«Mon Agent» Андрея М. Мелехова — третий роман об Аналитике. Как и предыдущие книги серии — «Malaria» и «Analyste» — «Mon Agent» представляет из себя необычную комбинацию приключенческого романа и мистического триллера. Он предлагает читателю не только получить удовольствие от весьма неожиданных поворотов нескольких сюжетных линий, но и задуматься над широким кругом философских, религиозных и мировоззренческих проблем, волнующих современного человека. Действие романа происходит в Лондоне и Москве, в Раю и в Преисподней. Его персонажами являются террористы и агенты спецслужб, герои Библии и герои тайных операций, великие пророки прошлого и политики настоящего, ангелы Божьи и слуги Сатаны, люди и говорящие животные. В произведении нашлось место большой любви и большой ненависти, острой политической сатире и тонкому юмору. Как и все книги Мелехова, «Mon Agent» написан для тех, кто способен подвергнуть сомнению догмы, стереотипы и предубеждения, кто может рассмеяться, говоря даже о весьма серьёзных вещах

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Mon culte, il existe, non ? Et parce qu'il existe, une bande de CONservateurs en prennent ombrage, le foutent sur la commode, mais qui est-ce qui va l'avoir dans le culte ? Devine

« Je ne sais rien de mon frère mort si ce n’est que je l’ai aimé. Il me manque comme personne mais je ne sais pas qui j’ai perdu. J’ai perdu le bonheur de sa compagnie, la gratuité de son affection, la sérénité de ses jugements, la complicité de son humour, la paix. J’ai perdu ce qui restait de douceur au monde. Mais qui ai-je perdu ? »

Civilization can build bridges and barriers at the same time…

A smoldering debut novel exploring the passion, hunger, and danger that can break loose in the moonlight. From the time she was a child, Mona Lisa knew she was different—but she never knew how different until a man of otherworldly beauty appeared during her night shift in the ER. Gryphon is hurting and hunted and he attracts her as no man ever has before. He is a Monère, one of the children of the moon—and what's more, so is she. Long exiled from the moon, the men of the Monère serve—and mate with—imperious Queens who can channel the rays of their far-off homeland. Gryphon believes that Mona Lisa is a Queen—perhaps the first of Mixed Blood ever known. But her introduction to the nighttime court of the Monère, simmering with intrigue, casual lust, and calculated cruelty, is far from smooth

Mona Lisa has finally accepted what she really is — a Mixed-Blood of the Monère, the children of the moon. Stronger, faster, and more beautiful than any human, they are the origins of Earth's darkest legends — and Mona Lisa is their newest Queen. Accompanied by her loyal cadre of warriors and kin, Mona Lisa is entering her territory of Louisiana for the first time. She slowly learns the erotic and savage customs of the Monère elite — though some of her new subjects are uneasy at being ruled by a half-human. Her reign is threatened by enemies old and new, and she is ensnared in the thrall of dark forces she cannot deny. In a hidden world of animal passions and unrelenting lust, Mona Lisa soon grasps the tremendous power she must command if she is to hold her realm together — and if she is ever to come into her own

Dante, the warrior son of a healer, was cursed by the high priestess to endure a never-ending cycle of life and death, born and reborn into an ever-diminishing bloodline. Someone shares one of his past lives. Her name was Mona Lyria. Back then, on the moon in another world, she was his victim. Today, she is Mona Lisa, and this time, she is his savior. Dante's wish is to die by her hands to end his cursed existence, but she feels fate has given them both a second chance. For even stronger than her craving for blood is her craving for what every Monère female desires, and needs…to bear life. Now she has found her mate — but with this blessing could come a new curse under the shadow of a new moon

On the vernal equinox, Mona Lisa is taken against her will to NetherHell, the cursed realm of the damned. In this place, she will be torn from both within and without by desire, love, and ecstasy. And when her first love crosses the boundaries of the world to rescue her, she must choose her own destiny — before others choose it for her

The national bestselling author returns with a new passionate, erotically charged paranormal novel. Roberto, a jaguar-shifter of mixed Monère heritage, arrives in Cozumel to kill a rival. But he finds a more valuable prize in Mona Lisa, a Monère who's lost her memory and can be manipulated into believing anything—no matter how dark or dangerous

Une nouvelle macroforme est apparue dans le Conurb : l’aleph. Un gigantesque empilement de biopuces capables de reconstituer tous les savoirs, toutes les données de l’univers. Un fantastique instrument de pouvoir ! Tous les pirates de cyberspace sont à sa recherche. Mais qui le détient réellement ? Bobby, un génie du logiciel ? Dame 3Jane, l’héritière clonée de l’empire Tessier-Ashpool ? Ou Angie, vedette de cinéma, fille du savant Mitchell, le célèbre créateur des biopuces ? L’enjeu est de taille ! Ils l’ignorent encore mais celui qui, au risque de sa vie, saura se rendre maître de l’aleph possèdera les clés d’un monde nouveau, un monde au-delà de l’humanité…

Powieść Mona Liza Turbo jest przez krytykę uważana za jedną z najlepszych książek autora Neuromancera. Wejdźmy w niezwykły świat Gibsona — liryczny i zmechanizowany, erotyczny i brutalny, posępny i podniecający — gdzie wielonarodowe korporacje i stechnicyzowani przestępcy walczą o władzę, przenosząc się w generowane komputerowo universum zwane cyberprzestrzenią. W tym świecie pojawia się Mona, dziewczyna o mętnej przeszłości i niepewnej przyszłości. Życie prowadzi ją po kursie kolizyjnym ze światowej sławy gwiazdą Sense/Netu, Angie Mitchell. Angie od dzieciństwa potrafiła włączyć się do cyberprzestrzeni, nie używając do tego komputera. Teraz do wnętrza cyberprzestrzeni wiodą nici intrygi mającej na celu jej porwanie. Spiskiem kieruje widmowa jaźń, która ma swoje plany wobec Mony, Angie i całej ludzkości. A w tle kryją się potężni Yakuza z japońskiego podziemia przestępczego… Ich przywódcy bezlitośnie posługują się ludźmi dla osiągnięcia własnych celów (a przynajmniej tak im się wydaje)

Anno 2381: nell’esistenza umana l’utopia è diventata realtà. Guerre, fame, contrasti sociali, criminalità e controllo delle nascite sono ormai un semplice ricordo del passato. L’esistenza si svolge tranquilla e ordinata all’interno di giganteschi grattacieli alti centinaia di piani. In una specie di ciclo chiuso, gli esseri umani nascono, studiano, lavorano, mettono al mondo figli, muoiono, senza mai uscirne. I figli sono considerati la massima benedizione di dio e il solo pensiero di porre un limite al loro numero è un’eresia. La libertà sessuale è totale: agli uomini — e alle donne — è permesso cambiare letto ogni notte e giacere con il partner che essi desiderano volta per volta. Soltanto chi è in preda alla pazzia può concepire il desiderio dl una vita privata, dell’intimità coniugale, e nutrire sentimenti di gelosia, tutti sintomi di una pericolosa eresia. Poiché è stato del tutto eliminato il bisogno di uscire fuori del proprio ambiente, di viaggiare, se n’è estinto anche il desiderio. Risuscitare tale desiderio sarebbe una grave eresia, e per chi si rende colpevole di eresia ci sono diversi trattamenti, il più drastico dei quali è l’eliminazione fisica del colpevole, la morte. Ma il numero di coloro che vengono colti da impulsi malsani, che desiderano sfuggire alla facile esistenza programmata delle monadi urbane, alla ricerca di qualcosa che neanche loro sanno con esattezza cosa sia, ma che è radicata nell’anima degli esseri umani, aumenta. Ormai, infatti, la vita stessa è diventata un’utopia. Robert Silverberg, un autore che si è imposto nel campo della fantascienza, oltre che della narrativa, vincitore di un premio Hugo ed ex-presidente dell’associazione degli scrittori americani di science fiction, ripropone in questo libro uno dei più pressanti problemi dell’umanità, prospettandone una terrorizzante conclusione. Nominato per premio Hugo in 1972

Best Translated Book Award Longlist Reader’s Digest Great New Book World Literature Today Holiday Gift Guide Recommendation “Offer[s] surprise and revelation at every turn.” — Reader’s Digest “Eduardo Halfon is a brilliant storyteller.” —DANIEL ALARCÓN, author of At Night We Walk in Circles In Monastery, the nomadic narrator of Eduardo Halfon’s critically-acclaimed The Polish Boxer returns to travel from Guatemalan cities, villages, coffee plantations, and border towns to a private jazz concert in New York’s Harlem, a former German U-Boat base on the French Breton coast, and Israel, where he escapes from his sister’s Orthodox Jewish wedding into an erotic adventure with the enigmatic Tamara. His passing encounters are unforgettable; his relationships, problematic. At once a world citizen and a writer who mistrusts the power of language, he is pursued by history’s ghosts and unanswerable questions. He is a cartographer of identity on a compelling journey to an uncertain destination. As he draws and redraws his boundaries, he confronts us with the limitations of our own. Eduardo Halfon was named one of the best young Latin American writers by the Hay Festival of Bogotá and is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and the prestigious José María de Pereda Prize for the Short Novel. The Polish Boxer, his first book to appear in English, was a New York Times Editors’ Choice selection and finalist for the International Latino Book Award. Halfon currently lives in Nebraska and frequently travels to Guatemala

Totally delightful account of the wild results of outlandish experiments of a scientist lured into joining the staff of an incredible institution where the most intensive research is done to harness the power of black magic, wizardry, the secrets of super-science and paranormal talents

Just in time for the Super Bowl is this debut suspense novel from a 14-year NFL place kicker and his Colorado pastor. The result yields some nice moments paired with problematic writing and improbable plot twists. Air Force 2d Lt. Riley Covington is given grace to play NFL football instead of serving out his military time, but he opts to return to active duty after a horrific stadium bombing. Hakeem Qasim is an Iraqi groomed for terrorism by tragic events in his childhood. The lives of both the squeaky-clean Christian Riley and the radical Muslim Hakeem intersect in a way that readers will see coming early in the novel. Rich details about life as an NFL player invigorate the story; the details become problematic when the story gets wordy (as in one long and unnecessary chapter toward the end of the book). Although the final […] plot twist is too easy, unexpected humor helps leaven the serious themes, and the sparks of romance that fly between Riley and an American Muslim woman will pique readers' interest

Sasha, a young computer programmer from Leningrad, is driving north to meet some friends for a nature vacation. He picks up a couple of hitchhikers, who persuade him to take a job at the National Institute for the Technology of Witchcraft and Thaumaturgy. The adventures Sasha has in the largely dysfunctional institute involve all sorts of magical beings—a wish-granting fish, a tree mermaid, a cat who can remember only the beginnings of stories, a dream-interpreting sofa, a motorcycle that can zoom into the imagined future, a lazy dog-size mosquito—along with a variety of wizards (including Merlin), vampires, and officers. First published in Russia in 1965, Monday Starts on Saturday has become the most popular Strugatsky novel in their homeland. Like the works of Gogol and Kafka, it tackles the nature of institutions—here focusing on one devoted to discovering and perfecting human happiness. By turns wildly imaginative, hilarious, and disturbing, Monday Starts on Saturday is a comic masterpiece by two of the world's greatest science-fiction writers

Monday takes Rabbi David Small on a private exodus to Israel for a much needed rest. But as usual, trouble follows the Rabbi. While his congregation at home is busy plotting his dismissal, the Rabbi is up against the Wall in an international incident involving a young American student, Israeli intelligence, and a group of Arab terrorists with murder on their minds

Les contes de Le Clézio, qui semblent nés du rêve et du recueillement, nous parlent pourtant de notre époque.Venu d'ailleurs, Mondo le petit garçon qui passe, Lullaby la voyageuse, Jon, Juba le sage, Daniel Sindbad qui n'a jamais vu la mer, Alia, Petite Croix, et tant d'autres, nous sont délégués comme autant d'enfants-fées. Ils nous guident. Ils nous forcent à traverser les tristes opacités d'un univers où l'espoir se meurt. Ils nous fascinent par leur volonté tranquille, souveraine, accordée au silence des éléments retrouvés. Ils nous restituent la cadence limpide du souffle, clé de notre âme

Sul pianeta Pyrrus è in corso una guerra tra gli uomini che lo stanno colonizzando e gli originari abitanti: sembra quasi che tutta la flora e la fauna di Pyrrus sia in lotta contro i coloni. È in questa fase che si inseriscono le avventure di Jason DinAlt, giocatore professionista con poteri paranormali, che con la sua intelligenza e il suo coraggio riuscirà a far cessare la guerra

For the first and last time, he was up there on the lightning green, where some have a prayer — some have a putt — and some, unbelieving, snatch greatness from another man’s victory!

Love and betrayal complicate a robbery gone wrong in this edgy true-crime novel based on a 1965 Argentine bank robbery. There's the drama of the botched raid itself, followed by a blowout afterparty, an attempted double-crossing of the corrupt local authorities, and a final shootout where, as a last act of rebellion, the robbers burn all the loot. This gritty tale has been adapted for a major motion picture by renowned Argentine director Marcelo Pinyero

In this timely stand-alone thriller ripped from the headlines, New York Times bestselling author James Grippando, whom the Wall Street Journal calls "a writer to watch," explores a world in which the destruction of financial institutions and the people who run them can occur in a matter of hours – perhaps even minutes. At thirty-one, Michael Cantella is a rising star at Wall Street's premier investment bank, Saxton Silvers. Everything is going according to plan until Ivy Layton, the love of his life, vanishes on their honeymoon in the Bahamas. Fast-forward four years. It's the eve of his thirty-fifth birthday, and Michael is still on track: successful career, beautiful new wife, piles of money. Reveling in his good fortune, Michael logs in to his computer, enters his password, and pulls up his biggest investment account: Zero balance. He tries another, and another. All of them zero. Someone has wiped him out. His only clue is a new e-mail message: Just as planned. xo xo. With these three words Michael's life as he knows it is liquidated, along with his investment portfolio. Saxton Silvers is suddenly on the brink of bankruptcy, and he's the leading suspect in its ruin. Michael is left alone, framed, and facing divorce, with undercover FBI agents afoot, spyware on his computer, and mysterious e-mails from a "JBU." Embroiled in corporate espionage, he's desperate to clear his name and realizes that several signs point to his first wife, Ivy, as a key player. But what if Ivy has come back from the dead, only to visit on Michael a fate worse than death? With echoes of The Firm, James Grippando's newest thriller takes readers to the inner circle of Wall Street, illustrating the very real dangers of what Warren Buffett called "financial weapons of mass destruction."

В этой книге Феликс Мартин спорит с самым распространенным взглядом на происхождение денег – с тем, что они появились как средство обмена одних товаров на другие. Отталкиваясь от максимы «Меньше всего о воде знает рыба», он считает, что «ведущие экономисты мира» страдают непозволительной узостью взгляда и просто «не видят за деревьями леса». Анализируя значительный исторический материал (от Древней Месопотамии до наших дней, включая опыт Афин, Спарты, средневековых Англии и Франции и даже Советского Союза), Мартин приходит к выводу, что деньги – это в первую очередь социальная технология, своего рода регулятор общественных связей, и основное их предназначение – сглаживать и устранять конфликты. Деньги должны помогать обществу одновременно решать две задачи: обеспечивать экономическое развитие и сохранять социальную стабильность. Современный капитализм, по мнению Феликса Мартина, хорошо зарекомендовал себя как локомотив развития, но отдал контроль за деньгами банкам и техническим специалистам, увязшим в своих умозрительных теориях и излагающим их на непонятном обществу языке. Злоупотребление силой денег со стороны финансовых институтов приводит к жестоким экономическим кризисам, раздирающим современное общество. Обладая широким историческим и культурным кругозором, автор наполнил книгу массой интересных сведений, не перенасытив специальной терминологией. Написанная ярким, живым языком, она заинтересует не только финансистов, экономистов, историков и культурологов, но и самую широкую читательскую аудиторию

Многие уверены, что спорт давно превратился в соревнование кошельков. Побеждает тот, кто может позволить себе самых лучших, а значит, самых до-рогостоящих игроков. Эта книга доказывает обратное – настоящий прорыв делает тот, кто умеет смотреть по-новому на привычные вещи. В основе книги лежит реальная история одного из выдающихся спортив-ных менеджеров нашего времени – Билли Бина. Ему удалось на первый взгляд невозможное: вывести малобюджетную команду по бейсболу на лидирующие позиции и обойти самые дорогие команды. Изменив подход к игрокам, он в каком-то смысле изменил саму игру и этим достиг невероятного успеха в истории бейсбола. На русском языке публикуется впервые

Signe Kvaskova Monika un Dimantu Ciltstēvs Monika un viņas draugi — Ruta, Ralfs un Arvils — dodas uz neparasto Mežu, lai pavadītu tur vasaras brīvdienas. Taču Mežā viņus gaida kāds noslēpums… Teiksma vēsta, ka dimantu Ciltstēvs parādās Mežā reizi tūkstoš gados, taču kādreiz tas atgriezīsies, lai paliktu uz mūžīgiem laikiem. Vai tiešām tas ir noticis tieši šobrīd? Un, ja tā, — ar ko tas draud visiem Meža iemītniekiem? Monika un viņas draugi nolemj atrisināt šo noslēpumu, un sākas viņu savādā un bīstamiem piedzīvojumiem bagātā vasara. JUMAVA 2003 Grāmata izdota ar Kultūrkapitala fonda finansiālu atbalstu Atbildīgā redaktore Iveta Šalkevica Tehniskā redaktore Irēna Soide Literārā redaktore Asnate Baņģiere Korektore Agita Kazakeviča Maketētāja Rūta Vilīte Māksliniece Marita Grase Agatas Muzes vāka grafiskais noformējums izdevums latviešuvalodā, 2003 © Signe Kvaskova, teksts, 2003 © Marita Grase, mākslinieciskais noformējums, Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis I.Ločmelis

Signe Кvaskova Monika un mežs Monikas dzīvē nav nekā īpašas ievērības cienīga līdz dienai, kad notiek kas neticams – meitene kopā ar savu uzticīgo suni Benu nokļūst brīnumainā pasaulē – Mežā. Tikšanās ar Meža Veču un Mežsargu, spīdošās mēness suņusēnes, spiedzošie pūpēžveidīgie, apkārt skraidošie koki un krūmi ir tikai daļa no tām dīvainībām, ar ko sastopas Monika un viņas jaunie draugi – Ruta, Ralfs un Arvils. Pārsteigumi un piedzīvojumi gadās ik uz soļa, jo viņu nokļūšana Mežā nav nejauša, par to parūpējušies biedējošie radījumi – aluķēmi… Akciju sabiedrība Preses nams sadarbībā ar Latvijas Rakstnieku savienību un Latvijas Kultūras fondu 2000. gadā pirmo reizi rīkoja latviešu oriģinālliteratūras konkursu Preses nama Grāmata. Tā mērķis atbalstīt un veicināt latviešu literatūras attīstību. Šīs grāmatas autore Signe Kvaskova ir viena no sešiem 2002. gada konkursā godalgotajiem rakstniekiem. Par 2002. gada konkursa laureātiem kļuvuši ari Andris Zeibots prozā; Dainis Grīnvalds dokumentālajā prozā; Uldis Bērziņš un Edvīns Raups dzejā; Inese Zandere literatūrā bērniem. Noskannējis grāmatu un failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis SIGNE Kvaskova MONIKA un meŽs PRESES NAMS Apgāda vadītāja Astrida ILTNERE Redaktore Baiba BĒRTULE Tehniskā redaktore Ausma RUDZIŠA Māksliniece Marita GRASE © © © Signe Kvaskova, 2002 Marita Grase. 2002 Preses nams, 2002 ISBN 9984-00-454-6

MB is for Masters in Business Which is what Kimmy, Russ, Jamie, and Layla are supposed to be studying for at the University of Connecticut. Jamie at least has serious academic intent. Well, until the first day of preterm when he develops a not-so-secret crush. MB is for Marriage Bait Layla's goal is perfection: perfect marks, perfect six-figure salary, perfect (I.e. rich, gorgeous, sexy) New York banker husband…candidate already identified as Bradley Green. The trouble is, seducing him could get her expelled. MB is for Multiple Bed-hopping Definitely Kimmy's favorite homework-starting with Jamie but moving swiftly on to Russ, until she discovers the small matter of his girlfriend back home. Hopefully Business Studies includes a minor in boyfriend embezzlement-a skill Kimmy will need if she's to keep hold of Russ. MB is for Misbehaving Boyfriend Russ didn't intend to be unfaithful-to either girlfriend! He never thought he'd find one woman who wanted him, let alone two. But since he can't even pick a major, how can he choose one true soul mate?

О чем будут мечтать люди будущего? О MONO – консоли виртуальной реальности. Кассирше Марго она достается в подарок от богатенькой покупательницы. Погрузившись в мир виртуальной реальности, девушка встречает Марка. Он создал «серую сеть» и научился извлекать из MONO все секреты сильных мира сего. А Марго обладает уникальной способностью – запоминать сны MONO и выносить за его пределы любую информацию. Теперь Марго в опасности, ведь она представляет угрозу для властей, которые контролируют все. Вместе с Марком они узнают, какое будущее уготовано их согражданам. Нужно оповестить людей, только времени почти не осталось: еще немного, и Марго забудет все…

Роман Габора Васари «Monpti», описывающий увлекательную жизнь и удивительную любовь молодого венгра в Париже, привлек читателей уже в 1930-е гг., был переведен на многие языки и до сих пор остается популярным. На русском языке роман издается впервые

La toute première prise de contact entre le commissaire Maigret et la mort, avec qui il allait vivre des semaines durant dans la plus déroutante des intimités, eut lieu le 27 juin 1930 en des circonstances à la fois banales, pénibles et inoubliables. Inoubliables surtout parce que, depuis une semaine, la Police Judiciaire recevait note sur note annonçant le passage à Paris du roi d'Espagne pour le 27 et rappelant les mesures à prendre en pareil cas. Or, le directeur de la PJ. était à Prague, où il assistait à un congrès de police scientifique. Le sous-directeur avait été appelé dans sa villa de la côte normande par la maladie d'un de ses gosses. Maigret était le plus ancien des commissaires et devait s'occuper de tout, par une chaleur suffocante, avec des effectifs que les vacances réduisaient au strict minimum. Ce fut encore le 27 juin au petit jour qu'on découvrit, rue Picpus, une mercière assassinée. Bref, à neuf heures du matin, tous les inspecteurs disponibles étaient partis pour la gare du Bois-de-Boulogne, où on attendait le souverain espagnol. Maigret avait fait ouvrir portes et fenêtres et, sous l'action des courants d'air, les portes claquaient, les papiers s'envolaient des tables. A neuf heures et quelques minutes arrivait un télégramme de Nevers : Emile Gallet, voyageur de commerce, domicilié à Saint-Fargeau, Seine-et-Marne, assassiné nuit du 25 au 26, Hôtel de la Loire à Sancerre. Nombreux détails étranges. Prière prévenir famille pour reconnaissance cadavre. Si possible envoyer inspecteur de Paris

Le précurseur, français, de Sherlock Holmes…

— La suite! réclamaient les enfants. La suite! La suite! Ma suite à moi c'est l'autre petit moi-même qui préparer ma relève dans le giron de Julie. Comme une femme est belle en ces premiers mois où elle vous fait l'honneur d'être deux! Mais, Julie, crois-tu que ce soit raisonnable? Julie, le crois-tu? Franchement… hein? Et toi, petit con, penses-tu que ce soit le monde, la famille, l'époque où te poser? Pas encore là et déjà de mauvaises fréquentations! — La suite! La suite! Ils y tenaient tellement à leur suite que moi, Benjamin Malaussène, frère de famille hautement responsable, bouc ressuscité, père potentiel, j'ai fini par me retrouver en prison accusé de vingt et un meurtres. Tout ça pour un sombre trafic d'images en ce siècle Lumière. Alors, vous tenez vraiment à ce que je vous la raconte, la suite?

Paris, 1938. The Peruvian poet César Vallejo is in the hospital, afflicted with an undiagnosed illness, and unable to stop hiccuping. His wife calls on an acquaintance of her friend Madame Reynaud: the Mesmerist Pierre Pain. Pain, a timid bachelor, is in love with the widow Reynaud, and agrees to help. But two mysterious Spanish men follow Pain and bribe him not to treat Vallejo, and Pain takes the money. Ravaged by guilt and anxiety, however, he does not intend to abandon his new patient, but then Pain’s access to the hospital is barred and Madame Reynaud leaves Paris…. Another practioner of the occult sciences enters the story (working for Franco, using his Mesmeric expertise to interrogate prisoners) — as do Mme. Curie, tarot cards, an assassination, and nightmares. Meanwhile, Monsieur Pain, haunted and guilty, wanders the crepuscular, rainy streets of Paris…

A un discípulo de Mesmer le encargan que cure el hipo que sufre un sudamericano pobre abandonado en un hospital de París en la primavera de 1938. En apariencia, nada puede pasar. Sin embargo el mesmerista Pierre Pain se verá envuelto en una intriga en donde se planea un asesinato ritual de proporciones planetarias. ¿Quién es el sudamericano que agoniza en el hospital Arago? ¿Por qué unas fuerzas ocultas desean su muerte? ¿Qué se pierde y qué se gana con esa muerte? Sólo Pierre Pain se da cuenta de lo que se teje entre bastidores. Y él no es un héroe sino un hombre común y corriente: solitario, secretamente enamorado de madame Reynaud, delicado, pacífico, descreído, el menos indicado para intentar resolver una historia extraordinaria a mitad de camino entre la casualidad y la causalidad, una aventura a vida o muerte en donde se pondrá en juego el amor, la soledad, la dignidad y el valor del ser humano, el delirio, la irremediable tristeza. Una insólita novela en la que el autor de Los detectives salvajes, premiado con el Rómulo Gallegos, exhibe su no menos insólita altura literaria.A un discípulo de Mesmer le encargan que cure el hipo que sufre un sudamericano pobre abandonado en un hospital de París en la primavera de 1938. En apariencia, nada puede pasar. Sin embargo el mesmerista Pierre Pain se verá envuelto en una intriga en donde se planea un asesinato ritual de proporciones planetarias. ¿Quién es el sudamericano que agoniza en el hospital Arago? ¿Por qué unas fuerzas ocultas desean su muerte? ¿Qué se pierde y qué se gana con esa muerte? Sólo Pierre Pain se da cuenta de lo que se teje entre bastidores. Y él no es un héroe sino un hombre común y corriente: solitario, secretamente enamorado de madame Reynaud, delicado, pacífico, descreído, el menos indicado para intentar resolver una historia extraordinaria a mitad de camino entre la casualidad y la causalidad, una aventura a vida o muerte en donde se pondrá en juego el amor, la soledad, la dignidad y el valor del ser humano, el delirio, la irremediable tristeza. Una insólita novela en la que el autor de Los detectives salvajes, premiado con el Rómulo Gallegos, exhibe su no menos insólita altura literaria. En una conversación de bar parisino, monsiuer Pain discute sobre mesmerismo con otro paciente -quizá un farsante-, que le recuerda que uno de los practicantes de esta teoría (que pretendía curar mediante el uso del magnetismo) fue el médico inglés Hell, apellido que, discurren los dos, significa infierno. Curiosamente no llevan la analogía más allá, pero quizá en esta charla se encuentra una de las claves de la sorprendente novela del narrador chileno, avecindado en España, Roberto Bolaño, Monsieur Pain, que la editorial Anagrama reeditó recientemente. A lo largo de toda la historia, los nombres de los protagonistas son parte fundamental del misterio y llevan a este seguidor de las enseñanzas de Mesmer a un insólito viaje por el París de la primera posguerra, en donde convalece César Vallejo y aún resuenan los disparos de la guerra civil española. La historia ocurre en 1938 e inicia cuando madame Reynaud, una viuda joven a la que Pierre Pain ama en silencio, le pide a éste -que asistió en la agonía a su esposo- que ausculte al poeta peruano, convaleciente en un hospital a causa de un ataque de hipo. Esta petición es el detonador de una aventura inquietante donde tienen cabida tanto los seguidores de Mesmer como ciertos conspiradores de origen español, e incluso las investigaciones metafísicas de Pierre Curie forman parte de la intriga. La novela de Bolaño es un pastiche, un collage de situaciones que poco a poco sugieren una historia aún más oscura: la de una conspiración maligna no sólo contra el poeta que agoniza sino también contra ciertas teorías que, como el propio mesmerismo, rechazan la verdad científica oficial. Monsieur Pain será el encargado de descubrir los hilos de esta trampa, pero al realizar su investigación sólo encontrará lo que profetiza su apellido. Incapaz de enfrentar a los verdugos, el protagonista de la novela callará para siempre lo que descubrió o aquello que simplemente creyó intuir. Bolaño, cuya novela Los detectives salvajes ha conocido un éxito inusitado, se muestra aquí como un narrador de buena mano: algunos protagonistas fueron personas reales y algunos de los hechos que ocurren en la novela -la muerte de Curie o la de Vallejo- sucedieron realmente, pero el autor ha mezclado de tal suerte las historias que el resultado es inquietante y, por momentos, perturbador. Pain es la clave, lo que leemos es la historia de un momento de su vida y su fracaso tanto en el amor como en la resolución de un misterio que está más allá de sus propias fuerzas. Para hacer aún más profundo el enigma, al final de la obra el autor plantea la vida de sus protagonistas a través de diversas voces que prefiguran los testimonios acerca de sus `detectives``. Y de alguna manera el epílogo hace aún más inquietante el destino de Pain, las casualidades que lo llevaron a encontrarse, en una ciudad plagada de surrealistas, con dos fabricantes de cementerios marinos que desprecian a los seguidores de André Breton, así como con un mundo nocturno repulsivo y atrayente donde la única persona que parece comprenderlo es un portero argelino. Porque si bien monsieur Pain es incapaz de vestirse de héroe, el azar y sus leyes lo llevan por caminos jamás imaginados para concluir en el fracaso. Por eso su personalidad nos toca a todos. Pain representa al hombre que espera la derrota final, a quien no lo redime ni siquiera un último acto de rebeldía. El protagonista de la novela de Bolaño vive una aventura que no esperaba pero también padece, como todo solitario, el terror a la oscuridad, la sospecha que anida en el corazón de los amantes desesperanzados y silenciosos. Y si parece que al final que no ocurre nada -o al menos eso podemos creer-, la verdad es que las peripecias del señor Pain son las que mantienen pendiente al lector hasta la última página. La novela en conjunto no es más que una gran trampa en la que caemos fácilmente. Pero de eso se trata precisamente: de seguir a Pierre Pain a lo largo de un periplo que lo llevará (y a nosotros con él) al desencanto. Si bien Monsieur Pain no es la más lograda de las novelas de Roberto Bolaño, sí prefigura algunos de sus temas y ese estilo personal que ha convertido al escritor chileno en una de las más gratas revelaciones de la prosa latinoamericana de los últimos años

‘I’m a good person inside, but when I get drunk, I just don't know. It's just… when I get drunk, don’t mess the fuck with me…’ There have been few female serial killers but Aileen ‘Lee’ Wuornos was an incredible example of this rare species of death-row inhabitants. All-too-often female prostitutes have been the victims of male serial killers – the killings of Aileen ‘Lee’ Wuornos were the inverse of this. She was a child prostitute, fleeing an abusive childhood at the hands of her grandparents, which led straight into a disastrous adulthood of difficult affairs with both men and women. Her metamorphosis from victim to attacker had brutal consequences: a stream of dead men. Following a renewed interest in this woman after the film ‘Monster’, this is her story in her own words. NB The cover is entitled Monster: My True Story

The supernatural, unmissable new novel by the ALA Best Horror award nominee. In nineteenth-century Germany, one young man counts down the days until he can marry his beloved . . . until she is found brutally murdered, and the young man is accused of the crime. Broken on the wheel and left for dead, he awakens on a lab table, transformed into an abomination. Friedrich must go far to take his revenge --only to find his tormentor, Victor Frankenstein, in league with the Marquis de Sade, creating something much more sinister deep in the mountains. Paranormal and gripping in the tradition of the best work of Stephen King and Justin Cronin, Monster is a gruesome parable of control and vengeance, and an ingenious tribute to one of literature's greatest  Review "Zeltserman's monster is every bit as eloquent as Shelley's, though his rage is more focused. This is juicy material for Franken-fans, and Zeltserman is just faithful enough to the original that his many fresh contributions feel entirely normal. Well, abnormal, to be accurate, but deliciously so." Daniel Kraus, Booklist (Starred Review) "This reworking of Frankenstein is chilling and captivating! A tale of justice, true love, and ultimate forgiveness, this gruesome novel is perfect for fans of Stephen King and similar horror stories."  ForeWord Magazine (Pick of the Week) "Monster is Gothic horror that pulls no punches -- a brutal ride through a hellish tale...likely one of the best books of 2012"  Bruce Grossman, Bookgasm "Zeltserman keeps the action moving relentlessly forward with minimal padding, either in terms of plot or prose. The action is tight and there's no shade of purple in his style, but there's plenty going on thematically." Ed Siegel, WBUR

After pumping eight blasts from a sawed-off shotgun at a group of rival gang members, eleven-year-old Kody Scott was initiated into the L.A. gang the Crips. He quickly matured into one of the most formidable Crip combat soldiers, earning the name Monster for committing acts of brutality and violence that repulsed even his fellow gang members. When the inevitable jail term confined him to a maximum-security cell, Scott channeled his aggression and drive into educating himself. A complete political and personal transformation followed: from Monster to Sanyika Shakur, black nationalist, member of the New Afrikan Independence movement, and crusader against the causes of gangsterism. In a document that has been compared to The Autobiography of Malcolm X and Eldridge Cleaver’s Soul on Ice, Shakur makes palpable the despair and decay of America’s inner cities and gives eloquent voice to one aspect of the black ghetto experience today

Two murder victims have been discovered in the boots of their cars. The first was would-be actor, Richard Dada; the second Dr Claire Argent, a psychiatrist at a maximum security hospital. Milo Sturgis tends to think there will be plenty of suspects amongst her clientele, but as his friend Alex Delaware remarks, none of his patients ever killed anyone and as they investigate the backgrounds of both victims it appears that Milo needs to look elsewhere, because neither of them are who they made themselves out to be. As they slowly unravel the strands of their lies another, truly monstrous, character emerges: a man who gains his pleasure not from mere mutilattion and murder but from making his victims watch their own forthcoming death on film. And somehow he has control over some of the Claire Argent's patients, apparently securely behind bars. In one of the most complex plots he has yet devised, Jonathan Kellerman has created a devastating mystery thriller

It's Four Times As Evil! Evan Ross can't forget about Monster Blood — the evil green slime that never stops growing. It can turn ordinary pets into ferocious animals and twelve-year-old kids into freakish giants.But now there's a new kind of Monster Blood in town. It comes in a can just like the others. Only difference is this slime is blue instead of green. And instead of just growing, it's multiplying — into terrifying blue creatures with razor-sharp teeth…

Terri is in a race against time as everyone around her starts to change: her mother, her uncle, her new best friend. She has to save them. But to do so she must head back to the old boathouse and unlock the secrets to the lake and it's horrible creatures. Creatures she thought could never exist... Monsters!