Мотель номер 6 — это место, где можно найти тараканов в душе, подозрительную еду в автомате со сладостями и, возможно, по пути встретить любовь.  

Ji pasitraukė iš jo gyvenimo, bet ar pasitraukė ir iš jo širdies? Libės santuoka iš pažiūros laiminga – mylimas vyras, gražūs namai. Tačiau jųdviejų santykius temdo pirmosios Libės vyro žmonos prisiminimas, ir Libę vis dažniau apninka abejonės, ar vyras tikrai ją myli. Moteris nusprendžia pasidomėti savo vyro praeitimi ir pirmąja jo santuoka. Ima vertis šiurpios paslaptys… Kupinoje įtampos ir jaudinančioje knygoje svarstoma, ar meilė, kurios trokštame, visuomet būna tokia, kokios mums reikia ir kokios nusipelnėme

Po ypatingos sėkmės sulaukusio G. Rubin „Laimės projekto“ leidykla „Vaga“ pristato dar vieną New York Times bestselerį „Moterys, maistas ir Dievas”. Jeigu jūsų požiūris į maistą kelia nerimą – valgote per daug ar per mažai, nuolat mąstote apie tai, ką valgote, ar apskritai negalite liautis valgę – tada ši knyga skirta jums. Tris dešimtmečius studijavusi, dėsčiusi ir rašiusi apie tai, kas skatina nenumaldomą norą valgyti, Žanin Rot (Geneen Roth) padarė išvadą, kad mitybos įpročiai yra neatsiejami nuo įsitikinimų apie gyvenimą. „Pažvelkite į savo lėkštę. Visi atsakymai joje. Nebėkite. Pažvelkite. Mat priėmusios tai, ko labiausiai stengiatės išvengti, užmezgate ryšį su nauja, gyva savęs dalimi.“ Žinių apie maistą bei santykį su maistu ir savo kūnu autorė sėmėsi iš gana skaudžios savo patirties. Ji prisimena: „Iš viso nuo mano paauglystės buvo priaugusi ir numetusi apie 500 kilogramų. Išbandžiau visas įmanomas dietas, ketverius metus buvau priklausoma nuo amfetamino, dvejus – nuo laisvinamųjų. Esu sirgusi anoreksija, bet dažniau mane kankino antsvoris. Mano spinta buvo prigrūsta aštuonerių skirtingų dydžių kelnių, suknelių bei palaidinių. Keletą mėnesių prieš tai, kuomet atsidūriau ties visiško beviltiškumo riba dėl priaugtų 40 kilogramų per porą mėnesių, priėmiau radikalų sprendimą liautis laikytis dietų ir pradėti valgyti tai, ko nori mano organizmas. Nepraėjus nė metams po to, kai lioviausi laikytis dietų, susigrąžinau savo natūralų svorį, kurį išlaikiau tris dešimtmečius. Tačiau svarbesnis už naują drabužių dydį buvo žavėjimasis savimi ir lengvumo pojūtis, na o santykis su maistu man tapo prizme, per kurią pradėjau žvelgti beveik į viską.“ Autorė išraiškingai skatina atkreipti dėmesį į tikruosius mūsų poreikius, kurių neįmanoma patenkinti tuštinant parduotuves ar prikimštus šaldytuvus. Knygoje ji išdėsto septynias esmines mitybos rekomendacijas ir dalijasi praktiniais patarimais, padėjusiais tūkstančiams moterų išsilaisvinti iš tironijos, susijusios su maistu, bei atverti duris į laisvą, nuo svorio metimo nepriklausomą būtį. Tai kelionė į gilų pasitenkinimą teikiantį santykį su maistu, savo kūnu... ir beveik viskuo kitu

Warriors Super Edition: Moth Flight's Vision is an epic stand-alone adventure in Erin Hunter's #1 nationally bestselling Warriors series! Set after the events of the Dawn of the Clans prequel arc, this Super Edition follows WindClan's first medicine cat, Moth Flight, on a quest that changes the shape of the warrior Clans forever. The five warrior Clans are newly formed, and the forest is at peace—but in WindClan, one young cat is troubled by strange visions that will lead her to a destiny no cat could have predicted. Join the legion of fans who have discovered the epic adventures, fierce warrior cats, and thrilling fantasy world of the mega-bestselling Warriors series. This stand-alone entry is perfect for new readers and dedicated fans alike. Moth Flight's Vision also includes an exclusive ten-page Warriors manga adventure!

In Lahore, Daru Shezad is a junior banker with a hashish habit. When his old friend Ozi moves back to Pakistan, Daru wants to be happy for him. Ozi has everything: a beautiful wife and child, an expensive foreign education -- and a corrupt father who bankrolls his lavish lifestyle. As jealousy sets in, Daru's life slowly unravels. He loses his job. Starts lacing his joints with heroin. Becomes involved with a criminally-minded rickshaw driver. And falls in love with Ozi's lonely wife. But how low can Daru sink? Is he guilty of the crime he finds himself on trial for?

The author began “writing stories in the fourth grade, some time around the Mesozoic Era, and kept on writing through degrees in biology (BA, Reed College) and psychology (MS, Portland State University), and work as a bacteriologist, a librarian, and a preschool gym teacher. In between two children, a black belt in kung fu, and a chiropractic career, I’ve sold two science fiction novels and three dozen short stories. My two novels from DAW are Jaydium and Northlight.” Her most recent sales include stories to F&SF, Realms of Fantasy, Sisters of the Night, Ancient Enchantresses, and Tales from Jabba’s Palace. “Mother Africa” is her first tale for Asimov’s

A mediation on life and death, being and non-being, and the intense mystery and beauty of existence, Maso’s new novel follows a mother and child as they roam through wondrous and increasingly dangerous psychic and physical terrain A great wind comes, an ancient tree splits in half and a bat, or is it an angel, enters the house where the mother and child sleep, and in an instant a world of relentless change, of spectacular consequences, of submerged memory, and uncanny intimations is set into motion. It is as if a veil has lifted, and what was once hidden is now in plain sight in all its splendor and terror as the mother and child are asked to bear enormous transformations and a terrible wisdom almost impossible to fathom. As the outside can no longer be separated from the inside, nor dream from reality, the mother and child continue, encountering along the way all kinds of characters and creatures as they move through a surreal world of grace and dread to the end. The bond between Mother and Child is untouchable, unrealizable until it is lost, and this meditation pushes the envelope, inching ever closer to touching it, to realizing it

The exacting Miranda's search for a suitable companion brings her family into contact with a very different kind of household, raising a plenitude of questions about the ability to manage alone, the difficulties of living with strangers and some strange discoveries about intimates

At the time when Robinson wrote this book, the largest known source of radioactive contamination of the world's environment was a government-owned nuclear plant called Sellafield, not far from Wordsworth's cottage in the Lakes District; one child in sixty was dying from leukemia in the village closest to the plant. The central question of this eloquently impassioned book is: How can a country that we persist in calling a welfare state consciously risk the lives of its people for profit

First published in Azimov’s Science Fiction in Oct 1987. Later published as part of Escape from Kathmandu collection (Tor Books, 1989)

Published three years before the author achieved fame as the creator of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, this engaging volume, inspired by well-known nursery rhymes, added an exciting new dimension to old, much-loved verses. In 22 captivating fantasies, Baum tells about Old King Cole; The Man in the Moon; The Jolly Miller; Little Bo-Peep; Tom, the Piper’s Son; The Woman Who Lived in a Shoe; Little Miss Muffet; The Cat and the Fiddle, and others. Twelve charming drawings by famed illustrator Maxfield Parrish enhance a unique collection that will delight Baum admirers, youngsters, and the young at heart

Mother Night is a daring challenge to our moral sense. American Howard W. Campbell, Jr., a spy during World War II, is now on trial in Israel as a Nazi war criminal. But is he really guilty? In this brilliant book rife with true gallows humor, Vonnegut turns black and white into a chilling shade of gray with a verdict that will haunt us all

What will a mother sacrifice to have it all? Meet Silicon Valley executive Tessa Callahan, a woman passionate about the power of technology to transform women’s lives. Her company’s latest invention, the Seahorse Solution, includes a breakthrough procedure that safely accelerates human pregnancy from nine months to nine weeks, along with other major upgrades to a woman’s experience of early maternity. The inaugural human trial of Seahorse will change the future of motherhood—and it’s Tessa’s job to monitor the first volunteer mothers-to-be. She’ll be their advocate and confidante. She’ll allay their doubts and soothe their anxieties. But when Tessa discovers disturbing truths behind the transformative technology she’s championed, her own fear begins to rock her faith in the Seahorse Solution. With each new secret Tessa uncovers, she realizes that the endgame is too inconceivable to imagine. Caeli Wolfson Widger’s bold and timely novel examines the fraught sacrifices that women make to succeed in both career and family against a backdrop of technological innovation. It’s a story of friendship, risk, betrayal, and redemption—and an unnerving interrogation of a future in which women can engineer their lives as never before. [Contains table.]

Zorian is a teenage mage of humble birth and slightly above-average skill, attending his third year of education at Cyoria’s magical academy. He is a driven and irritable young man, consumed by a desire to ensure his own future and free himself of the influence of his family, whom he resents for favoring his brothers over him. Consequently, he has no time for pointless distractions or paying attention to other people’s problems. As it happens, time is something he is about to get plenty of. On the eve of the Cyoria’s annual summer festival, he is killed and brought back to the beginning of the month, just before he was about to take a train to Cyoria. Suddenly trapped in a time loop with no clear end or exit, Zorian will have to look both within and without to unravel the mystery before him. And he does have to unravel it, for the time loop hadn’t been made for his sake and dangers lurk everywhere… Repetition is the mother of learning, but Zorian will have to first make sure he survives to try again - in a world of magic, even a time traveler isn’t safe from those who wish him ill

Zorian Kazinski has all the time in the world to get stronger, and he plans on taking full advantage of it. A teenage mage of humble birth and slightly above-average skill, Zorian is attending his third year of education at Cyoria’s magical academy. A driven and quiet young man, he is consumed by a desire to ensure his own future and free himself of the influence of his family, resenting the Kazinskis for favoring his brothers over him. Consequently, Zorian has no time for pointless distractions, much less other people’s problems. As it happens, though, time is something he is about to get plenty of. On the eve of Cyoria’s annual summer festival, Zorian is murdered, then abruptly brought back to the beginning of the month, just before he was about to take the train to school. Finding himself trapped in a time loop with no clear end or exit, he will have to look both within and without to unravel the mystery set before him. He does have to unravel it, too, because the loop clearly wasn’t made for his sake, and in a world of magic even a time traveler isn’t safe from those who wish him ill. Fortunately for Zorian, repetition is the mother of learning…

As the months in the time loop seem to add up without end, Zorian forms alliances with acquaintances old and new in an effort to solve the mystery of the loop and save his city—maybe even the world—from destruction. But while his mage skills develop and he pursues more advanced and unusual forms of magic, Zorian must battle necromancers, fanatical cultists, and vicious creatures—all while avoiding the attention of the lich who could kill him… Permanently

It is 2028. A strike to destroy an illegal Arctic weapons cache has a catastrophic side effect. Massive amounts of energy are liberated from the polar ice, suddenly and radically warming the Earth’s climate. In the middle of the Pacific, a gigantic hurricane thousands of miles across is forming, larger than any in human history. A storm with winds of supersonic speed. A storm that changes direction at whim. A storm that refuses to die. A storm so vast it spawns dozens more in its wake. Blinded by intrigue, expedience, and greed, the world’s politicians and power brokers ignore the killer storm’s threat until it’s too late. The death toll climbs to the tens of millions as it savages the Pacific coast, and the smaller storms it spawns are wreaking havoc across the planet. While the survivors scramble for advantage, a handful of courageous men and women undertake a desperate plan to save humanity from total destruction—a plan so visionary it may alter forever the future of the human race

Deep in the heart of seventh-century Arabia, a new prophet named Muhammad has arisen. As his message of enlightenment sweeps through Arabia and unifies the warring tribes, his young wife Aisha recounts Muhammad's astonishing transformation from prophet to warrior to statesman. But just after the moment of her husband's greatest triumph – the conquest of the holy city of Mecca – Muhammad falls ill and dies in Aisha's arms. A young widow, Aisha finds herself at the center of the new Muslim empire and becomes by turns a teacher, political leader, and warrior. Written in beautiful prose and meticulously researched, Mother of the Believer is the story of an extraordinary woman who was destined to help usher Islam into the world

It is March 30th 1924. It is Mothering Sunday. How will Jane Fairchild, orphan and housemaid, occupy her time when she has no mother to visit? How, shaped by the events of this never to be forgotten day, will her future unfold? Beginning with an intimate assignation and opening to embrace decades, Mothering Sundayhas at its heart both the story of a life and the life that stories can magically contain. Constantly surprising, joyously sensual and deeply moving, it is Graham Swift at his thrilling best

’You come from a long line of mistakes,’ Guy Caulder tells his daughter Alice. ’My mother married the wrong man. Her mother did the same.’ At the end of a love affair, Alice journeys to Normandy to meet Guy’s mother, the grandmother she has never known. She tells her that there was one true love story in the family. In the summer of 1942, Kitty is an ATS driver stationed in Sussex. She meets Ed, a Royal Marine commando, and Larry, a liaison officer with Combined Ops. She falls instantly in love with Ed, who falls in love with her. So does Larry. Mountbatten mounts a raid on the beaches at Dieppe. One of the worst disasters of the war, it sealed the fates of both Larry and Ed, and its repercussions will echo through the generations to come

SHORTLISTED FOR THE CRIME WRITERS’ ASSOCIATION “DEBUT DAGGER” AWARD Motherland is the first in a gripping series of contemporary crime novels set in contemporary St Petersburg, featuring the very human and sharp policewoman, Captain Natalya Ivanova. Student Zena Dahl, the daughter of a Swedish millionaire, has gone missing in St Petersburg (or Piter as the city is colloquially known) after a night out with a friend. Captain Natalya Ivanova is assigned to the case, making a change from her usual fare of domestic violence work, but as she investigates she discovers that the case is not as straightforward as it seems. Dark, violent and insightful, Motherland twists and turns to a satisfyingly dramatic conclusion. MOTHERLAND WILL APPEAL TO FANS OF JO NESBØ AND SCANDI DRAMAS LIKE THE KILLING AND THE BRIDGE. This is Intelligent, ambitious crime writing for the mainstream

Dagger Awards Lionel Essrog, a.k.a. the Human Freakshow, is a victim of Tourette's syndrome (an uncontrollable urge to shout out nonsense, touch every surface in reach and stroke people. Local tough guy hires Lionel and other boys and grooms them to become the Minna Men, a detective-agency-cum-limo service. “Under the guise of a detective novel, Lethem has written a more piercing tale of investigation, one revealing how the mind drives on its own ‘wheels within wheels.’ ” – The New York Times Book Review “Who but Jonathan Lethem would attempt a half-satirical cross between a literary novel and a hard-boiled crime story narrated by an amateur detective with Tourette’s syndrome?… The dialogue crackles with caustic hilarity… Jonathan Lethem is a verbal performance artist.” – The Boston Globe “Part detective novel and part literary fantasia, [Motherless Brooklyn] superbly balances beautiful writing and an engrossing plot.” – The Wall Street Journal “Intricately and satisfyingly plotted… Funny and dizzying and heart-breaking.” – Luc Sante, Village Voice Literary Supplement “A tour de force… With one unique and well-imagined character, Jonathan Lethem has turned a genre on its ear. He doesn’t just push the envelope, he gives it a swift kick.” – The Denver Post “Aside from being one of the most inventive writers on the planet, Lethem is also one of the funniest.” – San Francisco examiner Chronicle “In Essrog… Jonathan Lethem has fashioned a lovably strange man-child and filled his cross-wired mind with a brilliant, crashing, self-referential interior monologue that is at once laugh-out-loud funny, tender and in the honest service of a terrific story.” – The Washington Post Book World “A true risk-taker… Lethem uses a familiar genre as the backdrop for his own artistic flourishes.” – The Hartford Courant “Wildly inventive… Jonathan Lethem has a knack for pushing commonplace ideas to absurdly literal ends.” – City Pages “Marvelous… Motherless Brooklyn is, among other things, a tale of orphans, a satire of Zen in the city and a murder mystery.” – Time Out New York “Finding out whodunit is interesting enough, but it’s more fun watching Lethem unravel the mysteries of his Tourettic creation.” – Time “Wonderfully inventive, slightly absurdist… [Motherless Brooklyn] is funny and sly, clever, compelling and endearing.” – USA Today “Utterly original and deeply moving.” – Esquire “Motherless Brooklyn is a whodunit that’s serious fiction… Lethem is a sort of Stanley Kubrick figure… stopping off in flat genres to do multidimensional work, blasting their hoary conventions to bits.” “A pure delight.” – The New York Observer “A detective story, a shrewd portrait of Brooklyn, a retold Oliver Twist and a story so baroquely voiced (the hero has Tourette’s syndrome) that Philip Marlowe would blush. And tip his fedora.” – Newsweek “Wildly imaginative.” – Minneapolis Star Tribune “Funny, delightfully complicated and so outrageously inventive that no pitch could do it justice.” – Baltimore Sun “A multi-layered novel that’s fast-paced, witty and touching… Prose diatpunches its way down the page, every word loaded with energy and ready to explode.” – The Oregonian “Compulsively readable… Genuinely entertaining… Improbably hilarious… Lethem is at his peak Nabokov-meets-Woody-Allen verbal frenzy.” – Bookforum “Most rewarding… Delightfully oddball.” – The New Yorker “Motherless Brooklyn is Lethem’s finest work yet-exciting, strange, original, hilarious, human and soulful.” – The Memphis Commercial Appeal “A staggering piece of writing… On the edge of genius… The accents, class distinctions, highways, neighborhoods, grocery stores, flavors, scents and, yes, car services in a certain corner of [Brooklyn] are made vividly tangible, arising from these pages as if scratch-and-sniffs were embedded in the margins.” – San Jose Mercury News “Imagine the opportunities to explore language that arise when the narrator of a novel has Tourette’s syndrome… Unforgettable.” – Los Angeles Times

The four books that make up this novel — Amanda, Gillian, Julia and Kate — span three generations and nearly thirty years of time. Except that Kate is Amanda’s niece, none of these women is related, but their lives cross and recross, linked by Julia’s son David. Julia Regan belongs to the “older” generation in the sense that her son David was old enough to fight in the war. That he ended the war in the stockade was due more to his mother than to himself, and the book devoted to Julia shows what sort of woman she was — why, having gone to Italy before the war with an ailing sister, she constantly put off her return to her family — and why, therefore, David is the man he is. Unsure of himself and bitter (for good reason) David finds solace in Gillian, who had been Amanda’s room-mate in college during the war. He loses her because he does not know what he wants from life. Gillian is an enchanting character who knows very well what she wants: she is determined to become an actress. In spite of the extreme tenderness and beauty of her love affair with David (and Evan Hunter has caught exactly the gaieties and misunderstandings of two young people very much in love, when a heightened awareness lifts the ordinary into the extraordinary and the beautiful into the sublime) she is not prepared to continue indefinitely an unmarried liaison, and she leaves him. When, eleven years later and still unmarried, she finally tastes success, the taste is of ashes, and she wonders whether the price has not been too high. Amanda is considerably less sure of herself than Gillian, though foe a time it looks as if her music will bring her achievement. But she has in her too much of her sexually cold mother to be passionate in love or in her music. She marries Matthew who is a lawyer, and, without children of their own, they bring up her sister’s child, Kate, who, in the last book, is growing up out of childhood into womanhood — with a crop of difficulties of her own. Unlike all his earlies novels (except in extreme readability) Mothers and Daughters is not an exposure of social evils, but a searching and sympathetic study of people