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As late summer steals in and the final pearls of barley are gleaned, a village comes under threat. A trio of outsiders - two men and a dangerously magnetic woman - arrives on the woodland borders triggering a series of events that will see Walter Thirsk's village unmade in just seven days: the harvest blackened by smoke and fear, cruel punishment meted out to the innocent, and allegations of witchcraft • But something even darker is at the heart of Walter's story, and he will be the only man left to tell it…

Set in a walled garden, whose inhabitants live an eternal and unblemished life, eden opens with a summons. The gardeners of eden are called by their masters, the angels, to see a dead body. It is that of a bird, a creature who has strayed beyond the garden walls. Outside, where there is poverty and sickness and death, this bird has met a fate that couldn’t have befallen it within the safe haven of the garden. And why would anyone want to leave? eden is a place of immortality and plenty – bountiful fields and orchards and lakes, a place where the lord’s bidding is done • But really this summons is a warning. Because something is wrong in eden. Years after Adam and Eve left the garden, someone has escaped – Tabi – one of the sisters of the congregation, and the angels fear further rebellion

Leonard Lessing once cast a spell on stage, hypnotizing crowds with his improvised jazz, easy in his music, at home in the moment. Now, home is somewhere he never leaves. His sax is silent, his marriage faltering, his stepdaughter vanished, and his life shrinking -- until one afternoon the TV brings news he can't ignore. A figure from his firebrand past has arrived in town, with hair-raising results. Can Leonard face the limelight one last time? 'Rich, cleverly constructed...a funny, heartwarming and hugely enjoyable read' Herald 'All That Follows sends an artist in the doldrums on a quest to recover his valour. Crace writes gloriously' Independent 'Alive and kicking...Crace writes with real feel and imagination about music' Sunday Times 'Blending comedy with a touch of pathos, this is an unexpectedly joyful novel' Daily Mail

Alfred Busi, famed in his town for his music and songs, is mourning the recent death of his wife and quietly living out his days in the large villa he has always called home. Then one night Busi is attacked by a creature he disturbs as it raids the contents of his larder. Busi is convinced that what assaulted him was no animal, but a child, 'innocent and wild', and his words fan the flames of old rumour - of an ancient race of people living in the bosk surrounding the town - and new controversy: the town's paupers, the feral wastrels at its edges, must be dealt with. Once and for all • Lyrical and warm, intimate and epic, The Melody by Jim Crace tracks the few days that will see Busi and the town he loves altered irrevocably. This is a story about grief and ageing, about reputation and the loss of it, about love and music and the peculiar way myth seeps into real life

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В сборник вошли лучшие детективные романы издательства Ридерз Дайджест. Роберт Крейс. Правило двух минут Бывший грабитель банков Макс Холман выходит на свободу и узнает о гибели своего сына-полицейского. Убийство это кажется результатом простой случайности, но, когда убивают полицейского, мотивы преступления простыми не бывают. Ли Чайлд. Один выстрел Все начинается с чудовищного и необъяснимого расстрела жителей небольшого американского городка. Это преступление приводит полицейских в состояние полного недоумения. Почему снайпер оставил после себя столько улик? Он словно хотел быть пойманным. И почему, когда подозреваемого берут под арест, он произносит: "Найдите мне Джека Ричера"? Джеффри Арчер. Ложное впечатление Уэнтворт-Холл, старинное британское поместье

Celebrating Fifty Years of Picador Books • Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing • Jack lives with his Ma in Room, which has a locked door and a skylight, and measures 11 feet by 11 feet. He loves watching TV, and the cartoon characters he calls friends, but he knows that nothing he sees on screen is truly real - only him, Ma and the things in Room. Until the day Ma admits that there's a world outside • Told in Jack's voice, Room is the story of a mother and son whose love lets them survive the impossible. Unsentimental and sometimes funny, devastating yet uplifting, Room by Emma Donoghue is a novel like no other • Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature

Мир просто идет своим чередом. Ничто особо не имеет значения, понимаешь? Я имею в виду, действительно имеет значение. но потом иногда, всего на секунду, ты обретаешь эту благодать, эту веру в то, что это действительно имеет большое значение • С вступительным словом от Лидии Дэвис • Рассказы Люсии Берлин из "Руководства для уборщиц" составляют один из самых замечательных невоспетых сборников американской художественной литературы двадцатого века • С необычайной честностью и магнетизмом Лючия Берлин приглашает нас в свою богатую странствующую жизнь: выпивку, беспорядок, боль, красоту, моменты удивления и грации, с голосом остроумным, анархичным, сострадательным и совершенно уникальным • Книга на английском языке • Celebrating Fifty Years of Picador Books • The world just goes along

Heart-rending and darkly comic, V. S. Naipaul’s A House for Mr Biswas has been hailed as one of the twentieth century’s finest novels, a classic that evokes a man’s quest for autonomy against the backdrop of post-colonial Trinidad • Mr Biswas has been told since the day of his birth that misfortune will follow him – and so it has. Meaning only to avoid punishment, he causes the death of his father and the dissolution of his family. Wanting simply to flirt with a beautiful woman, he ends up marrying her. But in spite of endless setbacks, Mr Biswas is determined to achieve independence, and so he begins the gruelling struggle to buy a home of his own • Part of the Picador Collection, a new series showcasing the best of modern literature

Роман Эллиса "Американский психопат" стремительно стал современной классикой, • Патрик Бэйтмен — красивый, хорошо образованный, интеллигентный молодой человек. Днем он работает на Уолл-стрит, но это служит лишь довеском к его истинному призванию. То, чем он занимается вечерами и по ночам, не может присниться разнеженному обывателю и в самом страшном сне. Ему двадцать шесть лет, и он живет своей собственной Американской Мечтой • Книга на английском языке • Celebrating Fifty Years of Picador Books • I like to dissect girls. Did you know I'm utterly insane? • Patrick Bateman has it all: good looks, youth, charm, a job on Wall Street, and reservations at every new restaurant in town. He is also a psychopath. A man addicted to his superficial, perfect life, he pulls us into a dark underworld where the American Dream becomes a nightmare… • With an introduction by Irvine Welsh, Bret Easton Ellis's American Psycho is one of the most controversial and talked-about novels of all time

This Picador Classic edition of Minette Walters' The Sculptress features an introduction by Stephanie Merritt, journalist and author of While You Sleep • 'It was a slaughterhouse, the most horrific scene I have ever witnessed… Olive Martin is a dangerous woman. I advise you to be extremely wary in your dealings with her.' • The facts of the case were simple: Olive Martin had pleaded guilty to killing and dismembering her sister and mother, earning herself the chilling nickname 'The Sculptress' • Journalist Rosalind Leigh knew this much before her first meeting with Olive, currently serving a life sentence. How could Roz have foreseen that the encounter was destined to change her life - for ever?

Оперативник МУРа Николай Бельский вновь в водовороте колеса времени. Теперь он предлагает свои услуги царю Петру. Но для получения новой должности необходимо пройти тест на профпригодность. Для чего потребуется спасти государя от покушения и вычислить заговорщиков • Петр Алексеевич высоко оценил способности своего нового сотрудника и поручает ему найти нового союзника в войне со Швецией и сделать так, чтобы Великое посольство в Европу стало трамплином для технического прорыва, гарантирующим России выход к Балтийскому морю