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Originally published in 1967, Combat Journal for Place d’Armes , set in Montreal, was initially met with shock and anger by most reviewers. As D.H. Lawrence’s Lady Chatterley’s Lover once had, it challenged the attitudes and morals held by most people in its time regarding life and literature. Despite this initial reaction, the novel earned author Scott Symons the Beta Sigma Phi Best First Canadian Novel Award and went on to be regarded as one of the «most important statements about Canadian...
| Автор | Scott Symons |
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 |
The writing of Robert W. Service is mostly known through his poems and ballads. Immortalized by his two iconic ballads, «The Cremation of Sam McGee» and «The Shooting of Dan McGrew,» he has entered the world’s imagination as the Bard of the Yukon. But Service was much more than a chronicler of the Great North. A traveller and adventurer who tried his hand at many occupations, Service left a fascinating set of impressions: the successful literary life in the course of which he produced...
| Автор | Robert W. Service |
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 |
Oh, mu tüdrukud, kui kaua te ka ei elaks, ei saa ma teile kunagi soovida suuremat õnne, kui ma praegu tunnen! Nii lausub Megi, Jo, Bethi ja Amy ema oma kuuekümnendal sünnipäeval. Kas põhjusega?
| Автор | Louisa May Alcott |
Kui Andres Västrik viimati kalal käis, tõmbas ta välja suure havi, kaheksakilose, roostes landid rippusid armilise lõua küljes. Kuid seekord tõmmati vanapoiss ise välja ja landi otsas siputas seega 90 kilo pohmellis testosterooni. Palju ei puudunud, et ta oleks trofeeks tehtud ja teistele hoiatuseks sabapidi üles riputatud. Koos dzhiif Reinu-, äpardunud gängiliikme Kalle- ja kümnete teiste jipi-aiee-dega.
| Автор | Mihkel Ulman |
XIX sajandi proosakirjanduse tippteoseid, prantsuse klassiku Stendhali (1783-1842) romaan lihtrahva hulgast pärineva noore haritlase eluteest Napoleoni ajastule järgnenud vaimselt sumbunud ühiskonnas.
| Автор | Stendhal |
Nachdem die Kinder aus dem Haus sind, wünscht sich Sophie einen Neuanfang für ihre eingeschlafene Ehe und arrangiert einen Segelkurs auf Rügen. Als ihr Mann sich weigert zu fahren – oder überhaupt irgendetwas zu ändern -, zieht Sophie die Reißleine: Sie trennt sich und macht sich allein auf den Weg an die Ostsee. Doch schon bald fragt sie sich, ob der Segelkurs eine gute Idee war. Sie tritt nämlich von einem Fettnäpfchen ins nächste. Und besonders ungeschickt wird sie, wenn ihr der attraktive...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
After generations of prosperity in the mining town of Brighton, Newfoundland, Jack and Angela McCarthy find themselves jobless. In order to keep his family together, Jack accepts a job in a gold mine in the wilds of northern Alberta. <br/> <br/> <b>2015 DEWEY DIVA PICK</b> <br/> <br> Arriving in Foxville, the McCarthys find themselves resented, bullied, and cast as outsiders. When Jack’s best friend, Peter, is swindled out of his savings and resorts to...
| Автор | Dayle Furlong |
Winston Patrick, a successful lawyer but dissatisfied with his career defending the downtrodden of Vancouver’s criminal world, trades in the courtroom for the high school classroom. Soon Winston’s past life meets his present when a student accuses a fellow colleague of a teacher-student love affair. Reluctantly, Winston agrees to provide legal defence, but the case takes an even uglier turn: the student is murdered, making her alleged lover the prime suspect. And this is no ordinary student....
| Автор | David Russell W. |
2012 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize – Winner 2012 Governor General’s Literary Award – Finalist, English-Language Fiction In December of 1944, the Red Army entered Budapest to begin one of the bloodiest sieges of the Second World War. By February, the siege was over, but its effects were to be felt for decades afterward. Siege 13 is a collection of thirteen linked stories about this terrible time in history, both its historical moment, but also later, as a legacy of silence, haunting,...
| Автор | Tamas Dobozy |
EINE VERZWEIFELTE MISSION – EINE HANDVOLL ÜBERLEBENDER – EIN GEHEIMNISSVOLLER PLANET Kriege, Umweltzerstörung und Seuchen – die Erde des 22. Jahrhunderts steht vor dem Kollaps. Das Ende der Menschheit droht! Daher soll die Terraforming-Mission Genesis einen weit entfernten, erdähnlichen Planeten urbar machen. Doch es kommt zur Katastrophe, und die Genesis stürzt auf einem unwirtlichen Gesteinsbrocken ab. Wie konnte das passieren? Was erwartet die wenigen Überlebenden auf diesem unbekannten...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Vene kirjandusklassiku 1850. aastal ilmunud jutustus 19. sajandi vene aristokraatia elust ja inimese võõrandumisest.
| Автор | Ivan Turgenev |