Ed Macy is an elite pilot, one of the few men qualified to fly Apache helicopters, the world’s deadliest fighting machines. This is his account of a fearless mission behind enemy lines in Afghanistan. After a brutal accident forced him out of the Paras, Ed Macy refused to go down quietly. He bent every rule to sign up for the Army’s gruelling Apache helicopter programme and was one of the handful to pass the nightmare selection process. Dispatched to Afghanistan’s notorious Helmand Province in 2006, his squadron were on hand when a marine went MIA behind enemy lines – and they knew they were his only hope. From the cockpit of the mighty Apache helicopter comes this incredible true story of a rescue mission so dangerous they said it couldn’t be done, and of the man who dared to disagree. http://www.harperplus.com/apache

In May 2011 after a Mediterranean exercise to prove the Apache’s ability to work ship-borne, HMS Ocean and her embarked Apache attack helicopters from 656 Squadron, Army Air Corps were about to head home. But the civil war in Libya and the NATO air campaign intervened. A few days later the Author and his fellow Apache pilots and crewmen were in action at night over hostile territory. In range to Gaddafi’s capable air and land forces once in sight of the coast, they had to fight their way into Libya, complete their mission, evading lethal ground fire, before the hazardous return to Ocean. Flying well within the reach of Libya’s state-of-the-art ground to air weapons, the Apaches made nightly raids at ultra low-level behind enemy lines. Apache over Libya describes the experiences of eight Army and two Royal Navy pilots who played a significant role in the NATO led campaign. Despite fighting the best armed enemy British aircrew have faced in generations, they defied the odds and survived. Vividly conveying the thrill and fear of flying the Apache in combat at sea and over enemy-held terrain, this is an unforgettable and unique first-hand account

Aparatus. Twoja przepustka do świata ludzi i zdarzeń, których istnienia nawet nie podejrzewasz.To nie portal do fantastycznych krain. Kiedy nasz świat zdradza swoje sekrety, fantastyka nie jest już potrzebna.Poznaj ludzi którzy odkrywali nieznane prawa natury i stanęli oko w oko z nienazwanym. Znajdź nieistniejący świerk lutniczy, odkryj wynalazki, które mogły odmienić losy świata. Zanurz się w bezdenne stawy warszawskich Łazienek, by zmierzyć się z niepojętą grozą. Poczuj bicie serca Dzwonu Wolności. Wspomnij ideały, dla których we współczesnym świecie nie ma już miejsca.Aparatus. Curiosum. Unikat. Czy warto go w ogóle dotykać? Warto! Otwórz i wsłuchaj się w echo dawno minionych wydarzeń

Some doors are better left closed… In Barrington House, an upmarket block in London, there is an empty apartment. No one goes in, no one comes out. And it’s been that way for fifty years. Until the night watchman hears a disturbance after midnight and investigates. What he experiences is enough to change his life forever. A young American woman, Apryl, arrives at Barrington House. She's been left an apartment by her mysterious Great Aunt Lillian who died in strange circumstances. Rumours claim Lillian was mad. But her diary suggests she was implicated in a horrific and inexplicable event decades ago. Determined to learn something of this eccentric woman, Apryl begins to unravel the hidden story of Barrington House. She discovers that a transforming, evil force still inhabits the building. And the doorway to Apartment 16 is a gateway to something altogether more terrifying…

Would you have the courage to escape? Be careful what you wish for… When Meagan was five years old her mother was viciously attacked and murdered. Now an adult, she herself is the victim of an abusive relationship. Meagan is desperate to escape but doesn’t have the courage to leave. So, when Meagan meets Oliver, a decent guy who is on the rebound after a failed relationship, the two strike up a connection. But when Meagan confesses that her husband is abusive, it leads Oliver down a dark and dangerous path. Just how far would you go to protect someone? Oliver is about to find out and be pushed to his very limits… Apartment 6 is a dark and twisty psychological thriller from bestselling author Stuart James. It's the perfect read for fans of authors like Mark Edwards, Rachel Abbott and Adam Croft

Vsevolods Sisojevs Apbrīnojamie zvēri Stāsti par dabu Autors, krievu padomju rakstnieks un medību speciālists (dzimis 1911. gadā), stāsta par Usūrijas tīģerienes Rigmas, Himalaju lāču, Sibīrijas caunu, sabuļu, vāveru, vilku, aļņu, maralbriežu, zlemeļbriežu, sniega leopardu un daudzu citu Tālo Austrumu kalnu, mežu un upju Iemītniekiem. šī gramata veltīta tiem, kas Interesējas par Tālo Austrumu dabu, un tai ir liela nozīme dabas aizsardzībā No krievu valodas tulkojis Arturs Lielais Noskanējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis Māksliniece Māra Rikmane Grāmata veltīta sievai un draugam Jehaterinai Maksimovnai Cik brīnišķīga ir daba dižās Amūras apgabalā! Cik laimīgs jūtas dabas pētnieks, nokļuvis šajā no­vadā, kur vēl tagad mīt tiģeri un leopardi, Nepālas caunas un kalnu antilopes gorali, kur ezeros zied lotosi un noguris ceļavīrs var patverties no svelmainās saules mūžzaļo ivju ēnā! Jo sevišķi krāšņi un lieliski ir Tālo Austrumu ciedru- priežu meži. Cik dzidrs ir gaiss šajos mežos, kā tas smaržo pēc sve­ķiem! Slaido ciedrupriežu daudzās galotnes slejas aug­stu pāri mežu jūrai. Tumšzaļajos, kuplajos zaros, kas tiecas debesis, dižojas lieli, zeltaini čiekuri. Cik garšīgas ir taukās ciedrupriežu sēklas — «ciedru riekstiņi», ar ko labprāt mielojas cilvēki, putni, lieli plēsējzvēri un sīki grauzēji! Ciedrupriežu mežos iešana viegla un klusa. — pamežs nav cieši sakuplojis un zemi klāj mīksta nobirušo skuju sega. Sājos mežos aizvien rosās dzīvās radības un turklāt tajos jaušams kāds noslēpums. Priedulāji ir jauki jebkurā gadalaikā. Vasarā te nav karsts — starp ciedrupriedēm augošās liepas un dzeltenie bērzi sniedz ēnu un dzestrumu. Ziemā ciedrupriežu meži ir gaiši, tālu pārredzami. Jau iztālēm var saskatīt meža­cūkas meklējam barību un klaiņojošu lāci. Klejojot mežā, iespējams sastapt daudz dažādu dzīv­nieku — gan Sibīrijas caunas, sabuļus, ūdrus un āmrijas tiņus, gan maralbriežus un aļņus. Sājos mežos mit Hima- laju lāči, kas bieži kāpelē pa kokiem un ziemu pārlaiž milzu koku dobumos. Sniega segā ilgi samanāmas meža traģēdiju pēdas — cīniņā uz dzīvību un nāvi reizēm saķeras tīģeris ar lāci, mežakuilis — ar leopardu. Medniecības speciālisti, medību pārziņi un inspektori modri sargā vērtīgos zvērus un rūpējas par to skaita pavairošanu, viņi plašos apgabalos ieviesuši sabuļus, akli- matizējuši Amerikas ūdeles un ondatras — bizamžurkas, Baltkrievijas upju bebrus un pelēkos zaķus. Mūsu novadā dzīvo nepārspējami zvēru ķērāji, kuri kailām rokām prot sagūstīt tīģerus un leopardus. Un cik daudz dārgu zvērādu, mošus briežu dziedzeru un maral- briežu ragu — pantu viņi iegūst! Esmu gājis medībās un pētījis Tālo Austrumu dzīvnie­kus trīsdesmit piecus gadus. Atceros daudzas neparastas tikšanās taigā, un man gribētos pastāstīt lasītājam savus novērojumus. Labākā balva autoram būs atsaucīgs lasītājs, kas centu­sies iepazīt un vēl ciešāk iemīlēt dabu. Autors

NIKOLAJS GOGOLIS IZLASE APBURTA VIETA LATVIJAS VALSTS IZDEVNIECĪBA RiGĀ 1948 Tulk. M. Mencendorfa Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis APBURTA VIETA

N.Kaļma (Anna Kalmanoka) Apburtais krekls Gara, kaila siena Redžo-Emilio šaušanas poligonā. Pie šīs sienas nošāva visus septiņus brāļus Červi. Arī daudzi no viņu krievu draugiem palika uz mūžīgu dusu Itālijas zemē. Dženovas kapos blakus Kristoforam Kolumbam atdusas krievu kalējs Fjodors Poļetajevs-Poetans, kas par varonību apbalvots ar Itālijas augstāko militāro goda zīmi — Zelta medaļu. Arī viņš, šis krievu cilvēks, bija garibaldietis. Sērijā „Ievērojamu cilvēku dzīve“ iznāk šādi darbi F. Oržehovska. Eduards Grīgs S. Gonionskis. Sandino M. Mižo. Sent-Ekziperī Atmiņas. Sastādījuši A. Filipa un K. Ruā. Žerārs Filips H. Hersonskis. Vahtangovs Č. Čaplins. Mana biogrāfija V. Un I. Korni. Moris un Londonas Kraukļi Ļ. Rubinšteins. Krietnais Eibs Apburtais Krekls N.Kaļma Vēsturisks stāsts Izdevniecība Liesma Rīgā 1966 Tulkojusi S. Veidemane Mākslinieks G. Kļava

Sara Gruen's Water for Elephants has become one of the most beloved and bestselling novels of our time. Now Gruen has moved from a circus elephant to family of bonobo apes. When the apes are kidnapped from a language laboratory, their mysterious appearance on a reality TV show calls into question our assumptions about these animals who share 99.4% of our DNA. A devoted animal lover, Gruen has had a life-long fascination with human-ape discourse, and a particular interest in Bonobo apes, who share 99.4% of our DNA. She has studied linguistics and a system of lexigrams in order to communicate with apes, and is one of the few visitors who has been allowed access to the Great Ape Trust in Des Moines, Iowa, where the apes have come to love her. In bringing her experience and research to bear on this novel, she opens the animal world to us as few novelists have done. Ape House is a riveting, funny, compassionate, and, finally, deeply moving new novel that secures Sara Gruen's place as a master storyteller who allows us to see ourselves as we never have before

From the MacArthur and Whiting Award — winning author of John Henry Days and The Intuitionist comes a new, brisk, comic tour de force about identity,history, and the adhesive bandage industry. When the citizens of Winthrop needed a new name for their town, they did what anyone would do — they hired a consultant. The protagonist of Apex Hides the Hurt is a nomenclature consultant. If you want just the right name for your new product, whether it be automobile or antidepressant, sneaker or spoon, he’s the man to get the job done. Wardrobe lack pizzazz? Come to the Outfit Outlet. Always the wallflower at social gatherings? Try Loquacia. And of course, whenever you take a fall, reach for Apex, because Apex Hides the Hurt. Apex is his crowning achievement, the multicultural bandage that has revolutionized the adhesive bandage industry. “Flesh-colored” be damned — no matter what your skin tone is — Apex will match it, or your money back. After leaving his job (following a mysterious misfortune), his expertise is called upon by the town of Winthrop. Once there, he meets the town council, who will try to sway his opinion over the coming days. Lucky Aberdeen, the millionaire software pioneer and hometown-boy-made-good, wants the name changed to something that will reflect the town’s capitalist aspirations, attracting new businesses and revitalizing the community. Who could argue with that? Albie Winthrop, beloved son of the town’s aristocracy, thinks Winthrop is a perfectly good name, and can’t imagine what the fuss is about. Regina Goode, the mayor, is a descendent of the black settlers who founded the town, and has her own secret agenda for what the name should be. Our expert must decide the outcome, with all its implications for the town’s future. Which name will he choose? Or perhaps he will devise his own? And what’s with his limp, anyway? Apex Hides the Hurt brilliantly and wryly satirizes our contemporary culture, where memory and history are subsumed by the tides of marketing

Marģeris Zariņš Apgaismības gadsimta ēnā Stāsti par vēsturi Stāsti: Stāsti par Merķeli ; Prātnieki un komedianti jeb Voltērs uzvar Šilleru ; Mērkaziņas ; Praviešu klubs ; Superintendenta krustdēls ; Vāczeme ; Kā uzvesties Olimpā ; Punškantāte ; Sprieduma Kalifalkherstona lietā  «Stāsti par Merķeli» - te autors sakopojis stāstus par izcilo apgaismotāja, cīnītāja pret dzimtbūšanu par latviešu tiesībām Garliba Merķela dzīves svarīgākajiem posmiem, tā saucamo «praviešu klubu», viņa gaitām Vāczemē, tikšanos ar Gēti un Šilleru, kā ari par G. Merkela dzīves norietu. «Spriedums Kalifalkherstona lietā» — detektīvstāsts no 18. gs… kura galvenajam varonim par prototipu noderējis Kaliostro. Mākslinieks A. Slankevičs  Liesma». 1980 Noskanējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis

Kontrapunkto principu sudarytoje apsakymų rinktinėje vaizduojamas sovietų kariuomenės apsuptas Budapeštas baigiantis Antrajam pasauliniam karui ir šių dienų Vengrijos emigrantų išgyvenimai Vakaruose. Drastiško karo žiaurumo, jo prisiminimų ir traumų fone autorius atskleidžia aistrų dramą, poetinėmis metaforomis perteikia paradoksalią ir iš esmės prieštaringą žmogaus prigimtį; 2012 m. vengrų kilmės kanadietis Tamas Dobozy už šią knygą buvo apdovanotas Kanados rašytojų fondo grožinės literatūros prizu

APKAUNOTAIS DŽEKS LONDONS KOPOTI RAKSTI 5.SĒJUMS APKAUNOTAIS sastādījusi Tamara Zālīte NO ANGĻU VALODAS TULKOJUSI ANNA BAUGA, ILGA MELNBARDE un OJĀRS SARMA MĀKSLINIEKS ĀDOLFS LIELAIS Tulkojums latviešu valodā, «Liesma», 1975

Berniuko tėvas ant kairės rankos buvo išsitatuiravęs žodį MEILĖ, bet tai jam netrukdė nuolat mušti žmonos ir vaikų. Augdamas namuose, kuriuose smurtas buvo kasdienybė, Markas dar vaikystėje įgijo blogų įpročių. Mokykloje nuolat patekdavo į bėdą, pradėjo vogti šešerių, alkoholį gerti aštuonerių, o heroiną išbandė būdamas vienuolikos. Jautriam ir protingam berniukui nepavyko pasirinkti tinkamo kelio ir, nors viliojo meno koledžas, jis atsidūrė Portlendo kalėjime. Knygoje „Apkvaitę“ atskleidžiamas Marko smukimas į narkomanijos ir nusikalstamo pasaulio dugną. Jis vartojo narkotikus, gyveno Londono gatvėse, už jo galvą nusikaltėliai buvo paskyrę premiją… Niekas netikėjo, o pats Markas mažiausiai, kad jis ne tik išgyvens, bet ir sugrįš į normalų gyvenimą. Tačiau jam pavyko. Jis įkūrė medžių priežiūros firmą, kurioje dirba sveikstantys narkomanai ir buvę kaliniai. Už savo veiklą Markas Džonsonas yra pelnęs apdovanojimų. Tai jaudinantis bei įtikinantis pasakojimas apie žmogaus kovą, kad išsigelbėtų ir padėtų kitiems tokioje pat kovoje

In the year 2030, the meteor Ragnarok impacted Earth, rending the world a wasteland. Billions died, the sky went crimson, and the world entered an ice age from which it will not emerge for centuries. By 2060, what is left of the United States exists underground in the Bunkers. Where once there were 144, now only four are left – fallen for reasons of starvation, rebellion, or worse. For in the wake of Ragnarok are new and sinister threats, threats which do not yet have a name… Born into this post-apocalyptic world is sixteen-year-old Alex Keener, who has lived his entire life underground in U.S. Bunker 108. But when a stranger is let into the Bunker from the wastes, in defiance of protocol, all hell breaks loose… and Alex's life will never be same again

Brody never forgot his first love, the one his pride made him lose. When the world dies almost overnight, he finds himself drawn back to his hometown and the love he left behind. Hannah never thought the expression, ‘Not if you were the last man on earth’ would ever come back to haunt her, but when the world’s population is decimated by a deadly virus, she regrets her words, especially when Brody comes riding back into her life. Against all odds they survived the plague, but will the mistakes of the past continue to tear them apart?

В мире произошел удивительный подъем национального самосознания, в результате чего политическая карта мира совершенно изменилась. На территории России возникло великое государство финнов, Крым снова стал греческой колонией, мавры вновь захватили Испанию, а англичане попали под иго ирландских оккупантов. И обо всех этих событиях миру поведали летописцы, путешественники и авторы саг

Fifteen years ago, revolution swept across Europe. In Britain, Valeri Kovalenko’s mother and father died taking part, their revolution failing, but their deaths not to be in vain. Now, Valeri and the working men of Britain face a crisis worse than anyone before them, with the rich freely looting and plundering the country’s wealth while the people live under the oppression of unemployment, violence, and death. But not all is lost. In being pushed to the brink of starvation, Valeri finally realizes what must be done. In the working-class parts of London, there’s revolution in the offing again. After living for their whole lives in a world of poverty and despair, men like Valeri have been pushed until they have only one choice: rise! Part future history, part warning on the folly of our times, Apocalypse Rising foretells a spectacular war not on the battlefields of some foreign county but in the streets of our own cities, through crisis, terror, and a cataclysmic devastation the likes of which the world has never seen

After the great war in 2077, the world was blown to smithereens. The communists of Russia and the capitalists of America finally did it, they ended the world. Europe, being in the dead center of both the east and the west had it the worst. Infighting between communism and capitalism came to an all-time high – England, France, Spain, Germany – no country was spared from the harshness of nuclear devastation. Italy was ravaged no different to any other nation, but they had the fortune of being prepared. Millions flocked underground into the Italian Metros. They remained inactive ever since Italy hit their oil defecate, but when other countries heard of the preparations Italy was taking, they sent immigrants to take over various stations. Italy is repeating history, this time – underground. Various factions formed – the Venetian Brotherhood, the German Reich known as the Realm, the Italian communists, and the Hunters. These groups wage war trying to conquer and unite all of Italy, and no station is safe from the vying factions or the mutants that now linger on the surface

The dead rise… A mysterious incident in Russia, a blip buried in the news—it’s the only warning humanity receives that civilization will soon be destroyed by a single, voracious virus that creates monsters of men. Humanity falls… A lawyer, still grieving over the death of his young wife, begins to write as a form of therapy. Bur he never expected that his anonymous blog would ultimately record humanity’s last days. The end of the world has begun… Governments scramble to stop the zombie virus, people panic, so-called “Safe Havens” are established, the world erupts into chaos; soon it’s every man, woman, and child for themselves. Armed only with makeshift weapons and the will to live, a lone survivor will give mankind one last chance against… Apocalypse Z

150 years after the fall of civilization: Enter a post-apocalyptic world where the cities of man are crumbling necropolises left to the ravages of time and nature, burgeoning settlements cling to life, and the remnants of humanity exist as two disparate cultures locked in a waltz of survival and death. Into this world comes Tanner Kline, a man charged with protecting his community from Spewers, a primitive tribe whose bloodline carries the vestiges of the virus which pushed mankind to the brink of existinction. On what should have been a routine patrol, his path crosses with Lila, a proud huntress whose heart simmers with resentment for the men who killed her husband. Men like Tanner Kline. Together, they spiral onto a collision course with an unertain future where their individual destinies and the fates of their respective cultures hang in the balance. From William Todd Rose (author of Cry Havoc, Sex in the Time of Zombies, The Dead & Dying, Shut The Fuck Up And Die!, and The 7 Habits of Highly Infective People, comes a new tale of The End; in this apocalypse, the greatest threat lies in the hearts and minds of those left alive. “This extremely dark novella is disturbing. Yet, it’s a fascinating kind of disturbing that is hard to stop reading.” “…a bloody and heartbreaking story that I loved reading.” “A unique, well crafted piece of work I recommend highly.”

Гийом Аполлинер (1890–1918) — не только великий французский поэт, но и блестящий прозаик, автор книг «Гниющий чародей», «Ересиарх и К°», «Конец Вавилона» и др., а также многих рассказов, «сказок» и историй, сохранившихся в рукописях или разбросанных по журналам. Сам Аполлинер неизменно подчеркивал, что считает для себя прозу не менее значимой, чем поэзия. Роман «Конец Вавилона», впервые переведенный на русский язык, рисует картины последних событий эпохи исторического Вавилона, показанных через судьбы персонажей, заимствованных автором из окружающей его действительности. Критики не раз подчеркивали провокационность и скандальность «Конца Вавилона», что, разумеется, привлекает дополнительное внимание к этому произведению

Astronaut Frank Borman is all alone on the moon. No ship. Nobody answering his radio calls. His spacesuit is running out of air fast, yet he doesn’t know what he’s doing there. Something is out there looming over him on the lunar surface. Something massive that doesn’t belong there. Borman shouldn’t be there either — in just a few months Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are due to touch down in the Sea of Tranquility. This is no NASA mission. But who else has the technological capability? Perhaps that sinister grouping of defence intelligence powerbrokers known as Bermuda, although Borman suspects this is a giant step too far even for them. Which only leaves the Russians. If that’s true, he must have an important job to do. A job that transcends Cold War politics and space age rivalry. But everything about this is is wrong. Why has he been abandoned? And why can’t he remember anything? Apollo 8.1 is compulsive reading… strap yourself in

Fate isn’t something to mess with… and now, neither is Alex. Alex has always feared two things: losing herself in the Awakening and being placed on the Elixir. But love has always been stronger than Fate, and Aiden St. Delphi is willing to make war on the gods—and Alex herself—to bring her back. The gods have killed thousands and could destroy entire cities in their quest to stop Seth from taking Alex’s power and becoming the all-powerful God Killer. But breaking Alex’s connection to Seth isn’t the only problem. There are a few pesky little loopholes in the whole “an Apollyon can’t be killed” theory, and the only person who might know how to stop the destruction has been dead for centuries. Finding their way past the barriers that guard the Underworld, searching for one soul among countless millions, and then somehow returning will be hard enough. Alex might be able to keep Seth from becoming the God Killer… or she might become the God Killer herself

The Apology is Plato’s version of the speech given by Socrates as he defended himself in 399 BCE against the charges of ‘corrupting the young, & by not believing in the gods in whom the city believes, but in other daimonia that are novel’ (24b). ‘Apology’ here has its earlier meaning (now usually expressed by the word ‘apologia’) of speaking in defense of a cause or of one’s beliefs or actions (from the Ancient Greek ἀπολογία). The Apology can be divided into three parts. The 1st is Socrates’ own defense of himself & includes the most famous parts of the text, namely his recounting of the Oracle at Delphi & his cross-examination of Meletus. The 2nd part is the verdict. The 3rd part is the sentencing

A richly imagined novel of the Old West, as spare and vivid as a high plains sunset, from one of the world's most talented performers. It was a long time ago, now, and there were many gunfights to follow, but I remember as well as I remember anything the first time I saw Virgil Cole shoot. Time slowed down for him. Always steady, and never fast... When it comes to writing, Robert B. Parker knows no boundaries. From the iconic Spenser detective series and the novels featuring Sunny Randall and Jesse Stone, to the groundbreaking historical novel Double Play, Parker's imagination has taken readers from Boston to Brooklyn and back again. In Appaloosa, fans are taken on another trip, to the untamed territories of the West during the 1800s. When Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch arrive in Appaloosa, they find a small, dusty town suffering at the hands of renegade rancher Randall Bragg, a man who has so little regard for the law that he has taken supplies, horses, and women for his own and left the city marshal and one of his deputies for dead. Cole and Hitch, itinerant lawmen, are used to cleaning up after opportunistic thieves, but in Bragg they find an unusually wily adversary-one who raises the stakes by playing not with the rules, but with emotions. This is Robert B. Parker at his storytelling best

Abigail Rosen, nicknamed Appassionata, was the sexiest, most flamboyant violinist in classical music, but she was also the loneliest and the most exploited girl in the world. When a dramatic suicide attempt destroyed her violin career, she set her sights on the male-dominated heights of the conductor's rostrum. Given the chance to take over the Rutminster Symphony Orchestra, Abby is ecstatic, not realising the RSO is in hock up to its neck and is composed of the wildest bunch of musicians ever to blow a horn or caress a fiddle. Abby finds it increasingly difficult to control her undisciplined rabble and pretend she is not madly attracted to the fatally glamorous horn player, Viking O’Neill, who claims droit de seigneur over every pretty woman joining the orchestra. And then Rannaldini, arch-fiend and international maestro, rolls up with Machiavellian plans of his own to sabotage the RSO. Effervescent as champagne, Jilly Cooper's novel brings back old favourites like Rupert and Taggie Campbell-Black, but also ends triumphantly with a rampageous orchestral tour of Spain and the high drama of an international piano competition

When Emma dreams about super-famous rockstar Duncan and his friend Jake, it never occurs to her they might be dreaming, too. About her. Everyone knows dreams aren't real, but what will happen when the trio's shared visions develop into a passion that can't be denied? When reports of a new "bonding" phenomenon surface, Duncan and Jake finally realize why they feel so connected to the sweet high-school librarian they've never met. The headaches and dreams suddenly make sense, but it isn't until they meet Emma face-to-face that instinct takes over, and passion binds their minds and bodies into a link that can't be broken. Then, just as the happy ending Emma always hoped for seems possible, a hostage crisis and a series of kidnappings threatens everything. Can the trio unravel the conspiracy in time to protect the future of their bond?

On peut tout exiger d'un bœuf… Sauf qu'il remplace un taureau. Fût-ce au pied levé ! Par contre, on peut demander à un taureau de mon espèce de se comporter comme une vache ! A preuve… Ah ! y a de quoi ruminer, je vous jure ! J'sais pas si vous avez envie, ou non, de lire ce livre. Moi, à votre place, j'hésiterais pas. P't'être parce que je sais ce qu'il y a dedans ? En tout cas, si vous souhaitez voir un San-Antonio partir à la recherche du plus gros diamant du monde avec une canne blanche, ratez pas cette recase, mes fils ! Vous comprendrez alors pourquoi j'ai intitulé ce machin « Appelez-moi, chérie » ! Chérie, parfaitement, avec un « e » muet ! Heureusement que l'auteur, lui, ne l'est pas !

It's June in Lake Eden, Minnesota, and for Hannah Swensen, that means bridal showers galore, plus a massive fundraising event in need of confections-not to mention a killer who never learned that charity begins at home… Early summer brings plenty of work for Hannah, even before Mayor Bascomb's wife drops by The Cookie Jar to place an order…for eleven-hundred cookies! Stephanie Bascomb is organizing an elaborate three-day event to support local charities, and though it's a worthy cause, Hannah almost flips when her business partner, Lisa, suggests setting up an apple turnover stand. Hannah's never made a turnover-but, pushover that she is, she places her faith in Lisa's mother-in-law's recipe and agrees to be a magician's assistant in the fundraiser's talent show… Dozens of pastries and one hideous purple dress later, Hannah has to admit that stepping out of her comfort zone has been fun as well as profitable. The only snag is the show's host, community college professor Bradford Ramsey. Hannah and her younger sister Michelle each had unfortunate romantic relationships with Ramsey, and when the cad comes sniffing around between acts, Hannah tells him off. But when the curtain doesn't go up, she discovers Ramsey backstage-dead as a doornail with a turnover in his hand… Now, to protect her reputation and Michelle's, Hannah must get to the bottom of the professor's bitter end. There are plenty of scorned suspects, including an ex-wife who feels cheated in more ways than one, and a prominent local who may have been using Ramsey to avenge her own randy spouse. But who was unstable enough to snuff out Professor Love? A killer who's flakier than puff pastry-and far more dangerous…

Компанию Apple Computer по праву можно назвать ярчайшей звездой на небосколне американского бизнеса. Основанная в 1976 году в небольшом гараже Стивом Джобсом и Стивом Возняком, по прозвищу Воз, Apple произвела настоящую революцию в компьютерной индустрии, выпустив в 1978 году Apple ][ - первый настольный многоцелевой персональный компьютер. Задолго до того, как акции высокотехнологичных компаний завоевали нынешнюю популярность на бирже, акции Apple, впервые появившиеся в 1980 году, стали событием в истории Уолл-стрит. Двадцатипятилетний Джобс и тридцатилетний Воз в одночасье сделались миллионерами. Через пять лет Apple с объемом продаж в 300 млн. дол. ворвалась в Fortune 500 - список наиболее богатых компаний Америки, став любимицей американской бизнес-прессы. Затем появился необычайно удобный в использовании компьютер Макинтош, обеспечивший успех компании на следующие десять лет. В 1995 году объем продаж компании достиг 11 млрд. дол. Но к тому времени у нее появились серьезные проблемы. Компания вышла в отрытое море бизнеса под флагом "Мы хотим изменить мир", но изнутри ее раздирала борьба между враждующими группировками. Так было во все времена, начиная с трений персонана Appple ][, "дойной коровы" компании, с одной стороны, и разработчиков нового "любимого дитяти" Apple - компьютера Макиннтош, с другой. Бушевавшие на вершине власти компании противоречия привели ее на путь саморазрушения. Неумелое управление и упущенные возможности стали отличительной чертой Apple. Сначала Джон Скалли отстранил Джобса и сменил его на посту президента и исполнительного директора компании - через два года после того, как сам Джобс привлек его к работе в Apple. Потом Джона Скалли отстранил от власти его заместитель Майкл Шпиндлер, которого спустя два с половиной года сменил Джил Амелио, но и его отправили в отставку в июле 1997 года, через восемнадцать месяцев после прихода к власти. Сегодня Apple судорожно цепляется за ничтожно малую долю рынка в 3.7 процента - того самого рынка, у истоков которого стояла она сама. Эта книга представляет собой наиболее полное исследование бурной истории Apple за последние десять лет. Джим Карлтон проводит нас по коридорам компании, приоткрывает плотно закрытые двери административных совещаний и заседаний правления, вводит в исследовательские лаборатории и приподнимает завесу над бурлящим котлом недоступных постороннему глазу тайн и сражений. Исчерпывающие интервью более чем со 160 бывшими сотрудниками Apple, ее конкурентами и промышленными экспертами, включая Билла Гейтса, Джона Скалли и Джила Амелио, конфиденциальные воспоминания, приватные вечерние разговоры за чашкой кофе - все это помогает Карлтону воссоздать полный драматизма путь компании, цепь роковых решений, резко менявших ее курс. Apple в его изображении весьма далека от эффектного образа технологического лидера, создающего компьютеры для всего остального мира. Благодаря этому становится понятным, как могло произойти то, что произошло с одним из идолов американского бизнеса

Многие пользователи Apple обладают верой в абсолютное превосходство компании, и эта вера не зависит от фактических потребительских свойств ее продукции. Анализируя технические, коммерческие, психологические, исторические и даже эзотерические аспекты этого вопроса, можно объяснить, почему это так

The brand new novel from the worldwide No. 1 bestselling author of Amazon Prime's *NINE PERFECT STRANGERS* and the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning HBO series *BIG LITTLE LIES* **'Utterly and completely wonderful. I've loved all of Liane's books but** Apples Never Fall **is next-level writing: an intelligent, forensic portrait of a family'** MARIAN KEYES *_______* The Delaney family love one another dearly - it's just that sometimes they want to murder each other . . . Joy Delaney and husband Stan have done well. Four wonderful grown-up children. A family business to envy. The golden years of retirement ahead of them. So when Joy Delaney vanishes - no note, no calls, her bike missing - it's natural that tongues will wag. How did Stan scratch his face? And who was the stranger who entered and suddenly left their lives? What are they *all* hiding? **But for the Delaney children there is a much more terrifying question: did they ever know their parents at all?** *_______* Praise for Liane Moriarty: **'One of the few writers I'll drop anything for'** JOJO MOYES **'Staggeringly brilliant'** SOPHIE HANNAH **'Keeps you guessing until the very end'** REESE WITHERSPOON **'Her slow-burning plotting leaves you gasping'** *GRAZIA* *Apples Never Fall* has been optioned for TV by Heyday Television

Three steps to the altar! Monday-Buy stylish suit Bubbly Lucy West has always thought she can handle anything. That's before she meets charismatic and utterly irresistible tycoon Guy Dangerfield, who challenges her to find a "real" job for a change! Tuesday-Find proper job So, determined to prove she has what it takes, Lucy secures a top job-working for Guy! Wednesday-Fall in love with boss! Lucy thrives in her new role…and it's all down to her gorgeous boss. Lucy has a smile on her face, a spring in her step-and maybe, just maybe, Guy will put a ring on her finger!

His death was a thin red line on a chart... not a gun, not poison, but simply the cold, errorless science of the doomsday men. And even as he prepared to fight it. Larkin knew grimly that — for him — there was no escape in this world!

The Russians want Afghanistan. But not its people. And a soviet cannibal has found a weapon to annihilate the populace — a chemical called Devils Rain. With intell supplied by a CIA spook, Mack Bolan leads a unit of the feared mujahedeen, the holy warriors of Islam, in a campaign to stop an atrocity that will kill millions!

One of the great novels of small-town American life, Appointment in Samarra is John O’Hara’s crowning achievement. In December 1930, just before Christmas, the Gibbsville, Pennsylvania, social circuit is electrified with parties and dances. At the center of the social elite stand Julian and Caroline English. But in one rash moment born inside a highball glass, Julian breaks with polite society and begins a rapid descent toward self-destruction. Brimming with wealth and privilege, jealousy and infidelity, O’Hara’s iconic first novel is an unflinching look at the dark side of the American dream—and a lasting testament to the keen social intelligence of a major American writer. “Appointment in Samarra lives frighteningly in the mind.” “If you want to read a book by a man who knows exactly what he is writing about and has written it marvelously well, read Appointment in Samarra.”

Nobody foresaw that millions would watch on real-time TV when people first walked on another world. And next time…?

Première partie d'un atelier de digitopuncture que j'ai donné à Montréal, Bruxelles et Paris il y a quelques années. Je l'ai actualisé. (il reste des efforts pour la mise en page, j'y travaille)Cet atelier a pour but de faire prendre conscience aux participants de l'efficacité de certains massages en des points précis du corps pour soulager les petits maux du quotidien. Il n'a aucune vocation médicale ni scientifique. Il s'agit d'un cours de vulgarisation, ouvert à tout public.La visite régulière chez votre médecin est indispensable

The New York Times called him relentlessly honest and then used him as the subject of its famous Sunday Acrostic. People Magizine said there was no one like him, then cursed him for preventing easy sleep. But in these stories Harlan Ellison outdoes himself, rampaging like a mad thing through love (Cold Friend, Kiss of Fire, Paulie Charmed the Sleeping Woman), hate (Knox, Silent in Gehenna), sex (Catman, Erotophobia), lost childhood (One Life, Furnished in Early Poverty) and into such bizarre subjects as the problems of blue-skinned, eleven-armed Yiddish aliens, what it's like to witness the end of the world and what happens on the day the planet Earth swallows Barbra Streisand. Oh yeah, this one's a doozy!

The author has recently been traveling back and forth from his home in Ohio to Pasadena, California, where he was working as a scientist on the Mars Pathfinder Mission. Now he sends his unusual astronaut on a dangerous journey into the heart of darkness. This exceptional character discovers much about himself while unlocking some of the secrets of black holes and determining what it means to be

Innamorato di una donna vissuta molto tempo prima, il protagonista di questo libro straordinario comincia a studiarne i ritratti, la carriera, l’ambiente. Finché l’ossessione lo porta a tentare di raggiungere la misteriosa attrice… nel passato. Ma è solo l’inizio dell’avventura. Da questo grande romanzo è stato tratto un film con Christopher Reeve

Años atrás, Pippa Davis y Luke Danton habían vivido una intensa aventura. Posteriormente, el destino los separó cuando ella ya estaba embarazada, pero había llegado la hora de que Pippa se reencontrara con Luke. Por el bien de su hija, por supuesto… A pesar del tiempo transcurrido, Luke nunca había sido capaz de olvidar a la mujer que tanto había significado para él. De repente, Pippa se presentó en su casa… acompañada de una pequeña: ¡su hija! Y de pronto, una vez más, todo lo que tanto había deseado se encontraba al alcance de su mano…

«Klüssendorfs Mädchen ist eine Heldin unserer Zeit» (Die Zeit) — und nun wird es erwachsen. Die Kindheit ist vorüber, aber erlöst ist das Mädchen deshalb noch lange nicht. Nach ihrem hochgelobten Roman» Das Mädchen «schreibt Angelika Klüssendorf die Geschichte ihrer jungen Heldin fort. Ihr Weg führt aus einer Jugend ohne Jugend in ein eigenes Leben — das den Umständen abgetrotzt werden muss. Am Anfang stehen ein Koffer mit ihren spärlichen Habseligkeiten und ein Zimmer zur Untermiete. Das Mädchen, das sich mittlerweile April nennt — nach dem Song von Deep Purple —  hat die Zeit im Heim hinter sich, die Ausbildung abgebrochen und eine Arbeit als Bürohilfskraft zugewiesen bekommen. Zwischen alten Freunden und neuen Bekannten versucht sie sich im Leipzig der späten 70er-Jahre zurechtzufinden, stößt dabei oft an ihre eigenen Grenzen und überschreitet lustvoll alle, die ihr gesetzt werden, am Ende mit ihrer Ausreise auch die zwischen den beiden Deutschlands. Aber jedem Ausbruch folgt ein Rückfall, jedem Glücksmoment eine Zerstörung, jedem Rausch die Ernüchterung. Und immer ist da die Frage nach den Kindheitsmustern, der Prägung durch die verantwortungslose Mutter und den alkoholkranken Vater. Angelika Klüssendorf ist ein weiteres Meisterwerk gelungen. Ohne Pathos, nüchtern und souverän erzählt sie von einem Weg aus der scheinbar ausweglosen Vergangenheit — mit psychologischem Feingefühl und klarem Blick für die gesellschaftlichen Zustände. Es entsteht ein Doppeltes: ein erschütternder Adoleszenzroman und ein nüchternes Porträt der sozialen Zustände im untergegangenen real existierenden Sozialismus — und im West-Berlin der frühen 80er-Jahre

Michael Wallner's thrilling first novel, set in occupied France during World War II, movingly recounts the impossible love affair between a German soldier and a French resistance fighter.Roth, a young soldier in the SS and a fluent French translator, works as an interpreter during the interrogation of Resistance fighters. But while off-duty, he slips away from his fellow officers, changes into civilian clothes, and wanders aimlessly through Paris disguised as his alter ego "Antoine." One day he is drawn into an antiquarian bookshop and becomes enchanted with the bookseller's beautiful daughter, Chantal. The two begin to meet and fall in love before Roth has the courage to reveal his true identity, or the time to discover that Chantal is part of the Resistance. Written in an elegant and arresting style, April in Paris is an engrossing novel from a promising new talent