Criminal profiler in training (and newlywed) Jessie Hunt, 29, discovers that dark secrets lurk in her new suburban town; when a body turns up dead, she finds herself caught in the crosshairs of her newfound friends, her husband’s secrets, her serial killer caseload—and the secrets of her own dark past. In THE PERFECT WIFE (A…
In THE PERFECT HOUSE (Book #3), criminal profiler Jessie Hunt, 29, fresh from the FBI Academy, returns to find herself hunted by her murderous father, locked in a dangerous game of cat and mouse. Meanwhile, she must race to stop a killer in a new case that leads her deep into suburbia—and to the brink…
In THE PERFECT BLOCK (Book #2), rookie criminal profiler Jessie Hunt, 29, picks up the pieces of her broken life and leaves suburbia to start a new life in downtown Los Angeles. But when a wealthy socialite is murdered, Jessie, assigned the case, finds herself back in the world of picture-perfect suburbia, hunting a deranged…
«The Outsider» is a short story by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written between March and August 1921, it was first published in Weird Tales, April 1926. In this work, a mysterious individual who has been living alone in a castle for as long as he can remember decides to break free in search…
The Other Wise Man is a short novel or long short story by Henry van Dyke. It was initially published in 1895 and has been reprinted many times since then. The story is an addition and expansion of the account of the Biblical Magi, recounted in the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. It…
The Outrage – A True Story, Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin. Kuprin wrote the story immediately after the bloody demonstrations in St. Petersburg, Russia, in January, 1905, known as “Bloody Sunday”—an event considered as the start of the first of three revolutions in Russia at the beginning of the twentieth century. The phenomenon of pogroms against the…
«The Other Gods» is a fantasy short story written by American author H. P. Lovecraft, on August 14, 1921. It was first published in the November 1933 issue of The Fantasy Fan. Barzai the Wise, a high priest and prophet greatly learned in the lore of the «gods of earth», or Great Ones, attempts to…
Земля, 2092 год. Прошло пять лет с войны, что так и не стала последней. Небольшая группа людей из подземного бункера пытается взаимодействовать с внешним миром. Они ищут знания о настоящем, но натыкаются на тайну из прошлого. The «ONE»
“A powerful opener to a series [that] will produce a combination of feisty protagonists and challenging circumstances to thoroughly involve not just young adults, but adult fantasy fans who seek epic stories fueled by powerful friendships and adversaries.” “Morgan Rice’s imagination is limitless!” From #1 Bestselling fantasy author Morgan Rice comes a new series for…
«The Offshore Pirate» is a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1920. It is one of eight short stories included in Fitzgerald’s first published collection, Flappers and Philosophers. The story is about Ardita Farnam, she is on a trip to Florida. Her boat is eventually captured by pirates, she falls in love with…
Взгляните на своего партнера и скажите честно: он (или она) действительно тот самый ЕДИНСТВЕННЫЙ? Вы в этом уверены? Есть способ проверить! Открыт ген идеальной совместимости. Все, что требуется, – простой тест ДНК, и программа сама обнаружит вашу вторую половинку, того, кто создан природой исключительно для вас – как и вы для него. Интересно? Готовы пройти тестирование?…
The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other Homeric epic. The Odyssey is fundamental to the modern Western canon; it is the second-oldest extant work of Western literature, while the Iliad is the oldest. Scholars believe the Odyssey…
“A powerful opener to a series [that] will produce a combination of feisty protagonists and challenging circumstances to thoroughly involve not just young adults, but adult fantasy fans who seek epic stories fueled by powerful friendships and adversaries.” “Morgan Rice’s imagination is limitless!” From #1 Bestselling fantasy author Morgan Rice comes a new series for…
«The Nose» is a satirical short story by Nikolai Gogol written during his time living in St. Petersburg. During this time, Gogol’s works were primarily focused on surrealism and the grotesque, with a romantic twist. Written between 1835 and 1836, «The Nose» tells the story of a St. Petersburg official whose nose leaves his face…
Если вам необходимо принять жизненно важное решение, вы нашли эту книгу в нужный момент! Когда предстоит сделать судьбоносный выбор – вступить ли в брак, переехать в другую страну, сменить работу или завести ребенка (подставьте ваш вариант) – списки «за» и «против» окажутся бесполезными и только еще больше введут в заблуждение. Верное решение находится внутри вас…
«The Nameless City» is a horror story written by American writer H. P. Lovecraft in January 1921 and first published in the November 1921 issue of the amateur press journal The Wolverine. It is often considered the first Cthulhu Mythos story. The Nameless City of the story’s title is an ancient ruin located somewhere in…
«The Music of Erich Zann» is a horror short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft. Written in December 1921, it was first published in National Amateur, March 1922. Due to lack of funds, a university student is forced to take up lodging in an almost empty apartment building on a street named «Rue d’Auseil»….
Between 1841 and 1844, Edgar Allan Poe invented the genre of detective fiction with three mesmerizing stories of a young French eccentric named C. Auguste Dupin. Introducing to literature the concept of applying reason to solving crime, these tales brought Poe fame and fortune. Years later, Dorothy Sayers would describe “The Murders in the Rue…
Идеально для любителей романов Э Л Джеймс, Анны Тодд и Аны Хуан. Стильный покет с золотой фольгой на обложке и клапаном-трансформером с вырубкой, который позволяет читать книгу так, как удобно вам. «Тристан Майлз» – абсолютный хит Amazon, вторая часть цикла из пяти книг Т Л Свон. Сегодня он пытается разрушить твой бизнес, а через полгода…
«»«The Monkey’s Paw»» is a supernatural short story by author W. W. Jacobs, first published in England in the collection The Lady of the Barge in 1902. In the story, three wishes are granted to the owner of The Monkey’s Paw, but the wishes come with an enormous price for interfering with fate. It has…
Идеально для любителей романов Э Л Джеймс, Анны Тодд и Аны Хуан. Стильный покет с золотой фольгой на обложке и клапаном-трансформером с вырубкой, который позволяет читать книгу так, как удобно вам. «Джеймисон Майлз» – абсолютный хит Amazon, первая часть цикла из пяти книг Т Л Свон. Сегодня ты пьешь шампанское с незнакомцем, утром забываешь обо…
New translation of The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka. Poor Gregor Samsa! This guy wakes up one morning to discover that he’s become a «monstrous vermin». The first pages of The Metamorphosis where Gregor tries to communicate through the bedroom door with his family, who think he’s merely being lazy, is vintage screwball comedy. Indeed, scholars…
«The Masque of the Red Death», originally published as «The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy», is an 1842 short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The story follows Prince Prospero’s attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey. He, along with many other wealthy…
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood of Great Renown in Nottinghamshire is an 1883 novel by the American illustrator and writer Howard Pyle. Consisting of a series of episodes in the story of the English outlaw Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men, the novel compiles traditional material into a coherent narrative in a…
«The Masque of the Red Death», originally published as «The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy», is an 1842 short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. The story follows Prince Prospero’s attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey. He, along with many other wealthy…
Впервые в истории, 30 самых успешных футбольных менеджеров, раскрывают секреты лидерства. Это тренеры и руководители, за успехами и неудачами которых, следят миллионы болельщиков. На страницах книги вы узнаете, какова цена триумфальных побед, как принимать непопулярные и тяжёлые решения, как сохранить веру и вести команду к вершинам, несмотря на поражения. Это книга тех, кто влюблен в…
«Gogol, Nikolai Vassilievitch. Born in the government of Pultowa, March 31 1809, died at Moscow, March 4 1852. A Russian novelist and dramatist. He was educated in a public gymnasium at Pultowa, and subsequently in the lyceum, then newly established, at Niejinsk. In 1831, Gogol brought out the first volume of his Ukrainian stories, ‘Evenings…
Длительность записи: 8 часов и 9 минут. Текст читает искусственный интеллект. Чёткая речь и безукоризненное произношение ИИ идеально подходят для изучающих иностранный язык. В 1947 году вышел сборник рассказов начинающего писателя Рэя Брэдбери о Марсе, но остался практически незамеченным читающей публикой. Редактор подал автору идею организовать эти рассказы в некое подобие романа. Так получились «Марсианские…
10 лет назад он убил моего сына. Сегодня я выхожу за него замуж… Пронзительный, полный любви и ненависти психологический триллер о браке молодого мужчины и женщины на двадцать лет старше него. И о противостоянии двух матерей, которые были лучшими подругами, а стали заклятыми врагами. Десять лет назад любимый и единственный сын Бриджет Уилсон был убит….
«The Man with the Twisted Lip», one of the 56 short Sherlock Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, is the sixth of the twelve stories in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The story was first published in the Strand Magazine in December 1891. Doyle ranked «The Man with the Twisted Lip» sixteenth in…
