The Big Four 16+
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Писатель:
Christie Agatha (EN)
Жанр:
Классические детективы
Страниц: 40
Книга закончена
Символов:
245703
Серия:
Hercule Poirot
#5
Язык книги: Английский
A ruthless international cartel seeks world domination! Framed in the doorway of Poirot's bedroom stood an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust. The man's gaunt face stared for a moment, then he swayed and fell. Who was he? Was he suffering from shock or just exhaustion? Above all, what was the significance of the figure 4, scribbled over and over again on a sheet of paper? Poirot finds himself plunged into a world of international intrigue, risking his life to uncover the truth about 'Number Four'.
Sleeping Murder
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Писатель:
Christie Agatha (EN)
Жанр:
Классические детективы
Страниц: 44
Книга закончена
Символов:
266289
Серия:
Miss Marple
#14
Язык книги: Английский
Soon after Gwenda moved into her new home, odd things started to happen. Despite her best efforts to modernise the house, she only succeeded in dredging up its past. Worse, she felt an irrational sense of terror every time she climbed the stairs... In fear, Gwenda turned to Miss Marple to exorcise her ghosts. Between them, they were to solve a 'perfect' crime committed many years before.
Скорый вне графика
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Писатель:
Сивинских Александр Васильевич
Жанр:
Научная фантастика
Страниц: 3
Символов:
19031
The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd
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Писатель:
Christie Agatha (EN)
Жанр:
Классические детективы
Страниц: 48
Книга закончена
Символов:
304403
Серия:
Hercule Poirot
#4
Язык книги: Английский
In the quiet village of King's Abbot a widow's suicide has stirred suspicion - and dreadful gossip. There are rumours she murdered her first husband, rumours that she was blackmailed, and rumours that her secret lover was Roger Ackroyd. When Ackroyd is fund murdered it is unlucky for the killer that Hercule Poirot is close by. Setting up the traditional rules of mystery only to shatter them, this ingeniously tricky masterpiece startied fans, polarised critics, and stunned the Detection Club, the highly eteemed literary organisation, of which Christie herself was a member. One of the most famous detective novels ever written, and certainly one of the most controversial, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was championed by Dorothy L Sayers who said, "Christie fooed you (all)... It's the readers business to suspect everyone." And you will.
Желтые листья
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Писатель:
Преображенский Сергей
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Современная проза
Страниц: 2
Символов:
11342
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High Rise
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Писатель:
Ballard James Graham (EN)
Жанр:
Современная проза
Страниц: 40
Символов:
289669
Язык книги: Английский
J.G. Ballard's 1975 novel "High Rise" contains all of the qualities we have come to expect from this author: alarming psychological insights, a study of the profoundly disturbing connections between technology and the human condition, and an intriguing plot masterfully executed. Ballard, who wrote the tremendously troubling "Crash," really knows how to dig deep into our troubling times in order to expose our tentative grasp of modernity. Some compare this book to William Golding's "Lord of the Flies," and there are definite characteristics the two novels share. I would argue, however, that "High Rise" is more eloquent and more relevant than Golding's book. Unfortunately, this Ballard novel is out of print. Try and locate a copy at your local library because the payoff is well worth the effort."High Rise" centers around four major characters: Dr. Robert Laing, an instructor at a local medical school, Richard Wilder, a television documentary producer, Anthony Royal, an architect, and the high rise building all three live in with 2,000 other people. Throughout the story, Ballard switches back and forth between these three people, recording their thoughts and actions as they live their lives in the new high-rise apartment building. Ballard made sure to pick three separate people living on different floors of the forty floor building: Laing lives on the twenty fifth floor, Wilder lives on the second floor, and Royal lives in a penthouse on the fortieth floor (befitting his status as the designer of the building). Where you live in this structure will soon take on an importance beyond life itself.At the beginning of the story, most of the people living in the building get along quite well. There are the usual nitpicky problems one would expect when 2,000 people are jammed together, but overall people move freely from the top to the bottom floors. A person living on the bottom floors can easily go to the observation deck on the top of the building to enjoy the view, or shop at the two banks of stores on the tenth and thirty-fifth floors. Children swim and play in the pools and playgrounds throughout the high rise without any interference. Despite the fact that well to do people live in the building, with celebrities and executives on the top floors, middle-class people on the middle floors, and airline pilots and the like on the bottom ten floors, everyone gets along reasonably well-at first.Then things change. The gossip level increases among the residents, and parties held on different floors start to exclude people from other areas. In quick succession, objects start to land on balconies, dropped by residents on higher levels. Equipment failures, such as electrical outages, lead to mild assaults between residents. Cars parked close to the building are vandalized, and a jeweler living on the fortieth floor does a swan dive out of the window. Every incident leads to further acts of violence and increasing chaos in the lives of those in the building. People begin to take a greater interest in what's going on where they live than in outside activities and jobs. As the violence escalates, elevators and lobbies on each floor turn into armed camps as the residents attempt to block any encroachments on their territory. What starts out as a book about living in a technological marvel quickly morphs into a study of how technology can cause human beings to regress back into primitivism. Moreover, Ballard tries to draw a correlation between the technology of the building and this descent into a Stone Age mentality. He shows in detail how the residents of the apartments sink back into the morass, passing through a classical Marxist structure of bourgeoisie-proletariat, moving on to a clan/tribal system, to a system of stark individuality. In short, Ballard tries to equate our striving towards individuality through technology with how we started out in our evolution as hunter-gatherers, as individuals seeking individual gains. The promise that technology will liberate the individual is not the highest form of evolution, argues Ballard, but is actually a return to the lowest forms of human expression.Within a few pages of the story, I thought this might turn out to be very similar to a Bentley Little book. Little, nominally a horror writer but often a social satirist, often takes a situation like this and shows how people collapse under the pressures of modern life. My belief was not born out, however, not because Ballard doesn't take certain situations over the top but because he imbues his work with a significant philosophical subtext that Little would never write about. Bentley Little is all about focusing on the over the top, outrageous incidents of humanity's decline, whereas Ballard is more interested in serving as a preacher on anti-humanistic technology, thundering out a jeremiad concerning where we might go if we do not take the time to think very carefully about the society we wish to create."High Rise" is a dark, forbidding tale of woe that is sure to get a reaction from anyone who reads it. There seem to be few out there who can deliver such devastating blows to our love of technology as Ballard does in his works. This author is often referred to as a science fiction writer, but "High Rise" works just as well on a horror level. So does "Crash," when I think about it, although the cold, detached prose of that book is not present in "High Rise." Whatever genre Ballard falls into, this book delivers on every level.
Волевой поступок 16+
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Писатель:
Брэдфорд Барбара Тейлор
Страниц: 95
Книга закончена
Символов:
621423
Серия:
Афродита
Одра Краудер, одаренная ярким художественным талантом, достигает главной цели своей жизни и обеспечивает блестящее будущее своей дочери Кристине.
Дочь, унаследовавшая талант матери, создает собственную «империю» высокой моды. Внучка Одры, Кайл, представительница третьего поколения Краудеров, внезапно отказывается продолжать дело Кристины.
Роман полон драматических поворотов и неожиданных развязок, в центре которых, как всегда у Барбары Тейлор Брэдфорд, очаровательные и талантливые, волевые и изысканные героини.
Крысы
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Писатель:
Макоули Пол Дж.
Жанр:
Космическая фантастика
Страниц: 7
Символов:
33145
Им суждено погибнуть в этом звездном сражении, но пилот и женщина-ученый принимают бой.
О рыбе, не способной быть мясом
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Писатель:
Власенко Александр
Жанры:
Публицистика,
Домашние животные
Страниц: 3
Символов:
18705
Путь подонка
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Писатель:
Черепах Олег
Жанр:
Биографии и мемуары
Страниц: 11
Символов:
67135
Записки наемника
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Писатель:
Гончаров Виктор
Жанр:
Боевики
Страниц: 127
Книга закончена
Символов:
846756
Остросюжетная книга «Записки наемника» рассказывает о трагическом жизненном пути нашего современника – Юрия Язубца, который стал наемником и в результате превратился в беспощадного убийцу. Книга написана на основе документального материала.
At Bertram's Hotel
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Писатель:
Christie Agatha (EN)
Жанр:
Классические детективы
Страниц: 46
Книга закончена
Символов:
286222
Серия:
Miss Marple
#12
Язык книги: Английский
An old-fashioned London Hotel is not quite as reputable as it makes out! When Miss Marple comes up from the country for a holiday in London, she finds what she's looking for at Bertram's Hotel: traditional decor, impeccable service and an unmistakable atmosphere of danger behind the highly polished veneer. Yet, not even Miss Marple can foresee the violent chain of events set in motion when an eccentric guest makes his way to the airport on the wrong day!
Skandalistka
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Писатель:
Cornick Nicola (PL)
Жанр:
Историческая проза
Страниц: 49
Символов:
364071
Язык книги: Польский
Anglia, okres regencji. Zdawa? by si? mog?o, ?e lady Julianie Myfleet nie zale?a?o na opinii. Czy gdyby by?o inaczej, gra?aby w karty o bardzo wysokie stawki, bra?a udzia? w skandalizuj?cych przyj?ciach czy wreszcie romansowa?a z by?ym kochankiem w?asnej matki? Wielu j? pot?pia?o, niekt?rzy tolerowali, lecz nikt jej nie rozumia?. Lord Martin Davencourt pami?ta? inn? Julian?, niewinn? i radosn?. Postanowi? sprawdzi?, co kryje si? za post?powaniem pi?knej wdowy. Tym bardziej ?e, wbrew rozs?dkowi, by? ni? coraz bardziej zauroczony.
Hercule Poirot's Christmas 16+
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Писатель:
Christie Agatha (EN)
Жанр:
Классические детективы
Страниц: 40
Книга закончена
Символов:
270955
Серия:
Hercule Poirot
#15
Язык книги: Английский
A facsimile first edition hardback of the wartime Poirot book, published to mark the 80th anniversary of his first appearance and commemorate the tradition of a 'Christie for Christmas'. It is Christmas Eve. The Lee family reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture, followed by a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed. But when Hercule Poirot, who is staying in the village with a friend for Christmas, offers to assist, he finds an atmosphere not of mourning but of mutual suspicion. It seems everyone had their own reason to hate the old man... To mark the 80th anniversary of Hercule Poirot's first appearance, and to celebrate his renewed fortunes as a primetime television star, this title in a collection of facsimile first editions is the perfect way to experience Agatha Christie. Reproducing the original typesetting and format of the first edition from the Christie family's own archive, this book sports the original cover which has been painstakingly restored to its original glory.
Книга Амдуат
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Писатель:
Автор неизвестен
Жанр:
Религия
Страниц: 14
Символов:
39705
Египетская "Книга мертвых"
Гулящие люди
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Писатель:
Чапыгин Алексей Павлович
Жанр:
Историческая проза
Страниц: 173
Символов:
1125435
А. П. Чапыгин (1870—1937) – один из основоположников советского исторического романа.В романе «Гулящие люди» отражены события, предшествовавшие крестьянскому восстанию под руководством Степана Разина. Заканчивается книга эпизодами разгрома восстания после гибели Разина. В центре романа судьба Сеньки, стрелецкого сына, бунтаря и народного «водителя». Главный объект изображения – народ, поднявшийся на борьбу за волю, могучая сила освободительной народной стихии.Писатель точно, с большим знанием дела описал Москву последних допетровских десятилетий.Прочитав в 1934 году рукопись романа «Гулящие люди», А. М. Горький сказал: «Книга будет хорошая и – надолго». Время подтвердило справедливость этих слов. Роман близок нам своим народным содержанием, гуманистической направленностью. Непреходяще художественное обаяние книги.
Карьера Никодима Дызмы
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Писатель:
Доленга-Мостович Тадеуш
Жанр:
Юмористическая проза
Страниц: 70
Книга закончена
Символов:
445065
Перед читателем роман известного польского писателя о том, как ленивый, бездарный и ничтожный человек, без состояния и положения, сделал головокружительную карьеру государственного деятеля.
"Карьера Никодима Дызмы" - яркий документ, свидетельствующий о противоречиях в польском обществе 30-х гг. 20 века.
Роман "Карьера Никодимы Дызмы" выдержал у себя на родине несколько изданий и послужил основой созданного в 1956 году фильма.
В нашей стране по мотивам "Карьеры Никодима Дызмы" написаны дву пьесы: "Сильная личность" А. Морова (1939) и "Карьера" С. Поволоцкого (1960).
Братик
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Писатель:
Kramlyn Jascherka K.
Жанр:
Современная проза
Страниц: 24
Книга закончена
Символов:
96740
Appointment with Death
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Писатель:
Christie Agatha (EN)
Жанр:
Классические детективы
Страниц: 33
Книга закончена
Символов:
271034
Серия:
Hercule Poirot
#21
Язык книги: Английский
Among the towering red cliffs of Petra sits the corpse of Mrs Boynton, a tiny puncture mark on her wrist the only sign of what has killed her. Hercule Poirot has only 24 hours to solve the mystery.
The Murder on the Links 16+
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Писатель:
Christie Agatha (EN)
Жанр:
Классические детективы
Страниц: 45
Книга закончена
Символов:
264885
Серия:
Hercule Poirot
#2
Язык книги: Английский
An urgent cry for help brings Poirot to France. But he arrives too late to save his client, whose brutally stabbed body now lies in a shallow grave on a golf course. Then another body is found, and Poirot has an intriguing case to solve.