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The Silent Speaker

Rex Stout, 2009

When a powerful government official scheduled to speak to a group of millionaires turns up dead, the business world clamors for a solution, and Nero Wolfe takes the case. Подробнее

Sister Carrie

Theodore Dreiser, 2008

»American writing, before and after Dreiser's time, differed almost as much as biology before and after Darwin», said H.L. Mencken. Sister Carrie, Dreiser's great first novel, transformed the conventional «fallen woman» story into a bold and truly innovative piece of fiction when it appeared in 1900. Naive young Caroline Meeber, a small-town girl seduced by the lure of the modern city, becomes the mistress of a traveling salesman and then of a saloon manager, who elopes with her to New York. Both its subject matter and Dreiser's unsparing, nonjudgmental approach made Sister Carrie a controversial book in its time, and the work retains the power to shock readers today. «Sister Carrie came to housebound and airless America like a great free Western wind, and to our stuffy domesticity gave us the first fresh air since Mark Twain and Whitman», noted Sinclair Lewis. «Dreiser enlarged, willy-nilly, by a kind of historical accident if The Modern Library has played a significant role in American cultural life for the better part of a century. The series was founded in 1917 by the publishers Boni and Liveright and eight years later acquired by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer. It provided the foundation for their next publishing venture, Random House. The Modern Library has been a staple of the American book trade, providing readers with affordable hardbound editions of important works of literature and thought. For the Modern Library's seventy-fifth anniversary, Random House redesigned the series, restoring as its emblem the running torch-bearer created by Lucian Bernhard in 1925 and refurbishing jackets, bindings, and type, as well as inaugurating a new program of selecting titles. The Modern Library continues to provide the world's best books, at the best prices. «From the Hardcover edition. Подробнее

Solomon vs Lord

Paul Levine, 2005

When a high-profile murder trial throws two of Miami's hottest attorneys together, sparks fly in this «terrific courtroom drama that's also funny as hell». Подробнее

Spider-Man

Peter David, 2008

It begins with an orphan named Peter Parker, raised by his beloved Aunt May and Uncle Ben in Queens, New York. A quiet student, he works diligently at his studies and pines for the beautiful Mary Jane Watson. But this ordinary teenage boy is about to have his life turned upside down, when he is bitten by a genetically altered spider. Suddenly, he finds himself possessed of spectacular powers. He is now and forever Spider-Man! Follow Spider-Man's action-packed journey, from his struggle to harness the extraordinary gifts that will prove to be both blessing and curse, to his fight to save innocent lives while the media tears him to pieces. It all leads up to his ultimate battle high above New York streets, against the death-dealing madman known as the Green Goblin. While the city watches helplessly and countless lives hang in the balance, Spider-Man confronts his archnemesis, and the Goblin puts Spider-Man's vow to fight crime to the ultimate test... Подробнее

Stalin

Edvard Radzinsky, 1997

From the author of “The Last Tsar”, the first full-scale life of Stalin to have what no previous biography has entirely gotten hold of: the facts. Granted privileged access to Russia's secret archives, Edvard Radzinsky paints a picture of the Soviet strongman as more calculating, ruthless, and blood-crazed than has ever been described or imagined. Stalin was a man for whom power was all, terror a useful weapon, and deceit a constant companion. As Radzinsky narrates the high drama of Stalin's epic quest for domination-first within the Communist Party, then over the Soviet Union and the world-he uncovers the startling truth about this most enigmatic of historical figures. Only now, in the post-Soviet era, can what was suppressed be told: Stalin's long-denied involvement with terrorism as a young revolutionary; the crucial importance of his misunderstood, behind-the-scenes role during the October Revolution; his often hostile relationship with Lenin; the details of his organization of terror, culminating in the infamous show trials of the 1930s; his secret dealings with Hitler, and how they backfired; and the horrifying plans he was making before his death to send the Soviet Union's Jews to concentration camps-tantamount to a potential second Holocaust. Radzinsky also takes an intimate look at Stalin's private life, marked by his turbulent relationship with his wife Nadezhda, and recreates the circumstances that led to her suicide. As he did in “The Last Tsar”, Radzinsky thrillingly brings the past to life. The Kremlin intrigues, the ceaseless round of double-dealing and back-stabbing, the private worlds of the Soviet Empire's ruling class-all become, in Radzinsky's hands, as gripping and powerful as the great Russian sagas. And the riddle of that most cold-blooded of leaders, a man for whom nothing was sacred in his pursuit of absolute might — and perhaps the greatest mass murderer in Western history — is solved. Подробнее

Star Wars: Medstar 1: Battle Surgeons

Michael Reaves, 2004

The first part of a new Clone Wars duet features a group of embattled medics on the planet Drongar who struggle to save lives in the midst of the devastating conflict around them. Подробнее

Star Wars: Medstar 2: Jedi Healer

Michael Reaves, 2004

The second installment of a Clone Wars-period duology featuring embattled medics struggling to save lives is set between the events of the films «Episode II: Attack of the Clones» and the upcoming «Episode III». Подробнее

Star Wars: New Jedi Force: Unifying Force

James Luceno, 2004

The Yuuzhan Vong are poised to conquer the galaxy and Luke, Mara, and Jacen are missing in unknown space in this climactic finale of the 19-book New Jedi Order series. Подробнее

Star Wars: Survivor's Quest

Timothy Zahn, 2004

Now in paperback — a thrilling, classic, stand-alone novel by the bestselling «Star Wars» author of all time. Luke and Mara Jade Skywalker come face to face with a shocking past on a mission to salvage a piece of Jedi history. Подробнее

Star Wars: Tatooine Ghost

Troy Denning, 2004

On a crucial mission, Han and Leia Solo face fortune-hunting marauders, Imperial enemies, and dark secrets about Leia's father on Tatooine. Подробнее

The Street Lawyer

John Grisham, 1999

Michael was in a hurry. He was scrambling up the ladder at Drake & Sweeney, a giant D.C. firm with eight hundred lawyers. The money was good and getting better; a partnership was three years away. He was a rising star with no time to waste, no time to stop, no time to toss a few coins into the cups of panhandlers. No time for a conscience. But a violent encounter with a homeless man stopped him cold. Michael survived; his assailant did not. Who was this man? Michael did some digging, and learned that he was a mentally ill veteran who'd been in and out of shelters for many years. Then Michael dug a little deeper, and found a dirty secret, and the secret involved Drake & Sweeney. The fast track derailed; the ladder collapsed. Michael bolted from the firm and took a top-secret file with him. He landed in the streets, an advocate for the homeless, a street lawyer. And a thief. Подробнее

The Summons

John Grisham, 2003

Once Judge Atlee was a powerful figure in Clanton, Mississippi — a pillar of the community who towered over local law and politics for forty years. Now the judge is a shadow of his former self, a sick, lonely old man who has withdrawn to his sprawling ancestral home. Knowing the end is near, Judge Atlee has issued a summons for his two sons to return to Clanton to discuss his estate. Ray Atlee is the eldest, a Virginia law professor, newly single and still enduring the aftershocks of a surprise divorce. Forrest is Ray's younger brother, who redefines the notion of a family's black sheep. The summons is typed by the judge himself, on his handsome old stationery, and gives the date and time for Ray and Forrest to appear in his study. Ray reluctantly heads south to his hometown, to the place where he grew up and now prefers to avoid. But the family meeting does not take place. The judge dies too soon, and in doing so leaves behind a shocking secret known only to Ray. And perhaps someone else. Подробнее

The Sword of Honour Trilogy

Evelyn Waugh, 1994

This trilogy of novels about World War II, largely based on his own experiences as an army officer, is the crowning achievement of Evelyn Waugh's career. Its central character is Guy Crouchback, head of an ancient but decayed Catholic family, who at first discovers new purpose in the challenge to defend Christian values against Nazi barbarism, but then gradually finds the complexities and cruelties of war too much for him. Yet, though often somber, the «Sword of Honour» trilogy is also a brilliant comedy, peopled by the fantastic figures so familiar from Waugh's early satires. The deepest pleasures these novels afford come from observing a great satiric writer employ his gifts with extraordinary subtlety, delicacy, and human feeling, for purposes that are ultimately anything but satiric. Подробнее

Tarzan of the Apes

Edgar Burroughs, 2003

An English boy raised by a community of apes in the jungles of Africa encounters other human beings for the first time. Подробнее

The Templar Legacy

Steve Berry, 2007

The ancient order of the Knights Templar possessed untold wealth and absolute power over kings and popes — until the Inquisition, when they were wiped from the face of the Earth. Now two forces vying for the treasure learn that the Knights' true nature could change the modern world in this «New York Times» bestseller. Подробнее

Thank You for Smoking

Christopher Buckley, 2006

Nobody blows smoke like Nick Naylor. He's a spokesman for the Academy of Tobacco Studies — in other words, a flack for cigarette companies, paid to promote their product on talk and news shows. The problem? He's so good at his job, so effortlessly unethical, that he's become a target for both anti-tobacco terrorists and for the FBI. In a country where half the people want to outlaw pleasure and the other want to sell you a disease, what will become of the original Puff Daddy? Подробнее

Three Doors to Death

Rex Stout, 1995

One by one they knocked on Nero Wolfe's door, each with a case more perplexing than the last: a suicide victim who turns up alive, only to be murdered anew; a murder victim's family who provides his killer with an alibi; and a master horticulturalist who finds the woman of his dreams — dead and cooling in his hothouse. Подробнее

A Time to Kill

John Grisham, 2003

In this searing courtroom drama, best-selling author John Grisham probes the savage depths of racial violence... as he delivers a compelling tale of uncertain justice in a small southern town... Clanton, Mississippi. The life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young man. The mostly white town reacts with shock and horror at the inhuman crime. Until her black father acquires an assault rifle — and takes justice into his own outraged hands. For ten days, as burning crosses and the crack of sniper fire spread through the streets of Clanton, the nation sits spellbound as young defense attorney Jake Brigance struggles to save his client's life... and then his own... Подробнее

Toxic Bachelors

Danielle Steel, 2006

Steel explores the perils of dating, relationships, and love within the intoxicating, infuriating world of three charming single men, also known as Toxic Bachelors. Подробнее

Transformers

Alan Dean Foster, 2007

The «New York Times» bestselling author of the Pip & Flinx series delivers the official novelization of the eagerly anticipated, live-action, motion picture adaptation of «Transformers» by DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures. Подробнее

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