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Noah's Compass	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Anne Tyler Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2010	DOC, 277 страниц, 1.00 МБ 0 Оценка:
Quintessential Tyler, yet full of surprises a perfectly pitched, enchanting and affecting novel about a man adrift in his own life, Noah's Compass chimes gently, heartbreakingly with our times. With the humour and poignancy of her classic The Accidental Tourist (though with a protagonist who doesn't venture far from home) Anne Tyler's new novel tells the story of a year in the life of Liam Pennywell, a man in his sixty-first year. A classical pedant, he's just been let go from his schoolteaching job and downsizes to a tiny out-of-town apartment, where he goes to bed early and alone on his first night. Widowed, re-married, divorced and the father of three daughters, Liam is a man who is proud of his recall but has learned to dodge issues and skirt adventure. An unpleasant event occurs, though, to jolt him out of his certainty. Obsessed with a frightening gap in his memory, he sets out to uncover what happened, and finds instead an unusual woman with secrets of her own, and a late-flowering love that brings its own thorny problems. His ex-wife (sensible Barbara) and daughters worry about him but Liam blunders on, His teenage daughter Kitty is sent to stay — though its not clear who is minding whom. His middle daughter, Louise, is a born-again Christian with a son called Jonah, but her certainties leave Liam still more perplexed. Noahs Compass is about memory and its loss, about incidents and relationships which open up sight lines into a painful past long dead for a man who becomes aware that merely trying to stay afloat may not be enough.
1004 sanyaberkut 03 августа 2012	Скачать книгу

Notwithstanding: Stories from an English Village	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Louis De Bernieres Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2010	DjVu, 352 страницы, 14.08 МБ 5 Оценка:
«Welcome to the village of Notwithstanding where a lady dresses in plus fours and shoots squirrels, a retired general gives up wearing clothes altogether, a spiritualist lives in a cottage with the ghost of her husband, and people think it quite natural to confide in a spider that lives in a potting shed. Based on de Bernieres' recollections of the village he grew up in, «Notwithstanding» is a funny and moving depiction of a charming vanished England.»
1276 anarho 24 июля 2011	Скачать книгу

Only You Can Save Mankind	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Terry Pratchett Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2004	PDF, 179 страниц, 5.37 МБ 8 Оценка:
As the mighty alien fleet from the very latest computer game thunders across the computer screen, Johnny prepares to blow them into the usual million pieces. And they send him a message: We surrender. They're not supposed to do that! They're supposed to die. And computer joysticks don't have 'Don't Fire' buttons-But it's only a game, isn't it. Isn't it?
647 alstro 15 мая 2009	Скачать книгу

Our Man in Havana	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Graham Greene Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2009	PDF, 256 страниц, 7.68 МБ 0 Оценка:
Wormold, a vacuum cleaner salesman, was short of money. His daughter had reached an expensive age — so he accepted Hawthorne's offer of $300-plus a month and became Agent 59200/5, MI6's man in Havana. To keep the job, he pretends to recruit sub-agents and sends fake stories. Then they come true.
928 lawyer_78rus 26 мая 2012	Скачать книгу

The Partner	Random House, Inc.
Автор: John Grisham Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2007	DOC, 416 страниц, 1.00 МБ 0 Оценка:
They found him in a small town in Brazil, near the border with Paraguay. He had a new name, Danilo Silva, and his appearance had been changed by plastic surgery. The search had taken four years. They'd chased him around the world, always just missing him. It had cost their clients three and a half million dollars. But so far none of them had complained. The man they were about to kidnap had not always been called Silva. Before, he had another life, a life which ended in a car crash in February 1992. His gravestone lay in a cemetry in Biloxi, Mississippi. His name before his death was Patrick S. Lanigan. He had been a partner at an up and coming law firm. He had a pretty wife, a new daughter, and a bright future. Six weeks after his death, $90 million had disappeared from the law firm. It was then that his partners knew he was still alive, and the long pursuit had begun...
1506 delovar 04 июля 2008	Скачать книгу

The Power and the Glory	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Graham Greene Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2005	PDF, 240 страниц, 7.20 МБ 8 Оценка:
During a vicious persecution of the clergy in Mexico, a worldly priest, the whisky priest is on the run. With the police closing in, his routes of escape are being shut off, his chances getting fewer. But compassion and humanity force him along the road to his destiny.
868 admin 22 апреля 2009	Скачать книгу

The Rainmaker	Random House, Inc.
Автор: John Grisham Издательство: Random House, Inc., 1996	PDF, 608 страниц, 18.24 МБ 7 Оценка:
Rudy Taylor is a newly qualified lawyer: he has one case, and one case a lone, to save himself from his mounting debts. It is a bad faith case against a giant insurance company which could have saved a young mans life, but has instead refused to pay the claim until it is too late. The settlement could be worth millions of dollars, but there is one problem: Rudy has never argued a case in court before and he is up against the most expensive lawyers that money can buy.
2189 cool10den 28 мая 2009	Скачать книгу

Reheated Cabbage	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Irvine Welsh Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2010	PDF, 288 страниц, 8.64 МБ 7 Оценка:
«In these pages you can enjoy Christmas dinner with Begbie, and see how warmly Franco greets his sister's boyfriend and the news of their engagement. You will discover, in «The Rosewell Incident», how aliens addicted to Embassy Regal have Midlothian under surveillance, and plan to install the local casuals as the new governors of Planet Earth. You will not be surprised to read that a televised Hibs v. Hearts game might matter more to one character than the life of his wife, or that two guys fighting over a beautiful girl might agree — on reflection, and after a few pills and many pints of lager — that their friendship is actually more important. And you will be delighted to welcome back 'Juice' Terry Lawson, and to watch what happens when he meets his old nemesis, retired schoolmaster Albert Black, under the strobe-lights of a Miami Beach nightclub.»
1044 vitalysev 14 августа 2012	Скачать книгу

The Seance	Random House, Inc.
Автор: John Harwood Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2009	DjVu, 304 страницы, 12.16 МБ 0 Оценка:
«'Sell the Hall unseen; burn it to the ground and plough the earth with salt, if you will; but never live there...' London, the 1880s. A young girl grows up in a household marked by death, her father distant, her mother in perpetual mourning for the child she lost. Desperate to coax her mother back to health, Constance Langton takes her to a seance. Perhaps they will find comfort from beyond the grave. But that seance has tragic consequences. Constance is left alone, her only legacy a mysterious bequest will blight her life. So begins «The Seance», John Harwood's brilliant second novel, a gripping, dark mystery set in late Victorian England. It is a world of apparitions, of disappearances and unnatural phenomena, of betrayal and blackmail and black-hearted villains — and murder. For Constance's bequest comes in two parts: a house, and a mystery. Years before a family disappeared at Wraxford Hall, a terrifying stately home near the Suffolk coast. Now Constance must find the truth behind the mystery, even at the cost of her life. Because without the truth, she is lost.»
1102 stalker1965 7 декабря 2011	Скачать книгу

A Star Called Henry	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Roddy Doyle Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2000	DjVu, 352 страницы, 14.08 МБ 5 Оценка:
A historical tale marking a new turn in Doyle's writing. Born in the slums of Dublin in 1902, his father a one-legged whorehouse bouncer, Henry Smart has to grow up fast. He eventually becomes a Fenian, a rebel, a republican legend — one of Michael Collins's boys, an assassin on a stolen bike.
1270 anarho 22 марта 2009	Скачать книгу

The Suitcase Kid	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Jacqueline Wilson Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2006	PDF, 160 страниц, 4.80 МБ 8 Оценка:
When my parents split up they didn't know what to do with me... My family always lived at Mulberry Cottage. Mum, Dad, me — and Radish, my Sylvanian rabbit. But now, Mum lives with Bill the Baboon and his three kids. Dad lives with Carrie and her twins. And where do I live? I live out of a suitcase. One week with Mum's new family, one week with Dad's. It's as easy as A B C. That's what everyone says. But all I want is to go home — back to Mulberry Cottage...
579 admin 26 марта 2009	Скачать книгу

Swimsuit	Random House, Inc.
Автор: James Patterson Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2010	PDF, 492 страницы, 14.76 МБ 5 Оценка:
A breathtakingly beautiful supermodel disappears from a swimsuit photo shoot at the most glamorous hotel in Hawaii. Only hours after she goes missing, Kim McDaniels' parents receive a terrifying phone call. Fearing the worst, they board the first flight to Maui and begin the hunt for their daughter. Ex-cop Ben Hawkins, now a reporter for the LA Times, gets the McDaniels assignment. The ineptitude of the local police force defies belief — Ben has to start his own investigation for Kim McDaniels to have a prayer. And for Ben to have the story of his life. All the while, the killer sets the stage for his next production. His audience expects the best — and they won't be disappointed. Swimsuit is a heart-pounding story of fear and desire, transporting you to a place where beauty and murder collide and unspeakable horrors are hidden within paradise.
1784 supersaw 27 октрября 2013	Скачать книгу

Talking it Over	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Julian Barnes Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2009	DjVu, 273 страницы, 10.92 МБ 5 Оценка:
Shy, sensible banker Stuart has trouble with women; that is, until a fortuitous singles night, where he meets Gillian, a picture restorer recovering from a destructive affair. Stuart's best friend Oliver is his complete opposite — a language teacher who 'talks like a dictionary', brash and feckless. Soon Stuart and Gillian are married, but it is not long before a tentative friendship between the three evolves into something far different. Talking it Over is a brilliant and intimate account of love's vicissitudes. It begins as a comedy of misunderstanding, then slowly darkens and deepens, drawing us compellingly into the quagmires of the heart.
989 wasilisa 14 марта 2012	Скачать книгу

The Tenth Man	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Graham Greene Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2000	PDF, 160 страниц, 4.80 МБ 8 Оценка:
Written in 1944 but first published in 1985, The Tenth Man is set in a prison in occupied France during World War II and concerns Lewis Chavel, a captured rich lawyer who is probably going to be shot in a German act of reprisal. In a prison in Occupied France one in every ten men is to be shot. The prisoners draw lots among themselves — and for lawyer Louis Chavel it seems that his whole life has been leading up to an agonizing failure of nerve. Hysterical with panic, fear, and a sense of injustice, he offers to barter everything he owns for someone to take his place.
577 admin 25 мая 2009	Скачать книгу

To Kill a Mockingbird	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Harper Lee Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2010	PDF, 320 страниц, 9.60 МБ 8 Оценка:
«'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird'. A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel — a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the thirties. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much. «To Kill a Mockingbird» is a coming-of-age story, an anti-racist novel, a historical drama of the Great Depression and a sublime example of the Southern writing tradition.»
1160 admin 19 марта 2013	Скачать книгу

The Twelve	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Stuart Neville Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2010	PDF, 480 страниц, 14.40 МБ 8 Оценка:
Sooner or later, everybody pays — and the dead will set the price... Gerry Fegan, a former paramilitary contract killer, is haunted by the ghosts of the 12 people he has slaughtered. Every night he drowns their screams in drink, on the point of losing his mind. Then one of the ghosts offers Fegan a solution: kill those who engineered their deaths. From the greedy politicians to the corrupt security forces, the street thugs to the complacent bystanders who let it happen, all must pay the price. But when Fegan's vendetta threatens to derail Northern Ireland's peace process and destabilise its fledgling government, old comrades and enemies alike want him gone. The secrets of a dirty war should stay buried: even if its ghosts do not.
1740 admin 12 марта 2013	Скачать книгу

Ulysses	Random House, Inc.
Автор: James Joyce Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2008	PDF, 672 страницы, 20.16 МБ 5 Оценка:
«Set entirely on one day, 16 June 1904, «Ulysses» follows Leopold Bloom and Stephen Daedalus as they go about their daily business in Dublin. From this starting point, James Joyce constructs a novel of extraordinary imaginative richness and depth. Unique in the history of literature, «Ulysses» is one of the most important and enjoyable works of the twentieth century. «Ulysses» was Paris in 1922. It was first published in Great Britain by The Bodley Head in 1960. In 1974 a team of scholars, led by Professor Hans Walter Gabler, began to study manuscript evidence, typescripts and proofs in an attempt to reconstruct as closely as possible the creative process by which Joyce wrote «Ulysses». This text is the revised 1993 edition of Gabler's version.»
2434 velik 10 октрября 2011	Скачать книгу

Watermelon	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Marian Keyes Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2008	PDF, 624 страницы, 18.72 МБ 0 Оценка:
At twenty-nine, fun-loving, good-natured Claire has everything she ever wanted: a husband she adores, a great apartment, a good job. Then, on the day she gives birth to her first baby, James visits her in the recovery room to inform her that he's leaving her. Claire is left with a beautiful newborn daughter, a broken heart, and a body that she can hardly bear to look at in the mirror. So, in the absence of any better offers, Claire decides to go home to her family in Dublin. To her gorgeous man-eating sister Helen, her soap-watching mother, her bewildered father. And there, sheltered by the love of an (albeit quirky) family, she gets better. A lot better. In fact, so much better that when James slithers back into her life, he's in for a bit of a surprise.
2261 metroteam 19 апреля 2012	Скачать книгу

We	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Yevgeny Zamyatin Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2007	PDF, 224 страницы, 6.72 МБ 0 Оценка:
The citizens of the One State live in a condition of 'mathematically infallible happiness'. D-503 decides to keep a diary of his days working for the collective good in this clean, blue city state where nature, privacy and individual liberty have been eradicated. But over the course of his journal D-503 suddenly finds himself caught up in unthinkable and illegal activities — love and rebellion. Banned on its publication in Russia in 1921, We is the first modern dystopian novel and a satire on state control that has once again become chillingly relevant.
811 allkonekt 10 декабря 2009	Скачать книгу

Yes Man	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Danny Wallace Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2009	DOC, 416 страниц, 1.00 МБ 0 Оценка:
Having been dumped by his girlfriend, Danny really wasn't doing the young, free and single thing very well. Instead, he was avoiding people. Texting them instead of calling them. Calling them instead of meeting them. This is the story of what happened when Danny decided to say yes to everything, in order to make his life more interesting.
1508 delovar 05 июня 2011	Скачать книгу

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