Джордж Оруэл – ангельскі пісьменьнік і публіцыст. Вядомы сваімі антыфашыстоўскімі й антыкамуністычнымі перакананьнямі. Раман 1984 працягвае тэму „Фэрмы”. Оруэл выявіў будучую сусьветную супольнасьць як татальны іерархічны лад, пранізаны страхам і нянавісьцю. Менавіта ў гэтым рамане ўпершыню прагучала знакамітае выслоўе „Вялікі брат глядзіць на цябе”, а таксама наватворы „двухдумства” альбо „думзлачынства”

Владимир Козлов – автор семи изданных книг в жанре альтернативной прозы (в т. ч. знаменитой трилогии «Гопники» – «Школа» – «Варшава») и трех книг нон-фикшн (о современных субкультурах), сценарист фильма «Игры мотыльков». Произведения В. Козлова переведены на английский и французский языки, известны европейскому читателю. Остросюжетный роман «1986» построен как хроника криминального расследования: изнасилована и убита девушка с рабочей окраины. Текст выполнен в технике коллажа: из диалогов следователей, разговоров родственников девушки, бесед ее знакомых выстраивается картина жизни провинциального городка – обыденная в своей мерзости и мерзкая в обыденности. Насилие и противостояние насилию – два основных способа общения людей с миром. Однако в центре повествования – не проблема жестокости, а проблема смирения с жестокостью. Покорности насилию. Автор преодолевает догмы, взламывает условности. При этом действительность не объясняется и даже не описывается – она фиксирует и изображает сама себя: в меняющихся ракурсах и повторяющихся коллизиях, в отдельных штрихах и частных деталях. Писатель лишь поворачивает объектив, меняет линзы и наводит резкость на избранный объект

Знакаміты прыгодніцкі раман майстра фантастычных сюжэтаў Жуля Верна расказвае пра кругасветнае вандраванне і дзіўныя прыгоды ў марскіх глыбінях даследніка і вынаходніка капітана Нэма і яго таварышаў

The mega-bestseller with more than 1.5 million readers that is soon to be a major television series "The book moves briskly from one crisp scene to the next, and ultimately casts a spell as captivating as Rules of Civility, a book that inhales you into its seductively Gatsby-esque universe." —Town & Country From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of Civility—a transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel With his breakout debut novel, Rules of Civility, Amor Towles established himself as a master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction, bringing late 1930s Manhattan to life with splendid atmosphere and a flawless command of style. Readers and critics were enchanted; as NPR commented, "Towles writes with grace and verve about the mores and manners of a society on the cusp of radical change." In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, and is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel's doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him entry into a much larger world of emotional discovery. Brimming with humor, a glittering cast of characters, and one beautifully rendered scene after another, this singular novel casts a spell as it relates the count's endeavor to gain a deeper understanding of what it means to be a man of purpose

It’s a jacket; it’s a mattress; it’s a fortune! Mullaney staked his life on it. The way it all worked out was that Mullaney finally figured he had to take the big gamble; he’d never get rich selling encyclopedias. Consequently, he left his wife and went off to make a killing at cards, horses, dice — you name it. But here he is at the end of the year with a single subway token in his pocket and the hottest, sure-thing tip he’s ever heard on the second race at Aqueduct... So he’s standing at Fourteenth Street and Fourth Avenue wondering where he can promote some coin, who he can put the bite on, when this long black limousine pulls up and out hops a big guy with a beard and a gun and says, “Get in!” That’s how A Horse’s Head, Evan Hunter’s hugely funny new novel, starts. It never lets up as it races back and forth across Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens, diving into some very odd places indeed — such as the locked stacks of the Library’s Main Branch and an East Side cellar synagogue — and introducing some of the strangest gunsels, moon-struck kooks, and pliant lovelies in the entire metropolitan area. The laughs, the bodies, the girls come tumbling one on top of the other as Mullaney smooth-talks, wheedles and deals his way out of one dangerous situation into the next in his mad chase after the crummy, magical black jacket that doesn’t even fit him but which he’s sure is worth half a million dollars. Wild, wonderful, zany — A Horse’s Head is another surprise from the versatile author of The Paper Dragon, The Blackboard Jungle, and the 87th Precinct mysteries

The hill people and the Mexicans arrived on the same day. It was a Wednesday, early in September 1952. The Cardinals were five games behind the Dodgers with three weeks to go, and the season looked hopeless. The cotton, however, was waist-high to my father, over my head, and he and my grandfather could be heard before supper whispering words that were seldom heard. It could be a “good crop.” Thus begins the new novel from John Grisham, a story inspired by his own childhood in rural Arkansas. The narrator is a farm boy named Luke Chandler, age seven, who lives in the cotton fields with his parents and grandparents in a little house that’s never been painted. The Chandlers farm eighty acres that they rent, not own, and when the cotton is ready they hire a truckload of Mexicans and a family from the Ozarks to help harvest it. For six weeks they pick cotton, battling the heat, the rain, the fatigue, and, sometimes, each other. As the weeks pass Luke sees and hears things no seven-year-old could possibly be prepared for, and finds himself keeping secrets that not only threaten the crop but will change the lives of the Chandlers forever. A Painted House is a moving story of one boy’s journey from innocence to experience

FEAR KEEPS THEM RUNNING. HOPE KEEPS THEM ALIVE. Vivid, visceral, utterly compelling, AMERICAN DIRT is the first novel to explore the experience of attempting to illegally cross the US-Mexico border. Yesterday, Lydia had a bookshop. Yesterday, Lydia was married to a journalist. Yesterday, she was with everyone she loved most in the world. Today, her eight-year-old son Luca is all she has left. For him, she will carry a machete strapped to her leg. For him, she will leap onto the roof of a high speed train. For him, she will find the strength to keep running

Роман "Amor" — о судьбах людей, проведших многие годы в лагерях и ссылке, о том, что и в бесчеловечных условиях люди сохраняли чувство собственного достоинства, доброту

Trijų knygų serija *Skandalingieji Sent Klerai.* Antra knyga. *Jis ketina tik pasilinksminti, tačiau beprotiškai įsimyli...* Lukanas Kleras kratosi penkioliktojo Stauerbridžo hercogo titulo ir jam priklausančio palikimo – didingo dvaro Anglijos gilumoje, manydamas, jog tai užtrauks nelaimę. Kad būtų smagiau grįžti į gimtąjį dvarą, Lukanas drauge pasiima savo naująją sekretorę gražuolę Leksę Hamilton... Jis nė nenumano, kad Leksė dedasi visai kitu žmogumi ir turi intriguojančių paslapčių. Galiausiai tiesa išaiškėja, bet per vėlai... Ankstesnis trijų knygų serijos *Skandalingieji Sent Klerai* romanas: C. Mortimer. Prisimink, kas esi (2012 sausis-vasaris) (Džordanas ir Stefanija)

A paragon of efficiency, Colette took the next natural step after finishing secretarial school by marrying a man who would do just fine. After a sobering, do-it-yourself divorce, Colette is at a loss for what to do next. Convinced that she is due an out-of-hand, life-affirming revelation, she strays into the realm of psychics and clairvoyants, hungry for a whisper to set her off in the right direction. At a psychic fair in Windsor she meets the charismatic Alison. Alison, the daughter of a prostitute, beleaguered during her childhood by the pressures of her connection to the spiritual world, lives in a different kind of solitude. She cannot escape the dead who speak to her, least of all the constant presence of Morris, her low-life spiritual guide. An expansive presence onstage, Alison at once feels her bond with Colette, inviting her to join her on the road as her personal assistant and companion. Troubles spiral out of control when the pair moves to a suburban wasteland in what was once the English countryside and take up with a spirit guide and his drowned therapist. It is not long before Alison's connection to the place beyond black threatens to uproot their lives forever. This is Hilary Mantel at her finest- insightful, darkly comic, unorthodox, and thrilling to read

County Mayo is rich in the traditions of Ireland, legends that Branna O’Dwyer fully embraces in her life and in her work as the proprietor of The Dark Witch shop, which carries soaps, lotions, and candles for tourists, made with Branna’s special touch. Branna’s strength and selflessness hold together a close circle of friends and family—along with their horses and hawks and her beloved hound. But there’s a single missing link in the chain of her life: love… She had it once—for a moment—with Finbar Burke, but a shared future is forbidden by history and blood. Which is why Fin has spent his life traveling the world to fill the abyss left in him by Branna, focusing on work rather than passion. Branna and Fin’s relationship offers them both comfort and torment. And though they succumb to the heat between them, there can be no promises for tomorrow. A storm of shadows threatens everything that their circle holds dear. It will be Fin’s power, loyalty, and heart that will make all the difference in an age-old battle between the bonds that hold their friends together and the evil that has haunted their families for centuries. **Don’t miss the other books in the Cousins O’Dwyer Trilogy ** Dark Witch ** **Shadow Spell

Tai knyga, demitologizuojanti šiuolaikinę mediciną ir atskleidžianti operacinių užkulisius. Tai gilus pjūvis, kartu - labai juokingas, jaudinantis pasakojimas apie gydytojų internų pirmuosius savarankiško darbo metus. Internai iš studijų viršūnės nusileidžia į ligoninių apačias; jie įsivaizdavo esą visagaliai, o palūžta susidūrę su neįsivaizduota realybe. Ir gydytojai, ir ligoniai tampa aukomis imperatyvo: "Kas gali būti daroma, turi būti daroma, nes tą galima padaryti"

Knygoje „Dvasių medis“ talentinga rašytoja Santa Montefiore (Santa Montefjorė) pasakoja Solanasų šeimos ir Sofijos Solanas meilės istoriją. Jaunutė Sofija įsimyli savo pusbrolį, Argentinos pampose įsiliepsnoja meilė. Tačiau Sofija išsiunčiama į Europą. Ar laikas ir nuotolis ištrins prisiminimus apie pirmąją meilę? „Savo romanais tikiuosi nuplukdyti jus prie saulėtesnių krantų, bet kartu priminti ir visa, kas nuostabu yra šalia. Mano knygos – tai pirmiausia meilės istorijos, nes už viską svarbiausia man yra meilė. Tikiuosi, kad skaitydami jas juoksitės ne mažiau, nei verksite, o svarbiausia – valandėlei užsimiršite.“ Santa Montefiore

The new novel by the author of the best-selling Love, Dad is a love story, compelling and deeply felt, about a man who comes to terms with his own life and his own marriage through the death of his father. It is the story of David Weber, a successful middle-aged New Yorker, who has flown to Miami to be at his father’s hospital bedside; the story of the father. Morris, whose lingering illness and failing memory cannot quite drown his wit; the story of David’s own son. Stephen, whose death at a tragically young age has frozen his father’s heart. It is the story of three women: Bessie, Morris Weber’s new “friend,” whose existence David never even suspected; Hillary, the leggy Englishwoman David encounters in Miami, who tempts him more strongly than any woman ever has. except his wife; and Molly, David’s wife, at home in New York, wondering as David does what went wrong, what happened to the miracle. As David’s father lies dying, David’s life takes on an emotional intensity he has never known. Far from the Sea is a novel in which compassion and excitement work hand and hand: a story laced with humor, sex, and irony, rich with the complexities of family ties. It is perhaps the most moving novel Evan Hunter has ever written

**A** **n insightful, hilarious, and compulsively readable novel about a complicated friendship between two women who are at two very different stages in life, from the best-selling author of** Maine **and** Saints for All Occasions **(named one of the** Washington Post **'s Ten Best Books of the Year and a** New York Times **Critics' Pick).** Elisabeth, an accomplished journalist and new mother, is struggling to adjust to life in a small town after nearly twenty years in New York City. Alone in the house with her infant son all day (and awake with him much of the night), she feels uneasy, adrift. She neglects her work, losing untold hours to her Brooklyn moms' Facebook group, her "influencer" sister's Instagram feed, and text messages with the best friend she never sees anymore. Enter Sam, a senior at the local women's college, whom Elisabeth hires to babysit. Sam is struggling to decide between the path she's always planned on and a romantic entanglement that threatens her ambition. She's worried about student loan debt and what the future holds. In short order, they grow close. But when Sam finds an unlikely kindred spirit in Elisabeth's father-in-law, the true differences between the women's lives become starkly revealed and a betrayal has devastating consequences. A masterful exploration of motherhood, power dynamics, and privilege in its many forms, *Friends and Strangers* reveals how a single year can shape the course of a life

Toussaint Boudreaux, a docker — hardworking and looking for a break — earns extra cash as a prize fighter. But the only break he gets lands him in gaol and then on a chain gang. Avery Broussard, wayward son of an old plantation family, loses his freedom for a cartload of Prohibition moonshine and finds himself attached to the same work camp as Boudreaux. Neither would have chosen the life — blood, sweat and tears come with the territory — but each is determined to make the best of it or find a way out. HALF OF PARADISE is a powerful novel of people from very different backgrounds who find their destinies tragically intertwined

From the internationally bestselling author of The Last Kabbalist of Lisbon comes a novel of incomparable scope and beauty that takes the reader on an epic journey from war-ravaged nineteenth-century Europe to antebellum America. A bereft child, a freed African slave, and the rich history of Portugal's secret Jews collide memorably in Richard Zimler's mesmerizing novel — a dazzling work of historical fiction played out against a backdrop of war and chaos that unforgettably mines the mysteries of devotion, betrayal, guilt, and forgiveness

This is actually a very funny book, and a good one, too, in that the funny things that happen happen to real people who come alive. The ending is a happy one. What more can an author say? What more can he give? [Author’s Foreword]

Once a successful surgeon, Frederick Welin now lives in self-imposed exile on an island in the Swedish archipelago. Nearly twelve years have passed since he was disgraced for attempting to cover up a tragic mishap on the operating table. One morning in the depths of winter, he sees a hunched figure struggling towards him across the ice. His past is about to catch up with him. The figure approaching in the freezing cold is Harriet, the only woman he has ever loved, the woman he abandoned in order to go and study in America forty years earlier. She has sought him out in the hope that he will honour a promise made many years ago. Now in the late stages of a terminal illness, she wants to visit a small lake in northern Sweden, a place Welin’s father took him once as a boy. He upholds his pledge and drives her to this beautiful pool hidden deep in the forest. On the journey through the desolate snow-covered landscape, Welin reflects on his impoverished childhood and the woman he later left behind. However, once there Welin discovers that Harriet has left the biggest surprise until last

Komtosuke, nedideliame Vermonto valstijos miestelyje, rugpjūčio mėnesį neti- kėtai staiga atšąla, lyg sniegas paslaptingai krenta rožių žiedlapiai, kai kuriuos žemės lopinėlius sukausto įšalas, dvelkia neįprasti kvapai, o maistas netenka įprasto skonio... Šiame sukrečiančiame Jodi Picoult romane, kuriame su mylimosios mirtimi nesu- sitaikantis vyras bet kokia kaina mėgina sutikti bent jos sielą, meniškai susipina neži- nia, kelių šeimų, net kartų paslaptys ir trečiajame bei ketvirtajame praėjusio amžiaus dešimtmečiuose vykdytas eugenikos projektas, kuris po septyniasdešimties metų vėl sugrįžta persekioti mažo Vermonto valstijos miestelio gyventojų

Samanta Kingston — viena populiariausių mokyklos merginų, kaip ir trys geriausios jos draugės. Pasipūtusios ir įžūlios, jos puikuojasi savo pranašumu ir be gailesčio žemina kitus mokinius — ne tokius gražius, nepopuliarius ar tiesiog joms nepatinkančius. Be abejo, Samanta susitikinėja su mokykloj populiariausiu vaikinu, jai ir draugėms atitenka viskas, kas geriausia, — stalelis mokyklos valgykloje, patogiausia vieta automobilių aikštelėje, o jų gyvenimas kupinas nuotykių ir lekia pašėlusiu tempu. Penktadienis, vasario 12-oji, Valentino diena, turėjo būti dar viena smagi šventė Samantos gyvenime. Tačiau puikiai nusiteikusioms draugėms iš vakarėlio grįžtant namo, ant kelio staiga šmėsteli nežinia koks baltas pavidalas, ir merginų automobilis nudarda į griovį. Valentino diena turėjo būti paskutinė Samantos gyvenime, bet... Jai suteikiama dar viena galimybė — išgyventi šią dieną... septynis kartus. Taigi kiekvieną rytą Samanta pabunda iš kraupaus sapno, o vakare vėl panyra į tamsą. Per šias septynias dienas Samantai teks suprasti daug dalykų, padaryti tai, ko niekada nebuvo dariusi: prie Žąsies uolos nusivesti jaunėlę sesutę Izę, kurią vadino įkyria zirzle, pasakyti gerą žodį mamai, kuriai drausdavo užeiti į savo kambarį, apkabinti kone užmirštą tėtį, atitaisyti skriaudas ir kitaip pažvelgti į žmones, kuriuos niekino

Džonas Grišemas satyriškai pažvelgė į pernelyg išpūstą šventinio sezono ritualą, ir štai rezultatas: "Kalėdų nebus" – kuklus, bet nuotaikingas kūrinėlis apie Kalėdų šventės nuotykius. Prieš pat Kalėdas su žmona išlydėjęs vienturtę dukrą į tolimą kelionę, Liuteris Krenkas nusprendžia šiais metais Kalėdų nešvęsti, o išaušus gruodžio 25-ajai, išplaukti į kruizą po Karibų jūrą. Iš pradžių tokia idėja Noros Krenk nesužavi, bet, kaip sakoma, lašas po lašo, ir Liuteriui pavyksta užkrėsti žmoną džiaugsmingų atostogų lūkesčiais. Juk iš tikrųjų, kaip patogu nešvęsti Kalėdų: nereikia stumdytis sausakimšose parduotuvėse, galima atsikratyti nusibodusio pobūvio darbe, nereikia pirkti eglutės, atkrenta galvosūkis dėl dovanų ir dar šiek tiek lieka sutaupyta pinigų!Originalus pavadinimas: Skipping Christmas

„Katė, vyras ir dvi moterys“ labai subtiliai vaizduoja kaip žmonės bjauriai elgiasi vienas su kitu įvairiose gyvenimo situacijose. Jie manipuliuoja, ignoruoja vienas kitą, klasta siekia savo bei būna tikri savanaudžiai, tačiau tuo pat metu žmonės išlieka be galo geri, meilūs gyvūnams.Japoniškų kačių galvos pailgos, siauros, o Lili galvytė nedidelė ir kompaktiška. Snukis – tartum apverstas moliusko kiautas, rėminantis nuostabiai gražias aukso spalvos akis ir išraiškingai virpčiojančią nosį. Bet ne katytės kailis, snukis ar kūnas šitaip pakerėjo Šiodzą. Ne išvaizda svarbu, buvo matęs ir persiškų, ir Siamo kačių, kurios gal net gražesnės. Labiausiai žavėjo Lili charakteris. Pasakojimo centre stovi ne kas kitas, o katė – Lili, kuri yra gyvenimo prasmė, džiaugsmas, kančia bei viltis visiems personažams. Šiodzas yra be galo išlepintas savo motinos bei aplinkinių žmonių. Šinako yra pirmoji vyro žmona, kuri padėjo padengti visas šeimos skolas, kuri juo rūpinosi bei mylėjo, tačiau buvo išprašyta. Fukuko yra antroji vyro žmona, kurią vedė jausdamas savo motinos bei dėdės spaudimą, Fukuko turi didelę kraitį, o pinigai šiai šeimai buvo reikalingi. Abi vyro žmonos yra be galo skirtingos, tačiau jas abi vienija neapykanta Lili, kuri yra gundanti, elegantiška bei itin valdinga. Visi namai, jiems to nepastebint, šoka pagal katės dūdelę, o ypač Šiodzas, ko pasėkoje, abi moterys pradeda pavydėti katei, o vėliau ir neapkęsti. Originalus pavadinimas: A Cat, A Man and Two Women  Vertėjas: Eglė Bielskytė

Nebijanti aštrių temų ir diskusijas visuomenėje keliančių klausimų populiari rašytoja Jodi Picoult šįkart atsigręžia į tokias temas kaip tapatybė, meilė, santuoka, motinystė. Kas atsitinka, kai artimiausi žmonės ir visuomenė brutaliai pasikėsina į svarbiausią dalyką – troškimą turėti šeimą? Ir kas turi teisę spręsti, kokia ta šeima turi būti?

Daug metų Džeinė Džons gyveno savo vyro Oliverio, garsaus okeanografo, šešėlyje - rūpinosi namais ir augino jųdviejų dukrą Rebeką. Tačiau kartą, kai Oliveris paskelbia, kad negalės kartu švęsti Rebekos penkiolikto gimtadienio, Džeinė nebesuvaldo ilgai slopinto nusivylimo ir tūžmingai užsipuola vyrą. Įsiutusi ant vyro ir išsigandusi savo pačios pykčio protrūkio, ji su dukra palieka namus ir išvažiuoja į kitą Amerikos pakrantę ieškoti prieglobsčio obelyne pas brolį. Oliveris, įgudęs sekti kuprotuosius banginius milžiniškuose vandenynuose, vejasi žmoną per visą žemyną. Ir pagaliau obelyne visi vėl susitinka... Šioje kelionėje yrančios šeimos nariai gauna progą naujai įvertinti ir suvokti savo gyvenimą, giminystės ryšius, vienas kitą ir galbūt sulipdyti tai, kas buvo pradėję byrėti. Ar jiems pavyks pasinaudoti šia proga?

Jaunas baronas Georgas fon Vergentinas žengia pirmuosius žingsnius į gyvenimą ir šlovę – jis kuria muziką, svajoja parašyti unikalų kūrinį – tikrą operą. Jis dažnai lankosi Vienos intelektualų salone; salonas priklauso žinomam Vienos bankininkui Ėrenbergui. Čia mezgasi pokalbiai apie ateitį ir gyvenimą, politikuojama apie sionizmą ir socializmą, gimsta meilės ryšiai ir aptariamos naudingos vedybos. Romano autorius puikiai piešia Europos belle Époque, kuriai itin būdingi šiandieniai, t. y. XXI a., vyro ir moters jausmai, kankinantys ir sekinantys saitai, beatodairiška meilė, deginanti ir žlugdanti aistra, visuomenės požiūris ir įtaka

Palūžusi nuo gyvenimo išbandymų, Amanda Starki nutaria viską mesti ir grįžti į tėvų namus. Ją šiltai pasitinka sesuo Matilda ir dukterėčia Ruta, bet po metų ramybė sudrumsčiama – Matilda nuskęsta po ežero ledu. Moters mirtis pakeičia jos dukrelės, sesers ir vyro gyvenimus. Istorija pasakojama Amandos ir Rutos balsais. Po truputį atskleidžiama apgavysčių, beprotybės, netikros ištikimybės ir keistos meilės kupina šeimos istorija. „Intriguojantis pasakojimas apie seserų varžytuves, lojalumą šeimai ir slaptas istorijas.“ Library Journal

The Crofts live with their blond, teenage daughter, Lissie, in a converted sawmill in Rutledge, Connecticut, an exclusive community of achievers. Lissie’s mother, Connie, is a Vassar graduate; her father, Jamie, a successful photographer. But these were the sixties — the time of Nixon and moon walks, prosperity and war, Woodstock and Chappaquiddick — and the Crofts are caught in a time slot that not only caused alienation but in fact encouraged it. Lissie, in her rush to independence and self-identity, along with others of her generation, goes her own way. She leaves school, skips to London and begins a journey across Europe to India. Breaking all the rules, flouting her parents’ values, she causes in Jamie a deep concern that frequently turns to impotent rage. When Lissie returns, she is surprised and angry to find that things are not the same. While she was out living her own life, her dad was falling in love with the woman he would eventually marry. Hurt and confused over her parents’ divorce, Lissie is not ready to accept for them what she sees as clear-cut rights for herself. And try as he will, her father cannot comprehend the new Lissie. More than a novel about the dissolution of a family in a turbulent decade, Love, Dad is an incredibly perceptive story of father and daughter and their special love — a love that endures even though understanding has been swept away in the whirlwind of change

“I’m not really a brat, please understand that. But, you know, school one day... and there’s your mother wearing her Long Grave Face... and she tells you she’s leaving your father... that you and she will be making new plans...” For Abby O’Neill, those “new plans” mean some big changes in her life, like living in a rented house with her mother and Mr. Stenner, the man her mother plans to marry as soon as a couple of divorces are out of the way. And like seeing her real father only on weekends. The trouble is, Abby still loves her real father, and she is growing to love Mr. Stenner, who is alternately the villain and the hero of her life. But how can she love one without betraying the other? In his first important novel for young readers, Evan Hunter portrays the traumas and triumphs of a child caught in the middle of a divorce. With tenderness, insight, and humor, he shows that change is a part of life, and that accepting change is what life is all about

Romantiškas ir jaudinantis knygos „Sodininkas iš Prancūzijos“ autorės pasakojimas apie meilę, gebėjimą atleisti ir atskleistas praeities paslaptis, aprėpiantis keturis dešimtmečius ir nusitęsiantis nuo Toskanos iki Anglijos pajūrio. Romane „Namas prie jūros“ yra visko: paslapčių, detektyvo, aistringos meilės, kurią kursto dramatiški įvykiai, puikių pasakų motyvų apie piktą pamotę, bjaurią, kaprizingą podukrą ir apie išgelbėtoją dailininką Rafą Santorą. Santa Montefiore sukūrė tikrą stebuklą, nuo šio romano negalėsite atsiplėšti. Jis nepamirštamas! Rašytoja Adriana Trigiani. Santa Montefiore (Santa Montefjorė) gimė 1970 metais Hampšyre, Anglijoje. Ištekėjo už istoriko Simono Sebago Montefiore’s. Jie gyvena Londone, augina dvi dukteris Lili ir Sašą. Rašytoja ilgą laiką gyveno Argentinoje, kur užaugo jos motina

Knygoje Jodi Picoult gvildena šeimos santykių ir tikėjimo temas. Kai Marijos ir jos neištikimo sutuoktinio santuoka ima griūti, įskaudinta septynmetė jų dukrelė užsisklendžia. Po skyrybų Marija puola į depresiją, o Viltis, nemokyta jokių tikėjimo tiesų, ima girdėti Dievo balsą ir cituoti Bibliją. Prasidėjus mūšiui dėl mergaitės globos teisių ir pasklidus žiniai apie stebuklingas Vilties galias, motina su dukra įsukamos į beprotišką sūkurį. Regis, viskas ima slysti iš rankų, o Marija privalo stoti į kovą su viešąja nuomone, teisine sistema ir buvusiu vyru, trokštančiu Vilties globos teisių. „Supindama įvairius dvasinius klausimus Jodi Picoult atliko įspūdingą darbą… Šis pasakojimas verčia susimąstyti apie Dievą. Šiuolaikinėje grožinėje literatūroje tai retas atvejis.“ USA Today

Jaudinantis pasakojimas apie žmogžudystę, sudrebinančią amišų bendruomenės kaimynystėje gyvenančių žmonių ramybę ir virstančią sunkiu išmėginimu patyrusiai advokatei. Iš didmiesčio į uždarą amišų bendruomenę atvykusi moteris siekia žūtbūt išsiaiškinti tiesą ir apginti naujagimio nužudymu kaltinamą amišų merginą, kuri neigia nužudžiusi savo kūdikį, nors gausūs ir iš pažiūros įtikimi įrodymai teigia priešingai

1910 m. garsiausias rašytojas pasaulyje Levas Tolstojus, prabangioje sodyboje apsuptas šeimos narių ir ištikimų sekėjų, jau buvo tapęs bemaž svarbiausia Rusijos figūra. Romano „Paskutinė stotis“ veiksmas rutuliojasi likus vieneriems metams iki garsiojo grafo mirties ir sukasi apie Tolstojaus žmonos ir jo pagrindinio sekėjo kovą dėl rašytojo sielos. Draskomas prieštaravimų dėl atvirai deklaruojamos neturto ir skaistybės doktrinos bei tikrovės, kurioje vyrauja neįtikėtina prabanga ir hedonizmas, rašytojas pagaliau išeina iš namų... Paskutiniųjų Tolstojaus dienų istorija čia pasakojama šešių skirtingų personažų lūpomis, cituojant paties rašytojo dienoraščius ir literatūros kūrinius

Skaitytojų pamėgtos rašytojos Santos Montefjorės (Santa Montefiore), romano „Sodininkas iš Prancūzijos“ autorės, knyga. Santūri Anglija ir saulės nutvieksta Italija. Aistringa meilė, nuopuolis ir išdavystės. Gražuolė Alba gimė Italijoje, tačiau visai mažytę anglas tėvas ją parsivežė į Angliją. Atsitiktinai aptikusi kerintį motinos italės, apie kurią tėvas jai nieko nepasakoja, portretą, Alba ryžtasi nuvykti į Italiją. Saulės nutviekstoje Viduržemio jūros įlankoje su mažyčiais namukais ir alyvmedžių sodais Alba gauna galimybę ne tik sužinoti taip ilgai slėptą motinos gyvenimo istoriją, bet ir susikurti savo laimę…

Name: Bradford Lockridge Occupation: Former President of the United States Problem: Obsessive desire for power. Loved and hated more than any man on earth, commanding absolute loyalty from the men and women who once had served him, defying the government he once had headed, Bradford Lockridge pursued his final and possibly insane vision of glory

Trijų knygų serija *Skandalingieji Sent Klerai.* Pirma knyga. Stefanija Makinli, puiki fizioterapeutė, seniai dūsavo dėl gražuolio aktoriaus Džordano Simpsono. Todėl gerokai apstulbo sužinojusi, kad jos naujasis pacientas, turtinga aristokratų šeimos atžala Džordanas Sent Kleras, ir yra slapyvardžiu prisidengusi ši kino garsenybė. Sunkiai sužalotas per nelaimingą atsitikimą Džordanas atsiriboja nuo pasaulio. Net atkaklioji Stefanija praranda viltį jam padėti. Tačiau jis, ko gero, vienintelis gali pažadinti tramdomą Stefanijos seksualumą

FIVE DREAMS OF FAME Glasgow, 1965. Jack Mackay dares not imagine a life of predictability and routine. The headstrong seventeen-year-old has one thing on his mind — London — and successfully convinces his four friends, and fellow band mates, to join him in abandoning their homes to pursue a goal of musical stardom. FIVE DECADES OF FEAR Glasgow, 2015. Jack Mackay dares not look back on a life of failure and mediocrity. The heavy-hearted sixty-seven-year old is still haunted by the cruel fate that befell him and his friends some fifty years before, and how he did and did not act when it mattered most — a memory he has run from all his adult life. London, 2015. A man lies dead in a bedsit. His killer looks on, remorseless. What started with five teenagers five decades before will now be finished

Šiuolaikinė raganų medžioklės drama. Pasakodama net du kartus neteisingai apkaltinto vyro istoriją, rašytoja atskleidžia, kad melas sklinda greičiau nei teisybė, ir parodo, kokias skaudžias pasekmes gali prišaukti kieno nors piktybiškai ar neatsargiai paskleista netiesa

Возможно, когда-то было время, когда бы я позволил тебе уйти, Я бы даже не пытался, но я думаю, ты могла бы спасти мою жизнь… Просто не бросай меня, я не подведу тебя. Нет, я не подведу тебя… Просто не переставай верить, я все утрясу. Пожалуйста, не сдавайся! Я не подведу тебя… Whataya Want From Me (с) Adam Lambert

Trijų knygų serija *Skandalingieji Sent Klerai.* Trečia knyga. Teisininkas Gideonas Sent Kleras patenkintas savo gyvenimu, kuriame svarbiausias yra darbas. O jo santykiai su gražiąja lytimi gana paprasti: moterys, su kuriomis susitikinėja, nežino, kaip atrodo jo butas, nes jos mato tik į miegamąjį vedančius laiptus... Bet ar ilgai taip tęsis? Aštrialiežuvė advokatė Džoja Makinli rimta priešininkė, mokanti susukti bet kuriam vyrui galvą – tokių moterų Gideonas privengia. Bet kai senas Džojos priešas ima kerštauti, Gideonas priverstas ją saugoti. Ne tik dieną, bet ir naktį... Ankstesni trijų knygų serijos *Skandalingieji Sent Klerai* romanai: C. Mortimer. Prisimink, kas esi (2012 sausis-vasaris) (Stefanija ir Džordanas) C. Mortimer. Beprotiškai įsimylėjęs (2012 kovas-balandis) (Leksė ir Lukanas)

Since We Fell follows Rachel Childs, a former journalist who, after an on-air mental breakdown, now lives as a virtual shut-in. In all other respects, however, she enjoys an ideal life with an ideal husband. Until a chance encounter on a rainy afternoon causes that ideal life to fray. As does Rachel’s marriage. As does Rachel herself. Sucked into a conspiracy thick with deception, violence, and possibly madness, Rachel must find the strength within herself to conquer unimaginable fears and mind-altering truths. By turns heart-breaking, suspenseful, romantic, and sophisticated, Since We Fell is a novel of profound psychological insight and tension. It is Dennis Lehane at his very best

Prieš paskutiniais antrojo pasaulinio karo metais Vokietijoje gimęs teisininkas bei rašytojas Bernhardas Schlinkas pagarsėjo savo detektyviniais romanais. Šiame jo romane jaunas vaikinukas įsimyli vyresnę moterį, apie kurios praeitį visiškai nieko nežino. Ir tik teisme, kur yra teisiami karo nusikaltėliai, paslaptingumas "pradeda garuoti"

Miranda su Deividu palieka Londoną ir su vaikais atsikrausto gyventi į kaimą — senovišką dvarą, apsuptą kadaise buvusio puikaus sodo. Nors ir netroškusi kaimo idilės, Miranda tikisi čia įgyvendinti seną svajonę — parašyti romaną, o Deividas — savaitgaliais pailsėti nuo miesto šurmulio. Tačiau viskas klostosi visai kitaip, nei jie tikėjosi. Ištrūkę iš miesto sumaišties Miranda su Deividu patenka ne į idilę, o į akistatą su savimi ir nutylėtomis nuoskaudomis, neišsakytu nepasitenkinimu ir abejonėmis. Šeimą ištinka krizė. Deividas vis mažiau prabūna namie, vaikai žaidžia kas sau, o nuobodžiaujanti Miranda pasijunta beviltiškai vieniša... Ir tuomet į duris pasibeldžia paslaptingas žavus nepažįstamasis... Paaiškėja, kad tai prancūzas sodininkas, puoselėjęs dvaro sodą, kai jame gyveno ankstesnieji šeimininkai. Kaip ir sodas, svečias turi didelę paslaptį... Paslaptingasis sodininkas pasisiūlo kurį laiką pagyventi dvare ir atgaivinti apleistą sodą. Tačiau galbūt šiam gamtos slėpinius pažįstančiam žmogui pavyks kur kas daugiau ir jis pagydys ne tik sodą, bet ir Mirandos bei Deivido sielas? Kupina išminties ir stipriai sujaudinanti knyga. Šiuolaikinė istorija, papasakota su senamadišku jausmingumu, teigianti šeimos vertę ir visa įveikiančią meilės galią

This is a novel about three generations of men in an American family — a grandfather, a father, and a son — focusing on those crucial years when each was between the ages of seventeen and twenty. War, and its effects on those who survive, is the common element in the lives of these men and their women — World Wars I and II and the Vietnam War, wars that are profoundly the same yet compellingly different. And it is in the difference that the core of this extraordinary novel lies, for Evan Hunter has succeeded in portraying nothing less than the vast, changing heart and mind of America over the last fifty years, an America at once the same and radically altered. In this dramatic saga of the Tyler men and women, the reader discovers, with an immediacy more apparent than in any history, many of the ideas and feelings that took shape at the beginning of the century and grew with the passing years into the attitudes of today about ourselves, the world, prejudice, violence, justice, sex. love the family and personal commitment. Sons tells a dramatic story about loving, hating, struggling, and dying; in short, about the endlessly fascinating adventure of life. It is the most ambitious and exciting novel Evan Hunter has ever written

Autobiografinė išpažintis apie perkamą meilę – atviras pasakojimas apie dvilypį gyvenimą. Sonja Rosi gyvena Berlyne, studijuoja matematiką, savaitgaliais pramogauja klubuose. Iš pirmo žvilgsnio – normali jauna moteris. Bet ji verčiasi pardavinėdama savo kūną. Ir nedaro iš to problemų… Tikrasis dvidešimt penkerių metų Sonjos vardas, žinoma, yra kitas, ir juodi jos plaukai nėra tikri. Nors apie savo patirtį Berlyno raudonųjų žibintų aplinkoje jauna moteris rašo atvirai ir nieko neslėpdama, savo asmenybės neatskleidžia

Jodi Picoult romanas „Susitarimas“ pasakoja apie didelę dviejų šeimų draugystę, pasibaigusią šiurpia tragedija... Hartų ir Goldų šeimos aštuoniolika metų buvo artimi kaimynai ir dalijosi viskuo: kiniškais valgiais, vaikų vežimu į mokyklą ir net vėjaraupiais. Juos siejo toks stiprus ryšys, kad, rodės, visą gyvenimą praleido drauge. Tiek šių šeimų suaugusieji, tiek vaikai buvo geriausi draugai, tad nieko keisto, jog nuo pat mažų dienų bendraujančių Kriso ir Emilės graži draugystė paauglystėje išaugo į meilę. Todėl buvo neįtikėtinai sunku patikėti kraupia žinia, pasiekusia jaunuolių tėvus vidury nakties: septyniolikmetė Emilė nušauta, o ginklas priklauso Kriso tėvui. Pats Krisas policijai bando išaiškinti, kad vienas neiššautas šovinys yra skirtas jam pačiam. Tačiau jaunuolio pasakojimas apie jų su mylimąja sprendimą drauge nusižudyti, detektyvei kelia abejonių – kažkas vis tik atrodo nutylėta... Ši byla tyrėjams bus sunkus galvosūkis, o Kriso ir Emilės tėvai kraustysis iš proto, ieškodami atsakymų į sudėtingus klausimus. Ar jie iki galo pažino savo vaikus? Ar tikrai niekas neliko nepastebėta?

For 25 years, Burke Devore has provided for his family and played by the rules. Until now. Downsized from his job, Devore is slipping away: from his wife, his family, and from all civilized norms of behavior. He wants his life back, and will do anything to get it. In this relentlessly fascinating novel, the masterful Westlake takes readers on a journey of obsession and outrage inside a quiet man’s desperate world

Rick Dadier wasn’t looking to be a hero, when he got his first teaching job at North Manual Trades High School. Admittedly the kids would probably be tough. That was likely to be true in any city vocational school. But Rick had a couple of years in the Navy under his belt, and he didn’t think any school disciplinary problems were going to throw him. Not when he was getting his first big chance at the job he wanted most to do. Not when Anne was so proud of him. Not when the baby was only a few months off. No, he wasn’t looking to be any damned hero. He just wanted to teach. But against his will, Rick was forced to become a hero within twenty-four hours after he stepped into his first classroom. From then on, things got tougher faster. It was one thing to face sullenness and impertinence, but it was another to stumble on a rape attempt. Any teacher might find himself in a war of wits against his pupils, but does he expect to find himself having to fight against teen-age gangsters for his very life? The Blackboard Jungle is the first novel to dramatize one of the top social problems of our day. The reader will want to race through the completely gripping plot just as fast as he can turn the book’s pages, but he will think about its implications for a long time to come

The bride ‧ The plus one ‧ The best man ‧ The wedding planner ‧ The bridesmaid ‧ The body On an island off the coast of Ireland, guests gather to celebrate two people joining their lives together as one. The groom: handsome and charming, a rising television star. The bride: smart and ambitious, a magazine publisher. It’s a wedding for a magazine, or for a celebrity: the designer dress, the remote location, the luxe party favors, the boutique whiskey. The cell phone service may be spotty and the waves may be rough, but every detail has been expertly planned and will be expertly executed. But perfection is for plans, and people are all too human. As the champagne is popped and the festivities begin, resentments and petty jealousies begin to mingle with the reminiscences and well wishes. The groomsmen begin the drinking game from their school days. The bridesmaid not-so-accidentally ruins her dress. The bride’s oldest (male) friend gives an uncomfortably caring toast. And then someone turns up dead. Who didn’t wish the happy couple well? And perhaps more important, why?

**Two women. Two Flights. One last chance to disappear.** Claire Cook has a perfect life. Married to the scion of a political dynasty, with a Manhattan townhouse and a staff of ten, her surroundings are elegant, her days flawlessly choreographed, and her future auspicious. But behind closed doors, nothing is quite as it seems. That perfect husband has a temper that burns as bright as his promising political career, and he's not above using his staff to track Claire's every move, making sure she's living up to his impossible standards. But what he doesn't know is that Claire has worked for months on a plan to vanish. A chance meeting in an airport bar brings her together with a woman whose circumstances seem equally dire. Together they make a last-minute decision to switch tickets — Claire taking Eva's flight to Oakland, and Eva traveling to Puerto Rico as Claire. They believe the swap will give each of them the head start they need to begin again

Set in Lisbon in 1506, a debut novel in the tradition of THE NAME OF THE ROSE. When his uncle, a renowned kabbalist, is found dead, Berekiah's investigations lead him into the secret ways in which the Jews sought to hide from their persecutors

Iry Paret's done his time — two years for manslaughter in Louisiana's Angola State Penitentiary. Now the war vet and blues singer is headed to Montana, where he hopes to live clean working on a ranch owned by the father of his prison pal, Buddy Riordan. In prison, Iry tinkered with a song — “The Lost Get-Back Boogie” — that never came out quite right. Now, the Riordan family's problems hand him a new kind of trouble, with some tragic consequences. And Iry must get the tune right at last, or pay a fateful price

The long string of horrors that took place at the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys wasn't a secret, but it might as well have been. Former students of the Florida reform school had spoken out for years about the brutal beatings that they endured at the hands of sadistic employees, but it wasn't until 2012, when University of South Florida anthropologists [began to uncover unmarked graves on the school's campus](https://www.npr.org/2012/10/15/162941770/floridas-dozier-school-for-boys-a-true-horror-story), that the world began to care

An outstanding human drama. It is the story of strangers, the story of lovers, of men and women drawn together by a week-long trial that affects them more deeply than they dare to admit. But as each day passes, the suspense mounts in an emotional crescendo that engulfs them all — and suddenly one man's verdict becomes the most important decision in their lives…

**The author of *The Wedding Date* serves up a novel about what happens when a public proposal doesn't turn into a happy ending, thanks to a woman who knows exactly how to make one on her own...** **When someone asks you to spend your life with him, it shouldn't come as a surprise --or happen in front of 45,000 people.** When freelance writer Nikole Paterson goes to a Dodgers game with her actor boyfriend, his man bun, and his bros, the last thing she expects is a scoreboard proposal. Saying no isn't the hard part--they've only been dating for five months, and he can't even spell her name correctly. The hard part is having to face a stadium full of disappointed fans... At the game with his sister, Carlos Ibarra comes to Nik's rescue and rushes her away from a camera crew. He's even there for her when the video goes viral and Nik's social media blows up--in a bad way. Nik knows that in the wilds of LA, a handsome doctor like Carlos can't be looking

**In the romantic tradition of *Dear John* , #1 *New York Times* bestselling author Nicholas Sparks returns with the story of an injured Navy doctor -- and two women whose secrets will change the course of his life.** Trevor Benson never intended to move back to New Bern, North Carolina. But when a mortar blast outside the hospital where he worked sent him home from Afghanistan with devastating injuries, the dilapidated cabin he'd inherited from his grandfather seemed as good a place to regroup as any. Tending to his grandfather's beloved beehives, Trevor isn't prepared to fall in love with a local . . . yet, from their very first encounter, Trevor feels a connection with deputy sheriff Natalie Masterson that he can't ignore. But even as she seems to reciprocate his feelings, she remains frustratingly distant, making Trevor wonder what she's hiding. Further complicating his stay in New Bern is the presence of a sullen teenage girl, Callie, who lives in

When the irresistible force of a giant corporation like Titanic Shoe meets an immovable, but tottering, object like the respectable shoe firm of Julien Kahn, something's got to give — and something does, explosively, surprisingly. Here is an authentic, behind-the-scenes excursion into the high-fashion world of heels and vamps and into the private worlds of two men who crashed head on — one striving for personal power, the other for personal integrity. Jefferson McQuade comes to the Kahn factory as the representative of the new owners, with his own ideas about what is needed to put the factory on a firm footing. Raymond Griffin, who has worked his way up to head of Kahn’s Cost Department, doesn’t share the apprehension of those who fear a shake-up. For years Kahn has needed new blood, and he welcomes the smooth and affable McQuade. But McQuade's methods soon reveal him as a ruthless tyrant whose polished words can pit friend against friend, a man who is ready to demolish anyone and everyone who stands in his way, a man who sees horrifying violence as the answer to an outbreak on the factory floor. The last traces of doubt about McQuade are removed during Guild Week when, as the new shoe lines are shown to the entire industry, McQuade attempts to seduce Griffin’s girl. The long-smoldering warfare between the two men erupts into the open and provides the setting for a dramatic ending that will leave anyone who has ever stepped into the business world breathless and cheering. Here, secretly aspiring to someday sit in the Executive Suite, are the white-collar workers and production people — their jackets off, their sleeves rolled up, their nails neat and sharpened. In THE SPIKED HEEL, Richard Marsten has produced a dynamic and absorbing book that you and the people who work side-by-side with you will read and talk about for a long time to come. Of this we are certain. For THE SPIKED HEEL is not only an authentic portrayal of the fabulous fashion world of high-quality shoes. It is a gripping novel of the very real world inhabited by all men and women who make and use any of America’s products. Beside this any novel — past or future — on the world of business must seem as pale and wan as Little Women

******Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2020 by *O, the Oprah Magazine, The Washington Post, Harper's Bazaar, Buzzfeed, Vogue, PureWow, New York Magazine* and more** ** **"Bennett's tone and style recalls James Baldwin and Jacqueline Woodson, but it's especially reminiscent of Toni Morrison's 1970 debut novel, *The Bluest Eye."* **--** Kiley Reid, *Wall Street Journal*** ** ** "A page-turner." -- *O, The Oprah Magazine * **"Sure to be one of 2020s best and boldest."** * **- *Elle****** From *The* *New York Times* -bestselling author of *The Mothers* , a stunning new novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one black and one white.**** The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of