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Ahern, Cecelia. P.S. I Love You / Cecelia Ahern. - London : Harper, 2011. - 519 p. – [P.S. Я люблю тебя]. Meaningful, moving and magical - the classic love story. Some people wait their whole lives to find their soul mates. But not Holly and Gerry. They were childhood sweethearts - no one could imagine them without each other. Until the unthinkable happens. Gerry's death devastates Holly. But as her 30th birthday looms, Gerry comes back to her. He's left her a bundle of notes, gently guiding her into her new life without him, each signed 'PS, I Love You'.
Barker, Pat. Regeneration / Pat Barker. - London : Penguin books, 2014. - 251, [1] p. - [Восстановление]. “I just don't think our war aims - whatever they may be - and we don't know - justify this level of slaughter.” The poets and soldiers Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen are dispatched to Craiglockhart War Hospital in Scotland in 1917. There, army psychiatrist William Rivers is treating brutalized, shell-shocked men. It is Rivers' job to fix these men and make them ready to fight again. As a witness to the traumas they have endured, can he in all conscience send them back to the horrors of the trenches?
Barnes, Julian. Arthur & George / Julian Barnes. - London : Vintage books, 2012. - 505 p. - [Артур и Джордж]. Arthur and George grow up worlds apart in late nineteenth-century Britain: Arthur in shabby-genteel Edinburgh, George in the vicarage of a small Staffordshire village. Arthur is to become one of the most famous men of his age, while George remains in hard-working obscurity. But as the new century begins, they are brought together by a sequence of events that made sensational headlines at the time as The Great Wyrley Outrages. This is a novel about low crime and high spirituality, guilt and innocence, identity, nationality and race. Most of all it is a profound and moving meditation on the fateful differences between what we believe, what we know and what we can prove.
Barnes, Julian. The sense of an ending / Julian Barnes. - London : Vintage books, 2012. - 150 p. - Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2011. - [Предчувствие конца]. Tony Webster and his clique first met Adrian Finn at school. Sex-hungry and book-hungry, they would navigate the girl-less sixth form together, trading in affectations, in-jokes, rumour and wit. Maybe Adrian was a little more serious than the others, certainly more intelligent, but they all swore to stay friends for life. Now Tony is retired. He’s had a career and a single marriage, a calm divorce. He’s certainly never tried to hurt anybody. Memory, though, is imperfect. It can always throw up surprises, as a lawyer’s letter is about to prove.
Bowen, James. A Street Cat Named Bob / James Bowen. - London : Hodder, 2012. - 279 p. - [Уличный кот по имени Боб]. When James Bowen found an injured, ginger street cat curled up in the hallway of his sheltered accommodation, he had no idea just how much his life was about to change. James was living hand to mouth on the streets of London and the last thing he needed was a pet. Yet James couldn't resist helping the strikingly intelligent tom cat, whom he quickly christened Bob. Soon the two were inseparable and their diverse, comic and occasionally dangerous adventures would transform both their lives, slowly healing the scars of each other's troubled pasts. “A Street Cat Named Bob” is a moving and uplifting story that will touch the heart of anyone who reads it.
Boyd, William. Any human heart / W. Boyd. - London ; New York ; Ringwood : Penguin books, 2009. - 503, [1] p. - [Сердце всякого человека]. Every life is both ordinary and extraordinary, but Logan Mountstuart's - stretching across the twentieth century - is a rich tapestry of both. As a writer who finds inspiration with Hemingway in Paris and Virginia Woolf in London, as a spy recruited by Ian Fleming and betrayed in the war and as an art-dealer in '60s New York, Logan mixes with the men and women who shape his times. But as a son, friend, lover and husband, he makes the same mistakes we all do in our search for happiness. Here, then, is the story of a life lived to the full - and a journey deep into a very human heart.
Bushnell, Candace. Sex and the City / Candace Bushnell. - London : Abacus, 2005. - 245 с. - [Секс в большом городе]. Wildly funny, unexpectedly poignant, wickedly observant, “Sex and the City” blazes a glorious drunken cocktail through New York, as Candace Bushnell, gossip columnist par excellence, trips on her Manolo Blahnik kitten heels form the Baby Doll Lounge to the Bowery Bar. An Armistead Maupin for the real world, she has the gift of assembling a huge and irresistible cast of freaks and wonders , while remaining faithful to her hard core of friends and fans: those glamorous, rebellious, crazy single women who are trying hard not to turn from the Audrey Hepburn of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” into the Glenn Close of “Fatal Attraction”, and are - still - looking for love.
Collins, Suzanne. Catching fire : a novel / Suzanne Collins. - New York : [s. n.], 2009. - 391 p. - (The hunger game trilogy ; book 2). - [И возгорится пламя]. Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district 12 tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy. After all, they have just won for themselves and their families a life of safety and plenty. But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol wants revenge.
DeLillo, Don. Cosmopolis / Don DeLillo. - London : Picador, 2012. - 208, [1] p. - [Космополис]. A mesmeric tour de force of character rendered with DeLillos typical stylistic brilliance, intelligence and wit becomes a warning for the global future. Eric Packer is a twenty-eight-year-old multi-billionaire asset manager. We join him on what will become a particularly eventful April day in turn-of-the-twenty-first-century Manhattan. He’s on a personal odyssey, to get a haircut. Sitting in his stretch limousine as it moves across town, he finds the city at a virtual standstill because the President is visiting, a rappers funeral is proceeding, and a violent protest is being staged in Times Square by anti-globalist groups. Most worryingly, Eric’s bodyguards are concerned that he may be a target...
Donoghue, Emma. Room : a novel / Emma Donoghue. - London : Picador, 2010. - 400, [2] с. - [Комната]. It’s Jack’s birthday, and he’s excited about turning five. He lives with his Ma in Room, which has a locked door and a skylight, and measures 11 feet by 11 feet. He loves watching TV, and the cartoon characters he calls friends, but he knows that nothing he sees on screen is truly real - only him, Ma and the things in Room. Until the day Ma admits that there’s a world outside… “Room” by Emma Donoghue is an extraordinarily powerful story of a mother and child kept in isolation, and the desire for, and price of, freedom.
Fielding, Helen. The Bridget Jones omnibus : the singleton years / Helen Fielding. - London : Picador, 2013. - 310 с., 422 с. - Содерж.: Bridget Jones's diary ; The edge of reason. - [Дневник Бриджет Джонс, Грани разумного]. A dazzling urban satire of modern relationships? An ironic, tragic insight into the demise of the nuclear family? Or the confused ramblings of a pissed thirty-something? Two diaries, two enduring best-sellers, one unforgettable character. This is ‘Bridget Jones: The Singleton Years’. Helen Fielding portrays Bridget, everyone's favourite spinster, as she struggles through the social minefield of her thirties and tries to weigh up the eternal question: Daniel Cleaver or Mark Darcy? She is supported through the whole process by four indispensable friends and a bottle of chardonnay.
Fielding, Helen. Bridget Jones: mad about the boy / Helen Fielding. - London : Vintage books, 2013. - 388 p. - [Бриджит Джонс: без ума от мальчишки]. Is it morally wrong to have a blow-dry when one of your children has head lice? Is technology now the fifth element? Or is that wood? Is sleeping with someone after 2 dates and 6 weeks of texting the same as getting married after 2 meetings and 6 months of letter writing in Jane Austen's day? Pondering these, and other modern dilemmas, Bridget Jones stumbles through the challenges of single-motherhood, tweeting, texting and rediscovering her sexuality in what some people rudely and outdatedly call 'middle age'. The long-awaited return of a much-loved character, “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy” is timely, tender, touching, witty, wise and bloody hilarious.
Flynn, Gillian. Gone girl / Gillian Flynn. - London : Phoenix, 2014. - 466 p. - [Исчезнувшая]. Who are you? What have we done to each other? These are the questions Nick Dunne finds himself asking on the morning of his fifth wedding anniversary, when his wife Amy suddenly disappears. The police suspect Nick. Amy’s friends reveal that she was afraid of him, that she kept secrets from him. He swears it isn’t true. A police examination of his computer shows strange searches. He says they weren’t made by him. And then there are the persistent calls on his mobile phone. So what did happen to Nick’s beautiful wife?
Foer, Jonathan Safran. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close / Jonathan Safran Foer. - London : Penguin books, 2011. - VI, 326 p. - [Жутко громко и запредельно близко]. In a vase in a closet, a couple of years after his father died in 9/11, nine-year-old Oskar discovers a key... The key belonged to his father, he's sure of that. But which of New York’s 162 million locks does it open? So begins a quest that takes Oskar – inventor, letter-writer and amateur detective – across New York’s five boroughs and into the jumbled lives of friends, relatives and complete strangers. He gets heavy boots, he gives himself little bruises and he inches ever nearer to the heart of a family mystery that stretches back 50 years. But will it take him any closer to, or even further from, his lost father?
Follett, Ken. The pillars of the Earth : [with the preface by the author]. - New York : New American library, 2007. - 973 p. - [Столпы земли]. ‘The Pillars of the Earth’ tells the story of Philip, prior of Kingsbridge, a devout and resourceful monk driven to build the greatest Gothic cathedral the world has known… of Tom, the mason who becomes its architect – a man divided in his soul… of the beautiful, elusive Lady Aliena, haunted by a secret shame… and of a struggle between good and evil that will turn church against state and brother against brother. A spellbinding epic tale of ambition, anarchy, and absolute power set against the sprawling medieval canvas of twelfth-century England, this is Ken Follett’s masterpiece.
Gaiman, Neil. American gods : a novel / Neil Gaiman. - 10th anniversary ed. - New York : William Morrow : HarperCollins, 2016. - XVIII, 750 с. - [Американские боги]. Newly updated and expanded with the author's preferred text. A modern masterpiece from the multiple-award-winning master of innovative fiction Neil Gaiman. First published in 2001, "American Gods" became an instant classic, lauded for its brilliant synthesis of "mystery, satire, sex, horror, and poetic prose" (Washington Post) and as a modern phantasmagoria that "distills the essence of America" (Seattle Post-Intelligencer). It is the story of Shadow - released from prison just days after his wife and best friend are killed in an accident - who gets recruited to be bodyguard, driver, and errand boy for the enigmatic trickster Mr. Wednesday. So begins Shadow's dark and strange road trip, one that introduces him to a host of eccentric characters whose fates are mysteriously intertwined with his own. For beneath the placid surface of everyday life, a storm is brewing - an epic war for the very soul of America - and Shadow is standing squarely in its path.
Galbraith, Robert. The Cuckoo's Calling / Robert Galbraith. - London : Sphere, 2014. - 550 p. - [Зов кукушки]. When a troubled model falls to her death from a snow-covered Mayfair balcony, it is assumed that she has committed suicide. However, her brother has his doubts, and calls in private investigator Cormoran Strike to look into the case. Strike is a war veteran - wounded both physically and psychologically - and his life is in disarray. The case gives him a financial lifeline, but it comes at a personal cost: the more he delves into the young model's complex world, the darker things get - and the closer he gets to terrible danger… A gripping, elegant mystery steeped in the atmosphere of London - from the hushed streets of Mayfair to the backstreet pubs of the East End to the bustle of Soho - “The Cuckoo's Calling” is a remarkable book. Introducing Cormoran Strike, this is the acclaimed first crime novel by J.K. Rowling, writing under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
Galbraith, Robert. Career of Evil : [a Cormoran Strike novel] / Robert Galbraith. - London : Sphere, 2015. - 494 с. - [На службе зла]. When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman's severed leg. Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is less surprised but no less alarmed. There are four people from his past who he thinks could be responsible - and Strike knows that any one of them is capable of sustained and unspeakable brutality. With the police focusing on the one suspect Strike is increasingly sure is not the perpetrator, he and Robin take matters into their own hands, and delve into the dark and twisted worlds of the other three men. But as more horrendous acts occur, time is running out for the two of them... A fiendishly clever mystery with unexpected twists around every corner, "Career of Evil" is also a gripping story of a man and a woman at a crossroads in their personal and professional lives.
Gilbert, Elizabeth. Eat, Pray, Love : one woman's search for everything across Italy, India and Indonesia / Elizabeth Gilbert. - London : Penguin Books, 2007. - 352 p. - [Ешь, молись, люби]. A celebrated writer pens an irresistible, candid, and eloquent account of her pursuit of worldly pleasure, spiritual devotion, and what she really wanted out of life. Eat, Pray, Love is a hilarious travelogue and a brave quest for spiritual enlightment in the face of natural scepticism. Consoling and inspiring, written with tremendous wit, intelligence and sympathy, it is a book for anyone who has ever felt lost, or thought there must be another, better way.
Gruen, Sara. Water for Elephants / Sara Gruen. - London : Two Roads, 2007. - 418, [11] p. – [Воды слонам!]. This is a big-hearted novel set in a travelling circus touring the backblocks of America during the Great Depression. It's a story of love and hate, trains and circuses, dwarves and fat ladies, horses and elephants. When Jacob Jankowski hitches a ride on a freight train, his life changes. By morning, he’s landed a job with the Benzini Bros Most Spectacular Show on Earth. By nightfall, he is in love. “Water for Elephants” is a story that has it all - warmth, humour, poignancy and passion. It has an energy and spirit like the feeling under a big top when the show is about to begin. It is a novel that will win your heart.
Harris, Joanne. Chocolat / Joanne Harris. - Reiss. ed. - London : Black Swan, 2007. - 381, [1] p. - [Шоколад]. When an exotic stranger, Vianne Rocher, arrives in the French village of Lansquenet and opens a chocolate boutique directly opposite the church, Father Reynaud identifies her as a serious danger to his flock - especially as it is the beginning of Lent, the traditional season of self-denial. War is declared as the priest denounces the newcomer's wares as the ultimate sin. As mouths water in anticipation, can the solemnity of the Church compare with the sinful pleasure of a chocolate truffle? For the first time, here is a novel in which chocolate enjoys its true importance, emerging as a moral issue, as an agent of transformation - as well as a pleasure bordering on obsession.
Hawkins, Paula. The girl on the train / Paula Hawkins. - London ; [и др.] : Doubleday, 2015. - 316, [1] p. - [Девушка в поезде]. Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. She’s even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. ‘Jess and Jason’, she calls them. Their life - as she sees it - is perfect. If only Rachel could be that happy. And then she sees something shocking. It’s only a minute until the train moves on, but it’s enough. Now everything’s changed. Now Rachel has a chance to become a part of the lives she’s only watched from afar. Now they’ll see: she’s much more than just the girl on the train…
Hornby, Nick. A long way down : [a novel] / Nick Hornby. - London [etc.] : Penguin books, 2006. - 333 с. - [Долгое падение]. ‘Can I explain why I wanted to jump off the top of a tower block?’ For disgraced TV presenter Martin Sharp the answer’s pretty simple: he has, in his own words, ‘pissed his life away’. And on New Year's Eve he's going to end it all…but not, as it happens, alone. Because first single-mum Maureen, then eighteen-year-old Jess and lastly failed-musician-turned-pizza-boy JJ turn up and crash Martin's private party. They’ve stolen his idea - but brought their own reasons. Yet it’s hard to jump when you’ve got an audience queuing impatiently behind you. A few heated words and some slices if cold pizza later and these four strangers are suddenly allies. But is their unlikely friendship a good enough reason to carry on living?
Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner / Khaled Hosseini. - New York : Riverhead books, 2004. - XII, [2], 371, [11] p. - [Бегущий за ветром]. Amir is desperate to win the approval of his father Baba, one of the richest merchants in Kabul. Amir is determined to win the annual kite fighting tournament to prove to his father that he has the makings of a man. His loyal friend Hassan is the best kite runner that Amir has ever seen, and he promises to help him. But Hassan is a Shi'a Muslim and this is 1970s Afghanistan. Then, what happens to Hassan on the afternoon of the tournament is to shatter all their lives, and define their futures. This is a moving, courageous story of love, loyalty, secrets and vengeance, and of a country and a boy whose footsteps cannot be retraced, as the events alter them forever.
Ishiguro, Kazuo. Never let me go / Kazuo Ishiguro. - London : Faber and Faber, 2005. - 282 с. - [Не отпускай меня]. In one of the most acclaimed and strange novels of recent years, Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewered version of contemporary England. Narrated by Kathy, now 31, "Never Let Me Go" hauntingly dramatizes her attempts to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham School, and with the fate that has always awaited her and her closest friends in the wider world. A story of love, friendship and memory, "Never Let Me Go" is charged throughout with a sense of the fragility of life.
James, Erika Leonard. Fifty shades freed / E. L. James. - New York : Vintage books : Random house, 2012. - 578, [1] с. - [Пятьдесят оттенков свободы]. When unworldly student Anastasia Steele first encountered the driven and dazzling young entrepreneur Christian Grey it sparked a sensual affair that changed both of their lives irrevocably. Shocked, intrigued, and, ultimately, repelled by Christian’s singular erotic tastes, Ana demands a deeper commitment. Determined to keep her, Christian agrees. Now, Ana and Christian have it all - love, passion, intimacy, wealth, and a world of possibilities for their future. But Ana knows that loving her Fifty Shades will not be easy, and that being together will pose challenges that neither of them would anticipate. Ana must somehow learn to share Christian’s opulent lifestyle without sacrificing her own identity. And Christian must overcome his compulsion to control as he wrestles with the demons of a tormented past. Just when it seems that their strength together will eclipse any obstacle, misfortune, malice, and fate conspire to make Ana’s deepest fears turn to reality.
Kerouac, Jack. On the road / Jack Kerouac. - London [etc.] : Penguin books, 2011. - 280, [1] p. - [В дороге]. 'What's your road, man? - holyboy road, madman road, rainbow road, guppy road, any road. It's an anywhere road for anybody anyhow.' Sal Paradise, young and innocent, joins the slightly crazed Dean Moriarty on a breathless, exuberant ride back and forth across the United States. Their hedonistic search for release or fulfilment through drink, sex, drugs and jazz becomes an exploration of personal freedom, a test of the limits of the American Dream. A brilliant blend of fiction and autobiography, Jack Kerouac's exhilarating novel defined the new 'Beat' generation and became the bible of the counter culture.
Keyes, Daniel. Flowers for Algernon / Daniel Keyes. - Orlando ; Austin ; New York : Harvest book [etc.], 2007. - 310, [1] p. - [Цветы для Элджернона]. Charlie Gordon is about to embark upon an unprecedented journey. Born with an unusually low IQ, he has been chosen as the perfect subject for an experimental surgery that researchers hope will increase his intelligence - a procedure that has already been highly successful when tested on a lab mouse named Algernon. As the treatment takes effect, Charlie’s intelligence expands until it surpasses that of the doctors who engineered his metamorphosis. The experiment appears to be a scientific breakthrough of paramount importance until Algernon suddenly deteriorates. Will the same happen to Charlie?
King, Stephen. Cell / Stephen King. - London : Hodder, 2011. - [16], 473, [5] p. - [Мобильник]. The event which propels civilization into its second dark age is known as The Pulse. The virus is carried by every cell phone operating in the world. Within hours, most people would be dead or insane. A young artist Clayton Riddell flees the devastation of explosive, burning Boston, desperate to reach his son before the young boy switches on his mobile phone. And time is running out…
King, Stephen. Dolores Claiborne / Stephen King. - London : Hodder, 2011. - [16], 304 p. - [Долорес Клэйборн]. Dolores Claiborne has a story to tell. But it is not quite what the police had expected. Dolores Claiborne has a confession to make... She will take her time. Won’t be hurried. Will do it her way, sparing neither details nor feelings. Hers or anyone else’s. This is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Truth takes you to the edge of darkness. Dolores Claiborne has a story to tell and you’d better pay attention - or else.
King, Stephen . The green mile / Stephen King. - London : Gollancz, 2008. - 433 p. - [Зеленая миля]. The Green Mile: those who walk it do not return, because at the end of that walk is the room in which sits Cold Mountain Penitentiary's electric chair. In 1932 the newest resident on death row is John Coffey, a giant of a black man convicted of the brutal murder of two little girls. But nothing is as it seems with John Coffey, and around him unfolds a bizarre and horrifying story. Evil murderer or holy innocent - whichever he is - Coffey has strange powers which may yet offer salvation to others, even if they can do nothing to save him.
King, Stephen. The Gunslinger : The Dark Tower I : [a novel] / Stephen King. - New York : A Signet books, cop. 1989. - [Тёмная башня]. Eerie, dreamlike, set in a world that is weirdly related to our own, ‘The Gunslinger’ introduces Roland Deschain of Gilead, of In-World that was, as he pursues his enigmatic antagonist to the mountains that separate the desert from the Western Sea. Roland is a solitary figure, perhaps accursed, who with a strange singlemindedness traverses an exhausted, almost timeless landscape. The people he encounters are left behind, or worse - left dead. At a way station, however, he meets Jake, a boy from a particular time (1977) and a particular place (New York City), and soon the two are joined. The mountains lie before them. So does the man in black and, somewhere far beyond, the Dark Tower.
King, Stephen. It : [a novel] / Stephen King. - London : Hodder, 2007. - 1376 с. - [Оно]. To the children, the town was their whole world. To the adults, knowing better, Derry, Maine was just their home town: familiar, well-ordered for the most part. A good place to live. It was the children who saw - and felt - what made Derry so horribly different. In the storm drains, in the sewers, IT lurked, taking on the shape of every nightmare, each one’s deepest dread. Sometimes IT reached up, seizing, tearing, killing… The adults, knowing better, knew nothing. Time passed and the children grew up, moved away. The horror of IT was deep-buried, wrapped in forgetfulness. Until they were called back, once more to confront IT as IT stirred and coiled in the sullen depths of their memories, reaching up again to make their past nightmares a terrible present reality.
Kinsella, Sophie. Confessions of a Shopaholic / Sophie Kinsella. - [London] : Black Swan, 2009. - 319 c. - [Тайный мир шопоголика]. Meet Becky Bloomwood, America’s favorite shopaholic - a young woman with a big heart, big dreams…and just one little weakness. Becky has a fabulous flat in London's trendiest neighborhood, a troupe of glamorous socialite friends, and a closet brimming with the season's must-haves. The only trouble is that she can't actually afford it - not any of it. Her job writing at “Successful Savings” not only bores her to tears, it doesn't pay much at all. And lately Becky's been chased by dismal letters from the bank - letters with large red sums she can't bear to read - and they're getting ever harder to ignore. She tries cutting back. But none of her efforts succeeds. Becky's only consolation is to buy herself something. Finally a story arises that Becky actually cares about, and her front-page article catalyzes a chain of events that will transform her life forever. Sophie Kinsella has brilliantly tapped into our collective consumer conscience to deliver a novel of our times - and a heroine who grows stronger every time she weakens. Becky's hilarious schemes to pay back her debts are as endearing as they are desperate. Her "confessions" are the perfect pick-me-up when life is hanging in the (bank) balance.
Kleinbaum, Nancy H. Dead poets society : a novel / by N. H. Kleinbaum. - New York : Hyperion, 1989. - [4], 166 с. - [Общество мертвых поэтов]. Todd Anderson and his friends at Welton Academy can hardly believe how different life is since their new English professor, the flamboyant John Keating, has challenged them to "make your lives extraordinary!" Inspired by Keating, the boys resurrect the Dead Poets Society - a secret club where, free from the constraints and expectations of school and parents, they let their passions run wild. As Keating turns the boys on to the great words of Byron, Shelley, and Keats, they discover not only the beauty of language, but the importance of making each moment count. But the Dead Poets Pledges soon realize that their newfound freedom can have tragic consequences. Can the club and the individuality it inspires survive the pressure from authorities determined to destroy their dreams?
Larsson, Stieg. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo / Stieg Larsson. - London : MacLehose press : Quercus, 2011. - 542 p. – [Девушка с татуировкой дракона]. 40 years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan. Her body was never found, yet her uncle is convinced it was murder - and that the killer is a member of his family. He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist and the computer hacker Lisbeth Salander to investigate. When the pair link Harriet's disappearance to a number of grotesque murders, they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history. But the Vangers are a secretive clan, and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves.
Larsson, Stieg. The girl who played with fire : [millennium II] / Stieg Larsson ; transl. from the Swedish by Reg Keeland. - London : MacLehose press : Quercus, 2009. - 649 p. - (The millennium trilogy ; book 2). - [Девушка, которая играла с огнем]. Ex-security analyst Lisbeth Salander is wanted for murder. Her history of unpredictable and vengeful behavior makes her an official danger to society - but no-one can find her. The only way Salander can be reached is by computer. But she can break into almost any network she chooses...
Larsson, Stieg. The girl who kicked the hornets' nest : [millennium III] / Stieg Larsson. - London : MacLehose press : Quercus, 2010. - 746 p. - [Девушка, разворошившая осиное гнездо]. Lisbeth Salander – outsider and apparent enemy of society – is charged with attempted murder. The state has also ruled that she is mentally unstable, and should be locked away in an institution once again. But she is closely guarded in a hospital having taken a bullet to the head, so how will she prove her innocence? Pulling the strings of the prosecution is the powerful inner circle of Sapo, the state security police. Determined to protect the secrets and corruption at Sweden’s rotten core, Sapo is not an adversary to take on alone. Only with the help of Mikael Blomkwist and the journalists at the Millennium magazine can Salander avoid the fate that has been decided for her. Together they form a compelling and dynamic alliance. This final volume of the Millennium Trilogy is the culmination of one of the most mesmerizing fictional achievements of our time.
Lee, Harper. To kill a mockingbird / Harper Lee. - Reiss. ed. - London : Arrow books, 2010. - 309 p. - [Убить пересмешника]. 'Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird'. A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race and class in the Deep South of the 30s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice. But the weight of history will only tolerate so much. "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a coming-of-age story, an anti-racist novel, a historical drama of the Great Depression and a sublime example of the Southern writing tradition.
Lewis, Clive Staples. The chronicles of Narnia / C. S. Lewis. - London : HarperCollins, 2009. - 765 p. - [Хроники Нарнии]. The Chronicles of Narnia have enchanted millions of readers over the last fifty years and the magical events described in C.S. Lewis's immortal prose have left many a lasting memory for adults and children alike. All seven Chronicles are bound together in this new paperback edition. Here is a world where a witch decrees eternal winter; where there are more talking animals than people; and where battles are fought by Centaurs, Giants and Fauns.
Martin, George R. R. A song of ice and fire. Book 2 : A clash of kings / George R. R. Martin. - London : Harper, 2011. - 913 p. - [Песнь льда и пламени]. Here is the second volume in George R.R. Martin’s cycle of novels that includes “A Game of Thrones” and “A Storm of Swords”. This series comprises a genuine masterpiece of modern fantasy, bringing together the best the genre has to offer: magic, mystery, intrigue, romance, and adventure. In “A Clash of Kings” a comet of the color of blood and flame cuts across the sky. Two great leaders - Lord Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon - who held sway over an age of enforced peace are dead, victims of royal treachery. Now, from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns. Six factions struggle for control of a divided land and the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, preparing to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war. It is a tale in which brother plots against brother and the dead rise to walk in the night. Against a backdrop of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, victory may go to the men and women possessed of the coldest steel and the coldest hearts. For when kings clash, the whole land trembles.
McEwan, Ian. Atonement / Ian McEwan. - London : Vintage books : Random house, 2011. - 372 p. - [Искупление]. One day Briony Tallis sees her sister, Cecilia, plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her is Robbie Turner, her childhood friend who has recently come down from Cambridge. Soon the lives of all three will be changed forever. Robbie and Cecilia will cross a boundary they had not even imagined, and will become victims of the younger girl's imagination. Briony will witness mysteries, and committ a crime for which she will try to atone. “Atonement” is Ian McEwan's finest achievement. Brilliant and utterly enthralling in its depiction of childhood, love and war, England and class, at its centre is a profound exploration of shame and forgiveness, of atonement and the difficulty of absolution.
Meyer, Stephenie. Twilight / Stephenie Meyer. - Repr. ed. - London : Atom, 2008. - 434 p. - [Сумерки]. When seventeen-year-old Isabella Swan moves to Forks, Washington to live with her father she expects that her new life will be as dull as the town itself. In spite of her awkward manner and low expectations, she finds that her new classmates are drawn to this pale, dark-haired new girl in town. But not, it seems, the Cullen family. Bella is convinced that Edward Cullen in particular hates her, but she feels a strange attraction to him, although his hostility makes her feel almost physically ill. He seems determined to push her away - until he saves her life. Bella will soon discover that there is a very good reason for Edward's coldness. He, and his family, are vampires - and he knows how dangerous it is for others to get too close.
Mitchell, David. Cloud atlas : [a novel] / David Mitchell. - [London] : Sceptre, cop. 2004. - 529, [2] с. - [Облачный атлас]. ‘Souls cross ages like clouds cross skies…’ Six interlocking lives - one amazing adventure. In a narrative that circles the globe and reaches from the 19th century to a post-apocalyptic future, David Mitchell erases the boundaries of time, genre and language to offer an enthralling vision of humanity's will to power, and where it will lead us.
Moyes, Jojo. After You / J. Moyes. - London ; New York ; Ringwood : Penguin books, 2016. - 409, [1] p. - [После тебя]. The sequel to “Me Before You”. Lou Clark has lots of questions. Like how it is she's ended up working in an airport bar, spending every shift watching other people jet off to new places. Or why the flat she's owned for a year still doesn't feel like home. Whether her close-knit family can forgive her for what she did eighteen months ago. And will she ever get over the love of her life. What Lou does know for certain is that something has to change. Then, one night, it does. But does the stranger on her doorstep hold the answers Lou is searching for - or just more questions? Close the door and life continues: simple, ordered, safe. Open it and she risks everything. But Lou once made a promise to live. And if she's going to keep it, she has to invite them in…
Rowling, Joanne Kathleen. The casual vacancy / J.K. Rowling. - London : Sphere, 2014. - 503 с. - [Случайная вакансия]. When Barry Fairbrother dies in his early forties, the town of Pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seemingly, an English idyll, with a cobbled market square and an ancient abbey, but what lies behind the pretty facade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teachers at war with their pupils... Pagford is not what it first seems. And the empty seat left by Barry on the parish council soon becomes the catalyst for the biggest war the town has yet seen. Who will triumph in an election fraught with passion, duplicity and unexpected revelations? A big novel about a small town, ‘The Casual Vacancy’ is J.K. Rowling's first novel for adults. It is the work of a storyteller like no other.
Rowling, Joanne Kathleen. Harry Potter and the deathly hallows / J.K. Rowling. - Reiss. - London [et al.] : Bloomsbury [et al.], 2010. - 831 p. Harry Potter is preparing to leave the Dursleys and Privet Drive for the last time. But the future that awaits him is full of danger, not only for him, but for anyone close to him - and Harry has already lost so much. Only by destroying Voldemort's remaining Horcruxes can Harry free himself and overcome the Dark Lord's forces of evil. Harry must leave his most loyal friends behind, and in a final perilous journey find the strength and the will to face his terrifying destiny: a deadly confrontation that is his alone to fight.
Sebold, Alice. The lovely bones : a novel / Alice Sebold. - London : Picador, 2009. - 328 p. - [Милые кости]. ‘My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973. My murderer was a man from our neighborhood.’ Watching from her place in heaven, Susie Salmon sees her suburban family devastated by her death, isolated even from one another as they try to cope with their terrible loss alone. Over the years, her friends and siblings grow up, fall in love, do all the things she never had the chance to do herself. But life is not quite finished with Susie yet…
Setterfield, Diane. The Thirteenth Tale : a novel / Diane Setterfield. - New York [etc.] : Washington Square Press, 2007. - 406, [1] р. - [Тринадцатая сказка]. Reclusive author Vida Winter, famous for her collection of twelve enchanting stories, has spent the past six decades penning a series of alternate lives for herself. Now old and ailing, she is ready to reveal the truth about her extraordinary existence and the violent and tragic past she has kept secret for so long. Calling on Margaret Lea, a young biographer troubled by her own painful history, Vida disinters the life she meant to bury for good. Margaret is mesmerized by the author's tale of gothic strangeness - featuring the beautiful and willful Isabelle, the feral twins Adeline and Emmeline, a ghost, a governess, a topiary garden and a devastating fire. Together, Margaret and Vida confront the ghosts that have haunted them while becoming, finally, transformed by the truth themselves.
Sparks, Nicholas. Message in a Bottle / Nicholas Sparks. - Repr. - London : Sphere, 2011. - 354 p. - [Послание в бутылке]. “My dearest Catherine, I miss you my darling, as I always do, but today is particularly hard because the ocean has been singing to me, and the song is that of our life together.” When a journalist Theresa Osborne finds this desperate message washed up on a Cape Cod beach, it raises questions that intrigue her. Who is the author, a man called Garrett – and who is Catherine? And what is it that has torn them apart? Theresa, wary of romance since her husband shattered her trust, finds herself unaccountably drawn to these people and their secrets, and embarks on a search that brings her to an unexpected confrontation…
Swift, Graham. Last orders / Graham Swift. - London : Picador, 2010. - 323, [2] p. - [Последние желания]. Four men once close to Jack Dodds, a London butcher, meet to carry out his peculiar last wish: to have his ashes scattered into the sea. For reasons best known to herself, Jack's widow, Amy, declines to join them. On the surface the tale of a simple if increasingly bizarre day's outing, “Last Orders” is Graham Swift's most poignant exploration of the complexity and courage of ordinary lives.
Swift, Graham. Waterland / with an introduction by Tim Binding. - London : Everyman's library, 2013. - 350 p. - [Водная страна]. Graham Swift's extraordinary masterpiece is an English epic embracing eels and incest, brewing and madness, the heartless sweep of history and a romance as tormented as Greek tragedy. Tom Crick, a history teacher, fins himself increasingly marginalized at school where the subject to which he has devoted his life is seen as irrelevant. When his wife is arrested for snatching a baby, Tom is told he must accept early retirement. The crisis inspires a dramatic re-think in his teaching methods: he starts telling pupils his stories from his own life, which unfold into a mystery spanning two centuries. At once a family saga and a gothic tale of provincial life, “Waterland” weaves social history, superstition and teenage love into a narrative that is as haunting and fluid as the low-lying Fens in which much of the novel is set.
Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel. The Hobbit or There and back again / . R. R. Tolkien. - New York : Ballantine books, 1985. - 287 p. - [Хоббит]. “The Hobbit” is a tale of high adventure, undertaken by a company of dwarves, in search of dragon-guarded gold. A reluctant partner in this perilous quest is Bilbo Baggins, a comfort-loving, unambitious hobbit, who surprises even himself by his resourcefulness and skill as a burglar. Encounters with trolls, goblins, dwarves, elves and giant spiders, conversations with the dragon Smaug the Magnificent and a rather unwilling presence at the Battle of the Five Armies are some of the adventures that befall Bilbo. But there are lighter moments as well: good fellowship, welcome meals, laughter and song. It is a complete and marvellous tale in itself, but it also forms a prelude to “The Lord of the Rings”.
Weiseberger, Lauren. The Devil wears Prada / Lauren Weiseberger. - London : Harper, 2006. - 391 p. - [Дьявол носит Прада]. When Andrea first sets foot in the plush Manhattan offices of Runway she knows nothing. She's never heard of the world's most fashionable magazine, or its feared editor, Miranda Priestly. But she's going to be Miranda's assistant, a job millions of girls would die for. A year later, she knows altogether too much: that it's a sacking offence to wear anything lower than a three-inch heel to work, that you can charge cars, manicures, anything at all to the Runway account, but you must never, ever, leave your desk, or let Miranda's coffee get cold, and that at 3 a.m. on a Sunday, when your boyfriend's dumping you because you're always at work, and your best friend's just been arrested, if Miranda phones, you jump. Most of all, Andrea knows that Miranda is a monster who makes Cruella de Vil look like a fluffy bunny. But also that this is her big break, and it's going to be worth it in the end. Isn't it?
Зусак, Маркус. Книжный вор = The book thief : [учебное пособие] / Маркус Зусак ; [пер. с англ. Николая Мезина ; сост. упражнений. А. Логиновой ]. - Москва : Эксмо, 2018. - 797 с. - (Современный бестселлер : билингва) Читателям предлагаются неадаптированный оригинальный текст и классический перевод знаменитого романа Маркуса Зусака "Книжный вор". Это история о жизни и смерти. О силе слова и цене молчания. О событиях исторического масштаба - и о том, как один человек меняет мир. Роман завораживает и ярким сюжетом, и манерой повествования, и неожиданным выбором рассказчика. Пронзительные трагические ноты переплетаются в нем с пьянящим ощущением полноты жизни, какое бывает только в детстве. 1939 год. Маленькая Лизель приезжает в городок близ Мюнхена к приемным родителям. Ей предстоит найти не только новую семью, но и настоящую дружбу, множество приключений и всепоглощающую страсть - книги, которые она будет красть, читать и даже писать. Чтение романа в оригинале позволит значительно усовершенствовать знание английского, а перевод на русский язык поможет разрешить возникающие по ходу чтения вопросы и трудности. Для углубления знаний английского и облегчения понимания текста в конце книги предлагаются упражнения. Книга будет интересна и полезна всем, кто знает и изучает английский язык с преподавателем или самостоятельно.
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Абигнейл, Фрэнк Уильям. Поймай меня, если сможешь = Catch me if You can : [книга для чтения на английском языке] / Frank W. Abagnale with Stan Redding ; адапт., сокр. и слов. Н. В. Беспаловой. - Санкт-Петербург : Антология, 2017. - 189, [1] с. Журналисты провозгласили Фрэнка Абигнейла величайшим мошенником ХХ столетия, самым дерзким аферистом и талантливым мастером перевоплощений и банковских махинаций. Полицейские всех 50 штатов Америки и 26 европейских государств безуспешно пытались поймать его в течение пяти лет. В своей автобиографической книге автор откровенно и с юмором рассказывает о том, как ему, подростку, не окончившему даже школы, удалось довести до совершенства свой талант одурачивать банки, авиакомпании, университеты и прочие учреждения и безнаказанно ускользать от полиции и ФБР. В книге представлен сокращённый и адаптированный текст уровня Intermediate.
Блейк, Майкл. Танцующий с волками = Dancing with wolves : [книга для чтения на английском языке] / Майкл Блейк ; адапт., сокращ. и слов.: И. Б. Загородняя. - Санкт-Петербург : Антология, 2016. - 189, [1] с. По признанию автора - американского сценариста и прозаика Майкла Блейка - идея написания книги принадлежит не ему, а его другу - Кевину Костнеру. Впоследствии известный актёр стал режиссёром экранизированной версии романа и исполнил в картине главную роль. Действие романа «Танцующий с волками» происходит во время гражданской войны в США. Лейтенант американской армии, отважный Джон Данбар, оказывается в заброшенном форте, волею обстоятельств, в полном одиночестве. Постепенно он знакомится с индейцами и заводит с ними дружбу. Со временем героя очаровывают простые, природные законы их существования. Жизнь индейцев лишена политических интриг, они берутся за оружие лишь для того, чтобы защитить свою землю, своих жён и детей. Они не убивают животных ради забавы, а лес для них - священное место. Наступает момент, когда Джон Данбар принимает решение стать одним из них. В книге представлен сокращённый и адаптированный текст уровня Pre-Intermediate.
Голден, Артур. Мемуары гейши = Memoirs of a geisha : [книга для чтения на английском языке] / Артур Голден ; адапт., сокращ. и слов.: И. Б. Загородняя. - Санкт-Петербург : Антология, 2016. - 255 с. Роман «Мемуары гейши» был написан американским писателем и специалистом в области японской истории, искусства и культуры. Действие происходит в Японии в период с 20-х до 50-х годов ХХ века. В центре повествования - драматичная и трогательная история о судьбе дочери бедного рыбака. Несмотря на многочисленные жизненные испытания, главной героине удалось осуществить свои самые заветные мечты и не только стать образованным человеком, заняв заметное место в японской культурной традиции гейш, но и обрести настоящую любовь. В книге представлен сокращённый и адаптированный текст уровня Intermediate.
Грум, Уинстон. Форрест Гамп = Forrest Gump : [книга для чтения на английском языке] / Уинстон Грум ; адапт., сокр. и слов.: И. Б. Загородняя. - Санкт-Петербург : Антология, 2017. - 127 с. Форрест Гамп - наивный и доверчивый человек, сохранивший незамутнённый детский взгляд на мир, - рассказывает на страницах романа историю своей жизни. Это необычное повествование, полное острой сатиры и несентиментального романтизма, где в непосредственном восприятии героя отражаются страницы истории Америки 60-70-х годов ХХ века. В книге представлен сокращённый и адаптированный текст уровня Intermediate.
Ирвинг, Джон. Правила виноделов = The cider house rules : [книга для чтения на английском языке] / Джон Ирвинг ; адапт., сокр. и слов.: И. Б. Загородняя. - Санкт-Петербург : Антология, 2015. - 223 с. Действие романа Джона Ирвинга, современного классика американской литературы, начинается в Новой Англии в 1920-е годы. В сиротском приюте, который возглавляет доктор Ларч, действует негласный моральный кодекс - правила любви и сострадания. Здесь воспитывается и учится всем премудростям медицины сирота Гомер Уэллс. Однако наступает момент, когда юноша покидает приют, познаёт любовь и знакомится с другими правилами. Перед ним встаёт вопрос: «По каким правилам следует жить в этом мире?» Для широкого круга изучающих английский язык. Текст сокращён и адаптирован. Уровень Intermediate.
Капоте, Трумэн. Завтрак у Тиффани : и избранные рассказы = Breakfast at Tiffany’s : and selected stories / Трумен Капоте ; [адапт., сокр. и словарь В. Н. Беспаловой]. - Санкт-Петербург : Антология, 2017. - 127, [1] с. Собранные в книге произведения Трумэна Капоте написаны в разные годы и опубликованы в разных сборниках, но их объединяет одно место действия - Нью-Йорк, который сам становится действующим лицом повествования. Реалистичность описания городских улиц и пейзажей, сопоставимая по точности с путеводителем, сочетается с призрачной, порой неправдоподобной и даже мистической атмосферой, в которой реальность и внутренние переживания героев настолько переплетены, что у читателя возникает сомнение в реальности самих происходящих событий. Все герои писателя, изображённые с тонким психологизмом, - это неустроенные и одинокие люди в поисках себя и своего места в жизни. Наряду с одним из самых известных произведений автора новеллы «Завтрак у Тиффани», в книгу включены три рассказа: «Мириам», «Злой дух» и «Закрой последнюю дверь». В книге представлен сокращённый и адаптированный текст уровня Intermediate.
Райс, Энн. Интервью с вампиром = Interview with the vampire : [книга для чтения на английском языке] / Энн Райс ; адапт., сокр. и слов.: А. В. Шитова. - Санкт-Петербург : Антология, 2016. - 127 с. Однажды вечером, в поисках скандальной истории, молодой журналист договаривается о встрече с таинственным незнакомцем по имени Луи, изъявившим желание поведать миру о своей невероятной двухсотлетней жизни. К изумлению журналиста, незнакомец оказывается настоящим вампиром, который, не таясь, рассказывает о том, действительно ли вампиры боятся креста и чеснока, могут ли они войти в церковь, видят ли сны и способны ли испытывать любовь. Действуя все эти годы вопреки правилам, переживая потери, творя зло, одновременно борясь с ним, бессмертный Луи постепенно приходит к пониманию неоспоримой ценности короткой человеческой жизни. Однако, несмотря на свою трагичность, история вампира производит на молодого журналиста совершенно неожиданный эффект. В книге представлен сокращённый и адаптированный текст уровня Pre-Intermediate.
Фитч, Дженет. Белый олеандр = White Oleander : [книга для чтения на английском языке] / Дженет Фитч ; адапт., сокр. и слов.: А. В. Шитова. - Санкт-Петербург : Антология, 2016. - 158 с. Юная и талантливая Астрид живёт в тени своей матери-поэтессы, неприступной светской львицы, Снежной королевы бомонда. Когда внезапно вспыхнувшая страсть толкает мать на преступление, девочка оказывается брошенной на произвол судьбы. Попадая из одной приёмной семьи в другую, взрослеющая Астрид становится не только невольной зрительницей, но и актрисой театра непростых взаимоотношений мужчины и женщины. Девушка примеряет на себя различные роли до тех пор, пока однажды смутное детское воспоминание не заставляет её задуматься о том, кто же она есть на самом деле. Чтобы узнать прошлое, Астрид готова пойти на сделку с собственной совестью. Шаг за шагом она приближается к разгадке своих семейных тайн. В книге представлен сокращённый и адаптированный текст уровня Pre-Intermediate.
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