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Когда исследовательская экспедиция в Антарктику проваливается, это событие имеет далеко идущие последствия - для вовлеченных в нее людей и для их семей на родине • Роберт "Док" Райт, ветеран полевых работ в Антарктике, обладает ключами к разгадке произошедшего, но он больше не в состоянии поделиться ими. В то время как Анна, его жена, осваивает свою новую жизнь в качестве сиделки, Роберт вынужден осваивать совершенно новый способ существования в мире • Отмеченный наградами романист Джон Макгрегор возвращается с потрясающим романом "Опора", который завораживающе и нежно раскрывает понятие героизма и исследует неукротимый человеческий порыв рассказывать свои истории - даже когда нам не хватает слов. Размышление о грани между самопожертвованием и эгоизмом - это история о недооцененном, непризнанном мужестве, которое может потребоваться просто для того, чтобы пережить этот день

On a cold, quiet day between Christmas and the New Year, a man's body is found in an abandoned apartment. His friends look on, but they're dead, too. Their bodies found in squats and sheds and alleyways across the city. Victims of a bad batch of heroin, they're in the shadows, a chorus keeping vigil as the hours pass, paying their own particular homage as their friend's body is taken away, examined, investigated, and cremated • All of their stories are laid out piece by broken piece through a series of fractured narratives. We meet Robert, the deceased, the only alcoholic in a sprawling group of junkies; Danny, just back from uncomfortable holidays with family, who discovers the body and futiley searches for his other friends to share the news of Robert's death; Laura, Robert's daughter, who stumbles into the junky's life when she moves in with her father after years apart; Heather, who has her own place for the first time since she was a teenager; Mike, the Falklands War vet; and all the others

Midwinter in the early years of this century. A teenage girl on holiday has gone missing in the hills at the heart of England. The villagers are called up to join the search, fanning out across the moors as the police set up roadblocks and a crowd of news reporters descends on their usually quiet home • But the aftershocks of Becky Shaw’s disappearance have origins long before then, and those in the village have losses, and secrets, and stories of their own… • A woman remembers a son’s inexperience – and a father’s rage; a young wife pushes against the boundaries of her marriage, whilst an older one finds ways to ensure the survival of hers. A hunt for a birthday present takes an alarming turn, and a teenage game grows serious • Fresh hurts open old wounds, salvation comes from unexpected quarters and chance encounters release long-buried memories

On a street in a town in the North of England, ordinary people are going through the motions of their everyday existence - street cricket, barbecues, painting windows… A young man is in love with a neighbour who does not even know his name. An old couple make their way up to the nearby bus stop. But then a terrible event shatters the quiet of the early summer evening. That this remarkable and horrific event is only poignant to those who saw it, not even meriting a mention on the local news, means that those who witness it will be altered for ever • Jon McGregor's first novel brilliantly evokes the histories and lives of the people in the street to build up an unforgettable human panorama. Breathtakingly original, humane and moving, If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things is an astonishing debut

David Carter cannot help but wish for more: that his wife Eleanor would be the sparkling girl he once found so irresistible; that his job as a museum curator could live up to the promise it once held; that his daughter's arrival could have brought him closer to Eleanor. But a few careless words spoken by his mother's friend have left David restless with the knowledge that his whole life has been constructed around a lie

Midwinter in the early years of this century. A teenage girl on holiday has gone missing in the hills at the heart of England. The villagers are called up to join the search, fanning out across the moors as the police set up roadblocks and a crowd of news reporters descends on their usually quiet home • Meanwhile, there is work that must still be done: cows milked, fences repaired, stone cut, pints poured, beds made, sermons written, a pantomime rehearsed • The search for the missing girl goes on, but so does everyday life. As it must • An extraordinary novel of cumulative power and grace, Reservoir 13 explores the rhythms of the natural world and the repeated human gift for violence, unfolding over thirteen years as the aftershocks of a stranger’s tragedy refuse to subside

Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience – classics which will endure for generations to come • On a street in a town in the North of England, ordinary people are going through the motions of their everyday existence – street cricket, barbecues, painting windows… A young man is in love with a neighbour who does not even know his name. An old couple make their way up to the nearby bus stop. But then a terrible event shatters the quiet of the early summer evening. That this remarkable and horrific event is only poignant to those who saw it, not even meriting a mention on the local news, means that those who witness it will be altered for ever

С момента публикации его первого романа, художественная литература Джона Макгрегора неизменно отличалась лаконичным поэтическим языком, детальностью и проницательностью. Теперь, после публикации трех романов, он обращает свой талант к малой прозе. Рассказы в этом сборнике исследуют физический мир и людей, которые его населяют • Действие происходит среди низин и дамб, болот и канав, которыми отмечен скудный ландшафт восточной Англии, истории раскрывают жизни, в которых многое скрыто, многое подвергается риску, а нежные моменты даются с трудом. Рассказчики этих нежных, опасных, а иногда и глубоко забавных историй рассказывают нам о том, что они считают важным, - языком, измененным с учетом собственной недосказанности пейзажа, - в то время как настоящие истории заключаются в том, о чем они молчат

Jon's team play football with the yellow and blue team. They get three goals! Jon's team doesn't get any goals. Ben Wills helps Jon. Now Jon's team gets lots of goals! Ladybird Readers is a series of traditional tales, modern stories, and nonfiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign language. Each book includes language activities to support the CEF framework, as well as help young learners prepare for the Cambridge Young Learners English (YLE) exams. This Level 1 title is ideal for children who have received some initial reading instruction. It covers CEF level Pre A1 and supports YLE starters exams

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Two trends are coming together: exponential growth in the processing power of supercomputers, and new software which can copy the way neurons in the human brain work and give machines the ability to learn. Smart systems will soon be commonplace in homes, businesses, factories, administrations, hospitals and the armed forces. How autonomous will they be? How free to make decisions? What place will human beings still have in a world controlled by robots? After the atom bomb, is artificial intelligence the second lethal weapon capable of destroying mankind, its inventor? • The Fall of the Human Empire traces the little-known history of artificial intelligence from the standpoint of a robot called Lucie. She--or it?--recounts her adventures and reveals the mysteries of her long journey with humans, and provides a thought-provoking storyline of what developments in A

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