В брошюре рассказывается о видах бань, особое внимание уделено русской бане: приведены правила и приемы парения, способы заготовки и подготовки веников и другие банные «мелочи», описан современный вариант бани — SPA-комплекс. Для широкого круга читателей

SPA-терапия, талассотерапия, гидротерапия и целый ряд современных оздоровительных методик пользуются огромной и вполне обоснованной популярностью у посетителей элитных косметологических салонов, медицинских центров и фитнес-клубов. Не менее популярны эти методики и на дорогих курортах, в пансионатах, санаториях. Но мало кто догадывается, что в основе большинства современных и модных методов оздоровления находится мудрое и умелое использование целебных свойств воды. Ознакомившись с оздоровительными методиками, представленными в этой книге, вы сможете самостоятельно применять их в привычных для вас условиях - дома, на отдыхе, совместно с друзьями, - руководствуясь своими возможностями и наличием свободного времени

Ходасевич, отставной полковник спецслужб, едва скрывал раздражение – бывшая жена позвонила ему среди ночи и попросила найти ее подругу Аллу Долинину! Женщина все лето одиноко жила в подмосковном дачном поселке, а два дня назад ушла из дома и исчезла. Заскучавший на пенсии полковник все же взялся за расследование. Его сразу насторожило поведение некоторых соседей Аллы, особенно ее задушевной подруги – художницы Любочки. Она рассказала, что пятнадцать лет назад так же необъяснимо исчез муж Долининой, и Ходасевич понял: семья Аллы многое от него скрыла

‘If they existed, they would be here’ ENRICO FERMI. In the second volume in Stephen Baxter's epic Manifold Series Reid Malenfant inhabits the universe Malenfant kick-started in TIME (‘science fiction at its best’ FHM) — and ‘they’ are here. When Nemoto, a Japanese researcher on the Moon, discovers evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence in the solar system, the Fermi Paradox provokes both Malenfant and Nemoto to question why now? Because, suddenly, there are signs of intelligent life in deep space in all directions. Deeper layers of Fermi’s paradox unravel as robot-like aliens, the Gaijin, seem to be e-mailing themselves from star to star, and wherever telescopes point, far away, other alien races are destroying worlds!

What if they’re right?

What if the most expensive and ambitious structure ever assembled, the International Space Station, was threatened? Prepare yourself for another wild ride in space with this sequel to Moon Hoax, the second book of the Hoax Trilogy. CIA agent and former NASA candidate Peter Novak, son of a U.S. moonwalker, is safely back on Earth, ready to settle down and begin a family. But the Chinese will not soon forget how he spoiled their plans for space race glory—they want revenge on America for losing face. A commercial space corporation in America is the unwitting vector of a deeply-rooted plot by the Chinese to sabotage forty years of hard work and multinational cooperation. Shortly after his celebrated trip to the moon and back, Peter rockets into orbit on a harrowing rescue mission. Cosmonauts are trapped aboard a crippled ship, and the International Space Station is in danger. Peter must risk his life to save the stranded space men, once more flying by the seat of his pants—he has a 1970s Skylab spacesuit and a flashlight against sophisticated incendiary devices. If he flinches, it’s game over. Riveting… couldn’t put it down! Great sequel to Moon Hoax!

Need a Job, Go to Mars… or the nearest space station or colony world. But what kind of career opportunities will you find on the ever-expanding frontiers of space? And how many alien beings will be vying for the same positions? To discover some of the possibilities, check out Space, Inc., and such entertaining and original tales as: “Attached Please Find My Novel”—Sometimes you found tomorrow’s best-sellers in the most unexpected places… “The Siren Stone”—Their mission was to blow up an asteroid before it could destroy a space station and its entire population, but nothing could prepare them for what they discovered when they rendezvoused with this giant piece of rock… “Come All Ye Faithful”—Finding a real congregation on Mars wasn’t going to be easy—in fact he had to admit it would be a miracle if it ever happened…

Space Platform tells of man’s first step into outer space … of the difficulties and dangers of reaching for the stars. It is also an exciting adventure. When young Joe Kenmore came to Bootstrap to install pilot gyros in the Platform he hadn’t bargained for sabotage or murder or love. But Joe learned that ruthless agents were determined to wreck the project. He found that the beautiful girl he loved, and men like The Chief, a rugged Indian steelworker, and Mike, a midget who made up for his size by brains, would have to fight with their bare hands to make man’s age old dream of space travel come true! Long before extended space travel became a reality, prolific science fiction author Murray Leinster created a richly detailed scenario in which a project that bears a striking resemblance to the International Space Station is being planned and executed. However, several nefarious factions want the planned expedition to fail. Can unlikely hero Joe Kenmore salvage the project?

AFTER TWO CENTURIES…. The sound came swiftly nearer, rising in pitch and swelling in volume. Then it broke through the clouds, tall and black and beautifully deadly—the Gern battle cruiser, come to seek them out and destroy them. Humbolt dropped inside the stockade, exulting. For two hundred years his people had been waiting for the chance to fight the mighty Gern Empire… … with bows and arrows against blasters and bombs!

Если на просторах космоса вам встретился русский, то стойте прямо и открывайте, только когда вас спрашивают. Иначе вам будет мучительно больно об этом вспоминать. Потому что Российская Империя – крупнейшее и сильнейшее из человеческих государств, и на просторах космоса ему нет равных. А еще русские никогда не бросают своих. И если они назвали кого-то другом, то задевать этого человека опасно для жизни. А значит, когда экипажу русского корабля отдали приказ поставить на уши галактику – он это сделает. Потому что для русских есть слова долг и честь и нет слова невозможно. Всем стоять и бояться – русские идут!

INTRIGUE IN EARTH'S OUTER ORBIT Tremendous and glittering, the Space Station floated up out of the Big Dark. Lieutenant Corriston had come to see its marvels, but he soon found himself entrapped in its unsuspected terrors. For the grim reality was that some deadly outer-space power had usurped control of the great artificial moon. A lovely woman had disappeared; passengers were being fleeced and enslaved; and, using fantastic disguises, imposters were using the Station for their own mysterious ends. Pursued by unearthly monsters and hunted with super-scientific cunning, Corriston struggles to unmask the mystery. For upon his success depended his life, his love and the future of Earth itself

The challenge and lure of space exploration has long been fertile ground for some of the finest science fiction stories. Here, fifteen of the best chroniclers of the day after tomorrow present unique tales of space stations both in our own solar system and far beyond. This neat little theme anthology contains a satisfying mixture of old hands' and newcomers' stories. In the opener, Timothy Zahn's “The Battle of Space Fort Jefferson,” a space fort that is crumbling into disrepair as an unpopular tourist destination wins its first battle—finally—though only by means of the vagaries of decaying equipment. In Jean Rabe's “Auriga's Streetcar,” a gem of a piece, an old “spacer” finds herself on the way to a distant star in the belly of an even older space observatory towed by unknown aliens. Robert J. Sawyer's “Mikeys” relates the work of those who go almost to the target and the unexpected event that brings them to the forefront. The closer, Gregory Benford's “Station Spaces,” is a doozy about what happens when human merges with machine, and the building of human habitation on Luna. Despite, or possibly as a result of, a literally (i.e., spacially) limited topic, these stories cover a lot of ground

Joe had helped launch the first Space Platform–that initial rung in man’s ladder to the stars. But the enemies who had ruthlessly tried to destroy the space station before it left Earth were still at work. They were plotting to destroy Joe’s mission!

Vengeance is a strange human motivation—it can drive a man to do things which he neither would nor could achieve without it ... and because of that it lies behind some of the greatest sagas of human literature!

Before Fritz Leiber sat down to tell us what lay in the heart and mind of a kitten named Gummitch, he had already behind him a considerable career as writer ("Gather, Darkness!", the award-winning "The Big Time," and scores of other memorable stories), editor (of a popular scientific magazine) and, of all things, Shakespearean actor (following in the footsteps of the older Fritz Leiber, his father). Surely he has at least as much before him; and it is with confidence and glee that we contemplate the fact that the future may hold many more stories from his as moving and insighted as—

Here at last is a different science-fiction story. Imagine a space ark launched from the Earth seeking another star system. The space ark is in transit for over 1,000 years, during which time the several thousand occupants are permanently imprisoned. What will be the sociological and other effects on these travelers? How will they live? What are the implications of time and isolation on their behavior, their lives, their thoughts, and their beliefs? Clifford D. Simak has painted a most daring yet logical picture of this situation. It is one of those rare stories that will start you thinking, and that you will remember

An intergalactic odyssey about the first Czech astronaut’s mission to Venus, the brutal Communist past that haunts him, the love of his life left behind on Earth, and a showdown among the stars When Jakub Procházka is sent into space to examine a cosmic dust cloud covering Venus, it may be a solo suicide mission. Dreaming of becoming a national hero and desperate to atone for his father’s sins as a Communist informer, he leaves his beloved wife behind and launches into the galaxy. But things aboard spaceship JanHus1 quickly turn weird, and, to make matters worse, he soon learns that his wife has disappeared without a trace back on Earth. As his spaceship hurtles toward an unknown danger and his sanity wavers, Jakub encounters an unlikely fellow passenger—a giant alien spider. He and his strange arachnid companion form an unlikely bond over late-night refrigerator encounters, where they talk philosophy, love, life, death, and the incomprehensible deliciousness of bacon. But when their mission is thrown into crisis by secret Russian rivals, Jakub is forced to make violent decisions—recalling the tortured past and dark political heritage he’s buried—in a desperate quest to return to his Earthly life. Packed with nail-biting thrills, exuberant heart, and surprising and absurd humor in the lineage of Kafka and Vonnegut, Spaceman of Bohemia offers an extraordinary vision of the endless human capacity to persist—and risk everything—in the name of love and home

Продолжение "Больше, чем любовь..." Гарри задумчиво сидел в кресле, медленно перебирая струны гитары. Его мысли были очень далеко. Наверное, именно сегодня и именно сейчас он принял решение забыть ее. Ему надоело в течении года ждать. Надеяться, что она ответит на сообщение или звонок. В эту минуту он понял, что ее больше нет. Она ушла так же неожиданно, как и ворвалась в его жизнь. Подарив лишь две ночи, полные наслаждения. Он благодарен ей.  Любовь. Боль. Секс. Ревность. А будет ли счастье?  Продолжение истории Гарри и Элис

Avery Baker and her boyfriend, Derek Ellis, are flipping a seriously stigmatized house rumored to have ghosts. Soon they'll have even bigger problems-and this renovation project might haunt them forever

A wonderfully dark, pitch-perfect noir prequel to The Maltese Falcon, featuring Dashiell Hammett’s beloved detective, Sam Spade. It’s 1921 — seven years before Sam Spade will solve the famous case of the Maltese Falcon. He’s just set up his own agency in San Francisco and he gets off to a quick start, working cases (he doesn’t do domestic) and hiring a bright young secretary named Effie Perrine. When he’s hired by a prominent San Francisco banker to find his missing son, Spade gets the break he’s been looking for. He spends the next few years dealing with booze runners, waterfront thugs, banking swindlers, gold smugglers, and bumbling cops. He brings in Miles Archer as a partner to help bolster the agency, though it was Archer who stole his girl while he was fighting in World War I. All along, Spade will tangle with an enigmatic villain who holds a long-standing grudge against Spade. And, of course, he’ll fall in love — though it won’t turn out for the best. It never does with dames

2009 Nebula Award Winner, 2010 Hugo Award Nominee, 2010 Locus Award Finalist

It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin as the world watched in sorrow—and horror. As Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest, billions wondered what the princes must be thinking and feeling—and how their lives would play out from that point on. For Harry, this is that story at last. With its raw, unflinching honesty, “Spare” is a landmark publication full of insight, revelation, self-examination, and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief

This was the way it always started. First he would see them and the air would thicken. Then the image of them bound. Then came the screaming and the Red Room would appear with the glittering, new meathook waiting just for them. And there in the Red Room he could play for as long as he wanted... This volume also contains the short ­stories 'The Filmmakers' & 'Writer's Block'. Review Graphic and gruesome, Hamilton's novel explores voyeurism, sexual predators, child abuse, murder, torture - things I wasn't expecting in a horror novel from Australia. It's not that they don't have horror novels Down Under. It's just that this one is so lean and mean. Spare Key is actually only 170 pages - there are two short stories, The Filmmakers and Writer's Block included (nasty little stories they are as well). But Spare Key is the eye-opener. Think if Edward Lee had a child who grew up Down Under and you might get the general idea of just how horrifying this book is - sexually explicit and violent with an ending I really didn't see coming. --Fatally Yours, September 16th, 2009 But don't be fooled. Hamilton sets out to shock and disgust, making this material limited to a tailored horror audience. The violent sexual nature of many events throughout these stories may see readers placing Spare Key in the "too nasty" basket. So what realm of disgusting and shocking are we talking here? Probably somewhere between Stephen King's darker moments and Bret Easton Ellis's least shocking, and I'm not surprised to find these two authors on Hamilton's list of influences. --[As if!], July 1st, 2009 R. Frederick Hamilton is a young writer going at it hard and heavy in a competitive market. There's a lot of promise in this, his first book. Mark the name down, Hamilton is going to be a voice to be reckoned with in the coming years. --Scary Minds, January 15th, 2010

Gabriel Merrick plays with fire. Literally. Sometimes he can even control it. And sometimes he can't. Gabriel has always had his brothers to rely on, especially his twin, Nick. But when an arsonist starts wreaking havoc on their town, all the signs point to Gabriel. Only he's not doing it. And no one seems to believe him. Except a shy sophomore named Layne, a brainiac who dresses in turtlenecks and jeans and keeps him totally off balance. Because Layne has a few secrets of her own

A few years back, in Ireland, Ray Bradbury spent some very productive months. Not only did he write the script of one of the best motion pictures of recent years—Moby Dick was its name—but on a side trip he met a young writer who had just turned his hand to science fiction, and persuaded him to let American editors see the results. Star was delighted to acquire two of them; the first was "Nor the Moon by Night," and the second is—

Six people were thinking of Rosemary Barton who had died nearly a year ago…

Lorelė Siuvel visuomet buvo šiek tiek kitokia. Rasta lopšyje prie durų, auginta ir mokyta hipių namuose iki aštuntos klasės, griežta vegetarė Lorelė nemėgsta būti uždarose patalpose. Persikėlusi su šeima į didesnį miestą ji turi priprasti prie kitokio gyvenimo ir bendravimo su bendraamžiais. Laimė, jau pirmą dieną mergina susidraugauja su Deividu, rimtu ir patikimu bendraklasiu. Jam gali atskleisti didžiausią savo paslaptį - tarp menčių išaugusį pumpurą, kurio žiedlapiai primena trapius sparnus. Kas ji? Kodėl jos ląstelės labiau primena augalo nei žmogaus? Kodėl oda perregima ir negirdėti pulso? Paslaptis išaiškėja aplankius senuosius namus, kur Lorelė susitinka nežemiško grožio gentainį Tamenį juodai žaliais plaukais. Lorelei teks ne tik įvykdyti pavojingą savo misiją žemėje, bet ir pasirinkti iš dviejų vienodai brangių draugų, kurie beatodairiškai puola jai į pagalbą

1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham is the acknowledged master of the legal thriller. In his first collection of novellas, law is a common thread, but America’s favorite storyteller has several surprises in store. “Homecoming” takes us back to Ford County, the fictional setting of many of John Grisham’s unforgettable stories. Jake Brigance is back, but he’s not in the courtroom. He’s called upon to help an old friend, Mack Stafford, a former lawyer in Clanton, who three years earlier became a local legend when he stole money from his clients, divorced his wife, filed for bankruptcy, and left his family in the middle of the night, never to be heard from again — until now. Now Mack is back, and he’s leaning on his old pals, Jake and Harry Rex, to help him return. His homecoming does not go as planned. In “Strawberry Moon,” we meet Cody Wallace, a young death row inmate only three hours away from execution. His lawyers can’t save him, the courts slam the door, and the governor says no to a last-minute request for clemency. As the clock winds down, Cody has one final request. The “Sparring Partners” are the Malloy brothers, Kirk and Rusty, two successful young lawyers who Inherited a once prosperous firm when its founder, their father, was sent to prison. Kirk and Rusty loathe each other, and speak only when necessary. As the firm disintegrates, the resulting fiasco falls into the lap of Diantha Bradshaw, the only person the partners trust. Can she save the Malloys, or does she take a stand for the first time in her career and try to clear herself? By turns suspenseful, hilarious, powerful, and moving, these are three of the greatest stories John Grisham has ever told

ANDREJS UPĪTS SPARTAKS LATVIJAS VALSTS IZDEVNIECĪBA  1958 Noskannējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis

Rafaello Džovanjoli Spartaks Stāsti par vēsturi  Vēsturisks stāsts no Romas ēras VII gadsimta. Itāliešu klasiķa R. Džovanjoli darbs vēsta par vergu sacelšanos se­najā Romā, kas notika vairak nekā pirms divtūkstoš gadiem. Romāna centrā — varonīgā un pašaizliedzīgā vergu ciņa par brīvību un šis cīņas vadonis — gudrs, drosmīgs, cēls gladiators Spartaks, kas atdeva dzīvību par apspiesto brīvību. "Jūs ar Mikelandželo kaltu veidojāt Spartaku, šo Kristu — vergu glābēju. Es, brīvlaistais vergs, par to Jums pateicos un pateicos arī par dziļo saviļņojumu, ko izjutu, lasot Jūsu sacerējumu. Ne vienu reizi vien mani satrauca rudiārija brīnišķīgās uzvaras, bieži man pār vaigu noritēja asara, un es biju ļoti apbēdināts, ka Jūsu stāsts ir tik īss." D.Garibaldi Un tomēr romānu lasot, var just, ka to uzrakstījis cilvēks, kurš simpatizējis romiešiem. No itāliešu valodas tulkojusi Maija Kvelde Mākslinieks Gunārs Kļava Noskanējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis Tulkojums latviešu valodā,  «Liesma», 1978 Kaprērā 1874. gada 25. jūnijā Mans dargais Džovanjoli! Lai gan man gaužām maz laika lasīšanai, es Jūsu «Spartaku» izlasīju vienā paņēmienā; grāmata mani sa­jūsmināja, un es Jūs apbrīnoju. Ceru, ka Jūsu līdzpilsoņi pratīs novērtēt šo izcilo darbu, lasīs to un pārliecināsies, ar kādu nesatricināmu izturību un neatlaidību ir jādodas svētajā cīņā par brī­vību. Jūs, romietis, esat attēlojis visspožāko, kaut arī ne la­bāko dižās republikas vēstures laika posmu, kad pasaules augstprātīgie valdnieki jau sāka iestigt izvirtības un ko­rupcijas purvā, bet šī izvirtības un korupcijas saēstā paaudze tomēr pacēlās daudz augstāk par visām iepriek­šējām jebkura laikmeta un jebkuras nācijas paaudzēm. «No visiem dižgariem pats lielākais bija Cēzars,» tei­cis kāds ievērojams filozols. Un patiesi Cēzars padarīja slavenu Jūsu aprakstīto laikmetu. Jūs ar Mikelandželo kaltu veidojāt Spartaku, šo Kristu — vergu glābēju. Es, brīvlaistais vergs, par to Jums pateicos un pateicos arī par dziļo saviļņojumu, ko izjutu, lasot Jūsu sacerējumu. Ne vienu reizi vien mani satrauca rudiārija brīnišķīgās uzvaras, bieži man pār vaigu noritēja asara, un es biju ļoti apbēdināts, ka Jūsu stāsts ir tik īss. Lai mūsu laika biedri neaizmirst daudzos varoņus, kas atdusas dzimtajā zemē, kur nekad vairs nebūs gladia­toru, nebūs pat kungu. Vienmēr jūsu Džuzepe Garibaldi

Vasilijs Jans Spartaks Stāsti par vēsturi Senās Romas lielā vergu sacelšanās I gadsimtā pirms mūsu ēras. R.Džovanjoli bija buržuāziskais revolucionārs, cīnī­tājs par Itālijas apvienošanu un Itālijas atbrīvošanu no svešzemju jūga. Tas nevarēja palikt bez ietekmes sa­cēlušos vergu kustības attēlojumā un tās vēsturisko varoņu tēlu izveidē. Džovanjoli jūt milzīgas simpātijas pret Spartaku un apveltī viņu ar ārkārtīgi cildena cil­vēka rakstura iezīmēm, taču Džovanjoli nesaprot, ka Spartaks pārstāv vergu šķiru, ko no vergturiem šķir vesels bezdibenis. Jā, taisni bezdibenis, nevis barjera, kas amfiteātrī skatītāju nošķir no gladiatoriem, kuri cīnās arēnā. Savā «Spartakā» V. Jans pilnīgi apzināti atteicies tēlot vergu un vergturu pasauli kā kaut ko vienu ve­selu. Apspiesto pasaule stāv pretim apspiedējiem. Ap­spiestos pārstāv Spartaks. Apspiedējus — Krass. Spar­taka pusē turas seno autoru pieminētie Krikss un Enomajs un rakstnieka iztēlē radītais traķiešu zēns Geta un dejotāja Arnika. Lai arī tās ir izdomātas personas, bet izdomai te pamatā ir pareiza laikmeta izpratne. Vēl vairāk, vēstures avotos mēs atrodam šo varoņu proto­tipus. Kāds sengrieķu autors stāsta par Spartaka līdz­gaitnieci, kas pareģojusi viņa slaveno nākotni. Izdevniecība «Liesma» Rīgā 1969 Tulkojis Oskars Kalnciems vāku zīmējis A. Stankevičs Ilustrējusi V, Vahtejeva un L. Hailova Noskanējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis

Francis Rekšņa, Harijs Gāliņš Spartaks Kurzemē Stāsti par vēsturi Dokumentāls stāsts Darbā parādīts Izlūku grupas «Spartaks» grūtais cīņu celš ienaidnieka aizmugurē pēdējā kara ziemā Kurzemes katlā, parādīta; izlūka Mačiņa un viņa līdzbiedru personības. Attēlota atī izlūki grupas loma antifašistisko speķu konsolidēšanā un slavenās partlzāņi vienības «Sarkanā bultu» izveidošanā. Pēdējā nodaļa veltīta Kārļa Mačiņa cīņai pret bandītismu pēckara gados līdz pat viņa bojāejai Mākslinieces S, Goževicas noformējums © «Liesma», 1979 Noskanējis grāmatu un FB2 failu izveidojis Imants Ločmelis

The debut of a brand-new, action-packed series from the #1 New York Times bestselling master of 'pure entertainment'. Thousands of years ago, the Persian king Xerxes the Great was said to have raided the Treasury at Delphi, carrying away two solid gold pillars as tribute. In 1800, Napoleon Bonaparte and his army stumble across the pillars in the Pennine Alps. Unable to transport them Napoleon creates a map on the labels of twelve bottles of rare wine. And when Napoleon dies, the bottles disappear. Treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo are exploring the Great Pocomoke Swamp in Delaware when they are shocked to discover a World War II German u-boat. Inside, they find a bottle taken from Napoleon's 'lost cellar.' Fascinated, the Fargos set out to find the rest of the collection. But another connoisseur of sorts has been looking for the bottle they've just found. He is Hadeon Bondaruk - a half- Russian, half-Persian millionaire. He claims to be a descendant of King Xerxes himself. And he wants his treasure back

Джо Де Сена предлагает простую философию: приверженность цели, выполнение работы и достижение результатов. Из этой философии, которая сначала проявлялась в его собственной жизни, а теперь и в жизни миллионов людей, родилась «Spartan up!»В формате PDF A4 сохранен издательский макет

Winner of the 1989 National Book Award. A classic tale of a man, a boat, and a storm, Spartina is the lyrical and compassionate story of Dick Pierce, a commercial fisherman along the shores of Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay. A kind, sensitive, family man, he is also prone to irascible outbursts against the people he must work for, now that he can no longer make his living from the sea. Pierce's one great passion, a fifty-foot fishing boat called Spartina, lies unfinished in his back yard. Determined to get the funds he needs to buy her engine, he finds himself taking a foolish, dangerous risk. But his real test comes when he must weather a storm at sea in order to keep his dream alive. Moving and poetic, Spartina is a masterly story of one man's ongoing struggle to find his place in the world

Исследовательница Дайан Коенкер в своей работе не только описывает эволюцию представлений о допустимом и желаемом отдыхе в СССР, но и делает на этом материале далеко идущие выводы о советских моделях потребления и их изменениях на протяжении нескольких десятков лет. Как государство и граждане взаимодействовали между собой в попытке выработать идеологически приемлемые формы досуга – и почему советский отдых из формы поощрения лояльных подданных превратился в инструмент для развития личного благополучия? В формате PDF A4 сохранен издательский макет книги

A thoughtful, poignant novel that explores the creation of Artificial Intelligence — illuminating the very human need for communication, connection, and understanding. In a narrative that spans geography and time, from the Atlantic Ocean in the seventeenth century, to a correctional institute in Texas in the near future, and told from the perspectives of five very different characters, Speak considers what it means to be human, and what it means to be less than fully alive. A young Puritan woman travels to the New World with her unwanted new husband. Alan Turing, the renowned mathematician and code breaker, writes letters to his best friend's mother. A Jewish refugee and professor of computer science struggles to reconnect with his increasingly detached wife. An isolated and traumatized young girl exchanges messages with an intelligent software program. A former Silicon Valley Wunderkind is imprisoned for creating illegal lifelike dolls. Each of these characters is attempting to communicate across gaps — to estranged spouses, lost friends, future readers, or a computer program that may or may not understand them. In dazzling and electrifying prose, Louisa Hall explores how the chasm between computer and human — shrinking rapidly with today's technological advances — echoes the gaps that exist between ordinary people. Though each speaks from a distinct place and moment in time, all five characters share the need to express themselves while simultaneously wondering if they will ever be heard, or understood

Silence is deadly. The murder of eighteen-year-old Angie Vance was exceptionally vile – her mouth was sealed with glue, an obscenity was scrawled across her skin, and she was suffocated in a garbage bag. The killing seems personal, so police detective Carina Kincaid focuses her efforts on the victim’s much older ex-boyfriend, Steve Thomas. But without physical evidence, Carina can't make a collar or a case. She also can’t stop Sheriff Nick Thomas, the prime suspect’s brother, from conducting his own unwelcome investigation. Though Nick is still scarred and unsteady from a recent confrontation with a serial killer, he’s determined to prove his brother’s innocence. But his confidence is shaken when he learns of Steve’s dark side, and when a friend of the murdered girl meets a similarly gruesome fate. With no time to lose, Carina and Nick work together to trap a psychopath, before another unlucky woman faces an unspeakable end. Evil has spoken. Now see what it can do

"From first line to last, Speak of the Devil moves with a rare combination of intrigue and intensity. Its engine runs on high octane adrenalin. Richard Hawke delivers a winner." – Michael Connelly *** It’s a beautiful Thanksgiving morning in New York City. Perfect day for a parade, and Fritz Malone just happens to have drifted up Central Park West to take a look at the floats. Across the crowd-filled street he sees a gunman on a low wall, taking aim with a shiny black Beretta. Seconds later, the air is filled with bullets and blood. Fritz isn’t one to stand around and watch. A child of Hell’s Kitchen and the bastard son of a beloved former police commissioner, Fritz is all too familiar with the city’s rougher side. As the gunman flees into the park, Fritz runs after him. What he doesn't know is that he is also running into one of the most shocking and treacherous episodes of his life. Though Fritz assumed that chasing down bad guys is perfectly legal, the cops hustle him from the scene and deliver him to the office of the current commissioner, who informs Fritz that someone dubbed “Nightmare” has been taunting the city’s leaders for weeks, warning of an imminent attack on the citizenry. What’s worse, Nightmare has already let the officials know that the parade gunman was a mere foot soldier and that there’s more carnage to come unless the city meets his impossible demands. The pols don’t dare share this information with anyone – not even the NYPD. What they need for this job is an outside man. And in Fritz they think they've got one. Racing against the tightest of clocks, Fritz finds himself confounded by Nightmare’s multiple masks and messengers. The killer is simultaneously everywhere and nowhere. But as Fritz’s frantic investigation takes him from a convent in the Bronx to a hookers’ haven in central Brooklyn, the story behind the story – complete with wicked secrets on both sides of the law – begins to emerge. As Fritz zeroes in on the terrible, gruesome truth, the killer retaliates by making things personal, forcing Fritz to grapple with his deepest fear: sometimes nightmares really do come true. In his brilliantly paced and stunningly original debut, Richard Hawke delivers a tale of flawed and unforgettable people operating at the ends of their ropes. It’s literary suspense that doesn’t let go until the last page

Jenna Black has been establishing Morgan Kingsley as one of the premier female characters in the paranormal fantasy genre: a kick-ass exorcist who frees others of their demonic possessions while struggling — and embracing — her own. Black continues Morgan's dark, sexy adventures in the fourth book in the series, SPEAK OF THE DEVIL. Hosting the king of the demons is hard enough without becoming the target of a mysterious enemy with a deadly grudge. To make things worse, Morgan must also defend herself against a lawsuit that won't die and a private investigator determined to unearth her every secret. With anonymous death threats piling up and her enemy closing in, Morgan stands to lose everything she holds dear: her reputation, her boyfriend, her freedom — and maybe even her life

Speak, Memory, first published in 1951 as Conclusive Evidence and then assiduously revised in 1966, is an elegant and rich evocation of Nabokov’s life and times, even as it offers incisive insights into his major works, including Lolita, Pnin, Despair, The Gift, The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, and The Defense

Two men of words… One seeking only peace. The other, violence. Tate Collier, once one of the country's finest trial lawyers, is trying to forget his past. Now a divorced gentleman farmer, land developer, and community advocate in rural Virginia, he's regrouping from some disastrous mistakes in the realms of love and the law. But controversy – and danger – seem to have an unerring hold on Tate. Even as he struggles to rebuild his life, his alter ego is plotting his demise. Aaron Matthews, a brilliant psychologist, has turned his talents away from curing patients to far deadlier goals. He's targeted Tate, Tate's ex-wife, Bett, and their estranged daughter, Megan, for unspeakable revenge. Matthews, ruthless and hell-bent, will destroy anything that inhibits his plans. When their daughter disappears, Tate and Bett reunite in a desperate, heart-pounding attempt to find her and to stop Matthews, a psychopath whose gift of a glib tongue and talent for coercion are as dangerous as knives and guns. Featuring an urgent race against the clock, gripping details of psychological manipulation, and the brilliant twists and turns that are trademark Deaver, Speaking in Tongues delivers the suspense punch that has made this author a bestseller. It will leave you speechless

"Judgment of the Witch" The Carolinas, 1699: The citizens of Fount Royal believe a witch has cursed their town with inexplicable tragedies -- and they demand that beautiful widow Rachel Howarth be tried and executed for witchcraft. Presiding over the trial is traveling magistrate Issac Woodward, aided by his astute young clerk, Matthew Corbett. Believing in Rachel's innocence, Matthew will soon confront the true evil at work in Fount Royal.... "Evil Unveiled" After hearing damning testimony, magistrate Woodward sentences the accused witch to death by burning. Desperate to exonerate the woman he has come to love, Matthew begins his own investigation among the townspeople. Piecing together the truth, he has no choice but to vanquish a force more malevolent than witchcraft in order to save his beloved Rachel -- and free Fount Royal from the menace claiming innocent lives

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Higher Call comes the riveting story of an American tank gunner’s journey into the heart of the Third Reich, where he will meet destiny in an iconic armor duel—and forge an enduring bond with his enemy. When Clarence Smoyer is assigned to the gunner’s seat of his Sherman tank, his crewmates discover that the gentle giant from Pennsylvania has a hidden talent: He’s a natural born shooter. At first, Clarence and his fellow crews in the legendary 3rd Armored Division—“Spearhead”—thought their tanks were invincible. Then they met the German Panther, with a gun so murderous it could shoot through one Sherman and into the next. Soon a pattern emerged: The lead tank always gets hit. After Clarence sees his friends cut down breaching the West Wall and holding the line in the Battle of the Bulge, he and his crew are given a weapon with the power to avenge their fallen brothers: the Pershing, a state-of-the-art “super tank,” one of twenty in the European theater. But with it came a harrowing new responsibility: Now they will spearhead every attack. That’s how Clarence, the corporal from coal country, finds himself leading the U.S. Army into its largest urban battle of the European war, the fight for Cologne, the “Fortress City” of Germany. Battling through the ruins, Clarence will engage the fearsome Panther in a duel immortalized by an army cameraman. And he will square off with Gustav Schaefer, a teenager behind the trigger in a Panzer IV tank, whose crew has been sent on a suicide mission to stop the Americans. As Clarence and Gustav trade fire down a long boulevard, they are taken by surprise by a tragic mistake of war. What happens next will haunt Clarence into modern day, drawing him back to Cologne to do the unthinkable: to face his enemy, one last time