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Pūķa ēna. Ieslodzījuma
Год выхода: 2024
Katram pūķim ir vajadzīga Ēna, lai paliktu cilvēks un valdītu. Dimanta pūķis apgalvo, ka es esmu viņa Ēna. Draud, ka nekad mani neatlaidīs. Ar maģiju pat pieķēdēja mani, un tagad es esmu viņa gūsteknis. Taču es atradīšu ceļu mājās, jo man ir palicis kaut kas ļoti svarīgs. Daļa manas sirds, bez kuras es nevaru izdzīvot. Ja tas nozīmē ieviest kārtību pūķu valdījumā, es esmu gatavs to darīt. Lai maģiskais zobens man palīdz!
The Mist and the Lightning. Part 19
Год выхода: 2024
The next series of the acclaimed series of books. Тhis story actually happened in a different reality (a different dimension, a parallel world); you can call it whatever you like, whatever you used to, whatever is convenient for you. Its essence will not change with that. All characters in the story exist and interact just like we exist and interact in our world. Only their names, the names of the gods, peoples and territories are not authentic; they just express the basic meaning the characters...
No mīlestības līdz naidam… un atpakaļ
Год выхода: 2024
Pirmā mīlestība — tā ir tik gaiša, godbijīga, iekārojama, un to var sagraut viens neuzmanīgs pārkāpums. Kā pārdzīvot nodevību un noticēt, ka ar to dzīve nebeidzas? Kā palikt dzīvam, kad sirds ir saplēsta? Otrā mīlestība kā likteņa dāvana, kas palīdzēs sadziedēt brūces uz sirds un liks noticēt, ka laime vēl var būt. Taču atkal viens neuzmanīgs pārpratums iznīcina visu, ko mūsu varone tik rūpīgi glabāja savā atdzimušajā sirdī. Un kā pārdzīvot jaunu nodevību? Un kā noticēt, ka pēc kārtējās...
A Shot in the Bark
Серия: Lia Anderson Dog Park Mysteries (#1)
Would you recognize a serial killer if you met one? Talked to one every day? Artist Lia Anderson doesn't, and neither does anyone else at the Mount Airy Dog Park. But a violent death brings Detective Peter Dourson into the close-knit group, and he is convinced someone is not who they seem. As the investigation uncovers secrets, Lia struggles with warring emotions while a killer watches and plans.
The Counterfeiter-Catching Cat
Год выхода: 2015
Серия: Beatrice Young Cozy Cat Mystery (#1)
Ashbrook, New Hampshire. Beatrice Young and her two cats are hot on a local counterfeiting case. With the help of her ex-husband, Matthew, and the sheriff, Beatrice and her two crime-solving cats fight to solve the mystery of who's producing the bills.
Purrs and Peril : A Norwegian Forest Café Cozy Mystery
Год выхода: 2018
Серия: A Norwegian Forest Cat Café Cozy Mystery (#1)
Lauren Crenshaw, and her Norwegian Forest Cat Annie, run the Norwegian Forest cafe in a picturesque town in Northern California. Lauren's cousin Zoe also helps out. When one of Annie's favorite customers is murdered, the three of them try to figure out "whodunit"!
Глубокий сон [англ. и рус. параллельные тексты]
Серия: Английский и русский параллельные тексты (#6)
Первая книга из серии о детективе Филиппе Марлоу. Детектива нанимает старый генерал Стенвуд с целью выяснить судьбу пропавшего зятя, мужа старшей дочери, который когда-то был бутлегером. Но тайн оказывается и без того в этой семье много.
Fixing to Die
Год выхода: 2017
Серия: Southern Ladies Mysteries (#4)
**The *New York Times* bestselling author of ** the Cat in the Stacks Mysteries ** and *Digging Up the Dirt* returns with the latest Southern Ladies Mystery...** It's autumn down south, and An'gel and Dickce Ducote are in Natchez, Mississippi, at the request of Mary Turner Catlin, the granddaughter of an old friend. Mary and her husband, Henry Howard, live in Cliffwood, one of the beautiful antebellum homes for which Natchez is famous. Odd things have been happening in the house for years, and...
The Cats that Surfed the Web
Год выхода: 2013
Серия: The cats that mysteries (#1)
$44 million. A Victorian mansion. And a young career woman with cats. The prospect sounded like a dream come true. What could possibly go wrong? How could a friendly town’s welcome turn into a case of poisoning, murder, and deceit? When Katherine “Katz” Kendall, a computer professional in New York City, discovers she’s the sole heir of a huge inheritance, she can’t believe her good fortune. She’s okay with the clauses of the will: Move to the small town of Erie, Indiana, check. Live in her...
The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man
Год выхода: 2016
Серия: Ruddy McCann (#1)
*"The Midnight Plan of the Repo Man* **introduces my favorite kind of flawed cynical protagonist in Ruddy McCann, former football star, now Repo Man in a small town full of memorable weirdos. It's suspenseful, action-packed, romantic, and above all, truly funny. I loved it." --Nelson DeMille, *New York Times* bestselling author** **** **** Ruddy McCann, former college football star, has experienced a seismic drop in popularity; he is now Kalkaska, Michigan's full-time repo man and part-time bar...
Death on the Range
Год выхода: 2015
Серия: Target Practice Mysteries (#1)
Death on the Range When opportunity nocks… When a competitive archer is murdered at the training facility where Di has just started working, she's thrust into the middle of an unofficial investigation before she can even settle into her new life. With her roommate Mary and a Great Dane named Moo, she begins to unravel the mystery around the death of the victim, but can they solve the case before they find themselves in the killer's sights? A wholesome cozy murder for every sleuth in the family...
Yarn to Go
Год выхода: 2013
Серия: A Yarn Retreat Mystery (#1)
*Dessert chef Casey Feldstein doesn’t know a knitting needle from a crochet hook. But after her aunt dies unexpectedly, leaving Casey to run her yarn retreat business, the sweets baker finds herself rising to the occasion—and trying to unravel a murder mystery* When Casey finds out that her late aunt’s business, Yarn2Go, has one more yarn retreat scheduled, she decides to go ahead and host the event, despite her complete lack of experience as a knitter. At least the retreat is on the beautiful...
Death Overdue
Серия: A Haunted Library Mystery (#1)
Carrie Singleton is just about done with Clover Ridge, Connecticut until she's offered a job as the head of programs and events at the spooky local library, complete with its own librarian ghost. Her first major event is a program presented by a retired homicide detective, Al Buckley, who claims he knows who murdered Laura Foster, a much-loved part-time library aide who was bludgeoned to death fifteen years earlier. As he invites members of the audience to share stories about Laura, he suddenly...
The Cat Next Door
Год выхода: 2002
Margot returns to her well-to-do family in England on the eve of her Aunt Chloe's murder trial—she is accused of fatally stabbing her twin sister with a kitchen knife in the garden. Nothing has been the same since Claudia's body was found: her 14-year-old daughter, Lynette, refuses to leave her bedroom, the paparazzi are relentless, and Tikki, the family's beloved Abyssinian, goes to stay with the neighbors. When another body, whom no one recognizes, shows up facedown in the pond while the...
Only the Cat Knows
Год выхода: 2007
Vanessa and her twin brother Vance are very close. So when someone pushes Vanessa down a flight of stairs and puts her into a coma, Vance wants revenge. He decides that masquerading as Vanessa will lead him to the villain. With her clothes, her makeup, and what he knows about his beloved sister, he pulls it off very well and is on the verge of learning what he needs to know. ..Until he discovers a serious threat that might destroy all his efforts. There is one pair of eyes he can’t pull the wool...
The Diamond Cat
Год выхода: 1995
A lifetime of craving more cuddly companionship than her hectoring mother has led fortyish Bettina Bilby to board her neighbors' felines for a long holiday weekend: an expectant tabby, a pampered blue-eyed Balinese, a depressed ginger Persian with a cod-liver-oil addiction, and Adolf, an imperious mouser with a patchwork face. But a freak storm sets the pigeon among the cats—a carrier bird downed on the doorstep with a tiny load of large flawless diamonds. And Bettina's dilemma escalates, as...
ТЕОРИЯ ПЕРЕВОДА (лингвистические аспекты)
Год выхода: 1990
В учебнике даётся систематическое изложение современной лингвистической теории перевода: проблемы эквивалентности, жанрово-стилистических особенностей, прагматики перевода, лексических и грамматических соответствий и других аспектов переводческого процесса. Материал основан на работах в области перевода как советских, так и зарубежных лингвистов.
Установление личности. Англ. и рус. параллельные тексты
Рассказ «Установление личности» из сборника «Приключения Шерлока Холмса».
К Шерлоку Холмсу за помощью обратилась мисс Мэри Сазерленд. Ее жених, мистер Госмер Эйнджел, бесследно исчез прямо в день венчания. Известно, что ее отчим не одобряет этой свадьбы, но в тот день его не было не то что в Лондоне, а даже в Англии…
Седьмой сын [англ. и рус. параллельные тексты]
Серия: Сказание о Мастере Элвине (#1), Английский и русский параллельные тексты (#18)
Чтобы нарушить хрупкий ход истории, вовсе не обязательно быть волшебником. Одна роковая случайность и... И знаменитый полководец Наполеон плывет в Америку, чтобы усмирить восставшие Штаты, Бенджамин Франклин становится великим магом, Джордж Вашингтон слагает голову на плахе, а по дорогам Северной Америки странствует поэт-провидец Уильям Блейк. В эти смутные времена на свет появляется седьмой сын седьмого сына, мальчик, наделенный невероятными способностями. Долгий путь предстоит одолеть Элвину,...
Pumpkins in Paradise
Год выхода: 2013
Серия: A Tj Jensen Mystery (#1)
Between shopping for Halloween costumes, volunteering for the annual pumpkin festival, and coaching her girls to the state soccer finals, high school teacher Tj Jensen finds her good friend Zachary Collins dead in his favorite chair. When the handsome new deputy closes the case without so much as a “why” or “how,” Tj turns her attention from chili cook-offs and pumpkin carving to complex puzzles, prophetic riddles, and a decades’ old secret she seemed destined to unravel.
Summer of Night
Год выхода: 1992
SUMMARY: In the summer of 1960 in Elm Haven, Illinois, five 12-year-old boys forge the powerful bonds that a lifetime of change will not break. An ancient, sinister evil lurks in the dark, and when a long-silent bell peals in the middle of the deepest night, the people know it marks the beginning of terror. Now Mike, Duane, Dale, Harlen, and Kevin must wage a fraternal war of blood against an arcane abomination.
Summon the Keeper
Год выхода: 2007
Being one of the Earth's protectors is never easy, but when Claire the Keeper and Austin the cat find themselves in charge of the Elysian Fields Guesthouse Bed and Breakfast, all Hell breaks loose in the form of a gateway residing in the basement! Do not miss the latest from one of the top writers in the fantasy genre! * Compares to best-selling fantasy authors Mercedes lackey and Charles deLint * Tanya Huff's DAW books were chosen by the New York Public Library system as part of their Books for...
Cat in a Sapphire Slipper
Год выхода: 2008
Серия: The Midnight Louie Mysteries (#20)
*Cat in a Sapphire Slipper* is the twentieth title in Carole Nelson Douglas's sassy Midnight Louie mystery series. The tough-talking, twenty-pound, tomcat PI is as feisty as ever as he and his gang try to keep his favorite roommate from losing her man. PR honcho Temple Barr's romance novelist aunt Kit has wound up in a romantic plot of her own. She's snagged one of the most eligible bachelors on the Strip, one of the elder Fontana brothers, a silver-tongued reputed ex-mobster with a heart of...
The Cat, the Quilt and the Corpse
Год выхода: 2009
Серия: Cats in trouble mystery (#1)
### From Publishers Weekly Sweeney (Pick Your Poison) launches the Cats in Trouble mystery series with a meandering whodunit. Jillian Hart is content making and selling cat quilts and living quietly in Mercy, S.C., with her three cats, Syrah, Chablis and Merlot. When Syrah is catnapped, Jillian finds not only the thief-thanks to a state-of-the-art alarm system installed by charming PI Tom Stewart-but also a murder mystery to solve. The cats are entertaining four-legged assistants, with traits...