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'Tense and human' LEE CHILD 'Brilliant stuff' PETER JAMES 'A cracking read' PIERS MORGAN #taken in the night They thought they were kidnapping the mistress of one of London's most powerful gangsters. But they've taken the wrong woman. And crossed the wrong detective. #taken underground Detective Max Wolfe's hunt for the missing woman takes him from New Scotland Yard's legendary Black Museum to the glittering mansions of career criminals, from sleazy strip joints to secret sex dungeons - and to...
| Автор | Tony Parsons |
| Жанр | Современная зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
'Salem's Lot is a small New England town with the usual quota of gossips, drinkers, weirdos and respectable folk. Of course there are tales of strange happenings - but not more than in any other town its size. Ben Mears, a moderately successful writer, returns to the Lot to write a novel based on his early years, and to exorcise the terrors that have haunted him since childhood. The event he witnessed in the house now rented by a new resident. A newcomer with a strange allure. A man...
| Автор | Stephen King |
| Жанр | Современная зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
| Год | 2021 |
A carefully researched and hugely readable account of the build-up to war, the momentum inexorably growing as he assembles each part of the jigsaw. Indeed, his narrative is so persuasive that by the time you are about two- thirds through, it takes some effort to remind yourself that the Third World War never happened' Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times 1983 was a supremely dangerous year - even more dangerous than 1962, the year of the Cuban Missile Crisis. In the US, President Reagan...
| Автор | Taylor Downing |
| Жанр | Современная зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
| Год | 2019 |
Роман "1984" - вершина творчества Джорджа Оруэлла. В нем показано общество, в котором люди четко разделены на классы: верхний, привилегированный, партийная верхушка; средний, не имеющий права ни на что, находящийся под постоянным прицелом телекамер и подслушивающих устройств, лишенный общения и эмоций, делающий механическую работу по регулярному переписыванию истории, обделенный во всем; низший - как бы пролетариат. В этом обществе искореняется любая мысль; человек живет в страхе наказания,...
| Автор | George Orwell |
| Жанр | Современная зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
451 градус по Фаренгейту. Книга для чтения на английском языке. Повесть знаменитого американского писателя-фантаста «451 градус по Фаренгейту» написана более полувека назад, но своей актуальности не потеряла и по сей день. Ее лейтмотив - озабоченность духовным обликом будущего. Будущее, как его видел Бредбери, довольно мрачно: тоталитарное государство, в котором пресекается любое инакомыслие. Реклама, бесконечные телешоу - вот и все, что нужно человеку для безмятежного счастья. Так решило...
| Автор | Рэй Брэдбери |
| Жанр | Современная зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
The new thrilling instalment of John Connolly’s popular Charlie Parker series. He is our best hope. He is our last hope. On a lonely moor in the northeast of England, the body of a young woman is discovered near the site of a vanished church. In the south, a girl lies buried beneath a Saxon mound. To the southeast, the ruins of a priory hide a human skull. Each is a sacrifice, a summons. And something in the shadows has heard the call. But another is coming: Parker the hunter, the avenger....
| Автор | Джон Коннолли, Connolly John |
| Жанр | Современная зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
| Год | 2020 |
Предлагаем вниманию любителей детективов роман Джеймса Хэдли Чейза «Гроб из Гонкога». В книге приводится полный неадаптированный текст романа, снабженный комментариями и словарем.
| Автор | Джеймс Хедли Чейз |
| Жанр | Современная зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
The third novel in the London-based Corduroy Mansions series from Alexander McCall Smith, comparable in warmth and humour to 44 Scotland Street. Corduroy Mansions, Pimlico is an oasis of old-fashioned civilisation, its inhabitants considerate and peace-loving. But beneath the polite exterior seismic change is stirring. Barbara Ragg makes an eye-popping discovery about her stolid Scottish suitor's past, while Oedipus Snark newly appointed and tirelessly self-interested Government Minister...
| Автор | McCall Smith |
| Жанр | Современная зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
| Год | 2012 |
In this companion tale to the bestselling A Court of Thorns and Roses series, Feyre, Rhys and their friends are working to rebuild the Night Court and the vastly changed world beyond after the events of A Court of Wings and Ruin. But Winter Solstice is finally near, and with it a hard-earned reprieve. Yet even the festive atmosphere can’t keep the shadows of the past from looming. As Feyre navigates her first Winter Solstice as High Lady, she finds that those dearest to her have more wounds than...
| Автор | Sarah Maas, Маас Сара |
| Жанр | Современная зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
| Год | 2020 |
With bits of Buffy, Game Of Thrones and Outlander, this is a glorious series of total joy - Stylist The tempestuous third book in the fantasy series from global #1 bestselling author Sarah J. Maas Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin's manoeuvrings and the invading king threatening to bring her land to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit - and one slip may spell doom not only for Feyre, but for her world as well. As war...
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| Жанр | Современная зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, an Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow. Elayne, Aviendha, and Mat come ever closer to the bowl ter'angreal that may reverse the world's endless heat wave and restore natural weather. Egwene begins to...
| Автор | Robert Jordan |
| Жанр | Современная зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
Four royals. Two thrones. One deadly curse. In the heart of Emberfall, Prince Rhen is trapped by a curse, haunted by the beast inside, while outside his kingdom falls to ruin. Far away, in modern day Washington DC, Harper plays lookout for her brother. When she sees a woman in danger, she rushes to help - only to be sucked into Rhen's cursed world. What begins as a twist on the well-known fairy tale unfurls into an epic tale of magic, danger, love and betrayal in Brigid Kemmerer's New...
| Автор | Kemmerer Brigid |
| Жанр | Современная зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
| Год | 2021 |
HBO’s hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R. R. Martin’s internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A DANCE WITH DRAGONS is the fifth volume in the series. The future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance. In the east, Daenerys, last scion of House Targaryen, her dragons grown to terrifying maturity, rules as queen of a city built on dust and death, beset by enemies. Now that her whereabouts are known many are seeking...
| Автор | George R. R. Martin |
| Жанр | Современная зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
In the aftermath of a colossal battle, new threats are emerging from every direction. To the north lies the great Wall of ice and stone - a structure only as strong as those guarding it. Jon Snow has been elected Lord Commander of the Night's Watch. But Jon has enemies both inside and beyond the Wall.
And in the east Daenerys Targaryen struggles to hold a city built on dreams and dust.
| Автор | George R. R. Martin |
| Жанр | Современная зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
| Год | 2014 |
The future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance. Cersei Lannister, awaits trial, abandoned by all those she trusted; while in the east her brother Tyrion has been sold as a slave. Stannis Baratheon marches south from the wall to besiege Winterfell. But beyond the Wall the wildling armies are massing for an assault...
On all sides bitter conflicts are reigniting, played out by outlaws and priests, nobles and slaves. The tides of destiny will lead to the greatest dance of all.
| Автор | George R. R. Martin |
| Жанр | Современная зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
Liz and Jonathan are in trouble. They can't sell their old house, and they've already moved into their new one. Stuck with two mortgages, mounting debts and a sulky teenage daughter, their smart estate agent Marcus presents the perfect solution - super-glamorous couple Ginny and Piers will become their tenants. But Marcus soon finds himself more involved with Liz than he'd ever intended. And neither Liz, lost in blissful lust, nor Jonathan, trying to solve their financial problems, notices that...
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| Жанр | Современная зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
Bloodthirsty, treacherous and cunning, the Lannisters are in power on the Iron Throne in the name of the boy-king Tommen. The war in the Seven Kingdoms has burned itself out, but in its bitter aftermath new conflicts spark to life. The Martells of Dome and the Starks of Winterfell seek vengeance for their dead. Euron Crow's Eye, as black a pirate as ever raised a sail, returns from the smoking ruins of Valyria to claim the Iron Isles. From the icy north, where Others threaten the Wall,...
| Автор | George R. R. Martin |
| Жанр | Современная зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
Maeve Binchy's bestselling novels not only tell wonderful stories, they also give an insight in to how Ireland has changed over the decades, and how people remain the same: they still fall in love, sometimes unsuitably; they still have hopes and dreams; they have deep, long-standing friendships, and some that fall apart. From her earliest writing to her most recent, Maeve's work has included wonderfully nostalgic pieces and also sharp, often witty writing which is insightful and...
| Автор | Maeve Binchy |
| Жанр | Современная зарубежная проза на английском языке, Художественная литература на английском языке |
| Год | 2016 |