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Подлинная история о материнском мужестве в книге, всколыхнувшей всю Францию! На Мари-Лору Пика обрушился страшный диагноз - рак. Четверо детей, младшей - всего два года... Как объяснить им, что очень скоро она исчезнет из их жизни? Терзаемая вопросом, что станет c детьми, она сама находит им приемных родителей, но... Только судья - и только после ее смерти! - решит их судьбу. В своей отчаянной бор...
В эту книгу вошли рассказы, повести и эссе знаменитого американского писателя Г.Миллера. Главной темой его эссеистики стали судьбы художников прошлого и настоящего, таких новаторов и бунтарей, как Винсент Ван Гог и Артюр Рембо, биографии которого автор посвятил одну из самых известных своих книг `Время убийц`. На страницах повестей и рассказов Миллер с чувством светлой ностальгии воскрешает эпизод...
"Ah, life- the thing that happens to us while we're off somewhere else blowing on dandelions & wishing ourselves into the pages of our favorite fairy tales." A poetry collection divided into four different parts: the princess, the damsel, the queen, & you. the princess, the damsel, & the queen piece together the life of the author in three stages, while you serves as a note to the reader &...
"Мне хотелось бы подарить читателю нечто большее, чем томик, содержащий ряд замечательных свидетельств величия человеческого сердца. Хотелось бы подарить ему мир… чуть было не написал "воспоминаний ". Но этот мир - живой, он вечно живой и сегодняшний, в нем и сейчас наслаждаются тишиной долгого пастушеского дня Дафнис и Хлоя, и ищет Изольду Тристан, и помнит чудное мгновение Пушкин. Иногда этот ми...
From the editor-in-chief of io9.com, a stunning novel about the end of the world--and the beginning of our future Childhood friends Patricia Delfine and Laurence Armstead didn't expect to see each other again, after parting ways under mysterious circumstances during high school. After all, the development of magical powers and the invention of a two-second time machine could hardly fail to alar...
As a child, Coriel Halsing spent many glorious summers at Castle Auburn with her half-sister-and fell in love with a handsome prince who could never be hers. But now that she is a young woman, she begins to see the dark side of this magical place...
«Распятый на кресте нечистыми руками,Меж двух разбойников Сын божий умирал.Кругом мучители нестройными толпами,У ног рыдала мать; девятый час настал:Он предал дух Отцу. И тьма объяла землю.И гром гремел, и, гласу гнева внемля,Евреи в страхе пали ниц…И дрогнула земля, разверзлась тьма гробниц,И мертвые, восстав, явилися живыми…»
Литературная деятельность С.Я.Надсона продолжалась всего девять лет - талантливый поэт безвременно погиб в 24-летнем возрасте. В поэзии Надсона, глубоко искренней и задушевной, запечатлен не только образ самого поэта, но и строй мыслей и чувств целого поколения - людей 80-х годов XIX века. Именно это обеспечило Надсону громадный успех у современников. В настоящий сборник, являющийся наиболее полны...
«Последняя ночь Дон Жуана» — посвящена проблемам любви и страсти. Это суд разгневанных женщин, обольщенных и брошенных героем француженок – представительниц разных сословий, возрастов, типов красоты…
When her sister Patty died, Jenna blamed herself. When Jenna died, she blamed herself for that, too. Unfortunately Jenna died too soon. Living or dead, every soul is promised a certain amount of time, and when Jenna passed she found a heavy debt of time in her record. Unwilling to simply steal that time from the living, Jenna earns every day she leeches with volunteer work at a suicide prevention...
Рассказы писателя-сатирика Бориса Ласкина хорошо известны читателям по таким сборникам, как "Душа общества", "Спасибо за внимание!", "Лабиринт", "Дом молодоженов" и др., а также по журнальным и газетным публикациям. В эту его книгу вошли произведения, раскрывающие богатство тем, волнующих писателя, своеобразие его юмора. Книга еще раз продемонстрирует острую наблюдательность Б.Ласкина, его умени...
Frozen meets The Bloody Chamber in this feminist fantasy reimagining of the Snow White fairytale At sixteen, Mina's mother is dead, her magician father is vicious, and her silent heart has never beat with love for anyone—has never beat at all, in fact, but she’d always thought that fact normal. She never guessed that her father cut out her heart and replaced it with one of glass. When she moves...
Perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella's Finding Audrey and Nicola Yoon's Everything, Everything, this is the poignant and uplifting story of Maeve, who is dealing with anxiety while falling in love with a girl who is not afraid of anything.
The twelfth installment of the Hugo-nominated, New York Times-bestselling Toby Daye urban fantasy series! Things are not okay. In the aftermath of Amandine's latest betrayal, October "Toby" Daye's fragile self-made family is on the verge of coming apart at the seams. Jazz can't sleep, Sylvester doesn't want to see her, and worst of all, Tybalt has withdrawn from her entirely, retreating into...
After graduation, Kieran expected to go straight into a career of flipping burgers—only to be offered the internship of his dreams at a political campaign. But the pressure of being an out trans man in the workplace quickly sucks the joy out of things, as does Seth, the humorless campaign strategist who watches his every move. Soon, the only upside to the job is that Seth has a painful crush on...
A Newflesh novella from the New York Times bestselling author that brought you Feed, Mira Grant. Shaun and Georgia Mason got out. That's the story people tell, anyway. They told the truth and they lived happily ever after, somewhere in the wilds of Canada. But running away is complicated, and when circumstances face them to return to what they left behind, they'll have to face the conse...
The universe is a glitterball I hold in the palm of my hand. Once the golden boy of the English literary scene, now a clinically depressed writer of pulp crime fiction, Ash Winters has given up on love, hope, happiness, and—most of all—himself. He lives his life between the cycles of his illness, haunted by the ghosts of other people’s expectations. Then a chance encounter at a stag party th...
Danny Tozer has a problem: she just inherited the powers of Dreadnought, the world’s greatest superhero. Until Dreadnought fell out of the sky and died right in front of her, Danny was trying to keep people from finding out she’s transgender. But before he expired, Dreadnought passed his mantle to her, and those secondhand superpowers transformed Danny’s body into what she’s always thought it s...
Vlog star Renard Grant has nothing to prove: he’s got a pretty face, chiseled body, and two million adoring video subscribers. Plus the scars on his chest and a prescription for testosterone. Because Ren is transgender: assigned female at birth, living now as male. He films his transition and shares it bravely with the world; his fans love his honesty and positivity. But Ren has been living a d...
Ariah's magical training has been interrupted. Forced to rely on a mentor, Dirva, who is not who he claims to be, and a teacher who is foreign and powerful, Ariah is drawn into a culture wholly different from the elven one that raised him. As his friendship with Dirva's brother blossoms into a surprising romance, and he slowly learns how to control the dangerous magic in his blood, li...
An edgy, sexy USA TODAY bestseller about falling for the one person you can’t have. Maise O’Malley just turned eighteen, but she’s felt like a grown-up her entire life. The summer before senior year, she has plans: get into a great film school, convince her mom to go into rehab, and absolutely do not, under any circumstances, screw up her own future. But life has a way of throwing her plans int...
