Black Swan Until I Find You Ирвинг Джон

"Четвертая рука" - новый бестселлер от Джона Ирвинга, автора романа "Мир глазами Гарпа" • Герой Ирвинга - красавец, любимец женщин - успешно поднимался по карьерной лестнице, когда с ним случилась эта прискорбная история. Репортаж видели миллионы телезрителей, и журналист стал знаменитостью. Его будет оперировать лучший врач - трансплантолог, а безвестная вдова отдаст для пересадки руку своего погибшего мужа, - но с одним условием, и каким! • Книга на английском языке • 'Imagine a young man on his way to a less-than-thirty-second event - the loss of his left hand, long before he reached middle age.' • While reporting a story from India, a New York television journalist has his left hand eaten by a lion; millions of TV viewers witness the accident

Juan Diego’s little sister is a mind reader. As a teenager, he struggles to keep anything secret – Lupe knows all the worst things that go through his mind. And sometimes she knows more. What a terrible burden it is to know – or to think you know – your future, or worse, the future of someone you love. What might a young girl be driven to do if she thought she had the power to change what lies ahead? • Later in life, Juan Diego embarks on a journey to fulfil a promise he made in his youth. It is a long story and it has long awaited an ending, but Juan Diego is unable to write the final chapters • This is the story of what happens when the future collides with the past

"Первая из иллюзий моего отца заключалась в том, что медведи могли бы выжить в той жизни, которую ведут люди, а вторая заключалась в том, что люди могли бы выжить в отелях" • Так говорит Джон Берри, сын незадачливого мечтателя, брат целой плеяды эксцентричных братьев и сестер и летописец прожитых жизней, пережитой любви, встреченных смертей и мириадов странных и чудесных времен, пережитых семьей Берри. Владельцы отелей, домашних медведей, друзья Фрейда (то есть дрессировщика животных и водевилиста) и игрушки безумной судьбы - они "продолжают мечтать" в смешном, грустном, возмутительном и трогательном романе Джона Ирвинга "Отель Нью-Гэмпшир" • Книга на английском языке • 'The first of my father's illusions was that bears could survive the life lived by human beings, and the second was that human beings could survive a life led in hotels

1936: Лондон гудит от сплетен о романе между Эдуардом VIII и миссис Симпсон. Но король - не единственный представитель аристократии, которому предстоит принять трудное решение. Оуэн Монтиньяк, красивый и харизматичный потомок богатой семьи землевладельцев, с нетерпением ожидает оглашения завещания своего покойного дяди. Потому что у Оуэна были огромные долги по азартным играм, и босс казино Николас Делфи поставил его перед выбором: найти 50 000 фунтов стерлингов к Рождеству - или оказаться на глубине шести футов • Поэтому, когда Оуэн обнаруживает, что его вычеркнули из завещания в пользу его прекрасной кузины Стеллы, пришло время доказать, каким хитрым он может быть... А Оуэн просто великолепен, если не сказать изобретателен - даже королевский кризис может обеспечить средства для получения прибыли

It only takes a moment to unravel a perfect life • When Grace's fiance vanishes without a trace the night after proposing, her life is turned upside down. But has Nick walked out on her, or is he in danger? • As Grace desperately searches for answers, it soon becomes clear that Nick wasn't the uncomplicated man she thought she knew. And when she uncovers a hidden tragedy from his childhood, she realises an awful truth: that you can run from your past - but your secrets will always catch up with you

Фикси Фарр ничего не может с собой поделать. Выпрямить покореженный предмет, удалить едва заметное пятно, помочь подруге...она просто должна все исправить. В конце концов, именно так она получила свое прозвище • Поэтому, когда красивый незнакомец в кафе просит ее минутку присмотреть за его ноутбуком, Фиксики не только соглашается, но и в конечном итоге спасает его от неминуемой катастрофы. Чтобы отблагодарить ее, владелец компьютера, Себастьян, выписывает ей долговую расписку - но, конечно, Фиксик никогда не собирается просить об одолжении • То есть до тех пор, пока ее подростковый пассион, Райан,не возвращается в ее жизнь и не нуждается в ее помощи - и Фиксики обращается к Себу. Но все идет не по плану,и теперь Фиксики в большом долгу перед Себом

You’ve heard the old proverb about ambition, that it’s like setting a ladder to the sky. It can lead to a long and painful fall • If you look hard enough, you will find stories pretty much anywhere. They don’t even have to be your own. Or so would-be-novelist Maurice Swift decides early on in his career • A chance encounter in a Berlin hotel with celebrated author Erich Ackerman gives Maurice an opportunity. For Erich is lonely, and he has a story to tell; whether or not he should is another matter • Once Maurice has made his name, he finds himself in need of a fresh idea. He doesn’t care where he finds it, as long as it helps him rise to the top. Stories will make him famous, but they will also make him beg, borrow and steal. They may even make him do worse • This is a novel about ambition

You never forget the one that got away • Daniel was the first boy to make Alison a mix tape • But that was years ago and Ali hasn't thought about him in a very long time. Even if she had, she might not have called him 'the one that got away'; after all, she'd been the one to run • Then Dan's name pops up on her phone, with a link to a song from their shared past • For two blissful minutes, Alison is no longer an adult in Adelaide with temperamental daughters; she is sixteen in Sheffield, dancing in her skin-tight jeans. She cannot help but respond in kind • And so begins a new mix tape • Ali and Dan exchange songs - some new, some old - across oceans and time zones, across a lifetime of different experiences, until one of them breaks the rules and sends a message that will change everything

'If you care about something you have to protect it. If you're lucky enough to find a way of life you love, you have to find the courage to live it.' • Summer, 1953. In the small town of Gravesend, New Hampshire, eleven-year-old John Wheelwright and his best friend Owen Meany are playing in a Little League baseball game. When Owen hits a foul ball which kills John's mother, their lives are changed in an instant • It is dismissed as a tragic accident but Owen disagrees. He believes that he is God's instrument, put on Earth for a higher purpose. And as the boys come into adulthood to the background of the Vietnam War, a series of remarkable events show that perhaps Owen's divine plan was not imagined after all • Discover the funny yet poignant classic by the bestselling author of The World According to Garp

'The brown bears paced, brushing their thick coats against the bars; their heads swayed low to the ground, in rhythm with some ritual of stealth they were born knowing and pointlessly never forgot' • It is 1967 and two Viennese university students decide to liberate the Vienna Zoo, as was done after World War II. The eccentric duo, Graff and Siggy, embark on an adventure-filled motorbike tour of Austria as they prepare for "the great zoo bust." But their grand scheme will have both comic and gruesome consequences, as they are soon to find out

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

Our world is full of patterns. If you pour milk into your tea and give it a stir, you'll see a swirl, a spiral of two fluids, before the two liquids mix completely. The same pattern is found elsewhere too. Look down on the Earth from space, and you'll find similar swirls in the clouds, made where warm air and cold air waltz • In Storm in a Teacup, Helen Czerski links the little things we see every day with the big world we live in. Each chapter begins with something small - popcorn, coffee stains and refrigerator magnets - and uses it to explain some of the most important science and technology of our time • This is physics as the toolbox of science - a toolbox we need in order to make sense of what is around us and arrive at decisions about the future, from medical advances to solving our future energy needs