Black Swan Mad Blood Stirring Майо Саймон

"Острие ножа" - детективный роман Саймона Майо • Никогда не знаешь, откуда может прийти опасность • 6.45 утра. Душный лондонский час пик. И за последние 27 минут было убито семь человек • В результате серии скоординированных нападений жертвами стали семь мужчин и женщин по всему Лондону. Для журналистки Джейми Мэдден весь ужас разворачивается, когда она приходит на утреннюю смену • У жертв есть одна общая черта: они составляют следственную группу в информационном агентстве, где работает семья. Вопрос, который задают все: над чем они работали, что могло вызвать такие жестокие разрушения? • Поскольку Джейми начинает получать таинственные сообщения, она должна выяснить, предупреждают ли ее о следующем нападении или говорят, что она станет следующей жертвой

After thirty years at St Oswald's Grammar in North Yorkshire, Latin master Roy Straitley has seen all kinds of boys come and go - the clowns, the rebels, the underdogs, and those he calls his Brodie boys. But every so often there's a boy who doesn't fit the mould. A troublemaker. A boy capable of twisting everything around him. A boy with hidden shadows inside • With insolvency and academic failure looming, a new broom has arrived at the venerable school, bringing Powerpoint, sharp suits and even sixth form girls to the dusty corridors. But while Straitley does his sardonic best to resist this march to the future, a shadow from his past is stirring. A boy who even twenty years on haunts his teacher's dreams. A boy capable of bad things • The third in the Malbry Cycle of gripping psychological thrillers - the latest of which is A Narrow Door

Эта книга, посвящённая красотам и прелестям английской глубинки, рассказывает не только о выделяющих Англию на фоне остального мира красивых зеленящихся пейзажах и величественных монументах. Каждый из тех, чьё видение можно найти на её страницах, привносит частичку себя, помогая создать эклектичное полотно из самых разных деталей, среди которых вывески пабов и причалы, ограды на фермах и баржи в каналах, деревенский крикет и борцы против застроек • Число очерков под обложкой выросло более чем в два раза по сравнению с первым изданием в ипостаси роскошной подарочной книги. Среди их авторов - множество знаменитостей: Билл Брайсон, Майкл Пейлин, Эрик Клэптон, Брайан Ферри, Себастьян Фолкс, Кейт Эди, Кевин Спейси, Гэвин Претор-Пинни, Ричард Мейби, Саймон Дженкинс, Джон Сарджент, Бенджамин Зефанайя, Джоан Бэйкуэлл, Энтони Бивор, Либби Первс, Джонатан Димблби и многие другие

John Pilger is one of the world's pre-eminent investigative journalists and documentary film-makers. His best-selling books of reportage, which include Heroes and Hidden Voices, have in the words of Noam Chomsky 'been a beacon of light in often dark times' • In Freedom Next Time he looks at five countries, in each of which a long struggle for freedom has taken place; in each the people, having shed blood and dreams, are still waiting. In Afghanistan, Iraq and South Africa there has been the promise of hope, and even an 'official' freedom, but the reality of these divided societies is that they are still waiting for real freedom. In Palestine, the cycle of violence continues with no resolution in sight. And the island of Diego Garcia, in the Indian Ocean, is a microcosm of the ruthlessness of great powers

Dr Jonathan Murray fears his new-born daughter is not as harmless as she seems • Sammy Agnew is wrestling with his dark past, and fears the violence in his blood lurks in his son, too • The city is in flames and the authorities are losing control. As matters fall into frenzy, and as the lines between fantasy and truth, right and wrong, begin to blur, who will these two fathers choose to protect? • Dark, propulsive and thrillingly original, this tale of fierce familial love and sacrifice fizzes with magic and wonder

«Форрест Гамп» — роман Уинстона Грума 1986 года. Удивительно теплая, дико колючая и уморительно смешная "сказка, рассказанная идиотом", написанная острым, как бритва, пером современного волшебника • Большинство людей считает его настоящим идиотом просто потому, что он не может связать и пары слов. Несмотря на плохую речь и инфантилизм, парень имеет волю, жизненный опыт, а также уникальные способности, которые недоступны другим, казалось бы, более умным и обеспеченным людям • При росте 6 футов 6 дюймов и весе 240 фунтов Форреста Гампа трудно игнорировать, поэтому проследите за Форрестом от футбольных династий Беара Брайанта до войны во Вьетнаме, от встреч с президентами Джонсоном и Никсоном до встреч с председателем Мао • Повествование ведётся от первого лица

A fascinating and revelatory journey along the Danube to appeal to fans of Michael Palin's New Europe • The Danube is Europe's Amazon. It flows through more countries than any other river on Earth - from the Black Forest in Germany to Europe's farthest fringes, where it joins the Black Sea in Romania. Andrew Eames' journey along its length brings us face to face with the Continent's bloodiest history and its most pressing issues of race and identity • As he travels - by bicycle, horse, boat and on foot - Eames finds himself seeking a bed for the night with minor royalty, hitching a ride on a Serbian barge captained by a man called Attila and getting up close and personal with a bull in rural Romania. He meets would-be kings and walks with gypsies, and finally rows his way beyond the borders of Europe entirely

Sue Black confronts death every day. As a Professor of Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology, she focuses on mortal remains in her lab, at burial sites, at scenes of violence, murder and criminal dismemberment, and when investigating mass fatalities due to war, accident or natural disaster • In All That Remains she reveals the many faces of death she has come to know, using key cases to explore how forensic science has developed, and examining what her life and work has taught her • Do we expect a book about death to be sad? Macabre? Sue's book is neither. There is tragedy, but there is also humour in stories as gripping as the best crime novel • Part memoir, part science, part meditation on death, her book is compassionate, surprisingly funny, and it will make you think about death in a new light

At sixty-four, Jenni Murray's weight had become a disability. She avoided the scales, she wore a uniform of baggy black clothes, refused to make connections between her weight and health issues and told herself that she was fat and happy. She was certainly fat. But the happy part was an Oscar-worthy performance. In private she lived with a growing sense of fear and misery that her weight would probably kill her before she made it to seventy • Interwoven with the science, social history and psychology of weight management, Fat Cow, Fat Chance is a refreshingly honest account of what it's like to be fat when society dictates that skinny is the norm. It asks why we overeat and why, when the weight is finally lost through dieting, do we simply pile the pounds back on again? How do we help young people become comfortable with the way they look? What are the consequences of the obesity epidemic for an already overstretched NHS? And, whilst fat shaming is so often called out, why is it that shouting 'fat cow' at a woman in the street hasn't been included in the list of hate crimes? • Fusing politics, science and personal pain, this is a powerful exploration of our battle with obesity

Meet Felix Pink. The most unlikely murderer you'll ever have the good fortune to spend time with • When Felix lets himself in to Number 3 Black Lane, he's there to perform an act of charity: to keep a dying man company as he takes his final breath • But just fifteen minutes later Felix is on the run from the police - after making the biggest mistake of his life • Now his world is turned upside down as he must find out if he's really to blame, or if something much more sinister is at play. All while staying one shaky step ahead of the law

1988. Frank owns a music shop. It is jam-packed with records of every speed, size and genre. Classical, jazz, punk - as long as it's vinyl he sells it. Day after day Frank finds his customers the music they need • Then into his life walks Ilse Brauchmann • Ilse asks Frank to teach her about music. His instinct is to turn and run. And yet he is drawn to this strangely still, mysterious woman with her pea-green coat and her eyes as black as vinyl. But Ilse is not what she seems. And Frank has old wounds that threaten to re-open and a past he will never leave behind

There are hundreds, possibly thousands, of sisters Grimm on Earth • You may well be one of them, though you might never know it • This is the story of four sisters Grimm – daughters born to different mothers on the same day, each born out of bright-white wishing and black-edged desire • They found each other at eight years-old, were separated at thirteen and now, at nearly eighteen, it is imperative that they find each other once again • In thirty-three days they will meet their father in Everwhere. Only then will they discover who they truly are, and what they can truly do. Then they must fight to save their lives and the lives of the ones they love. Three will live, one will die • You’ll have to read on to find out who and why