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The Secret Life of War: Journeys Through Modern Conflict

Peter Beaumont, 2010

War has changed. In the past, states clashed and battles were fought between armies. Superpowers are pitted against warlords. The author takes readers into the guts of modern conflict. He visits the bombed and abandoned home of Mullah Omar and discovers a deserted Al Qaeda camp where he finds documents describing a plan to attack London. Подробнее

Shake Hands For Ever

Ruth Rendell, 2010

Angela Hathall is found strangled in her bed but shockingly the death of this meek and solitary woman sparks little emotion from her husband. Called in to investigate, Wexford's curiosity only deepens when he discovers that the Hathall household has been meticulously cleaned but for a single distinctive palm print. Подробнее

The Vampire Armand

Anne Rice, 2010

The leader of the vampire coven, the Theatre des Vampires in Paris was snatched from the steppes of Russia as a child, and sold as a slave in Renaissance Venice. From there Armand's story spans several hundred years, culminating in a visit to New Orleans at the end of the twentieth century. Here his victims await either death or immortality. Подробнее

75 Short Masterpieces: Stories from the World's Literature

Roger Goodman, 1985

Seventy-five short masterpieces of fiction. Подробнее

Ada or Ardor a Family Chronicle

Vladimir Nabokov, 2008

Published two weeks after his seventieth birthday, Ada, or Ardor is one of Nabokov's greatest masterpieces, the glorious culmination of his career as a novelist. It tells a love story troubled by incest. But more: it is also at once a fairy tale, epic, philosophical treatise on the nature of time, parody of the history of the novel, and erotic catalogue. Ada, or Ardor is no less than the supreme work of an imagination at white heat. This is the first American edition to include the extensive and ingeniously sardonic appendix by the author, written under the anagrammatic pseudonym Vivian Darkbloom. Подробнее

American Short Story Masterpieces

Raymond Carver, 1989

This collection of thirty-six classic short stories from the fifties to the eighties features works by authors such as James Baldwin, Barry Hannah, Bernard Halamud, Flannery OConnor, Philip Roth, Anne Beattie, and Tobias Wolff. Подробнее

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Anne Lamott, 1995

»Thirty years ago my older brother, who was ten years old at the time, was trying to get a report on birds written that he'd had three months to write. It was due the next day. We were out at our family cabin in Bolinas, and he was at the kitchen table close to tears, surrounded by binder paper and pencils and unopened books on birds, immobilized by the hugeness of the task ahead. Then my father sat down beside him, put his arm around my brother's shoulder, and said, 'Bird by bird, buddy. Just take it bird by bird.'» Подробнее

The Case of Comrade Tulayev

Victor Serge, 2004

A high government official is shot on the street, and the hunt for the ki ller begins. The search leads all over the world, netting a series of suspects whose only connection is their innocence — at least of this crime. But «The Case of Comrade Tulayev, the best novel about the Stalinist purges, is also a classic tale of risk and adventure that stands beside» For Whom the Bell Tolls. Подробнее

Children of the Vampire: The Diaries of the Family Dracul

Jeanne Kalogriois, 1996

The battle waged in the heart of the Family Dracul continues, as the innocent take up arms against the monster. As his loved ones indulge in forbidden crimes with a legendary passion, Vlad the Impaler's heir, Arkady, cries out to his sons» «Let the curse end with me!» Подробнее

The Cinderella Deal

Jennifer Crusie, 2010

An unlikely duo teams up in a charade of love, never expecting that they'll find happily-ever-after, in this Loveswept debut by award-winning Jennifer Crusie, who has earned high praise for her fast-paced and hilarious Harlequin romances. Подробнее

The Clan of the Cave Bear

Jean M. Auel, 1997

A stunning epic that has stirred the imagination of millions of readers, «The Clan of the cave Bear» tells the story of the orphaned Ayla and her struggle to fit in and survive after her own tribe is killed by an earthquake. Подробнее

The Collected Tales of Nikolai Gogol

Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol, 1999

This collection contains Gogols finest tales — from the demon-haunted St Johns Eve and Viy to the surrealism of The Nose, from the trials of the copyist in The Overcoat to those of the delusional clerk in The Diary of a Madman. Подробнее

The Color of Law

Mark Gimenez, 2006

The ne'er-do-well son of a Texas millionaire presidential hopeful winds up murdered, apparently by a heroin-addicted hooker. Assigned to defend the prime suspect, Dallas attorney Scott Fenney must choose between his lifestyle and doing what he knows is right. Подробнее

The Complete Short Novels

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, 2005

Aanton Chekhov, widely hailed as the supreme master of the short story, also wrote five works long enough to be called short novelshere brought together in one volume for the first time, in a masterly new translation by the award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. The Steppethe most lyrical of the fiveis an account of a nine-year-old boy's frightening journey by wagon train across the steppe of southern Russia. The Duel sets two decadent figuresa fanatical rationalist and a man of literary sensibilityon a collision course that ends in a series of surprising reversals. In The Story of an Unknown Man, a political radical spying on an important official by serving as valet to his son gradually discovers that his own terminal illness has changed his long-held priorities in startling ways. Three Years recounts a complex series of ironies in the personal life of a rich but passive Moscow merchant. In My Life, a man renounces wealth and social position for a life of manual labor. The resulting conflict between the moral simplicity of his ideals and the complex realities of human nature culminates in a brief apocalyptic vision that is unique in Chekhov's work. From the Hardcover edition. Подробнее

Covenant With the Vampire: The Diaries of the Family Dracul

Jeanne Kalogridis, 1995

Honoring a family pact that compels him to return to Transylvania to take part in a secret ceremony, young Arkady Tsepesh of the family Dracul learns a devastating truth about his ancestor, Prince Vlad. Подробнее

The Da Vinci Code

Dan Brown, 2011

PREMIUM MASS MARKET EDITION #1 Worldwide Bestseller — More Than 80 Million Copies Sold. As millions of readers around the globe have already discovered, The Da Vinci Code is a reading experience unlike any other. Simultaneously lightning-paced, intelligent, and intricately layered with remarkable research and detail, Dan Brown's novel is a thrilling masterpiece — from its opening pages to its stunning conclusion. Подробнее

Darkly Dreaming Dexter

Jeff Lindsay, 2009

This is where it all begins for Dexter Morgan, the darkly funny character who is the inspiration for the hit Showtime series. Dexter is a forensics blood-spatter expert for the Miami police department, who is also a serial killer with a golden rule: he only kills bad people. Подробнее

Death Match

Lincoln Child, 2006

When a «perfect» couple commits double suicide, alarms go off in the offices of the high-tech matchmaking company. Investigation into a second couple's double suicide reveals a stunning labyrinth of artificial intelligence, creative genius, and a melding of technology that does indeed deliver on the company's guarantee of a perfect, lifelong mate. Подробнее

Deus Irae

Philip K. Dick, 2003

In the years following World War III, a new and powerful faith has arisen from a scorched and poisoned Earth, a faith that embraces the architect of world wide devastation. The Servants of Wrath have deified Carlton Lufteufel and re-christened him the Deus Irae. In the small community of Charlottesville, Utah, Tibor McMasters, born without arms or legs, has, through an array of prostheses, established a far-reaching reputation as an inspired painter. When the new church commissions a grand mural depicting the Deus Irae, it falls upon Tibor to make a treacherous journey to find the man, to find the god, and capture his terrible visage for posterity. Подробнее

The Devil's Brood

Sharon Kay Penman, 2009

The long-awaited and highly anticipated final volume in Penman's trilogy of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine offers a tumultuous conclusion to this timeless story of love, power, ambition, and betrayal. Подробнее

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