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February 1943: As the balance of the war slowly shifts in Britain's favour, Lieutenant-Commander Steven Marshall brings his battle-scarred submarine into home port • Captain and crew are exhausted after fourteen months' continuous service, but for most there can be no thought of leave. If the enemy collapse in North Africa is to be exploited, every experienced man will be needed. Marshall must return to the Mediterranean, but this time to a very different kind of war • For his new command is secret and extremely hazardous - a captured German U-boat

Set against the terrible struggle of the English Civil War and the dark plots of the Commonwealth, Rebels and Traitors tells of soldiers, adventurers, aristocrats and kings, tradesmen, politicians, radicals and scavengers - and the hopes and dreams that carried them through one of the most turbulent eras of English history. Men who never imagined fighting a war gladly risk their lives; women strive to keep families and businesses together through years of deprivation; innocents are caught up in bloodshed and terror • After years of struggle Gideon Jukes and Juliana Lovell, on opposite sides of the Parliamentarian/Royalist divide, are brought together by fate on one of the significant dates of the struggles and its aftermath. After adversity and loss, their mutual attraction may one day bring the comfort and companionship for which they both have yearned through a disastrous war

Set in Reformation Europe, Q begins with Luther's nailing of his 95 theses on the door of the cathedral church in Wittenberg. Q traces the adventures and conflicts of two central characters: an Anabaptist, a member of the most radical of the Protestant sects and the anarchists of the Reformation, and a Catholic spy and informer, on their thrilling journey across Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. The four young writers who shelter behind the pseudonym Luther Blissett have created a world of intrigue, violence and intense political and religious passion. Far from the traditional example of historical fiction, Q is the stuff of which cults are made

Классический роман-бестселлер, удостоенный Пулитцеровской премии, о расизме в Америке 1930-х годов, экранизированный в оскароносном фильме с Грегори Пеком в главной роли • Адвокат Аттикус Финч дает этот совет своим детям, защищая настоящего пересмешника из классического романа Харпер Ли - чернокожего мужчину, обвиняемого в изнасиловании белой девушки. Глазами юных Скаут и Джема Финча Харпер Ли с неподдельным юмором исследует иррациональность отношения взрослых к расе и классу на Глубоком Юге 1930-х годов. Совесть города, погрязшего в предрассудках, насилии и лицемерии, уязвлена стойкостью одного человека в борьбе за справедливость. Но тяжесть истории выдержит лишь это • "Убить пересмешника", являющийся эталоном классической американской литературы, с юмором, теплотой и состраданием подходит к весьма щекотливой теме расизма в Америке 1930-х годов, что делает его широко признанной одной из лучших книг двадцатого века и в американской литературе

«Убить пересмешника» — роман-бестселлер американской писательницы Харпер Ли • История маленького сонного городка на юге Америки, поведанная маленькой девочкой • История ее брата Джима, друга Дилла и ее отца - честного, принципиального адвоката Аттикуса Финча, одного из последних и лучших представителей старой "южной аристократии" • История судебного процесса по делу чернокожего парня, обвиненного в насилии над белой девушкой • Но прежде всего - история переломной эпохи, когда ксенофобия, расизм, нетерпимость и ханжество, присущие американскому югу, постепенно уходят в прошлое • "Ветер перемен" только-только повеял над Америкой. Что он принесет? • Книга на английском языке • A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel - a black man falsely charged with the rape of a white girl

'During my life and career I have been given all sorts of advice and learned huge amounts from some great and enormously talented people. I've been blessed to play characters such as Derek Trotter, Granville, Pop Larkin and Frost, who have changed my life in all sorts of ways, and taught me lessons that go far beyond the television set. And I've worked a few things out for myself as well, about friendship, ambition, rejection, success, failure, adversity and fortune • With any luck, some of these thoughts and observations will chime with episodes and challenges you have faced, or are facing, in your own life. And if they don't. . . well, hopefully, at the very least you'll get to have a good old laugh at my expense • So lean back, pour yourself a glass, and try not to fall through the bar flap

A sweeping tale of loss and love set in turn-of-the-century London, from beloved bestselling author Dilly Court • When Eloise Cribb receives the news that her husband's ship has been lost at sea she wonders how she is ever going to manage. With two young children, the rent overdue and almost nothing to live on, she has no alternative but to turn to his estranged family for help • She sets off on the long and arduous journey to Yorkshire, but is met with hostility and soon realises she has little choice but to return to London. Virtually destitute and desperate, Eloise is faced with her worst nightmare: she must either go to the workhouse, or abandon her children at the Foundling Hospital. But she is determined to keep them safe and under her protective wing at all costs

1784: at a time when most of the fleet is laid up, His Majesty's frigate Undine weighs anchor at Spithead to begin a voyage to India and far beyond. As her new captain, Richard Bolitho is glad to go, despite the nature of his orders and the immensity of the voyage - for he is leaving an England still suffering from the aftermath of war • But he is to learn that signatures on proud documents do not necessarily make a lasting peace, and finds himself involved in a conflict as ruthless as the one which had given him his first command during the war with France • In an uneasy peace, the expansion of trade and colonial development in little-known areas of the East Indies soon push aside the pretence and bring the guns' fury into the open • There is no set line of battle or declared cause to rally Undine's small company, but the dangers and the endless demands have to be faced by the man who commands the only King's ship available

Some secrets are too devastating to be told • When Natalie Moore is killed in a freak accident in France her mother - the very poised and elegant Jessica - knows instinctively there is more to it.However, Natalie's father - the glamorous, high-flying Charlie - is so paralysed by the horror of losing his daughter, that he refuses even to discuss his wife's suspicions • In the end, when their marriage is rocked by yet another terrible shock, Jessica decides to go back to France alone in search of some answers.When she gets to the idyllic vineyard in the heart of Burgundy she soon finds a great deal more than she was expecting in a love that is totally forbidden and a truth that will almost certainly devastate her life • Set during one long hot summer in a sleepy world of wine, food and romance, A French Affair is a deeply sensual and passionate story of love, resistance, loyalty and betrayal

Memories are short on HMS Royston - they have to be • As mother ship to a battered, war-torn bunch of MTBs she must carry out her vital role whatever the conditions, whatever the risk • Sub-Lieutenant Royce is newly assigned to MTB 1991, joining a crew already seasoned by death and fear • Now with only three months' sea-experience behind him, Royce must learn the job the hard way - in the tough school of combat • A classic tale of naval warfare from Douglas Reeman, the all-time bestselling master of naval fiction, who served with the Royal Navy on convoy duty in the Atlantic, the Arctic and the North Sea. He has written dozens of naval books under his own name and the pseudonym Alexander Kent, including the famous Richard Bolitho books set during the Napoleonic Wars

Англичанин Пол Уэст едет в Брюссель работать на французского депутата Европарламента. Там он получает инсайдерский взгляд на то, что на самом деле происходит в огромном сумасшедшем доме, которым является парламент ЕС. С приближением референдума ситуация становится еще более истеричной, чем обычно • Когда станут известны результаты Brexit, Пол должен будет принять решение. Если он хочет работать в Европе, должен ли он подать заявление на получение французского паспорта? • Но может ли англичанин действительно стать французом? • Может ли он спеть кровожадную "Марсельезу"? • Может ли он хотя бы произнести слово "Марсельеза"? • И пока Пол размышляет о своем личном "Брексите", весь Брюссель, похоже, переживает кризис • Книга на английском языке • An Englishman, Paul West, goes to Brussels to work for a French MEP

Ellie is a sweet-natured brunette, generous of heart with a sparkling smile and an accent which reveals her East End background • Bonny is beautiful and spoilt, with cascades of blonde hair, the brightest pair of blue eyes and a mouth like Cupid's bow • The two girls meet in London at the end of the war when, seduced by two American airmen, they pool their wits and resources and set off to make a living on the stage. Set against the hardship and austerity of post-war Britain, and the glamour and ruthlessness of life in variety theatre, their story is one of sacrifice and burning ambition. But most of all of a powerful friendship that lasts against all odds