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After an epic and interrupted journey all the way from the snows of South Dakota, Jack Reacher has finally made it to Virginia. His destination, the closest thing to a home he ever had: the headquarters of his old unit, the 110th Military Police • Why? He wants to meet the new commanding officer, Major Susan Turner. He liked her voice on the phone. But now he's arrived, she's disappeared, and things are getting weird • Accused of a sixteen-year-old homicide and co-opted back into the army, Reacher says nothing • But he's sure as hell thinking of a way out

In Anton Chekhov’s The Duel the escalating • animosity between two men with opposed philosophies of life is played out • against the backdrop of a seedy resort on the Black Sea coast • Laevsky is a dissipated romantic given to gambling and flirtation; he has run • off with another man’s wife, the beautiful but vapid Nadya, and now finds • himself tiring of her. The scientist von Koren is contemptuous of Laevsky; as a • fanatical devotee of Darwin, von Koren believes the other man to be unworthy of • survival and is further enraged by his treatment of Nadya. As the confrontation • between the two becomes increasingly heated, it leads to a duel that is as • comically inadvertent as it is inevitable. Masterfully translated by the • award-winnning Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, The Duel is • one of the most subtle examples of Chekhov’s narrative art

Впечатляющая коллекционная "Книга с окошками. Лондон" содержит шесть потрясающих иллюстраций, которые были взяты непосредственно из популярного семейного фильма и с любовью воссозданы для поклонников Паддингтона • Теперь, вместе с Паддингтоном и тетей Люси, вы можете перенестичь в великолепный мир, созданный из бумаги, и посетить знаковые достопримечательности Лондона, включая собор Святого Павла, Биг-Бен, Тауэрский мост и здание парламента • Книга на английском языке • See the smash hit family movie - now own the book that features in the film! • This spectacular limited edition collector's item contains six stunning illustrated pop-up scenes that have been taken directly from the smash hit family movie and lovingly recreated for Paddington fans

The second book in the ground-breaking HUNGER GAMES trilogy. After winning the brutal Hunger Games, Katniss and Peeta return to their district, hoping for a peaceful future. But their victory has caused rebellion to break out ... and the Capitol has decided that someone must pay

When unworldly student Anastasia Steele first encountered the driven and dazzling young entrepreneur Christian Grey it sparked a sensual affair that changed both of their lives irrevocably. Shocked, intrigued, and, ultimately, repelled by Christian's singular erotic tastes, Ana demands a deeper commitment. Determined to keep her, Christian agrees.Now, Ana and Christian have it all - love, passion, intimacy, wealth, and a world of possibilities for their future. But Ana knows that loving her Fifty Shades will not be easy, and that being together will pose challenges that neither of them would anticipate. Ana must somehow learn to share Christian's opulent lifestyle without sacrificing her own identity. And Christian must overcome his compulsion to control as he wrestles with the demons of a tormented past

Six shots. Five dead. One heartland city thrown into a state of terror. But within hours the cops have it solved: a slam-dunk case. Except for one thing. The accused man says: You got the wrong guy. Then he says: Get Reacher for me • And sure enough, ex–military investigator Jack Reacher is coming. He knows this shooter—a trained military sniper who never should have missed a shot. Reacher is certain something is not right—and soon the slam-dunk case explodes • Now Reacher is teamed with a beautiful young defense lawyer, moving closer to the unseen enemy who is pulling the strings. Reacher knows that no two opponents are created equal. This one has come to the heartland from his own kind of hell. And Reacher knows that the only way to take him down is to match his ruthlessness and cunning—and then beat him shot for shot

Потрясающее угощение, которое сразит вас наповал! • Как раз в тот момент, когда ты подумала, что безопасно вернуться в парк • Тимоти Поупа продувает то в одну, то в другую сторону в ветреном парке - но среди свистящего ветра и бушующих волн это может быть акула, которую он видит в свой телескоп. Загляните в вырезанное штампом отверстие на страницах книги, чтобы узнать это • Третья книга из серии бестселлеров "Акула в парке" - это фантастически весело! • Книга на английском языке • A Jaws-ome treat that will blow you away! • Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the park • Timothy Pope is blown this way and that way in the windy park -- but among the whistling wind and blustering brollies could that be a shark he spies through his telescope

In sport, money is everything • Behind every victory lap, every goal celebration, every triumph against the odds and every dropped relay baton is a story of money • Why would someone pull the plug on a Premier League match? • What prompts an athlete to search for sponsorship on eBay? • How can the decision of a drinks brand CEO make or break an entire sport? • Why would a sprinter think they can’t afford not to dope? • Sport Inc. reveals the behind-the-scenes finances that drive sport - who gets rich and who gets left on the bench • Through investigations into a wide range of sports, including how football agents really work, the betting industry and corruption, esports, the NFL’s efforts to take over the world and the real cost of hosting events like the World Cup and the Olympics, the financial realities of our obsession with sport are exposed

In the summer of his seventeenth year, Samuel Sooleymon gets the chance of a lifetime: a trip to the United States with his South Sudanese teammates to play in a showcase basket­ball tournament. He has never been away from home, nor has he ever been on an airplane. The opportunity to be scouted by dozens of college coaches is a dream come true • Samuel is an amazing athlete, with speed, quick­ness, and an astonishing vertical leap. The rest of his game, though, needs work, and the American coaches are less than impressed • During the tournament, Samuel receives dev­astating news from home: A civil war is raging across South Sudan, and rebel troops have ran­sacked his village. His father is dead, his sister is missing, and his mother and two younger brothers are in a refugee camp

In a world of social media and smartphones, true solitude has become increasingly hard to find. In this timely and important book, award-winning writer Michael Harris reveals why our hyper-connected society makes time alone more crucial than ever. He delves into the latest neuroscience to examine the way innovations like Google Maps and Facebook are eroding our ability to be by ourselves. He tells the stories of the remarkable people – from pioneering computer scientists to great nineteenth-century novelists – who managed to find solitude in the most unexpected of places. And he explores how solitude can bring clarity and creativity to each of our inner lives. Urgent, eloquent and beautifully argued, Solitude might just change the way you think about being alone

In 1918 Ernest Hemingway went to war. He volunteered for ambulance service in Italy, was wounded and twice decorated. Out of his experience came A Farewell to Arms. Hemingway's description of war is unforgettable. He recreates the fear, the comradeship, the courage of his young American volunteer, and the men and women he meets in Italy, with total conviction. But A Farewell to Arms is not only a novel of war. In it Hemingway has also created a love story of immense drama and uncompromising passion

In the early years of Queen Victoria's reign, HMS Erebus undertook two of the most ambitious naval expeditions of all time • On the first, she ventured further south than any human had ever been. On the second, she vanished with her 129-strong crew in the wastes of the Canadian Arctic • Her fate remained a mystery for over 160 years • Then, in 2014, she was found