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Chasing Fire
Автор: Roberts Nora Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2012 Страниц: 480 Дата загрузки: 13 декабря 20142015-09-22
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Rowan Tripp is addicted to danger. She's been fighting the annual forest fires in the rugged Montana mountains since she was eighteen years old. She can read a wildfire like no one else — and is prepared to put her life on the line again and again to save others. But now she is mourning the death of her good friend and jump partner, Jim — and haunted by the fact that she might have been able to save him. More pressing is the fact that the new season's recruits to the 'smoke-jumping' team need to be trained. Rowan has a strict rule: NEVER get romantically involved with anyone she works with. But the moment she meets Gull Curry that rule is severely tested. And when it becomes clear that someone does blame Rowan for Jim's death, and is determined to seek revenge, Rowan finds that she needs Gull's help and support more than ever...
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The Dip: The Extraordinary Benefits of Knowing When to Quit (and When to Stick)
Автор: Godin Seth Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2007 Страниц: 96 Дата загрузки: 15 апреля 20112012-08-23
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Every new project (or career or relationship) starts out exciting and fun. Then it gets harder and less fun, until it hits a low point — really hard, really not fun. At this point you might be in a Dip, which will get better if you keep pushing, or a Cul-de-Sac, which will never get better no matter how hard you try. The hard part is knowing the difference and acting on it. According to marketing guru and best-selling author Seth Godin, what sets successful entrepreneurs (and pop stars and weight lifters and car salesmen) apart from everyone else is their ability to give up on Cul-de-Sacs while staying motivated in Dips. Winners quit fast, quit often and quit without guilt — until they commit to beating the right Dip for the right reasons. You'll never be number one at anything without picking your shots very carefully. The Dip is a short, entertaining book that helps you do just that. It will forever alter the way you think about success.
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The Dog Who Came in from the Cold
Автор: McCall Smith Alexander Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2011 Страниц: 352 Дата загрузки: 25 июня 20132012-06-18
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Welcome to Corduroy Mansions in Pimlico: a temple of Arts and Crafts architecture, with comforting, weathered brickwork and frankly frivolous dormer windows, it is home to a delightfully eccentric cast of Londoners.
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New York to Dallas
Автор: Robb J.D. Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2012 Страниц: 496 Дата загрузки: 16 марта 20152017-08-31
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Twelve years ago, Eve Dallas was just a rookie NY cop when her instincts led her to the apartment of Isaac McQueen, a man she discovered to be a sick murderer and paedophile, who was keeping young girls in cages. Now a homicide Lieutenant, Eve is one of the most distinguished officers in the city — and then she learns that McQueen has escaped from jail. Bent on revenge against Eve and with a need to punish more 'bad girls' McQueen heads to Dallas, Texas — the place where Eve was found as a child, the place where she killed her own abusive monster when she was only eight years old. With Eve and Roarke in pursuit of McQueen, everything is on the line and secrets from Eve's past are about to be shockingly revealed.
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The Paris Wife
Автор: McLain Paula Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2012 Страниц: 392 Дата загрузки: 21 октрября 20152017-08-11
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Chicago, 1920: Hadley Richardson is a quiet twenty-eight-year-old who has all but given up on love and happiness, until she meets Ernest Hemingway. After a whirlwind courtship and wedding, the pair set sail for Paris, where they soon fall in with a circle of lively and volatile expatriates, including F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald and Ezra Pound. Ernest and Hadley are thrust into a life of artistic ambition, hard liquor and spur-of-the-moment dashes to Pamplona, the Riviera and the Swiss Alps. But Jazz Age Paris does not lend itself to family life and fidelity. As Hadley struggles with jealousy and self-doubt, Ernest's ferocious literary endeavours begin to bear fruit, and the couple faces the ultimate crisis of their marriage — a deception that will lead to the unravelling of everything they made for themselves in Paris, their 'great good place'.
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Rafa: My Story
Автор: Nadal Rafael Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2012 Страниц: 320 Дата загрузки: 20 декабря 20142013-06-15
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No tennis player since Andre Agassi has captivated the world like Rafael Nadal. He's a rarity in today's sporting arena — a true sportsman who chooses to let his raw talent, dedication and humility define him. This autobiography, written by Nadal with award-winning journalist John Carlin, includes memorable highlights such as winning the Wimbledon 2008 final in what John McEnroe called, the greatest game of tennis ever played and completing a career Grand Slam after winning the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open in 2010. This book gives Nadal's millions of fans what they've been waiting for — a glimpse behind the racquet to learn what really makes Nadal — an intensely private person who until now has never talked about his personal and family life — tick.
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The Retribution
Автор: McDermid Val Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2012 Страниц: 512 Дата загрузки: 18 мая 20152014-07-21
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There is one serial killer who has shaped and defined police profiler Tony Hill's life. One serial killer whose evil surpasses all others. One serial killer who has the power to chill him to the bone: Jacko Vance. And now Jacko is back in Tony's life. Even more twisted and cunning than ever before, he is focused on wreaking revenge on Tony — and DCI Carol Jordan — for the years he has spent in prison. Tony doesn't know when Jacko will strike, or where. All he knows is that Jacko will cause him to feel fear like he has never known before — and devastate his life in ways he cannot imagine.
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Shieldwall
Автор: Hill Justin Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2012 Страниц: 512 Дата загрузки: 18 мая 20152014-07-21
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The year is 1016 and England burns while the Viking armies blockade the great city of London. King Ethelred lies dying and the England he knew dies with him; the warring kingdoms of Mercia, Wessex and Northymbria tremble on the brink of great change. One man lives to bear witness to the upheaval: Godwin, barely out of boyhood and destined to become one of his country's great warriors. When Ethelred's son Edmund takes the throne, determined to succeed where his father failed, he plucks Godwin from domestic peace to be right-hand man in his loyal shield wall. Godwin must traverse the meadows, wintry forests and fogbound marshes of Saxon England, raising armies of monks, ploughmen and shepherds against the Viking invader. With epic courage and ferocity, Godwin and Edmund repel the butchering Danes in three great battles. But an old enemy, the treacherous Earl Eadric, dogs Godwin's footsteps, and as the final battle approaches, around the valiant English the trap begins to close.
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Summer's End
Автор: Little Brown Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2009 Страниц: 320 Дата загрузки: 19 марта 20122012-09-12
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Deanna believed she had everything she'd ever wanted. Diamonds, a beautiful home, a handsome, successful husband who adored her. But Marc-Edouard led a jet-set life as an international lawyer and for three months — summer — Deanna would be alone. Until Ben found her. And together they found happiness on sun-drenched beaches. But they knew their dream had to end. They also knew that they couldn't live without each other. But Deanna and Ben hadn't foreseen the devastating changes that would happen to them by the time they faced... summer's end.
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Thurston House
Автор: Steel Danielle Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2010 Страниц: 496 Дата загрузки: 16 мая 20132012-10-30
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Hard work had made Jeremiah rich: at the age of forty-four he was one of the wealthiest mining barons in the land. When he married the captivating Camille — less than half his age — he was looking for more than love. He was looking for a woman to found a great family. And for that family, he built a mansion: Thurston House. The vast mansion was the finest in the city — a palace for a prince, a princess and their children. In bricks and mortar, turrets and columns, it symbolized the greatness and power of the new dynasty it was to house. Many generations would live and love and die in Thurston House. Each generation would ask itself whether money alone can buy happiness, a family and love.
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The Surrogate
Автор: Carver Tania Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2009 Страниц: 448 Дата загрузки: 21 октрября 20122013-03-26
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A shocking double-murder scene greets Detective Inspector Philip Brennan when he is called to a flat in Colchester. Two women are viciously cut open and laying spreadeagled, one tied to the bed, one on the floor. The woman on the bed has had her stomach cut into and her unborn child is missing. But this is the third time Phil and his team have seen such an atrocity. Two other pregnant women have been killed in this way and their babies taken from them. No-one can imagine what sort of person would want to commit such evil acts. When psychologist Marina Esposito is brought in, Phil has to put aside his feelings about their shared past and get on with the job. But can they find the killer before another woman is targeted?
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The Wedding
Автор: Sparks Nicholas Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2008 Страниц: 288 Дата загрузки: 13 октрября 20112009-12-23
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It began with The Notebook... After thirty years of marriage, Wilson is forced to face a painful truth. His wife, Jane, has fallen out of love with him. Despite the shining example of his in-laws, Noah and Allie Calhoun (originally recounted in The Notebook), and their fifty-year love affair, Wilson is unable to express his true feelings. With his daughter about to marry, and his wife thinking about leaving him, Wilson knows it is time to act. He will do anything he can to save his marriage. With the memories of Noah and Allie's inspiring life together as his guide, he vows to make his wife fall in love with him... all over again.
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Day for Night
Автор: Reiken Frederick Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2011 Страниц: 336 Дата загрузки: 17 апреля 20152012-06-28
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A boy lies in a coma in Utah, brought home from Israel after a near-death motorcycle accident. A child who escaped certain death in Poland in 1941 swims with manatees in Florida many years later on holiday with her dying partner. An obsessive FBI agent spends twenty years tracking a legendary Sixties-era radical. A veterinarian from Massachusetts attempts to simplify her life by going to live on a kibbutz by the Dead Sea, where she falls in love with the boy on a motorcycle... These are just some of the people whose lives collide in Frederick Reiken's vivid and brilliant exploration of our struggle to understand what the word 'truth' might really mean. DAY FOR NIGHT becomes an extraordinary journey to a post-War netherworld of wonders and strange attractions, of tales miraculous and terrible, where death has a colour and beauty blooms in the darkness.
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A Hidden Affair
Автор: Jenoff Pam Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2011 Страниц: 320 Дата загрузки: 19 февраля 20132013-07-14
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Still reeling from the betrayal of those closest to her and the revelation that her college boyfriend Jared may still be alive, Jordan Weiss resigns her State Department post and sets out from London to find him. She travels to Jared's last known address in the opulent French Riviera city of Monaco. There, she meets Nicole, a mysterious woman connected to Jared, who refuses to disclose his whereabouts and flees. Jordan also encounters Aaron, an attractive Israeli private investigator, who is chasing Nicole for cryptic reasons of his own.
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Rosebush
Автор: Jaffe Michele Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2011 Страниц: 336 Дата загрузки: 17 апреля 20152012-06-28
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Jane is found, near death, in a rosebush — a victim of hit and run. But as she's convalescing she realizes that her friends' stories and her memories of what happened that night aren't adding up. And now only thing she does know is that one of her friends isn't so friendly. One of them tried to kill her.
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Mercy Burns
Автор: Arthur Keri Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2005 Страниц: 352 Дата загрузки: 23 октрября 20082007-10-17
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Half dragon, half woman, can she save her friend's soul — without losing her heart? Mercy Wilson is a reporter in the San Francisco Bay Area, but she's also more — and less — than human. Half woman, half air dragon, she's a draman — unable to shift shape but still able to unleash fiery energy. Now something will put her powers to the test. Mercy's friend Rainey has enlisted her help to solve her sister's murder. Then a horrible accident claims Rainey's life, leaving Mercy only five days to find the killer. If Mercy fails, according to dragon law, Rainey's soul will be doomed to roam the earth for eternity. But how can Mercy help when she herself is a target? With nowhere else to turn, she must join forces with a sexy stranger — the mysterious man they call muerte, or death itself, who's as irresistible as he is treacherous. But can even Death keep Mercy alive for long enough to find her answers?
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This is Not the Story You Think it is
Автор: Munson Laura Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2011 Страниц: 320 Дата загрузки: 19 февраля 20132013-07-14
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When Laura Munson's essay was first published, the New York Times was so flooded with responses that they had to close down the comment feature on their website. Readers sent it to their friends and therapists gave it to their clients. What did Munson write that caused such a fervour? Laura detailed what happened when her husband of more than twenty years told her he wasn't sure he loved her anymore and wanted to move out. Laura's response to her husband: I don't buy it. In this poignant and funny memoir, Laura recounts the time her faith in her marriage was put to the test. Shaken to the core after the death of her beloved father, not finding the professional success that she had hoped for, and after much therapy, Laura, aged forty, realised she had to stop basing her happiness on things outside her control and commit to an 'End of Suffering'.
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Don't Look Behind You
Автор: Duncan Lois Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2011 Страниц: 224 Дата загрузки: 11 октрября 20142012-12-30
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Seventeen-year-old April finds her comfortable life changed forever when death threats to her father, a witness in a federal case, force her family to go into hiding under assumed names and flee the pursuit of a hired killer.
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Mrs Cameron's Diary
Автор: Bennett Catherine Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2011 Страниц: 256 Дата загрузки: 27 апреля 20152013-10-31
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«Dave's mobile went — poor Cleggsy, wanting to know what the Queen was like. «Incredibly nervous», Dave said. «But Sam soon put her at her ease.» We have heard, it seems, every opinion on the rise of the coalition save one: that of the new Prime Minister's wife, Samantha. Star journalist Catherine Bennett has stepped in to give us a glimpse of Sam Cam's first year in Downing Street. What to do about Cherie's nightmare granite'n'pine kitchen? How can Dave's rationingy-austerity-depressiony vibe be harnessed for the luxury goods market? Is there a polite strategy for avoiding Miriam Clegg's bookclub?»
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Bertie Plays the Blues
Автор: McCall Smith Alexander Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2012 Страниц: 272 Дата загрузки: 28 мая 20152015-09-02
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Even down to its well-set Georgian townhouses, Edinburgh is a hymn to measure and harmony. But on Scotland Street, domestic accord is in short supply. Matthew and Elspeth welcome three new arrivals, though the joys of multiple parenthood are somewhat lost due to sleep deprivation and the difficulties of telling their brood apart. Angus and Domenica are to marry, and Domenica has ambitious and disturbing plans for their living arrangements, especially when it appears that Antonia, in Italy recuperating from Stendhal Syndrome, may not return. And little Bertie, feeling blue, puts himself up for adoption on eBay. Can Edinburgh's most deliciously dysfunctional residents forsake discord and learn to dance to the same happy tune?
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