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Dolores Claiborne

King Stephen, 1996

By her own account she's an old Yankee bitch, Dolores Claiborne: foul temper, foul mouth, foul life. Folks on Little Tall Island have been waiting thirty years to find out just what happened on the eerie dark day her husband, Joe, died — the day of the total eclipse. The police want to know what happened yesterday, when rich, bedridden Vera Donovan, the island's grande dame sans merci and Dolores's longtime employer, died suddenly in her care. With no choice but to talk, Dolores Claiborne talks up a storm. Everything I did, I did for love, she says, and this spellbinding novel is at once her confession and her defense. Given a voice as compelling as any in contemporary fiction, her story centers on a disintegrating marriage's molten core, where the mind's unblinking eye becomes huge with hate and a woman's heart turns murderous. It unfolds the strange intimacy between Dolores and Vera, and the link that binds them. It shows, finally, how fierce love can be, and how dreadful its consequences. And how the soul, harrowed by the hardest life, can achieve a kind of grace. Подробнее

Gerald's Game

King Stephen, 2001

Stephen King cranks up the suspense in a different kind of bedtime story. A game of seduction between a husband and wife goes horribly awry when the husband suddenly dies. But the wife's nightmare has just begun. Подробнее

The Godfather

Puzo Mario, 2001

With its brilliant and brutal portrayal of the Corleone family, The Godfather instantly burned its way into our national consciousness — and became one of the bestselling books in publishing history. Now this unforgettable saga of crime and corruption, passion and loyalty continues to stand the test of time, as the definitive novel of the Mafia underworld. Подробнее

Heretics of Dune

Herbert Frank, 1996

With millions of copies sold worldwide, Frank Herbert's magnificent Dune books stand among the major achievements of the human imagination. The planet Arrakis—now called Rakis— is becoming desert again. The Lost Ones are returning home from the far reaches of space. The great sandworms are dying. And the children of Dune's children awaken from empire as from a dream, wielding the new power of a heresy called love... «A monumental piece of imaginative architecture... indisputably magical.» Подробнее

Hocus Pocus

Vonnegut Kurt, 1991

Tarkington College, a small, exclusive college in upstate New York, is turned upside down when ten thousand prisoners from the maximum security prison across Lake Mahiga break out and head for the college. Подробнее

Insomnia

King Stephen, 2008

Ralph Roberts hasn't been sleeping well lately. Every morning he wakes just a little bit earlier until pretty soon, he isn't sleeping at all. It wouldn't be so bad if not for the strange hallucinations — and the nightmares that keep coming to life. Подробнее

It

King Stephen, 1992

It's a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry, the haunting is real... They were just kids when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But none of them can withstand the force that has drawn them back to Derry to face the nightmare without an end, and the evil without a name. Подробнее

Lady With Little Dog and Other Stories

Chekhov Anton, 2004

In the final years of his life, Chekhov had reached the height of his powers as a dramatist, and also produced some of the stories that rank among his masterpieces. The poignant The Lady with the Little Dog and About Love examine the nature of love outside of marriage — its romantic idealism and the fear of disillusionment. And in stories such as Peasants, The House with the Mezzanine and My Life Chekhov paints a vivid picture of the conditions of the poor and of their powerlessness in the face of exploitation and hardship. With the works collected here, Chekhov moved away from the realism of his earlier tales — developing a broader range of characters and subject matter, while forging the spare minimalist style that would inspire such modern short-story writers as Hemingway and Faulkner. Подробнее

The Long Walk

King Stephen, 2001

On the first day of May, 100 teenage boys meet for an event known throughout the country as «The Long Walk.» If you break the rules, you get three warnings. If you exceed your limit, what happens is absolutely terrifying. Reissue. Подробнее

Misery

King Stephen, 2005

Paul Sheldon. He’s a bestselling novelist who has finally met his biggest fan. Her name is Annie Wilkes and she is more than a rabid reader—she is Paul’s nurse, tending his shattered body after an automobile accident. But she is also his captor, keeping him prisoner in her isolated house. Now Annie wants Paul to write his greatest work—just for her. She has a lot of ways to spur him on. One is a needle. Another is an ax. And if they don’t work, she can get really nasty. Подробнее

Mrs: Mcginty's Dead

Christie Agatha, 2000

Well, it's no wonder. The plot-suspicion for an elderly woman's murder falls on her mysterious lodger — is from Agatha Christie. The wonderful character happens to be the world's most famous sleuth, Hercule Poirot. Подробнее

Murder at Vicarage

Christie Agatha, 2000

The classic mystery that introduced Miss Jane Marple Miss Jane Marpleas passion for gossip leads to the investigation of a local manas murder. The victim was not liked in the least, and his death isnat raising eyebrows. But his recently revealed secrets are. Подробнее

Needful Things

King Stephen, 2002

Needful Things was fantastic. I'm sorry I haven't read any other Stephen King books — this is the first Stephen King novel I've ever read, not counting On Writing. Although labeled as a horror writer, Stephen King goes beyond giving his readers goose bumps. Beyond the blood and gore lie very human stories of love, hate — and redemption Подробнее

Neuromancer

Gibson William, 1995

Case was the sharpest data thief in the Matrix, until an ex-employer crippled his nervous system. Now a new employer has recruited him for a last-chance run against an unthinkably powerful artificial intelligence. With a mirror-eyed girl street-samurai riding shotgun, he's ready for the silicon-quick, bleakly prophetic adventure that upped the ante on an entire genre of fiction. Подробнее

Notes From Underground

Dostoevsky F.M., 2004

This collection showcases Dostoyevsky's evolving outlook on man's fate. The compelling works presented here were written at distinct periods in the author's life, at decisive moments in his groping for a political philosophy and a religious answer. Includes: Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dreams of a Ridiculous Man, and selections from The House of the Dead. Подробнее

Pattern Recognition

Gibson William, 2005

The accolades and acclaim are endless for William Gibson's coast-to-coast bestseller. Set in the post-9/11 present, Pattern Recognition is the story of one woman's never-ending search for the now. Подробнее

The Pearl

Steinbeck John, 2002

»There it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon.» Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls from the gulf beds that once brought great wealth to the Kings of Spain and now provide Kino, Juana, and their infant son with meager subsistence. Then, on a day like any other, Kino emerges from the sea with a pearl as large as a sea gull's egg, as «perfect as the moon.» With the pearl comes hope, the promise of comfort and of security... A story of classic simplicity, based on a Mexican folk tale, «The Pearl» explores the secrets of man's nature, the darkest depths of evil, and the luminous possibilities of love. Подробнее

Poems By Robert Frost

Frost Robert, 2001

The publication of A Boy's Will (1913) and North of Boston (1914) marked the debut of Robert Frost as a major talent and established him as the true poetic voice of New England. Four of his volumes would win the Pulitzer Prize before his death in 1963, and his body of work has since become an integral part of the American national heritage. This is the only edition to present these two classics in their original form. A Boy's Will introduced readers to Frost's unmistakable poetic voice, and in North of Boston, we find two of his most famous poems, «Mending Wall» and «The Death of the Hired Man.» With an introduction by distinguished critic and Amherst professor William H. Pritchard, a new afterword by poet and critic Peter Davison, and a newly updated bibliography, this edition stands as a complete and vital introduction to the work of the quintessential modern American poet. Подробнее

Pygmalion and My Fair Lady

George Bernard Shaw, 2006

Based upon the Greek myth of the sculptor Pygmalion who fell in love with his own statue of a woman, George Bernard Shaw's celebrated play-and the musical adaptation by Alan Jay Lerner-feature phonetics professor Henry Higgins who transformed cockney flower girl Eliza into a lady. Подробнее

Red Cavalry and Other Stories

Babel Isaac, 2005

Throughout his life Isaac Babel was torn by opposing forces, by the desire both to remain faithful to his Jewish roots and yet to be free of them. This duality of vision infuses his work with a powerful energy from the earliest tales including Old Shloyme and Childhood, which affirm his Russian-Jewish childhood, to the relatively non-Jewish world of his collection of stories entitled Red Cavalry. Babel's masterpiece, Red Cavalry is the most dramatic expression of his dualism and in his simultaneous acceptance and rejection of his heritage heralds the great American-Jewish writers from Henry Roth to Saul Bellow and Philip Roth. Подробнее

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