Контркультура
19049 кн.
Logan Hunt needs a nanny.What he gets is pretty kindergarten teacher Grace Flynn, whose desire for roots and a family flies right in the face of Logan's determination to remain a bachelor. Can Logan overcome his dread of becoming his father in time to convince Grace that she's exactly what he wants?
| Автор | Teresa Southwick |
В «Сахарный Кремль» — антиутопию в рассказах от виртуоза и провокатора Владимира Сорокина — перекочевали герои и реалии романа «День опричника». Здесь тот же сюрреализм и едкая сатира, фантасмагория, сквозь которую просвечивают узнаваемые приметы современной российской действительности. В продолжение темы автор детализировал уклад России будущего, где топят печи в многоэтажках, строят кирпичную стену, отгораживаясь от врагов внутренних, с врагами внешними опричники борются; ходят по улицам...
| Автор | Владимир Сорокин |
| Жанр | Современная русская и зарубежная проза, Контркультура |
Может ли человек полностью измениться? Самый одержимый из давно знакомых нам эдинбургских парней, казалось бы, остепенился: теперь он живет в Калифорнии с красавицей-женой и двумя маленькими дочками, стал успешным скульптором, его работы нарасхват. Но вот из Эдинбурга приходит сообщение, что убит его старший сын, – и Бегби вылетает на похороны. Он вовсе не хотел выступать детективом или мстителем, не хотел возвращаться к прошлому – но как глубоко внутрь он загнал былую агрессию и сможет ли ее...
| Автор | Ирвин Уэлш |
| Жанр | Современная русская и зарубежная проза, Контркультура |
| Год | 2019 |
Greer and her sisters have inherited some money – with a condition attached: they must use it to find husbands!They've never heard of anything so ridiculous – so they've spent it on a holiday to the Italian Riviera instead! The last thing Greer was expecting was to catch a groom – but then she met gorgeous Italian aristocrat Max di Varano….
| Автор | Rebecca Winters |
Olivia Duchess has found the man of her dreams and has decided to use The Husband Fund her father left her to make Luc de Falcon her groom.All she has to do is persuade him to fall in love with her and propose….Easy! Except Luc believes his brother is in love with Olivia – and so is determined to stay well away.All Olivia knows is that her plan is really backfiring! Surely there's a way for her to win her Frenchman's heart…?
| Автор | Rebecca Winters |
«Французский роман» – книга автобиографическая. В основе ее реальная история из жизни автора: за употребление кокаина в общественном месте Фредерик Бегбедер, к тому времени уже знаменитый писатель, был задержан полицейскими и препровожден в тюрьму. Оказавшись в грязной тесной камере, он приходит в отчаяние. И внезапно, выплыв из глубин памяти, перед ним возникают воспоминания детства и юности, мрачные стены словно раздвигаются и на время исчезают, а на их месте одна за другой появляются картины...
| Автор | Фредерик Бегбедер |
| Жанр | Современная русская и зарубежная проза, Контркультура |
| Год | 2013 |
Роман «99 франков» представляет собой злую сатиру на рекламный бизнес, безжалостно разоблачает этот безумный и полный превратностей мир, в котором все презирают друг друга и так бездарно растрачивается человеческий ресурс… Роман Бегбедера провокационен, написан в духе времени и весьма полемичен. Он стал настоящим событием литературного сезона, а его автор, уволенный накануне публикации из рекламного агентства, покинул мир рекламы, чтобы немедленно войти в мир бестселлеров.
| Автор | Фредерик Бегбедер |
| Жанр | Современная русская и зарубежная проза, Контркультура |
| Год | 2013 |
Rich in the imagery of nineteenth-century England, this literary classic celebrates a return to old-fashioned Christmas festivities while examining the crisis in one man's personal life. One of the most famous characters in literary history, Ebenezer Scrooge is the «grasping old sinner» who finds redemption after witnessing scenes from his life in which his greed, self-interest, and lack of compassion are revealed.Complementing the master storyteller's wise and witty prose are the...
| Автор | Charles Dickens |
The book, which takes place in late 19th century New York City, tells the story of Basil March, who finds himself in the middle of a dispute between his employer, a self-made millionaire named Dryfoos, and his old German teacher, an advocate for workers' rights named Lindau. The main character of the novel, Basil March, provides the main perspective throughout the novel. He resides in Boston with his wife and children until he is persuaded by his idealistic friend Fulkerson to move to New...
| Автор | William Dean Howells |
"Of lasting appeal to readers of all countries and centuries."—Vladimir NabokovRussian literature's first major prose novel, this gripping work was a primary influence on Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, and other great nineteenth-century writers. Mikhail Lermontov, «the poet of the Caucasus,» drew upon his personal Byronic exploits to create these tales of treachery, abductions, and sexual intrigue. Published in 1840, one year before the author's death at age twenty-six in a duel,...
| Автор | Mikhail Lermontov |
"Of lasting appeal to readers of all countries and centuries."—Vladimir NabokovRussian literature's first major prose novel, this gripping work was a primary influence on Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, and other great nineteenth-century writers. Mikhail Lermontov, «the poet of the Caucasus,» drew upon his personal Byronic exploits to create these tales of treachery, abductions, and sexual intrigue. Published in 1840, one year before the author's death at age twenty-six in a duel,...
| Автор | Mikhail Lermontov |
Imagine a plague so horrific, only forty percent of the population lived to tell the tale. Written as a first-person account of the world’s most dangerous pandemic, the mysterious narrator bears witness to a society that has seemingly given up hope during terrifying times. . From mounting death tolls, to horrific bodily ailments, contracting the Black Plague was considered a fate worse than death. Combining his own experiences within each of the two stories, the enigmatic narrator, known only...
| Автор | Daniel Defoe |
Like much of James Joyce's work, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a fictional re-creation of the Irish writer's own life and early environment. The experiences of the novel's young hero, Stephen Dedalus, unfold in astonishingly vivid scenes that seem freshly recalled from life and provide a powerful portrait of the coming of age of a young man of unusual intelligence, sensitivity, and character.The interest of the novel is deepened by Joyce's telling portrayals of...
| Автор | James Joyce |
Like much of James Joyce's work, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a fictional re-creation of the Irish writer's own life and early environment. The experiences of the novel's young hero, Stephen Dedalus, unfold in astonishingly vivid scenes that seem freshly recalled from life and provide a powerful portrait of the coming of age of a young man of unusual intelligence, sensitivity, and character.The interest of the novel is deepened by Joyce's telling portrayals of...
| Автор | James Joyce |
Joyce is about as challenging as they come in the literary world. However, since it seemed like Ulysses or Finnegans Wake would be a bit much to start with, you will find yourself reading A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man as an introduction to his work. <p> And although you will find this book about as easy to get into as Princeton, it was about as rewarding as well. Portrait is certainly anything but a light read. Joyces meandering narrative and serpentine prose can be confusing...
| Автор | James Joyce |
Joyce is about as challenging as they come in the literary world. However, since it seemed like Ulysses or Finnegans Wake would be a bit much to start with, you will find yourself reading A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man as an introduction to his work. <p> And although you will find this book about as easy to get into as Princeton, it was about as rewarding as well. Portrait is certainly anything but a light read. Joyces meandering narrative and serpentine prose can be confusing...
| Автор | James Joyce |
'A Rogue's Life' was published in a magazine some twenty years before it was made into a book. It is a very clever story, and the interest is well sustained throughout. There is just about enough of it, inasmuch as a short tale like this is more interesting than some of the author's longer works, wherein the complicated plots and lengthened mysteries are too apt to weary the reader before his curiosity is satisfied. We cannot help feeling quite an affection for the «Rogue,»...
| Автор | Уилки Коллинз |
'A Rogue's Life' was published in a magazine some twenty years before it was made into a book. It is a very clever story, and the interest is well sustained throughout. There is just about enough of it, inasmuch as a short tale like this is more interesting than some of the author's longer works, wherein the complicated plots and lengthened mysteries are too apt to weary the reader before his curiosity is satisfied. We cannot help feeling quite an affection for the «Rogue,»...
| Автор | Уилки Коллинз |
The novel follows four characters' rural lives in the fictional community of Hayslope—a rural, pastoral, and close-knit community in 1799. The novel revolves around a love «rectangle» among the beautiful but self-absorbed Hetty Sorrel; Captain Arthur Donnithorne, the young squire who seduces her; Adam Bede, her unacknowledged suitor; and Dinah Morris, Hetty's cousin, a fervent, virtuous and beautiful Methodist lay preacher. Adam, a local carpenter much admired for his integrity and...
| Автор | George Eliot |
Новейший роман Зазы Бурчуладзе написан по следам событий августа 2008 года. «Маленькая победоносная война», выгодная политикам обеих стран, обернулась глубокой травмой для простых людей. Нет, ни в реальности, ни на страницах книги не дымятся развалины и не валяются груды трупов. Эта странная война остается как бы за кадром, но незримо присутствует в мыслях как навязчивый невроз. Расслабленная жизнь южного города, dolce far niente золотой тбилисской молодежи, бокал холодного белого вина, забытый...
| Автор | Заза Бурчуладзе |
Bafana Kuzwayo is a young man with a weight on his shoulders. After flunking his law studies at the University of Cape Town, he returns home to Soweto, where he must decide how to break the news to his family. But before he can confess, he is greeted as a hero by family and friends. His uncle calls him “Advo,” short for Advocate, and his mother wastes no time recruiting him to solve their legal problems. In a community that thrives on imagined realities, Bafana decides that it’s easiest to...
| Автор | Niq Mhlongo |
Bafana Kuzwayo is a young man with a weight on his shoulders. After flunking his law studies at the University of Cape Town, he returns home to Soweto, where he must decide how to break the news to his family. But before he can confess, he is greeted as a hero by family and friends. His uncle calls him “Advo,” short for Advocate, and his mother wastes no time recruiting him to solve their legal problems. In a community that thrives on imagined realities, Bafana decides that it’s easiest to...
| Автор | Niq Mhlongo |
Два враждующих санитарных инспектора Дэнни Скиннер и Брайан Кибби работают в эдинбургской ресторанной инспекции. Скиннер – пьяница и футбольный фанат, ненавидит и терроризирует Кибби, а в свободное время читает Рембо, Верлена и Шопенгауэра и смотрит фильмы Феллини. Кибби, тихий и стеснительный, собирает модельки паровозиков, фанатеет от «Стар-Трека», всего боится и в итоге попадает в больницу с болезнью печени – притом что никогда ни капли не пил. А Скиннер решает излечиться от алкоголизма, едет...
| Автор | Ирвин Уэлш |
"Anthem" by Ayn Rand. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a...
| Автор | Ayn Rand |