Random House, Inc.

Protect and Defend	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Patterson Richard North Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2008	PDF, 649 страниц, 19.47 МБ 8 Оценка:
On a cold day in January President Kerry Kilcannon takes the oath of office and within days makes his first, most important move: appointing a new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Kilcannon's choice is a female judge with a brilliant record. And a secret. While the Senate spars over Caroline Masters' nomination, an inflammatory abortion rights case is making its way toward the judge--and will explode into the headlines. Suddenly, the most divisive issue in America turns the President's nomination into all-out war. And from Judge Masters to a conservative, war-hero senator facing a crisis of conscience and a fifteen-year-old girl battling for her future, no one will be safe. Protect and Defend takes us on a riveting journey between what is legal, what is right... and the price of finally knowing the difference.
2351 astakhoff 16 марта 2011	Скачать книгу

Daniel	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Mankell Henning Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2005	DjVu, 352 страницы, 14.08 МБ 5 Оценка:
In 1878, aspiring entomologist Hans Bengler travels to the Kalahari Desert in hopes of making a name for himself by discovering a previously unknown insect or two. There he encounters a boy named Molo, an orphan whose family has been killed by European colonists. Bengler civilizes the boy by rechristening him Daniel, teaching him to pray to the Christian god, and finally bringing him home to Sweden. The boy is bewildered and awed by the new land, cut off from his culture and the spirits of his family, and Bengler finds that raising a child across a great cultural divide is more difficult than he imagined. A psychological drama of one boy's struggle to find his place in a new land far from home, Daniel is a compelling novel for our modern globalized world.
1273 anarho 23 октрября 2008	Скачать книгу

The Box	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Grass Gunter Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2005	PDF, 224 страницы, 6.72 МБ 0 Оценка:
'Once upon a time there was a father who, because he had grown old, called together his sons and daughters — four, five, six, eight in number — and finally convinced them, after long hesitation, to do as he wished. Now they are sitting around a table and begin to talk...' In this delightful sequel to Peeling the Onion, Gunter Grass writes in the voices of his eight children as they record memories of their childhoods, of growing up, of their father, who was always at work on a new book, always at the margins of their lives. Memories contradictory, critical, loving, accusatory — they piece together an intimate picture of this most public of men. To say nothing of Marie, Grass' assistant, a family friend of many years, perhaps even a lover, whose snapshots taken with an old-fashioned Agfa box camera provide the author with ideas for his work. But her images offer much more. They reveal a truth beyond the ordinary detail of life, depict the future, tell what might have been, grant the wishes in visual form of those photographed. The children speculate on the nature of this magic: was the enchanted camera a source of inspiration for their father? Did it represent the power of art itself? Was it the eye of God? The Box is an inspired and daring work of fiction. In its candour, wit, and earthiness, it is Grass at his very best.
810 allkonekt 09 февраля 2009	Скачать книгу

The Diana Chronicles	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Brown Tina Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2011	DOC, 528 страниц, 1.00 МБ 7 Оценка:
Ten years after her death, Princess Diana remains a mystery. Was she 'the people's princess', who electrified the world with her beauty and humanitarian missions? Or was she a manipulative, media-savvy neurotic who nearly brought down the monarchy? Tina Brown knew Diana personally, knows her world, understands its players, and has far-reaching insight into the royals and the Queen herself. In The Diana Chronicles, you will meet a formidable female cast and get to know the society they inhabit... as you never have before. Diana's sexually charged mother, her subtly scheming grandmother, the stepmother she hated but eventually came to understand, and a terrifying trio of in-laws and relations: Fergie, the force of nature whose life was full of its own unacknowledged pathos; Princess Margaret, the fading glamour girl; and, the implacable Queen Mother and more formidable than all of them, her mother-in-law, the Queen, whose admiration Diana sought till the day she died. Add Camilla Parker-Bowles, the ultimate 'other woman' into this combustible mix, and it's no wonder that Diana felt the need to break out of her royal cage into celebrity culture, where she found her own power and used it to devastating effect.
1916 carabin 13 августа 2013	Скачать книгу

Night Shall Overtake Us	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Saunders Kate Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2011	PDF, 704 страницы, 21.12 МБ 0 Оценка:
In Edwardian England a vow of friendship is a thing of innocence. Even when tested by the passionate militancy of the suffragette movement or the rigorous demands of the Season, the bonds between Rory, Eleanor, Jenny and Francesca hold fast. But nothing can withstand the unprecedented onslaught of the First World War — and as the best of an entire generation is extinguished on the battlefields of Europe, a schoolgirl pledge, too, lies broken...
2554 krot 16 декабря 2013	Скачать книгу

A Book of Secrets	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Holroyd Michael Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2011	PDF, 320 страниц, 9.60 МБ 8 Оценка:
A Book of Secrets is a masterfully atmospheric treasure-trove of hidden lives, uncelebrated achievements and family mysteries. Acclaimed biographer Michael Holroyd peers into dusty corners to bring a company of unknown women into the light: Alice Keppel was the mistress of both the second Lord Grimthorpe and the Prince of Wales; Eve Fairfax was Lord Grimthorpe's abandoned fiancee and sometime muse of Auguste Rodin; and, the novelist Violet Trefusis was the lover of Vita Sackville-West. Taking the reader on a journey of discovery from Ravello to Paris, from Kirkstall Grange in Yorkshire to Vita Sackville-West's home at Knole, A Book of Secrets lucidly gives voice to fragile human connections.
1161 admin 19 февраля 2013	Скачать книгу

Fear Itself	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Rosenheim Andrew Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2012	PDF, 432 страницы, 12.96 МБ 5 Оценка:
A compelling, finely-crafted, intelligent thriller set in the Second World War. It is 1940, and war is raging in Europe. With forty million citizens of German ancestry, there is great pressure within America to stay out of the fight. Elements ranging from the Nazi-sympathetic German-American Bund to the WASP-led America First movement are working feverishly to make sure America does not intervene on the side of a beleaguered Great Britain. Stephen Nessheim, a 28-year-old German-American Lutheran, is working for the still-fledgling FBI. Having grown up in a small Wisconsin town, Nessheim has attended the University of Chicago already known for its radical theories of education and Leftist sympathies. But Nessheim is conservative, befitting his small town upbringing as the son of a schoolteacher, and plays American football in college. Dealing with his own conflicts and that of his divided community, Nessheim finds himself assigned to infiltrate the Bund to seek out suspected Nazi-extremists. His investigations take him deep into the heart of Roosevelt's government. But as he moves closer to the truth, another even more sinister plot emerges which threatens the very foundations of American democracy.
1568 olen33 22 мая 2015	Скачать книгу

Blood Rites	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Rozan S.J. Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2005	PDF, 384 страницы, 11.52 МБ 0 Оценка:
Lydia Chin and Bill Smith have been hired by one of the most respected figures in New York City's Chinatown, for what appears to be a simple task — deliver a family heirloom to the young grandson of the recently deceased business colleague of Grandfather Gao. Before they can deliver the heirloom, the grandson is kidnapped and two separate ransom demands are made. While the family of the kidnapped boy tries to freeze them out, Lydia and Bill must quickly learn their way around a city where the rules are different, the stakes are high, and the cost of failure is too dire to imagine. Note: this title is originally published as Reflecting the Sky in the US.
1389 yury-m 14 апреля 2009	Скачать книгу

The Fear Index	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Harris Robert Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2012	PDF, 400 страниц, 12.00 МБ 8 Оценка:
Meet Alex Hoffmann: among the secretive inner circle of the ultra-rich, he is something of a legend. Based in Geneva, he has developed a revolutionary system that has the power to manipulate financial markets. Generating billions of dollars, it is a system that thrives on panic — and feeds on fear. And then, in the early hours of one morning, while he lies asleep, a sinister intruder breaches the elaborate security of his lakeside home. So begins a waking nightmare of paranoia and violence as Hoffmann attempts — with increasing desperation — to discover who is trying to destroy him — before it's too late...
1452 admin 16 декабря 2014	Скачать книгу

The Making of Us	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Jewell Lisa Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2012	PDF, 496 страниц, 14.88 МБ 0 Оценка:
In a hospice in Bury St Edmunds, a man called Daniel is slowly fading away. His friend Maggie sits with him every day; she holds his hand and she listens to the story of his life, to his regrets and to his secrets. And then he tells her about the children he has never met and never will. He talks of them wistfully. His legacy, he calls them. Lydia, Dean and Robyn don't know each other. Yet. And they are all facing difficult changes. Lydia is still wearing the scars from her traumatic childhood and although she is wealthy and successful, her life is lonely and disjointed. Dean is a young man, burdened with unexpected responsibility, whose life is going nowhere. And Robyn wants to be a doctor, just like her father — a man she's never met. But is her whole life built on an illusion? Three people leading three very different lives. All lost. All looking for something. But when they slowly find their way into each other's lives, everything starts to change...
1800 neptun 16 марта 2015	Скачать книгу

Ready Player One	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Cline Ernest Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2012	PDF, 384 страницы, 11.52 МБ 0 Оценка:
It's the year 2044, and the real world has become an ugly place. We're out of oil. We've wrecked the climate. Famine, poverty, and disease are widespread. Like most of humanity, Wade Watts escapes this depressing reality by spending his waking hours jacked into the OASIS, a sprawling virtual utopia where you can be anything you want to be, where you can live and play and fall in love on any of ten thousand planets. And like most of humanity, Wade is obsessed by the ultimate lottery ticket that lies concealed within this alternate reality: OASIS founder James Halliday, who dies with no heir, has promised that control of the OASIS — and his massive fortune — will go to the person who can solve the riddles he has left scattered throughout his creation. For years, millions have struggled fruitlessly to attain this prize, knowing only that the riddles are based in the culture of the late twentieth century. And then Wade stumbles onto the key to the first puzzle. Suddenly, he finds himself pitted against thousands of competitors in a desperate race to claim the ultimate prize, a chase that soon takes on terrifying real-world dimensions — and that will leave both Wade and his world profoundly changed.
1394 yury-m 15 сентября 2017	Скачать книгу

Flash and Bones	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Reichs Kathy Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2012	PDF, 320 страниц, 9.60 МБ 8 Оценка:
In the run up to the biggest NASCAR race week of the year, Dr Temperance Brennan is called to a landfill site backing onto the Charlotte speedway track in North Carolina. Someone has discovered a barrel of hardened asphalt with a human hand poking through the top. With the country's press trained on Charlotte, it is up to Tempe to try to release and identify the body in the barrel. But there is more than one potential victim: the brother of a girl who went missing with her boyfriend ten years before comes forward, and the trail he sets in motion leads Tempe to one of America's largest fascist organisations. But before she can discover anything, the FBI confiscate the body and destroy it. What terrible secret could they be hiding? As tension at the speedway mounts, Tempe tries to unravel the conspiracy of lies surrounding the missing couple, the body in the barrel, and the horrific death at the track of yet another victim...
1161 admin 20 декабря 2014	Скачать книгу

Compass Guide to Coastal California	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Fodor Eugene Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2000	PDF, 400 страниц, 12.00 МБ 8 Оценка:
Domestic travel is hot this season, as more and more Americans discover the pleasure of packing up and hitting the road. Fodor's has the guides for every traveler in every region. With Fodor's Road Guide USA to get them there, Compass American for the history of the region, and Gold Guides for dining, lodging, and shopping options, your customers will never make a wrong turn.
1443 admin 13 октрября 2009	Скачать книгу

The Wig My Father Wore	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Enright Anne Издательство: Random House, Inc., 1996	PDF, 214 страниц, 6.42 МБ 0 Оценка:
It was a tough, wiry wig with plenty of personality. It rode around on his head like an animal. It was a vigorous brown. I was very fond of it as a child. I thought that it liked me back.' Anne Enright's extraordinary first novel is narrated by Grace, a TV producer, whose life is transfigured when she answers the door to a fully-fledged angel. Stephen was a bridge-builder in Canada before he killed himself, but now that he has come to stay with Grace he spends the night hanging by the neck in her shower, to help himself think. Needless, to say, she falls in love, moving steadily from the spiritual to the anatomical. Meanwhile as her TV day job on the 'Love Quiz' begins to spiral out of control, on the other side of her life is her father, benign, bewigged and stricken by a stroke — apparently mad but probably the sanest person in her life. As the three worlds meet and merge in a forest of contradictions, we watch Grace take the pacific path from cynicism to innocence, as all around her the novel thinders to a conclusion.
770 anton-neznaenko 23 февраля 2009	Скачать книгу

The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Enright Anne Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2008	PDF, 240 страниц, 7.20 МБ 8 Оценка:
Beautiful Irishwoman Eliza Lynch became briefly, in the 1860s, the richest woman in the world. The book opens in Paris with Eliza in bed with Francisco Solano Lopez — heir to the untold wealth of Paraguay. The fruit of their congress will be extraordinary, and will send her across the Atlantic on the regal voyage to claim her glorious future in Ascuncion. With the lavish imaginative richness of Marquez and the crazed panoramic sweep of Herzog, The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch is a bold and brilliantly achieved novel about sex, beauty and corruption and the end of the old world.
869 admin 22 марта 2011	Скачать книгу

Martin Misunderstood	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Slaughter Karin Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2008	PDF, 176 страниц, 5.28 МБ 0 Оценка:
Crime fiction obsessive Martin Reed is the proverbial butt of everyone's jokes. Working as a glorified accountant at Southern Toilet Supply and still living with his cantankerous mother, he has become resigned to the world in which he lives — the school bullies now pick on him in the workplace, women still spurn him and his arch enemy is now his supervisor. But then he arrives at work one morning to find the police on site. A co-worker has been brutally murdered and her body abandoned in a ditch. And the overwhelming evidence points to Martin — especially when he can't or won't admit that he has an alibi. When a second victim is found in the company bathroom, things really conspire against Martin. The one bright star on his otherwise bleak horizon is the beautiful and sympathetic Detective Anther Albada, but even she's beginning to have her doubts about his innocence. Could Martin be guilty? Or is he just misunderstood?
637 kubinec12 12 мая 2011	Скачать книгу

How to Survive Your Sisters	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Campbell Ellie Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2008	PDF, 432 страницы, 12.96 МБ 5 Оценка:
When it comes to sisterly rivalry, the MacLeod family has a long history and with the social event of the year looming, there are bound to be some fireworks. Natalie wants the perfect wedding. Milly longs to be able to fit into something other than her maternity trousers. Avril secretly dreams of settling down with an unmarried man. And Hazel, the baby of the family, just wishes she was taken more seriously. Forced together for the first time in years, it's not long before they slip into old habits and childhood squabbles. But when tragedy strikes and all plans have to be put aside, it's surprising who's there to lean on. But all the more surprising are the skeletons that are about to come out of the rather crowded MacLeod closet...
1565 olen33 20 сентября 2013	Скачать книгу

The Giants	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Le Clezio J.M.G. Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2008	PDF, 320 страниц, 9.60 МБ 8 Оценка:
Upon an immense stretch of flat ground at the mouth of a river bathed in sunlight rises Hyperpolis. It stands there, surrounded by its four asphalt car-parks, to condemn us — a huge enveloping supermarket. Each of us will see ourselves reflected in the characters who move mindlessly about Hyperpolis, but The Giants is a call to rebellion. This bold and inventive novel is the work of a tremendously talented writer and both an intoxicating and exhilarating read.
1159 admin 19 апреля 2012	Скачать книгу

War	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Le Clezio J.M.G. Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2008	PDF, 288 страниц, 8.64 МБ 7 Оценка:
War — in the mind of the fragile Bea B., in the infinite icy landscape she journeys through, in Vietnam, in 10,000 years of human history. The war of the title is not merely a war of arms but a generalised state of violence permeating every atom of Le Clezio's creation. Bea B. searches for clues for the origin of the evil. Under her searching gaze the most everyday objects — advertisements, cars, light bulbs — reveal extraordinary dimensions, as the earth trembles on the brink of cataclysmic explosion.
1043 vitalysev 13 октрября 2011	Скачать книгу

Whatever She Wants	Random House, Inc.
Автор: Rosetta Andrew Издательство: Random House, Inc., 2009	PDF, 288 страниц, 8.64 МБ 7 Оценка:
«In «Whatever She Wants», Andrew Rosetta lifts the lid on the mysterious, sexy and little-known world of the male escort. As one of the most sought-after escorts in London, Andrew's clients are many and varied: from a gangster's wife in search of a little fun to a world-famous pop star requiring the utmost discretion, all of them are looking for different things. His personal life, meanwhile, is just as turbulent — from a girlfriend who discovers his secret to a client who turns against him and threatens to reveal all. Smart, erotic and eye-opening, «Whatever She Wants» reveals exactly what type of woman is willing to part with her money in search of sex, and what type of man is willing to provide it.»
1044 vitalysev 14 сентября 2014	Скачать книгу

« Назад 1 ... 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 ... 145 Вперёд »