Tender is the Night is a story set in the hedonistic high society of Europe during the ‘Roaring Twenties’. A wealthy schizophrenic, Nicole Warren, falls in love with Dick Diver - her psychiatrist. The resulting saga of the Divers’ troubled marriage, and their circle of friends, includes a cast of aristocratic and beautiful people, unhappy love affairs, a duel, incest, and the problems inherent in the possession of great wealth. Despite cataloguing a maelstrom of interpersonal conflict, Tender is the Night has a poignancy and warmth that springs from the quality of Fitzgerald's writing and the tragic personal ... |
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#1 New York Times bestselling author. ... Soldier. Summoner. Saint. For Alina Starkov , time is running out. The Darkling rules from his shadow throne while she, broken by their previous battle, is under the dubious protection of the zealots who worship her as a saint. And as Alina convalesces she must also battle her conflicted feeling for the Darkling and her beloved Mal. Her last hopes lie with the magic of a long-vanished ancient creature and the chance that an outlaw prince still survives. As her allies and enemies race toward war, only Alina stands between her country and a rising tide of darkness that could ... |
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The international №1 bestseller. From the author of "The Notebook". ... There are times when destiny and love collide. This story is one of them. Hope Anderson is at a crossroads. After six years with her boyfriend, she is no longer sure what she wants, and when her father becomes ill she heads to her family's cottage at Sunset Beach in North Carolina to make some difficult decisions. Tru Walls has been summoned across an ocean from where he was born and raised in Zimbabwe by a letter from a man claiming to be his father. In journeying to Sunset Beach, Tru hopes to unravel the mystery surrounding his ... |
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If you knew the date of your death, how would you live your life? ... It;s 1969, and holed up in a grimy tenement building in New York's Lower East Side is a travelling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the date they will die. The four Gold children, too young for what they're about to hear, sneak out to learn their fortunes. Such prophecies could be dismissed as trickery and nonsense, yet the Golds bury theirs deep. Over the years that follow they might attempt to ignore, embrace, cheat or defy the "knowledge" given to them that day - but it will shape the course of their lives forever. & ... |
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"Blizzard Entertainment" and "Dark Horse Books" are proud to present the third installment of their bestselling "World of Warcraft Chronicle" series! Like its predecessors, Volume 3 features beautiful full-color artwork by Peter Lee, Emily Chen, Stanton Feng, and other fan-favorite artists, as well as intricately detailed maps and spot art by Joseph Lacroix. Bolster your knowledge of "Warcraft" lore with this striking third volume! "World of Warcraft - vol. 3: Chronicle" resumes the epic multipart saga of Azeroth as agents of the Burning Legion unleash a mysterious plague ... |
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Сатирический роман. ... Как и многие, Ангел Спасов прошел долгий путь, прежде чем стать писателем. За его плечами армия, дипломы по специальностям "Резьба по дереву и внутренняя архитектура" и "Финансы". В его жизни было много увлечений: блондинки и брюнетки, дорогие автомобили и путешествия, элитные напитки и самогон, шашлыки и веселые кутежи. Он внес свой вклад и в строительство "новой" Болгарии (порой по собственному желанию, а чаще - вопреки ему). Его участие в первых кооперативах, югославское эмбарго, знакомства и связи среди силовиков, страховщиков, налоговиков и таможенников - все ... |