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Serena armastab juba aastaid Davidit, kes vastab talle samaga. Kuid nad kuuluvad ühiskonna eri kihtidesse ja seetõttu arvab neidis, et nende armastusel puudub õnnelik ja helge tulevik…
| Автор | Tawny Michell |
'I am with you always, even unto the end of the world . . .' Peter Leigh is a missionary called to go on the journey of a lifetime. Leaving behind his beloved wife, Bea, he boards a flight for a remote and unfamiliar land, a place where the locals are hungry for the teachings of the Bible – his 'book of strange new things'. It is a quest that will challenge Peter's beliefs, his understanding of the limits of the human body and, most of all, his love for Bea. The...
| Автор | Michel Faber |
Behind the high walls of a mansion in Geneva a night of sinister revelry is about to begin . . . In the staff quarters, the servants led by the cool, unflappable butler are preparing for the downfall of the Baron and Baroness. Meanwhile in the attic, the Baron's invalid brother awaits his fate as an unwitting pawn in their devious plans. And in the library, the Baron, the Baroness and their young handsome secretary are locked in a mysterious, heated discussion. As the macabre...
| Автор | Muriel Spark |
Introduced by Giles Gordon. Elspeth Davie is one of Scotland’s finest and most underrated short-story writers. Her prose style is as clear and occasionally unnerving as that of Muriel Spark, yet her work reveals a gentler and more compassionate, but no less penetrating eye for the beauty and the strangeness of the daily human condition. This wide-ranging collection of the very best of Elspeth Davie’s short fiction offers an important reassessment of a wonderful writer. ‘Exceptionally...
| Автор | Elspeth Davie |
In 1985 police bombed a West Philadelphia row house. Eleven people died and a fire started that destroyed sixty other houses. John Edgar Wideman brings these events and their repercussions to shocking life in this seminal novel. At the heart of Philadelphia Fire is Cudjoe, a writer and exile who returns to his old neighbourhood and who becomes obsessed with the search for a lone survivor of the event, a young boy seen running from the flames. One of Wideman’s most ambitious and celebrated...
| Автор | John Edgar Wideman |
Lesestunud Saral pole uutes suhetes õnne ja ta jõuab järeldusele, et tõeline armastus saab inimesele osaks vaid korra elus. Seda hetkeni, kui naabermajja kolib ärritav, kuid samas vastupandamatult ligitõmbav Norman, kes lisaks kõigele otsib endale üheks õhtuks fiktiivset abikaasat.
| Автор | Johanna Reeds |
Prantsuse kirjanduse klassiku Guy de Maupassant’i tuntuim romaan nägusast sõna- ja tegudeosavast ajakirjanikust Georges Duroyst, kes jultunult endasse naisi armuma pannes teeb ameti-, äri- ja abielurindel peadpööritavat karjääri.
| Автор | Guy de Maupassant |
Peakangelasel Juhal tuleb nüüd napsitamise asemel keskenduda raseda naise tujudele ja tundepuhangutele. Kuidas sobitub enesekeskne ja naudinguile pühendunud endine prohvialkohoolik uude olukorda? Panused on igatahes kõrged… Raamat on kindlasti mõnelegi emale ja isale hurmavalt meeleolukas meenutus sellest, kui kohutav ja tore lapseootus oli.
| Автор | Juha Vuorinen |
Lucca Montale, a 32-year-old Danish actress, is rushed into hospital after a motor accident. She is severely injured after a head-on collision with a lorry. Robert, the doctor responsible for treating her, is obliged to break the news that she may never see again. Robert and Lucca are both suffering the after-effects of love. He has sought refuge in controlled resignation since his divorce. She has rushed into dramatic, desperate acts. Gr�ndahl masterfully deploys a dual narrative, switching...
| Автор | Jens Christian Grøndahl |
Agent Kasper is kidnapped in Cambodia whilst on a mission for the CIA to investigate counterfeit money schemes. He is supposed to disappear forever. Because Kasper has uncovered something so terrible, so explosive and so damaging that the intelligence service he works for wants him dead. When Kasper finds himself in the appalling squalor of one of the world's most notorious prison camps near Phnom Penh, the corrupt guards sent to execute him spot an opportunity and wonder – is Kasper...
| Автор | Agent Kasper |
Princeton. New Jersey. 14th March 1954 'Albert Einstein speaking.' 'Who?' asks the girl on the telephone. 'I'm sorry,' she says. 'I have the wrong number.' 'You have the right number,' Albert says. From a wrong number to a friendship that would impact both their lives, Albert Einstein Speaking begins with two unlikely friends – the world's most respected scientist and a schoolgirl from New Jersey. From their first...
| Автор | R.J. Gadney |
"Trusting another is showing the most vulnerable part of yourself, and if you can't trust, you can't find happiness.", In this fast paced fiction story written from different point of views we see the lives of six high school students unfold with lust, turmoil, family clashes, relationship mix-ups and much more. Friendships will end, relationships will blossom some for the best and some for the worst. Their stories are intertwined together and in the end they...
| Автор | Keosha Boone's Gowins |
When Angels Fail To Fly <br><br>A Steve Cassidy Mystery <br><br>Private Investigator Steve Cassidy returns for another adventure involving murder, intrigue, scams, former and current lovers, and his distinctive sarcastic loathing for everyone, including himself. <br><br>Six months after solving a celebrated missing persons cold case, the ex-cop's life appears to be back on track. His P.I. business is booming after a True Crime book portrayed him as a...
| Автор | John Schlarbaum |
Tuisu talu perenaine oli nii kange rahvatarkuste teadja, et teda kutsuti Ravitseja-Leenuks ja abiotsijaid vooris tema juurde lähedalt ja kaugelt, mõisahärragi nende seas. Ja kust seda arstiabi Suuremõisa kandis Hiiumaal kahesaja aasta eest nii väga võtta oligi. Paljud Ravitseja-Leenu ravivõtetest annavad tänapäevalgi soovitud tulemuse.
| Автор | Mati Soonik |
"Eesti avastamine" koondab aastatel 1881-1920 Ungaris Eesti ja eestlaste kohtakirjutatud artikleid. Suurem osa neist on ilmunud etnograafi ja tõlkija AladárBáni sulest, kes käis Eesti saartel ja Setumaal etnograafilisel kogumisretkel1911. aasta suvel. Kogumik on Ungari-Eesti kultuurisuhete ühe tähtsa peatükiesmatutvustamine eesti publikule.
| Автор | Urmas Bereczki |
Jewels on Tiger Island is a fictional suspense novel which includes romance and will also captivate the reader from the beginning to the end of the book in finding a "killer" or "killers".<br><br>A young woman's corpse has been accidentally discovered on Tiger Island, Florida by residents from Amelia Island, Florida. Various clues from the Bahama Islands to Canada have led the people who discovered the corpse, as well as crime detectives...
| Автор | Catherine Pickren |
Mysteries Unlimited Ltd is the name of a small company that answers questions of any kind, no matter how strange or even dangerous. Occasionally they take projects that cause even the redoubtable owner and Willie Nelson, look alike Sydney Constant Lee to take pause.<br><br>Mysteries Unlimited is staffed by a zany bunch of misfits, all of whom have one thing in common; they are very smart. However they don't always operate in close proximity with reality. The May Day Massacre,...
| Автор | Donald Ph.D. Ladew |
"Ten Bridges Seven Churches No Stop Light" is a riveting tale of small town people living exciting lives.<br><br>This journey will have you hanging onto the farm sleigh as the team of draft horses fall through the ice. Ring the alarm bell on the assembly line and tell the car and truck manufacturers to fix it before you push the start button. Everett and Rose take on the largest company in the world and you can work with them to correct the problem. Hide in the dark...
| Автор | Rodney Earl Andrews |
When Rex calls after years of being incommunicado, his best friend Grant is hesitant to accept his invitation. Just like the old days, Rex knows the buttons to push. He has invited Annie, the woman Grant thought he was going to marry. Former friends and lost loves reconnect on a long, playful and soul searching weekend in Palm Springs. Each discovering they hold hopes long forgotten, each hold fears that the best times of their lives may have already passed by. The mending of emotional fences...
| Автор | Edward Inc. Cozza |
Selle raamatu lugeja saab aimu autorit ümbritsenud inimestest ja ajastutest tema enda südame ja silmade läbi. Värvikad eluhetked, muutused ja areng peegelduvad autobiograafilises reaalsuses, ilustamata sündmustes osalejaid.
| Автор | Arvo Möldri |