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Wegen eines kuriosen Testaments, soll Kate eine unglaubliche Aufgabe erfüllen. Sie muss sich auf die Suche nach einem wertvollen Miniaturgemälde begeben. Doch das Abenteuer beginnt mit einer Lüge, die unabwendbare Konsequenzen mit sich führt.
| Автор | Sylvie C. Ange |
In a brief, panicked moment, Rick mistakes the kindness of an apparent stranger for a threatening act, and inadvertently commits murder. He flees the scene, and tries to keep secret from his family the unfortunate event that has occurred. Little does he know that not only has he killed an innocent man, but the man is the son of Annie, with whom Rick had an intense relationship in his youth. As Rick and Annie struggle to come to terms with the tragedy, each recalls the life they once led, and...
| Автор | Mary Soderstrom |
Short-listed for the 2004 Dartmouth Book Award Sara has the perfect career: as a photographer for a glossy travel magazine, she is able to pursue her passion for photography while at the same time appeasing her mother, who wants her to have a «real job.» But Sara’s ideal world comes crashing down when she is diagnosed with macular degeneration. As her vision begins to deteriorate, she faces the devastating prospect of having to give up both her career and her passion. Hoping to avoid surgery,...
| Автор | Heidi Priesnitz |
Originally published in 1962, The Silence on the Shore is considered by many critics to be Hugh Garner’s best, most ambitious novel. Truly, in the person of Grace Hill, the landlady of the Toronto rooming house where most of the book’s events take place, Garner has created a fictional character never to be forgotten. Grace is a middle-aged snoop and an overweight nudist whose sexual release comes from watching wrestling matches at a hockey arena that is a thinly disguised Maple Leaf Gardens. ...
| Автор | Hugh Garner |
This volume combines three of Richard Rohmer's best-selling novels in one book. Ultimatum, Exxoneration , and Periscope Red are all fast-paced, incisive novels in which Rohmer makes fiction read like fact. They are chilling visions of a world of military conflict, legal and political entanglements, and Canada's role in domestic and international spheres. The issues inside are just as important to Canada today as they were when the books were written. In all of these works, Rohmer...
| Автор | Richard Rohmer |
David, an Anglican parish priest, has no way of knowing that his place in the world is about to be shaken irrevocably. He will be flung headlong into a journey of discovery that leads him to Canada’s rugged West Coast, a journey of loss and deliverance long overdue. There, in the midst of a spirited pioneer people, David veers into the tangled realms of love and passion, and stares even into the jaws of death. This unpredictable pilgrimage of the soul makes no guarantees and offers no safe...
| Автор | Brian E. Pearson |
"Ajaloolisi öid" kirjutama asudes seadsin ma endale eesmärgiks taastada rohkem või vähem tuntud sündmuseid nii täpselt ja värvikalt, kui allesjäänud materjalide põhjal vähegi võimalik. Ma valisin need juhtumused, mis olid kummalised ja hõlmasid endas inimlikke kirgi, ning vormides iga sellise sündmuse jutustuseks, jälgisin hoolikalt ja ettevaatlikult, et lugu järgiks tegelikke ülesmärgitud sündmusi ja midagi ei oleks välja mõeldud… Rafael Sabatini
| Автор | Rafael Sabatini |
Pistaks pere, üheksakuune tüdruk Rott kaasa arvatud, autohaagisesse ja hängiks kaks kuud Hispaanias? Miks mitte. Mõeldud – tehtud.
| Автор | Peeter Sauter |
From the author of The Winter Palace comes Eve Stachniak’s first novel about the discovery of secrets and lies that stitch together empires and individual lives. Winner of the 2000 Amazon.com/Books in Canada First Novel Prize Necessary Lies tells the story of the discovery of secrets and lies that stitch together empires and individual lives. What are the lies we tell ourselves and others that get us through our lives? In the summer of 1981 Anna is suddenly offered the opportunity to study...
| Автор | Eva Stachniak |
This magical new novel by Governor General and Trillium Prize nominee Mark Frutkin, set in 13th century Venice and Cathay, is a dazzling fresco of shimmering language, brimming with golden tableaus of arid deserts and cobblestone alleys, the wafting scent of cardomin and the mystical trill of a praying friar. It is the story of Marco Polo as he is about to set sail on an arduous and lengthy pilgrimage with his father, uncle and faithful guide across the sun-soaked silk route, the rich path of...
| Автор | Mark Frutkin |
10 novelli A. H. Tammsaarelt: «Elavad nukud», «Itaalia-reis», «Jõulupuu», «Kitty tahab suureks saada», «Laps», «Vanaisa surm», «Matus», «Pöialpoiss», «Sex appeal», «Viiul».
| Автор | Anton Hansen Tammsaare |
Loren Carley on harjunud oma probleeme ise lahendama. Ta on veendunud, et võib endale ise elatist teenida, oma lapse suureks kasvatada ja armastatud mehe poolt purustatud südame tükid kokku korjata. Selgub, et armastatud mees ei kavatsegi tema südant purustada…Ta on valmis Lorenist kuninganna tegema.
| Автор | Cindy Rinthal |
"She had a voice like an angel, smooth and complex as a twenty-year-old single malt, rich as thick cream. Everyone who heard Olivia sing felt as if she could see right into their souls, that her songs were meant for them alone. This was the magic her artistry conjured. In earlier times, she wouldhave been put to death as a witch. Such was the talent of Olivia Saint." Meet Andy Curran, drummer in a struggling jazz trio. When a distinctly odd street person sings at an open mic night at the...
| Автор | Rick Blechta |
Michael Quinn, former rock star, turned his back on a band on the verge of superstardom twenty-four years ago. Hes spent his life since hiding from everything hed been. When a woman chased by thugs jumps into his car, he tries to help. But this sets in motion a chain of events which turns his life upside down, even more so when his best friend is murdered and the girl disappears. Meanwhile, the thugs are looking for Michael. Only by finding the mystery girl can he hope to get out of a hole thats...
| Автор | Rick Blechta |
Maverick music manager Campbell Ouiniette makes a final destructive bid for glory at the Calgary Folk Festival. Travel in the entertaining company of a man made of equal parts bullshit and inspiration, in what is ultimately a twisted panegyric to the power of strange music to change people from the inside out. At turns funny and strangely sobering, this «found memoir» is a picaresque tale of inspired, heroic deceit, incompetence, and – just possibly – triumph. Follow the flailing escapades of...
| Автор | Geoff Berner |
Presenting the first two novels of the Morgan O’Brien series by Alex Brett, in a definitive ebook bundle. Morgan is a government investigator specializing in science fraud, an occupation with both its hazards and its challenges. In Dead Water Creek , Morgan travels to Vancouver to investigate crimes in the unlikely but big-money arena of fisheries research. In Cold Dark Matter she goes to Hawaii to uncover astronomical secrets dating back to the Cold War. Brett’s series stands alone in its...
| Автор | Alex Brett |
Kes on juba tuttav raamatuga “Jõumees Matsi juhtumused", leiab siit nendele muhedatele lugudele järje. Aga neile, kes pole veel tuttavad Matsiga, ütleme, et tegu on Hiiumaal elanud ja tegutsenud legendaarse jõumehega, kel lisaks kasvule ja tohutule jaksule on ka veel terane mõistus ja hea huumorimeel, mis aitavad teda kõiksugu olukordades.
| Автор | Mati Soonik |