Ian Rankin - The Black Book It all happened because John Rebus was in his favorite Edinburgh massage parlour reading the Bible... So opens the latest Rebus mystery and within a few pages the hapless Rebus has lost a lover, found an unwanted brother, been reacquaintedwith a dangerous ghost from the past, and witnessed the black comedy of life in a blood soaked Edinburgh butcher's shop. Or as Rebus puts it, 'just one of those weeks'.
Set in a small Portuguese village, Alentejo Blue is a story of displacement and modernization told through the lives of the locals and of people who are just passing through. The residents of Mamarrosa whose ancestors occupy the graveyards are restless and struggle to make a living. They watch as tourists and expats move in. Monica Ali's characters are profoundly sympathetic. Her understanding of their dreams, desires, and disappointments is rare and moving. Alentejo Blue is evidence that Monica Ali is one of the most gifted voices of her generation.
The year is 1896, the place, New York City. On a cold March night New York Times reporter John Schuyler Moore is summoned to the East River by his friend and former Harvard classmate Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a psychologist, or "alienist." On the unfinished Williamsburg Bridge, they view the horribly mutilated body of an adolescent boy, a prostitute from one of Manhattan's infamous brothels.
Счастливый принц.Оскар Уайльд.Сборник сказок(на английском и русском языках)
На творчестве Оскара Уайльда воспитывалось не одно поколение читателей во всем мире. Оно одинаково любимо детьми и взрослыми. Продолжая традицию Андерсена, Уайльд создал чудесные истории, в которых есть и волшебство, и тонкий юмор, и грусть. О самом сложном — творчестве, жизни и красоте — Уайльд пишет в сказках с изысканной простотой.
BBC Radioshow Set in a small town in Switzerland, The Pledge centers around the murder of a young girl and the detective who promises the victim’s mother he will find the perpetrator. After deciding the wrong man has been arrested for the crime, the detective lays a trap for the real killer—with all the patience of a master fisherman. But cruel turns of plot conspire to make him pay dearly for his pledge. Here Friedrich Dürrenmatt conveys his brilliant ear for dialogue and a devastating sense of timing and suspense. Joel Agee’s skilled translation effectively captures the various voices in the original, as well as its chilling conclusion.
