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K. Sello Duiker was, before his death in 2005, widely regarded as South Africa’s most promising young writer. Thirteen Cents, his first novel, won the Commonwealth Writers Prize Best First Book Award (Africa Region) and has gone on to become a modern South African classic. This is a new edition of a Duiker’s explosive debut.
| Автор | K Sello Duiker |
Solomon Northup, Solomon Northup и др.
| Автор | Solomon Northup, Solomon Northup и др. |
Heiress Maddie’s just discovered she’s got a secret twin sister! Now their inheritance depends on temporarily switching places.Sex with her sister’s gorgeous friend Jase is just an added bonus. Yet can she give him up when it’s time to return to her life?
| Автор | Cara Summers |
Utopia (Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia) is a work of fiction and political philosophy by Thomas More published in 1516 in Latin. The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs.
| Автор | Thomas More |
«Дикие мальчики, или Книга мертвых», первый роман «лондонской» трилогии, куда входят также «Дезинсектор» и «Пристань святых», повествует о группе подростков-мародеров, терроризирующих города Северной Африки. В гротескном, романтичном, кошмарном шедевре Берроуза технологии, плоть и насилие проникают друг в друга, сливаясь в вакханалии взаимного уничтожения. Это произведение вдохновило группу Duran Duran на создание одноименной знаменитой песни с альбома «Arena». Книга содержит нецензурную...
| Автор | Уильям Берроуз |
Обычный мир превращается в кошмар… В колонии художников на маленьком островке из домов исчезают комнаты, а на стенах и мебели появляются загадочные послания…
Время и пространство изменяются, изгибаются – в такт полету фантазии медленно теряющей разум талантливой художницы, ведущей дневник происходящего… Бред? Безумие? Но безумие – лучший путь к истинной, скрытой от глаз реальности!
| Автор | Чак Паланик |
Все мы – рабы собственных инстинктов, и, зная это, нами легко манипулируют политики, журналисты, маркетологи. Линус Максвелл – один из таких манипуляторов. Кто же он, человек с тысячью лиц, – промышленник, ученый, филантроп, секс-гуру? Создавая новую линию товаров для женщин «До самых кончиков», он бросает вызов общественным идеалам и ставит во главу угла чистый гедонизм. Как далеко он готов зайти в своей одержимости совершенством? Чак Паланик, известный ниспровергатель основ современного...
| Автор | Чак Паланик |
"Villette", Charlotte Bronte's classic Victorian era novel which was originally published in 1853, is the story of Lucy Snowe, who following a family tragedy travels to the fictional town of Villette to teach at an all-girls school. There she finds herself unwillingly drawn into adventure and romantic entanglement. A must read for fans of the Bronte sisters, «Villette» is often praised for its exploration of repression and the role of women in society.
| Автор | Шарлотта Бронте |
Перед вами первая книга автора под названием «ВСЁ». То ли обо всём и всеобъемлюще, то ли по чуть-чуть и ни о чём. То ли о конце, то ли о начале. То ли о трансцендентном, то ли об имманентном. Не прочитаешь – не поймёшь.
| Автор | Никита Андреевич Тимошенко |
Dog Eat Dog is a remarkable record of being young in a nation undergoing tremendous turmoil, and provides a glimpse into South Africa’s pivotal kwaito (South African hip-hop) generation and life in Soweto. Set in 1994, just as South Africa is making its postapartheid transition, Dog Eat Dog captures the hopes—and crushing disappointments—that characterize such moments in a nation’s history. Raucous and darkly humorous, Dog Eat Dog is narrated by Dingamanzi Makhedama Njomane, a college...
| Автор | Niq Mhlongo |
Dog Eat Dog is a remarkable record of being young in a nation undergoing tremendous turmoil, and provides a glimpse into South Africa’s pivotal kwaito (South African hip-hop) generation and life in Soweto. Set in 1994, just as South Africa is making its postapartheid transition, Dog Eat Dog captures the hopes—and crushing disappointments—that characterize such moments in a nation’s history. Raucous and darkly humorous, Dog Eat Dog is narrated by Dingamanzi Makhedama Njomane, a college...
| Автор | Niq Mhlongo |
What begins as a middle-aged country gentleman absorbed with novels of chivalry deliberately evolves into a tale of purely imaginative knight-errantry in this highly influential work of the Spanish Golden Age. This first of modern novels was written in the experimental episodic form, allowing Don Quixote and his 'squire' Sancho Panza to go on quests that just as often as not land them in trouble or earn them the incredulity of those fully engaged in reality. While initially farcical,...
| Автор | Cervantes |
Мужчине средних лет в постели любовницы приснилось новое слово, которому он пытается придумать смысл. В поисках смысла этого слова он скрупулезно изучает свою жизнь, которая пришлась на развал СССР и начало перестройки и проходила на рабочей окраине города, и понимает, как сильно изменились его представления о жизни с юношеского возраста. Как жить дальше? Зачем жить дальше? Эта книга – попытка дать ответ, о чем думает мужчина, когда принимает те или иные важные для него решения. Содержит...
| Автор | Эдуард Семенов |
"Wildfire" is the story of Lucy Bostil, the daughter of a stable owner, who happens upon Lin Slone, knocked unconscious while chasing his unruly colt Wildfire through the hills. When Lin convinces Lucy to ride Wildfire in the upcoming race, the villainous Cordts will stop at nothing to make sure that it is his horse that wins the race instead. «Wildfire» is a classic tale of western suspense and adventure from one of the most prolific and popular authors of the genre, Zane Grey.
| Автор | Zane Grey |
Considered to be one of Sherwood Anderson's greatest works, «Winesburg, Ohio» is the portrayal of a fictitious American town and its inhabitants. «Winesburg, Ohio» is a collection of connected short stories depicting a variety of themes of rural American life. Heralded for its beautiful realism, «Winesburg, Ohio», is a classic collection of American stories whose influence upon American literature is considered to be nothing short of profound.
| Автор | Sherwood Anderson |
The fourth book in Baum's Oz series, Dorothy returns to lands of magic and fantasy with her cousin Zeb, kitten Eureka, and a cab-horse named Jim. They encounter vegetable people living under the world, and Dorothy is reunited with the Wizard of Oz when he floats down in his hot air balloon. They later are aided by invisible people in the Valley of Voe, and must escape several unfriendly mythical creatures to return to Oz. Baum's vivid imagination and creativity are readily apparent in...
| Автор | Baum Baum L |
Bram Stoker’s “Dracula” is the novel that introduced the fictional creature known as the vampire to millions. It is considered by many as the single most important work in the gothic vampire horror genre. “Dracula,” while not the first appearance of the vampire in literature, is certainly the work that is most readily identified with the vampire genre and has spawned countless imitations and references. The novel is set sometime in the late 19th century and begins by being told from the...
| Автор | Bram Stoker |
These vivid, tightly focused observations about the life of Dublin's poorer classes originally made publishers uneasy: the stories contain unconventional themes and coarse language, and they mention actual people and places. Today, however, the stories are admired. They are considered to be masterful representations of Dublin done with economy and grace-representations, as Joyce himself once explained, of a chapter in the moral history of Ireland that give the Irish a good look at...
| Автор | Joyce James |