Книгата е част от поредицата "Разследванията на инспектор Гамаш" на Луиз Пени - единствен в света петкратен носител на наградата "Агата Кристи". ... Добре дошли отново в света на брилянтния детектив с необикновен ум и прозорливост - инспектор Арман Гамаш! Пролет е и в идиличното планинско селце Трите бора всичко се пробужда за нов живот. Но април се оказва жесток и безмилостен. Преди да отключи вратите към дългоочаквано ново начало, месецът поднася смърт. Навръх Великден няколко от жителите на селцето се събират в прокълнатото имение на хълма, за да проведат спиритичен сеанс и да очистят старата ... |
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"Злото" е сборник от 13 луди разказа с неповторимо постмодерно сатирично звучене, в които няма и намек за библейското изкупление или пословичната поука. ... В този невероятен и безпощаден сборник разкази, написани изцяло в първо лице и почти винаги от женска гледна точка, Спаркс надига своя силен литературен глас към неизбежното в личния свят на героите си и комбинира това с достатъчно количество особен хумор, необходим да избягаме от настъпващия ужас. С теми, вариращи от мръсни опипвания със съмнителни типове до нездравословна храна, наркотици, болести, алкохол, убийства и психологически проблеми, "Злото& ... |
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Книгата е част от "Индийската поредица" на издателство "Жанет - 45". ... Една зимна сутрин Рей Бхуллар пристига в Индия. Тук е, за да снима филм, но историята ще бъде необикновена, защото и мястото е необикновено. Селото е затвор със свободен режим, обитаван от убийци. Колкото повече напредва престоят на снимачния екип, толкова по-драматични и разтърсващи събития се разгръщат. Крехкото равновесие в селото е нарушено и въпреки наглед добрите намерения на посетителите, животът на затворниците ще бъде изложен на показ безмилостно и унизително, истинският облик на всички участници ще бъде разкрит, а ... |
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"A Cook's Book" is the story of Nigel Slater's life in the kitchen. From the first jam tart Nigel made with his mum standing on a chair trying to reach the Aga, through to what he is cooking now, this is the ultimate Nigel Slater collection brimming with over 200 recipes. He writes about how his cooking has changed from discovering the best way to roast a chicken to the trick to smoky, smooth aubergine mash. He gives the tales behind the recipes and recalls the first time he ate a baguette in Paris, his love of jewel-bright Japanese pickled radishes and his initial slice of buttercream-topped ... |
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The New York Times bestseller from the Grammy-nominated indie rockstar "Japanese Breakfast", an unflinching, deeply moving memoir about growing up mixed-race, Korean food, losing her Korean mother, and forging her own identity in the wake of her loss, which brought her to reclaim the gifts of taste, language, and history her mother had given her. In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humour and heart, she tells of growing up the only Asian-American kid at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of ... |
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Pack your suitcase for the final magical adventure at the Strangeworlds Travel Agency! Flick and Jonathan have faced countless dangers in their roles as part of the Strangeworlds Society and come out alive on the other side. But what do they really know about the Society they are risking their lives for? Why does it exist? Who is Strangeworlds there to protect? And what in the worlds is happening to the multiverse now? With worlds everywhere under threat of collapse and mysteries abounding, it's up to Flick and Jonathan to discover the answers to these questions. And only if they can uncover the secrets of ... |
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"Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old" is a guide to the biggest issue we all face. Ageing - not cancer, not heart disease - is the world's leading cause of death and suffering. What would the world be like if we could cure it? Living disease - free until the age of 100 is achievable within our lifetimes. In prose that is lucid and full of fascinating facts, "Ageless: The New Science of Getting Older Without Getting Old" introduces us to the cutting edge research that is paving the way for this revolution. Computational biologist Andrew Steele explains what occurs ... |
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In an age Brexit and Trump, the themes of isolation and fragmentation permeating the west stand in sharp contrast to events in the east, where ties are being streighthend and mutural cooperation established."No reader will leave "The New Silk Roads" with her sense of the world unchanged." Times Literary Supplement "Frankopan is a brilliant guide to terra incognita." Sunday Times "Frankopan has the gift to perspective - the capacity to see the wood for the trees - which he combines with a Talstoyan knack for weaving little details into the broader sweep of human affairs." Daily ... |
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An interview with the last speaker of a language. A chronicle of the final seven days of a town that is about to be razed to the ground by an invading army. The lonely voyage of an elephant from Kerala to a princess's palace in Morocco. A coterie of international diplomats trapped in near-Earth orbit. Kanishk Tharoor's collection of dazzling stories is furiously inventive, beautifully crafted and remarkably assured. "Swimmer Among the Stars"achieves a hypnotic power. Tharoor's writing has the clarity and imaginative expansiveness of fable.""Sunday Times" "I greatly admired the ... |
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The awesome final step of "The Long Earth" series. Authors of the No. 1 bestseller "The Long Earth". ... 2070-71. Nearly six decades after Step Day and in the Long Earth, the new Next post-human society continues to evolve. For Joshua Valienté, now in his late sixties, it is time to take one last solo journey into the High Meggers: an adventure that turns into a disaster. Alone and facing death, his only hope of salvation lies with a group of trolls. But as Joshua confronts his mortality, the Long Earth receives a signal from the stars. A signal that is picked up by radio astronomers but also in ... |
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Death comes first... ... You wait, desperately, for news of your daughter. At last, the door opens. But it is not the negotiators, or the FBI. It is her kidnapper. And he has a gun... Two days ago, life was normal. How did it end like this? Every crime scene begins at the end. To know what happened, you must work backwards, piecing together the events that came before. The ultimate thriller writer, Jeffery Deaver puts your brain - and your nerves - to the ultimate test with "The October list", in a masterful mystery that unfolds from the end back to the beginning with many a breath-taking twist along the way. ... |
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"Империя" ни води на увлекателно пътешествие от опиумните полета на Китай до далечна Африка... ... Дали Британската империя е управлявала своите колонии справедливо? Вярвате ли, че е "цивилизовала" успешно диваците от далечните земи? На тези и много други въпроси отговаря известният писател и журналист на BBC - Джеръми Паксман . Новият роман на Паксман се фокусира върху историята на Британската империя, а по мотиви от него BBC заснема и успешен сериал. Имперският дух се усеща навсякъде, от самото съществуване на Обединеното кралство до етническото разнообразие в нейните градове. То се отразява на ... |
