Ужасы и Мистика
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Winner of the Reddit Fantasy Award for Best Debut 2018‘The best fantasy debut of 2018’ WIREDA brilliantly imaginative epic fantasy debut, inspired by the bloody history of China’s twentieth century and filled with treachery and magic.When Rin aced the Keju – the test to find the most talented students in the Empire – it was a shock to everyone: to the test officials, who couldn’t believe a war orphan from Rooster Province could pass without cheating; to Rin’s guardians, who had hoped to get rich...
| Автор | R.F. Kuang |
The jaw-dropping new psychological thriller from the best selling author of The Boy in the ParkAmber is happy, she loves her husband David and their dog Sadie, she even loves her job as a junior editor on a local newspaper. But when the body of a young woman is found in a stretch of river near her home, Amber’s world begins to implode.The headaches that she has been struggling with seem to intensify and Amber begins to doubt her husband, why doesn’t he want to probe deeper into the story and why...
| Автор | A J Grayson |
The brand new gripping, gritty crime thriller from Kerry Barnes that will have you hooked.* * * * *The wrong choice may just get you killed…Mike Regan and Zara Ezra believe the so-called Governor is safely locked away – in Zara’s hangar. But less than twenty-four hours later, the Governor is loose and out there, wreaking havoc. After what Zara made him do to his own son, she knows he’ll be back with more than murder on his mind. Moving the families to a safe place was all the firm could do to...
| Автор | Kerry Barnes |
Agatha Christie’s audacious murder mystery, reissued with a striking cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans and book lovers.One minute, silly Heather Badcock had been gabbling on at her movie idol, the glamorous Marina Gregg. The next, Heather suffered a massive seizure. But for whom was the deadly poison really intended?Marina’s frozen expression suggested she had witnessed something horrific. But, while others searched for material evidence, Jane Marple...
| Автор | Agatha Christie |
MROCZNA I BRUTALNA TRYLOGIA KRYMINALNA: "PIĘTNO" Igor Brudny to twardy, warszawski glina, który woli nie wracać do swojej przeszłości. Tym razem może jednak nie mieć innego wyjścia. Zielona Góra. Mężczyzna bliźniaczo podobny do Brudnego jest poszukiwany w sprawie wyjątkowo brutalnego morderstwa. Komisarz musi wrócić do rodzinnego miasta, by oczyścić się z podejrzeń i rozwikłać tajemnicę swojego pochodzenia. Na miejscu działa już zespół śledczych dowodzony przez inspektora Romualda...
| Автор | Przemysław Piotrowski |
Ella Neser is terug van haar Karibiese skeepsvaart, en soort van terug in Lou se arms. Haar nuwe opdrag, as private speurder, is 'n bisarre een. Donna Maas, eggenoot van die sielkundige Thomas Maas, is oortuig haar man het 'n skelmpie. En dit is Ella se taak om dit te bewys. Die roman begin egter by die einde, waar Ella haar verslag optik. Daar is 'n moord gepleeg, maar wie is die slagoffer en wie die skurk? 'n Verbysterende roman deur een van die top-...
| Автор | Chris Karsten |
Serial killer Ronald Jeffreys was executed for three murders. Three months after his death, the body of a boy is found, killed in the same style as Jeffreys' victims. Is there a copycat killer on the loose? Or is this the real thing?Sheriff Nick Morrelli isn't equipped to deal with the case, so calls in one of the FBI's best criminal profilers, Maggie O'Dell. Together they start to uncover the gruesome picture of a killer. The picture of someone who has already been executed...
| Автор | Alex Kava |
Uzbrojeni po zęby żołnierze, strzeżone drogi i unoszące się w powietrzu napięcie – to Argentyna pod rządami wojskowej junty. Ojciec z synem zamierzają przeprawić się z Buenos Aires do północnej granicy kraju z Brazylią. Matka Gaspara, bo tak ma na imię chłopiec, zginęła w tajemniczych okolicznościach. Ojciec jest zdeterminowany, by uratować chłopca przed jego przeznaczeniem. Gaspar ma bowiem zostać medium na usługach Zakonu – tajnego stowarzyszenia, które przy pomocy zakazanych i...
| Автор | Mariana Enriquez |
"Маленький город у дальнего ледяного моря. Трое детей, которые любят гулять там, где не следует, находят и спасают раненого мальчика. Вскоре они понимают, что их новое знакомство может оказаться опасным. А тем временем в городе убивают детей, и только трое друзей могут знать, кто это делает. Спустя многие годы им придется снова собраться вместе, чтобы преодолеть воскресшее прошлое. Возрастное ограничение: 18+! В книге присутствует нецензурная лексика" © Storysidе
| Автор | Карина Шаинян |
Роберт Луис Стивенсон – английский писатель шотландского происхождения. Широко известен как автор романа «Остров сокровищ». Обладал поистине уникальным литературным дарованием: он писал на самые разные темы и в самых разных жанрах. Что могло бы связать добропорядочного Генри Джекиля с порочным уродливым карликом Эдвардом Хайдом? И где вообще обитает этот злодей и убийца Хайд? Эти два вопроса и странные события, разворачивающиеся при участии этих двух персон, никого не оставят равнодушным....
| Автор | Роберт Стивенсон |
"Kthulhu aicinājums" sarakstīts 1928. gadā, bet slavu guvis tikai pēc autora nāves. Šis stāsts ir iedvesmojis rakstniekus Stīvenu Kingu un Nīlu Geimenu, kino režisoru Giljermo del Toro, smagā metāla veterānus Metallica un Iron Maiden, daudzu populāru datorspēļu veidotājus, māksliniekus un citus izcilus dažādu kultūras jomu pārstāvjus. H. F. Lavkrafta mantojumā kopumā ir vairāk kā 100 stāsti, un viņa daiļrades ietekme uz nākamo paaudžu radošo jomu pārstāvjiem pielīdzināma viņa priekšgājēja Edgara...
| Автор | H. F. Lavkrafts |
An increasing number of business executives, managers and political leaders are using the concept of “weak signals” nowadays. There are also an increasing number of people trying to find out exactly what this concept means, as well as when and how to use it. Such questions arise particularly when it comes down to making strategic decisions. To help with these questions, this book defines the concept of the “weak signal” and then demonstrates how it would be useful in relation to strategic...
| Автор | Lesca Nicolas |
This book presents statistical models that have recently been developed within several research communities to access information contained in text collections. The problems considered are linked to applications aiming at facilitating information access: – information extraction and retrieval; – text classification and clustering; – opinion mining; – comprehension aids (automatic summarization, machine translation, visualization). In order to give the reader as complete a description as...
| Автор | Gaussier Eric |
This book is about complexity in Information Systems (IS). The subject is addressed from both conceptual and applied perspectives. Concepts are drawn from information theory, industrial design and software engineering. Its content capitalizes on experiences gathered by the authors during various contracting jobs involving software architecture, modeling and IS architecture that were conducted for large organizations in the banking and industry sectors, as well as in the public sector. The...
| Автор | Morel Mederic |
Today, formal methods are widely recognized as an essential step in the design process of industrial safety-critical systems. In its more general definition, the term formal methods encompasses all notations having a precise mathematical semantics, together with their associated analysis methods, that allow description and reasoning about the behavior of a system in a formal manner. Growing out of more than a decade of award-winning collaborative work within the European Research Consortium for...
| Автор | Margaria Tiziana |
Discusses all types of corporate risks and practical means of defending against them. Security is currently identified as a critical area of Information Technology management by a majority of government, commercial, and industrial organizations. Offers an effective risk management program, which is the most critical function of an information security program.
| Автор | Minoli Daniel |
Multimodal transport network customers need to be directed during their travels. A travel support tool can be offered by a Multimodal Information System (MIS), which allows them to input their needs and provides them with the appropriate responses to improve their travel conditions. The goal of this book is to design and develop methodologies in order to realize a MIS tool which can ensure permanent multimodal information availability before and during travel, considering passengers’ mobility....
| Автор | Hammadi Slim |
This is an applied handbook for the application of data mining techniques in the CRM framework. It combines a technical and a business perspective to cover the needs of business users who are looking for a practical guide on data mining. It focuses on Customer Segmentation and presents guidelines for the development of actionable segmentation schemes. By using non-technical language it guides readers through all the phases of the data mining process.
| Автор | Tsiptsis Konstantinos K. |
A timely text on the recent developments in data storage, from a materials perspective Ever-increasing amounts of data storage on hard disk have been made possible largely due to the immense technological advances in the field of data storage materials. Developments in Data Storage: Materials Perspective covers the recent progress and developments in recording technologies, including the emerging non-volatile memory, which could potentially become storage technologies of the future. Featuring...
| Автор | Chong Tow C. |
Something appalling lurks under the streets of London. Something that has survived for centuries, thriving on pain and hatred and grief.And with another terrorist bombing campaign in the City, there's plenty to fuel such an appetite for evil.Rachel Young has moved to the capital to work in one of the major hospital's Intensive Care Units: it's a desperate job at the best of times, and now is not the best of times.Despite a happy marriage to Nick and a successful three-year recovery from past...
| Автор | John Pritchard |
Heart-stopping supernatural thriller from the master of suspense. Addison Goodheart is not like other people…Addison Goodheart lives in solitude beneath the city, an exile from a society which will destroy him if he is ever seen.Books are his refuge and his escape: he embraces the riches they have to offer. By night he leaves his hidden chambers and, through a network of storm drains and service tunnels, makes his way into the central library.And that is where he meets Gwyneth, who, like...
| Автор | Dean Koontz |
Clive Barker is widely acknowledged as the master of nerve-shattering horror. The Hellbound Heart is one of his best, one of the most dead-frightening stories you are likely to ever read, a story of the human heart and all the great terrors and ecstasies within. It was also the book behind the cult horror film, Hellraiser.In a quiet house on a quiet street Frank and Julia are having an affair. Not your ordinary affair. For Frank it began with his own insatiable sexual appetite, a mysterious...
| Автор | Clive Barker |
Sometimes you can’t even trust yourself…The chilling new psychological thriller by S. K. Tremayne, author of the Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller, THE ICE TWINS.How long can they keep you in the dark?It was just a patch of ice. Just a bit of bad luck. But it was nearly enough to kill Kath Redway, spinning her car into Burrator Reservoir in the beautiful Dartmoor National Park.Miraculously, Kath escapes her accident with a few bruises and amnesia. She is shocked but delighted to be back in her...
| Автор | S.K. Tremayne |
Two heart-stopping thrillers from the No.1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz.INNOCENCEAddison Goodheart lives in solitude beneath the city, an exile from a society that will destroy him if he is ever seen.Books are his refuge and his escape: he embraces the riches they have to offer. By night he leaves his hidden chambers and, through a network of storm drains and service tunnels, makes his way into the central library.And that is where he meets Gwyneth, who, like Addison, also hides...
| Автор | Dean Koontz |