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Based on real events 2002-2010 Everything changed in an instant. One terrible decision sealed his fate. Trouble is stalking him. Dink, a gregarious Australian doctor, flees Qatari prison after a drink driving charge. Escaping to Dubai, a body is discovered in his hotel. Danny Zur's Mossad spies have killed a Hamas commander. False identities and Australian passports were used. Dink, Danny's neighbour a decade ago, is drawn into the web of international espionage. Traveling to the...
| Автор | PAO |
Mustard Seeds, Modern Parables is a five year collection of short stories. Each story is inspired by the day to day life of an ordinary woman. Melissa covers everything from collapsed sinks to trying to handle a four pound Chihuahua bent on destroying the pet groomers. Her stories, often humorous and always thought provoking, endeavor to show God in the details and point to Christ and how best we can serve Him with our allotted talents and abilities. It is the hope of the writer that these...
| Автор | Melissa Levi |
The story continues as John and his crew work toward getting his brother, Jim, to the National Championship race. But the racing holds a backseat to the biblical lessons that become a more significant element in this adventure. Joshua discusses topics including, What is sin? What will it be like in Heaven? Who was Melchizedek and why is he so important? The shared delight of this learning experience is dampened when unexpected tragedy casts a shadow on their path. Fortunately, the stark...
| Автор | John Saurino |
From playboy to bridegroomDr Sarah Richardson has never thought of herself as beautiful after a childhood heart transplant left its scar. She’s always kept her mind firmly on work – until firefighter Ned Kellaway arrives on the scene…Charismatic, courageous and irresistibly sexy, Ned has always been the centre of female attention – and loves every minute of it! But something in Sarah’s innocent grey eyes mesmerises him, and for the first time in his life Ned realises he wants far more than a...
| Автор | Emily Forbes |
Mills & Boon proudly presents THE SARA CRAVEN COLLECTION. Sara’s powerful and passionate romances have captivated and thrilled readers all over the world for five decades making her an international bestseller.What choice did she really have?Alison Mortimer had felt there was something going on over and above the appalling reality of her father's sudden death. And Nicholas Bristow's presence confirmed her suspicions.Her father, she discovered, had lost everything in an attempt to...
| Автор | Сара Крейвен |
Amüsante Kurzgeschichten aus dem Bayerischen Voralpenland von Ludwig Thoma
| Автор | Ludwig Thoma |
Tuntud Eesti ulmekirjaniku jutukogu, milles mitmete juttude tegelased on lugejaile ka varasemast tuttavad, nagu eksortsist pan Grpowski, Dom Ramón del Estero („Palveränd uude maailma“). Lühiromaan “Tagasi tulevikku IV” on mõistagi inspireeritud filmitriloogiast “Back to the Future I-III”. Lühiromaan “Roos ja lumekristall” on aga inspireeritud ühe maailma kuulsaima kirjaniku üsnagi karismaatilisest tekstist.
| Автор | Indrek Hargla |
Mills & Boon proudly presents THE SARA CRAVEN COLLECTION. Sara’s powerful and passionate romances have captivated and thrilled readers all over the world for five decades making her an international bestseller.he wanted the impossible–his love!Learning that her grandfather was critically ill was a severe shock for Lisle. Then she discovered that he planned to give Jake Allard control of their family business and arrange a marriage between her and Jake!It would never work–Jake detested her....
| Автор | Сара Крейвен |
2046 год. Каждый сыт. Каждый в тепле, в безопасности. У каждого есть работа, выходной, быстрый Интернет. Иммануил как один из миллиардов таких же не спрашивает "В чем смысл?». В стабильном доходе, конечно. В завтрашнем дне, который можно предугадать, можно спланировать; в пользе обществу, в выгоде, в семье… Отца уже давно нет. Крест над могилой матери покосился. Иммануил один. В чем смысл теперь? Найти счастье, найти цель. Сначала нужно проснуться, открыть глаза. Теперь он видит. Видит...
| Автор | Антон Витальевич Дериглазов |
Set against the backdrop of America's Great Depression and Dust Bowl, a family of farmers from Oklahoma head west in search of work, only to discover thousands like them are also on the move. Following a violent altercation with some locals, they head back on the road with their dream of a promised land in tatters. And life is set to get much worse for the Joads… John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about economic migration and the endurance of the human spirit is dramatized...
| Автор | Джон Стейнбек |
The hilarious debut novel from the Oscar®-winning screenwriter of Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, and Synecdoche, New York.‘Riotously funny’ New York Times‘Just as loopy and clever as his movies’ Washington PostB. Rosenberger Rosenberg, neurotic and underappreciated film critic (failed academic, filmmaker, paramour, shoe salesman who sleeps in a sock drawer), stumbles upon a hitherto unseen film by an enigmatic outsider – a three-month-long stop-motion masterpiece...
| Автор | Charlie Kaufman |
Komandör Sam Vimes läheb maale puhkusele, mille on talle organiseerinud patriits Vetinari ja tema naine. Vimes on linnavõmm ja maaelu äratab temas sügavat umbusku, pealegi on tal tunne, et teda kogu aeg jälgitakse, sest kõik põõsad, kraavid ja aasad on täis seal sagivaid olevusi. Aga võmm jääb alati võmmiks ja Vimesi nina haistab üsna varsti midagi kahtlast…
| Автор | Терри Пратчетт |
Kui kaugele kavatseb Rose minna, et oma lubadust täita?
Hiljutine strigoide rünnak Püha Vladimiri Akadeemiale oli kooli ajaloos hukutavaim, selles said surma nii moroidest õpilased, õpetajad kui ka kaitsjad. Hullem veel – strigoid võtsid endaga kaasa mõned ohvrid…
| Автор | Richelle Mead |
Heart Radio x Dreams Bedtime Bookclub April Book of the MonthThe dazzling, powerful story of a gutsy showgirl who tries to conquer her past amongst the glamour of 1960s Las Vegas – finding unexpected fortune, friendship and love.In the summer of 1968, Ruby Wilde is the toast of Las Vegas. Showgirl of the Year, in her feathers and rhinestones, five-inch heels and sky-high headdresses, she mesmerises audiences from the Tropicana to the Stardust. Ratpackers and movie stars, gamblers and astronauts...
| Автор | Elizabeth J Church |
SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2020LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2019The moving, powerful and urgent English-language debut from one of the brightest young stars in world literatureSuppose you and Pa were gone, and we were lost. What would happen then?A family in New York packs the car and sets out on a road trip. A mother, a father, a boy and a girl, they head south west, to the Apacheria, the regions of the US which used to be...
| Автор | Valeria Luiselli |
The long-awaited sequel to the international bestseller PS, I Love You!It's been seven years since Holly Kennedy's husband died – six since she read his final letter, urging Holly to find the courage to forge a new life. She’s proud of all the ways in which she has grown and evolved. But when a group inspired by Gerry's letters, calling themselves the PS, I Love You Club, approaches Holly asking for help, she finds herself drawn back into a world that she worked so hard to leave...
| Автор | Cecelia Ahern |
Meredith Mitchell lõpetab töö välismaal ja peab kolima tagasi Inglismaale. Ta otsustab üürida majakese Oxfordshire’s ja sealt Londonis tööl käia. Vähehaaval tekivad tal ka suhted naabritega ning tundub, et kõige paremini saab ta läbi Harrietiga, kauni ja iseseisva naisega. Kui Harriet aga teise jõulupüha jahi alguses tapetakse, tuleb Alan Markbyl kuritegu lahendada. Meredithil õnnestub teda oma tähelepanekutega aidata.
| Автор | Ann Granger |
Robert Ludlumi põnevikus peavad kaks vastandit – USA välisministeeriumi konsulaaroperatsioonide vallandatud ametnik Todd Belknap ja väärtpaberianalüütik Andrea Bancroft – ühendama jõud, et selgitada välja, kes või mis on Genesis. Paljudele tähendab see nimi võimalust, mis ergutab nende saamahimu, kuid teiste soontes tarretab vere ja kummitab neid õudusunenägudes. On kiire, sest varsti on juba hilja – ohus on miljonid elud.
| Автор | Robert Ludlum |
Gerwig Epkes porträtiert Marie Luise Kaschnitz in einem faszinierenden Hörbild durch Ausschnitte aus ihren Werken. Die von Dieter Schnebel vertonten «Kaschnitz-Gedichte» aus der Sammlung «Kein Zauberspruch» bereichern das Hörbild um eine sehr persönliche Note. Dieter Schnebel gilt nicht nur als einer der wichtigsten Komponisten unserer Zeit, er ist auch der Schwiegersohn von Marie Luise Kaschnitz.
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |