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The Naming of the Beasts
The Naming of the Beasts
, 2009
They say the road to Hell is paved with good intentions, but if you ask Castor he'll tell you there's quite a bit of arrogance and reckless stupidity lining the streets as well. And he should know. There's only so many times you can play both sides against the middle and get away with it. Now, the inevitable moment of crisis has arrived and it's left Castor with blood on his hands. Well, not his hands, you understand; it's always someone else who pays the bill: friends, acquaintances, bystanders. So Castor drowns his guilt in cheap whisky, while an innocent woman lies dead and her daughter comatose, his few remaining friends fear for their lives and there's a demon loose on the streets. But not just any demon this one rides shotgun on his best friend's soul and can't be expelled without killing him. Looks like Felix Castor's got some tough choices to make, because expel the demon he must or all Hell will break loose. Literally... Подробнее
The Surrogate
The Surrogate
, 2009
A shocking double-murder scene greets Detective Inspector Philip Brennan when he is called to a flat in Colchester. Two women are viciously cut open and laying spreadeagled, one tied to the bed, one on the floor. The woman on the bed has had her stomach cut into and her unborn child is missing. But this is the third time Phil and his team have seen such an atrocity. Two other pregnant women have been killed in this way and their babies taken from them. No-one can imagine what sort of person would want to commit such evil acts. When psychologist Marina Esposito is brought in, Phil has to put aside his feelings about their shared past and get on with the job. But can they find the killer before another woman is targeted? Подробнее
The Wedding
The Wedding
, 2008
It began with The Notebook... After thirty years of marriage, Wilson is forced to face a painful truth. His wife, Jane, has fallen out of love with him. Despite the shining example of his in-laws, Noah and Allie Calhoun (originally recounted in The Notebook), and their fifty-year love affair, Wilson is unable to express his true feelings. With his daughter about to marry, and his wife thinking about leaving him, Wilson knows it is time to act. He will do anything he can to save his marriage. With the memories of Noah and Allie's inspiring life together as his guide, he vows to make his wife fall in love with him... all over again. Подробнее
Day for Night
Day for Night
, 2011
A boy lies in a coma in Utah, brought home from Israel after a near-death motorcycle accident. A child who escaped certain death in Poland in 1941 swims with manatees in Florida many years later on holiday with her dying partner. An obsessive FBI agent spends twenty years tracking a legendary Sixties-era radical. A veterinarian from Massachusetts attempts to simplify her life by going to live on a kibbutz by the Dead Sea, where she falls in love with the boy on a motorcycle... These are just some of the people whose lives collide in Frederick Reiken's vivid and brilliant exploration of our struggle to understand what the word 'truth' might really mean. DAY FOR NIGHT becomes an extraordinary journey to a post-War netherworld of wonders and strange attractions, of tales miraculous and terrible, where death has a colour and beauty blooms in the darkness. Подробнее
Deadline
Deadline
, 2011
Shaun Mason didn't take the death of his sister very well. He killed the bastard who did it. He now runs the organization they built together. But his heart's not in it. Playing with dead things just doesn't seem as fun after you've put a bullet in your sister's brain. Oh, and Georgia still talks to him as a disembodied voice in his head. And he talks back. People are starting to notice. So when a CDC researcher fakes her own death and appears on his doorstep with a ravenous pack of zombies in tow, Shaun's relieved to have a purpose in life. First and foremost, he realizes that he may have put down the monster that killed his sister, but the conspiracy is far from dead. Now, Shaun hits the road to find what truth can be found at the end of a shotgun. Подробнее
Chasers
Chasers
, 2011
Jesse is on a school trip in New York when his subway carriage is rocked by an explosion. When he and three friends crawl out of the wreckage they discover a city in chaos. Streets are deserted. Buildings are in ruins. And the only other survivors seem are infected with a virus that turns them into horrifying predators... Подробнее
A Hidden Affair
A Hidden Affair
, 2011
Still reeling from the betrayal of those closest to her and the revelation that her college boyfriend Jared may still be alive, Jordan Weiss resigns her State Department post and sets out from London to find him. She travels to Jared's last known address in the opulent French Riviera city of Monaco. There, she meets Nicole, a mysterious woman connected to Jared, who refuses to disclose his whereabouts and flees. Jordan also encounters Aaron, an attractive Israeli private investigator, who is chasing Nicole for cryptic reasons of his own. Подробнее
Rosebush
Rosebush
, 2011
Jane is found, near death, in a rosebush — a victim of hit and run. But as she's convalescing she realizes that her friends' stories and her memories of what happened that night aren't adding up. And now only thing she does know is that one of her friends isn't so friendly. One of them tried to kill her. Подробнее
Mercy Burns
Mercy Burns
, 2005
Half dragon, half woman, can she save her friend's soul — without losing her heart? Mercy Wilson is a reporter in the San Francisco Bay Area, but she's also more — and less — than human. Half woman, half air dragon, she's a draman — unable to shift shape but still able to unleash fiery energy. Now something will put her powers to the test. Mercy's friend Rainey has enlisted her help to solve her sister's murder. Then a horrible accident claims Rainey's life, leaving Mercy only five days to find the killer. If Mercy fails, according to dragon law, Rainey's soul will be doomed to roam the earth for eternity. But how can Mercy help when she herself is a target? With nowhere else to turn, she must join forces with a sexy stranger — the mysterious man they call muerte, or death itself, who's as irresistible as he is treacherous. But can even Death keep Mercy alive for long enough to find her answers? Подробнее
This is Not the Story You Think it is
This is Not the Story You Think it is
, 2011
When Laura Munson's essay was first published, the New York Times was so flooded with responses that they had to close down the comment feature on their website. Readers sent it to their friends and therapists gave it to their clients. What did Munson write that caused such a fervour? Laura detailed what happened when her husband of more than twenty years told her he wasn't sure he loved her anymore and wanted to move out. Laura's response to her husband: I don't buy it. In this poignant and funny memoir, Laura recounts the time her faith in her marriage was put to the test. Shaken to the core after the death of her beloved father, not finding the professional success that she had hoped for, and after much therapy, Laura, aged forty, realised she had to stop basing her happiness on things outside her control and commit to an 'End of Suffering'. Подробнее
Don't Look Behind You
Don't Look Behind You
, 2011
Seventeen-year-old April finds her comfortable life changed forever when death threats to her father, a witness in a federal case, force her family to go into hiding under assumed names and flee the pursuit of a hired killer. Подробнее
The Midas Code
The Midas Code
, 2011
Top army engineer Tyler Locke is given a mysterious ancient manuscript. Written in Greek, it initially seems indecipherable. But with the help of classics scholar Stacy Benedict, Locke comes to understand that this manuscript could provide the clues to the greatest riches known to mankind — the legendary treasure of King Midas. However, there are others who are also hot on the trail — and it rapidly becomes a race against time to crack a code that is both fiendishly difficult and potentially deadly... A sweeping, gripping read, The Midas Code blends fascinating incidents from myth and legend with a modern plot that will have you guessing to the very last page. Подробнее
Mrs Cameron's Diary
Mrs Cameron's Diary
, 2011
Dave's mobile went — poor Cleggsy, wanting to know what the Queen was like. «Incredibly nervous», Dave said. «But Sam soon put her at her ease.» We have heard, it seems, every opinion on the rise of the coalition save one: that of the new Prime Minister's wife, Samantha. Star journalist Catherine Bennett has stepped in to give us a glimpse of Sam Cam's first year in Downing Street. What to do about Cherie's nightmare granite'n'pine kitchen? How can Dave's rationingy-austerity-depressiony vibe be harnessed for the luxury goods market? Is there a polite strategy for avoiding Miriam Clegg's bookclub? Подробнее
Bertie Plays the Blues
Bertie Plays the Blues
, 2012
Even down to its well-set Georgian townhouses, Edinburgh is a hymn to measure and harmony. But on Scotland Street, domestic accord is in short supply. Matthew and Elspeth welcome three new arrivals, though the joys of multiple parenthood are somewhat lost due to sleep deprivation and the difficulties of telling their brood apart. Angus and Domenica are to marry, and Domenica has ambitious and disturbing plans for their living arrangements, especially when it appears that Antonia, in Italy recuperating from Stendhal Syndrome, may not return. And little Bertie, feeling blue, puts himself up for adoption on eBay. Can Edinburgh's most deliciously dysfunctional residents forsake discord and learn to dance to the same happy tune? Подробнее
Until I Die
Until I Die
, 2005
Kate may have defeated her boyfriend's nemesis, showing off her sword skills in the process, but Vincent is sure that she will be at risk as long as they stay together. What's more, it's becoming clear that their relationship might prevent him from fulfilling his true purpose: saving the lives of others. They might have the romance of the century, but will that be enough? Подробнее
That Used to be Us
That Used to be Us
, 2012
America has a huge problem. It faces four major challenges, on which its future depends, and it is failing to meet them. In What's Wrong with America? Thomas L. Friedman and Michael Mandelbaum analyze those challenges — globalization, the revolution in information technology, the nation's chronic deficits, and its pattern of energy consumption — and spell out what needs to be done now to rediscover America's power and prowess. They explain how the end of the cold war blinded the nation to the need to address these issues seriously. They show how America's history, when properly understood, provides the key to coping successfully and explain how the paralysis of the US political system and the erosion of key American values have made it impossible to carry out the policies the country needs. What's Wrong with America — is both a searching exploration of the American condition today and a rousing manifesto for American renewal. Подробнее
Citrus County
Citrus County
, 2005
When teenage Shelby Register moves to Citrus County, Florida, with her single father and little sister, she's expecting surfers instead of rednecks, but she decides to make the best of it. Things become complicated when Toby, a neglected, loveless boy living with his abusive uncle, becomes her twisted love interest. Toby finds trouble far more elaborate than ordinary delinquency when he enacts a strange, cruel plot on the Register clan. Then Toby realizes that he can't reverse the effects of his 'prank', and his and Shelby's fates hurtle towards tragedy... Подробнее
The Last Song
The Last Song
, 2010
Seventeen-year-old Veronica 'Ronnie' Miller's life was turned upside-down when her parents divorced and her father moved from New York City to Wilmington, North Carolina. Three years later, she remains angry and alienated from her parents, especially her father... until her mother decides it would be in everyone's best interest if she spent the summer in Wilmington with him. Ronnie's father, a former concert pianist and teacher, is living a quiet life in the beach town, immersed in creating a work of art that will become the centerpiece of a local church. The tale that unfolds is an unforgettable story about love in its myriad forms — first love, the love between parents and children — that demonstrates, as only a Nicholas Sparks novel can, the many ways that deeply felt relationships can break our hearts... and heal them. Подробнее
Crossings
Crossings
, 2008
At Journey's end would a new life begin? When Liane crossed the Atlantic and arrived in Europe, the future seemed bright and beautiful. Only the image of a face haunted her new life in France. Then the war sent her on her second fateful crossing, leaving her husband and family far behind. Suspended between two worlds, Liane was swept into a passionate love affair, a bright, brief moment of total happiness. Would the voyage seal her love for ever, or leave her stranded on the shores of heartbreak and despair. Подробнее
Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend
Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend
, 2012
My name is Budo. I have been alive for 5 years. 5 years is a very long time for someone like me to be alive. Max gave me my name. Max is 8 years old. He is the only human person who can see me. I know what Max knows, and some things he doesn't. I know that Max is in danger. And I know that I am the only one who can save him. For readers who loved Room and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time: a heartwarming, heartbreaking story of love, loyalty and the power of the imagination — a novel perfect for anyone who ever had a friend ... real or otherwise. Подробнее

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