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Goodbye, Columbus
Автор: Roth Philip Жанр: Penguin Group Год: 1984 Страниц: 224 Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20091986-05-25
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Philip Roth won the National Book Award for Goodbye, Columbus, the story which gives this collection of stories its title. The story traces the love relationship of Neil, a young college boy, and Brenda, the spoilt but love-starved daughter of a wealthy manufacturer.
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In Evil Hour
Автор: Gabriel Garcia Marquez Жанр: Penguin Group Год: 1996 Страниц: 192 Дата загрузки: 15 декабря 20091999-09-14
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Cesar Montero was dreaming about elephants. He'd seen them at the movies on Sunday... Only moments later, Cesar is led away by police as they clear the crowds away from the man he has just killed. But Cesar is not the only man to be riled by the rumours being spread in his Colombian hometown — under the cover of darkness, someone creeps through the streets sticking malicious posters to walls and doors. Each night the respectable townsfolk retire to their beds fearful that they will be the subject of the following morning's lampoons. As paranoia seeps through the town and the delicate veil of tranquility begins to slip, can the perpetrator be uncovered before accusation and violence leave the inhabitants' sanity in tatters?
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The Last Human
Автор: Naylor Doug Жанр: Penguin Group Год: 1995 Страниц: 320 Дата загрузки: 16 декабря 20092000-08-03
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Lister gazed out of the porthole and catalogues the series of disasters that had led him to this point in space and time: the bad decisions, the poor career choices, the unreliable friendships that had led him here — on a prison ship bound for the most inhospitable penal colony in the outer cosmos... and all he'd ever wanted was to be a soft metal guitar icon. This is the beginning of the third and eagerly awaited red dwarf novel where Lister starts out by searching for his Doppelganger and ends up having the future of the human race on his shoulders.
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Lady Chatterley's Lover
Автор: Lawrence D.H. Жанр: Penguin Group Год: 1994 Страниц: 416 Дата загрузки: 15 июля 20091999-08-23
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«Lyric and sensual, D.H. Lawrence's last novel is one of the major works of fiction of the twentieth century. Filled with scenes of intimate beauty, explores the emotions of a lonely woman trapped in a sterile marriage and her growing love for the robust gamekeeper of her husband's estate. The most controversial of Lawrence's books, «Lady Chatterly's Lover» joyously affirms the author's vision of individual regeneration through sexual love. The book's power, complexity, and psychological intricacy make this a completely original work — a triumph of passion, an erotic celebration of life. Nobody concerned with the novel in our century can afford not to read it.»
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold
Автор: Gabriel Garcia Marquez Жанр: Penguin Group Год: 1996 Страниц: 128 Дата загрузки: 20 декабря 20091998-10-20
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Setting out to reconstruct a murder that took place 27 years earlier, this chronicle moves backwards and forwards in time, through the contradictions of memory and moments lost in time. Its irony gives the book the nuances of a political fable.
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Автор: Loos Anita Жанр: Penguin Group Год: 1992 Страниц: 160 Дата загрузки: 24 июля 20091993-12-07
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This novel satirizes a pair of sirens of the jazz age, as an example of comic American vernacular writing of this era.
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Thinkers of the East
Автор: Shah Idries Жанр: Penguin Group Год: 1991 Страниц: 208 Дата загрузки: 15 мая 20091992-12-10
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A collection of short stories to illustrate Sufism — the belief that deep intuition is the only real guide to knowledge.
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The Way of the Sufi
Автор: Shah Idries Жанр: Penguin Group Год: 1991 Страниц: 320 Дата загрузки: 15 апреля 20091992-12-07
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A selection of excerpts from Sufi masters clarifying the philosophy of Sufism.
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The Vicar of Wakefield
Автор: Goldsmith Oliver Жанр: Penguin Group Год: 2008 Страниц: 224 Дата загрузки: 10 декабря 20102012-03-29
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When Dr. Primrose loses his fortune in a disastrous investment, his idyllic life in the country is shattered and he is forced to move with his wife and six children to an impoverished living on the estate of Squire Thornhill. Taking to the road in pursuit of his daughter, who has been seduced by the rakish Squire, the beleaguered Primrose becomes embroiled in a series of misadventures — encountering his long-lost son in a traveling theater company and even spending time in a debtor's prison. Yet Primrose, though hampered by his unworldliness and pride, is sustained by his unwavering religious faith. In The Vicar of Wakefield, Goldsmith gently mocks many of the literary conventions of his day — from pastoral and romance to the picaresque — infusing his story of a hapless clergyman with warm humor and amiable social satire.
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The Gilded Chamber
Автор: Kohn Rebecca Жанр: Penguin Group Год: 2005 Страниц: 368 Дата загрузки: 9 февраля 20092007-10-21
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One girl, one nation, one chance... Esther's story is one of the most dramatic in the Bible: a renowned beauty, she used her feminine wiles to capture the heart of a king and so win the deliverance of her people from the threat of death. The Gilded Chamber creatively re-works the famous story to show us how this young girl came to be in the harem of King Xerxes and how her path to womanhood enabled her to save a nation and find peace. This is a tale of strength, seduction and survival, of the solidarity of women, and its descriptions of the Persian palace and the secrets contained within those walls will hold you spellbound to the final page.
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White Rose Rebel
Автор: Paisley Janet Жанр: Penguin Group Год: 2008 Страниц: 400 Дата загрузки: 15 апреля 20122009-06-21
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Anne Farquharson is a Highland girl — tempestuous, bold, determined to be her own woman. Yet the clan Farquharson is threatened. The Highlands suffer at the domineering hand of English King George, while there are rumours that Bonnie Prince Charlie, exiled to France, is raising an army in a bid for the throne. When Anne marries a clan chief and creates a shaky alliance, she is doing more than taking his bed. Soon she is drawn into the heart of a brutal and bloody conflict, and as the Jacobite rebellion escalates, she and her husband find themselves on opposite sides of the battlefield. White Rose Rebel is inspired by the true story of a Highland heroine who risked everything for her country and its rightful king.
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The Skeleton Man
Автор: Kelly Jim Жанр: Penguin Group Год: 2008 Страниц: 432 Дата загрузки: 20 сентября 20132010-05-06
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For seventeen years, the Cambridgeshire hamlet of Jude's Ferry has lain abandoned, requisitioned by the Government for military training. In its thousand-year-old history, it had been famous for one thing — never having recorded a single crime. But when local reporter Philip Dryden joins the Territorial Army on exercise in the empty village, its spotless history is literally blown apart. For the TA's shells reveal a hidden cellar beneath the old pub. And inside the cellar hangs a skeleton, a noose around its neck... Two days later, a man is pulled from the reeds in the river near Ely — he has no idea who he is or how he got there. But, he knows the words 'Jude's Ferry' are important, and he knows he is afraid...
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Heart of Betrayal
Автор: Britton Andrew Жанр: Penguin Group Год: 2007 Страниц: 576 Дата загрузки: 27 сентября 20122008-12-13
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When brutal terrorists strike at the heart of Washington, the usual suspects are blamed. But this time, America's worst nightmare has come true — the terror comes from within. Former 'black ops' soldier Jason March is the mastermind behind the vicious attacks. Only one man has the power to stop March's bloodlust — the man who trained him — Ryan Kealey. Once an elite but maverick Special Forces officer, Kealey must return to service. His mission is to hunt down his former pupil and end the killing...
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The Ghost at the Table
Автор: Berne Suzanne Жанр: Penguin Group Год: 2007 Страниц: 304 Дата загрузки: 16 февраля 20092008-12-13
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Families are toxic... Thanksgiving, New England, and writer Cynthia has been persuaded by elder sister Frances to come and visit for the autumn holiday. Cynthia is reluctant to join in this family reunion because she'd rather not see their long-estranged father. Yet Frances is adamant that they must all meet to clear the air — poisoned ever since their mother died when they were children. But Cynthia has her own ideas about how to use this family occasion. It's time to lift the lid on some unwelcome home truths about what happened all those years ago. And this time her daddy's feelings are not to be spared...
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Singing to the Dead
Автор: Ramsay Caro Жанр: Penguin Group Год: 2009 Страниц: 528 Дата загрузки: 11 октрября 20122011-10-31
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It's Christmas, and half the Partickhill police squad is down with flu. Not good timing, with a series of cyanide poisonings in the area, plus two small boys reported missing in the space of a few days. And then there's the monumental task of providing concert security for rock legend Rogan O'Neill... But for Detective Inspector Colin Anderson, the nightmare is about to get terrifyingly close to home. For a third boy has now gone missing — Colin's own son, Peter. The team race to find the boys before it is too late. But how long will it be before they realize the key is hidden in the lyrics of a rock song — Tambourine Girl by Rogan O'Neill?
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The Ghost Road
Автор: Barker Pat Жанр: Penguin Group Год: 2008 Страниц: 288 Дата загрузки: 13 октрября 20112009-12-23
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1918, the closing months of the war. Army psychiatrist William Rivers is increasingly concerned for the men who have been in his care — particularly Billy Prior, who is about to return to combat in France with young poet Wilfred Owen. As Rivers tries to make sense of what, if anything, he has done to help these injured men, Prior and Owen await the final battles in a war that has decimated a generation. The Ghost Road is the Booker Prize winning account of the devastating final months of the First World War. This is the third book in the Regeneration trilogy.
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When the Green Woods Laugh
Автор: Bates H.E. Жанр: Penguin Group Год: 2006 Страниц: 128 Дата загрузки: 20 сентября 20112008-07-21
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There! Pop said. There's the house. There's Gore Court for you. What about that, eh? How's that strike you? Better than St Paul's, ain't it, better than St Paul's? And so Pop Larkin — junk-dealer, family man and Dragon's Blood connoisseur — manages to sell the nearby crumbling, tumbling country home to city dwellers Mr and Mrs Jerebohm for a pretty bundle of notes. Now he can build his daughter Mariette the pool she's long been nagging him for. But the Larkin's new neighbours aren't quite so accepting of country ways — especially Pop's little eccentricities. In fact, it's not long before a wobbly boat, a misplaced pair of hands and Mrs Jerebohm's behind have Pop up before a magistrate...
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Your Blue-Eyed Boy
Автор: Dunmore Helen Жанр: Penguin Group Год: 2008 Страниц: 256 Дата загрузки: 26 мая 20112011-02-29
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There are things you should know about blackmail... At 38, Simone has responsibilities: she's a district judge with two small boys, and a husband on the verge of bankruptcy and breakdown. When she receives a letter post-marked New York she has no idea that opening it will threaten all she has worked for and call into question her judgement. For the photographs contained in the letter remind her of things she regrets from twenty years ago, and a man she'd decided to forget. But blackmail, like the heart, never forgets...
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Viper
Автор: Morley Michael Жанр: Penguin Group Год: 2009 Страниц: 608 Дата загрузки: 7 декабря 20112011-07-28
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Jack King is about to learn the truth behind the saying: see Naples and die! Expert profiler Jack King is on the trail of Luciano Creed, a psychologist obsessed with the cases of five missing woman. Jack is convinced Creed is not all he seems! Then the burnt bones of one of the women are uncovered on the foothills of Mount Vesuvius. Within days a serial killer's secret graveyard is laid bare. For the Carbinieri's newest detective, Sylvia Tomms, it's a tough first case and she calls on Jack's expertise. But Naples is in the grip of the terrifying Camorra mob. And Jack and Sylvia soon discover just how dangerous hunting one killer can be — in a city where murder has become a way of life! This is a menacing new thriller from the author of Spider, featuring FBI Profiler Jack King.
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The Impressionist
Автор: Kunzru Hari Жанр: Penguin Group Год: 2007 Страниц: 496 Дата загрузки: 15 августа 20092010-04-29
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In India, at the birth of the last century, an infant is brought howling into the world, his remarkable paleness marking him out from his brown-skinned fellows. Revered at first, he is later cast out from his wealthy home when his true parentage is revealed. So begins Pran Nath's odyssey of self-discovery — a journey that will take him from the streets of Agra, via the red light disrict of Bombay, to the green lawns of England and beyond — as he struggles to understand who he really is.
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