Zakhar Prilepin’s novel-in-stories, Sin, has become a literary phenomenon in Russia, where it was published in 2007. It has been hailed as the epitome of the spirit of the opening decade of the 21st century, and was called “the book of the decade” by the prestigious Super Natsbest Award jury. In the episodes of Zakharka’s life, presented here in non-chronological order, we see him as a little boy, a lovelorn teenager, a hard-drinking grave-digger, a nightclub bouncer, a father, and a soldier in Chechnya. Sin offers a fascinating glimpse into the recent Russian past, as well as its present, with its unemployment, poverty, violence, and local wars — social problems that may be found in many corners of the world. Zakhar Prilepin presents these realities through the eyes of Zakharka, taking us along on the life-affirming journey of his unforgettable protagonist

Lo llamaban el Coleccionista, porque seguía el ritual de reunir a sus víctimas antes de deshacerse de ellas de la manera más atroz imaginable. La agente especial del FBI Maggie O'Dell le había seguido la pista durante dos largos años, terminando por fin con aquel juego del gato y el ratón. Pero ahora Albert Stucky se había fugado de la cárcel… y estaba preparando un nuevo juego para Maggie O’Dell. Desde que atrapara a Stucky, había estado caminando sobre la cuerda floja, luchando contra sus pesadillas y la culpabilidad por no haber podido salvar a las víctimas. Ahora que Stucky estaba de nuevo en libertad, la habían apartado del caso, pero sabía que era cuestión de tiempo que la volvieran a aceptar… Cuando el rastro de víctimas de Stucky comenzó a apuntar cada vez más claramente a Maggie, ésta fue incorporada de nuevo al caso bajo la supervisión del agente especial R. J. Tully. Juntos tendrían que enfrentarse a una carrera contrarreloj para atrapar al asesino, que siempre iba un sangriento paso por delante. Pero Maggie sentía que había llegado al límite. ¿Su deseo de detener a Albert Stucky se había convertido en una cuestión de venganza personal? ¿Había cruzado la línea? Tal vez ése fuera el objetivo de Stucky desde el principio… convertirla en un monstruo

WHOEVER SAYS CRIME DOESN’T PAY ISN’T DOING IT RIGHT. Billy Cunningham is the most wanted cheat in Las Vegas. His scams have cost the casinos so much money that the governor has ordered the gaming board to bring him in at any cost. Normally, Billy would lay low until the dust settles. But during a trip to Reno, he has a chance encounter with Special Agent Ray Lopez of the FBI. Billy helps Lopez catch a pair of serial killers called The Glitter Twins and a bond is formed. Lopez is a hero with a fatal flaw. He’s a gambling addict with huge debts. Seeing an opportunity, Billy recruits Lopez to help him scam a casino in Las Vegas for millions. The scam is called the bomb, and is the most audacious blackjack scam ever invented. It’s Billy’s way to give the gaming board a black eye before he heads south to Mexico. But like the best laid plans of mice and men, the scam goes horribly wrong, and Billy and Lopez are forced to make life or death choices that will forever change both their lives

Historia del año y medio de la vida de un adolescente en diversos campor de contración nazis (experiencia que el autor vivió en propia carne), Sin destino no es, sin mbargo, ningún texto autobiográfico. Con la fría objetividad del entomólogo y desde una distancia irónica, Kertész nos muestra en su historia la hiriente realidad de los campos de exterminio en sus efectos más eficazmente perversos: aquellos que confunden justicia y humillación arbitraria, y la cotidianidad más inhumana con una forma aberrante de felicidad. Testigo desapasionado, Sin destino es, por encima de todo, gran literatura, y una de las mejores novelas del siglo xx, capaz de dejar una huella profunda e imperecedera en el lector

Bored with his perfect suburban life, a bitter '60s ad man reconnects with his college sweetheart, a prostitute who enlists him in a spectacular act of international smuggling

La vida de Eddie Spinola toma un inesperado giro cuando prueba el MDT-48, una droga sintética desarrollada por un misterioso laboratorio. Sus efectos le permitirán experimentar una inusitada actividad intelectual y física que lo llevarán a alcanzar el éxito con el que siempre soñó. Sin embargo, al mismo tiempo que comienza a vivir en un mundo de lujos exorbitantes y multimillonarias transacciones, Spinola padece los nefastos efectos secundarios de la droga y un terrible síndrome de abstinencia cuando empiezan a escasear sus suministros del fármaco. La búsqueda por conseguir nuevamente las dosis y evitar su propia muerte, lo conduce a rastrear el pasado del MDT-48 y a verse envuelto en una intensa trama de oscuros experimentos científicos y una difusa cadena de asesinatos. Este es, sin duda, un apasionante y cinematográfico thriller que dejará sin aliento a todos los lectores

Durante la adolescencia, Molly Anderson se había enamorado platónicamente del atractivo Dylan Black, a pesar de que era un joven demasiado rebelde y sólo tenía ojos para su hermana Janet. Pero antes de marcharse de su ciudad natal con el corazón roto, Dylan le había dado a Molly el anillo de compromiso rechazado por Janet y le había prometido llevarla a correr una aventura algún día. Bueno, como todo su mundo se había venido abajo de repente, Molly decidió buscar a Dylan y aceptar su ofrecimiento. Dylan siempre había sentido debilidad por Molly. Entonces, ¿por qué no pasar unos días con ella y divertirse sin lazos emocionales de por medio? Después, los dos habían prometido seguir su camino. Pero eso fue antes de que Molly despertara su deseo y conmoviera su alma cínica con su valor callado. Tal vez algunas promesas estaban destinadas a romperse…

Esta divertida novela relata la búsqueda de un extraterrestre que ha desaparecido, tras adoptar la apariencia de la vocalista Marta Sánchez, en la jungla urbana barcelonesa. Pero el protagonista de la narración no es Gurb, sino otro alienígena que sale en pos de él y cuyo diario constituye el esqueleto de la narración. La verdadera naturaleza del relato es de carácter satírico: Mendoza convierte esta Barcelona, a un tiempo cotidiana y absurda, en el escenario de una carnavalada que revela el verdadero rostro del hombre urbano actual

Para la detective privada V. I. Warshawski, «Vic», esta nueva aventura comienza durante una conferencia en Chicago, donde manifestantes furiosos están reclamando la devolución de los bienes que les arrebataron en tiempos de la Alemania nazi. De repente, un hombre perturbado se levanta para narrar la historia de su infancia, desgarrada por el Holocausto… Un relato que tendrá consecuencias devastadoras para Lotty Herschel, la íntima amiga y mentora de V. I. Lotty tenía tan sólo nueve años cuando emigró de Austria a Inglaterra, junto con un grupo de niños rescatados del terror nazi, justo antes de que la guerra comenzara. Ahora, inesperadamente, alguien del ayer ha regresado. Con la ayuda de las terapias de regresión psicológica a las que se está sometiendo, Paul Radbuka ha desenterrado su verdadera identidad. Pero ¿es realmente quien dice ser? ¿O es un impostor que ha usurpado una historia ajena? Y si es así, ¿por qué Lotty está tan aterrorizada? Desesperada por ayudar a su amiga, Vic indaga en el pasado de Radbuka. Y a medida que la oscuridad se cierne sobre Lotty, V. I. lucha para decidir en quién confiar cuando los recuerdos de una guerra distorsionan la memoria, mientras se acerca poco a poco a un sobrecogedor descubrimiento de la verdad

En 1972, tres adolescentes blancos -Alex, Billy y Pete- decidieron meterse en un barrio marginal de Washington. Esa incursión cambió la vida de seis personas: a causa del enfrentamiento con tres chicos negros, Billy resultó muerto y Alex seriamente herido. En 2007, Alex llora la muerte de su hijo caído en Iraq. De pronto, uno de los chicos negros que sobrevivieron al incidente del 72 contacta con él, abriendo la puerta a la reconciliación al tiempo que otro superviviente sale de prisión con intención de extorsionarle…

En los últimos tres meses, ya son cuatro los cuerpos de jóvenes que la policía de Londres ha encontrado brutalmente mutilados, tras ser secuestrados y agredidos sexualmente. Ninguna de las tres primeras víctimas -chicos negros- ha podido ser identificada y New Scotland Yard ni siquiera había establecido relación entre las muertes hasta la aparición del último cadáver, un adolescente blanco intencionadamente dispuesto encima de una tumba. Ahora se sospecha que un asesino en serie está detrás de ellas. El caso cae en manos del comisario Thomas Lynley y su equipo. La investigación los conducirá a Coloso, una organización benéfica que se dedica a la reinserción de jóvenes problemáticos y marginales, y de la que podrían salir las víctimas del asesino en serie. Sin embargo, parece que Coloso esconde algo más que buenas intenciones y Lynley no sólo deberá lidiar con un complicado caso sino con la prensa y la opinión pública que no dudan en tildar a la policía de racista, ya que la mayoría de los chicos a los que Coloso ayuda son de raza negra

¿Qué se esconde detrás de una noticia cualquiera de un periódico? Es lo que tratan de averiguar Julia y Gil, dos estudiantes de periodismo en un trabajo a simple vista rutinario. La noticia es la del asesinato de Marta, una adolescente cargada de antecedentes penales. Pero la investigación les llevará a descubrir mucho más: su vida, sus sueños… ¿Por qué murió Marta? ¿Cuál es la verdad? ¿Quién la asesinó? Esta novela es el retrato generacional de una adolescencia marcada que lucha por salir de la desesperanza

HER TOUCH IS DEADLY As the only female Seminus demon ever born, master assassin Sinead Donnelly is used to being treated like an outcast. She spent decades enslaved, and now vows she'll die before she'll relinquish her freedom again. Then Sin's innate ability to kill her enemies goes awry: She creates a lethal new werewolf virus that sparks a firestorm of panic and violence. HIS HUNGER CAN'T BE DENIED Half-werewolf, half-vampire Conall Dearghul is charged with bringing in Sin to face punishment for the plague. And she's no stranger: He's bound to her by blood, and the one sexual encounter they shared has left him hungering for her raw sensuality. Worse, Sin is the underworld's most wanted and Con soon learns he's the only one who can help her . . . and that saving her life might mean sacrificing his own

Sinai Tapestry, the brilliant first novel of the Jerusalem Quartet,is an epic alternate history of the Middle East in which the discovery of the original Bible links a disparate group of remarkable people across time and space. In 1840, Plantagenet Strongbow, the twenty-ninth Duke of Dorset, seven-feet-seven-inches tall and the greatest swordsman and botanist of Victorian England, walks away from the family estate and disappears into the Sinai Desert carrying only a large magnifying glass and a portable sundial. He emerges forty years later as an Arab holy man and anthropologist, now the author of a massive study of Levantine sex — and the secret owner of the Ottoman Empire. Meanwhile, Skanderbeg Wallenstein has discovered the original Bible, lost on a dusty bookshelf in the monastery library. To his amazement, it defies every truth held by the three major religions. Nearly a century later, Haj Harun, an antiquities dealer who has acted as guardian of the Holy City for three thousand years, uncovers the hidden Bible. Sinai Tapestry is the first volume of the Jerusalem Quartet, which continues with Jerusalem Poker, Nile Shadows,and Jericho Mosaic

The author is currently at work on two historical fantasy romances. One is set in the time of Christ and the other during the golden age of piracy in the Caribbean. His latest science fiction story is both a jaunty homage to adventure fiction of the near and distant past and a thrilling depiction of the perils of the future

In the “exceptionally hot” (USA Today)Because You Are Mine, Beth Kery redefined what’s possible, what’s desirable, and what’s forbidden between a man and a woman. It’s time to go further... When enigmatic billionaire Ian Noble sets Lin the task of “taming” his brilliant yet half-savage brother Kam Reardon, she eagerly accepts. She’s more than curious about the solitary genius and everything she’s heard about him. During their electric first meeting, her fascination increases a hundredfold. Kam practically oozes raw sex appeal. Lin is interested...very interested. But does her intense attraction and willingness to go places with him she’s never gone before in the bedroom really have to do with Kam? Or is her carefully hidden desire to blame for wanting a man she knows she can never have? An elusive outsider, Kam avoids intimacy, yet never shies away from satisfying his erotic appetites. But there’s something different about Lin—a reserve he’s anxious to break. She’s a woman he’s eager to take his time with…and possess completely. A sophisticated beauty like her would never want him anywhere but in bed, but he finds himself unable to resist her. Immediately Lin’s smooth facade is undone by Kam’s overwhelming masculinity and by his irresistible erotic demands—a lesson in subjugation that leaves Lin confused, reeling, and open to things she never thought possible. Now, as the unpredictable nights between them grow darker, Lin and Kam are certain of only one thing: they’re made for each other

From reviews of “Since Tomorrow”: “‘Since Tomorrow’ is the best post-apocalyptic novel I’ve read since Cormac McCarthy’s ‘The Road’.” “…a magnificent book that lays out an exquisitely formed vision of a broken world.” “The most realistic post-apocalypse book I’ve ever read.” An old man rides a workhorse through the night, across mudslides, past stores abandoned for decades, past the rotted corpses of automobiles invisible under mounds of blackberry. Rain courses from his rabbit skin poncho. He carries a sword and a spear. He knows where to find the murderer. He will face him alone. “Since Tomorrow” is a novel of a world in the remaking. The old man, Frost, remembers the “good times”. Those who live on his “farm” among collapsed warehouses and the foundations of vanished houses struggle to maintain human values. But when others in this makeshift world are driven only by greed and the need for power, all values must ultimately be replaced by the simple instinct for survival. In this full length novel Morgan Nyberg takes the reader to the West Coast of Canada, where the city of Vancouver has been transformed by climate change, pandemic, economic collapse and earthquake into “Town”, a squalid, lawless place inhabited the desperate, the diseased and the dying. Taking advantage of this state of affairs is the formidable Langley, who grows poppies to produce “skag”, a crude form of opium. Langley has amassed enough power to control a small private army. Now he is determined to acquire Frost’s farm for himself. Recklessly opposing Langley is Frost’s fearless but impulsive granddaughter, Noor. Like Russell Hoban’s “Riddley Walker” or Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road”, “Since Tomorrow” demonstrates that there is room in the post-apocalyptic genre for exceptional writing. Morgan Nyberg tells nothing — he shows everything. In clear, sensuous prose free of commentary or explanation — prose as addictive as Langley’s skag — he leads the reader toward that climactic night with Frost on his horse, and farther, to the threshold of a new, perhaps happier, era

Since We Fell follows Rachel Childs, a former journalist who, after an on-air mental breakdown, now lives as a virtual shut-in. In all other respects, however, she enjoys an ideal life with an ideal husband. Until a chance encounter on a rainy afternoon causes that ideal life to fray. As does Rachel’s marriage. As does Rachel herself. Sucked into a conspiracy thick with deception, violence, and possibly madness, Rachel must find the strength within herself to conquer unimaginable fears and mind-altering truths. By turns heart-breaking, suspenseful, romantic, and sophisticated, Since We Fell is a novel of profound psychological insight and tension. It is Dennis Lehane at his very best

For Sanskrit Aaron Zuckerman, it isn’t easy to believe. Especially when all the people you care about leave. His dad left after the divorce. The love of his life left in second grade. His best friend in Jewish school found God and practically left the planet. Now his yoga-teacher mom is falling in love with her spiritual guru, and she’s threatening to leave, too. In a desperate attempt to keep his family together, Sanskrit tells just one small lie. And for a while it seems to be working. Because people start coming back. Sanskrit might even get the family he always wanted. There’s just one little thing in his way. The truth. Against the setting of modern-day Los Angeles, YA author Allen Zadoff presents a funny and heartbreaking novel about the search for love—and meaning—in a world where everyone is looking for something to hang on to. Gr 7 Up—Sanskrit has a few problems. He’s got a self-absorbed hippie mom and an absentee dad. He goes to a Jewish school and doesn’t believe in God. He has a crush on a girl who hasn’t talked to him since second grade. And his former best and only friend is now a "super Jew." When Sanskrit’s mom doesn’t show up for parent-teacher conferences, he tells a lie that ends up snowballing into a very big one. His mom has fallen in love with a Buddhist guru and is talking about leaving Sanskrit and his sister, Sweet Caroline, to move to India with him. As Sanskrit tries to deal with his lie and prevent his mom from leaving, he learns about love and responsibility, and even makes his peace with God. This novel is well written and has easy-to-like (or hate) characters, but its appeal is likely to be limited to fairly observant Jewish teens, who will understand the references. Other readers won’t quite get the book. “…it isn’t the plotline that makes Allen Zadoff’s Since You Left Me special: it’s Sanskrit’s voice. As he lies and lies and lies, as he works through his heartache, deals with his family and comes to terms with his feelings about religion and responsibility, his voice is so snarkily hilarious that you’ll laugh through all of the painful moments.” “Not many YA books dare to tackle the issues of faith and religion, but Since You Left Me is a rare gift. It grapples honestly and thoughtfully with these topics, and it cares enough about its subject matter not to make light of it, but not to take it too seriously, either. The result is a story that’s hilarious and hopeful--and one you should definitely add to your reading list.” “Allen Zadoff tells the story of California’s new Jewish family… a humorous and introspective read for any age.”

The Pre-Sloane Emily didn't go to parties, she barely talked to guys, she didn't do anything crazy. Enter Sloane, social tornado and the best kind of best friend—the one who yanks you out of your shell.But right before what should have been an epic summer, Sloane just... disappears. No note. No calls. No texts. No Sloane. There’s just a random to-do list. On it, thirteen Sloane-selected-definitely-bizarre-tasks that Emily would never try... unless they could lead back to her best friend. Apple Picking at Night? Ok, easy enough.Dance until Dawn? Sure. Why not? Kiss a Stranger? Wait... what? Getting through Sloane’s list would mean a lot of firsts. But Emily has this whole unexpected summer ahead of her, and the help of Frank Porter (totally unexpected) to check things off. Who knows what she’ll find? Go Skinny Dipping? Um

Sindre był wyjątkowo wdzięcznym malcem. Nie dostrzegał tego jednak Gard Morkmoen, którego nieoczekiwanie – jako domniemanego ojca – zmuszono do zaopiekowania się chłopcem. Gardowi nic nie było wiadomo o tym, że ma syna, nie znał też jego matki, Mali Vold. Mimo to, gdy Sindre znalazł się w niebezpieczeństwie, mężczyzna przekonał się, że jest gotów walczyć o niego ze wszystkich sił

Это городское фентези, близкое к научной фантастике. Не пугайтесь вступления. Дотерпите. В нем просто рассказывается что произошло в мире. Без этого будет трудно понять мироустройство романа. Действие происходит в научно-магическом институте. Г. героиня девушка Эва — студентка, на долю которой выпало немало бед. Рассказывается о её жизни, учёбе, о людях, что ей помогают и, наоборот, терзают. Г. герой как раз из последних. Мир романа достаточно жесток. Но в повествовании есть и юмор, и ирония. Все герои очень живые, яркие

Это городское фентези, близкое к научной фантастике. Не пугайтесь вступления. Дотерпите. В нем просто рассказывается что произошло в мире. Без этого будет трудно понять мироустройство романа. Действия происходят в научно-магическом институте. Г. героиня девушка Эва — студентка, на долю которой выпало немало бед. Рассказывается о её жизни, учёбе, о людях что ей помогают и наоборот терзают. Г. герой как раз из последних. Мир романа достаточно жесток. Но в повествовании есть и юмор, и ирония. Все герои очень живые, яркие

Это городское фентези, близкое к научной фантастике. Не пугайтесь вступления. Дотерпите. В нем просто рассказывается что произошло в мире. Без этого будет трудно понять мироустройство романа. Действия происходят в научно-магическом институте. Г. героиня девушка Эва — студентка, на долю которой выпало немало бед. Рассказывается о её жизни, учёбе, о людях что ей помогают и наоборот терзают. Г. герой как раз из последних. Мир романа достаточно жесток. Но в повествовании есть и юмор, и ирония. Все герои очень живые, яркие

Džons Keiss Sindroms Dr. Džefu Duranu pārņem nežēlīgas panikas lēkmes ikreiz, kad viņš iziet no mājām. Dažkārt viņš atceras vārdus svešā valo­dā, ko nemaz nav mācījies. Un brīžiem viņu vajā dīvainas, neiz­skaidrojamas atmiņas - smaržas, mūzika, okeāna viļņu šalkas zem burulaivas ķīļa. Taču, uz mirkli izniruši no apziņas dzīlēm, šie tēli atkal pazūd. Kad Durana paciente izdara pašnāvību, viņa dzīvē iestājas īsts haoss. Bojāgājušās pusmāsa Adriēna Koupa vaino Duranu viltus atmiņu iedvešanā Nikijai par drausmīgu seksuālu izmantošanu bērnībā. Taču drīz vien Adriēna uzzina biedējošus faktus ari par psihoterapeitu - noslēpumus, par kuriem pat viņš neko neno­jauta. Situācija kļūst vēl nopietnāka, kad nezināmi ļaundari iebrūk Durana kabinetā un izraisa asiņainu slaktiņu. Bet kurš ir viņu mēr­ķis - Adriēna vai Durans? Spiesti bēgt, lai glābtu dzīvību, iemācī­damies uzticēties viens otram, viņi apvieno savus spēkus, lai no­skaidrotu, kāpēc vienu no viņiem - vai abus - vajā slepkavas. Atklājas tumša sazvērestība, kas aptver pusi pasaules, un nozie­dzīgs plāns, kas var mainīt vēstures gaitu. Straujš un dinamisks trilleris, kurā nekas nav tāds, kā šķiet, nevienam nevar uzticēties, un nekas nav drošs - sevišķi paša at­miņas. "Sindroms" ir pieredzējuša spriedzes romānu meistara iz­cili spožs un satraucošs darbs. No angļu valodas tulkojusi Aija Čerņevska Vāka autors Dairis Hofmanis © Džons Keiss, 2001 © Tulkojums latviešu valodā, mākslinieciskais noformējums, ISBN 9984-35-238-2 "Apgāds "Kontinents"", 2006 Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis

Источник Опубликовано в журнале: «НЛО» 2009, №95

С. М. е четирийсет и две годишен чистач в болница, който все още живее с майка си в село в Йоркшир. Социалният му живот се разиграва онлайн на уебсайта badguysrock. Там той следи Albertine, с която споделя мрачно минало, и плете своите зловещи фантазмени убийства — в повечето случаи на собствената си майка. Успоредно с историята на мъчителните отношения между майка и син се движи следата от кървавата вражда между братята, затрогващият разказ за живота на едно дете-чудо и отровната истина, загнездила се в сърцето на едно разпадащо се семейство. sineokomomche е сложно заплетен трилър, който си служи с безкрайните възможности за дегизиране, за използване на множество самоличности и за психологическите игри, предлагани от интернет. В каскада от шеметни обрати фантазията избухва в реалния живот и предизвиква непредсказуеми и унищожителни последици

La joven pianista Vanessa Sexton había vuelto a su ciudad natal tratando de obtener algunas respuestas de su madre, de la que se había separado hacía doce años. Pero en aquel viaje de reencuentro con su pasado también tenía que enfrentarse a Brady Tucker, el único hombre al que había amado y que ya le había roto el corazón en una ocasión. Vanessa creía que aquel enamoramiento era algo que ya no le podría afectar, pero cada vez que veía a Brady sentía unas emociones que no sabía si estaba dispuesta a aceptar…

A beautiful Hollywood movie star, her glamor girl sister, and a handsome sheriff who has an eye for a pretty woman, provide the explosive triangle around which James M. Cane has built this latest story of violence and desire. The first appear in print of this exciting and provocative novel is literary treat you will not want to miss and in only the usual two or three dollars, it is priced to the range of everyone. The flood of vigorous emotions, of love so deadly that it slays, packs “Sinful Woman” from start to smashing finish. You can’t lay it down once the striking Sylvia Shoreham, vivid movie star, hits the Reno gambling halls for a show-down with Baron Adlerkkreutz, her hot-blooded, woman-killer husband. You’ll be gripped by Sheriff Lucas as his mad desire for Sylvia runs head-on into his oath to uphold law and order; you’ll be caught by the Hollywood conniving of Dimmy Spiro, Sylvia’s producer, and by the colorful impact of Cain’s with other boldly drawn characters. And throughout the whole book you’ll be held at fever pitch by the deadly puzzle of Sylvia’s sister Hazel, whose knockout beauty underlines every scene with the tension of a fast-ticking bomb

An omnibus of novels

In a village on the distant colony of Kiruna, the outcast Aino has worked hard to created a life for herself. The fragile status quo is upset when the offworlder Petr arrives and insists on becoming a part of her life. But he has no idea what it will cost him, and has cost Aino, to belong to the people who sing with inhuman voices, in Sing by Karin Tidbeck. “Characters from science fiction, fantasy, and folklore rebel against being colonized, observed, categorized. They speak for themselves, refusing when others (especially colonizers) want to speak for them. Perhaps one of the strongest examples of this is Karin Tidbeck’s ‘Sing.’” At the Publisher’s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied

This is the last book in the series. Take my hand, my love. On sinews of air we tread Aught but distance our guide With no tempo to our gait No endpoint drawn Neither plot nor plan By the thorns of a compass rose We bound toward the horizon

To stay alive he had to outwit a madman

She lost her job. She almost lost her life. Now Hannah Ives is taking her first brave steps back into the world, wearing a wig and her heart on her sleeve after a frightening bout with breast cancer. But in the small Chesapeake Bay town where she came for a vacation, she does not find the relaxation she deserves. Instead Hannah finds a body – of a girl who disappeared eight years before

FRenouncing her royal heritage in order to pursue her gifts as a Bardic caller of elemental spirits, Princess Annice is forced to flee from her own people when she rescues the father of her child from an unwarranted death sentence. 

Every life has a soundtrack. All you have to do is listen. Music has set the tone for most of Zoe Baxter's life. There's the melody that reminds her of the summer she spent rubbing baby oil on her stomach in pursuit of the perfect tan. A dance beat that makes her think of using a fake ID to slip into a nightclub. A dirge that marked the years she spent trying to get pregnant. For better or for worse, music is the language of memory. It is also the language of love. In the aftermath of a series of personal tragedies, Zoe throws herself into her career as a music therapist. When an unexpected friendship slowly blossoms into love, she makes plans for a new life, but to her shock and inevitable rage, some people – even those she loves and trusts most – don't want that to happen. Sing You Home is about identity, love, marriage, and parenthood. It's about people wanting to do the right thing for the greater good, even as they work to fulfill their own personal desires and dreams. And it's about what happens when the outside world brutally calls into question the very thing closest to our hearts: family

A searing and profound Southern odyssey by National Book Award–winner Jesmyn Ward.  In Jesmyn Ward’s first novel since her National Book Award–winning Salvage the Bones, this singular American writer brings the archetypal road novel into rural twenty-first-century America. Drawing on Morrison and Faulkner, The Odyssey and the Old Testament, Ward gives us an epochal story, a journey through Mississippi’s past and present that is both an intimate portrait of a family and an epic tale of hope and struggle. Ward is a major American writer, multiply awarded and universally lauded, and in Sing, Unburied, Sing she is at the height of her powers.  Jojo and his toddler sister, Kayla, live with their grandparents, Mam and Pop, and the occasional presence of their drug-addicted mother, Leonie, on a farm on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. Leonie is simultaneously tormented and comforted by visions of her dead brother, which only come to her when she’s high; Mam is dying of cancer; and quiet, steady Pop tries to run the household and teach Jojo how to be a man. When the white father of Leonie’s children is released from prison, she packs her kids and a friend into her car and sets out across the state for Parchman farm, the Mississippi State Penitentiary, on a journey rife with danger and promise.  Sing, Unburied, Sing grapples with the ugly truths at the heart of the American story and the power, and limitations, of the bonds of family. Rich with Ward’s distinctive, musical language, Sing, Unburied, Sing is a majestic new work and an essential contribution to American literature

Singapore is exposed in all of its noir glory with scintillating stories from the very best of the city’s authors

Hyacinths… mad singing… Scattered pearls… and a strangled beauty every ten days… Inspector Alleyn believed the killer was on a sleek cruiser bound for South Africa. It was now the tenth day out, and everyone, including the famed Alleyn, felt the horror closing in…

Расставшись с парнем после двух лет мучительных отношений, Мэнди решила взять перерыв и насладиться радостями независимой жизни. Но столкнулась с непониманием, сочувствием и комментариями в духе: «Не расстраивайся, ты скоро кого-нибудь найдешь». Но почему она непременно должна кого-то найти? Почему должна стыдиться своего одиночества? В этой книге развенчивается миф о трагичной и несчастной одинокой жизни. Как отвечать на вопросы волнующихся за тебя знакомых? Как использовать время расставания, чтобы понять, кто ты и чего хочешь от жизни? Как с удовольствием проводить вечера наедине с собой? Как научиться ценить себя и не соглашаться ни на что, кроме самого лучшего? Мэнди Хейл вдохновила уже 500 000 читателей, попробуйте и вы стать счастливой вне зависимости от статуса отношений

AN ANDREW MAYHEM THRILLER "Sometimes you wake up in the morning and you just know it's going to be the kind of day where you end up tied to a chair in a filthy garage while a pair of tooth-deprived lunatics torment you with a chainsaw. So as I struggled against the ropes, I can't say I was all that surprised." Yes, Andrew Mayhem, hero of the bestselling comedy/thriller Graverobbers Wanted (No Experience Necessary) is back. Still incredibly brave. Still ridiculously irresponsible. And this time, becoming chainsaw fodder is one of his lesser worries. He's forced to pose as a serial killer known as The Headhunter in order to infiltrate a group of maniacs who've gathered in an isolated Alaskan mansion for a weekend of murderous games. Can he free the potential victims in time…or will he be forced to participate in their demise? Even more twisted than its predecessor, Single White Psychopath Seeks Same is another outrageous blend of the hilarious and the horrifying, one that will keep you laughing, gasping, and guessing from beginning to end

Midnight Liaisons - 2.5 Alice Savage needs an alpha – any alpha – to prevent her pack from being usurped by the lecherous Roscoe. As a last resort, she signs up for the Midnight Liaisons dating service, never expecting that she’d find the alpha she seeks. She certainly didn’t expect Jackson Wilder, a laid back, sexy-as-sin outsider who claims to be an alpha. But Alice has a problem that most female wolf alphas don’t — she’s a virgin. And the female alpha of a wolf pack always belongs to a male alpha. Luckily for her, Jackson’s utterly gorgeous and willing to take things slow. But is he alpha enough to help her save her pack…or is he too easy-going to be the man she needs?

«Ночной маршрут». Книга, которую немецкая критика восхищенно назвала «развлекательной прозой для эстетов и интеллектуалов». Сборник изящных, озорных рассказов-«ужастиков», в которых классическая схема «ночных кошмаров, обращающихся в явь» сплошь и рядом доводится до логического абсурда, выворачивается наизнанку и приправляется изрядной долей чисто польской иронии…

This much-anticipated debut novel is set 400 years in the future-and in the wake of perfected time travel, the ultimate advancements in technology and information, and the groundbreaking development of Artificial Intelligence. Is this all a great step for humanity? Or will it be our ultimate downfall? Singularity Sky is a truly visionary novel of the future, and already its author, Charles Stross, has become the most talked-about new voice in science fiction…

BORDER POST OF ETERNITY Robotic minds made interstellar travel possible, but human minds still controlled the destination and purpose of such flight. Conflict develops only when a programmed brain cannot evaluate beyond what is visible and substantial, whereas the human mind is capable of infinite imagination—including that which is unreal. Such was the problem at the singularity in space in which the ALTAIR STAR and a hundred other vessels had come to grief. At that spot, natural laws seem subverted—and some other universe’s rules impinged. For Buchanan, the station meant a chance to observe and maybe rescue his lost vessel. For the robotic navigators of oncoming spaceships, the meaning was different. And at Singularity Station the only inevitable was conflict

A collection of stories The New York Times bestselling author of the acclaimed Nina Reilly thrillers brings her prodigious storytelling gifts to this first-ever collection of short crime fiction. From desperate housewives to hard-boiled PIs to an appearance by Nina Reilly herself, these chilling short mysteries-many appearing in print for the very first time-set the mood and ratchet up the suspense as only Perri O'Shaughnessy can. Here are tales of love and betrayal, rage and revenge-nineteen sizzling stories that run the gamut from classic whodunits to winding thrillers to an unusual cozy that casts Gertrude Stein as an unlikely Miss Marple. And here Perri O'Shaughnessy has created some of her most sinister and compelling characters yet: a college student who devises an ingenious method for getting her sexy teacher's attention… a haunted ex-homicide cop who takes a long walk into his blood-shadowed past in a twisting tale of brutal murder and escalating violence… a model wife who surprises both herself and a bothersome furnace man when she is confronted with an unacceptable ultimatum… a lemon tree that plays a pivotal role in the tale of a woman who at long last asserts her independence… From a blood-soaked scheme that's born at a slot machine in Vegas to the violence that ensues when the fat lady stops singing, Sinister Shorts shows us life at its most menacing, murderous, and unbearably suspenseful. And it proves once again the unique and captivating genius of Perri O'Shaughnessy

aventura romano

Grand opening day at the beautiful new state of the art vacation resort. As the wealthy guests arrive, clever thieves outsmart the elaborate security system and begin a bizarre heist. A gigantic sinkhole swiftly swallows the entire resort. Panicked guest and thieves tumble to the bottom and then the large man-made lake begins pouring in

On the evening of 30 March 1982, Commander David Hall, chief engineer of the nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror, received a telephone call giving him the order to ‘store for war’. At first he didn’t believe it. In the early hours of 2 April, Argentine forces invaded the Falkland Islands. On 4 April, HMS Conqueror sailed out of the Faslane naval base to begin her 8,000 mile journey to the South Atlantic. She was sailing towards war and towards one of the most iconic battles of the Falklands conflict, an encounter that would result in the torpedoing of the first warship since the end of the Second World War. When the order was given to sink the Belgrano, the British nuclear submarine began a cat and mouse game with the Argentine warship. Conqueror stalked the Belgrano for two days, sometimes sailing as close as fifty yards to the warship’s stern, before the torpedoes were fired. For the first time, we hear from sailors on both vessels as they tell their own stories of the events of that day. We witness the behind-the-scenes arguments and power-broking that would culminate in the launch of three torpedoes from the Conqueror, and a vivid picture of the terror, confusion and courage that marked an attack that left 340 of the Belgrano’s crew dead. Sink the Belgrano, written with all the pace and tension of a thriller, is the definitive retelling of those dramatic events

The very first narrative published after the Titanic’s demise!