Американская литература - стр.406
A terrorist bomber threatens Minneapolis during the run-up to the Aquatennial. None of the Post-Cogs can get a fix on him: whenever the bomber arrives, the timelines get corrupted. Cassie has other problems, too. No one will hire her because of how she came into her abilities. Her life of bliss with her girlfriend Sam has soured. She's even fighting with Chinaman Joe. When Cassie discovers ...
"В наше время" - сборник рассказов Эрнеста Хемингуэя. Каждая глава включает краткий эпизод, который, в некотором роде, относится к следующему рассказу. Сборник был опубликован в 1925 году и ознаменовал американский дебют Хемингуэя.
A provocative glimpse into the mind of America's foremost drag queen includes the inside story of how he rose to stardom as a supermodel, plus beauty tips and more than fifty black-and-white photographs.
Professionally, Dr. Alec Johnson has almost reached his goals. As this year’s recipient of a humanitarian award with his ex, Dr. Tyler Hall, Alec’s work with the homeless is about to be recognized. Unfortunately, his personal life sucks because now he has to attend several events alongside Tyler—with his ex’s new boyfriend in tow. In an attempt to lift his mood and break out of his rut, Alec purch...
Торговый агент Уокер никак не может заключить сделку по продаже программного обеспечения с насекомоподобными обитателями планеты. Он встречается с единственным потенциальным покупателем уже две недели, его переводчик барахлит, осталось совсем немного денег. Почему же контракт не подписывают? И что значит это постоянное «Тк'Тк'тк»? © august
King Kong remains one of the most enduring icons of American popular culture - a massively destructive but curiously sympathetic giant gorilla whose rampage through New York City suggests, on a psychological level, the re-emergence of repressed desire. This novelization captures the pathos, drama, and horror of this story of the beast who loved a human beauty. The action begins with the controvers...
Как же ей надоели эти деревья, почему же нет тумблера, способного выключить их. Впрочем, все же найдя его, Марианна обнаруживает еще одну кнопку...
В третий том шеститомного собрания сочинений американского журналиста и писателя Ф. Нибела включен роман «Ночь в Кэмп Дэвиде», в котором президент США сходит с ума, чуть не вызвав ядерную войну; и о возможности применения 25-й поправки к Конституции США.
An Apache hit man arrives in Paradise to find a missing girl and snuff out her mother. But his conscience is getting the best of him. If he doesn?t make the hit, he?ll pay for it. So might Jesse Stone, who?s been enlisted to protect them all.
«Пагоды Сибура» - прелестный образчик исторической фантазии о детстве композитора Мориса Равеля и пагодах из французского фольклора. Пагоды - волшебные создания, встречающиеся в старинных французских сказках, наполняющие дремучие леса чарующими звуками своей музыки. Рассказ был опубликован в сборнике «Зеленый человек: Сказки волшебных лесов» и в 2002 году получил премию «Небьюла».
Larry Baker, a fun-loving, women-chasing, TV Gag writer, finds out that murder can be a serious business. When the gaunt hood walked into the room and said "Charlie sent me," and beat up Eddie Sackville, top rated TV comedian, he started a gruesome events for script-writer Larry Bake which started with murder and finished with murder....
It was a bright and shiny Beverly Hills afternoon when Shell Scott opened his door to find intrigue laying at the foot of his apartment ...in the form of a corpse! Just another day in the sun for the private eye with a nose for danger. He's got to dodge bullets and bounce Beverly Hills beauties in his search for the thug that interrupted his afternoon nap before someone puts him to sleep perm...
ENGAGED TO A NIGHTMARE When Norda Allison sees her husband-to-be slap his young son, she immediately calls off the wedding. Now she is terrified. Her ex-fiance has beat up her new boyfriend. Anonymous newspaper clippings are flooding her mailbox--articles graphically depicting what jilted men do to the women who leave them. Then Norda's life takes an even darker turn. It begins with a barkin...
AXE might have let the small North African republic boil in its own bloodbath if it had not been for the "Cockeye". The "Cockeye" was the stolen missile, the deadliest weapon in NATO's nuclear arsenal. Nick Carter's assignment was to walk into this desert hell, alone, find the missile, and destroy it
Danny Boyd knows his figures and the sexy swinger with the cool millions adds up to murder. Times two!
Flying to Hong Kong to purchase a microfilmed list more important then twenty nuclear secrets. Killmaster found the seller dead, the film vanished, and an international squad of killers waiting for him.
