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Kolmas raamat Hiiumaal elanud ja tegutsenud legendaarsest jõumehest Matsist, kel lisaks kasvule ja tohutule jaksule on ka veel terane mõistus ja hea huumorimeel, mis aitavad teda kõiksugustes olukordades.
| Автор | Mati Soonik |
Bibi's Rainbow is a delightfully narrated novel centered around a large Iranian immigrant family and their old, wise and faithful nanny, Bibi, a talented cook armed with inexhaustible secret recipes, who is resolutely determined to ease the transition of four generations of her "family" into American society. Using her wits and miraculous recipes as weapons, she ultimately manages to avert a "Clash of Civilizations" in their Beverly Hills neighborhood,...
| Автор | Majid Amini |
"Chronicle of a Silence Endured" is a highly intriguing and deeply woven fictional piece. It chronicles the psychological and spiritual trials that befall the 'hero' as he moves through life bound by the stigma of his childhood abuse. The result is a self-imposed and family-reinforced sentence of intolerable silence across 35 years of his life. The complex events that unfold are further explained applying highly-detailed psychological and spiritual research and...
| Автор | Guido da Verona |
First published in 1996 immediately following the narrow referendum victory by the Quebec Federalists, Death in October has become a Canadian classic. Out of print for many years, the book has become a collector's item, new copies selling in some quarters for well over $100! At the urging of his many fans and readers Lowell has updated and added chapters to this book and as you can see has re-printed a much more modern hard cover version. What many will find interesting is that although...
| Автор | Lowell Inc. Green |
While witnessing unprecedented increases in autism among young children, an internationally revered medical doctor finds his retirement troublesome. Dr. Jeremiah Trent is convinced that a mercury-based vaccine preservative, similar to one he helped create while a young university chemist, could be the catalyst behind a rampantly spreading malady that had no recorded history before 1945. <br><br>Trent moves forward quickly, forming an unlikely alliance with irascible former U.S....
| Автор | Jack Peterson |
Võromaa sydames on kaardilt leitamatu Räestu kylä, autori maailma keskpunkt. Lõunaeestilistes panoraamides saavad hääle Virunuka kalme inimesed ja rahvasuu, kohalikud romantikud Adson ja Jaik, vanavanemad, lapsepõlv, kassid, jõed, kivid, teised, kolmandad ja veel Keegi.
| Автор | Lauri Sommer |
Kes on öelnud, et kõigile on antud ühesugused võimalused olla õnnelik? Caroline Donnell lakkas sellesse lõplikult uskumast, kui tema väljavalitu eelistas talle ta nooremat õde. Sellest ajast alates unustas ta isikliku elu ja pühendas end täielikult tööle. Aga kuhu jäid siis tunded? Mis tunded saavad olla sellel, keda kolleegid nimetavad sinisukaks? Kuid sellele vaatamata saabub ometi päev, mil Caroline vapustab kõiki jalustrabava uudisega…
| Автор | Jacqueline Bedford |
Baltisaksa päritolu soome rahvaluuleteadlase, poeedi, ajakirjaniku ja tõlkija Suonio (Julius Krohn) jutustused.
| Автор | Suonio |
This riveting novel tells the story of Isabelle, a beautiful child, who grows up in the tempestuous city of Bombay. It takes readers through Isabelle's emotional roller-coaster of a journey – her childhood, her starry-eyed romance, the killing of innocence as she endures a traumatic marriage, and her final tryst with true love in Canada.<br><br>The book is richly evocative and entertaining in its portrayal of Bombay. But saddened by the overwhelming poverty, depressed over...
| Автор | Colleen Ph.D. Ansley |
An inspirational story of love and the transforming power of music, Stradivarius is a novel that will engage and delight everyone who believes that wonderful things can happen to good people.<br><br>On the Korean peninsula during the freezing winter of 1951, a wounded American soldier finds a rare violin in the wall of a farmhouse where he has taken refuge. This is the beautifully told story of how a centuries old Stradivarius came to be in that unlikely place and how it changed the...
| Автор | Donald P. Ladew |
Rebecca Beresford left a hardscrabble farming family and never looked back. It was the best decision she ever made. She became a teacher in Riverton on the Western Slope of Colorado. The worst decision she ever made was marrying John Richards Jr., a bank manager, whose charm and worldly ways were just on loan. It was a debt the whole family would end up paying back. <br><br>The first years brought contentment, two sons and a look behind John's dark curtain. He turned to...
| Автор | Joseph Dylan |
Esimest korda kohtame me seda pikka ja pisut vibalikku kahupäist noormeest hetkel, kui ta on just vajutamas ühe neljakorruselise, kahe maailmasõja vahel ehitatud kivimaja altukse kellanupule. See liigutus muudab täielikult tema elu, aga ta ei tea seda veel, ehkki käitub, justkui teaks: ta on kätt välja sirutades vajunud mõttesse ja näib, nagu kaaluks ta, kas ikka helistada või mitte.
| Автор | Rein Raud |
Selle tänapäevase lühiromaani käivitab suhteliselt lihtne sündmus. Nimelt on peategelane üpris isekas ja võrdlemisi edukas sisekujundusbüroo omanik, kelle poole ootamatult pöörduvad veidravõitu kliendid suurejoonelise pakkumisega: tal tuleb üksi ja piiramatuid võimalusi kasutades luua ideaalse hotelli sisekujundus. Peategelane otsustab töö vastu võtta. Siit lähebki lugu edasi ja lugejal on ees avastusretk, mis ei olegi nii tavapärane, kui esmapilgul võiks paista.
| Автор | Rein Raud |
Off the barren west coast of Tasmania a fishing boat crew drag two sailors from the ocean. The only clue as to why they were there is held in a sailor's diary – written in a foreign language. Unravelling the mystery, the Australian authorities must find the vessel on which the sailors had sailed before other interested parties get to it first.<br><br>The discovery of the vessel becomes a deadly race when a saboteur is despatched to ensure that it will be destroyed,...
| Автор | Mr Stuart Jackson Jackson |
Clues of Chaos is honored as an 2015 International Book Awards Finalist in the "Fiction: Cross Genre" category. <br><br>After the mysterious death of a senator's sister in the country of Megalos, master wizard Leozanthicus is tasked with solving her heinous murder and retrieving weapons stolen from her estate. After recruiting loyal companions—including a Dawn Knight and a Mystic Knight—to join him, the group embarks on a quest to...
| Автор | Gary Caplan |
In September of 1940, Ned Smith, Professor of Physics at a small men's college in Illinois, gets a telegram inviting him to join a secret project at MIT. He jumps at the chance, even if it means parting from attractive and intelligent Dorothy Wilson, just as they are getting to know each other. In the next few months, while Franklin Roosevelt runs for his third term and Britain seems ever more likely to succumb to a Nazi invasion, Ned feverishly works on the Radar project in Cambridge,...
| Автор | Richard Black |
In this emotional and thought provoking story, we follow the heart stopping moments of a hardworking professional as he faces the fact that he may never get the chance to say goodbye to his beloved family. While incorporating a whole host of business wisdoms gained through his extensive real-life experience, author Teguh Pranoto Chen remembers that it can be all too easy to lose focus on what is in our heart and the people we hold dear. This realization allows him to wake every morning, looking...
| Автор | Teguh Pranoto Chen |
Abikaasa otsinguil pöördus Ariel viimases hädas abieluagentuuri poole, kus talle pakuti fiktiivabielu, mille lõppedes oleks teda oodanud suur tasu. Ahvatletud võimalusest osta suures linnas korter, Ariel nõustus. Pärast abielulepingu allkirjastamist leidis ta aga, et selle tingimused on orjastavad ning fiktiivne mees pole sugugi nii korralik ja hästikasvatatud, nagu alguses paistis.
| Автор | Helena Norman |
Kogumik Ivan Turgenevi lühijutustusi. Hor ja Kalinõtš Jermolai ja möldrinaine Lgov Kasjan Krassivaja Metšist Opman Kontor Birjuk Kaks mõisnikku Lauljad Elav surnu Mets ja stepp
| Автор | Ivan Turgenev |
Rory Flenagan aitab vennal korraldada äri jõusaalis, mille kaasomanik ta on. Ühel päeval saab tema kliendiks veetlev ja teravmeelne kirjaneitsi Cara Chien. Ühiselt veedetud tunnid jõusaalis ja basseinis tekitavad sideme, mis aitab Caral vabaneda eelmise suhte painetest, Rory aga jätab eluohtliku põhitöö Türgi õppepolügoonil.
| Автор | Tracy Weld |
This is a factual, no-nonsense book as told by a professional American assassin. The stories he tells are descriptions of true events with only a few names changed for obvious reasons. The author pulls no punches and never softens the story to make it more palatable. What you will read describes accurately the preparation, dedication, training and mind-set of a man and his associates who kill America's enemies for a living.
| Автор | Robert J. Firth |
An Deck eines Schiffes auf dem Weg von New York nach Europa sitzt Gustav Mahler. Er ist berühmt, der größte Musiker der Welt, doch sein Körper schmerzt, hat immer schon geschmerzt. Während ihn der Schiffsjunge sanft, aber resolut umsorgt, denkt er zurück an die letzten Jahre, die Sommer in den Bergen, den Tod seiner Tochter Maria, die er manchmal noch zu sehen meint. An Anna, die andere Tochter, die gerade unten beim Frühstück sitzt, und an Alma, die Liebe seines Lebens, die ihn verrückt macht...
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
This unique little book shows life confused, conflicted, and enriched by diversity. A fanciful world of «perfect squares» must cope with new rectangles, triangles, circles, «gons» and other weirdos, each with distinct personalities and predilections. In this quirky story, creativity and teamwork work wonders. Principles of human relations, change management, even Quality Management are exemplified in a simple, amusing story that appeals to many ages and backgrounds. The author has also designed...
| Автор | Dolly Haik-Adams Berthelot |