'angoisse et de torture. Il n'y a pas un instant à perdre. Quelques jours, quelques heures pour revivre une vie entière, tuer le mensonge, regagner le temps perdu. C'est alors qu'un oiseau entre dans la chambre funèbre. Une petite bête jaune, un simple oiseau. La jeune femme qui agonise semble le connaître. On dirait qu'elle lui parle, qu'il entend, qu'ils se comprennent… C'est à devenir fou

Džons Boins Puisēns svītrainā pidžamā Deviņgadīgais Bruno ir spiests kopā ar visu ģimeni no Berlīnes pārcelties uz pagalam netīkamu dzīvesvietu tikai tāpēc, ka tēvam tur veicami svarīgi dienesta pienākumi. Zēnam vairs nav neviena drauga, arī vecāmāte palikusi pilsētā; māsa ir bezcerīgi neciešama, vecāki — pārmēru noraizējušies vai nopietni, kalpone - noslēpumaina. Cīnīdamies ar vientulību, Bruno dodas ekspedīcijā gar dzeloņstiepļu žogu, kuru tas var redzēt pa savas istabas logu, un aiz tā atklāj... kādu pavisam sanīkušu sava vecuma puisēnu. Vārdu pa vārdam — un viņu starpā neviļus izveidojas patiesa draudzība. Vienīgi - kāpēc abiem katrā tikšanās reizē ir jāpaliek savā žoga pusē? To Bruno nekādi nespēj saprast, bet jaunajā dzīvesvietā jau savādību netrūkst... No angļu valodas tulkojusi Ieva Elsberga © Tulkojums, Ieva Elsberga, 2013 skanējis indarsss@inbox.lv

Agata Kristi Pulksten 4.50 no Pedingtonas Iekāpusi vilcienā, Elspete uz brīdi iesnaužas, bet pamostoties ierauga, ka blakus braucošā vilciena vagonā kāds liela auguma, tumšmatains vīrietis nožņaudz sievieti. Visi, ieskaitot policiju, ir pārliecināti, ka vecā kundze īstenību ir sajaukusi ar sapni. Vienīgi mis Mārpla notic draudzenei un nolemj sameklēt ne vien nelaimīgās sievietes līķi, bet arī viņas slepkavu. Pulksten 4.50 no Pedingtonas © 2012 No angļu valodas tulkojusi Elfrīda Melbārzde Mākslinieks Aldis Kopštāls Noskanējis grāmatu un failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis. imantslochmelis@inbox.lv © Tulkojums latviešu valodā, Elfrīda Melbārzde, 2012 © Izdevums latviešu valodā, SIA "Skarabejs", 2012 ISBN 978-9984-780-51-1

Arkādijs Vasiļjevs Romāns Noskannējis grāmatu un failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis Izdevniecība «Liesma» Rīg;a 1973 А р к а д ий Николаевич Васильев В ЧАС ДНЯ ВАШЕ ПРЕВОСХОДИТЕЛЬСТВО Роман Роман-газета № 16—17, 1970 Издательство «Художественная литература» Москва Издательство «Лнесма» Рига 1973 На латышском языке Перевод с русского Хуго Рукшана Художественное оформление Илзи Лаудурги No krievu valodas tulkojis Hugo Rukšāns Ilzes Laudurgas mākslinieciskā apdare

Agata Kristi Pulksteņi ROMĀNS Uz grīdas neveiKli izplestām roKām un Kājām gulēja vīrieša ķ ermenis. Acis bija pusatvērtas un neKO neredzošas. Uz tumšpelēKā uzvaka Krūtežas bija tumšs, miKls planKums. Šeila gandrīz vai mehānisKi pieliecās. Viņa aizsKāra vīrieša vaigu tas bija auKsts, ari roKa bija auKsta… Meitene piesKārās miKlajam planKumam, tad ātri atrāva roKu, šausmās to uzlūKodama. Noskannējis grāmatu un failu izveidojis Imants Ločmeiis Apgāds «Artava» Rīga No angļu valodas tulkojusi Dagnija Dreika Mākslinieks Māris Sīmansons Tulkojums, noformējums, «Artava», 1994 ISUN 9984-529-20-7 Manam senajam draugam MARIO, prieku atminoties gardas maltītes "Kaprīzē"

PULKVEŽA FOSETA PĒDĒJAIS CEĻOJUMS M.JEMCEVS E.PARNOVS Locis Kids. Pulkveža Foseta pēdējais ceļojums . De profundis (No dziļumiem) . Sniega pika. Figūras plaknē . .IZDEVNIECĪBA «ZINĀTNE» RĪGA 1966 Tulkojusi RASMA VĪLIPA Izdots saskaņā ar Latvijas PSR Zinātņu akadē­mijas Redakciju un izdevumu padomes 1966. gada 16. jūnija lēmumu Mihaila Jemceva un Jeremeja Parnova stāsti pa­domju lasītājiem jau ir labi pazīstami. Viņu pirmais fantastiskais stāsts — <rZaļajā kalnu pārejā» bija iespiests 1961. gadā žurnālā «Iskatei». Vēlāk M. Jem­ceva un ]. Parnova darbi publicēti žurnālos «Tehnika — molodjoži», <rMolodjož mira» un ietilpināti izdevnie­cību «Molodaja Gvardija» un «Znaņije» zinātniskās fantastikas krājumos. Pulkveža Foseta pēdējais ceļojums» ir jauno autoru trešā grāmata — pēc fantastisko garo stāstu krājuma «Bālā Neptuna vienādojums» un zinātniski fantastiskajiem stāstiem «Supernovas krišana», — un tajā mēģināts uz piedzīvojumu stāsta fona attistii fantastisku fabulu. Divos garajos stāstos — «Locis Kids» un «Pulkveža Foseta pēdējais ceļojums» — dar­bība norisinās Dienvidamerikas eksotiskajās zemēs, Galapagu salās, noslēpumainajā setvā, okeāna dziļu­mos. Stāstu varoņi, zinātnieki, veic parastus zināt­niskus pētījumus un tikai pavisam nedaudz iet pāri realitātes robežām, ieiet fantastikas pasaulē. Krājumā ievietotie trīs stāsti — <Sniega pika», «De profundis» un «Figūras plaknē» — ir tikai fantas­tiski, tajos ir gan kosmoss, gan laika mašīna, gan ab­solūti fantastiska situācija

Война отгремела, однако оставила слишком много вопросов без ответов. Никто не вышел из неё победителем, никто не был побеждён. Она просто закончилась, потому что у государств Эрды не осталось ни сил, ни денег, ни ресурсов на то, чтобы её продолжать. Перед вами история лучшего наёмника за всю историю Эрды. Человека, бывшего спасителем династий и террористом мирового масштаба. Того, кто объединил вокруг себя всех, кто не нашёл себя в мирной, послевоенной, жизни. Людей потерянного поколения, так и не вернувшихся с Великой войны. Наёмника, сделавшего своё ремесло эффективным бизнесом, создавшего первую в мире Эрды по-настоящему частную армию, готовую воевать за того, кто заплатит, не делая различий между расами, народами и государствами. Он и его люди отказались от прошлого, став новой нацией, нацией Интербеллума, псами войны без родины, «Солдатами без границ»

Enter a world of seedy nightclubs, dangerous, dimly-lit street and cool, wisecracking dicks pitting themselves against armies of ruthless gangsters. This is pulp fiction, a genre spawned amid the disillusionment of post-World War I America — and now reaching new heights of popularity.　 Writers like Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett turned that unique blend of rapid-fire action, violence and cynical humour into an art form that is being recreated by a fresh wave of young writers whose stories have all the drama and atmosphere of their predecessors’.　 This page-turning collection, brought together by a true aficionado of the hardboiled story, includes, of course, Chandler and Hammett, but also Mickey Spillane, Ross MacDonald, Ed McBain and James Hadley Chase from the vintage years and from the current generation James Ellroy, Elmore Leonard and Quentin Tarantino, to name just a few of the twenty great writers featured here. Even Stephen King, doyen of the world of horror, has turned his hand to pulp fiction and is represented in this book.　 The world of the hard-drinking, fast-action, apparently indestructible private eye, personified by Chandler’s creation, Philip Marlowe, was never more vibrant. It’s all here, and more, in a book that no fan of the genre can afford to miss

Svou první sf povídku sepsal Babula pro časopis Pionýr již v roce 1954 pod názvem Pohled do budoucnosti, tu druhou o tři roky později pro sedmý ročník časopisu Ohníček a jmenovala se Prázdniny roku 2000. Povídka byla zpracována do formy jakéhosi budovatelského komiksu o 12 pokračováních a ilustrována Mirkem Liďákem. V roce 1959 publikoval Babula rovnou dvě sf povídky. Ta první vyšla v Pionýru pod názvem Astrodepeše z roku 2059 a dočkala se jako jediná i druhého vydání v Ikárii roku 1990. Druhá povídka Na skok do třetího tisíciletí vyšla v Květech. V roce 1960 sepsal Babula svou jedinou novelu Puls nekonečna, který vycházel na pokračování v Pionýru. Pod názvem Puľs Vsesvitu ji vydalo roku 1968 ukrajinské nakladatelství Dnipro. Poslední povídkou, která u nás vyšla roku 1961, byl příběh Veliký den, vydaný v Pionýru. Dlouhá léta se tradovalo, že žádnou jinou science fiction Babula nenapsal. Potvrzovala to i kniha Slovník české literární fantastiky a science fiction pečlivého Ivana Adamoviče, ale život je samé překvapení a ten badatelský dvojnásob. S celosvětovým rozmachem digitalizace knih se nám podařilo vypátrat ještě jednu Babulovu povídku! A zajímavostí určitě je, že vyšla až po smrti autora a navíc v zahraničí… Když roku 1967 vyšla v moskevském nakladatelství Mir sbírka sf povídek českých a slovenských autorů Kak ja byl velikanom, asi málokdo z českých čtenářů sci-fi to vůbec zaregistroval. Babula byl již rok mrtev a s politickým uvolněním jsme se pomalu začali dostávat i ke kvalitní anglosaské literatuře. Rusové však na Babulu nezapomněli a postupně digitalizovali kompletní jeho dílo, které vyšlo v ruském a ukrajinském jazyce. Tak se k nám dostal ruský text… Se vzpomínkou na školní léta s azbukou louskali jsme neznámý příběh, který nyní uzavírá naši sbírku v neumělém českém překladu autora těchto úvodních slov. Je přesto možné, že po nějakém čase někdo objeví další povídky či dokonce román Vladimíra Babuly, neboť v Památníku národního písemnictví leží literární pozůstalost autora uložena pečlivě v archívu, ale bohužel není katalogizována a je k ní tedy uzavřen přístup i literárním badatelům. Snad někdo z našich následovníků bude mít více štěstí…

After the best-selling Arthur George and Nothing to Be Frightened Of, Julian Barnes returns with fourteen stories about longing and loss, friendship and love, whose mysterious natures he examines with his trademark wit and observant eye. From an imperial capital in the eighteenth century to Garibaldi's adventures in the nineteenth, from the vineyards of Italy to the English seaside in our time, he finds the 'stages, transitions, arguments' that define us. A newly divorced real estate agent can't resist invading his reticent girlfriend's privacy, but the information he finds reveals only his callously shallow curiosity. A couple come together through an illicit cigarette and a song shared over the din of a Chinese restaurant. A widower revisting the Scottish island he'd treasured with his wife learns how difficult it is to purge oneself of grief. And throughout, friends gather regularly at dinner parties and perfect the art of cerebral, sometimes bawdy banter about the world passing before them. Whether domestic or extraordinary, each story pulses with the resonance, spark, and poignant humor for which Barnes is justly heralded

One afternoon after school, nine-year-old Emilie doesn't come home.After a frantic search, her father finds her backpack in a deserted alley.it is the backpack her deceased mother had given her a month before she died.Emilie would never leave that backpack behind voluntarily.A week later, a five-year-old boy goes missing.And then another.Meanwhile, Johanna Vik, a former FBI profiler with a troubled past and a difficult young daughter, is buried in crimes of the past, trying to overturn a decades-old false murder conviction. Police Commissioner Stubo has personal reasons for wanting to solve the case of the missing children: not long ago he lost his wife and only daughter in a terrible accident, and now all he has left is his young grandson. But when he tries to enlist Johanna to help him crack the case, she's resistant. However, when the bodies of the missing children start appearing in their family's homes with notes that say, "You got what you deserved," Johanna decides to help Stubo.While the rest of the Norwegian media is out hunting pedophiles,Stubo and Johanna manage to uncover a complex story of revenge. A singularly clever crime story combined with a serious discussion of children and our responsibilities towards them, What is Mine is the first installment in the the Stubo/Johanna crime series. Stubo and Johanna from one of the most original crime-solving teams ever

Opuszczoną przez ludzi Ziemię zasiedliła humanoidalna rasa, usiłująca upodobnić się do swych poprzedników i przeżyć ich historię na nowo. Przybysze ze czcią traktują pozostawione przez ludzi ślady kultury i cywilizacji. W ich świecie postaciami mitycznymi są nie tylko Orfeusz i Chrystus, ale także bohater Dzikiego Zachodu — Billy Kid oraz Beatlesi. Nagła śmierć ukochanej sprawia, że bohater powieści, Lobey, porzuca swą idylliczną, zagubioną w lasach wioskę i wyrusza na wędrówkę, aby odnaleźć i odzyskać utraconą miłość

W ich małżeństwie nie brakowało miłości, a jednak Tania poczuła wokół siebie pustkę. Nie chciała być dłużej jedynie luksusową laleczką. Zaryzykowała podjęcie pracy. Czy Raf zrozumie potrzeby żony? Czy uratują swój związek?

W punkcie widokowym przy Mulholland Drive patrol policji znajduje zwłoki zastrzelonego mężczyzny. Ofiarą zabójstwa jest doktor Stanley Kent, mający dostęp do niebezpiecznych izotopów promieniotwórczych w większości szpitali w Los Angeles. Prowadząc swoje pierwsze od kilku miesięcy dochodzenie, Harry Bosch odkrywa, że tuż przed śmiercią lekarza skradziono dużą ilość radioaktywnego cezu, który w rękach terrorystów może się stać potężną bronią zagrażającą całemu miastu. W obawie przed zamachem do akcji wkraczają służby federalne. Detektyw nie zamierza rezygnować ze śledztwa, choć wyjaśnienie zagadki morderstwa utrudniają mu agenci FBI przekonani, że sprawa jest zbyt poważna, by mogła sobie z nią poradzić policja Los Andeles

El jugador de los halcones Negros de Chicago, Boom Boom Warshawski, fue una leyenda del hockey. Más de mil personas asisten a su funeral, consternados al enterarse de que ha resbalado en un muelle y se ha ahogado. La policía se apresura a declarar que ha sido un accidente. Y no les gusta la idea de que V.I. Warshawski, meta su nariz femenina en un caso tan evidente. Pero entre atentados contra su propia vida y tragos de scotch, la intrépida e ingeniosa detective, se abre camino a través de un mundo de silos de cereal y cargueros de mil toneladas. Se introducirá en una senda que le hará descubrir si se está tomando las cosas de un modo demasiado personal o si su adorado Boom Boom fue en realidad asesinado…

La periodista Tiel McCoy suspende sus bien merecidas vacaciones cuando por la radio de su coche oye que un joven llamado Ronnie Davidson ha secuestrado a la adolescente Sabra Dendy, hija de uno de los hombres más ricos del país. Decidida a ocuparse del suceso, la casualidad quiere que se vea envuelta en un atraco con rehenes llevado a cabo por Ronnie y Sabra, cuya verdadera y sorprendente historia pone a prueba su objetividad periodística y sus más arraigadas creencias vitales…

**Niekas nežinojo apie miglotus pavidalus, kuriuos ji kartkartėmis matydavo tamsoje. Jie visada pas ją atsėlindavo. Pirmą kartą pasirodė taip seniai, kad Liusė net nebegalėjo prisiminti, kada tai buvo. Vis dėlto mergina puikiai prisiminė tą atvejį, kai suprato, kad pavidalai ateina ne pas visus žmones, tiksliau, neateina pas nieką kitą, išskyrus ją...** Paskutinius mokslo metus, kai paslaptingame gaisre žūsta jos vaikinas Trevoras, Liusei tenka praleisti uždaroje perauklėjimo mokykloje, kur mokiniai stebimi kameromis ir draudžiami mobilieji telefonai. Ji įtaria, jog prie nelaimės kažkaip prisidėję tamsūs šešėliai, kurie persekioja ją visą gyvenimą. Kai mergina mokykloje susipažįsta su Danieliu, pajunta jam pažįstamą ilgesį, lyg pažinotų tą antgamtiškai gražų vaikiną iš anksčiau. Sunkiai tramdydamas savo jausmus Danielis stengiasi neprisileisti prie savęs Liusės, paaiškindamas keistai: tiesa pražudysianti ją kaip ir ankstesniais kartais. Kur nuves ši meilės istorija ir kodėl mylimieji randa vienas kitą, kad ir vėl prarastų?

Extreme circumstances can require radical departures from even the most deeply rooted “traditons…”

Pupilek, to domowe zwierzątko, ufne, przytulne, miłe. Pupilek to również krnąbrny i podstępny stwór. Zamiast cieszyć się, że udało mu się uniknąć losu większości ludzi, którzy teraz mieszkają w lasach lub miejskich śmietnikach, niewdzięcznik porzuca wygodne życie z prześliczną obróżką na szyi i decyduje się na niebezpieczną tułaczkę. Uczy się walki w szkole gladiatorów, poznaje ludzi upodlonych, ludzi kolaborujących z najeźdźcą i niewielką grupkę tych, których najazd nie złamał. Wreszcie przystaje do bojowników o wyzwolenie ujarzmionej wieki temu Ziemi

In Dale Brown’s Puppet Master, intelligent machines take center stage as America battles the Russian mafia in Eastern Europe Louis Massina is revolutionizing the field of robotics. His technological wonders are capable of locating disaster survivors, preventing nuclear meltdowns, and replacing missing limbs. After one of Massina’s creations makes a miraculous rescue, an FBI agent recruits him to pursue criminals running a massive financial scam — and not coincidentally, suspected of killing the agent’s brother. Massina agrees to deploy a surveillance “bot” that uses artificial intelligence to follow its target. But when he’s thrust into a dangerous conspiracy, the billionaire inventor decides to take matters into his own hands, unleashing the greatest cyber-weapons in the world and becoming the Puppet Master

Paul Sherman of Interpol's Narcotics Bureau lands at Schiphol Airport. As far as he is aware no one but Jimmy Duclos knows of his arrival in Amsterdam. Duclos is there to meet him-and four men are there to meet Duclos. Sherman has to recognize that the gang of heroin smugglers he was out to smash know his movements as well as he does. Backed by Amsterdam's police, Sherman tries to outwit the genius behind the drug ring, a master-puppeteer who knows how to manipulate the underworld so that his own tracks are obliterated at every step. The action moves from the back streets of Amsterdam to a barge on the Zuider Zee, from an island whose inhabitants specialize in making costumed puppets, to the crypt of a missionary sect's church. Not until the very last minute is the master-puppeteer revealed — and by then he is in possession of a puppet of such value and beauty that it taxes all Sherman's ingenuity and courage to prevent this-one, too, from swinging on a grisly chain

Deep in the heart of Paris, its oldest cemetery is, by 1785, overflowing, tainting the very breath of those who live nearby. Into their midst comes Jean-Baptiste Baratte, a young, provincial engineer charged by the king with demolishing it. At first Baratte sees this as a chance to clear the burden of history, a fitting task for a modern man of reason. But before long, he begins to suspect that the destruction of the cemetery might be a prelude to his own

Bliss, Colorado, gave Hope McLean a second chance at life, but she's hiding a dark secret. Raised as brothers, James Glen and Noah Bennett always dreamed of finding a woman to share their lives on the Circle G ranch. James would run the ranch, while Noah served the town of Bliss as the resident vet. But when a woman came between the brothers, Noah fled for New York City and James was left to struggle for the ranch's survival alone. Now that Noah has returned, he will do anything to repay his debt to James. When he sees Hope, he knows she is the woman they both have been waiting for. But just as their love begins to bloom, a nightmare from Hope's past returns to claim her. To save Hope, and themselves, they will have to reclaim the brotherhood that was shattered and fight for their future. Note: There is no sexual relationship or touching for titillation between or among the men

It was supposed to be a simple case: a young man arrested for armed assault. But it was just the beginning. As Rodney Middleton awaits trial, Detective Jack Warr is warned by his mentor DCI Ridley that they have only scratched the surface of the man's crimes. Then DCI Ridley is suddenly removed from his post. No one is to contact him — and no one will say why. As Warr digs into Middleton's past, Ridley calls pleading for help, now accused of a murder he insists he didn't commit. One of these men is a true monster, an evil soul. But which? And what awaits Warr if he discovers the truth?

Kayla Thomas is counting on her latest idea to clinch the success of her bakery – aphrodisiac chocolates! But first she needs an unsuspecting test subject to ensure the candy is as stimulating as she hopes. So when yummy restaurant owner Jack Tremaine steps into her shop, she decides he's just the man she needs. And if Kayla just happens to be around when Jack needs to let loose some lust…well, it's all in the name of science, right? Jack is more than happy to sample anything Kayla's offering. The chocolates are good, but he has the feeling sex with Kayla will be absolutely delicious! Although he wants to convince her to add her delectable desserts to his dinner menu, it's suddenly more important for Jack to satisfy his hunger for the shapely chef. He simply has to kiss the cook – and he has no intention of stopping there…

En una despoblada zona rural de Estonia, en 1992, recuperada la independencia de la pequeña república báltica, Aliide Truu, una anciana que malvive sola junto al bosque, encuentra en su jardín a una joven desconocida, exhausta y desorientada. Se trata de Zara, una veinteañera rusa, víctima del tráfico de mujeres, que ha logrado escapar de sus captores y ha acudido a la casa de Aliide en busca de una ayuda que necesita desesperadamente. A medida que Aliide supera la desconfianza inicial, y se establece un frágil vínculo entre las dos mujeres, emerge un complejo drama de viejas rivalidades y deslealtades que han arruinado la vida de una familia. Narrada en capítulos cortos que alternan presente y pasado a un ritmo subyugante, la revelación gradual de la historia de ambos personajes mantiene en vilo al lector hasta la última página. Con meticuloso realismo, Oksanen traza los efectos devastadores del miedo y la humillación, pero también la inagotable capacidad humana para la supervivencia. Una novela de múltiples lecturas y matices, que por su originalidad y su maestría nos asombra y sobrecoge

Je m'appelle Raphaël, j'ai passé quatorze ans de ma vie derrière les barreaux. Avec mon frère, William, nous venons de dérober trente millions d'euros de bijoux. Ç'aurait dû être le coup du siècle, ce fut un bain de sang. Deux morts, un blessé grave. Le blessé, c'est mon frère. Alors, je dois trouver une planque où il pourra reprendre des forces. Je m'appelle Sandra. Je suis morte, il y a longtemps, dans une chambre sordide. Ou plutôt, quelque chose est né ce jour-là… Je croyais avoir trouvé le refuge idéal. Je viens de mettre les pieds en enfer. Quelque chose qui marche et qui parle à ma place. Et son sourire est le plus abominable qui soit… « Fascinant. »

In the winter of 1976, Simón Cardoso is arrested by the military who imposed the bloody dictatorship in Argentina and disappears leaving no traces. Thirty years later, his wife, Emilia Dupuy, finds herself frozen upon hearing his voice in the suburbs of New Jersey. Her world, which seemed to have fallen apart with the tragedy, regains its light. Except for one small detail: Simón seems to be stuck in his youth. Time hasn't passed for him. "Purgatory" narrates the anxiety of the love lost and then found in a magnificent reconstruction of the sinister events that went down in the time of the regime in Argentina

The No 1. Bestseller and storyteller continues his forceful account of life inside the British penal system. On Thursday 19 July 2001, after a perjury trial lasting seven weeks, Jeffrey Archer was sentenced to four years in jail. In this second installment of his diaries, Jeffrey Archer recounts the time he spent in Wayland Prison

"A truly stunning novel, both heartbreaking and optimistic." – Lara Vapnyar Soon to be published in twenty-five languages, Sofi Oksanen's award-winning novel Purge is a breathtakingly suspenseful tale of two women dogged by their own shameful pasts and the dark, unspoken history that binds them. When Aliide Truu, an older woman living alone in the Estonian countryside, finds a disheveled girl huddled in her front yard, she suppresses her misgivings and offers her shelter. Zara is a young sex-trafficking victim on the run from her captors, but a photo she carries with her soon makes it clear that her arrival at Aliide's home is no coincidence. Survivors both, Aliide and Zara engage in a complex arithmetic of suspicion and revelation to distill each other's motives; gradually, their stories emerge, the culmination of a tragic family drama of rivalry, lust, and loss that played out during the worst years of Estonia's Soviet occupation. Sofi Oksanen establishes herself as one the most important voices of her generation with this intricately woven tale, whose stakes are almost unbearably high from the first page to the last. Purge is a fiercely compelling and damning novel about the corrosive effects of shame, and of life in a time and place where to survive is to be implicated

Young Pip Tyler doesn't know who she is. She knows that her real name is Purity, that she's saddled with $130,000 in student debt, that she's squatting with anarchists in Oakland, and that her relationship with her mother-her only family-is hazardous. But she doesn't have a clue who her father is, why her mother has always concealed her own real name, or how she can ever have a normal life. Enter the Germans. A glancing encounter with a German peace activist leads Pip to an internship in South America with The Sunlight Project, an organization that traffics in all the secrets of the world-including, Pip hopes, the secret of her origins. TSP is the brainchild of Andreas Wolf, a charismatic provocateur who rose to fame in the chaos following the fall of the Berlin Wall. Now on the lam in Bolivia, Andreas is drawn to Pip for reasons she doesn't understand, and the intensity of her response to him upends her conventional ideas of right and wrong. Purity is a dark-hued comedy of youthful idealism, extreme fidelity, and murder. The author of The Corrections and Freedom has created yet another cast of vividly original characters, Californians and East Germans, good parents and bad parents, journalists and leakers, and he follows their intertwining paths through landscapes as contemporary as the omnipresent Internet and as ancient as the war between the sexes. Jonathan Franzen is a major author of our time, and Purity is his edgiest and most searching book yet

Louie Cogburn had spent three days holed up in his apartment staring at his computer screen. His pounding headache was unbearable-it felt like spikes drilling into his brain. And it was getting worse. Finally, when someone knocked at the door, Louie picked up a baseball bat, opened the door, and started swinging… The first cop on the scene fired his stunner twice. Louie died instantly. Detective Eve Dallas has taken over the investigation but there's nothing to explain the man's sudden rage or death. The only clue is a bizarre message left on his computer screen. ABSOLUTE PURITY ACHIEVED And when a second man dies under near-identical circumstances, Eve starts racking her brain for answers and the courage to face the impossible… that this might be a computer virus able to spread from machine to man…