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Suave, Sensual And Utterly Scandalous…Leo Valente is as notorious as the tabloids make him out to be. But feisty wedding planner Dara Devlin isn’t deterred. She needs his family castle for her top client, so she boldly accepts Leo’s outrageous challenge to be his fake girlfriend!If Dara thinks her sensible suit and unwavering professionalism will discourage him, she’s mistaken. They only make Leo want to get beneath her buttoned-up exterior all the more!Surrounded by the imposing walls and...
| Автор | Amanda Cinelli |
Suave, sensual and utterly scandalous…Leo Valente is as notorious as the tabloids make him out to be. But feisty wedding planner Dara Devlin isn't deterred; she needs his family estate for her top client, so boldly accepts Leo's outrageous challenge to be his fake girlfriend!If Dara thinks her sensible suit and unwavering professionalism will discourage him she's mistaken. They only make Leo want to get beneath her buttoned up exterior all the more!Surrounded by the imposing walls and haunting...
| Автор | Amanda Cinelli |
The last novel written by Tolstoy, «Resurrection» was first published in 1899 amidst huge anticipation. What surprised the world was Tolstoy's story of a guilt-ridden nobleman, haunted by the sins of his past and seeking a way to atone for them. The aristocratic Prince Dmitri Ivanovich Nekhlyudov serves on a jury of a murder trial, only to discover that the accused prostitute is Maslova, a maid he seduced and abandoned years before. Though he comes to realize that Maslova was framed, she is...
| Автор | Leo Tolstoy |
Может ли человек полностью измениться? Самый одержимый из давно знакомых нам эдинбургских парней, казалось бы, остепенился: теперь он живет в Калифорнии с красавицей-женой и двумя маленькими дочками, стал успешным скульптором, его работы нарасхват. Но вот из Эдинбурга приходит сообщение, что убит его старший сын, – и Бегби вылетает на похороны. Он вовсе не хотел выступать детективом или мстителем, не хотел возвращаться к прошлому – но как глубоко внутрь он загнал былую агрессию и сможет ли ее...
| Автор | Ирвин Уэлш |
"Riders of the Purple Sage" is the story of Jane Withersteen, set in the cañon country of southern Utah in 1871. Jane has inherited a valuable ranch from her father and because of this, one of the polygamous Mormon elders covets her as his wife. When she refuses, the Mormons in the community begin to persecute Jane. Rich with western detail, set against the backdrop of the Mormon influx into Utah, with a mysterious «Masked Rider» who rides with a gang of rustlers, «Riders of the Purple...
| Автор | Zane Grey |
Lyman Frank Baum (1856-1919) was an American writer of children's books, best known for creating the marvelous Land of Oz in «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz». This fanciful kingdom was catalogued in a series of children's books beginning with the publication of «The Wonderful Wizard of Oz». Baum's Oz series compasses the first fully developed fantasy world created by an American author. In 1900, Baum and Denslow, famous illustrator with whom he shared the copyright, published «The...
| Автор | Лаймен Баум |
The classic tale of shipwrecked adventure, Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel «Robinson Crusoe» is the fictional autobiography of its title character. When cast ashore upon a tropical island, Robinson Crusoe must use his survival skills to find food and shelter and evade the native cannibals. A captivating tale of action and adventure, based in part on the real life adventures of Alexander Selkirk, a Scottish castaway who lived more than four years on an island in the Pacific, «Robinson Crusoe» is...
| Автор | Daniel Defoe |
Painajalik lugu, mis räägib 90ndate lumehelbekese maailmavalust. Noore mehe depressioon leiab ootamatu lahenduse, ent selle käigus süveneb depressiivne olukord veelgi. Lõpuks mängib terve maailm, ka loodus, mehehakatisele käru. Loevad Priit Öövel ja Aiky Öövel.
| Автор | Ксюша Ангел |
Jaagup Mahkra verdtarretav lühijutt «Verepulm vaksalis» testib ka kõige tugevama närviga lugeja piire. Loevad Tanel Bergmann, Mart Niinepuu, Tarmo Prangel, Margus Prangel, Eha Öövel, Mattias Öövel ja Maia Öövel, Priit Öövel.
| Автор | Jaagup Mahkra |
Õudusloo peategelaseks on pereisast krematooriumiomanik, kes oma äri päris eetiliselt ei aja ja seetõttu tumedate jõudude küüsi langeb. Loevad Priit Öövel, Aiky Öövel, Maia Öövel ja Mattias Öövel.
| Автор | Maniakkide Tänav |
Four walls do not a prison make, unless they look out upon a world that doesn’t exist any more. Keith Laumer was a Hugo and Nebula award nominee! Before becoming a science fiction writer Laumer was an officer in the United States Air Force and a diplomat in the Foreign Service, adding a note of realism to many of his stories. One of science fiction’s true luminaries.
| Автор | Keith Laumer |
George Eliot, the pen named used by Mary Anne Evans, wrote popular works that mirrored the settings and ideology of contemporary Victorian England. She was brought up in the Church of England, where she developed strong moral convictions that carried over into her fiction. During a visit to Florence in 1860 it was suggested to Eliot that the historical Fra Girolamo Savonarola would make a good subject for a novel, so Eliot spent her visit, and many months after, exhaustively researching...
| Автор | George Eliot |
Пуэрто-Рико. Остров, на котором невозможно работать – а можно сойти с ума, спиться или влюбиться. Или все сразу. Здесь теплая компания журналистов коротает время в местном кабаке, где они методично наливаются ромом и ведут беседы о том, как дошли до жизни такой. Здесь молодой репортер Пол Кемп получает важные профессиональные и жизненные уроки. Здесь скучно и нечего делать. Именно поэтому то, что начиналось как ленивый южный адюльтер, семимильными шагами мчится к настоящей трагедии… ...
| Автор | Хантер Томпсон |
All peoples have their myths of wanderers through time who, though they may not end their own sufferings, have the power to help others save themselves . . . Such a one was the gaunt man. Robert F. Young was a Hugo nominated author known for his lyrical and sentimental prose. His work appeared in Amazing Stories, Fantastic Stories, Startling Stories, Playboy, The Saturday Evening Post, Collier’s, Galaxy Magazine, and Analog Science Fact & Fiction.
| Автор | Robert F. Young |
The Tarks were attacking, the bosomy princess was clinging to him in terror, and Harold Smith realized he was at the end of his plot-line. What a dilemma! And what an opportunity!! Robert F. Young was a Hugo nominated author known for his lyrical and sentimental prose. His work appeared in Amazing Stories, Fantastic Stories, Startling Stories, Playboy, The Saturday Evening Post, Collier’s, Galaxy Magazine, and Analog Science Fact & Fiction.
| Автор | Robert F. Young |
Published in England in 1853, this social novel by Elizabeth Gaskell received controversial reviews among readers of the Victorian era because of its candid portrayal of the «fallen woman.» Ruth Hilton, an orphaned young seamstress, falls prey to the wiles of the young, wealthy and bored Henry Bellingham. The affair is short-lived when Ruth, carrying Bellingham's unborn child, is abandoned and left unemployed, homeless, and utterly without hope. She is saved by the minister, Thurstan...
| Автор | Элизабет Гаскелл |