The Life Before Her Eyes
ISBN: 9780156027120 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Diana stands before the mirror preening with her best friend, Maureen. Suddenly, a classmate enters holding a gun, and Diana sees her life dance before her eyes. In a moment the future she was just imagining--a doting wife and mother at the age of forty--is sealed by a horrific decision she is forced to make. In prose infused with the dramatically feminine sensuality of spring, we experience seventeen-year-old Diana's uncertain steps into womanhood--her awkward, heated forays into sex; her fresh, fragile construction of an identity. Together with the sights and sounds of renewal, we...
Diana stands before the mirror preening with her best friend, Maureen. Suddenly, a classmate enters holding a gun, and Diana sees her life dance befor...
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73,86 zł |
I Have the Right to Destroy Myself
ISBN: 9780156030809 / Angielski / Miękka / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the fast-paced, high-urban landscape of Seoul, C and K are brothers who have fallen in love with the same woman--Se-yeon--who tears at both of them as they all try desperately to find real connection in an atomized world. A spectral, nameless narrator haunts the edges of their lives as he tells of his work helping the lost and hurting find escape through suicide. Dreamlike and beautiful, the South Korea brought forth in this novel is cinematic in its urgency and its reflection of contemporary life everywhere--far beyond the boundaries of the Korean peninsula. Recalling the emotional... In the fast-paced, high-urban landscape of Seoul, C and K are brothers who have fallen in love with the same woman--Se-yeon--who tears at both of t... |
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56,29 zł |
Cannibals and Missionaries
ISBN: 9780156153867 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A suspenseful and sometimes horrifying novel of manners, whose plot and odd mix of characters combine to produce an unorthodox thriller about the hijacking of a Middle East-bound jetliner over France in early 1975. "Psychologically astute, ironic and ultimately heartbreaking"(Publishers Weekly).
A suspenseful and sometimes horrifying novel of manners, whose plot and odd mix of characters combine to produce an unorthodox thriller about the hija...
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95,41 zł |
Honeymoon
ISBN: 9780316009560 / Angielski / Twarda / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The honeymoon is over - now the murders can begin. America*s #1 thriller writer returns with his sexiest, scariest novel ever. James Patterson's explosive new thriller introduces a bride who is beautiful, talented, devoted - and deadly. When a young investment banker dies of baffling causes, FBI agent John O'Hara immediately suspects the only witness, the banker's alluring and mysterious fiancee. Nora Sinclair is a beautiful decorator who expects the best, and will do anything to get it. Agent O'Hara keeps closing in, but the stronger his case, the less he knows whether he's pursuing justice...
The honeymoon is over - now the murders can begin. America*s #1 thriller writer returns with his sexiest, scariest novel ever. James Patterson's explo...
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130,41 zł |
Cross
ISBN: 9780316017749 / Angielski / Twarda / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Alex Cross was a rising star in the Washington, DC, Police Department when an unknown shooter gunned down his wife, Maria, in front of him. Alex's need for vengeance was placed on hold as he faced another huge challenge-raising his children without their mother.
Years later Alex is making a bold move in his life. He has left the FBI and set up practice as a psychologist once again. His life with Nana Mama, Damon, Jannie, and little Alex finally feels like it's in order. He even has a chance at a new love. Then Cross's former partner, John Sampson, calls in a favor. He is... Alex Cross was a rising star in the Washington, DC, Police Department when an unknown shooter gunned down his wife, Maria, in front of him. Al...
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130,41 zł |
The Blunderer
ISBN: 9780393322446 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For two years, Walter Stackhouse has been a faithful and supportive husband to his wife, Clara. She is distant and neurotic, and Walter finds himself harboring gruesome fantasies about her demise. When Clara's dead body turns up at the bottom of a cliff in a manner uncannily resembling the recent death of a woman named Helen Kimmel who was murdered by her husband, Walter finds himself under intense scrutiny. He commits several blunders that claim his career and his reputation, cost him his friends, and eventually threaten his life. The Blunderer examines the dark obsessions that... For two years, Walter Stackhouse has been a faithful and supportive husband to his wife, Clara. She is distant and neurotic, and Walter finds himse... |
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69,33 zł |
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
ISBN: 9780553212778 / Angielski / Miękka (mass market paperbound / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Robert Louis Stevenson originally wrote Dr. Jekyll And Mr Hyde as a "chilling shocker." He then burned the draft and, upon his wife's advice, rewrote it as the darkly complex tale it is today. Stark, skillfully woven, this fascinating novel explores the curious turnings of human character through the strange case of Dr. Jekyll, a kindly scientist who by night takes on his stunted evil self, Mr. Hyde. Anticipating modern psychology, Jekyll And Hyde is a brilliantly original study of man's dual nature--as well as an immortal tale of suspense and terror. Published in 1866,...
Robert Louis Stevenson originally wrote Dr. Jekyll And Mr Hyde as a "chilling shocker." He then burned the draft and, upon his wife's advice, r...
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25,86 zł |
El caparazón de la tortuga
ISBN: 9781517236113 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 354 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Un adolescente introvertido y de caracter sombrio desaparece sin dejar rastro; diez anos despues reaparecera convertido en el ganador de un importante premio literario. Que ocurrio durante esos diez anos? La explicacion se oculta tras su peculiar relacion con un hombre adinerado, atormentado y solitario que consume sus dias en una aislada mansion; ese encuentro marcara el destino de ambos. Dos escritores, dos misantropos, dos voluntades encontradas. Un apasionante thriller psicologico en el que nada ni nadie es lo que parece."
Un adolescente introvertido y de caracter sombrio desaparece sin dejar rastro; diez anos despues reaparecera convertido en el ganador de un importante...
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60,48 zł |
Palpable Obscure
ISBN: 9781430328650 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In a twist on the Faust legend, an embittered creative writing teacher by the name of Olwen Sheridan meets a charismatic young student who appears to have everything: looks, money and the confidence that comes with having both. His own life series of disappointments, Olwen believes himself accursed; but the young man, who calls himself Silvanus, assures him he isn't, intimating that Olwen could have anything he wanted if he so chose, including a dazzling writing career. Palpable Obscure is a tour of a man's life, in all its passion and shame, and a story of how meaning seems to elude us the...
In a twist on the Faust legend, an embittered creative writing teacher by the name of Olwen Sheridan meets a charismatic young student who appears to ...
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113,55 zł |
Diamond Dogs
ISBN: 9780446677844 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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86,90 zł |
Her
ISBN: 9781517175566 / Angielski / Miękka / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What happens to those left behind in death? For Mason, he simply misses his wife. The light she used to bring to his life has now all but vanished, leaving him alone in a newly darkened world. On the day he buried her, Mason Winters is catapulted into the heart of something far more sinister than evil and has to discover the choices that will lead him to freedom or ensure an eternity of suffering.
What happens to those left behind in death? For Mason, he simply misses his wife. The light she used to bring to his life has now all but vanished, le...
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45,64 zł |
Secret Oath
ISBN: 9781514878385 / Angielski / Miękka / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Celby was a provincial and peaceful town along the banks of the Mississippi River in Wisconsin, until Sharon Sweeney arrived as the new minister to St. George. Then all hell broke loose. Steve Smith, Chief of Police was also new to town. Neither of them realized that their serendipitous meeting on her first day in Celby, may have sealed their fate and tied them intrinsically to the town's destiny. Several ministers had graced the pulpit of St. Georges Church, but never a woman. Why had she been hired?
Celby was a provincial and peaceful town along the banks of the Mississippi River in Wisconsin, until Sharon Sweeney arrived as the new minister to St...
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68,24 zł |
Forty Words for Sorrow
ISBN: 9780007115778 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When four teenagers go missing, the extensive police investigation comes up empty. Everyone is ready to give up except - Detective John Cardinal. Then the mutilated body of 13-year-old Katie Pine is pulled out of an abandoned mineshaft. And only Cardinal is willing to consider the horrible truth.
When four teenagers go missing, the extensive police investigation comes up empty. Everyone is ready to give up except - Detective John Cardinal. Then...
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62,19 zł |
Journey to Death
ISBN: 9781503951921 / Angielski / Miękka / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Lucy Hall arrives in the Seychelles determined to leave her worries behind. The tropical paradise looks sun-soaked and picture-perfect--but as Lucy soon discovers, appearances can be very deceptive. A deadly secret lurks in the island's history, buried deep but not forgotten. And it is about to come to light. As black clouds begin to gather over what promised to be a relaxing family break, Lucy realises that her father stands in the eye of the coming storm. A shadow from his past is threatening to destroy all that he holds dear--including the lives of his loved ones. A dark... Lucy Hall arrives in the Seychelles determined to leave her worries behind. The tropical paradise looks sun-soaked and picture-perfect--but as Lucy... |
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46,63 zł |
Bad Monkeys
ISBN: 9780061240423 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jane Charlotte has been arrested for murder. She says she's a member of a secret organization devoted to fighting evil. She says she's working with the Department for the Final Disposition of Irredeemable Persons--aka "Bad Monkeys." Her confession lands her in the jail's psychiatric wing and earns her countless hours of poking, probing, and questioning by a professional. But is Jane crazy or lying? Or is she playing a whole different game altogether? Jane Charlotte has been arrested for murder. She says she's a member of a secret organization devoted to fighting evil. She says she's worki... |
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78,20 zł |
Briefing for a Descent Into Hell: A Psychological Thriller
ISBN: 9780307390615 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this ambitious novel of madness and release, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Doris Lessing imagines the fantastical "inner-space" life of an amnesiac.
Charles Watkins, a Professor of Classics at Cambridge University, has suffered a breakdown, confined to a mental hospital as his friends and doctors attempt to bring him back to reality. But Watkins has embarked on a tremendous pyschological adventure that takes him from a spinning raft in the Atlantic to a ruined stone city on a tropical island to an outer-space journey through singing planets. As he travels in his mind through memory... In this ambitious novel of madness and release, shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Doris Lessing imagines the fantastical "inner-space" life of an amne...
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86,94 zł |
Zombie
ISBN: 9780061778919 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Zombie is a classic novel of dark obsession from the extraordinary Joyce Carol Oates. A brilliant, unflinching journey into the mind of a serial killer, Zombie views the world through the eyes of Quentin P., newly paroled sex offender, as he chillingly evolves from rapist to mass murderer. Joyce Carol Oates--the prolific author of so many extraordinary bestsellers, including The Gravediggers Daughter, Blonde, and The Falls--demonstrates why she ranks among America's most respected and accomplished literary artists with this provocative, breathtaking, and...
Zombie is a classic novel of dark obsession from the extraordinary Joyce Carol Oates. A brilliant, unflinching journey into the mind of a ser...
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82,55 zł |
Serena
ISBN: 9780061470844 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A New York Times bestseller and PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist, Serena by award-winning author Ron Rash is "masterfully written...sprawling, engrossing and--from time to time--nightmarish," (San Francisco Chronicle); a remarkable novel that "recalls both John Steinbeck and Cormac McCarthy," (The New Yorker). Rash's chilling gothic tale of greed, corruption, and revenge set against the backdrop of the 1930s wilderness and America's burgeoning environmental movement was named a Best Book of the Year by more than a...
A New York Times bestseller and PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist, Serena by award-winning author Ron Rash is "
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73,86 zł |
Dream House
ISBN: 9780060840938 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. -The perfect haunted house story for these unnerving times.- --New York Times Dream House, the riveting debut novel from Pushcart Prize-winning author Valerie Laken, tells the story of one troubled house--the site of a domestic drama that will forever change the lives of two families. Embracing volatile issues such as race, class, and gentrification, while seamlessly mixing genres as diverse as crime fiction, suspense, and home renovation, Dream House is a -sexy, sharp-eyed, deeply haunted, and] wonderful book.- (Charles Baxter, author of the National... -The perfect haunted house story for these unnerving times.- --New York Times Dream House, the riveting debut novel from P... |
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69,51 zł |
Don't You Cry: A Thrilling Suspense Novel from the Author of Local Woman Missing
ISBN: 9780778330516 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An electrifying tale of deceit and obsession from New York Times bestselling author of The Good Girl Mary Kubica In downtown Chicago, Esther Vaughan disappears from her apartment without a trace. A haunting letter addressed to My Dearest is found among her possessions, leaving her roommate Quinn Collins to question how well she really knew her friend. Meanwhile, in a small town an hour outside Chicago, a mysterious woman appears in the quiet coffee shop where eighteen-year-old Alex Gallo works as a dishwasher. He is... An electrifying tale of deceit and obsession from New York Times bestselling author of The Good Girl ... |
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82,55 zł |