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5524 кн.
As the California borderland newspaper where they work prepares to close, three reporters are oddly given assignments to return to stories they’ve covered before—each one surprisingly personal. The first assignment takes reporter Aaron Klinsman and photographer Rita Valdez to an abandoned motel room where the mirrors are draped with towels, bits of black tape cover the doorknobs, and the perfect trace of a woman’s body is imprinted on the bed sheets. From this...
| Автор | David Bajo |
As she prepares dinner for her husband andtheir extended family, Suzanne hears on the radiothat a jetliner has crashed and her lover is dead.Alex Elling was a renowned orchestra conductor.Suzanne is a concert violist, long unsatisfied withher marriage to a composer whose music turnsemotion into thought. Now, more alone thanshe’s ever been, she must grieve secretly. But ascomplex as that effort is, it pales with the arrival ofAlex’s widow, who blackmails her into completingthe...
| Автор | Elise Blackwell |
Set against the powerful lakeshore landscape of northern Minnesota, Safe from the Sea is a heartfelt novel in which a son returns home to reconnect with his estranged and dying father thirty-five years after the tragic wreck of a Great Lakes ore boat that the father only partially survived and that has divided them emotionally ever since. When his father for the first time finally tells the story of the horrific disaster he has carried with him so long, it leads the two men to reconsider each...
| Автор | Peter Geye |
A literary novel set in 1995 New York, Love Slave follows Sybil Weatherfield—her generation’s Dorothy Parker—and her strange friends as they defy chick-lit expectations (though they’re unaware that they’re doing so). Sybil is an office temp by day and a columnist by night for New York Shock, a chatty rag (her column is called “Abscess,” which is a wound that never heals). Her friends include a paper-pusher for a human rights...
| Автор | Jennifer Spiegel |
Caddie Blair feels everything strongly—and so she works hard to keep her distance. It’s the ethical thing for a journalist to do, especially in a war-torn region like the Middle East. And Caddie wants to believe that nothing is as important as covering “the story.”There’s room for passion in her life—but that’s only physical. And Caddie keeps even those fleeting attachments under wraps, secretive, because she knows that when a...
| Автор | Masha Hamilton |
The Islands of Divine Music is a novel of five generations of an Italian-American family finding its place in the New World. Against a backdrop of Immigration, Prohibition, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Vietnam War, and the new millennium, five generations of the Verbicaro family make their way from Southern Italy to San Francisco as each character brushes up against some aspect of the divine.The family matriarch is Rosari, a little girl whose family flees Italy because her prodigality is...
| Автор | John Addiego |
Tom Johnson has turned 85 and has suffered a few “events,” though he knows his mind is sharp. His oldest son, who had Down Syndrome has died, and his remaining two children want to move him out of the homestead lake house and into a retirement home in town. What Tom wants to do is to find the only woman he ever loved, a woman he met in the Netherlands where he was stationed during World War II.And so he slips away, deftly covers his tracks, and begins his search for her in...
| Автор | Peter Ferry |
In her first memoir—Immortelles: Memoir of a Will-o’-the-Wisp—Mireille Marokvia described her life growing up in a small village near Chartres, France, in the first decades of the 20th Century. We learned in that beautiful book that the people in her life so long past still live like ghosts in her memory.This extraordinarily sensitive and assured writer brings that same dear voice and sharp vision to bear in her new book. But Sins of the Innocent covers the most...
| Автор | Mireille Marokvia |
Ben Williamson has lost a daughter. While studying abroad in Madrid, Michelle Williamson was caught in a bombing by Basque separatists, a bombing that killed her and several members of the Guardia Civil at a post in a park. For Ben, this act of violence has left only questions, and at a moment of despair he decides to seek out the reasons for Michelle’s death. As Ben begins to learn about the endless tensions beneath the surface of Spanish culture, he finds that he wants someone to...
| Автор | Lamar Herrin |
When a dust storm engulfs her Colorado town and pink snow blankets the streets, a heartbreaking decision faces Ruby Cole, a girl who counts birds: She must abandon her baby or give in to her father, whom she nicknames Lord God, and marry a man more than twice her age who already has two wives. She chooses to run, which sets in motion an interlocking series of actions and reactions, upending the lives of an equestrian police officer, pawnshop riffraff, a disabled war vet, Nuisance Animal...
| Автор | William J. Cobb |
Автор сама работает стюардессой, она отталкивается от настоящих случаев, произошедших в полете, и дает читателю подышать тем воздухом, который ощущается в авиационной компании, именно пожить как стюардесса, той жизнью, в которой работа и сложная совокупность личной и общественной жизни, основанной на расписаниях, сменах и вылетах, становится почти что стилем жизни. Книга поднимает тему личного внутреннего обогащения и перемен в ходе путешествия длиной в двадцать лет, а то и больше, за время...
| Автор | Marina Iuvara |
Паранормальный роман между метаморфами и фаталоми (людьми, обладающими сверхъестественными способностями) на фоне борьбы за власть Первоначально мир был населен людьми, метаморфами и фателями. Казалось бы, между народами царил мир. Но если бы мы почесать поверхность, то обнаружили бы, что реальность совсем другая. Методично и терпеливо мятежные стаи аниморфов истребляли одного за другим всех фателей. Они заставили их исчезнуть с лица Земли. В конце концов, именно об этом все и думали последние...
| Автор | Virginie T. |
Endlich wird Lash und Naomis weit zurückliegende Vergangenheit enthüllt. Sie decken eine Geschichte voller Leidenschaft, Neid und Betrug auf. Wird ihre Liebe im Licht dieser Enthüllungen stark genug sein, um sie weiterhin miteindander zu verbinden oder wird die Wahrheit über die Familie von zerbrochenen Engeln sie auseinanderreißen? Lash erinnerte sich an das, was Naomis Großmutter einst vor langer Zeit zu ihm sagte: ”Wo Liebe ist, da ist immer auch Licht.” Er behielt diese Worte im Herzen, denn...
| Автор | L. G. Castillo |
Паранормальный роман между человеком в опасности и ангелом Кейтлин уже несколько лет возглавляет американский балетный театр в Нью-Йорке. Одинокая и замкнутая, ее жизнь вращается вокруг танцев, и ее самый большой поклонник-не кто иной, как ее бабушка. Все меняется, когда кто-то начинает приставать к ней. Кто это может быть и с какой целью? Ее бабушка готова на все, чтобы защитить ее, в том числе поставить себя на путь своего таинственного соседа Баракиля.
| Автор | Virginie T. |
It is autumn time, and on a peaceful Cornish beach, Finn and his sister Ava defy planning regulations and achieve a childhood dream when they build themselves an illegal beach hut. This tiny haven will be their home until Ava departs at Midwinter for a round-the-world adventure. In town, local publican Donald is determined to get rid of them. Still mourning the death of his wife, all he wants is a quiet place where he can forget the past and raise his daughter Alicia in safety. But Alicia is...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
It is 1970. The evergreens are thick with snow despite it being the month of April. In an Ottawa hospital, another daughter is born to the Azar family. The parents are from Kfarmichki, a village in Lebanon but their daughters were born in Canada. Four daughters, to be precise. No sons. Youssef is the domineering father. Samira is the quiescent mother. Rima, Katrina and Mona are the traditional daughters. Then there is Adele, the newest member. «You should've been born a boy,» Samira...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Fascynująca powieściowa łamigłówka stworzona przez gwiazdę współczesnej literatury francuskiej. W 1999 roku, opublikowawszy trzy kultowe powieści, sławny autor Nathan Fawles ogłosił koniec pisarskiej kariery i zaszył się w Beaumont, na dzikiej wyspie na Morzu Śródziemnym. Jesień 2018 roku. Od 20 lat Fawles nie udzielił żadnego wywiadu. Jako że jego książki wciąż przykuwają uwagę czytelników, Mathilde Monney, młoda szwajcarska dziennikarka, zjawia się na wyspie, zdeterminowana, by poznać sekrety...
| Автор | Гийом Мюссо |
Heart-wrenching father-son story that looks at an ugly divorce from the father's perspective.Opposite of the typical deadbeat dad story where the father disappears on page 3. This book deals with the conflict between a man's ambition and his desire to be a good parent.Gillenkirk is an advocate of co-parenting and will be talking on the topic in various venues in the US.The book is rich in baseball details. Gillenkirk did his research in the San Francisco Giants dugout and clubhouse. A...
| Автор | Jeff Gillenkirk |
Wahre Liebe gibt es nur im Märchen. Wahre Liebe gibt es nur im Märchen. Zumindest glaubt das Miss Hannah Knight. Ihre prägenden Jahre waren von Schwierigkeiten erfüllt, aber sie trägt immer eine Erinnerung mit sich—sogar durch die dunkelsten Zeiten. Den Sommer, den sie im Manchester Castle verbrachte, wo sie von einem Glücklich-bis-ans-Lebensende in den Armen des Mannes träumte, der ihr Herz hält. Der Krieg hat Garrick Edwards zynisch zurückgelassen. Er hatte nie erwartet den Titel zu erben und...
| Автор | Dawn Brower |
Catalina Saylor può lavorare nell'Incubatore di Qubit in libertà vigilata per trenta giorni. Se entro quel tempo dimostrerà la sua idea, le sarà permesso di rimanere e provare a ottenere un brevetto sul suo dispositivo. L'Incubatore di Qubit è un luogo di lavoro per persone brillanti con buone idee che non hanno risorse per svilupparle. Catalina Saylor può lavorare nell'Incubatore di Qubit in libertà vigilata per trenta giorni. Se entro quel tempo dimostrerà la sua idea, le sarà permesso di...
| Автор | Charley Brindley |
Manche Märchen sind verzwickt. Manche Märchen sind verzwickt. Als Tochter eines Herzogs sollte Lady Annalise Palmer ein bezauberndes Leben führen. Aber der Anschein kann täuschen—ihr Vater hat sichergestellt, dass ihr ganzes Leben mit nichts als Herzschmerz und Elend erfüllt gewesen ist. Glück ist eine trügerische Emotion und Liebe existiert nicht. Sie hat keinen Grund zu glauben, dass sie eines davon finden wird. Ryan Simms, der Marquess of Cinderbury, ist beinahe sein ganzes Leben lang allein...
| Автор | Dawn Brower |
L'Amour Véritable est du domaine des contes de fées Le Véritable Amour est du domaine des contes de fées. Du moins, c'est ce que croit Mlle Hannah Knight. Ses années de formation furent parsemées de difficultés, mais elle porte toujours avec elle un souvenir, même dans les moments les plus sombres. L'été qu'elle passa au château de Manchester où elle commença à rêver d'une vie heureuse dans les bras de l'homme qui tient son cœur. La guerre avait rendu Garrick Edwards cynique. Il ne s'attendait...
| Автор | Dawn Brower |
Я бы столкнулся с Легионом демонов, чтобы завоевать ее любовь Я-король вампиров Королевства Техрекс мои темные воины и я-все, что стоит между людьми и злом, которое стремится уничтожить их тогда почему я рушусь к ногам этого смертного? Она не знает, что она моя суженая, она одна защищает жизненно важную часть моей души, но месть-это стена между нами, я должен пробить броню этого охотника на вампиров, я должен получить ее признание, ее преданность и, в конечном счете, ее любовь, прежде чем она...
| Автор | Brenda Trim |
Benvenuti alla Bramble’s Edge Academy. Un'università dove i Fae affinano i loro poteri elementari. Sembra proprio ciò di cui un essere potente ha bisogno, giusto? Il problema è che non sono uno di loro. Quando giunse il mio momento di frequentare la scuola tentai di sfuggire alle autorità, le quali mi lasciarono inerme in mezzo al cortile del campus con le ali malconcie ed un'attrazione indesiderata per Maurelle. Lei ha più di quanto possa permettermi. Mia madre mi ha sempre fatto capire che...
| Автор | Brenda Trim |