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Девятая часть двенадцатитомного романа, считающегося одим из величайших произведений англоязычной литературы. Эта книга - часть нового издания, призванного донести очарование цикла до современного поколения читателей • Ник Дженкинс, ныне капитан, теперь занимается военной связью. Печальное известие о гибели старого друга становится мрачным напоминанием о прошлом, особенно на фоне очередной помолвки Кеннета Уидмерпула, на этот раз со скандально известной Памелой Флиттон. Тем временем цена войны становится всё выше, и Ник, как и его соотечественники, начинает уставать от жизни в военной форме, а его мысли всё чаще обращаются к неизбежному миру • Книга на английском языке • 'A Dance to the Music of Time' is universally acknowledged as one of the great works of English literature

Роман Энтони Пауэлла "Звук тайных гармоний" - завершающая часть серии "Танец под музыку времени" • Шестидесятые в самом разгаре, а Ник Дженкинс и его жена Изабель доживают свои последние годы в сельской местности. После тихой отставки старый школьный друг Ника Уидмерпул снова на подъеме и становится ректором нового университета. Но в то время как Ник и его современники привыкают к новому, медленному ритму жизни, расцвет контркультуры шестидесятых сигнализирует о том, что новое поколение пробивается вперед • Книга на английском языке • 'A Dance to the Music of Time' is universally acknowledged as one of the great works of English literature. Reissued now in this definitive edition, it stands ready to delight and entrance a new generation of readers

Роман Энтони Пауэлла "Добрые" - шестая часть серии "Танец под музыку времени" • Британия снова на грани войны. Ник Дженкинс вспоминает свое детство, проведенное в тени Первой мировой. Желая пойти по стопам своего отца, Ник решает стать офицером армии и просит о помощи своего старого школьного друга Уидмерпула. Списки резервистов быстро пополняются. Война приближается • Книга на английском языке • 'A Dance to the Music of Time' is universally acknowledged as one of the great works of English literature. Reissued now in this definitive edition, it stands ready to delight and entrance a new generation of readers • In this sixth volume, with Britain on the brink of war yet again, Nick Jenkins reflects back on his childhood growing up in the shadow of World War I

Anthony Powell's brilliant twelve-novel sequence chronicles the lives of over three hundred characters, and is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century England. It is unrivalled for its scope, its humour and the enormous pleasure it has given to generations • Volume 2 contains the second three novels in the sequence: At Lady Molly's; Casanova's Chinese Restaurant; The Kindly Ones

Anthony Powell's brilliant twelve novel sequence chronicles the lives of over three hundred characters, and is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century England. It is unrivalled for its scope, its humour and the enormous pleasure it has given to generations • Volume 4 contains the last three novels in the sequence: Books do Furnish a Room; Temporary Kings; Hearing Secret Harmonies

Anthony Powell's brilliant twelve-novel sequence chronicles the lives of over three hundred characters, and is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century England. It is unrivalled for its scope, its humour and the enormous pleasure it has given to generations • Volume 3 contains the seventh, eighth and ninth novel in the series: The Valley of Bones; The Soldier's Art; The Military Philosophers

The first three volumes of Anthony Powell's remarkable A dance to the Music of Time sequence: A Question of Upbringing; A Buyer's Market; The Acceptance World • Anthony Powell's brilliant twelve-novel sequence chronicles the lives of over three hundred characters, and is a unique evocation of life in twentieth-century England. It is unrivalled for its scope, its humour and the enormous pleasure it has given to generations • These first three novels in the sequence follow Nicholas Jenkins, Kenneth Widmerpool and others, as they negotiate the intellectual, cultural and social hurdles which stand between them and the 'Acceptance World'

Reporter Nick Daniels is conducting a once-in-a-lifetime interview with an infamous celebrity recluse in a renowned New York restaurant. But the interview is cut short by a horrific murder that takes place just yards from their table. The assassin escapes as quickly as he entered, leaving behind him a chaotic scene and a bloody corpse • While Nick is reviewing the tapes from his interview, he stumbles upon a piece of evidence that could be crucial to the murder investigation. But something about the whole scenario doesn't fit together. As Nick investigates the clues for himself, he realises that someone is watching his every move - and they will stop at nothing to prevent Nick from discovering the truth

If you love Bridgerton, you'll love Georgette Heyer! • Diana Beauleigh is caught between two men • Seven long years ago, Jack Carstares, the Earl of Wyncham, sacrificed his honour for his brother and has been in exile ever since • Returning to England, Jack pretends to be a gentleman named Sir Anthony Ferndale but makes his living in a most ungentlemanly fashion, as a highwayman and a gambler • When Jack encounters his nemesis, the Duke of Andover, in the midst of kidnapping Diana Beauleigh, the two old enemies come to blows • Can Jack save the beautiful Diana from rakes, kidnap and ruin...?

"Три женщины исчезают" - роман Джеймса Паттерсона и Шана Серафина • Сара, его личный шеф-повар • Анна, его жена • Серена, его горничная • Три женщины исчезают • Бухгалтер мафии Энтони Костелло обладает талантом манипулировать как цифрами, так и людьми. Когда его находят убитым в собственном доме, обнаруживается, что три человека, у которых было больше всего причин желать его смерти, пропали без вести • Детективу Шону Уолшу, чья личная связь с этим делом делает его желание раскрыть его еще сильнее, не хватает зацепок, чтобы разыскать трех пропавших женщин. Но даже если он найдет их живыми, можно ли им доверять? • Книга на английском языке • Sarah, his personal chef • Anna, his wife • Serena, his maid • Three women disappear • Mob accountant Anthony Costello has a talent for manipulating both numbers and people

A classic of naval fiction from 'the master of the modern sea story' • HMS Wagtail is a river gunboat, a ship seemingly at the end of her useful life, lying in a Hong Kong dockyard awaiting her last summons to the breakers' yard. Commander Justin Rolfe is also seemingly at the end of his useful naval life, an embittered man, brooding and angry from a court-martial verdict. Then the offshore island of Santu is threatened with invasion from the Chinese mainland. The small British community must be brought out and Commander Rolfe and the Wagtail are ordered to the island. The job is regarded with sullen resentment by his crew, but to Rolfe, and even the ship, it is a job that offers the chance of a reprieve and a restoration of self respect

"Красный гаолян" Мо Яня - роман о семье и мифах, охватывающий три поколения. Он рассказывается через серию воспоминаний, которые изображают события ошеломляющего ужаса на фоне пейзажа, подобного драгоценному камню, когда китайцы сражались как с японскими захватчиками, так и друг с другом в бурные 1930-е годы • Книга на английском языке • Spanning three generations, this novel of family and myth is told through a series of flashbacks that depict events of staggering horror set against a landscape of gemlike beauty as the Chinese battle both the Japanese invaders and each other in the turbulent 1930s • As the novel opens, a group of villagers, led by Commander Yu, the narrator's grandfather, prepare to attack the advancing Japanese. Yu sends his 14-year-old son back home to get food for his men; but as Yu's wife returns through the sorghum fields with the food, the Japanese start firing and she is killed