Контркультура
19049 кн.
‘We have to act like a real couple…’The solution? Mind-blowingly real pleasure!Dane ‘Smoke’ Kingsolver and Cat Livingston need to fake a relationship to get her abusive ex off her back. Convincing people their friendship has heated up to scorching levels is unexpectedly easy! But when their red-hot chemistry threatens to ruin everything they’ve ever known, can they go back to what they had before? And do they even want to?
| Автор | Jackie Ashenden |
Wealthy security expert Larkin Wolff knows emotional involvement with clients is strictly forbidden…but he’s never had a client like Winnie Bellamy!The waif-like heiress needs him – personally and professionally – so how can he say no? Winnie makes him long for what he can’t have and suddenly Larkin’s ready to break all his own rules!
| Автор | Дженис Мейнард |
Начинающий журналист и писатель случайно становится свидетелем изнасилования. Или это ему показалось? Главный герой снова и снова погружается в пучину разврата, ненависти и наркотиков, надеясь вернуть… свою невинность. Он верит, что однажды его боль принесёт ему облегчение, и ради этого готов на всё.«Пожалуй, самая искренняя книга о прощании с юностью на рубеже "девяностых" и "нулевых"».Бахыт Килибаев – сценарист, режиссер, продюсер.Содержит нецензурную брань.
| Автор | Алексей Марьясов |
| Жанр | Современная русская и зарубежная проза, Контркультура |
| Год | 2019 |
Сборник контркультурной прозы. Мораль всех рассказов книги – голая правда. Без всякой на то морали. А правда, как известно, страшит. (Не путать со словом «тошнит». ) И, конечно, в книге присутствует перчинка: добавлено немного чёрного юмора.Внимание! В книге присутствует нецензурная речь.
| Автор | Виктор Мельников |
"Like many fond parents, I have in my heart of hearts a favourite child," confessed Charles Dickens in the preface of this novel, «and his name is David Copperfield.» Millions of readers have taken young David into their hearts as well, weeping over his misfortunes and exulting in his triumphs. Dickens' seventh novel, David Copperfield, appeared in 1850, by which time he was a British national institution. Based on the author's own tumultuous journey from boy to man, this epic...
| Автор | Charles Dickens |
"Fathers and Sons" by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev (translated by C. J. Hogarth). 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...
| Автор | Ivan Turgenev |
Чарльз Буковски культовый американский писатель XX века, чья европейская популярность всегда обгоняла американскую (в одной Германии прижизненный тираж его книг перевалил за два миллиона), автор более сорока книг, среди которых романы, стихи, эссеистика и рассказы. Несмотря на порою шокирующий натурализм, его тексты полны лиричности, даже своеобразной сентиментальности. Буковски по праву считается мастером короткой формы, и единственный в его позднем творчестве сборник рассказов, «Музыка горячей...
| Автор | Чарльз Буковски |
<P>At the Weldon Institute in Philadelphia, a mob of zealous balloon enthusiasts plans to conquer the sky in a state-of-the-art dirigible. When a stranger, the mysterious Robur, declares that the future belongs not to balloons but to heavier-than-air flying machines, the Institute scornfully dismisses the idea. But Robur demands vengeance—and has a unique flying machine that will allow him to take it.</P><P>By turns an impassioned argument for aviation,...
| Автор | Jules Verne |
Mark Twain's humorous account of his six years in Nevada, San Francisco, and the Sandwich Islands is a patchwork of personal anecdotes and tall tales, many of them told in the «vigorous new vernacular» of the West. Selling seventy five thousand copies within a year of its publication in 1872, <I>Roughing It </I>was greeted as a work of «wild, preposterous invention and sublime exaggeration» whose satiric humor made «pretension and false dignity ridiculous.» Meticulously restored...
| Автор | Mark Twain |
Based on Mark Twain's 1872 autobiographical novel, Roughing It follows the travels of young Mark Twain through the Wild West during the years 1861–1867. After a brief stint as a Confederate cavalry militiaman, he joined his brother Orion Clemens, who had been appointed Secretary of the Nevada Territory, on a stagecoach journey west. Twain consulted his brother's diary to refresh his memory and borrowed heavily from his active imagination for many stories in the novel. Roughing It...
| Автор | Mark Twain |
"I can't sleep with a man who keeps secrets."Despite the warnings that he would break her heart, Jayne Hughes fell for the bad boy. And Conrad Hughes, casino magnate, did just that with his absences and lies. Now she's ready to move on, but her husband has other plans….Conrad's undercover work for Interpol destroyed his marriage. When Jayne comes to Monte Carlo seeking a divorce, he launches an all-out assault. Seducing his wife back into his bed is child's play; earning...
| Автор | Catherine Mann |
"The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man" by James Weldon Johnson. 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...
| Автор | James Weldon Johnson |
All it takes to seal the deal is one little temporary engagement….Ethan Logan never fails. But taking over the multi-million-dollar Beaumont Brewery is proving impossible. To succeed will mean taking drastic measures. It means proposing to a red-haired Beaumont bombshell. It’s the perfect plan—until Ethan realizes he wants her for more than just business….Frances Beaumont won’t marry a total stranger and get nothing in return. But once Ethan agrees to the socialite’s terms, she expects their...
| Автор | Sarah M. Anderson |
Their families tore them apart. Can their baby bring them back together? For more than a year, Byron Beaumont has tried to get over Leona Harper. Not even living overseas could erase the memory of their affair…or her betrayal. Her family has been out to destroy his for decades, and despite Byron trusting her, making love to her, Leona kept her identity hidden. Now that Byron is back–as her new employer–he wants answers.But what he gets is another surprise. Leona has given birth to his son....
| Автор | Sarah M. Anderson |
A wealthy cowboy in her stocking…CJ Wesley values his privacy more than anything. If TV news star Natalie Baker reveals he’s really a Beaumont heir, the media will go wild. That’s when a surprise snowstorm strands the beautiful reporter in his house—and in his bed. Soon he’ll learn how much she’s discovered…and how much he wants her.CJ defies Natalie’s expectations. The gruff, sexy cowboy knows how to heat up a snowbound cabin and make Christmas magical. Exposing the elusive Beaumont brother...
| Автор | Sarah M. Anderson |
Can she keep her hands off her super-sexy ex?In desperate need of protection, Jianne Xang-Bennett reluctantly turns to her estranged husband, martial arts expert Jacob Bennett, for help. But there are problems: they’ve been separated for twelve years and cannot be in the same room together without arguing or ripping each other’s clothes off – sometimes at the same time!But Jacob will go to extremes for those he loves, and Jianne is the only woman who can bring this honourable warrior to his...
| Автор | Kelly Hunter |
Nicholas Cooper must produce a wife for his business deal, and Hallie Bennett is beautiful and intelligent enough to pull it off. She needs the money, and Nicholas has determined some strict rules for their week together. Rule No. 1: Displays of affection in public only Keeping their hands on each other in public turns out to be surprisingly easy.It's keeping them off in private that's the problem. Hallie is falling for Nicholas, but will Nicholas make his contract wife his real-life...
| Автор | Kelly Hunter |
The Duke she’s never forgotten…When Gemma Rizzo applied to become pastry chef at the gorgeous Italian castello where she grew up, she never expected to get the job. But neither did she expect to find that her new boss was silver-eyed billionaire Vincenzo Gagliardi – the man who left her broken-hearted!Her first instinct is to run, but when Vincenzo finally reveals the devastating truth of what caused him to flee eleven years before, Gemma must decide if she can trust the haunted man she never...
| Автор | Rebecca Winters |