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Автор: Barbara Delinsky

Perfect for fans of Jodi Picoult, a tale of personal tragedy, human resilience and the healing power of family love.Robin Snow has everything to live for. By her early thirties she’s a world class marathon runner at the peak of her career. Then, tragedy strikes. Whilst training, she suffers a heart attack, leaving her brain-dead and on life-support.The difficult question for her family: when to pull the plug?In a powerful and heart-wrenching tale which dissects the strength of family bonds, While my Sister Sleeps will leave the reader with one question: what would you do? If you like Jodi Picoult or Diane Chamberlain, you will love Barbara Delinsky.

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Автор: Агата Кристи

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.Written during Agatha Christie’s own tour to Africa, a Rhodesian tobacco plantation is the setting for a war widow’s unexpected visitor from beyond the grave…

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Автор: Debra Cowan

JOSIE WEBSTER WAS NOT A BORN KILLER…But her thirst for justice could make her one. The outlaw who'd murdered her parents and fianc? had gotten off scot-free. And now the only thing standing between her and vengeance fulfilled was Sheriff Davis Lee Holt, who held her quarry prisoner…and completely captured her heart!A woman with secrets needed watching, and lawman Davis Lee Holt intended to watch Josie Webster like a hawk. Why would a seamstress need shooting lessons? Or be curious about the jail? But after nursing her for a near-deadly snakebite, he faced a much more compelling problem: he loved a woman he couldn't trust!

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Автор: Amanda Stevens

The first secret is personal. The second one is a killer…This school reunion was a shot at redemption and maybe a second chance for army man Dylan Burkhart and his old flame, Ava North. But a secret-telling game turns up a murder confession, with the killer hiding among them…

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Автор: Diane Pershing

When strange things began happening at her isolated home, lonely widow Kayla Thorne turned to handyman Paul Fitzgerald for protection. But was that a mistake? Because Paul was not only an ex-cop, he was an ex-convict–though he swore he'd been framed. Yet if he was so eager to prove his innocence, why was he spending time fixing her house, instead?Paul seemed intent on gaining her trust–and as the mysterious dangers escalated, Kayla needed someone to keep her safe. Paul was the perfect protector, because he needed nothing from her…or did he? Suddenly Kayla wondered just why Paul had come to her–and how close he meant to get….

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Автор: Jane Robins

‘The perfect thriller’ Elle‘Immensely gripping’ Sophie Hannah‘Gripping, creepy and very addictive!’ BA Paris‘He’s so handsome and clever and romantic. I just wished he hadn’t forced Tilda under the water and held her there so long.’Callie loves Tilda. She’s her sister, after all. And she’s beautiful and successful.Tilda loves Felix. He’s her husband. Successful and charismatic, he is also controlling, suspicious and, possibly, dangerous. Still, Tilda loves Felix.And Callie loves Tilda. Very, very much.So she’s determined to save her. But the cost could destroy them all…Sometimes we love too much.

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Автор: Noel Streatfeild

The author of children’s classic ‘Ballet Shoes’ delights with a best-loved story of ice skating rivalry…“If you pass your inter-silver, I’ll tell Aunt Claudia that I don’t want to work with you any more.”Harriet is told that she must take up ice-skating in order to improve her health. She isn’t much good at it, until she meets Lalla Moore, a young skating star. Now Harriet is getting better and better on the ice, and Lalla doesn’t like it. Does Harriet want to save their friendship more than she wants to skate?

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Автор: Joan Wolf

January 1813–the British army is preparing to cross the Pyrenees and advance against Napoleon's army. Only one thing stands in the way–funds. It will take two people masquerading as lovers to carry out a dangerous plan…Despite inheriting the traveling Cirque Equestre–France's proudest equestrian tradition–Gabrielle Rochon has no loyalty to the emperor who destroyed her family's way of life. Independent and headstrong, she pledges to help the British army, knowing her late father would have done the same. But her mission to smuggle gold across France within the cirque to the Duke of Wellington's headquarters in Spain is one the British won't let her do alone.Colonel Leo Branford–an arrogant, striking foreigner–is ordered to play the part of her husband so that he may escort the gold without arousing enemy suspicions.While Gabrielle is annoyed that she must publicly bow to his every whim, the danger of the mission binds them in a disturbingly intimate way. With French troops precariously close to uncovering their charade, it is imperative that neither of them forget their purpose…or themselves.

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Автор: Dinah McCall

Why do the fingerprints of a recent murder victim in New York City belong to a man who has been dead for over thirty years? To find out, FBI agent Jack Dolan heads to the victim's last known address: a boardinghouse in Braden, Montana.Most of the guests at Abbott House are couples seeking help from the fertility clinic run by a team of dedicated doctors. So Jack's arrival is a pleasant surprise for owner Isabella Abbott, who finds herself wrestling with feelings she's never had before. Jack, too, shares the powerful connection, and is all too aware of the danger of letting personal desires get in the way of an investigation.He suspects someone ruthless is lurking in the shadows–someone with orders to kill. But what secrets are worth dying for in this peaceful place that offers miracles to desperate couples? And is Isabella part of the savage mystery that surrounds White Mountain?But the more Jack learns, the more he understands why the secrets of White Mountain must be kept hidden. At all costs.

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Автор: BEVERLY BARTON

He was the man she had once offered her innocence to. The man who had heartlessly turned her away, claiming she was too young for him. Now Hunter Whitelaw, world-weary security agent with a body built for sin, was the man Manda Munroe would marry….Hunter claimed their marriage was only a means to lure her stalker out. But when the brooding bodyguard discovered his bride was just as passionate – and just as innocent – as ever, his hard heart was shaken to the core. For now Hunter knew with the certainty of a man aching with long-held desire that Manda was bound to be only his!

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Автор: Camilla Way

‘Gripping psychological suspense’ Fiona Barton, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Child ‘Keeps you guessing till the very end’ Cara Hunter, author of All The Rage You never know what’s going on behind closed doors… If you passed it on the street, you’d see an ordinary London townhouse. You might wonder about the people who live there, assume they’re just like you. But inside a family is trapped in a nightmare. In the kitchen, a man lies dead on the blood-soaked floor. Soon the police will come, and they’ll want answers. Perhaps they'll believe the family’s version of events – that this man is a murderer who deserved to die. But would that be the truth? Perfect for fans of Clare Mackintosh, Cara Hunter and Ruth Ware Praise for Camilla Way: ‘An original page turner’ Sun ‘A top class psychological thriller, smartly crafted and oozing tension’ Sunday Mirror ‘Adds pace and suspense in a way that’s refreshing for even the most jaded of readers’ Stylist

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Автор: Katie Oliver

The third novel in the highly awaited new series – The Jane Austen Factor – from bestselling author Katie Oliver!What should rule – your head, or your heart?When sisters Marianne and Elinor Dashwood are forced to leave their family home to live in a rural Northumberland cottage, Marianne is convinced her social life is over. Somehow, she can’t see kitten heels coping well in the countryside – and being stuck in the middle of nowhere, miles from London, sounds about as exciting as watching paint dry. Not to mention her arrogant new boss, Dr Brandon, who doesn’t seem to think much of her city ways.When she meets the gallant, charming and handsome Mr Willoughby, Marianne begins to think that country life might not be so bad after all…especially when he suggests that marriage might be on the cards. But the countryside still has a few tricks up its sleeve for Marianne…after all, love rarely turns blossoms in the most convenient places! Look out for more in The Jane Austen Factor series:1. What Would Lizzy Bennet Do?2. The Trouble with Emma3. Who Needs Mr Willougby?What reviewers are saying about Katie Oliver‘…delightful story filled with lots of twists, turns and obstacles along the way.’ – Splashes into Books on And the Bride Wore Prada‘a quick and fantastic read that I couldn't stop myself from turning pages. Katie's writing is fresh, witty and so charming.’ – Chick Lit Club on Love and Liability‘Prada and Prejudice isn’t just a book, it is an adventure.’ – Elder Park Book Reviews‘Katie Oliver has written a fun and lovely novel for modern day Jane Austen fans.’ – Good Books and a Cup of Tea on And the Bride Wore Prada

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Автор: Judy Christenberry

Could an expectant mother really forget who fathered her baby?When Caroline Adkins woke in a hospital bed with amnesia, she received startling news–she was pregnant! She couldn't remember one single night of passion…yet three different men were claiming paternity!Sexy stranger Max Daniels was the only man not previously acquainted with her powerful family. But one look into his eyes and Caroline started to fall for him, even though he was the least likely daddy-hopeful. Meantime, her family was arranging her marriage to a man with more proof….Caroline was headed toward the altar with the seemingly right daddy–but the wrong man. Could she and Max prove his paternity– in time to stop her wedding?

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Автор: Delores Fossen

Experience the thrill of life on the edge and set your adrenalin pumping! These gripping stories see heroic characters fight for survival and find love in the face of danger.Two babies switched at birth Rich, powerful and dangerously attractive, Nick Lattimer was the only hope she had of finding out the truth.But he had the power to claim both the baby boy Kelly had raised and the biological son she’d never known. Someone wanted them dead…someone who’d stop at nothing to make sure the babies’ cries were silenced forever.There was only one way for Kelly to keep the boys safe. She’d have to join forces with the last man she should trust – and the only person who loved the children as much as she did.For Their Baby’s Sake Safeguarding children is their first priority.

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Автор: Will Brooker

A unique, moving and dazzlingly researched exploration of the places, people, musicians, writers and filmmakers that inspired David Jones to become David Bowie, what we can learn from his life’s work and journey, and why he will always matter. When David Bowie died on 10th January 2016, it seemed the whole world was united in mourning. His greatest hits were sung tearfully in pubs up and down Britain, garlands of flowers were left at the Aladdin Sane mural in his old stomping ground of Brixton and tributes poured in from a galaxy of stars. To many of us, Bowie was so much more than a pop idol. But why? In Why Bowie Matters, Professor Will Brooker answers that question persuasively, as both a fan and an academic. A Bowie obsessive since childhood, he hit the headlines over the course of a year-long immersive research project that took him from London to Berlin and New York, following in Bowie’s footsteps, only listening to music and reading books he loved, and even at times adopting his fashion. In this original and illuminating book, Professor Brooker approaches Bowie from various angles, re-tracing his childhood on the streets of Bromley, taking us through his record collection and bookshelves, and deciphering the symbols and codes of his final work, Blackstar to piece together how an ordinary suburban teenager turned himself into a legend, and how perhaps we too could be a little more Bowie. He shows us that while David Robert Jones died on that terrible day in January, David Bowie will live on forever.

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Автор: Агата Кристи

When a man plunges down a cliff, two adventurous young friends decide to find his killer…While playing an erratic round of golf, Bobby Jones slices his ball over the edge of a cliff. His ball is lost, but on the rocks below he finds the crumpled body of a dying man. With his final breath the man opens his eyes and says, ‘Why didn’t they ask Evans?’Haunted by these words, Bobby and his vivacious companion, Frankie, set out to solve a mystery that will bring them into mortal danger…

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Автор: Shannon Drake

Shannon Drake is back–with a story steeped in darkness, danger and desireTHE EARL WAS KNOWN AS A BEASTCamille Montgomery is aware of the wicked man's reputation. But as an expert in antiquities, she also knows his family's Egyptian artifacts are the finest in England. The problem is, her wayward stepfather knows this, too–and he's determined to steal them. So when he's caught in the act of robbing the so-called Beast of Carlyle, Camille must swallow her fear and boldly confront the man whose mask is said to hide a face too loathsome to behold.The Earl of Carlyle has lived in the shadows ever since the suspicious death of his parents. But he's never stopped trying to unravel the mystery behind what he suspects to have been their murder. And now that the lovely Camille has stumbled into his life, he has the perfect pawn for his deadly game of vengeance and deceit. But in laying his ruthless trap, will he risk losing his own heart?

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Автор: Heather Graham

Nevermore…Eager to start their life together, historian Vickie Preston and Special Agent Griffin Pryce take a detour en route to their new home for a visit to Baltimore.But their romantic weekend is interrupted when a popular author is found dead in the basement of an Edgar Allan Poe-themed restaurant. Because of the mysterious circumstances surrounding the corpse, the FBI's Krewe of Hunters paranormal team is invited to investigate. As more bizarre deaths occur, Vickie and Griffin are drawn into a case that has disturbing echoes of Poe's great works, bringing the horrors of his fiction to life.The restaurant is headquarters to scholars and fans, and any of them could be a merciless killer. Except there's also something reaching out from beyond the grave. The late, great Edgar Allan Poe himself is appearing to Vickie in dreams and visions with cryptic information about the murders. Unless they can uncover whose twisted mind is orchestrating the dramatic re-creations, Vickie and Griffin's future as a couple might never begin…

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Автор: Taryn Taylor Leigh

It’s a wicked game they’re playing… Breaking into enemy territory—a billionaire tech playboy's home—is what hacker AJ lives for. A hot fling with her sexy enemy isn't part of her plan. But falling for him might be the dangerous dare that AJ can't resist.

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Автор: Nicola Barker

The novel for which Nicola Barker, one of our times most original, funny and anarchic writers, won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2000.‘Wide Open’ is set on the strange Isle Of Sheppey, which pokes out into into the estuary of the River Thames. On this forgotten misty island there is a nudist beach, a nature reserve, a wild boar farm and not much else. The landscape is bare, but the characters are brimming with life. There's Luke, who specialises in dot-to-dot pornography, and lippy Lily, just 17 and full of outrageous anger. They are joined by Jim and the 8-year-old, Nathan, as well as the mysterious figure of Ronnie, who though plain has dark, telling eyes.Each one is drifting in turbulent, emotional currents, fighting the rip tide of a past, bleak with secrets and fear. Years later adult Nathan works in a Lost Property department, an irony that is almost brutal in its compassion.A novel about stripping off layers of prejudice and lies, about the possibility of redemption, and laying bare the truth. It is also about coming to terms with the past, and about the fantasies people construct in order to protect their fragile inner selves.

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Автор: Reinhard Matern

Die ausgew?hlten Texte setzen sich prim?r mit dem Ruhrgebiet auseinander und sind vorab in verschiedenen Blogs erschienen. Bem?ngelt werden vor allem die geringe Kooperationsbreitschaft der Kommunen und eine fehlende zukunftsorientierte Wirtschaftspolitik. Der Titel „Wie w?rs mit einer Revolution?“ entstammt einem der Beitr?ge, die sich auf die schier ausweglose Situation im Ruhrgebiet einlassen. Au?er der regionalen Situation werden jedoch auch die K?nste allgemeiner thematisiert, ihre gesellschaftlich geringer gewordene Relevanz.
Matern ist kein Journalist. Die eigenwilligen Texte, die essayistische, rhetorische und satirische Elemente zusammenf?hren, bezeichnet er als „Saturnalien“. Sie dienen nicht nur der Aufkl?rung, sondern sollen auch aufr?tteln, t?tig zu werden, bevor das Land NRW den Kommunen nicht mehr helfen kann und die B?rger das Vertrauen g?nzlich verlieren.

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Автор: Сара Крейвен

Mills & Boon proudly presents THE SARA CRAVEN COLLECTION. Sara’s powerful and passionate romances have captivated and thrilled readers all over the world for five decades making her an international bestseller.WIFE AGAINST HER WILLBoardroom to bedroomDarcy Langton is stunned when she finds herself engaged to businessman Joel Castille – traded as part of a business merger! While Joel represents everything that she detests, he's also the most charismatic man she's ever met.Joel has no intentions of honouring their in-name-only agreement, and away from the boardroom Darcy is unable to resist his sensual persuasions. But when Darcy makes a shocking discovery, Joel must win her back – or risk losing his most valuable asset forever…

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Автор: Lee Wilkinson

Billionaire Richard Anders needed Valentina to claim the spectacular Castle Anders.But he hadn't counted on her breathtaking beauty and playing the part of husband proves more pleasurable than he'd imagined. Valentina's given Richard her innocence in the bedroom, and her word at the altar. But when she learns the truth, will she give him her heart?

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Автор: Susan Amarillas

Justice Was A Hard Mistress And one who demanded all of Jake McConnell's devotion. Until the day Clair Travers insisted that the straight-arrow lawman remove himself from her saloon. The day he knew his life would never be the same… Clair Travers Was Living a Lie She had gambled on a new life.But she hadn't counted on falling for a man like Jake McConnell, a man whose dedication to the truth could uncover the murderous secret that haunted her past.

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Автор: Ann Major

One night Willa Longworth found a fortune…and a manWhat does a woman do when she finds cold hard cash at her feet? With a family against her, a son to nourish and a passion to extinguish, Willa did what any woman would do–she took the money and ran.But the past was at her heels in the form of dangerously handsome Luke McKade–a man who would follow her to the ends of the earth and make her pay for her sins. A man who had demons…and a fierce need for Willa's heart and soul.In a moment of danger and surprise, Luke discovered Willa's soft spot–him. But when all was resolved, would Willa find her real treasure? Would true love–and a million or two–be too wild a ride for Willa…or just wild enough?

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Автор: Denis Cotter

Following the successes of Caf? Paradiso and the award-winning Paradiso Seasons, Denis Cotter is back with an evocative, witty collection of tales and a superb range of exciting and delicious vegetarian recipes.Wild Garlic, Gooseberries and Me cajoles, informs and questions our relationship to the land and the vegetables we eat. We go on a personal journey with Denis as he shares his passion for his favourite foods.Denis drags us into muddy fields and introduces us to the growers of the best produce imaginable. Through heart-felt and charming text, he informs and amuses. The excitement of a robust blackberry jam becomes a passionate argument for us to go out into the countryside, the dazzling sight of high-trailing borlotti beans ignites a discussion on the future of artisan growing.Whether creating a restaurant masterpiece or foraging in hedgerows and woods, Denis searches for a new connection between food, people and land … oh, and he also teaches you how to search for mushrooms, wild greens and sloes, how to cook asparagus and take on an artichoke with attitude.Divided into four themed chapters, 'It's a Green Thing', 'Wild Pickings', 'A Passionate Pursuit' and 'Growing in the Dark', each including information and anecdotes about the vegetables that feature as well as many delicious recipes. There are simple salads and soups as well as more challenging main meals and mouth-watering desserts.Recipes include:Fresh Pasta with Abyssinian Cabbage, Pine Nuts & Sheep's Dressing;Courgette Flower, Pea and Chive Risotto;Samphire Tempura with Coriander Yoghurt;Grilled Portobello Mushrooms with Potato Pancakes and Tarragon Cream;Cabbage Timbale of Celeriac and Chestnuts with Porcini and Oyster Mushroom Sauce

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Автор: Робин Карр

Colin Riordan came to Virgin River to recuperate from a horrific helicopter crash, the scars of which he bears inside and out.His family is wonderfully supportive, but it's his art that truly soothes his troubled soul. Stung personally and professionally by an ill-advised affair, PR guru Jillian Matlock has rented an old Victorian with a promising garden in Virgin River.She's looking forward to cultivating something other than a corporate brand. Both are looking to simplify, not complicate, their lives, but when Jillian finds Colin at his easel in her yard, there's an instant connection. And in Virgin River, sometimes love is the simplest choice of all. . . .

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Автор: Delores Fossen

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Автор: Naomi Horton

All ex-agent Rafe Blackhorse wanted was to capture the man he'd been hired to retrieve and head back to his secluded life in the mountains. Unfortunately, an unforseen shoot-out forced him to protect both his client's best interests and one very attractive computer specialist named Meg Kavanagh.Rafe soon realized that Meg was trouble with a capital T. An elusive killer was stalking her every move, and now Rafe's life was in danger, too. But all of Rafe's field training hadn't prepared him for a mission in which keeping his heart intact was going to be the biggest challenge of all…

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Автор: Linda Winstead Jones

Del Wilder had always been brash, reckless and more than a little dangerous. And years ago he'd stolen a young woman's heart–then walked away without a backward glance.Now, suddenly, he was back in Victoria Lowell's life, more compelling–and more dangerous–than ever. He was an undercover agent now, and she'd somehow gotten caught up in his desperate escape from a brutal drug cartel.As they ran for their lives, she ached to uncover all this mysterious man's secrets. But what would happen to the passion once again blazing between them when he learned her darkest secret–the truth about the child he had never known was his…?

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Автор: Elizabeth Goddard

MOVING TARGETSAfter stumbling on a drug operation, Alice Wilde races through the woods as bullets whiz past, using her skills as a wilderness guide to elude her pursuers. But she doesn’t stay safe for long once one of the armed men recognizes her…and starts stalking her. When the sheriff asks her to guide his men and photojournalist Griffin Slater—her ex-boyfriend—to the crime scene, though, she can’t refuse. Alice knows Griffin’s just there for a story, but after the two of them are separated from the rest of the group, he’s the only person who can save her. And with someone willing to do anything to hunt them down, Alice must put aside their past if she wants to survive.Wilderness, Inc.: Surviving the wilderness of Oregon takes training…and trust.

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Автор: Bella Osborne

Escape to Wildflower Park with Part One of a brand new four-part serial from bestselling author Bella Osborne.Life’s not always a walk in the park…When Anna is dumped by her fianc?, she moves in to her own place on the edge of the gorgeous Wildflower Park and pledges to stay off men and focus on her career, but a handsome new colleague seems to thwart her attempts at every turn. And when she receives an accidental text from a mystery man, could it be the new start she needs? Or someone she really shouldn't be falling for?Anna’s neighbour Sophie is a stressed-out mum-of-two with a third on the way. Her husband is a constant frustration, and their children are a regular source of newly-invented swear words and unidentifiable sticky surfaces.Luckily, Anna and Sophie have each other – and Wildflower Park proves to be a sanctuary as they map out a path to find the happiness they both deserve…Fantastically funny, this irresistibly heart-warming novel will charm fans of Milly Johnson and Jill Mansell.

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Автор: Bert Alexander Petzold

Исполнители: Ren? Wagner

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Автор: Matt Rudd

For anyone who has ever dreamed of finding true love only to discover that happy endings are just the beginning comes this brilliantly comic novel about marriage, ex-girlfriends, ‘performance anxiety’, and what it takes to make happily ever last beyond the honeymoon.William Walker has just married Isabel, the girl of his dreams. The happy couple live in a small flat in north London while William labours away at his magazine job, revelling in his recent promotion from a column for which he was required to taste different brands of cat food to more dignified reportage. So far, so perfect.But William has a Bridget Jones-ish knack for messing up the happiest of situations – he can’t help shouting at the obnoxiously precocious work experience girl and has an embarrassing tendency to forget names of women he has previously tried to sleep with. It doesn’t help that Isabel’s creepy best friend Alex is very obviously in love with her. Nor that Saskia, a vixen-ish old flame of William’s, has just moved in downstairs. As Alex slithers his way into Isabel’s heart, Saskia seems intent on resuming relations with William – or at least giving Isabel that impression.Increasingly beset, increasingly unlucky and increasingly hilarious, William battles his way through a series of comic disasters that threaten to destroy his relationship and reduce him to a state of sad bachelorhood – a fate, he soon realises, worse than death.

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Автор: Открытые системы

Windows IT Pro/RE – профессиональное издание на русском языке, целиком и полностью посвященное вопросам работы с продуктами семейства Windows и технологиям компании Microsoft. Журнал предназначен для системных администраторов и разработчиков. В номере: Тема номера Используем последовательности Почему следует избегать триггеров IT и бизнес Учимся заново Вводный курс Резервное копирование данных в «облако» Планирование Развертывание корпоративной сети Безопасность Решения двухэтапной аутентификации и многое другое

Серия: Windows IT Pro 2015

Исполнители: Марина Лисовец

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Автор: Teresa Southwick

Wealthy businessman Michael Sullivan needs help on the most important project of his career–if he pulls this one off, his family's fortunes will be guaranteed for life. There's only one person who can help him–Geneva Porter! But what man in his right mind wants to work with the woman who left him standing at the altar…?Geneva had the best of reasons for walking away–but she's never told Michael why. Now Michael seems determined to win back his bride…and Geneva is hoping he still has a vacancy for her–as his wife!

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Автор: Aimee Thurlo

If Holly Gates must hide out in a snowbound New Mexico cabin, she's glad it's with Daniel Hawk. The fearless Navajo security expert has sworn to protect her from a relentless would-be killer.But Daniel himself, a scintillating package of Native American tradition and all-American sexiness, presents an even greater danger to Holly. She's quickly falling for him and can only foresee heartbreak.Daniel, Holly knows, remains true to his Navajo upbringing. Unlike her, he craves no home or family–just the same freedom as the great hawk. As they run for their lives, Holly's courage and spirit spark in Daniel irresistible passion. Her heart may not be broken after all, if he can save her one last time.…

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Автор: Дорис Лессинг

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007, Doris Lessing grew up in Africa – and returns to that troubled, misunderstood continent in this searing collection of short stories.‘I believe that the chief gift from Africa to writers, white and black, is the continent itself, its presence which for some people is like an old fever, latent always in their blood; or like an old wound throbbing in the bones as the air changes. … Africa gives you the knowledge that man is a small creature, among other creatures, in a large landscape.’Written with all the angry compassion of first-hand knowledge, these stores reveal Africa in the raw – an Africa unknown to the vast majority of Europeans. Here is a vivid, unforgettable evocation of its sounds and smells, its stark power and savage grandeur, its agony and ultimate tragedy.

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Автор: Maxine Morrey

The #1 Bestseller! ‘As a festive love story, this book has it all: romance, an engaging heroine you feel you could be friends with, a handsome caring hero…lots of warmth and humour and plenty of snow.’ – PortobelloBookBlogStep into a winter wonderland and fall in love in the snow this Christmas…Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow…A few weeks before Christmas and a sudden blanketing of snow has closed the roads and brought public transport grinding to a halt, stranding Izzy miles from home and in desperate need of rescuing.That doesn’t mean she’s looking to bump into Rob and spend a cosy weekend holed up in his swanky flat watching London become a winter wonderland! Because Izzy and Rob have history…Six months ago, they were standing in the vestry of a beautiful country church, while best man Rob delivered the news that every bride dreads on their big day.But at the time of year when anything is possible, can Rob and Izzy let go of the past and let Christmas work its magic? Or will this be one holiday wish that Izzy lets walk right out of her life…Winner of the Carina UK #WriteChristmas competitionWhat reviewers are saying about Winter’s Fairytale‘One of my favourite Christmas reads. Maxine Morrey writes the most gorgeous heroes. – Jules Wake, author of Covent Garden in the Snow, on The Christmas Project‘This book was a real wintry treat, with all the snow nicely contrasting with all the warmth the story exuded. I couldn’t help but find myself laughing away or sighing with happiness and I’m so excited to read more from Maxine if this is the kind of feel-good novel she’s capable of. I just want to read it all over again and probably will do in Christmases to come.’ – Sophie at Reviewed the Book‘This is a beautiful fairytale for adults, set in and around Christmas, with a healthy helping of romance… this story draws you in and won't let you go. It is beautifully written, very easy and pleasurable to read.’ – Rachel’s Random Reads‘Fantastic strong characters, along with beautifully descriptive writing enabled me to immerse myself into their world and become a fly on the wall. I love books that transport me to Christmas and make me feel all festive and warm and Winter’s Fairytale certainly delivered for me.’ – Jill Loves to Read

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Автор: Ronja von R?nne

"Ronja von R?nne wischt das Blau vom Himmel." Georg Diez, Der Spiegel "Maja ist nicht tot. Wenn Maja gestorben w?re, h?tte sie mir davor Bescheid gesagt. Solche Dinge haben wir immer abgesprochen." Wenn jemand stirbt, zieht man sich schwarze Kleider an und geht zur Beerdigung. Oder man flieht gemeinsam mit seinen drei Beziehungspartnern und einer Schildkr?te ans Meer. Nora entscheidet sich f?r Letzteres. Als ob Polyamorie helfen w?rde. Als ob Flucht helfen w?rde. Als ob man den D?monen der Vergangenheit so einfach entkommt. "Schnoddrig, ?berlegen, witzig, respektlos – endlich eine neue Stimme in der deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur!" Joachim Lottmann In Noras Heimatdorf geh?rt es sich, den Nachbarn zu gr??en, den Rasen zu m?hen und am Ende des Lebens zu sterben. Dass sich pl?tzlich ausgerechnet Maja, Noras beste Freundin aus Kindheitstagen, an diese althergebrachten Regeln h?lt und einfach stirbt, kann Nora nicht glauben. F?r eine Beerdigung hat Nora ohnehin keine Zeit: Nachts wecken sie Panikattacken, sie muss sich um eine Schildkr?te k?mmern und ihre einst so progressive Beziehung zu viert droht auseinanderzubrechen. Und dann f?hrt auch noch ihr Therapeut in Urlaub. Bis zu seiner R?ckkehr soll Nora ihre Tage in einem Tagebuch dokumentieren. Also berichtet sie, wie sie sich mit Karl, Leonie, Jonas und einem schweigenden Kind ans Meer fl?chtet, um das Verschworene zwischen ihnen zu retten. Doch statt hoffnungsvoller Zukunft dr?ngt sich immer mehr Noras Vergangenheit in den Vordergrund. Es muss doch etwas geben, denken die vier, das sie wieder zusammenzuschwei?en vermag, ein gro?es Fest etwa. Oder ein Mord. "Wir kommen" ist ein radikales Buch, rasend komisch in seiner Verzweiflung und poetisch in seiner Grausamkeit."

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Автор: Агата Кристи

A classic Agatha Christie short story, available individually for the first time as an ebook.A loving nephew installs a radio in his elderly aunt’s house to distract her from her deteriorating health. Through the wireless she hears a voice encouraging her to be ready for her approaching death. The voice called himself Patrick, her husband. But he has been dead for 25 years…

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Автор: Trisha Ashley

The perfect gift isn’t always under the tree…Single mum Cally’s life is all about her little girl Stella. She’s resigned to the fact that the only romance she’s going to get is from the rom-coms she watches, and with her busy job and her daughter, she doesn’t have time to even think about love.But life gets very tough when Stella gets sick. Balancing her job as a recipe writer and looking after Stella is all consuming, so when Cally meets handsome baker Jago the last thing she wants to do is fall in love, especially when she’s been badly burned by a Prince Charming from her past.Can laid-back, charming Jago unlock Cally’s frozen heart and help her find true love and magic under the mistletoe?Come home for Christmas with this gorgeous read, perfect for fans of Katie Fforde and Jill Mansell.

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Автор: Neil Hanson

Touching true stories from the heyday of the Butlin’s holiday camps.‘When I got to the camp I felt as if I’d suddenly walked into Utopia – it was so colourful, so warm, so friendly. There were lights across the roads, there were banners fluttering in the breeze… There seemed to be laughter coming from every building.’With grey post-WWII skies hanging low over Britain, factories lining the streets and smoke stacks dotting the horizon, there was one way that ordinary families could escape: the ever-cheerful holiday camps of Butlin’s.When Billy Butlin founded his holiday camps in 1936, they were bastions of community spirit and havens of luxury. Here, for one week, wives and mothers were freed from the toil and drudgery of housework, children ran free through the grounds, fathers and husbands hung up their work clothes. Ever-helpful redcoats were on hand all hours of the day, dinner halls ready with plentiful food for old and young alike, bars stocked to quench any level of thirst, ballrooms waiting to be flooded with shiny shoes, rustling dresses and peals of laughter. And, as the sun went down on another exhausting, happy day, a chorus line was ready to sing holidaymakers back to their beds.Rich in period detail and highly evocative, Wish You Were Here! follows the lives of seven of the camps’ key figures through the highs and lows of the holiday season: from redcoats searching for stardom to young families who returned year after year, to pensioners who rediscovered an inner youth.The laughter and tears, the loves and losses, and the fun and friendships that have lasted a lifetime – it's all here.Funny, moving and heartwarming, they are tales of swimming pools and sing-a-longs, Glamorous Grannies and bicycle rides, and of a community spirit that burned brightly in a much-loved British institution.

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Автор: Virginia Macgregor

Feather Tucker has two wishes:1)To get her mum healthy again2) To win the Junior UK swimming championshipsWhen Feather comes home on New Year’s Eve to find her mother – one of Britain’s most obese women- in a diabetic coma, she realises something has to be done to save her mum’s life. But when her Mum refuses to co-operate Feather realises that the problems run deeper than just her mum’s unhealthy appetite.Over time, Feather’s mission to help her Mum becomes an investigation. With the help of friends old and new, and the hindrance of runaway pet goat Houdini, Feather’s starting to uncover when her mum’s life began to spiral out of control and why. But can Feather fix it in time for her mum to watch her swim to victory? And can she save her family for good?

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Автор: Блейк Пирс

“EEN KANJER VAN EEN THRILLER EN MYSTERIE. De auteur leverde fantastisch werk af door de psychologische diepgang van haar personages zo waarheidsgetrouw te beschrijven dat het net is alsof we hun gedachten kunnen lezen, hun angsten kunnen meebeleven en hun successen kunnen meevieren. Vol verrassende wendingen houdt dit boek je tot het einde van de laatste pagina wakker.”– Boek- en filmrecensies, Roberto Mattos (re Eens Weg) WIST ZE MAAR (Een Kate Wise Mysterie) is boek # 1 uit de nieuwe psychologische thrillerreeks van de bestsellerauteur Blake Pierce wiens # 1 bestseller EENS WEG (boek # 1) meer dan 1.000 vijfsterrenrecensies ontving. De 55-jarige alleenstaande – en pas gepensioneerde FBI-agent – Kate Wise wordt uit haar rustige voorstedelijke leventje gerukt wanneer de dochter van haar vriendin vermoord in haar woning wordt aangetroffen – en ze gevraagd wordt om te helpen.Kate dacht dat ze de FBI achter zich had gelaten na 30 actieve jaren als topagent, gerespecteerd voor haar briljante geest, ruige straat skills en haar griezelige vermogen om seriemoordenaars op te sporen. Maar Kate krijgt, terwijl ze zich verveelt tijdens haar pensioen, op een kruispunt in haar leven, het verzoek van een vriendin dat ze niet kan weigeren.Terwijl Kate op de moordenaar jaagt en er steeds meer dode lichamen opduiken, komt ze al snel terecht in de voorhoede van een klopjacht naar de moordenaar van schijnbaar gelukkig getrouwde huisvrouwen – en het wordt duidelijk dat er een seriemoordenaar deze rustige voorstad belaagt. Ze ontrafelt de geheimen van de buurt die ze liever niet zou horen en ontdekt dat niet alles is wat het lijkt in de modelstraten van deze nette buurt. Geconfronteerd met affaires en leugens ploetert Kate door de onderbuik van de stad om te voorkomen dat de moordenaar opnieuw toeslaat.Maar deze moordenaar blijft haar steeds een stapje voor en Kate belandt hierdoor in een gevaarlijke situatie.WIST ZE MAAR, een spannende thriller vol met actie is boek # 1 uit de meeslepende nieuwe serie waarmee je tot laat in de nacht de pagina's blijft omslaan. Boek # 2 uit de KATE WISE MYSTERY serie is nu ook beschikbaar als pre-order.

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Автор: Сара Крейвен

Mills & Boon proudly presents THE SARA CRAVEN COLLECTION. Sara’s powerful and passionate romances have captivated and thrilled readers all over the world for five decades making her an international bestseller.Morgana couldn't wish him awayLyall Pentreath van Guisen was a new and unwanted factor in her life. As the only male heir in the ancient but divided Pentreath family, he had inherited their Cornish home.Not only was he from the other branch of the family–he was also ruthless, cunning and used to getting his own way.His taking over their home was bad enough. But Lyall had made it quite clear that he'd like to take her over, as well. Morgana was afraid, but somehow secretly excited….

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Автор: Charles Lambert

24 themed chapters.Each with 10 numbered paragraphs.Each paragraph with precisely 120 words.The sum of a life.In his beautiful and haunting new book, Charles Lambert explores the fragmentary nature of memory, how the piecing together of short recollections can reveal a greater narrative. Through chapters tackling elemental themes such as Sex, Death, and Money, Lambert assembles the narrator’s moving life story. Executed with all the grace and finesse of his previous acclaimed work, this is an incredible artistic achievement, breathtaking in its simplicity yet awe-inspiring in its scope.With cover design by the renowned designer Vaughan Oliver, With a Zero at its Heart is as beautiful to look at as it is to read.

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Автор: Nikki Gemmell

In 2003 Nikki Gemmell created a sensation when, writing under the tag ‘Anonymous’, her novel The Bride Stripped Bare became a literary phenomenon, with its raw and unflinching depiction of female sexuality.Now, years later, Gemmell returns with another tour de force, With My Body, and addresses the question of what is intimacy and whether it is ever truly possible to know another person. It is at once a manifesto of married mothers everywhere and a highly personal story of one woman’s sexual awakening.A wife, comfortably married and with three children, is contemplating middle age along with all the constraints of motherhood. Finding herself numb and locked down in an unending cycle of school runs, laundry and meal times, she cannot at first see a way to live with honesty. Even her husband, whom she loves, has never reached the core of her. Despairing of ever finding a way through her family to her own identity, she returns to the the memory of an old love affair – the consequences of which she has never resolved. She goes back to her past and confronts it, and the result is an exhilarating examination of present-day desire.With My Body is exquisitely raw, emotional and bold, and deeply resonant of the classic French erotic writings of Colette, Nin and Duras – but with a modern and provocative twist.

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Автор: Carla Cassidy

A beautiful amnesiac and a world of ever-growing secrets… FBI agent Ryan Burton spent his days investigating every dark secret in the fog-shrouded village of Raven’s Cliff. His nights were spent protecting a beautiful amnesiac witness. At one time Ryan had been her defender and her lover, but Britta Jakobsen had no recollection of either.For Ryan, safeguarding Britta brought back the past – and the passion – they’d once shared. This time, though, as a curse enshrouded the town and Britta became the focus of a madman’s attention, their reunion was no match for the unpredictable danger that hovered just outside the safehouse door…THE CURSE OF RAVEN’S CLIFF – A small town with sinister secrets…

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Автор: Jessica Andersen

Till death do us part?It had been two years since she’d last come face to face with Luke Freeman – and small-town doctor Roxanne Peters recalled the heartache vividly. Bringing in medical expert Luke was Raven’s Cliff’s best hope of solving a deadly illness and working long hours in close quarters led to sizzling tension between the pair.When Luke’s smouldering gaze met Roxanne’s, it was clear he too remembered all they’d once shared. But can they survive the terrifying outbreak spreading through Raven’s Cliff to make it down the aisle?THE CURSE OF RAVEN’S CLIFF – A small town with sinister secrets…

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Автор: Caroline Anderson

Claire Franklin has been left to bring up her sister's beautiful baby. She's convinced that Patrick Cameron is the father, though he insists that's impossible. Secretly suspecting that his late brother might well be the little girl's father, Patrick still believes it's his duty to care for Claire and baby Jess…As he becomes a permanent fixture in their lives, duty turns to burning attraction for one–and besotted devotion for the other! All thoughts of bachelorhood are replaced by a dream of becoming a husband and a father. But everything is turned upside down when the truth about Jess's paternity finally comes to light…

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