Carl Sagan, writer and scientist, returns from the frontier to tell us about how the world works. In his delightfully down-to-earth style, he explores and explains a mind-boggling future of intelligent robots, extraterrestrial life and its consquences, and other provocative, fascinating quandries of the future that we want to see today

Each of Lara Vapnyar's six stories invites us into a world where food and love intersect, along with the overlapping pleasures and frustrations of Vapnyar's uniquely captivating characters. Meet Nina, a recent arrival from Russia, for whom colorful vegetables represent her own fresh hopes and dreams. . Luda and Milena, who battle over a widower in their English class with competing recipes for cheese puffs, spinach pies, and meatballs. . and Sergey, who finds more comfort in the borscht made by a paid female companion than in her sexual ministrations. They all crave the taste and smell of home, wherever — and with whomever — that may turn out to be. A roundup of recipes are the final taste of this delicious collection

Forced into a brutal concentration camp during a great war, Brodeck returns to his village at the war’s end and takes up his old job of writing reports for a governmental bureau. One day a stranger comes to live in the village. His odd manner and habits arouse suspicions: His speech is formal, he takes long, solitary walks, and although he is unfailingly friendly and polite, he reveals nothing about himself. When the stranger produces drawings of the village and its inhabitants that are both unflattering and insightful, the villagers murder him. The authorities who witnessed the killing tell Brodeck to write a report that is essentially a whitewash of the incident. As Brodeck writes the official account, he sets down his version of the truth in a separate, parallel narrative. In measured, evocative prose, he weaves into the story of the stranger his own painful history and the dark secrets the villagers have fiercely kept hidden. Set in an unnamed time and place, Brodeck blends the familiar and unfamiliar, myth and history into a work of extraordinary power and resonance. Readers of J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace, Bernhard Schlink’s The Reader and Kafka will be captivated by Brodeck

American heiress Payton Harwell is on the run – from her parents, from her fiancé, from her life! So the last thing she expects is to land in the arms of a rugged stranger in the Australian outback! And like it! Former football star Brody Quinn is dying for some excitement. After an injury cut short his career, he came home to his family's remote cattle station. And he's bored. At least, he is.until he meets Payton in the local jail and decides to take her home with him! It's instant attraction – for both of them. And they make short work of getting to know each other very, very well. But when their pasts catch up to them, will their hearts be able to keep the promises their bodies have been making.?

For most people, the Great Crash of 2008 has meant troubling times. Not so for those in the flourishing poverty industry, for whom the economic woes spell an opportunity to expand and grow. These mercenary entrepreneurs have taken advantage of an era of deregulation to devise high-priced products to sell to the credit-hungry working poor, including the instant tax refund and the payday loan. In the process they've created an industry larger than the casino business and have proved that pawnbrokers and check cashers, if they dream big enough, can grow very rich off those with thin wallets

Annie Proulx has written some of the most original and brilliant short stories in contemporary literature, and for many readers and reviewers, Brokeback Mountain is her masterpiece. Brokeback Mountain was originally published in The New Yorker. It won the National Magazine Award. It also won an O. Henry Prize. Included in this volume is Annie Proulx's haunting story about the difficult, dangerous love affair between a ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy. Also included is the celebrated screenplay for the major motion picture " Brokeback Mountain," written by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. All three writers have contributed essays on the process of adapting this critically acclaimed story for film

"I always eagerly await a new novel from Karin Fossum." – Ruth Rendell A gripping novel set on the boundary between fact and fiction. A woman wakes one night to find that a strange man has walked into her bedroom. She lies there in terrified silence unable to move. The woman is an author and the man one of her prospective characters. So desperate is he to have his story told that he has resorted to breaking into her house to make her tell it. She creates Alvar Eide, forty-two years old, single, who works in an art gallery. He lives a quiet, dutiful life, carefully designed to avoid surprises. One winter's day, all this begins to change when an emaciated young heroin addict walks into the gallery. A kind man, Alvar gives her a cup of coffee to warm her up. She returns some weeks later to his place of work, and then one day appears on his doorstep demanding to be let in. Interspersed with the chapters of Alvar's story are his encounters with its author – the frantic attempts of a fictional man trying to control his own destiny. Broken is a gripping novel about the boundary between fact and fiction and the perils of good intentions

In this thrilling new novel from the author of Industrial Magic, a pregnant werewolf may have unwittingly unleashed Jack the Ripper on the twenty-first century – and become his next target… Ever since she discovered she's pregnant, Elena Michaels has been on edge. After all, she's never heard of another living female werewolf, let alone one who's given birth. But thankfully, her expertise is needed to retrieve a stolen letter allegedly written by Jack the Ripper. As a distraction, the job seems simple enough – only the letter contains a portal to Victorian London's underworld, which Elena inadvertently triggers – unleashing a vicious killer and a pair of zombie thugs. Now Elena must find a way to seal the portal before the unwelcome visitors get what they're looking for – which, for some unknown reason, is Elena…

Fifty years after the events of ALTERED CARBON Takeshi Kovacs is serving as a mercenary in the Procterate sponsored war to put down Joshuah Kemp's revolution on the planet Sanction IV. He is offered the chance to join a covert team chasing a prize whose value is limitless and whose dangers are endless. Here is a novel that takes mankind to the brink. A breakneck paced crime thriller ALTERED CARBON took its readers deep into the universe Morgan had so compellingly realised without ever letting them escape the onward rush of the plot. BROKEN ANGELS melds SF, the war novel and the spy thriller to take the reader below the surface of this future and lay bare the treacheries, betrayals and follies that leave man so ill prepared for the legacy he has been given; the stars. This is SF at its dizzying best: superb, yet subtle, world building; strong yet sensitive characterisation; awesome yet believable technology, thilling yet profound writing. Richard Morgan is set to join the genre's world wide elite

Two destinies intersect in Broken April. The first is that of Gjor, a young mountaineer who (much against his will) has just killed a man in order to avenge the death of his older brother, and who expects to be killed himself in keeping with the provisions of the Code that regulates life in the highlands. The second is that of a young couple on their honeymoon who have come to study the age-old customs of the place, including the blood feud. While the story is set in the early twentieth century, life on the high plateaus of Albania takes life back to the Dark Ages. The bloody shirt of the latest victim is hung up by the bereaved for all to see — until the avenger in turn kills his man with a rifle shot. For the young bride, the shock of this unending cycle of obligatory murder is devastating. The horror becomes personified when she catches a glimpse of Gjor as he wanders about the countryside, waiting for the truce of thirty days to end, and life with it. That momentary vision of the hapless murderer provokes in her a violent act of revulsion and contrition. Her life will be marked by it always

P.J. Stone is a Seer who saw too little, too late. In the past, her biggest worries were boys and school—but war has a way of changing things. Now, the alien Riders are trying to overrun the world. As the last of their kind, P.J. and her friends must find a way to save humanity before there’s nothing left to save. After choosing a mate, P.J. hoped she'd have time to enjoy her love life. But with everything changing so quickly and major secrets revealed, who knows what the future will bring?

Alain Mabanckou’s riotous new novel centers on the patrons of a run-down bar in the Congo. In a country that appears to have forgotten the importance of remembering, a former schoolteacher and bar regular nicknamed Broken Glass has been elected to record their stories for posterity. But Broken Glass fails spectacularly at staying out of trouble as one denizen after another wants to rewrite history in an attempt at making sure his portrayal will properly reflect their exciting and dynamic lives. Despondent over this apparent triumph of self-delusion over self-awareness, Broken Glass drowns his sorrows in red wine and riffs on the great books of Africa and the West. Brimming with life, death, and literary allusions, Broken Glass is Mabanckou’s finest novel — a mocking satire of the dangers of artistic integrity

Broken Glass Park made a remarkable debut when it was published in Germany in 2008. Its author, the twenty-nine-year old Russian-born Alina Bronksy has since been hailed as a wunderkind, an immense talent who has been the subject of constant praise and debate. The heroine of this enigmatic, razor-sharp, and thoroughly contemporary novel is seventeen- year-old Sacha Naimann, born in Moscow. Sacha lives in Berlin now with her two younger siblings and, until recently, her mother. She is precocious, independent, skeptical and, since her stepfather murdered her mother several months ago, an orphan. Unlike most of her companions, she doesn?t dream of getting out the tough housing project where they live. Her dreams are different: she wants to write a novel about her mother; and she wants to end the life of Vadim, the man who murdered her. What strikes the reader most in this exceptional novel is Sacha?s voice: candid, self-confident, mature and childlike at the same time: a voice so like the voices of many of her generation with its characteristic mix of worldliness and innocence, skepticism and enthusiasm. This is Sacha?s story and it is as touching as any in recent literature. Germany?s Freundin Magazine called Broken Glass Park?a ruthless, entertaining portrayal of life on the margins of society.? But Sacha?s story does not remain on the margins; it goes straight to the heart of what it means to be seventeen in these the first years of the new century

In Broken Harbour, a ghost estate outside Dublin – half-built, half-inhabited, half-abandoned – two children and their father are dead. The mother is on her way to intensive care. Scorcher Kennedy is given the case because he is the Murder squad's star detective. At first he and his rookie partner, Richie, think this is a simple one: Pat Spain was a casualty of the recession, so he killed his children, tried to kill his wife Jenny, and finished off with himself. But there are too many inexplicable details and the evidence is pointing in two directions at once. Scorcher's personal life is tugging for his attention. Seeing the case on the news has sent his sister Dina off the rails again, and she's resurrecting something that Scorcher thought he had tightly under control: what happened to their family, one summer at Broken Harbour, back when they were children. The neat compartments of his life are breaking down, and the sudden tangle of work and family is putting both at risk…

The advancement of technology has allowed our society to grow in leaps and bounds. The fields of medicine, engineering, agriculture and countless others have benefited from the applied science of high tech microprocessors and their data processing capabilities. This technology helps power our homes, cars, laptops, and phones. It is involved in every aspect of our lives, but as powerful and complex as these systems are there is one device that can cripple everything and bring the world as we know it to a standstill: EMP blast. Mike Grant, a veteran welder for a Pittsburgh steel company, is at work when an EMP blast wrecks the entire country. With no transportation and no way to contact his loved ones, Mike has to combat the panic stricken city to find his father, reach his wife and children in the suburbs, and escape to their cabin in Ohio. This fast-paced, adrenaline filled thriller will keep you on the edge of your seat as we all find out what happens when the lights go out

Karim Chammas returns to Lebanon, his family, and his past after ten years of establishing a new life in France. Back in Beirut, Karim reacquaints himself with his brother Nassim, now married to his former love Hind, and old friends from the leftist political circles within which he once roamed under the nom de guerre Sinalcol. By the end of his six-month stay, he has been reintroduced to the chaos of cultural, religious and political battles that continue to rage in Lebanon. Overwhelmed by the experiences of his return, Karim is forced to contemplate his identity and his place in Lebanon's history. The story of Karim and his family is born of other stories that intertwine to form an imposing fresco of Lebanese society over the past fifty years. Broken Mirrors examines the roots of an endemic civil war and a country's unsettled past

After his wife’s death and the collapse of his newspaper, David Harwood has no choice but to uproot his nine-year-old son and move back into his childhood home in Promise Falls, New York. David believes his life is in free fall, and he can’t find a way to stop his descent. Then he comes across a family secret of epic proportions. A year after a devastating miscarriage, David’s cousin Marla has continued to struggle. But when David’s mother asks him to check on her, he’s horrified to discover that she’s been secretly raising a child who is not her own — a baby she claims was a gift from an “angel” left on her porch. When the baby’s real mother is found murdered, David can’t help wanting to piece together what happened — even if it means proving his own cousin’s guilt. But as he uncovers each piece of evidence, David realizes that Marla’s mysterious child is just the tip of the iceberg. Other strange things are happening. Animals are found ritually slaughtered. An ominous abandoned Ferris wheel seems to stand as a warning that something dark has infected Promise Falls. And someone has decided that the entire town must pay for the sins of its past... in blood

This is a stand-alone novel and doesn’t require reading the other books in the series It’s been a week without power. No phones. No computers. Nothing. Whatever shred of humanity is left in people is slowly dwindling away. Gangs are forming, people are starving, and the whole country is in a free-for-all. With his house burnt to the ground, Mike Grant finds himself on the road, fighting to stay alive. A single thought propelling him forward: get to his family. Accompanied by his neighbor, Nelson, Mike leaves Pittsburgh and heads to his family’s cabin in Ohio. For Mike the only thing worse than not making it to the cabin is the fear of his family not being there when he does

Early one morning in the seaside resort of Whitley Bay, the lifeless body of a young girl, Sophie Washington, is found brutally murdered – her face mutilated beyond recognition DI Jack Brady, recovering from a vicious shooting incident, is on the edge. Struggling with his marriage break-up and his tortured past, his problems intensify when friend and colleague DI James Matthews confidentially reveals that he was with the victim the night of her murder. Brady's loyal deputy, the clean-cut Detective Sergeant Harry Conrad and police psychologist Dr Amelia Jenkins are assigned with Brady to solve the victim's murder. But the investigation becomes increasingly compromised as Brady realises that Matthews is holding something back. As Brady delves ever deeper into Sophie's life, he comes to realise that the three men who should have protected her during her short life are the chief suspects in her murder: her teacher, her step-father and a police detective. Review "A tale of damaged, broken people set against a brutal and decaying North East England coast. British crime fiction needs exceptional new voices and Danielle Ramsay is well on her way to being one."  —Martyn Waites, author, The Mercy Seat "Tightly-plotted book. Brady is a wreck, but knows it and his honesty about his own condition makes him an engaging hero."  —Reviewing the Evidence

Spanning 1940s to 2020s America, a Pynchon-esque saga about rock music, art, politics, and the elusive nature of love. Meet everyman Moses Teumer, whose recent diagnosis of an aggressive form of leukemia has sent him in search of a donor. When he discovers that the woman who raised him is not his biological mother, he must hunt down his birth parents and unspool the intertwined destinies of the Teumer and Savant families. Salome Savant, Moses’s birth mother, is an avant-garde artist who has spent her life in and out of a mental health facility. Her son and Moses’s half-brother, Alchemy Savant, the mercurial front man of the world-renowned rock band The Insatiables, abandons music to launch a political campaign to revolutionize 2020s America. And then there’s Ambitious Mindswallow, aka Ricky McFinn, who journeys from juvenile delinquency in Queens to being The Insatiables’ bassist and Alchemy’s Sancho Panza. Bauman skillfully weaves the threads that intertwine these characters and the histories that divide them, creating a postmodern vision of America that is at once sweeping, irreverent, and heartbreaking

Broken Stars, edited by multi award-winning writer Ken Liu—translator of the bestselling and Hugo Award-winning novel The Three Body Problem by acclaimed Chinese author Cixin Liu—is his second thought-provoking anthology of Chinese short speculative fiction. Following Invisible Planets, Liu has now assembled the most comprehensive collection yet available in the English language, sure to thrill and gratify readers developing a taste and excitement for Chinese SF. Some of the included authors are already familiar to readers in the West (Liu Cixin and Hao Jingfang, both Hugo winners); some are publishing in English for the first time. Because of the growing interest in newer SFF from China, virtually every story here was first published in Chinese in the 2010s. The stories span the range from short-shorts to novellas, and evoke every hue on the emotional spectrum. Besides stories firmly entrenched in subgenres familiar to Western SFF readers such as hard SF, cyberpunk, science fantasy, and space opera, the anthology also includes stories that showcase deeper ties to Chinese culture: alternate Chinese history, chuanyue time travel, satire with historical and contemporary allusions that are likely unknown to the average Western reader. While the anthology makes no claim or attempt to be “representative” or “comprehensive,” it demonstrates the vibrancy and diversity of science fiction being written in China at this moment. In addition, three essays at the end of the book explore the history of Chinese science fiction publishing, the state of contemporary Chinese fandom, and how the growing interest in science fiction in China has impacted writers who had long labored in obscurity

Success in an experiment does not necessarily mean getting the results you expected…

What others are saying about Broken Things: “It’s intense, surprising and keeps you on the edge of your seat.” 5 stars “This is a story that will pull you in and won’t let go. You will need to finish it.” 5 stars “If you like dark, intense, futuristic sci-fi, you will enjoy this book.” 4 stars “Very well written and great plot.” 5 stars The world has changed. People live forever, but children are a thing of the past. To meet the demands of want-to-be parents, children have been replaced with androids... very life-like androids. Josh, a twelve-year old boy, is hit by a truck, leaving him badly damaged. Instead of paying the outrageous cost to fix him, they dump him in the wilderness. Broken Things follows Josh and his journey to a home that doesn’t want him anymore, through a setting that darkly mirrors our own. Along the way, he must face the fears of abandoned children, from the wilderness to the city streets, and the predators that dwell in both. His only salvation may rest in finding a single person that cares. If you enjoy science fiction and suspense with many twists and turns, then you’ll love Broken Things. “The story was quite interesting, well written, and has a nice surprise twist at the end.” 4 stars “It was a gripping thriller and I loved the ending. Very awesome book!” 5 stars “…the book tugged at the heart strings.” 5 stars (Amazon UK review)

After fighting tooth and nail to reach his cabin in Ohio, Mike Grant has finally been reunited with his family. The safe haven he built has enough supplies to last them for months, but with the extra mouths to feed that timeline is shrinking fast. With a murderous gang of bikers in the nearby town, a loose alliance with a neighboring hunter, and tension building from members inside his own group, Mike has to navigate the murky waters of trust in this post-EMP world, and hard choices have to be made. Friends are lost and family bonds are tested as Mike is pushed to the brink in this thrilling next installment of the “Broken” series

"In 1986 Pakistan's greatest poet was found brutally murdered, beaten to death by government thugs. Two years later his lover, fearless activist Samina Akram, disappeared. Her daughter, Aasmani has always assumed her mother simply abandoned her — since she had left so many times before, following the Poet into exile." But now, working at Pakistan's first independent TV station, Aasmani runs into an old friend of her mother's who hands her a letter written — recently — in the Poet and Samina's secret code. As more letters arrive, Aasmani becomes certain that will lead her to Samina. Despite menacing signs, the disbelief of her family, and the worries of her new lover, Aasmani decodes the letters and searches for their source. But if she manages to locate it, will she find what she's looking for?

Gemma thought Alex was dead, that she’d made an irreversible mistake and would never see him again. But then her father resets time and she’s given another chance to be with Alex, if she can save the world and get rid of the star. Gemma decides to follow in her father’s footsteps and attempt to change the vision of the end of the world. If she can pull it off, then maybe she can have the normal life she’s always wanted and Alex and her can have a chance for a real future. But changing visions is dangerous, and sometimes one small mistake can lead to disastrous results

An author struggles to make amends for the war-torn realities he has written into existence. He leaves his empty life behind and travels across a spectrum of parallel universes in a frantic hunt for Maire, the maniacal architect of the Sixth Extinction, who has forged a new alliance and will stop at nothing to erase all realities from existence. Both a sequel to and a retelling of Enemy and An End, Broken merges the rich, horrifying universes of the previous installments of the Silver trilogy into a haunting story that is part love letter, part handbook for the apocalypse, and part confession. The recipient of the silver medal for the Fantasy/Science Fiction category of the 2006 Independent Publisher Book Awards, Broken: A Plague Journal is the third and final book in the Silver trilogy by Paul Evan Hughes

On holiday in Victoria, British Columbia, Bond becomes intrigued Lee Fu-Chu, a half-Blackfoot, half-Chinese philanthropist who is known as "Brokenclaw" because of a deformed hand. On his return to the UK Bond is tasked to investigate the kidnapping of several scientists who have been working on a new submarine detection system. It becomes clear that Brokenclaw is behind the kidnapping and worse, he has a devastating plan to cause economic meltdown through the collapse of the dollar. Bond has no choice but to enter his lair ... From Publishers Weekly Called upon to keep submarine-detection secrets away from the Chinese, James Bond combats Brokenclaw, the fiendish, sexually insatiable man whose nickname is a reference to a deformed left hand. "Bond is both obnoxious and racist," said PW , warning that threatened and actual brutality toward women and disparaging remarks about Asians are but a few of this novel's faults

Džons Grišams Brokeris Amerikas Savienoto Valstu prezidents Arturs Morgans pēdējās neveiksmīgās prezidentūras dienās izskata par sevišķi smagiem nodarījumiem notiesāto noziedznieku apžēlošanas lūgumus. Viņu vidū ir Džoels Bekmens, bijušais Baltā nama lobijs, kas nebrīvē aizvadījis sešus gadus. Tomēr Bekmena apžēlošana nav ASV valdības labās gribas apliecinājums. Sis vīrs ticis notiesāts par nelikumīgas izsoles organizēšanu un mēģinājumu pārdot slepenu satelītsistēmu. CIP izseko bijušo ieslodzīto, lai uzzinātu, kādēļ ir izveidota tik varena un sarežģīta izlūkošanas aparatūra un kam Bekmens grasījies to pārdot - Krievijai, Ķīnai, Izraēlai vai Saūda Arābijai. ASV varenie uzskata, ka šīs satelītsistēmas tīkotāji vēlēsies atriebties bijušajām brokerim, tiklīdz viņš būs iznācis no cietuma... Ilgi nav jāgaida - pavisam drīz Džoels Bekmens tiek ierauts notikumu virpulī, kur viena cilvēka dzīvībai vairs nav nozīmes, kur uz spēles tiek likta vairāku nāciju drošība un neiedomājama vara. Džons Grišams reiz bijis politiķis un advokāts, pēc pievēršanās rakstniecībai radījis daudzus spriedzes pilnus romānus, kurus iemīļojuši arī latviešu lasītāji. Starp slavenākajiem viņa darbiem minami tādi bestselleri kā “Likumu pasaules valdnieks”, “Iesācējs", “Pavēstē” u. c. Pēc Dž. Grišama darbu motīviem uzņemtas arī visā pasaulē populāras filmas, no kurām noteikti jāpiemin “Firma”, “Pelikāna lieta” un “Iesācējs”. Zvaigzne ABC. SIA, 2009 John Grisham THE BROKER No angļu valodas tulkojis Allens Pempers Mākslinieks Arnis Zariņš Noskanējis grāmatu un  failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis imantslochmelis@inbox.lv Redaktore Zigrīda Dūda Apgāds Zvaigzne ABC. SIA, 2009 K. Valdemāra ielā 6, Rīgā, LV-1010. Red. nr. TL-2301. A/s «Poligrāfists», K. Valdemāra ielā 6, Rīgā, LV-1010. © Tulkojums latviešu valodā. Apgāds Zvaigzne ABC ISBN 978-9934-0-0180-2

Trys teisėjai, už nešvarius darbelius kalintys ne itin griežto režimo kalėjime, ir toliau nerimsta – laiškais šantažuoja pasiturinčius pagyvenusius vyriškius, slepiančius netradicinę seksualinę orientacija. Į šių klastingų veikėjų pinkles patenka ir kandidatas į JAV prezidentus. Įvykiai rutuliojasi nepaprastai sparčiai, pasakojimas įgyja sensacingų, kvapą gniaužiančių elementų. Originalus pavadinimas:  The Brethren

«Bromance. Все секреты книжного клуба» — вторая часть цикла, который так понравился читателям по всему миру. И их можно понять — ведь от этой серии невозможно оторваться. Книги Лиссы Кей Адамс надежно закрепились в списке самых читаемых романтических историй Amazon, который заслуженно назвал серию Адамс лучшей романтической историей года. «Bromance. Все секреты книжного клуба» — не только история мужчины и женщины, но и настоящий детектив, ведь парни из клуба помогают Маку завоевать сердце Лив и разоблачить ее коварного босса. Это больше, чем просто роман. Это увлекательное чтение, которое заставит вас по-другому посмотреть на мужчин и женщин. Адамс затрагивает темы, о которых мы, казалось, знаем все, но с каждой страницей начинаем в этом сомневаться. «Bromance. Все секреты книжного клуба» ничуть не уступает первой части. Теперь понятно, почему преданные фанаты цикла так ждали его продолжения. И вот оно перед вами. На этот раз речь пойдет о сестре Теи, с которой читатели познакомились в «Тайном клубе романтиков», первой части цикла. Добро пожаловать в тайный клуб романтиков! Скучали? Сейчас мы это исправим. Лив Папандреас не позавидуешь. Ее босс, известный шеф-повар Ройс Престон, оказался тем еще мерзавцем, и теперь Лив вынуждена уйти с любимой работы. Но, как известно, принц на белом коне появляется в жизни принцессы очень вовремя. А вот и он, харизматичный предприниматель Брейден Мак. Погодите, но это не конь. Мак на «Порше»! Это будет настоящая спецоперация по завоеванию сердца прекрасной дамы, а коварный злодей в поварском колпаке обязательно получит по заслугам. Сможет ли книжный клуб Bromance помочь нашему самоуверенному принцу? Брейден Мак, пора и тебе узнать все секреты книжного клуба. А вы чего ждете? «Это книга о том, что правильные половинки всегда находят друг друга». — SHONDALAND «Роман Адамс не так прост, как кажется». — NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW «„Все секреты книжного клуба“ — это настоящий успех восходящей звезды жанра». — BOOK PAGE (STARRED REVIEW)

«Bromance. Книжный клуб спешит на помощь» — третья часть цикла, который так понравился читателям по всему миру. И их можно понять — ведь от этой серии невозможно оторваться. Книги Лиссы Кей Адамс надежно закрепились в списке самых читаемых романтических историй Amazon, который заслуженно назвал серию Адамс лучшей романтической историей года. На этот раз речь пойдет о владелице кошачьего кафе, Алексис, и ее друге, компьютерном гении Ноа Логане. Милая, добрая, отзывчивая Алексис питает слабость к одиноким пушистикам и помогает им обрести новый дом. В ее жизни появляется девушка, которая заявляет, что она ее единокровная сестра. Более того, она просит стать донором почки для их умирающего отца, которого Алексис никогда не знала. Здесь что-то не так (всё не так). Алексис хочет во всем разобраться, поэтому обращается за помощью к лучшему другу, Ноа Логану. Ноа — компьютерный гений. На него вся надежда. Только у Ноа есть секрет: он по уши влюблен в Алексис. Эй, ребята из книжного клуба! Тут одному не справиться. Нужна ваша помощь! ТРЕТЬЕ ПРАВИЛО КНИЖНОГО КЛУБА: В РОМАНЕ УЧАСТВУЮТ НЕ ТОЛЬКО ДВОЕ. «Идеальное сочетание сюжетных поворотов, когда то голова идет кругом, то смешно до колик». — ЭВИ ДАНМОР, автор цикла «Лига выдающихся женщин» «Идеальное продолжение цикла Лиссы Кей Адамс о книжном клубе». — PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY «Самая оригинальная концепция ромкома этого года». — ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

«Bromance. Тайный клуб романтиков» – первая часть многообещающего цикла, от которого невозможно оторваться. Книга Лиссы Кей Адамс надежно закрепилась в списке лучших романтических историй Amazon. Вам когда-нибудь хотелось залезть в чужую голову? Героям «Тайного клуба романтиков» – очень. Они пытаются разобраться в психологии взаимоотношений, ведь мужчины и женщины так по-разному рассуждают на тему любви. Роман Лиссы Кей Адамс поднимет вам настроение, особенно если вы женщина. А диалоги накачанных бейсбольных игроков рассмешат до слез. «Тайный клуб романтиков» – это оригинальный сюжет, который захватит вас с первых страниц. А Netflix очень скоро порадует читателей экранизацией этой ни на что не похожей истории. Добро пожаловать в тайный клуб романтиков! Проблемы в отношениях? Встали не с той ноги? Не знаете, как жить дальше? Книжный клуб Bromance к вашим услугам. Мы называем его Bromance, ведь это больше, чем книжный клуб. Это братство. Вы спросите, как же все будет? Все просто. Члены клуба читают любовные романы, которые помогают разобраться в психологии взаимоотношений. Мы называем их «инструкциями». Заинтересованы? Еще бы. Чего у нас только ни происходит… Заварушка на заварушке… Все вместе мы ищем ответ на, пожалуй, самый сложный вопрос: чего хочет женщина? И, кажется, мы его нашли. Только тсс… Никому ни слова. «В каждом городе обязательно должен быть такой книжный клуб». – Эви Данмор «Веселая и искренняя история о любви, в которой идеально выдержан баланс между романтикой и темой братства». – Kirkus Reviews «Смейтесь от души. Вы обязаны прочитать эту книгу». – Эйвери Флинн «Я вновь и вновь спешила к этому томику, чтобы продолжить его читать, и так не хотела, чтобы он заканчивался». – Алекса Мартин

Brand-new stories by: Thomas Adcock, Kevin Baker, Thomas Bentil, Lawrence Block, Jerome Charyn, Suzanne Chazin, Terrence Cheng, Ed Dee, Joanne Dobson, Robert Hughes, Marlon James, Sandra Kitt, Rita Laken, Miles Marshall Lewis, Pat Picciarelli, Abraham Rodriguez Jr., S.J. Rozan, Steven Torres, and Joe Wallace. As any Bronxite will tell you, being from Da Bronx is a permanent condition, no matter where you end up... For a time in the '70s and '80s, the name was synonymous (to non-Bronxites) with a vast urban maelstrom of lawlessness and decay. But the place was always more complicated than that. There's the Bronx Zoo, the Botanical Garden, universities, Yankee Stadium, grand estates, squalid housing projects, the sinking Concourse, and nautical City Island... The writers represented in Bronx Noir know the borough so well that, reading the book, you'll smell it, feel it, see it, hear it. The sights and scents will be multitudinous and as distinct as the neighborhoods. And everyone of them, in all their glorious mutual contradiction, is the Bronx

Мистическая драма, разворачивается на фоне исторических событий. Судьба двух братьев. Демоны, переселяясь из тела в тело, они живут среди людей, переходя из века в век. Когда-то давно, в небесном мире Двенадцати Царств, поверив обещаниям одного бога – младший из них убил собственного брата, его головой расплатившись за возможность жить среди людей обычным человеком. Он ничего не хочет знать ни о своем предательстве, ни о своем прошлом, поэтому умирая, каждый раз начинает жить заново. С чистого листа. Но не всё так просто. Демон, заключивший согласие с богом, всё равно не стал человеком, да и брат, как оказалось, не умер. Воскресший согласно небесному Закону Равновесия, так как высшие демоны обладают бессмертием богов, и умереть им, как не пыжься – не дано, он тоже вынужден жить на земле. Но в отличие от младшего брата, запрятавшего глубоко в себе демоническую природу, тот совсем не тяготится своей истиной сущностью. Презирая людей, презирая мораль и законы человеческого общества, Демон – он живет в нашем мире по своим дьявольским правилам. Только вот забыть не может ни любви своей к брату, ни его предательства, и когда их жизненные пути пересекаются, он превращает его жизнь в настоящий ад. Эта любовь-ненависть – она становиться западней для их сердец на многие века, кандалами, которые не снять. И каждому, кто неосторожно приблизится к ним и будет затянут в водоворот их противостояния – придется заплатить за это свою цену…

Under the Never Sky - 2.5 Set just before the events of Into the Still Blue, the conclusion to Veronica Rossi's Under the Never Sky trilogy, this breathtaking novella is a satisfying stand-alone for new readers as well as an exciting glimpse at favorite characters from the trilogy. Pulsing with romance and danger, Brooke will leave readers desperate for the conclusion to this epic and unforgettable saga. The only fight she can't win is the one for Perry's heart. Following the stunning climax in Through the Ever Night, the Tides have been forced to seek shelter from the Aether storms in a dismal, secluded cave. But Brooke's memories of the cave go back much further, to when she and Perry used to come here together. That was before Perry fell in love with Aria and before Vale's dealings with the Dwellers altered the course of the Tides forever. Now, with her sister back from a haunting year in captivity and Aria lying unconscious in the sick bay, Brooke struggles to put the pieces of her life back together. Without Perry, who is she? And what is her role in this frightening new world? As these questions swirl about her, an old threat to the Tides resurfaces, and Brooke is forced to put the lives of her people before her own. But in taking this step outside of herself, Brooke may finally discover what she truly wants

It is Enniscorthy in the southeast of Ireland in the early 1950s. Eilis Lacey is one among many of her generation who cannot find work at home. Thus when a job is offered in America, it is clear to everyone that she must go. Leaving her family and country, Eilis heads for unfamiliar Brooklyn, and to a crowded boarding house where the landlady's intense scrutiny and the small jealousies of her fellow residents only deepen her isolation. Slowly, however, the pain of parting is buried beneath the rhythms of her new life – until she begins to realize that she has found a sort of happiness. As she falls in love, news comes from home that forces her back to Enniscorthy, not to the constrictions of her old life, but to new possibilities which conflict deeply with the life she has left behind in Brooklyn. In the quiet character of Eilis Lacey, Colm Tóibín has created one of fiction's most memorable heroines and in Brooklyn, a luminous novel of devastating power. Tóibín demonstrates once again his astonishing range and that he is a true master of nuanced prose, emotional depth, and narrative virtuosity

Nathan Glass ha sobrevivido a un cáncer de pulmón y a un divorcio después de treinta y tres años de matrimonio, y ha vuelto a Brooklyn, el lugar donde nació y pasó su infancia. Quiere vivir allí lo que le queda de su `ridícula vida`. Hasta que enfermó era un próspero vendedor de seguros, ahora que ya no tiene que ganarse la vida, piensa escribir El libro de las locuras de los hombres. Contará todo lo que pasa a su alrededor, todo lo que le ocurre y lo que se le ocurre, y hasta algunas de las historias caprichosas, disparatadas, verdaderas locuras de personas que recuerda. Comienza a frecuentar el bar del barrio, el muy austeriano Cosmic Diner, y está casi enamorado de la camarera, la casada e inalcanzable Marina. Y va también a la librería de segunda mano de Harry Brightman, un homosexual culto y contradictorio, que no es ni remotamente quien dice ser

New York's punchiest borough asserts its criminal legacy with all new stories from a magnificent set of today's best writers. Brooklyn Noir moves from Coney Island to Bedford-Stuyvesant to Bay Ridge to Red Hook to Bushwick to Sheepshead Bay to Park Slope and far deeper, into the heart of Brooklyn's historical and criminal largesse, with all of its dark splendor. Each contributor presents a brand new story set in a distinct neighborhood. Brooklyn Noir mixes masters of the mystery genre with the best of New York's literary fiction community-and, of course, leaves room for new blood. These brilliant and chilling stories see crime striking in communities of Russians, Jamaicans, Hasidic Jews, Puerto Ricans, Italians, Irish and many other ethnicities-in the most diverse urban location on the planet. Contributors include Pete Hamill, Nelson George, Sidney Offit, Arthur Nersesian, Pearl Abraham, Ellen Miller, Maggie Estep, Adam Mansbach, C. J. Sullivan, Chris Niles, Norman Kelley, and many others

Brooklyn Noir is back with a vengeance, this time with the masters of yore: H.P. Lovecraft, Donald Westlake, Lawrence Block, Pete Hamill, Jonathan Lethem, Colson Whitehead, and more!

Brooklyn Noir is back, this time with a true-crime vengeance. Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. This volume presents the first nonfiction collection in the series, curated by acclaimed novelists Tim McLoughlin and Thomas Adcock. Brand-new stories by: Robert Leuci, Dennis Hawkins, Tim McLoughlin, Thomas Adcock, Errol Louis, Denise Buffa, Patricia Mulcahy, C. J. Sullivan, Reed Farrel Coleman, Aileen Gallagher, Christopher Musella, Kim Sykes, Robert Knightly, Jess Korman, Constance Casey, and Rosemarie Yu

We have proven that time travels are safe; the present is affected by changing the past. Nothing had changed—count your pseudopods!